European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 23, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Pago 8 the stars and stripes saturday May 23,1987 schools Roundup Dodds students overlooked for National academic team Washington students representing military schools overseas were excluded from a nationwide All academic team because of an oversight a spokesman for Usa today said wednesday. The newspaper and the National education association co sponsored the selections numbering 111. Each stale and the District of Columbia had at least one so Udint Given honorable mention except depart ment of defense dependents schools applicants. A Don t really know Why we did t list someone from Dod s As an honorable mention said pal , a Slaffer with Usa today who ran the nil academic teams project. I have to suspect it was just an a list of those selected appeared in May 18 editions of Usa today. Heidelberg duo semifinalists for presidential scholars Washington Julius Tsai and Alyce Dawson of Heidelberg High school finished us semifinalists in Ihu annual while House commission of presidential scholars awards program. The department of education program identifies distinguished High school graduates throughout the United states and department of defense dependents schools an estimated 1,500 students applied for the Honor. The commission selected 500 semifinalist from which 141 were named presidential scholars. Tsai was named co valedictorian at Heidelberg High school along with John Hogan and Scott Hogan. Dawson applied and was accepted to eight colleges and universities including Cornell Dartmouth Princeton Stanford Williams and the University of California at Berkeley. School individual champs named in Drill Competition Stuttgart Kevin Brown of Mannheim High school finished first and David Johnson of Wurz Burfie High school placed second in individual Drill Competition in the final round of army Junior Roth Competition in Germany. Seventeen schools look part in the Competition held earlier this month at Patch High school. Patch captured team honors in color guard and fancy Drill Karlsruhe High school was voted Best in the squad precision Drill and Augsburg High school placed first in platoon precision Dell. Frankfurt senior chosen for internship at smithsonian Frankfurt a Frankfurt High school senior has been accepted to a five week internship at the smithsonian institution in Washington beginning j uly 12. Chris Haze 17, will work in the institution s photog Raphy and printing office. He has been accepted to California lutheran College for the fall term. The institution accepts a Small number of applicants for summer jobs from thousands of High school Stu dents Germany wide Media fest delayed by military exercise Sembach a Germany a military exercise has delayed the Germany wide Media fest at scuba i elementary and Junior High schools. Scheduled for May 12-14, the festival has been re scheduled for wednesday through Friday. Displays of video tapes slides films and photos will highlight the annual festival German american children display artworks in Karlsruhe Karlsruhe Germany an Art sex Hirji featuring the combined efforts of american and German school children is on display at the in Karlsruhe. Staid cols from Karl Shijie elementary and the Drais cooperated on the project. American students focused on life in the Host nation and the German students worked on impressions of America the display is open today from 9 . To i . And monday and tuesday from 9 . To 6 . A Germany Region spokesman said efforts have been made to move the exhibit to Dodds Headquarters in Washington later this year. Replica of spirit of St. Louis highlights anniversary events Paris up about 200 people waved and cheered thursday As a replica of the spirit of St. Louis landed at la Bourgot Airport in a ceremony commemorating the Folh anniversary of aviation Garcal Charles Lindbergh s Solo Light across the Atlantic Ocean. Tie crowd Many of them from Lindbergh s Home stale of Minnesota watched As Pilot Vern jobs a United airlines Boeing 747 Captain swooped Over the air strip twice lipped the wings in Salute and landed at the same Airport where Lindbergh completed his historic voyage on May 21,1927, it s marvelous to be Here. It s very exciting. I feel very honoured said Wendy Lindbergh the famous Pilot s 30-year-old granddaughter who has worked in a is for four years As an artist. There s a great emotion going on Here. The feeling is Juit very moving she said. She had earlier unveiled a statue donated by the state of Minnesota to be placed in a Lindbergh exhibition at la Bourget an Airfield just North of Paris. The statue called Lindbergh the boy and the Man depicts Lindbergh As an adult in 1920s Pilot s garb and a second figure As a boy with his arms out stretched pretending of Fly. It carries an inscription saying the statue was it gift from the people of Minnesota to the people of France and a quotation from Lindbergh about How it Felt to come into la Bourget from an Altitude of 4,000 feet to Complete the first terms allanic crossing in an air plane. However unlike that Balmy night 60 years ago there was a chill wind and Gray skies for the ceremony. In a symbolic move As the replica landed a supersonic concorde Jet took of from the opposite Side of the Airport. The concorde lakes Ali hours to Cross the Atlantic to new York about 30 hours less than it took Lindbergh. Johst re creating events As Rhey were reported to have happened taxied Down the runway 10 the two where he called out is this be Boti rect before a lighting to the cheering throne Many of the men in the crowd were dressed As to ii a and firefighters in period costumes with women and girls wearing 1920s dresses. Jobst and Trench transport minister Pierre me Hiligh cric then hid a Wreath at the statue. The ceremonies brought bad memories for can i Henri Garnet 75, who witnessed Lindbergh s Landing. I was a isl 15,1 was in arc a Iid Garnet. The replica of the spirit of St. Louis was Buitt in 1977 by i aul i of Berezni of Oshkosh wjs., and has visited More than 200 cities in the United Stales can Ada and Mexico to keep alive the memory of Lind Bergh s achievement. 3 men to remember 5a5 it kid by l Emmi i a wll or in � weekend dedicated to Banning fill to heroes three world Wir ii medal of Honor women from the 8lh luf on pfc Ernest pms Sun pfc. Waller Wetzl and suit sgt. John Minuck were Komori Ali Zed Friday it division had Quarter in by knt Nach. Maj. Gen. Orren r. Whiddon qty sch inf div commander maj. Gen. John w. Wood Mattee jr., v corps Coom Uoder Aad Paul to Esefa of How Ion a first lieutenant with the 121st inf div Mioi the Buttle of us Ertta Forest Lay a Wreath 1 4k Hue of the memorial. Three plaques pay tribute the men who were killed a Batik. Carnival workers riot As Park opens Cergy-ponto1se, France a carnival workers who claim their jobs Are threatened battled police beneath an enormous statue of the Rabelais character Garga Mua on opening Day thursday at the i Ropokis theme Park. Police said 10 officers were injured two of them serious a. The Park closed for the rest of the Day but officials said it was to reopen Friday. About 60 employees of traditional carnivals who say the government unfairly favors big amusement Parks like Siropolis and a proposed euro Disneyland bought tickets for opening Day and began vandalizing the installations a police of Fidiaj said on condition of anonymity. They prepared their attack Well. They came to de stroy said a part employee also speaking anonymously. Police reported no arrests or protester injuries. Police chief Christian ferret of clergy Ponto Ite Tot on the head with a crowbar was one of the two scr Louiry injured officers. Miro oils is based tin european literary themes Ami features characters from the Ribald writings of 16th Century French author Francois Rabelais. At a ceremony wednesday Premier Jacques inc a dedicated the 135 acres in the disc Valley about 25 Miles Northwest of Paris. The Park dominated by the Mountain size Tearne of Gargantua is seen As a French response to an Ameri can invasion represented by scheduled to bring Mickey mouse and friends to the Eastern suburbs in 1992. Owners and employees of traditional airs and Carni Vals which still Are popular in France see a threat in the big projects. They object to the government prac Tice of putting a lower tax on theme Park tickets and subsidizing construction to create jobs
