European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 24, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Saturday september h4,19b8 the stars and stripes 6993 Bonn set for debate on responsibility for catastrophe at Ramstein airshow by de beams staff a Rit Cronn West Germany the West German parliament prepared for heated debate thursday Asil began hearings on who should Lake responsibility Lor the Ramstein air show Catas aug. 28 collision of three italian jets a Raim Tein a s annual air shows tar a claimed 67 lives. Eighty four people remained the Wake of the disaster. West German defense minister Ruper Scholz is facing11 heavy criticism for having allowed the course there will probably be a lot of polemics during the debate Saida spokesman for the do erase commit tee of the parliament. The defense minister is under fire even from Mem Bers of his own government. Thai s something politicians have to so far two German air Force office shave lost heir jobs after allowing a Ball to proceed As planned at Norve Niehay near Cologne on the Day of the sept. 11, after the no re cinch Celebration became Public base com Mander Gen. Klaus Withelm Rimeck offered his resignation and Scholz accepted. On sept. 13, by vetch Divi Sion commander col. Joachim hop pc who was directly responsible for the Ball proceeding As planned was re assigned. On thursday. It. Col. Peter to incr Mann a German air Force spokesman said other officers still May resign or be reassigned As a result of the dance disciplinary boards have not finished Ihei work Triller Mann said, s debate was designed give members of the German political panics represented in a Chance to voice their Theair disaster a member of the parliamentary defense raid s ruling coalition is com posed of he Chinlan democrats the Christian soup Union and the free democrats Jimh the social democrats and the of Kos in during the debate will be used optic up a just formed defense in commission make recon Munda Tigre on How air disasters Suchias Thawn Ramstein can be avoided in the Obure the spokesman said. Thei Mission is due to begin work oct. In addition the defense ministry has started its own internal i Vesliga lion of the Ramstein and Norvenia affairs the air Force s trip Lurmann said. Minister Scholi appointed former air fore inspector Genera Johannes Steinhoff to Sci up his own investigation committee to define acrobatic Fly ing military flight demonstrations Normal training flights and to examine the regulations he his information will be used to help the minister and the parliament develop a coherent and logical policy for the Dodds tar ush for Riore minority teachers Stremple a a nos hiring to reflect makeup of kids by Dave Walczak education write Heidelberg West Germany the military s overseas school system is Starling a recruitment drive for More minority teachers and expanding opportunities for High school students to earn College credits the system s director said thursday. In an interview department of defense dependent schools director John Stromple said the school system. Would embark on a pro Active Campaign o entice minority teachers into overseas employment. We re not just going to Send out brochures end interview people sir ample said. We re going cd go into the universities and begin explaining what Odds is to the kids who Are nearing a teaching Stromple did not provide specific quota for minority hiring but said the school system would attempt lore Lect the makeup of the kids in terms of its teach ers and administrators. Some individual schools in Germany have reported minority enrolments of More than than 50 percent but Stremple said Dodds itself has no Way to track the minority population of , who number about 152,000. / we need a better statistical gathering system. 1 Finda number of people who should know Don t know what the statistics Stremple said he has ordered a group to study ways to expand advanced placement opportunities through out the school system. Such courses provide High school students an Opportunity to earn Cal Efge credit by scoring High enough on a standardized test geared toward specialized a handful of Large Dodds High schools now offer the courses. Stremple said an expansion of the program could mean shining teachers from Large High schools to Small ones a robbing paler to pay Pau kind of situation we re not just going to Send out brochures and interview director John Stremple he also said he was trying to find ways to hire More teachers for Germany Region schools a need brought on by unexpectedly High enrolments throughout the defense department limit on end strengths or slots has led to larger classes beyond the the l-to-28 ratio of students to teachers the school system typically uses. Stromple said lower enrolments in Panama enabled him to shift 10 slots to Germany and that another 60 teachers could be hired if the defense department changes the Way it counts end strengths. But he cautioned that such b change was at least a month met with a group of Heidelberg High school students late thursday morning and was scheduled to meet with Usa eur commander Gen. Cros Bie e. Saint later in the response to student questions Stromple stood by his decision to ban student smoking i schools saying the medical evidence is overwhelm ing that smoking is dangerous. Endorsed the decision to provide school letters to students who engage in non Dodds sport activities saying i enables students More opportunities for recognition Stremple cautioned however that such sports to in have to meet strict guidelines in terms of Ria tic in principle stricter measures for Leach is orators o Deal with tardiness by re inconveniencing the entire he said fret sent tardiness could result in sus pension but should not cause a Leachjr to Tower grades. Stromple began his thru Meek european trip last week at the opening of arc Crinow common High school at Raf Greenham Coromar England he met with top military officials earlier this plans to a acct with Germany Region administrators in bad Kissinger and with Atlantic Region administrators in Nieuwpoort Belgium next week. Iranian Navy begins Clearing mines in Gulf Nicosia Cyprus a the iranian Navy began mine Clearing operations in the Gulf thursday Iran s official news Agency reported As the country marked the eighth anniversary of Iraq s invasion in the Gulf War. The islamic Republic news Agency monitored i Nicosia quoted the unidentified commander of Iran s naval mine sweepers As saying that helicopters and frogman also were involved in inc mine Clearing. The iranian Navy is capable of destroying magnetic Contact and other types of mines the officer was quoted As saying. He said the operations underlined the islamic re Public s commitment to maintaining Security and guaranteeing the safety of shipping in the Region there was no Independent confirmation of the Ira Nian report when Iran s naval commander rear adm. Moham mad Hussein male Azadegan announced last week thai his forces would begin mine Clearing operations a . Official said that was tantamount to admitting that they Laid the mines during the a your old War. Iran has never admitted it Laid mines in the water Way s shipping Lane but said it did so in its coastal Waters for Delerose. But Iran boasted last year that i could sow mines like seeds in the Gulf. The . Navy captured the Iran air an iranian naval vessel in the Gulf a year ago White it was allegedly laying mines at night. Several mines were found aboard the ship and others it had Laid were found gave no other details of thursday s reported mine Clearing nor did in specify where they were being carried out. The naval officer said Only that the opera lion was being conducted in International Waters inthe 600-Milc-Long Gulf. The . And other Western navies with forces in the Gulf Hare found scores of mines mainly in the Northern and Central sectors of the waterway since july last said iranian ships detected and destroyed four mines last year in the Gulf of Oman off the United Arab emirates port of Khor Bakkan. Western naval officials believe the iranians planted the mines in the first place. At least eight ships including the re flagged Kuwait Tanker Bridgeton and the . Guided missile frigate Samuel. B. Roberts have been sunk or damaged bylines in the last 16 months. Western officials said All were apparently Laid by the iranians.. Navy officers estimate that As Many As 200 mines mainly Contact Type devices moored to the seabed Are still in the guff. Most Are believed to be in shallow Waters off the iraqi coast in the Northern endow the Gulf. Iraq is believed to have Laid some but most Are believed to be iranian
