European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 27, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday september 27, 19bb the stars and stripes Page 9 Dodds Roundup 18 students in Dodds named Grant semifinal its Washington is eighteen High school seniors from the department of defense dependents schools including 13 in Europe Are among 14,000 semifinalists in the 1989 National Merit scholarship Competition. The students among the top one half of 1percent of the nation s academically Talon cd students Are competing for about 6,000 scholarships Worth a collective $23 million. Semifinalists Are the top scorers in their re spec live states with Dodds considered a state who look the preliminary Scholastic aptitude test As juniors. Finalists will be selected by committees who will Analyse students1 academic and extracurricular accomplishments course Load subject difficulty grades test scores and demonstrated leadership and contributions to the school and  Dodds semifinalists in Europe include Christopher Jordan. Shape Belgium Elizabeth Faricy and Robert Wheatley Lakenheath eng land Megan Herman accent Netherlands Michael Gibson. Naples Italy and Scott Dexter Izmir , from West Germany Chris Patterson Augsburg John Echols bad Xref Zach Robert Skidmore Frankfurt Rachel Jones Oster Horz Kimberley Schaffer Ramstein a Bri Anmoore Wiesbaden Arnold and Michael Gen Rich Wil Ryburg. Cooperation in classroom to be discussed saturday Wiesbaden West Germany Cooper alive teaching and learning " will be the theme of saturday s meeting of the association for supervision and curriculum development at Hai Newberg elementary. The meeting in Wiesbaden will feature an address by Butzbach elementary teacher Ellen at quist a former staff member of learning mag  meeting will feature More than 20 workshops aimed at elementary and secondary education. Registration begins at 8 . Casi Candice Ransing at German civilian 069 464222 for More information. Pedestrians Given tips on avoiding fog hazards  editor with Daylight saving time now Only a pleasant memory of the summer the dark Lime of year is re Luming and with it the fog the German automobile clubs adar and avd note that More than 40 percent of fatal Auto accidents involving pedestrians occur Between october and de Cember and the clubs Are urging pedestrians to Wear Bright clothing and to take extra care when crossing streets. The clubs also urge motorists to make certain their Windshield wipers function property so they have no problems in seeing pedestrians schoolchildren and bicyclists on foggy Days which Are especially prevalent in the autumn. The clubs say that most accidents in the fog Are caused by Drivers who fail to read properly. For travel ing in log the two German clubs recommend that Drivers pay attention to approaching traffic if oncoming automobiles and trucks have their lights on1 during daytime when the roads arc dry it s practically certain they be been dealing with fog and your turn May come next Roll Down your window a bit to help prevent Interior fogging. Turn on your Windshield wipers and keep the Windshield defroster on. Heavy fog especially at lower elevations can some times be Strong enough to act like rain and put a film of water on your Windshield. Turn on the headlights to Low beam and switch on the fog lamps. Use the rear red fog Light Only in very thick fog when vision is less than 150 reel. The Light is too intense for use in 1 ight fog rain or Snow. Slow Down keep your distance and adjust your Speed to the prevailing visibility. In heavy fog use the directional striping on the right hand Side of the Road for guidance not the Cen Ter line striping. The european fog code is slow Down keep your distance and use your  Don t stay glued to the Driver s lights ahead of you but keep your distance and always be prepare for the Driver ahead to Stow Down sharply or Stop completely. Aoa Cmap shaded areas show worst rag stretches Lang Auto hns in West Germany. Don t be misled into thinking that you can Seemore than the leading Driver. Don t pass unless you Are absolutely certain that the Way is Clear. If there s Remote doubt do not pass. And never pass in a fog bound traffic Convoy. If traffic should Stop suddenly turn on your Emer gency flashing unit move As far As possible to the right Edge of the Road and Stop your car.  teams Start 10-Day search for clues to mias from plane crashes Bangkok Thailand a  teams drove into the villages of Northern Vietnam monday to launch an unprecedented search for wit Nesses of plane crashes in which Ameri can servicemen were lost during the Vietnam War an official said. Two joint teams headed to areas North of the capital Hanoi in jeeps flown in from Honolulu by .  for the 10-Day search said Mai. Thomas a Boyd spokesman for the . Pacific come this is the first joint activity that involves tracking Down of missing in action Mia cases tie said the teams Are investigating loss incidents that occurred and trying to interview individuals who May possess information surrounding the Inci dents. It could result in future warplane Cra Silc  he said the teams will try to gather evidence such As the soldiers personnel effects and local government reports of the incidents. They brought along Metal detectors and forensic equipment in Case any human remains arc found. Boyd Laid the joint teams will focus on seven cases of servicemen lost in plan crashes As the learns search in Bac thai and Vinh Phu provinces about 40 Miles Northwest of Hanoi and in Lang Sonand a Bac provinces about 30 Miles Northeast of the capital he said the teams May also search an area in Hai Hung and a Nam Ninh provinces some so Miles Southeast of Hanoi. The seven cases Are among 70 discrepancy cases the United Stales has declared urgent and has asked Vietnam to resolve claiming there is evidence that the men survived and came under vietnamese control. However Washington says it has no evidence that the men remain alive today 15 years after .-forces with Drew from Vietnam. The United states has declared it Hopes for Many More such joint protects in the coming months to resolve the fates of 1,757 americans missing in Vietnam and added it is prepared to provide four investigation teams. The . Experts who arrived i Hanoi sunday Are from the . Joint casually Resolution Center and the army Central identification Laboratory both Honolulu based units seeking America s wartime missing. The Leader is la. Col. Joe Harvey commander of the Center. The three americans on each team will be working with officials of Viet Nam s office for seeking missing per sons. Boyd said the . Side brought in eight motorcycles for the vietnamese to scout villages before the joint teams arrive. Vietnam s foreign minister Nguyen co Thach and a . Presidential envoy retired Gen. John w. Vessey agreed to the joint projects in june. Work was delayed after Thach criticized what he called America s hostile policy of Iso lating Vietnam for its military occupation of  Only previous joint Field activity was the late 985 excavation of a . B 52 bomber just outside Hanoi. No re Mains were found and Vietnam was. Slow in responding to repeated . Re quests for More joint  said another . Team was scheduled to Fly tuesday to Laos to sur vey plane crash Sites in the Eastern be Pone area far possible joint  United Stales lists 547 americans lost in Laos including airmen downed in missions to Cut off the to Chi Minh Trail which the North vietnamese communists used to infiltrate men and sup plies to the front in .-backed South  total of 2,391 americans Are listed As missing in Southeast Asia As a result of the Vietnam War. Eighty three Are listed As in Cambodia and six in  said that since . Involve ment in the War ended in 1973, the United states has received the remains of 190missing personnel. Of these 162 were from Vietnam 16 from Laos and two from China he said. He said that the United states has identified 18 of the 77 remains Vietnam has returned since Thach and Vessey agreed in August 1987 to accelerate co operation on humanitarian issues. Israelis get tips to halt polio spread Jerusalem a the health ministry on sunday urged israelis to combat an outbreak of polio by observing rules of Hygiene including washing fruit and vegetables with soap and water. The government set up a task Force to improve the nation s sew age treatment facilities which have been blamed for at least nine confirmed cases of polio near Tel Aviv stale radio and the health ministry said. Health officials continued vaccination campaigns for the 200,000 people in and around the towns of Hadera 30 milies North of Tel Aviv and Ramla and Lod which Are near the City. The Cabinet decided against uni Versal immunization for the coun try s 4.4 million population and in Stead agreed to continue checking sewage and vaccinating people where contamination was found All soldiers and police officers Areto be vaccinated in areas where polio cases have been reported. Health officials denied thai Israel faced an epidemic but the radio announced the number of a polio hot line and said it will broadcast a two hour program on polio