European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 22, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday. July 22,1987 the stars and stripes army Roth toughens its Prog More selective in assigning office Page 9 by Murd hallo ran fort Bragg wite Fyt the army re serve officer training Conj moving recovered from i pod Vietnam enrol men by Hai become far More selective in  and Call ing them to Active duly to the buy of Tome student cadets. _ the Competition for Choice Active duty a remits from a combination of fewer places in the  and an increase in applications 1rotc scholarships As the Cost of education rises and the Reservoir of financial Aid shrinks. Adding to the Competition there has been a gradual revival of the Roth on the campuses of the Ivy league us other prestigious universities where Iowa particular target of vociferous and often violent criticism during he Vietnam War. . The army has made Roth summer training More rigorous and eliminated weekends Oft. It has too required experienced Middle Grade office Sand senior noncommissioned officers to make tougher and More extensive evaluations of the prospective off ecu. To Etc evaluations determine who will gel the preferred assign menu after graduation. That tetors have added i note of tension and anxiety nine student cadets go through their required six week summer Camp Here. That b particularly True of those students who have Omny Roth scholarships in return for which 1" god Ergo weekly on Campus training and six wee summer cup and May be called on to serve Foi Yum in Ibe Active forces or eight years in the Rob after Ibe end of the draft in 1973, enrol naj a the training corns plummeted. In 1967, at Tatj Blu of the Vietnam War. Army Roth enrolled us pop cadets with Many having signed up to avoid aka drafted. By1974. Enrolment in array Rotaj mown to 33,200. The air Force had a similar Eju Flunce while enrol ment in toe much smaller Natof Lutc dipped slightly. In the 1980s, As a new a motion of Young people without memories of a Jam came of military age army Roth  a Peak in 1983 with73,800 members to sliding off and stabilizing with Ejiro Mem Avera about 63,000. The pattern in Theair Force Hajj nth same but the Navy is up to a recent High ombre than 11,000. By the prof the month Here eight units of 400pwill have completed their summer Irain neg rides navigating the Piney Woods crawl ing through red mud throwing hand grenades scout ing for opposing forces patrolling Sandy lanes and assaulting Hills the cadets including 600 women have come therefrom All Over the Eastern Seaboard Between their Junior and senior years in College. Students from the mid Weil and the West coast arc being trained in Camps a fort Riley kan., and fort Lewis Wash. Most cadets will be commissioned As second Iii next Spring. But Only half of those who r years of Active duty will be accepted at list year and 70 percent go into the reserves. Can afford to be Morea a live not Only because  and qua apr Roth cadets but also  Leduty longer and n the size of the of Ficci Many of the cadets the increasingly sea Bohr a student a pfc con ube a  infantry or the staying on Active has ordered cuts in is Bilty that s 3lor22/ said they were eager for assignments. Paul j. Said he wanted to because of Shoul rat Tufts University in Medford 1fwho Hopes to be chosen for military inti be wants to go on Active duty because i m it the Market a Fol be fora Liberal arts  the Competition is not Only to be selected for Active duty but for Choice army Branch. Marry of the male cadets Aid they hoped to be chosen for the combat arms infantry Field artillery or Armor which were the least popular branches in the Vietnam War. Among the women who Are not eligible for combat military intelligence  pm to be among the favourites. The Competition for Choice assignments has led some Adels to grumble about the rating Myslim. Only 10 percent get top grades another 20 percent Are rated better than average and Lite remainder arc graded As satisfactory. About 10 percent Ore dismissed mostly for medical Rea sons. The quota system is catch-22," said Kyle g. Lundstedt of Yale. They Are always drilling into your head that you must work As a team which is an excellent aspect of the training. But at the same time we arc competing against the people we re supposed to be  several cadets said for example that during an exercise known As squad in the attack they did their Best to cooperate with the squad Leader. This helped the Leader receive a Good Graf Murrne members of each 11 member squad received try put for their least spirit Walter Raj Pfartz of the University of Pennsylvania said Htu pne Competition because it makes you Mored however it can undermine the natural sofa  lending the system 1_l col David c Kirk said re s got to be a balance Between Competition and teamwork. They arc taught that Trrry must exc but not Atixhe expense of other people. And if they slay in the army they will be ranked in order throughout their  the officers at the Roth Camp Aid the competitive atmosphere at summer training Here is heightened by the presence of cadets from the More prestigious colleges where Competition is a Way of be. Cadet from those schools Aid the Roth his slowly gained acceptance on their campuses. Andrew b. Worden of Harvard who won the physical fitness award for his unit said he had noticed a change in Ine attitude at har Vard even among Many students who consider themselves politically a Cral three years ago the hostility was open he said peo ple really did t like it but now people arc positive a Fin i walk around in my uniform i get a thumbs up. Some people think ifs interesting and they always ask Why i doing  but Lodi said she had been challenged. Our Campus Isy Liberal she said and people question Why do  g the prominent schools enrolment in the Rotan uniform. A unit fanned at Duke in 1982  in 1986, but slipped Back this year to198 Ca Dehebe unit at the Massachusetts Institute of is cadets five wars ago to 97 last year and 88 the Bic at the University of California a Berkeley there wer midgets in 19k1 and 81 this year. But enrolment at the in Nhu of Michigan dropped from194 cadets in 1984 to Toby car. In Exchange for the eight  the army awards scholarships the major toe two final years of College that cover tuition books an Habsi Tience stipend of $1,000 a year. Cadets without Scho Mjos in the final two years get the s1,000 allowance. All Arshid for sum Mer Camp David a. Duckenfield a student a thai in the private schools the Money is of Tiu  but Dan id w. Evarta of Yale said he Wou joined even without a scholarship. I be always wanted to do something different after 1 graduate from College he said. Crushing Man Euver britain1 Tiomi Anne arid ii to take i of milks us a Rii to scr chef take. The control of a bit Fuji army Lank to girl i a la to itt am Rte to Iffe Reu n a mid Ibe pluu4 Murner Ihrk in put of Unk driven mining during her Loisil monday to ser Lii i British Lector. Pennzoil proposes plan for Texaco settlement new York. A Pennzoil  a proposed reorganization plan for Texaco inc. Monday that would allow Texaco to pay Pennzoil $4.1 billion of the More than Sio billion judgment it lost in a lawsuit. The proposal was filed in . Bankruptcy court in while Plains where on april 12, Texaco filed for Protection under chapter ii of the . Bankruptcy Law. Chapter 11 provides for voluntary bankruptcies. Pennzoil said monday it would like Tofile a formal plan with the court by aug. 11. Texaco s bankruptcy filing stemmed from a judgment now valued at 110.3 billion hat was awarded to Pennzoil after a Houston jury found thai Texaco had improperly acquired Gully Oil while Getty was engaged in merging with Pennzoil. Under Penn coif s proposal All cred Milors of Texaco would have their claim satisfied in full with interest from april 12 to the Dale of payment and dividend so shareholders would be resumed immediately according to a slalom in issued by Pennzoil monday. The proposal also asks for  billion in Cash plus interest from april 12 to the Date of payment for Pennzoil to set the the Duple with truck. Under bankruptcy ruin Texaco has 120 Day from the time it lied to submit reorganization plan and another 60 Days to get it approved. To Ciao asked the court last week for More Lime to submit its plan. Pennzoil also like documents Mon Day opposing such an Extension. Prolonged delay while Texaco Pur sues its High roller litigation strategy in creases the Overall Cost of Texaco s bankruptcy Pennzoil s statement  Are proposing that Texaco not be granted an Extension of that period an that other parties be Given their right to propose plans of their own Baine . Chairman of Pennzoil s executive committee told the new York times  me make it Clear that we Are nol negotiating Here Kerr added. We Are simply including the plan we Paulj Likely  meanwhile inc plan being considered by Texaco would pay All creditors except Penn of those claim would be isolated and paid Only a tacit the companies Liti gation has been resolved outside bankruptcy court the Wall Street journal re  Miller Texaco s bankruptcy counsel said for four weeks or More we have been requesting a plan and they have refused to give it to us. I can t give you an official reaction id the 14.1 Bil lion figure from Texaco but when that number � As floated about earlier m was considered an unreasonable  the journal has Quok d sources As say ing Texaco is willing 10 it Lyle Only for in Suihan is billion