European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 30, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday december 30, 19b8 the stars and stripes Page 5 musician Galloway hospitalized White Plains . A swing musician and bandleader cob Calloway. Who collapsed Dur ing a show m Tokyo and under went surgery in new York was listed in critical but stable Condi Tion wednesday Wendy scr in. A White Plains Hospital spokeswoman refused to discuss the surgery but said Gallo Way s vital signs were , 81, inc King of i Echo collapsed from exhaustion Dur ing intermission at a dec. 21 show and was taken to Tokyo Hospital said his spokesman Stan Seol land. He was transferred to new Yorkton tuesday Scottland said. Calloway who had been on a world Lour cancelled Allen Gage ments. This is the first time Ever that he has missed a performance and the first time he has cancelled a show Scottland said. Galloway s famous hide to re Frain was from the 1931 hit Minnie the Woodier which he wrote . Carlo was Sang it in the 1932 film the Bia  and thrilled a new generation with it in the 1980film the blues  a s disability rating schedule outdated Gao study contends Washington a Many disabled veterans May be Over or under compensated for their injuries because the veterans administration is using outdated medical data a congressional study reported wednesday. The use of outdated medical Stan Dards could mean the difference of hundreds of dollars each month to some Vel crans. The general account ing office Gao said in recommending that the a perform a comp re pensive review of us standards. The a paid $14.3 billion in disability benefits to 3.8 million veterans and their survivors in 1987, said the Gao the investigative Branch of con Gress. The various parts of the disability rating schedule have been updated individually but there has been no comprehensive look at the schedule since 1945. As a result the report said som medical conditions arc not listed in the schedule which Means n a rating specialist rust classify the disability. A cannot ensure that veterans arc Given accurate and uniform disability ratings because the rating schedule has not been adjusted to incorporate the results of Many recent medical advances the study said. It is inherently difficult to achieve uniform and accurate administration of this Type of program out of Date Rilling schedules make it almost impossible according to the report. Veterans administrator Thomas a Turnac said he would prepare a plan fora methodical review of the rating schedule and added that he agree with a recommendation that the cd ulc lie reviewed regularly from now on. The department of defense said i agreed with the report s findings. A 9 33 internal study by the caused 13 Sample cases representing 23 separate disabilities for which Veteran already had been awarded compensation benefits. Those cases went to 56 of the 58 a regional offices to be classified. In one Case n Veteran with hypertensive heart disease was assigned five different ratings ranging from 10 per cent disability to 100percent. Twenty five rating hoards gave Hima 30 percent disability or 1202 per month in benefits and 21 boards gave him 60 percent or s5i6 in benefits. In another Case a Veteran with Post traumatic stress disorder was rated from Zero to 70 percent disabled by the various boards which would have meant anywhere from no benefits to$410 a month the report said. In a Gao Survey of 383 a rating specialists 61 percent said it was somewhat Likely or very Likely that in rating mental disorders they could reach two or More rating percentages with the same medical Evi Dence. Fifty one percent said the same situation could occur in rating neurological and convulsive disorders and Fornall types of illness 22 percent said it was Likely to reach More than one conclusion with the same medical Evi Dence. Students test poorly in economics new York a american High school students have an alarming Defi Cit of economic knowledge according to a Survey in which two thirds did t understand profits and Marc than half could t define demand. Economic education is not in the kind of shape we want it to be former Federal Reserve Board chairman Paula. Volcker said wednesday it a news conference sponsored by joint Council on economic education a non profit coalition that underwrote the Survey. The Survey a 46-question multiple Choice exam taken in May 1986 by 8,205 11th and i2lh-Grade students i Public and private High schools in 42 slates found Only 34 percent could correctly define profits As revenues minus  39 percent selected the Correct definition of Gross National product the Market value of the nation s out put of final goods and  Only 45 percent realized that government deficits result when spending exceeds tax revenues. Lessi than half 47.7 percent knew that economic demand for a product refers to How much people arc willing Andale to buy it each  on an average students correctly answered Only about 40 percent of the test.  they did even worse on inflation the effects. Volcker of tariffs on Trade and the Impact of investment on economic growth. Economic illiteracy is apparently More pronounced among minorities. Among students who had some High school economics Whites scored an average of 53 percent while Blacks scored42 percent and hispanic 46 percent. Among youngsters who had taken no economics courses whiles answered 41 percent of the questions correctly Blacks 31 percent and hispanics 36 per cent economics thus joins a growing Liston disciplines including writing Geog Raphy foreign language science and math where recent tests have . Students achieving at dismal lev Els. The test of economic literacy was devised by William b. Warstad University of Nebraska economics pro Fessor and John a Sopor. An economics professor at John Carroll University in  urged slates and school districts to make economics a part of the curriculum from elementary school on to require it for High school graduation and to provide teachers with the Nec Essary background to Leach  arc the first to realize thai they have inadequate background inthe subject said Roxanne e. Bradshaw Secretary treasurer of the National education association the i.9 million member leather Union. Japan requires All High school Stu dents to Lake at least a semester of economics Walstad said. But Only 28states require economics in the curriculum in some Fonn and just is require specific course in economics for Grad 1 Calion. All Loo often economics is simply left out of the list of required subject sin recent Calls for educational Reform Walstad said. . May pull Seabrook support Concord. . A top stale  threatened to withdraw support for the Seabrook nuclear Plant if its Lead owner tries to Side step state Law and begin charging its 340,000 ratepayers for the stalled reactor Public service co. Of new Hampshire filed a bankruptcy reorganization plan tuesday that would make it Federal regulated and no longer subject to a state la prohibiting utilities from charging for plants before they operate commercially. ."., ,. The Utility said it seeks Rale increases of 30 percent to40 percent during the next several years to cover its 36 percent slake in Seabrook which has been unable to obtain a License because of emergency evacuation obstacles.  Judd Gregg said the reorganization plan amounts to savaging ratepayers to protect the speculators and creditors. He and legislative Leaden said they will try to establish a Public Power authority that could Lake Over the. Utility Ifil pursues the plan.  Gregg also said that if rate negotiations Between the stale ill Utility and its creditors Are fruitless and pub Lic service tries to evade state regulation the stat would reconsider its support for Seabrook. In my opinion everything is on the table Gregg . John Sun Tiu who has championed Seabrook in his six years in office raised Hal possibility. Sununu said the state ought not to exclude any alternative in fighting the reorganization plan. Asked if that Means he May be willing to drop sup port for Seabrook Sununu said. I think it Means having in place the capacity to bring that particular tool to the table As one of the bargaining Chipspublic service spokesman Nicholas Ashooh replied we just Hope the state would not hold new hemp Shire electric Consumers hostage during these negotiations. We need that Power and the state knows Itpublic cry ii sought projection from ils creditor Jan. 28 due to More than 12 billion in Seabrook debt. The reorganization proposal met with opposition from state officials Consumers groups and Public service creditors. The Utility s Stock and Bond prices took a beating after the plan was disclosed. Public services 5 plan is subject to approval by the various parties involved and by the bankruptcy court. Pubis service has two months before other parties in the reorganization May offer competing plans. The Utility described its plan As an opening position for anew round of talks with its creditors and the state. Sah Sof time in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. Dec. 30, 1948 the . Army said it was pulling its next to last division outer South Korea in Accord Ance with the soviet american agreement to withdrawal troops from Korea As Early As practicable30 years ago today. Dec. 30, 1958 a British woman was killed Anat least three others injured when an . Air Force Jei crashed into a Village in Suffolk England shortly after Takeoff from Wood Ridgeb. 20 years ago today. Dec. 30, 1968 Federal officials warned that the Hong Kong flu claiming nearly a thousand fatalities in the. United slates during the first three weeks of de Cember was going to get worse before it got better. 70 years ago today dec 30, 1978 a blizzard with Hurricane Force winds swept across Northern Germany cutting Power lines and closing highways. Police reported thousands of persons stranded m Rural Homes without electricity