European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 20, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes thursday August 20, 1987 Hooser Poindexter in oys Banner Hometown reception stateside Odon ind. A John Poindexter s Small Home town honoured ils famous native son tuesday As the former National Security adviser relaxed with family and friends far from the tensions of Washington and the Iran Contra affair. He s been Here for four Days and nobody realized it said his Cousin Richard Poindexter who runs the Poindexter and son funeral Home in Odon. That the Way he wanted it. But he s Happy you can t believe How Happy he  Poindexter marched in the old settlers festival Parade tuesday evening in this Hoosier town of 1,500and received a plaque from the Community after at tending a private cookout with family members a nearby Crane naval weapons support Center. A Banner hanging across a main Street intersection read. Welcome Admiral John m. Poindexter an tuesday s  the dedication of John Poindexter Street a few blocks from the Center of town. He was unable to escape the Iran Contra matter completely. While Poindexter attended the cookout Small group Hung banners in opposition to . Policy in Central Amanca. Peace on Earth read one sign on a House a bloc from the town s main Street. Another said the Vio Lence must Stop. Humankind is left with Only two choices non violence or  i want the world while they re looking in on Odo today to Sec that not everybody Here agrees with John Poindexter said Bill Breeden an Odon native and self described peace activist. Arc Den who lives in a Tepee South of Indianapolis faces a theft charge for allegedly stealing one of the Street signs bearing  s name. Richard Poindexter scuffled saturday with a Bree Dan supporter wearing a to shirt that showed the inter National ban Symbol a red Circle with a slash through it. Over the Admiral s face. They be been trying to provoke a confrontation thelast couple of Days said Poindexter. So i picked him. V. .T4.w� r up and carried him Over where i could talk to  in a speech alter tues Day s Parade Poindexter talked about the hearings into the Iran Contra arms "  hearings provided i a unique Opportunity fori the american people to get i the undistorted facts oni some important National i Security issues first Handi without the usual Bias that creeps into major Media reporting he said. Poindexter in this dangerous world in which we live i believe we need a Strong presidency with a president who is willing to take actions that rein our Long term National Security interest even though they May not be popular or supported by pub Lic opinion  resigned As president Reagan s National Security adviser As the Iran Contra affair became Public. Heater testified before a congressional committee that he had approved the diversion to the nicaraguan contras of funds from Arm sales to Iran. He said he did so without the president s knowledge though he Felt Rea Gan would have approved a stand the White House disputed. Georgia can fire instructors who failed test judge rules Atlanta a the state of Georgia will be allowed to fire As Many As 1,000 Veteran teacher who have not passed a certification test a Federal judge ruled tuesday. . District judge Charles Moy denied a request from the Georgia association of educators for a preliminary injunction against the Georgia Board of education to Block the firing of teachers who failed the teacher certification test. Results from the final testing session before the beginning of school Are expected this week and will show How Many instructors Are in danger of losing their jobs at the end of the month. State officials estimated that 627 teachers failed the test but the teachers association said about 1,000 did not pass. Moye wrote that although teachers would suffer economic hardship should they lose their jobs the potential harm to the Board and to education out weighs that concern. This is so because the defendants represent the Public interest in education of schoolchildren he wrote. Who is willing to predict what future presidents. Geniuses leaders heroes might be lost to history merely because of a failure to be taught some simple Basic idea or bits of knowledge essential to their development Moye said. The teachers association has challenged the legality of the certification test claiming it was racially biased was not Job related and has Security prob lems. Association lawyer Michael Kramer said he wanted to study the decision before commenting. Moye s ruling came in a class action suit the teach ers association filed challenging the Validity of the certification exam. The lawsuit is not expected to go to trial until late 1988. The Quality Basic education act requires Al teachers whose certificates expired after july 1, 1986, to pass the certification test. Teachers May take the exam As Many times As they need to pass. The testing requirement was a key provision of the act and was supported by gov. Joe Frank Harris and state legislators who saw it As a Way to get incompetent teachers out of the classroom. About 97 percent of the approximately 20,000 teachers who had to take the test passed it. Rebels re ease 7 in missionary group Washington a seven members of a missionary group including an american were freed tuesday by rebels in Mozambique who had held the group since May 13, the state department said. Kindra Bryan of Houston five colleagues with zimbabwean nationality and a child were release Dat the Border town of Nsance in neighbouring Malawi by members of the Mozambique National Resis Tance known by the portuguese acronym Rena to. A . Diplomat based in Malawi Dennis jell met the freed captives and reported they were All i Good health said state department spokesman Nancy Morgan. Rename has been waging a guerrilla War against the government in Mozambique since themid-1970s and occasionally has kidnapped and then freed missionary workers in the combat zones. Bryan s Mother Mary to free said from Houston that she spoke with her daughter briefly by Tele phone. She says she s Fine free said. She Stid they d been walking about 12 hours a Day the last few weeks. Altogether they d walked about 300 Miles. She said she had t brushed her Teeth for three months. She sounded pretty Good but the connection was t very  the in captive s Mother said she was Uncertain when her daughter would be returning Home. She said state department officials contacted her at midday tuesday and her daughter called a few hours Bier. Rename in a press release from its Washington office said Bryan told representatives in a Tele phone conversation that she wanted to return Home As soon As possible. 255 was favorite Wager in lottery after Jet crash Detroit a players of Michigan s daily lottery placed a record 47,445 bets on 255, the number of the downed Northwest airline flight one Day after the Jet crash a lottery spokeswoman said. The total of monday s bets lopped the pre Vious record of 47,395 bets placed on 444 Fol lowing the Jan. 20, 1981, release of the 52 americans held hostage in Iran for 444 Days spokeswoman Laurie Kipp Klecha said tuesday. The Bureau would have awarded $13.2 Mil lion in prizes if 255 had been drawn monday night a payout at least double the amount wagered Klecha said. Monday s daily number was 968. The most commonly played daily number is 123, Klecha said. Yellowstone visitor Hurt when old faithful erupts Yellowstone National Park Wyo. A a Man suffered second degree Burns from steam As he stood at the Edge of old Faith Ful Geyser As it erupted. Yellowstone National Park officials said Mon Day that Tom Sanders of Chicago was injured sunday morning. Park officials had said earlier they believe Sanders might have been contemplating entering the Geyser but Park spokeswoman Amy Vander Bill said monday that later reports indicated Sanders had not considered such action. Vanderbill said other Park visitors reported that Sanders approached the Geyser s Cone shortly before it erupted and then backed away As it erupted. Calio quitting As chief of environmental Agency Washington a Anthony j. Calio is quitting As head of the National oceanic an atmospheric administration next month the Agency announced tuesday. Calio will leave sept. 12 to join planning re search corp. In Washington. Calio director of Noaa since 1985, was named Deputy director of the weather and oceans Agency in 1981, following 18 years wit the National aeronautics and space administration. There was no immediate word on who will succeed Calio at Noaa. A division of the com Merce department that includes the operations of the National weather service National Ocean service National environmental satellite data and information service National Marine fisheries service and the Noaa corp. Veteran airline Pilot son die in Light plane crash falling Waters . A an a Ern airlines Pilot and his son were killed when their single engine private plane apparently stalled and crashed into a stand of Trees officiate said. The 1950 Cessna 190 went Down monday evening in Northern Berkeley county in Testate s Eastern Panhandle about 70 Miles from Washington d.c., said state police Cpl of. Ott nun. " Wii Nenes said they heard the aircraft and it sounded like the engine rowed and then quit and then they heard the  Chapman said. He said the men had a private Landing step nearby. The victims were identified As Jack Eugene Dole 55, and his son Scoll Edwin Dole. 22, Bolh of nearby Hedgesville Chapman said. An Eastern spokeswoman in Miami said the elder Dole had been a Pilot for the airline since1966, was based in Washington and normally flew dc-9 jetliners