European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 31, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday. October 31. 1987 the staffs and St pipes Bennett urges More study of geography Wasi Nti Ion api education Secretary Wil learn j. Bennett say1 he always loads around he class rooms he visits for Itie equipment and one thing he rarely find in mip. When i was u buy. I Here were always maps in tiny classrooms and they served As a reminder to us thai maps were . Jintil geography was  Bennett said . Bennett Lold the Mory during hearing of tie Senate subcommittee on a Duclion arts ind  in illustrate i joint that american students him1 a woeful Lark of grasp off to in play. Bennett along with sen. Bill Bradley . Urged educators 10 Maie it or Raphy a priority again. Both were scaled in front of maps of the world and inc United suites As they spoke of one. Recent Survey in which nearly half Jet seniors tested in Ballimore could not Shade in the area that represented the United Stales in i map the same Survey showed one fourth of those tested in i Illas would not identify the country immediately in tit South of the United slates. Another study they tiled was done in 1 js4 tit an unidentified in Imana College. In that 95 percent of the freshmen Atti ulu l locate Vietnam on a map. Bennett blamed the de Cline in geographic knowl Edge on education inno  geography he said is largely a held that requires a grasp of facts and the study of facts took a beat ing during inc cultural revolution of the 60s. It s not ,1 had thing to know your facts and to know where things  the hearing was held at the National geographic society Headquarters in Washington and comes about two weeks before the Start of geography awareness week on nov. 15. Bradley who introduced inc Resolution designating the week said he hoped it would draw attention la our need to ensure that both we and our Thild run know our world in All its complexity and  we Are a nation of worldwide investments Brad icy said whose global influence and responsibilities demand an understanding of he lands and cultures of Bennett the  former chief Justice Warrene burgers id he has discovered since he became chairman of the commis Sion on the Bicentennial of inc . Constitution about to years ago thai american students have an appalling Lack of knowledge of both history and geography. The two arc so Elisc. They can t he Sepa rated he said. Magda Marshall a Junior Al Edina High school in Edina minn., Lold the subcommittee she lived in pan Ama until she was 12 and was taught the continents and How they Are attached As Early As when i Learned my abcs. It was surprising to me she said to find out that students in the United states could not recognize inc shape of i hair own  the last of those testifying to the Senate panel was the youngest. Jeremy Gruenwald a sixth grader at Bells school in Turners Vilc n./., read the subcommittee an essay he had written on the significance of Geog Raphy. How can we learn about places if we can t Wen get to them he Drolc also there arc mountains Rivers lakes and canyons we would t know about without  Houston woman tests Nasa space Shower Houston a showering in Cro Gravity is a lad different than show ering Al Home says a Houston woman who tested the space Agency s new device for Orbital Hygiene. It becomes functional and nol pleasurable sue Eley. 36, said wednesday. I like to stand in a Shower and let it beat Down and relax. And it s not Tike that at  Over the past 14 months Eley has soaped up about 40 times at government expense to help Nasa test the new Shower for her efforts she earns about $10 per hour. Astronauts need in keep clean if they arc 10 be at their Host on Long missions said Rafael Garcia an Engineer at the Johnson space Center s Man systems division. He has been working on the Shower system for about three years. Carrying water into space is an expensive proposition at several thousand Dol Lars per Pound and 8.33 pounds to the gallon. Humans drink about six pounds of water per Day and use 45-50 pounds for Hygiene said . Humphries chief of the life support Branch of the Marshall space flight Center. At those rates eight astronauts would go through 20 tons of water Over three months or the equivalent of an entire space shuttle payload. The 6-by-3 foot 33-Inch diameter plexiglass Shower recovers about 93 per cent of water used and includes hand held nozzles for spraying and sucking up water. Astronauts would be allowed to Shower every other Day Garcia said. Except for Days when in was really humid i Felt really clean said Eley. She registered a complaint about Sham Pooing it did t always feel like 1 got All inc soap out she said. Her 40 trials have included five in a Zero Gravity environment aboard a pc 135 Jet which Flics in High Altitude parabolic arcs in cause weightlessness. Sue Eley soaps up in Nasa space Shower designed to recapture used water. Students attack Florida am s Campus paper Tallahassee fib. Feet Over a runway after both Pluncy failed to Clear their actions with air traffic controllers a military spokesman