European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 1, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday. September 1,1987 the stars and stripes Page 9 Dodds plans computer expansion units ordered for All academic areas by Dave Walczak education writer the military s overseas school system has launched a two pronged program aimed Al bringing computers to More academic areas and ensuring that a continued Supply will be available to meet future needs. Department of defense dependents schools officials expect the first of 1,695 computers will be on hand by january As part of what it Calls computer based instruction. The plan will bring computers into every academic area including traditional non High tech areas of Art. Social studies and music. Meanwhile regions have been Given the Green Light la order computers under an air Force contract. The machines will replace aging models in business and airmen get Shorter Tours in Iceland by Chuck Vinch Washington Bureau Washington air Force person Nel who have arrived in Iceland since july will serve Shorter Tours than Origi Nally planned because of a recent move by top service officials. However it will be at least 18 months before a decision is made on whether the change is permanent. The department of defense has Given both the air Force and the Navy the author Ity to delay pulling longer Iceland Tours into effect bul the Navy has not acted yet. We re considering whether to go along with the air Force and reduce Tours for Iceland in the Short term in the interest of making Lour lengths there uni form but no decision has been made a Navy personnel official said. More than 5,000 air Force and Navy personnel and family members live on the Island. Last year As a result of a general re View to update data used to justify tour lengths data that was 30 years old in some cases Dod increased Toun at numerous overseas locations. In Iceland tour lengths went from 24 months accompanied and 12 months unaccompanied to 30 and 18 months respectively. But after visiting the North Atlantic is land in june air Force Secretary Edward c. Aldridge or. Reduced hours to their pre Vious lengths a move that affects All personnel assigned there after july 1. When last year s review of Iceland was done the Navy and air Force disagreed in their judgments of the adequacy of facilities there a Dod manpower offi Cial said Friday. Air Force officials fell personnel who May otherwise have chosen logo to ice land unaccompanied would now want to bring their families rather than serve the longer unaccompanied Lour the official said. They were concerned that facilities there would t be adequate to handle the expected influx of  thai together with Aldridge s per Sonal interest in alleviating some of the hardships he saw people enduring Dur ing his visit led to the move to Cut tour lengths according i an air Force spokesman. Dod has delayed a final decision until december 1933. When the air Force and Navy must submit another review of conditions in Iceland. The delay gives the services Lime to Complete construction and renovation projects the Dod official said. Thai May Well mean Well end up going Back to the longer Lour lengths after this review he said. In s possible thai Tours could even he increased to the overseas Standard of 36 months accompanied and 24 months unaccompanied computer labs but Dodds computer officials say future purchases lied to the contract could he directed toward Chi. Dodds Region level computer experts said the air Force contract will move the system away from sys tem wide one time computer buys that provided no meant of acquiring additional machines even when funds were available. The school system has lagged behind stateside school districts in terms of classroom computer Avail ability. A 1985 Survey showed that Dodds ranked 48th compared with Stales in terms of computers per student. Officials say nothing indicates thai the Situa Tion has improved. A Dodds official in Washington d.c., said 4.003 computers will be in place for the test phase of Chi thai should be completed in january 1990. The school system then will review the program before deciding How Many computers will be needed to bring the entire system under Chi. Germany Region schools will receive 1,006 computers for the i987-s8 school year under Chi. Atlantic Region schools will receive 179, the Mediterranean Region will receive 163 computers As part of the Chi program. Dodds has allocated $2.6 million for the first two years of Chi. A Dodds spokeswoman estimated thai regions would buy 1,105 computers in their initial purchases under the air Force contract. A . Nary helicopter flies Over a dhow sunday in the persian Gulf 30 heavy traffic in Gulf Miles Northwest of Dubai. The copier is Raveling Al the end of � northbound App Holb Convoy of two re flanged kuwaiti nil tankers and six Navy warships. Trade fair designed to Aid Consumers suffers poor attendance in Karlsruhe by Joseph Owen Stuttgart Bureau Karlsruhe Germany participants at a consumer Trade fair expressed regret sunday that so few people came to the Eveni designed to show americans where to buy goods unavailable Al Mili tary retail stores a few dozen Karlsruhe area stores and crafts businesses set up Booths at Karls Ruhe High school for a taste of Karls  the two Day fair also included fashion shows and a Farmers Market. Army Community services had selected the businesses and merchandise based on suggestions by i to Community residents in april. Hut most of the military Community s 15.0wi americans found something else to do on the last weekend before the new school Icar. We really expected More Atten dance said Bernd Jordan representing a store that Sells traditional Rural Ger Man clothing. I did t Promise myself very much he said noting that Good weather and an abundance of festivals in the area May have kept the crowds away. It was a Little below my expectation said another Vendor ceramics craftsman Kun Meyer but both men said custom ers rarely make Spur of Lac moment decisions to buy thir products and they handed out a lot of brochures to cultivate future sales. Fair organizer Beatrice Allman she Vitz estimated the crowd at 1,000 10 1,200. The number was Low enough to convince a few vendors 10 pack up sat urday night instead of working through sunday. The idea for the fair grew out of a three Day family symposium in april. The symposium identified gaps in the Range of goods offered in Karlsruhe s military retail stores Ahman Shovitz said. We filled up pages and pages of by ichor paper Wilh what the problem were she said adding thai although the Exchange and commissary managers made immediate changes to address those shortages there were a few areas where they could t come up with any  Altman St evil Hacsi Saied to say whether acs would schedule similar Evanis but said acs prepared booklets showing visitors How la reach the stores represented at the fair. What we have to do is see if the stores on this map see More americans three months from now she said