European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 14, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday. January 14, 1987 the stars and stripes Page 7 son sentenced to poetic Justice for forgery Hauppauge . Up a Young Man convicted of forging his Mother s name an $1.600 in checks to pay for drugs has been spared a jail term by reciting stanzas rpm Rudyard Kipling s "0 Mother o mine to her in court. The poetic Justice was ordered by judge Kennet Rohl in Suffolk county court who gave Tyrone Wilburn 19. The option of memorizing two stanzas of the Kipling poem a proclamation of a Mother s love for her son. Wilbum s alternative was up to seven years in jail. If i were to hang from the highest Hill i know whose love would follow me still Mother o mine. 0 Mother o mine Wilburn recited monday. If i were damned of body and soul. I know whose prayers would make me whole Mother o mine of Mother o  Wilbum s Mother Leona Wingfield. And several spectators in the courtroom wept As he stood before the Bench Tor his recitation. Wingfield had her son arrested but Laler had change of heart and begged the court to be merciful to him. When Wilburn pleaded guilty on nov. 17 to a reduced charge of attempted second degree forgery. Rohl ordered him to memorize the two stanza or Golo prison. I though the Mother was entitled to hear her ton say something that indicated her love for him the judge said. At the conclusion of the recitation Rohl placed Wilburn on five years probation and ordered him copay Back the $1,600 to his Mother and continue treatment in a drug rehabilitation program. Wilburn was also Given Youthful offender treat ment which provides that his arrest will be expunged from Public record. Bennett says left right to blame Gage plan for desolation of Many schools 1� Cut 5/50pfrom payrolls new York a education Secretary William j. Bennett tuesday blamed liberals and conservatives alike for the desolation of Many inner Cit schools and vowed to spread the word on How such schools can succeed.  toured the William Lloyd Garrison elementary school in the sout Bronx tuesday a thriving school in a Community that has become synonymous with Urban decay. He said in remarks prepared for delivery at the school that he intended to see that the lessons these schools teach us become More widely  he also announced that education department researchers Are preparing a hand Book explaining what works in the Educa Tion of the disadvantaged. So we can help create More schools like  a department spokesman said it was too Early to predict when the Booklet would be released and offered no further details on its Content. Bennett in his prepared text said Fel Low conservatives were generally on tar Tel in stressing standards discipline basics Strong leadership and High expectation but he said Uhny have paid insufficient attention to the education of in disadvantage. They have not on the whole directed their efforts As specifically As they could have to the question of what works Tor these  while crediting liberals Tor being Strong advocates of eliminating discrimination and improving the lot or the poor he accused them of believing that Dis advantaged children need an education that is different from Ute education of others one thai is often less rigorous. Garrison is one of several inner City schools Bennett has visited during his 23-month tenure As education Secretary others have included Charles Rice elementary school in Dallas Eastside High school in Paterson nj., Lee elementary school in Milwaukee and . Celebrating mergers Public schools i p0t00f1t of Tow 100% so by 189 in Brooklyn. He said such schools have a message for Public policy toward the poor in Gen eral. Like these successful schools he said such policies should emphasize the Basic necessity of strengthening Char Acter self discipline and  schools such As Garrison succeed he said because they have outstanding principals who Lead and inspire and bring out he Best from dedicated motivated teaching  such schools reach out to parents and concentrate on the basics of Goodbe Havior and the basics of academic achievement he said. Bennett attacked the notion that schools such As Garrison Are exceptions to a general pattern of hopelessness i deprived  he said in Stead such schools Are proof that goo education is possible for All of our Chil  he named three traits that make inner City schools like Garrison work they act on the premise thai no immutable Law dooms a poor or disadvantaged child to failure because he is poor and disadvantaged. They reject the idea thai values Are different for Rich and poor or for Black and while. These schools do not neglect or deny differences in culture and Back ground far from it they affirm them. But they do not let such differences bin Der the education of their children to common enabling Standard. They scam fads and insist on fundamentals their answer is More testing better teachers lots of Homework longer hours tougher discipline harder work in creased Quality a clean and orderly building and More motivation for achievement Bennett said. Such schools he said Are realizing the sound Liberal goals of the 60s and 70s," but Are using profoundly con a Serva Tive Means 10 achieve them. By the associated presi general motors corp. And general elec tric co. Have announced they wih reduce their payrolls by More than 5,500 employ eel. Pm said monday thit it would Lay Oft 2,000 workers at it Leeds Assembly Plant i Kansas City to because of a drop in de Mand for the Bukk sky Hawf Chevrolet Cavalier and ads Mode firnem be said in planned More than 3,500 Cullet Turbine and Generator plants in the North East and a Jet e3jne Plant in Ohio meanwhile three congressmen said they will introduce legislation to enact president Reagan proposed 5980 Mil lion Job training program to help up to 700.000 workers Laid off because of imports Plant dosing and new technologies each year. The announcement of the legislative Effort coincided with the release of a re port by a labor department task Force concluding that a massive new Job re training Effort is needed for the country. At Gas Leeds Plant the reduction and layoffs effective feb. 16, will Cut production from two shifts making 56 cars an hour to one shift at the same Rale. The Leeds reduction is he latest in a series of production cutbacks pm has announced in recent months. The company earlier announced Cut backs at Buick Oldsmobile Cadillac plants in Michigan and Missouri. Be said it would Lay off 1,950 steam Turbine and Generator production work ers in Lynn mass. The company also said it would eliminate 200 jobs in Schenectady . In the closing of a related foundry and cut900 jobs through layoffs and attrition in unspecified Schenectady Turbine opera Lions throughout the year. Be also said in Hopes to persuade 500 workers la its Evendale Ohio Plant to accept Early retirement. Continental announces 2-for-l ticket bargain new York a Continental airlines will a web people express and new York air next month and promote itt greatly expanded size with a two for one ticket tale the Parent company of All three carriers announced monday. The Sale which applies to flights originating from certain cities will enable travellers to Fly Coasto coast for at Lowia $55 per person Durine february and to London for $99 during february and March. Texas air corp. Officials said. There was no immediate move to match the promo Tion by other major airlines. As of feb.  names people express and Newyork air will disappear employees of those airlines will Wear Continental uniforms and their aircraft and Airport facilities will be repainted in Continental s red and Gold colors. Texas air officials said Continental which emerged from bankruptcy court reorganization in june will become the largest full service Low fare airline. The Houston based Carrier will have a 312-Jei Fleet and i so nights daily including 219 daily departures Ai the five airports thai serve the new York area where it will be the biggest operating airline. The Lickel promotion was announced Al a new York news conference by Texas air chairman Frank Lorenzo. People express president Donald Burr new York air president Douglas Birdsall and Continental presi Dent Thomas Laskell. Burr and Birdsall will retain positions in the senior management of Continental but their exact duties will not be disclosed until later Lorenzo said. Under Continental s promotion passengers who buy tickets for flights from any of the new York area airports to other Domestic Points in Continental s sys tem will be Able to Lake a companion free on the tame trip in february. For example this Means two people could Fly to los Angela for 155 each. The Sale also is Good from new York to London during february and March enabling passengers to Fly one Way for 199 each. The Purchase deadline is Jan. 31. The promotion also applies to Domestic flights originating in Buffalo Rochester and Syracuse qty. Pills Burgh Columbus Ohio Burlington Al Worcester mass. Portland Maine and Providence ill Charles Novak spokesman for United airlines said the Chicago based Carrier was studying the announce ment. Stephen Mcgregor spokesman for Dalu bed american said we Don l have any response formulated you