European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 1, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Friday May 1, 1987 the stars and stripes Page 9 med Region teachers stay with Oft Washington Bureau Washington the overseas federation of teachers retained1 control of the department of of bosc dependents schools Mediterranean Region wednesday by a Vole or 464 to 283, lending offa Challenge by the rival Over seas education association. Teachers in the med hive sent a Clear message int they want inc Oft to represent them said Marie Sainz Funaro president of he Oft which is affiliated with the american pc duration of teachers. Med teachers want local and regional representation on the issues thai affect them every Day at wort and that s what we give them. Now we can gel on with our business without having to spend time fighting the sea sea president Jack Rollins called the defeat disappointing but not Surpris the biggest Factor in the loss was that Many teachers believed having a Choice of two unions encouraged action on their behalf As the unions continually Battle for new he said. The theme that flowed throughout the election was that Union Competition could Only be Good fur the teachers he said. The fact that the Oft was inc incumbent already in place in the schools also helped them greatly. We had to Start from scratch and spent most of our Lime out in the parking lots the defeat will not deter the sea from its stated of one worldwide Union for overseas teachers Rollins said. However that goal moved further out of reach last week when Panama Educa tors rejected the sea and voted . Tin humic ii july. Judy Chicago s monumental work the dinner party will be shown for the first time on the continent from Friday through june 28 in the Kuns Thalac Schirn Art gallery near the Roc Merberg City Hall Square. The american Anisi Calls her great Triangle with 39 place settings an at tempt to interpret the last supper from the viewpoint of those who have always done the Chicago whose work dates Back to 1979, said the Triangle is an old Symbol of womanhood. Each leg of the banquet Triangle is my for d women. It starts on the right with place settings for famous women up to roman limes. The second leg is set for women famous during Early christianity up to the reformation and the. Last leg covers the period from the 17th Century to the present. Each setting uni color schemes and motifs fitting the woman and her time in history. The 39 place settings for women from mythology science and Art Are augmented by the names of 999 women written on 2, handmade tiles under inc table. There s been so Ucli controversy about it that we just had to find a Way to exhibit it Here suit gallery director Christoph Vitali. German women last june staged a festival of 1,000 women in the opera House to raise he Money to bring the work to Frankfurt. The Kuns Halle is open from 10 . To 9 . Tuesdays through fridays and 10 . To 7 . On saturdays and sundays. Admission cos 5 marts $2.80 for adults and 3 Marks $1.70 for children. The Panama canal federation of teach ers also an Aff affiliate by a Vole of 209-125. The sea probably will mount another Challenge As soon As possible Rollins said. The earliest the sea could do that is 12 months from this election he said. The sea an affiliate of the National education association represents about to percent of Dodds teachers world wide and controls three of the five re Lions in the school system. T he Union has Overall negotiation rights with Dodds officials in Washington . On behalf of overseas eachers study notes change in air forces Washington up . Intelli gence shows that the air forces of the Warsaw pact have shifted to a defensive strategy 10 counter a buildup of the North Atlantic treaty organization Dur ing the last five years air Force Secre tary Edward Aldridge sail. A study by the defame intelligence Agency and the Cia revealed that the Eastern bloc air forces have shifted from a predominantly offensive strategy in Eastern Europe to a strategy thai now emphasizes an initial defense Orienta Tion he said wednesday. In a speech to the annual meeting of the american Institute of aeronautics and astronautics Aldridge said what we have Here is a Clear tactical reaction to the nato modernization program in Aldridge said the United states needs to continue working with its allies in modernizing nato s corns in order o offset the larger number of planes the soviet Union and other Warsaw pact nations command. He did not elaborate but referred to the study As recently air Force officials said Only Congress has been informed of the study s contents. Officials said the join Dia Cia study was completed in june 1985 and has remained classified and not mentioned in Public until now. The air Force officials declined 10 comment further on the study or the Sec i Lary s. Remarks. Other government officials who Fol Low soviet military developments said an accelerated change in emphasis to Ward defense has become apparent in so Viet military writings Over the last two years. They said his change applies both to soviet ground and naval forces a Well As air forces. Rather than a pronounced shift these officials said there had been a change in emphasis that has accelerated Over the last two years. Army heirloom arrives on . Soil for first time Oklahoma City a the Shanghai bowl one of the army s most prize heirlooms is on american soil for the first Lime after 51/ decades of Over seas duly including three years buried in the Philippines hidden from the Japa Nese an army detail brought the Silver bowl and its mulching cups new totalling 101, from South Korea this week to fort Sill in southwestern Oklahoma. They were Uncial cd wednesday for display at 31stlnfregthq. It was the first Lime i had Icen it since aug. 13, 1941," Alan w. Hancock of Sunset Beach Texas president of the 31st infantry regimental association said wednesday Hancock was one of the present and former members of the unit who went to South Korea to return the bowl. Aug. I 3 is the anniversary of the regi ment and it was used every year on that Date to commemorate the founding he said of course right after that time world War ii began. I got the Chance to drink from it said. The bowl to inches across and 21 inches deep was made in 1932 by a Shanghai China Silversmith from 1,500 american Silver dollars. It and the cups were purchased with ji.600 donated by the officers of the 31 is when the regi ment was sent to China. It has always been kept Al the head quarters and the Headquarters has a. Ways been overseas said the 71-year old Hancock who survived inc Balaan death March ana144 Monafis As a prisoner of the japanese. In april 1942, with the japanese advancing and shells falling nearby a detail under the command of Cape Carl l. Short buried Jet bowl and Tup or. Car Regidor in the Philippines. Short also was captured by the Japa Nese. After his re Las at the end of the War he returned to comedor and directed a two month search for the i "1 helped Lake the bowl Down to the Dock for the trip to Wayne Lewis 68, of Albuquerque n.m.,Sai f. There were Only 65 cups then and the bowl used to have a base. The base got lost somewhere
