European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 28, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Wednesday. October 28, 1967 the stars and stripes Page 7 Public schools do bad Job chairman of Xerox says Washington a America s Public schools have put this country at a terrible competitive disadvantage by turning out workers with a so percent defect Rale the chairman of Xerox corp. Charged monday. David t. Carns. In an open letter to presidential candidates called for a Complete restructuring of the schools to improve Ihus results. He delivered the broadside in a speech to the de troit economic club in that City. Aides also released a copy of his tent Here Xerox expect "100 percent defect free parts from our suppliers he said. We re getting 99.9 percent and we re still going after that last one tenth of a per cent. The Public schools Are the suppliers of our work Force but they re suppliers with a 50 percent defect rate he said. A fourth of our kids drop out another fourth graduate barely Able to read their own Carns said thai although education is supposed to be a major Issue in 1988, candidates have offered Only platitudes and generalities we be Learned More about the candidates personal lives and their College transcripts than we have about their views on education he said. Carns called Public schools a failed monopoly and urged states to fund students not schools so pupils could attend any Public school they wished. He criticized feel Good business school partnerships business and education have largely failed in their partnerships to improve the schools. Business lets education Frame the problem and set the Agenda said Kearns. They Hurt More than they help because they keep shoring up a system hat needs deep structural changes quoting the University of Minnesota s Ted Timoldi Ric he said these partnerships Are like " doing your daughter s Homework it s a kindness but a misdirected kindness without improvements he predicted american business will have to hire a million workers each year who can t read write or count and spend s2i billion a year leaching them How. Retiring proxy re to keep Golden fleece Sheboygan. Wii. A retiring in. William proxy narc says hell continue to Issue his Golden fleece awards As Long As the government continues to waste taxpayers Money on High priced boondoggles. T i m going to try to keep it going said the Wisconsin Democrat. It s Well the satirical monthly award which draws attention to government projects that Proxmire considers unjustified was created m 1974. Proxmire who announced in August he would not seek re election said he had considered passing inc award to a successor but then decided everybody wants to have their own the Pentagon a collected the most recce 17 although All 13 Cabinet level agencies have received them one of his All time Best selections Proxmire said went to the National Institute on alcohol and alcohol ism for spending 1102.000 in taxpayer funds totes the different effects of tequila and Gin on the behaviour of Sunfish. They could have gone to Sheboygan and gotten human volunteers Tor free he told the Sheboygan press in an interview published sunday. Two will split Calif lottery of $25 million Sacramento Calif. Us l a retired car Salesman and a Longshoreman monday each claimed their share of a $23.4 million California lottery Jackpot the i Polh richest lol cry pay Olin noun american history. Wayne fast a 62-year-old father of Ihrcke. Bought two of the $1 Lioio tickets just hours before he drawing at n grocery near his Home in a Sacramento suburb. He used combinations of his social Security number to choose Correct All is Lollo no Max a drawn saturday night. Fast said he Alwa believed he would win i he lottery someday Al though he has bought Only about 140 won i of tickets to Date i be got a positive attitude he said monday when he arrived at California lol cry Headquarters to claim i Spiric. Fast revealed Only modest plans for his s 12.7 million share of the lottery Windfall which will be paid out Over 20 years in yearly instalments , we re going to keep a Low he said. "1 Don t Ibrek much is going to a Long Beach Calif Longshoreman Richard Ross claimed the other half of the Jackpot in los Angeles. Ross 47, said he will share his si2.7 million share with his Girlfriend. Bertha Jennings a Secretary fora printing company in los angelas. The couple bought their winning ticket together saturday at a convenience store in Long Beach police say Mother used baby As collateral in cocaine Deal Lou Ann panel Witts Chicago police station. Chicago a authorities Are seeking a pregnant drug addict custody of her two babies after she identified a 22-month-olu1 boy As the child she traded for $50 Wanh of cocaine. The child pointed at her. A child knows its Mother strange As circumstances might be. Tragic As Circum stances might be police investigator Frank Gunla said monday in describing he Brief reunion Between Lou Ann Powell and her son Anthony. Even though she s an admitted addict a Mother is a Mother he said. She had tears in her eyes she looked at the kid and asked if she could get a Anthony has been in Vitur cafe since he was found abandoned june 16 and turned Over to inc Illinois department of children and family services Agency spokesman Dave Schneidman said. Police not realizing Anthony had been found and placed in Foster care by the family services Agency had been looking for him since they arrested Powell on an outstanding prostitution warrant on july 2. Powell 26, is Wel known to Case workers from fam ily services because of past reports of neglect involving Anthony and his 9-Mdnlh-old brother Joseph Schneidman said. Naturally the first question we asked when she s arrested is where s an Thony " said Schneid Man and she comes out with his business of using him As collateral for a �50 Coke she talked Ghoul Mak ing 150 deals with this Guy and falling behind then of firing the kid As Collater Al said Giunta. She apparently planned to redeem him when she got some Giunta said polite Dan t know How Anthony was abandoned. The dealer who Powell said look Anthony As payment is serving Lime on an unrelated drug conviction and police Are trying to get permission to inter View him he said. Her other child has been in Foster care since his Mother s arrest said Schneidman. Family services officials on monday began paper work necessary to continue adoption proceedings for Anthony and said they would try to initiate similar proceedings on Joseph s behalf. Anthony Powell gop senators Given list of potential justices Washington a White House chief of staff Howard h. Baker monday met with leading Republican senators and gave them the names of potential supreme court nominees. Sen. Orrin g. Hatch of Utah one of the five senators at the meting confirmed Hal Baker s Lisi had 13 names on it and nine remained Strong candidates at the end of the closed meeting. Also attending the session were Republican Leader Bob Dole of Kansas. James a. Mcclure of Idaho and gop whip Alan k. Simpson of Wyoming and Strom Thurmond of South Carolina ranking Republican on the judiciary committee. Hatch said the list which he said included women but no Blacks was narrowed to nine and three to five of those names will be submitted to president Reagan. He said it was an important message that the administration was consulting with senators in the Wake of the defeat Friday of Robert h. Bark s Nomi nation by a Smi vote. Baker was to give the list to Senate judiciary com Mizee chairman Joseph r. Biden jr., add. And majority Leader Robert c. Byrd a., on Turt Day. Three of those reportedly on the list were considered by Senate democratic sources As candidates they could support barring any new information. They Art judge Anthony m. Kennedy of Sacramento Calif., who is on the 9th . Circuit court of appeals and judge Ralph k. Winter or. Of new Haven conn., and judge Roger j. Miner ii. Of Albany n.y., who Are both on the 2nd . Circuit court of appeals. More controversial names on the list according to Senate sources would be judge Pasco m. Bowman i. Of Kansas City on the 8th . Circuit court of appeals judge j. Clifford Wallace of san Diego on the 9th circuit and Laurence h. Silberman. Who serves with Bork on the . Court of appeals for the District of Columbia. Other names reportedly mentioned include Pamela Ann Rymer a . District judge in los Angeles Edith h. Jones of Houston of the St . Circuit court of appeals and William w. Wilkins of Greenville. . On the 4th . Circuit court of appeals
