European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 27, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Paga 28 the stars and stripes sunday March 27.1988 25-cent stamp Avail at Bost offices t i West Germany Juks Twenty five cent Stalpi will be a Varite at army and air Force   Denom actions Deb will be available to that customer  22-cent Stamps by adding 3-Ccnl Stratf said capt. Cary Way army postal  the Nett Rosc is effective april 3, a sunday my de pooled Over the weekend will need only22-cent sep. Mail deposited in military a non boxes a nil will require Post age Alt cow rate. Way ski. The Domestic hrstlassx1 will be 25 cents or the first ounce and 20 Jonts for each and Diliard ounce. Post card Raj i increase from 14 to ii  Tan filing deadlines Erik Way can lion a thai the internal Revenue serve will not Poslie due so patrons should Lake i that Correct postage is affixed to thes. Strong quake recorded in Canadian territory Washington a a Strong earthquake occurred in Canada s Northwest territories Fri Day and was fell Over a wide area of Canada . Geological Survey said. The tremor was recorded at a preliminary magnitude of 6,2 on the Richler scale and occurred at 12 37 . Most. U5gs earthquake monitors in Golden colo., said seismographs placed the Center of the earthquake about 320miles West of Yellowknife the capital of the Northwest  reports said the tremor was Felt Over a wide area including at Yellowknife at while horse the capital of Lac Yukon territory and at Edmonton the capital of Alberta  scientists said two other Strong Earth quakes occurred in the same general area late in1985 a magnitude 6.6 tremor oct. I and a magnitude 6.9 earthquake two Days before Christmas on dec. 23. Noriega warns . Against trying to invade Panama continued irom Page 1 insisted on anonymity said the United slain is consid ering additional moves to pry Noriega out of Panama but he refusal to say what actions Art being studied Reagan was asked daring a photo session with dominican president Joa Ijuin Balaguer whether he would be willing for Noriega to go into exile in the Domin ican Republic. No the s nol far enough he  Friday Noriega s government ordered the takeover of two privately owned flour Mills which had joined the strike to guarantee the Supply of flour for bakeries. The Cash shortage a result of a us. Freie on Panama Nian Bank accounts in Hie United Stales has raised new questions about the government s ability to pay its140,000 Stile employed including the 15,000 soldiers and police who were to have received their paycheck Friday. The soldiers and police were told their bimonthly checks would be postponed until this week military source  of teachers electrical workers and other stale employed rioted when the government was unable to pay them in full. Manuel soils Palma Noriega s installed president has said the government be cd about $19 million in Cash w meet in payroll which accounts for 20 percent of the natron work Force. Al the same time Friday archbishop Marcu Mcgrath denied he would Call publicly for the Resig nation of Noriega angering about 100 opposition sympathizers who walked out of his Mats in protest. Rumon that Mccreath would Issue a Public Call for Noriega s resignation had spread after the Catholic Leader held a secret meeting with the general  sources said Megrath presented Noriega with a Tetter from the nation s Bishop urging him to  leaders had expected Mcgrath to make us letter Public during n mass Friday and when he did not walked out of the Panama City Cathedral in anger. We have met with some government official in these past few Days and some people put two and two together and got live Mcgrath said when asked Why he had no tread the letter. He would neither confirm nor deny that the Church had asked Noriega 10 resign. We have had a meeting and we Are awaiting a result he said. We re very a pct said Alida Benedelti a lawyer and opposition activist. We understood a curate was going to demand that Noriega leave for the Good of the country but it looks like he chickened  gis from Page 1 and North Carolina on monday March 28," a brie Pentagon statement said. The troops Are two battalions of 800 men each fro Mihe 82nd airborne div at fort Bragg . And two battalions from the 7th in foil at fort Ord Calif. Defense Secretary Frank Carlucci said after the Force was dispatched on March 17 that plans were to keep them there Only 10 Days and Friday s statement was issued a spokesman said to mate it  said the troops had been sent to reassure the honduran government of american support an they had been ordered to avoid Anas where there was fighting Between the sandinista and .-Backtd  rebels on tuesday a Pentagon spokesman said the Sandt Nisu forces appeared to have pulled Back into Nicara Gua but remained concentrated on the Border ready to return. Pentagon officials said the sandinista drive apparently was aimed at destroying a main Supply Camp of the Contra rebels located in Honduras. The Sandinia tas failed to overrun he Camp they said. Dole from Page 1 change in Lone. I said i had a different strategy and i think you reseeding some of it he said. My View is that there s some things i want to say Inthis Campaign and i think sometimes if you re not out there making four or five stops a Day people Are Moreast to listen " his comments appeared to signal that the Senate minority Leader would at least drastically scale Down his Campaign Effort if not abandon it  by reporters if he still intended id push on at least la the Wisconsin primary his earlier target Dole said "1 May Tell you thai later this week probably next  told the business audience thai it s going to be a Lough race for republicans this year and said it slime for the party to pull together. We need to keep a Republican in the Whitehouse he said. That s where i m coming from. And if it can t be me it will be George Bush. Whatever happens in the next few Days or the next few weeks i still have some things i want to Lay. I intend to be a Leader in my party. Whatever the role May be it will be a role of leadership constructive leadership keeping the while House  m ready to go to work he added. Turning to congressional races Dole said if i can count the next president of the United slates will be dealing with a democratic  told his audience that the Federal budget deficit si50 billion last year is Public enemy no. I an reiterated his proposal for a one year across the Board freeze on All Federal spending. Tests from Page 1 put of school that Shoul Complete diagnostic  Adru Chi Haj a Al  it Kcf View adding thai Parer Milij generally Are More reliable than _ gauging the readiness of children for school Louise Bates Ames co founder of the Esell Institute which produces a widely used screening it said it was discouraging hat these groups have taken this political position. Our position is that if there Are 25children in a Cha room All acting at 5 year old maturity level the teacher still has to individualize the curriculum to different ability Levels. But if you Pul children tog Cher Al different maturity and ability Levels then you have i Rencs you can t possibly Span in a Telephone interview from Lute s Headquarters in Njma Viaven Conn. A department of a a hts dependent schools spoke Naiwi Wiesbaden said Friday thai re Jfhn entering kindergarten for the first time Are physically screened and developmental assessed by Dodds. Children entering the sys tem with records from other schools Are not screened or assessed. This screening provides a service i finding physical problems said Rossier. The assessment checks Fine muscle development coordination and verbal a  t and assessment do no keep chii3rrs Fygi Iii age requirements from entering  but Rathe they help guide Leach uni to Ngai children develop in. Said. First they Craw he Leney walk then they run  in a hurdle contest wait pm Jpn crawl yet does t work  Don t Jive work Toa hemp the can t physically be sex  r Rossier admits that in a class of 20 or More students teachers May find it impossible to provide for each child s Spe Cial needs. But he said children in More advanced stages of development May actas role models for their slower class mates who usually look up to them. At Issue Are three types of tests. Developmental screening tests like he Gesull preschool test Are designed to assess a child s ability to acquire  tests help determine if preschoolers Are physically and mentally mature enough to enter kindergarten. They might ask youngsters to perform such tasks As hopping drawing straight lines or circles and counting to " Ward and Forward. Achievement tesmmpvr3riy askindrgarteiy5t should Curr Lucia More Plo thai age group. Last september North Carolina legit gators decided to end mandatory testing of first and second graders because of concern Over mounting academic pres sure in those  thai exclude children from pub Lic education services or that delay Tihoi Access to the educational mainstream. Are antithetical to Legal and Constitution Al rights to free education and equal pro tection.," wrote University of Michigan education professor Samuel Meysels in a paper published in january 1987,he and other critics say readiness tests e the Csell Are based on a discredited of development thai children at behave in highly predictable ways  beyond the control of teachers   would willingly accept such a passive1 a Orrach to Educa Tion Misc is wrote