European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 7, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes saturday. March 7,1987 Call discipline drug abuse worst problems new York in High school seniors believe America s Public schools Are in trouble citing discipline and drug abuse As he most serious problems Survey has revealed. The students however gave Good grades to their own schools the Survey showed. A total of 1,7 2 stud Gnu in 421 High school nation wide participated last Spring in the Survey conducted by Phi Delia Kappa and the Center for Survey re search at Indiana University. But those conducting the Survey admitted it was flawed because responses were voluntary and Only the More successful students were Likely to take part. High school seniors believe that the Public school  the United slates Are in rouble professor David Clark said thursday in a report on the Survey published in the March Issue of Fol Delta Kappan an education journal Only about one in 20 s.7 percent would give them a Grade of a. Leu than 1 percent of non Public school seniors would assign Public school an a said Clark a professor of education at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville. Only 1st non Public Woof elude Ali participated inthe Survey Clark said. Nearly 20 percent of non Public school seniors and10 percent of Public school seniors would give Public schools grades of d or of he said. The median Grad that the students would award to the Public schools is however Clark said most students give the school they attend a Good Grade. Fewer than one in 20 rate their school below average. One Quarter think Ihei school deserves an a and three quarters an a or a a asked 10 list the problem they see 43.5 percent cited discipline and 35,3 percent claimed efforts to maintain order had become problems in their downright Clark said. Under the heading of efforts to handle discipline 17.2 percent of the students complained that their schools have Loo Many rules he said. An almost equal percentage 18.1 percent said that the problem Igloo few rules rules that Are inconsistent or a particular obnoxious Rule the second most frequently cited category of school problems was substance abuse mentioned by 37.2 percent of the respondents Clark said. The single problem cited most frequently came under this heading drug abuse mentioned by 19.2 percent in addition 10 percent of the seniors. Mentioned Alco hol abuse. The school environment of most High school thu Donti is directly affected by problems of student be Havior and substance abuse Clark said. Students Are deeply concerned about these  thirteen percent of the seniors surveyed died unfair and uncaring teachers As a problem and 8 percent spoke of racial tensions Clark  to iranian officials suspected in . Arms sales Washington a the Tower commission had suspicions but no proof that iranian officials received kickbacks from the Sale of .arms to Iran a possibility relied by a government consultant in 1985, far Mer Secretary of state Edmund mus temperatures is n � 41 43 7134 u i t 43 hnwt4 re in own 27 41 inv Muffi 41 North s""0"s& Europea Wea portent far of astr. Met a i ainu by pc in Flawia. In Alhert afm Hur to Nta Oti of two. 4im 4cm Fern 4pm cop Mugni. I id Annua i ii 9 9 Atu 84 i � s Kie said. Music a member of the three manpower commission said the panel stated no such conclusions because you Don t state them As facts until you can prove them especially in document supposed to be authority  but he said someone in the arms Industry whom he did not identify had told him about the payoffs prompting his suspicions. Official investigating the weapons ate and the possible diversion of profits to the Contra rebels in Nicara Gua say at least $20 million from the transactions cannot be  commission s report on the Iran Centra affair released last week contained documents in which Michael Ledeen a former consultant to the nation Al Security Council told an unnamed Cia official about possible kickbacks. After a meeting with Ledeen in de Cember 1985, the chief of the Cia s Iran desk wrote Ledeen noted they had purposely overcharged the iranians and had used around $200,000 of these funds to support subject s political contacts inside Iran the subject referred to  the iranian middleman in the weapons tales during 1985 and 1986, dark Mcfadden the Tower commis Sion s chief counsel said in an interview with the san Francisco examiner  had to grease the Way somehow. That s what you would Antic Pale that he used the Money for other purposes in  a Senate intelligence committee source told the examiner that payoffs to iranian officials totalled $6 million an the paper quoted an iranian journalist in London All Reza Nori Adeb As saying Money went to Hashemi a Sfanjani the speaker of the iranian parliament on Jan. 27, a Man calling himself Mcfadi Bab Remani Raf Samani and Pur porting to be the 25-year-old son of Raf Zanjani said he planned 10 return to the pcs staff officer to retire Washington a army Illgen. Clarence e Mcknight jr., director of command control and Oam Maica tons by Siena for the joint chief of ult since August 1984, will retire july 1, the Pentagon said. Mcknight 57, a native of Memphis term., has More than 35yews Active duty service. United states $5.8 million of tie 16 Mil lion he said he made from secret arms  Man s statements made at a press conference in a hotel in Santa Monica,calif., could not be independently con firmed and the state department said wednesday it knew nothing of any such offer. The younger a Sfanjani reportedly disappeared from Brussels Belgium in late december and waa headed for can Ada. A Ghahremani a spokesman for the iranian embassy in Ottawa said be knew nothing of Young a Sfanjani whereabouts tie also denied the parliament speaker received Money. That would be false he said. Possible kickbacks and payoffs were also discussed by it col. Oliver l. North the National Security Council aide who was fired for his role in the Iran Centra affair according to a memo he wrote on Jan. T a 1986. Referring to Israel s complaints that Thad not received enough Money for its shipments of Tow missiles to Iran North said he did not know whether Bis is because sub Winner pocketed Theresa or whether there was. A Kickback to iranian officials in Tehran Iran Ai Schwimmer an israeli arms dealer and a Friend of former israeli prime minister Shimon Peres bandied logistical arrangement for weapons shipments to Iran from existing stockpiles in bred in August and september of 1985.Schwimmer, Ledeen Thor Butinar Ami israeli arms merchant Yaacov Nimrod frequently contacted one another in the initial phases of the arms  fact an israeli government official Amiram Nir told North be suspected there is probably a secret business arrangement among Schwimmer lede Enand Gorba that is being conducted with out the knowledge of any of the three respective Golem menu according to a North  has denied he made any Money off the arms  the Tower commission in criticizing the operations of the National Secu Rity Council said the use of private intermediaries with personal financial interests invited kickbacks and pay offs correction president Reagan will visit Berlin injure not in 19eib, As stated in a headline in yesterday s edition. News Upplau s Barbie Back in prison Lyon France up nazi Klaus Barbie to go on trial May it for alleged crimes against humanity has returned to his Lyon prison a month after entering Hospital Tor a prostate operation police Laid. Barbie 73, entered Lyon South Hospital complaining of urinary tract problems and the of to twas perforated feb. 5. His lawyer Jacques verges says he Aad Barbie want his trial to open As Toon As  is to stand trial on charges of crimes against humanity for the deaths or deportations to nazi death Camps of 894 Lyon civilians mainly jews or resistance fighters White he served As the local nazi Gestapo chief from 1942101944. Campbell contributes new York a the Campbell soup co., whose soup cans were immortalized in the paintings of artist Andy Warhol has donated $2.000 in Warhol memory to the new York facade my of Ait the school has announced. The donation will be used for student scholarships the Academy said. Warhol who died last week Rose to Fame in the Early 1960s in Larie part because of the publicity generated by his Large realistic paintings of Campbell soup  paintings helped form the foundation of the pop an move ment. Takeover rejected new York Upo Usai thursday rejected a 11.5 billion takeover bid by trans world air lines chairman Carl Icahn setting the stage for the next merger Warin the nation s rapidly consolidating airline Industry. Calling Icahn s unsolicited $52-a-Shtrc offer grossly inadequate us air group inc. Charged the bid was timed to disrupt its proposed si.? billion takeover of Piedmont aviation and said it was consid ering Legal action against  j Board nixed the Twa offer thursday morning less than24 hours alter Icahn unveiled his proposal. The Board said the bid was not in the Best interests of us air croup or its shareholders employees or passengers