European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 21, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday july 21, 1988 the stars and stripes Page 3 Dodds officials to take first step toward uniform High school courses by Dave Walcza education writer Wiesbaden West Germany top overseas Edu cation officials Are Busy this summer compiling data about a handful of words and if All goes according to plan adjectives like enriched advanced and Basic will not be attached to course titles much longer. The streamlining is the first step toward curriculum standardization a department of defense dependents schools Campaign aimed at bringing uniformity to its High school classrooms around the Globe. By the time the project is finished Dodds educators envision having uniform course Cata logs and teaching guides in every subject so that students from Tokyo to Frank Furt will be studying the same material. School system director John Stremple addressed the standardization Issue at the Spring meeting of the advisory Council on dependents education promising a review of Dodds course offerings. Regional school officials since have uncovered a dizzying array of course adjectives in the project s first few months. In one Region alone 77 variations of High school English Are listed. The whole situation is compounded by schools that offer honors courses but not advanced courses said Dean Wiles chief of the Germany Region s Edu cation division. Other schools have enriched courses. The Lack of consistency Means that honors English might be very different in Patch High school in Stuttgart West Germany than it is in Balboa High school in  the Rainbow of adjectives extends to the other end of the academic spectrum where foundation Basic and fundamental color course offerings. Some schools simply offer English with no accompanying adjective. Currently principals and faculty department chiefs decide what courses will be called. But Wiles said school administrators have wholeheartedly endorsed the standardization concept. Teaching guides Are As diverse As the course titles they accompany. Some Are produced regionally while others Are school specific. Dodds officials discussed distribution of system wide teaching guides three years ago but Flowers for a Hitler foe visitors Lay wreaths in a West Berlin courtyard where44 years ago a German opponent of Adolf Hitler was executed for leading an attempt to assassinate the Fuhrer. Here col. Clans von Stauffenberg died in front of a firing squad shortly after he tried and failed to kill Hitler with a bomb on july 20,1944. The idea floundered when gear no Rudman cutbacks forced the school system to curb printing costs. Wiles declined to predict what course descriptions would emerge following a meeting of the five regional education chiefs in the fall. But he said the nine High schools in Germany that offer advanced placement courses would be allowed to continue. The International baccalaureate program offered Only at Bonn and Bahrain High schools will be unaffected by the standardization. School officials plan to have the streamlined course offerings in place by the beginning of the 1989-90 school year. Tied to the standardization concept is the Advent of system wide textbook purchases which began in no vember with a contract for social studies materials for All grades. Previously classroom materials were pro cured on a regional basis. Teams of teachers from throughout the school sys tem eventually will be assigned the task of writing teaching manuals for each Grade and subject. Curriculum in each major subject area is reviewed every seven years. 7 Contra chiefs quit Over election of sex Somoza Man san Jose Costa Rica a the seven com Manders of the nicaraguan rebels Southern military front have quit protesting the election of Contra Mili tary chief Enrique Bermudez to the movement s Politi Cal leadership. The commanders who resigned late tuesday Lead 2,700 rebel fighters. The rest of the contras estimated 12,000 guerrillas Are based in Honduras. Bermudez 56, a colonel in the army of Anastasia Somoza before the late right Wing nicaraguan presi Dent was deposed was elected monday to the seven member directorate of the nicaraguan resistance. The directorate oversees the  insurgency against the leftist government of the sandinista who led the revolution that Defeated Somoza in 1979. Many contras backed the revolution but later became disaffected with the sandinista. A communique released in san Jose tuesday night by the seven Field commanders condemned the placing in charge of the highest military Post of the insurgents an sex colonel of the hated som Cista National  dissidents have accused him of being inefficient corrupt and too close to Somoza supporters. The communique charged that Bermudez deliberately withheld . Aid for Southern front rebels in a move to enhance his own Power in the resistance. The resigned commanders said their decision to leave the resistance was unanimously endorsed by the 2,700 fighters they command whom they claim rep resent 40 percent of the Contra forces. The communique did not say whether they would continue Independent efforts to topple Nicaragua s government. The statement identified the seven by their pseudonyms of Ganso Navigante Pedro Rafa Ramiro Johnny Ali and Omar. Commanders Ganso Ali Omar and Navigante participated in High level peace negotiations held in Managua Between the resistance and the sandinista. . Urged to allow veterans to wage peace Mexico City up members of the . War veterans peace Convoy marked the ninth anniversary of Nicara Gua s sandinista revolution by criticizing the . Government for delaying their de livery of Aid to those who have been Hurt by civil War in the Central american country. The Convoy s slogan feed the Chil Dren and not the War is not just a phrase. It reflects the thoughts of the majority of american people who want to show Solidarity with the people of Nicaragua Bob Livesey a Convoy Organ Izer said at a news conference in front of the . Embassy tuesday. Ours is above All a humanitarian Effort. Our main interest is to lend support and much needed humanitarian Aid to the people of Nicaragua who Are victims of War Livesey said in marking the ninth anniversary of the sandinista Revo Lution july 19, 1979. A statement issued by the Convoy organizers urged the . Government to end its support to the nicaraguan Contra rebels who have fought their government for seven years and allow veterans to follow their own consciences and wage  the Convoy was scheduled to leave mex Ico City wednesday and to arrive in Man Agua around sunday after crossing through Guatemala and Honduras. Once in Nicara Gua the Aid will be distributed by non government humanitarian agencies. An initial Load of 30 tons of Medicine food and clothes has grown to More than 300 tons of Aid through donations Veteran Raul Vadez said. The peace Convoy was scheduled to enter Mexico june 9 but was held up by american officials at the mexican Border for More than a month until july 13. . Customs and the Treasury depart ment detained the Convoy on grounds the trucks could be used for military purposes by the nicaraguan government. The activists planned to leave the trucks in Nicara Gua for peaceful purposes. Customs authorities demanded $ 100,000 from the peace activists to ensure that the vehicles would return to the United states 30 Days after they crossed the Border. Several Days and Many delays later some of the activists were arrested and their vehicles impounded when they tried to Cross the Border