European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 23, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes monday March 23,19b7 Dodds advised to look at certification Washington its the Mil Ilary s schools for  s children should seek to improve i hair educational accreditation process an advisory panel recommends. Department of defense dependent schools arc accredited by the North Central association of colleges and secondary schools the largest Accra dior of school curriculum in the Stales. Dodds pays about 1220,000 yearly Tor the accreditation which it required by Law of All Public and Pri vate school. While Dodds off idols have not  any problems with the inca the 17-Mcmher advisory panel suggested that the schools try to attract other educational associations to compete with the inca for the accreditation contract. Only inca submitted a bid for the contract last year leading the panel to speculate hat the Federal bidding process Dodds operates under is too cumbersome and  potential bidders. The panel suggested seeking ways to simplify the bidding process it also suggested setting stronger guidelines for the accrediting association to look into the educational system. The panel members also wandered whether schools Are being checked no Folrn under the inca contract leading 10 More expenses than new Scuiry. Barbara Pope Deputy assistant Secretary of defense for family support education and safety said each Dodds school is critiqued every five years while stateside schools generally Are checked every seven to 10 years. Myerson s plans new York not Bess Myerson says that the expects to resume her Post in the Koch administration within three weeks despite the Legal problems she and her companion the City con tractor Carl a. Capasso Are fac ing. Myerson who took an unpaid leave in january from her $83,0 h a year Job As the City s cultural affairs commissioner said in a Brief Telephone inter View that i Haven t changed my mind about returning to work. She was confirming a statement earlier by her lawyer Frederick p. Hafiz. She s plan Ning to come Back he had said. Prompted by investigations of Myerson and Capasso mayoral Aici persuaded her to take a leave of up to 90 Days a period that Endi april 13. Satellite in orbit Cape canaveral a. A an indonesian communications satellite launched Friday was placed in a stationary orbit sat urday night Over the southwestern Pacific where it will serve six nations Nasa officials said. The Jalapa bp2 communications satellite is orbiting the Earth 22,238 Miles above Kalimantan formerly called Borneo. After three weeks of testing by the Hughes aircraft corp. Engineers that built it the device will serve As a space switchboard for Indonesia s 13,677 islands the Philippines Thailand Malaysia Singapore and Papua new Guinea temperatures mahcn31 l h 30 4s Hunt ii 4 Eahat k k Chat 7 10 dwt � b 40 u4 in u � Mam i 19 new Orfil is � of Unki .1 sin Van m Wal Eglon european weather Fukui to Lauar Fittl n inn us in wino the Irmy. Anhh1 a Iii a if  fund air Daunel Ihmie "5ru my Limo Vum a i a k in m .iiw.n, a i Iwu Lri i in thug Tom Guiff a Timp Xii a duh ,. Illint ipm43 10 31 1 u 9 30 u33 in Munch. I x � p�4 pm 44 Hong. I dtfvd.11 i�w.,lTr5 Hun la7& m manual. 4i 39 com us. � i dim u it Toonis e army seeks bids from european firms for weapon system to replace diva wal., a the army has asked British French German and Swiss armaments manufacturers to sub Mit bids for a contract to replace the aborted set. York air defense gun with a Winner to be chosen this year the sgt. York which was also known As the diva or division air defense gun consisted of a modified tank Chassis two 40mm Cannon and a radar system. It. Col Craig Macnab an army spokesman said on Friday that the serv ice s request for proposals was issued last week to interested companies. All the Bidden that Are viewed As hav ing weapons that can meet the testing deadline Are either european or u, rope an partnerships. According to Macnab the Pentagon decided to Guy a system in production or ready for  that guideline is expected to limit the Competition to four bidders. They include the British aerospace co s tracked rapier system eur missile s Roland ii missile system made by a Franco German consortium a partnership of the Ltd corp. And Thomson Csc of France built around the French Shahine missile system and a partnership of the Martin Marietta corp. And the Swiss firm of Overli Kon Buhrle ltd., which recently sold an air defense missile system known As adapts to Canada. The new acquisition strategy is expected to mollify european arms makers because it makes them immediately eligible to com Pete forthe entire air defense contract. That is because the army s bid request Abandons the idea of delaying purchases or Only buying a Stopgap weapon while launching a research program to develop an entirely new air defense system that a . Manufacturer would presumably be Able to compete for on its own rather it Calls for contractors to pro vide weapons for immediate testing that meet certain floor value requirements and which have a High probability of being improved Over time. A key Factor in the Competition will be How much these weapons can grow in performance Macnab said. The request for bids itself is classified because it contains detailed specifications for the new weapon Macnab said but the army has decided to require interested companies to provide two Proto types for testing by july i allowing Selec Tion Ofa Winner by nov. 26, he said. The army expects All of the bidders will propose Mobile fire units that can shoot ground to air missiles against enemy aircraft to protect its troops. It has not ruled out accepting a Cru smile a twin gun combination however. The service will initially award a con tract for 160 fire units Macnab added while also requesting five years Worth of contract options that could increase the tout buy to Between 500 and 600 units. All Laid the army contract is expected to be Worth More than $3 billion. After More than seven Yean of development work and an investment of $1.8 billion defense Secretary Caspar w. Weinberger scrapped the sol. York weapon aug. 27, 1985, saying it simply could t protect tank columns from Modem soviet helicopters. While hailed by congressional critics As the right move the cancellation of the sol. York left the army without a weapon considered sufficiently lethal to protect its divisions against modern aircraft despite More than a decade of study. According to Pentagon sources the army has always preferred to concen trate on developing and Fielding a Brand new weapon to replace the sgt. York but Congress concerned that the service would not move quickly enough to protect us troops and tanks mandated a decision on the matter by nov. 26,1987, despite the congressional directive the army did appear to be wavering ear Lier this month on How it would proceed delaying the issuance of a bid request while it debated starting a research pro Gram for an entirely new weapon. Capture ends dog s Hermit existence Fresno Calif. A Sam the her Mit an abandoned and injured German Shepherd that lived along a country Road shunned human Contact and attracted do nations from Welt wishers across the nation has been nabbed by the county dog Catcher. When they put him in the Cage to take him away he didst fight and 1 had to leave because 1 was crying so hard. Pulled him for the first time. He was stiff As a statue said Eunice Bandoni who plans to keep the dog Sam the Hermit was the name Given to the dog by the 2,000 residents of the town of Tranquillity 30 Miles West of Fresno. Bandoni and Donna Blackwood who spearheaded efforts to care for the once abused animal said there was no Choice but to end Sam s Freedom. Besides numerous complaints that authorities were ignoring the stray Bandoni said that Sam recently began chasing cars and lying in the Middle of the Road. But some still think the dog should be set free. I Hope he is Sci Mcd Back to the wide open Fields of the san Joaquin Val Ley where he had really found a Happy Home said Jennifer quails of Berkeley who said her children sent Money after Reading about the dog in january if he wanted or needed to be confined for the rest of his life he would t have kept his distance from people for so Long,1 said Doug Simpson of Fresno who heard about the dog s plight in a television report people began noticing Sam about five years ago lying alongside the main Road into town. He slept beneath a tree in a ditch and peered into cars from the Road Side leading residents to speculate he was looking for his departed master Sana Voksas believed to be about 8 years old sided human Contact and sometime lost year his left Eye was injured by a Pellet gun. He gained nationwide publicity during efforts by townsfolk to care for the injured Eye and gather Money for a lifetime Supply of dog Tood. Hundreds of animal lovers sent donations totalling 13,000 from More than 20 states and Canada. Efforts to tranquil inc him so a veterinarian could treat his Eye failed because he did t respond to drugs slipped into his food. The Fresno county society for Preven Tion of cruelty to animals took the dog into custody thursday. To capture Sam the Spca used a Metal Cage bailed with food weekend supervisor Joyce minion said saturday. The door is triggered so that it shuts when the animal Steps on a Metal plate once Sam s Eye is healed he will live in Bandoni s fenced in Back Yard. I Don t know How he will like it but it s for his own Good she said. Canadian Dies in combat rebels say Tegucigalpa Honduras a Carlos Casa a spokesman for Nicara Guan rebels said saturday trial Canadian free Tancic writer Peter Bertie was killed while accompanying a guerrilla unit in Side Nicaragua. He said Bertie a with a group of rebels of the nicaraguan democratic Force when it was attacked thursday by a helicopter gunship about 60 Miles North of Managua Leasa said Bertie s body was still in Nicaragua. Lie did nol say whether any members of the nicaraguan democratic Force the main rebel unit fighting the sandinista government were killed in the attack or give further details Casa also did nol say How or when the body might be brought to Honduras where Many of the Robets operate out of bases near the nicaraguan Border. In Managua tie nicaraguan capital the defense ministry said it had no in formation about the reports that a Ca Nadian was killed in Nicaragua. The Canadian Consul in Guatemala. Joyce Cavanaugh Wood arrived in Tegucigalpa saturday afternoon reportedly to attend to the recovery and identification of the body. Canada does nol have an embassy in Honduras and its embassy in Guatemala looks after