European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 26, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 / the stars and stripes wednesday october 26.1983 Bat Holder school principal suspended Bidav Walczak education writer Baum older West Germany an elementary school principal was suspended monday alter a preliminary investigation Idle allegations that she ordered at least two dozen girls at the school to partially Dis Robe and touch themselves in Fronle of her. Do Force Culmer was escorted from Smith Elemen tary at 9 45 am about an hour after Kaiserslautern District superintendent Candiee Ransng arrived to investigate charges stemming from the Inci Donl thai allegedly occurred at the school thursday. According to a petition drawn up by parents of the girls involved the incident began when a Usa sanitary Napkin and blood smears on a Wall were found in a girls restroom. When none of the girls in the school s fifth and sixth Grade classes admitted to the vend a ism Culmer ordered the students to stand  school nurse s office which was not in use at the tire. Culmer then look the girls into the office individual a. Parents said. She searched the students Tor evidence of a student having a menstrual period in varying ways including \ having the Slu Donl s push their hand Down and Back in their Crotch area the parents petition said. The petition also alleges thai Culmer Felt the Stu dents buttocks area for evidence that a student was wearing a sanitary  some parents said the girls also were instructed to partially undress. Ransing monday said she first Learned of the Inci Dent Friday afternoon after receiving a Call from the Baum older Community school affairs officer. Culmer was absent from the school Friday. She was unavailable for comment monday. During her visit to the school monday Ransing Tolda group of about 20 parents of the suspension. She said she would return later in the week to inform them of any final action that might be taken against Culmer a Veteran of at least 10 years with department of de sense dependents schools. Ransing talked to at least four fifth and  monday morning after gaining permission their parents. Florence Mizgala the school nuns was present during the interviews. / Ransing said she would talk to snore urls before submitting her final report on the incident 10 Germany Region director Joseph Blackstead. She said that he report would be ready by the and a the week and that Region officials have assured he of prompt action. The parents group first me saturday night to Dis cuss what actions they Souhr take after a number of their daughters came Home and described what Hap pwned thursday. The Goriup presented a list of de mands to Ransing  arrived at the school Mon a. / Ransing who io4k Over As Kaiserslautern District superintendent last week agreed to most of the Par cats Lima ads Nicin included providing special coun seling to girls traumatized by the incident. One Parent said her daughter would not return tothe school because she feels terribly unsafe  Ransing also agreed that school officials would Takeno actions against faculty members cooperating with the inure ligation vowing to personally review . He said she would Contact Lisa Bishop the Lochs Union representative Al the elementary school be fore continuing the investigation tuesday. Classes were not in session at the school tuesday because of a scheduled teacher work Day. Ransing also promised to revise school guidelines a prohibit administrators from taking Large numbers of children from classrooms unless teachers have Bee informed beforehand Kebby Schweinsburg a spokeswoman for the parents said the group was satisfied with Ransing s initial actions. We feel Tike we accomplished a lot to begin  re reasonable people and we want to allow her investigation to  the group also proposed that Culmer be barred from working in any Dodd school if the petition s assertions Are verified Schweinsburg vowed that the parents would not let this Issue  however Ransing said that school officials will Fol Low Legal guidelines before taking action. Talks from Page 1 which both sides Hope will finally take the i stale with satisfy cup that the sum Mit meeting is a Cine Floii Natch by the search for a reliable route leading 10 a new stage in a flatirons Gorbachev added according to the official soviet press Agency to is. Chill out of sock twist German relations. Kohl also Tunc cd his Call for an East the ice has been broken Gorba West undo standing that would cad to a Chev the soviet Leader said after the reunited Germany \ opening meeting. By fhe West German Leader referred at a Kremlin dinner in Honor of Kohl in a Osit ivc spirit to the improved lot of Gorbachev said the role of our two th/2 million ethnic germans in in so count pics in the Overall Complex of big a act Union though he called on to Ftp politics is indispensable Yefto make further efforts to eliminate the cultural and religious restrictions placed on those germans whose ancestors came to Russia More than 200 years ago. Key aides in Kohl s entourage including lop West German diplomatic Mili tary economic and cultural figures All look part in meetings monday indicating that in their depth and breadth the Kohl Gorbachev talks would parallel those at the Reagan Gorbachev Summit meeting in May and june. Kohl prompted deep soviet hostility in 1983 when he permitted the deploy ment of Pershing medium Range nuclear missiles on Wesl German soil and evoked a More personal sense of bitter Ness in Moscow two years ago when he compared Gorbachev s Public relations efforts to those of nazi propagandist Joseph Goebbels. World War ii in which the soviet Union estimates it lost 10 million peo ple is an omnipresent part of the soviet consciousness. We germans realize How much distress and suffering was inflicted on individuals on families in your country and How much destruction was caused m this coun try How much Trust was lost Kohl said. Bush from Page 1 uralic National convention and he said the juror Over the selection of Quayle took away attention from his Campaign As Well. I was campaigning but a lot of attention was de news Brief holes found in ice Ridge latest Hope in whale Saga Barrow Alaska up experts deter mined monday hat an ice Ridge standing be tween open water and a path being Cut for two Gray whales is not As formidable As once thought and said they expected soviet icebreakers would try to smash the Barrier wednesday. In a save lne whale Battle in which one re searcher was threatened by a Polar Bear scientists monday poured Strawberry Kool Aid froma helicopter 10 highlight fissures in the ice Ridge and then inserted sonar scanning devices Tocheck for cavities or weaknesses  could be dynamited or  ice Ridge is 3 Miles away from the two trapped whales and officials previously had said it might be 35 feet thick and extend from the floor of the sea to the  Ron Morris a National oceanic and atmospheric administration biologist and coordinator of the Rescue Effort said ice experts Dis covered that the Ridge is riddled Wuh Hole through which water is passing. One of those experts Noaa ice forecaster Gary Hufford was threatened by a Polar Bear Only 200 feet away from him on the Ridge mor Ris said. Hufford who was armed was shaken up but did not fire his weapon Morris said. No Nirce weeks of deafening noise about the Quayle a which made it ver difficult to get through voted to the gop convention and then there was about thre selection he said. What you find out at the convention is that you re suddenly in a very different a world he said. Who says what for 45 seconds on thc\6 o clock news make the difference in a particular Day tend in took a while to understand  and from a sparsely attended appearance in los Angeles to a speech before a throng of 10,000 in Sandiego. Dukakis carried his late Campaign populist theme through the nation s most to filous state. He said Bush would personally receive m22,000-a-year lax break from his proposal to Cut the Feital gains  Bush wants to give people like Gcorge Bush a tax break that s More than the average Californi worker makes in a year Dukakis said in Gas Angeles. Look in the Mirror and ask yourself is George Bushon your Side Bush at a rally in Williston vt., defended his tax proposal As Good for creating new jobs. He said Dukakis is Likely to raise taxes and the nation could face an economic disaster if the liberals Lake Over the White House campaigning through new England Bush made a unusual departure from his prepared speech to reject Dukakis charges of Campaign distortions and deceptions. He said he could document allegations in television advertisements criticizing a Massachusetts prison furlough program and his rival s record on defense. There arc signs showing in the opposition Camp of desperation using ads that accuse us of  he said. The record on the essential opposition the opposition to these military programs is no lie. And he is upset not because it s false but because he is weak on crime an defense. And that s Ine inescapable  hostages from Paga 1 de states for help in determining whether the three photographs Are originals or copies made from Newt paper photos and whether a letter purportedly Signe by Steen was genuine. The letter in self can t be by Stern since it contain i Many mistakes of English grammar unlikely for a pro Fessor and the signature is yet to be verified a police official said adding that the other two documents apparently in code were being deciphered. He said Rizkallah had identified herself As a Leb anese maronite Christian but he did no Rule out that she might belong to other groups including islamic jihad. The involvement of Ang Hussa who is portrayed in the italian press As a mysterious figure of International intrigue with tics to the italian and Swiss secret serv ices added a bizarre twist. Pilot from Page 1 Batic flying in Wesl Germany remained Uncertain a officials Al what Neunert termed High Levels continued to discuss the Issue. Additionally the tragedy has fuelled debate concerning the limits of West Ger Man sovereignty Over Allied air bases in West Ger Many. Let me reiterate. Thai the United states is Scensi to German concerns and has already said in will it the wishes of the German government on the Sears Neunherz said. German italian and . Governments Mil share responsibility for damage payments but the italians win absorb All charges nol covered by insurance said  Alemanno of the italian ministry of defense he said the Frucce Tricolour team will continue to train until directed otherwise convening 10 it it fat. Pm new aim Bugmin m n4p�t. Lay