European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 23, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes wednesday March 23,1988 Ine in sat scores worries Dodds  education writer  the director of the  school system promised monday to take Clou look at declining Scio lie aptitude Tot scores a to tit the school system s College bound population. John sir compte said in a cp3rtment of defense dependent shows system is concerned about the decline cause Stu dents need the score in Ordermos get into the universities they want to Attim the sat Given Sis limes Duhig the school year is used by my . Cod cues and universities to help determine minions. Top score is bog in both _ math and verbal portions of the Mili ple Choice test. Although the school system s  score still exceeds the National average Dodds student have Futon be Hind the National math average for the Fin time since the school system began compiling figures in 1976. In 1985, Dodds a dents avenged442 in the verbal Section and 480 in the math Section. A year later scores fell to441 and 475. In 1987, verbal scores fell to 437 and math scores dropped to 474. The National average in 19b7 was 430in the verbal portion and 476 in the Matt Section. Stremple cited increasing numbers of College bound students As part of Hie Rea son for the decline. Studies have show that scores decline As More students Ign up for the test. An estimated 57 percent of Dodds a Ludonis eligible to take the " gel did so last year ugh Strum pc declined to offer specific Plant to Deal with the falling sat scores he  Dodds curriculum will be adjusted if school system educators agree on the need Tor More emphasis on the sat. In an interview Midway through Mon Day s one Day educators conference in the Kaiser Lautem District the Dodd director announced that Bart Ogomari Sinoff Elk Grove calif., a been a Poi " Deputy director for the school which serve More than  worldwide. Logomarsino run Lafr Sieve Molla who resigned to Lalu Job with a Federal Agency in Florin j predicted a by ii Lemaide con tract with the of Meas education association by the Ted of toe year. The cur rent Ihre Gryttr centred expires this parties will adhere to that contract provision until a new one can be hammered out. Jeff Dodds officiate in Vult Piloo Nave arted Region level Ofle Ohlf for people to rep mint Doddson the Washington,, Nego Tiara poin tart a revised teacher evaluation Riim As the school system s lop it Strempke said a new system be in place by the summer of 989. Promised a More slander sized conic Alum throughout Dodds five  director he said i Don t know what s going on in the English classes what s being taught. If a decide for in stance that Shakespeare needs to be taught then we need to get those Materi als into the teachers  predicted the Atlantic Region will have a permanent director by May i replace Joe  retires Friday. Copter unit Bow no out because of budget woes by Daryle.  Bureau Sembach a West Germany the budget Cut Ting knife proved stronger than the Rotor Blade As a helicopter unit assigned to Simbach a Heads for deactivation. The air Force announced feb. 17 that the 601st Acair support so ill Simbach would be deactivated by the end of this fiscal year. The major reason for the do activation is the trans a for of the ch-53 helicopters throughout the world to a new Mission said col. Dennis c. Torrez conman Der of the 601st tac control Wing at Semback but the underlying reason is a Lack of Money. Moneys were not available for a replacement air Frame therefore an alternative was dealt Ivalon of the Guadron Torrez Ding to of of air Foa raw of con tin the ease by the office of the Secretary reductions Al Sembab Are part of taken by the air Force to meet budget restrictions. Ssi onal funding decisions have stopped toward reaching the objectives we is in this administration air Force see _. T abridge or. Said m the Kat Emcil a result future air Force capability will certainly reduced and Pak gains will in some cases be re versed. In  cuts of this magnitude will increase the Ulra our National Security. The United slate deserves better air Forte than this budget will provide x the unit will lose its Sevoir ch-s3 helicopters an about 175 military and 15 Civ a personnel the mis Sion of the 601st tac air support so has been to help move radar equipment supplies and personnel to and from Remote  ims of the unit is no expected of seriously affect the Wing s ability to do the job."1 Don t think that it s going to affect the Mission but it s going to limit our flexibility Torrez  nil can accomplish the Mission however the flexibility that you have in making certain do Donl i deploying forces becomes limited. The Wing was prepared to lose the aircraft to it was not caught off guard by the Short notice deactivation. In Many respect the announcement was not great Surprise to us said it. Col. Oary l. Stevens commander 601st tac air support  unit began winding Down its operations March i and expects to lose in final aircraft March 31. Of fighter in Iceland ke6p tabs on intruders . Burnil . Air Force Jet Phil cars from the Iceland defense Forar have inner copied 73 intruders in  s air defens zone so far this v0r, a Navy spokesman said monday f Pilot fro Onrie 57th fighter interceptor so flew nor than 500 sorties to meet and escort the non Allied air planes enter ing  military air defense zone since Jan i said chief Petty officer Tiews Updale Erie Agency Laws / Cro Egypt a Fop parliament on sunday approved a Ihrck year Extension of emergency Laws Ine  saio7 Are needed � combat Modem Funda menial Simiand terrorise threats. In ail evening set Sion a com Miller healed Byj Tifal Elmah grub had of us nation s Par lament App Tavol the Extension. The emergency Laws that have ice since president is assassinated oct. Dave Evans. The Large majority of the non Alliemai planes that Fly through the Greenland Iceland us. Gap and into the air de sense zone Are southbound soviet Mili tary planes Evans  air Force s Iceland unit intercepted 22 air planes in be Lone in january and is in february. In 1987 the unit escorted 139 planes from the zone he said. The s7th, along with air Force air borne warn Chi and control system air Craft and kcxj5 refuelling air planes at pc Flavile u chives with the Protection of the zone while often is entered by aircraft from North he soviet bases. To avoid flying Over no top airspace War saw pact air planes Matt Fly Over the norwegian sea and Una Gli the Gap when flying Joule. Evans  Fiss bad Kramb Gefrom the Bate for Only 36 of  meetings the first two months of the year. He  other 37 intercepts were by planes already airborne when the Alert was called. The f-15s normally scramble to meet the air planes headed for the zone about an hour before they gel there. The Al  the help of the air to air refuelling from the Kc-l35s, can stay with the in truders for four or five hours the zone is a 200-Naulical-Mik zone surrounding Iceland that is deemed Crit ical by nato. Under a 1951 agreement the . Is responsible for Iceland s de sense. Iceland has no military Force. Been in l Anwar Sadam 6,1981. The Asci skin out by by moist. 7 Jion was carried fundamental Bill on . Troops in Japan planned correction of of the Safe urls winning Theair Force s annual maintenance a Floc to Yencso awards for 1987 vies incorrectly identified in sunday Sibary round no. The 38lh tac missile Saint so Attu Scheira As West Germany won for its maintenance program for ground launched cruise missiles. Washington a Congress should order american troops and Mili tary installations pulled out of Japan unless the japanese do much More to pay for Western defense sen. Ted Steven said monday. Stevens said that because of the strength of the japanese Economy and its favourable Trade balance will the United tales Tokyo should be Able to foot the Bill for its own defense. The yen hat conquered a great por Tion of american the Alaska Republican told a group of Pentagon  a bearing of the Senate appropriations military construction subcommittee. Now that the japanese Economy u going full tilt Japan should pay the ult Cost of keeping . Troop and facilities in that nation Stevens said. Stevens said he was putting the Pentagon on notice that be plans to offer a Bill next year that would require .military withdrawals from Japan. Steven said Hii proposal would be similar to legislation which a routinely sponsored and Jet As routinely Defeated by former sen. Mike mint Field a Mon. Calling for . Troops Tobe withdrawn from Europe. Mansfield is now . Ambassador to Japan. Mansfield Wai right Stevens  United slates has been pressuring Japan to increase defense spending and Laic More responsibility for its defense. Those Calls have been particularly loud on Capitol hid where Japan has come under increasing criticism for its Trade  Tokyo prime minister Nobora take Shila said monday that Japan s  match itt economic strength. Japan last year formally scrapped a  new commissary opens at in Ciurlik a in Ciurlik a Turley the door opened on a s3-2 million commissary saturday that ii Mote than double the size of the old store. Maj. Gen. John a Scheldt jr., com Mander of the is. Logistic group at Ankara As Aid the 71,000-Ajuare-Foaicommissary Irp Rabenu an important  improvement for  you come into this store if you did t know you woe in Turkey you would think you were in Tampa or some where b this Ute Scheldt  store feature a full service bakery and Delicatessen. Ade old ceiling which limited defens spending to 1 percent of its Gross National product during the 198-903efen�e build up plan the government uyt Japan s de sense spending will total s119.87  pays about 40 percent of the ss.9 billion Cost of maintaining . Facilities in the country. Richard Armitage assistant Secretary of defense for International Security affairs told elevens thai Congress should t engage in  Japan it increasing in defense budget Annii age said and the spending total a on the verge of passing the British French and West German defense budgets. We should look beyond the popular ally bashing rhetoric of a Campaign year Armitage  responded that tie would have offered hit proposal this year but it should t be an election year  Japan is meeting All in mutually agreed defense goals Armitage Aid and is building up in naval . James Sasser a Tenil Dud Man of the fun committee told arming thai this bonka sharing Issue is not Grinj to go  the congressional Crit icum tithe reflection of a deeply fell concern among the american people that .allies should do More