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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 4, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes wednesday january 4,1989 la restaurants name Star dishes after big cheeses los Angeles a in More than on unfriendly Ballpark dodger manager Tommy Lasorda has probably been called chopped liver. But Fried Mozzarella or escarole and Beans or Little neck clams in a garlic pesto sauce Over Linguine try shouting that last one with Mouthful of peanuts. Lasorda has been called All of these and More no from the stands but on the menus of various South Ern California eateries that have honoured him another celebrities by naming foods after them. While restaurateurs find the rotund manager of los Angeles world series Champion baseball team one of their favourites to name a food after a number of other notables have also been be stowed such honors. For example the Ronald Reagan is a baked Ham and Swiss cheese triple Decker Sandwich at the legends of Hollywood Delicatessen a live Wurst and Bologna triple Decker at the stage and a roast beef Ham and american cheese hero at the substation. The Arnold Schwarzenegger is a triple decked Turkey liver and Salami Sandwich at leg ends of Hollywood a no. 518 muscle Sandwich with avocados vegetables cheese and Mush rooms on whole wheat at Larry Parker s Beverly Hills 24-hour diner and an Melet filled with Swiss cheese and chopped tomatoes at the Ocean Park Omelette parlor in Santa Monica. For some celebrities having a meal named after them does t seem too hard to Swallow. Just ask Dick Clark the Man that is no the Sandwich piled High with Turkey at the stage. Turkey is Good for you what can i say Clark said. I m honoured to be in the presence of the Tommy Lasorda chopped liver but i m Little disappointed they gave the Peanut butter and Jelly to David  Koop launches Campaign to help battered wives Washington up surgeon general c. Everett Koop and a leading doctor concerned by in creases in physical and sexual assaults on women began a Campaign tuesday to help physicians detect and assist battered victims. Koop and Luella Klein former president of the american College of obstetricians and gynaecologists noted at a news conference that doctors who care for women play a vital role because they Are in a position to see abuse first. Yet Many physicians Are not trained to identify abuse they said. In the United states As Many As 15 million adult women have been victims of battering rape and other forms of physical and sexual assault. Each year a million or More women Are added to that total Koop said. The number of battered women has increase steadily by the same increments in the last few years but Koop said it remains difficult to say whether the problem is getting worse or the reporting system is  both doctors pointed to a study that showed only5 percent of 107 victims of Domestic violence seen in a metropolitan emergency department were identified As such by physicians. Klein said that increasingly More and More help is becoming available through about 1,200 shelters and state and local coalitions against Domestic Vio Lence nationwide. She also credited greater interest on the part of Law enforcement officials and  under the new Campaign All 27,000 members of the american College of obstetricians and gynaecologists Are being sent information detailing signs of abuse the Public health Impact appropriate care to victims possible referrals for counselling and other assistance women s Legal rights and strategies for helping women escape from dangerous situations. Klein stressed that doctors should pay particular attention during an examination to women who have injuries to their head neck Chest Abdomen breasts or arms because a woman who tries to defend herself often suffers severe injuries or fractures to upper extremities. It is so important to identify these women be cause they Are marked for further physical injury if nothing is done to break the Cycle of abuse Klein said. They Are at High risk for suicide or homicide and their children Are in equal  other signs of abuse she noted Are frequent visits to clinics emergency rooms and physicians As Well As complaints of headaches insomnia choking sensations and stomach Chest Pelvic and Back pains. They Are marked for further physical injury if nothing is done to break the Cycle of  Luella Klein some women make appointments and never show up. Other women who arrive at the office appear shy frightened embarrassed evasive anxious passive or weepy. Klein acknowledged that obstetricians and gynaecologists Are vulnerable to charges of malpractice but insisted their most important role is to identify battered women to assure them of their Legal rights and to refer them to social services for help. It s an overwhelming moral economic and pub Lic health Burden that our society can no longer Bear Koop declared. In this country no Man has License to beat. And get away with it. And no woman is obliged to accept a beating and suffer be cause of  act College Entrance exam to be expanded new York a the act examination taken each year by about 1 million College bound students will Belonger and will put heavier stress on scientific knowledge and abstract thinking skills starting in the fall an official said tuesday. Booklets detailing the changes Are Tobe mailed out the first week in february to High schools and colleges said Rich Ard l. Ferguson president of the Ameri can College testing program in Iowa City Iowa. The changes eight years in the Mak ing stemmed partly from the increasing number of High so drool students going to College with remedial needs in various academic areas. Colleges Are no longer institutions for the academically elite he said. There is a much More heterogeneous group going to College. As colleges Are challenged by students with a Broa Drange of skills they need better information for placement Ferguson said. The act the predominant College Entrance examination in 28 states located mostly in the Midwest and West will Supply colleges with 12 scores based on a student s knowledge. The assess ment now consists of five scores in in College costs averages per school year in dollars costs include tuition room and Board books transportation supplies and personal items Public a private 1980-81$3,603 $6,946 1981-82 4,000 7,804 1982-83 4,371 8,746 1983-84 4,666 9,486 four year totals Public $16,640 four year totals Public $25,399 private $32,981 private $56,903 Chicago Tribune graphic sources . Center for education statistics projections american federation of teachers. American Council on education Glish math social science and natural science and a composite score. The test will remain entirely multiple Choice but will be lengthened by 15 min utes to two hours and 55 minutes Ferguson said. The new test will provide three score sin English a total score and sub scores in mechanical skills and rhetorical skills. An expanded math test will provide total score and separate sub scores in pre algebra and elementary algebra intermediate algebra and coordinate geometry and in plane geometry and trigonometry. A Section on Reading skills will provide total score and two sub scores one in social studies and science and a seconding Art and literature. The act also will include a new Sci ence reasoning test measuring How a Stu Dent deals with scientific concepts. What we Are really doing is generating a new Reading test that really Mea sures Reading skills and another test in science that really measures science skills Ferguson said. Ferguson also said act is developing tests with similar formats for younger pupils to help spot academic weaknesses. 4 finalists for 89 teacher of the year selected Washington a Public school teachers from California Louisiana Maryland and Virginia were named finalists tuesday in the 1989 National teacher of the year contest. The contest which started in 1952, is sponsored by encyclopaedia Britannica inc., Good housekeeping Magazine and the Council of chief state school offi cers. The Winner will be honoured at a White House ceremony in april. This year s finalists were selected by a panel of educators from teachers of the year named in the 50 states the District of Columbia puerto Rico an american Samoa. They Are Jerlane gee 32, a third Grade teacher at Christine Sipherd elementary school in Modesto Calif. Gee a first generation chinese american developed a drug awareness program and a Young astronauts program in her school. Gary l. Stringer 34, a science teacher at West Monroe High school in West Monroe la. Stringer has developed College level geology course for High school students and a zookeeper program for teen agers. He quit a Job As a geologist for Exxon to enter classroom teaching. Leslie Jean Roche 37, an eighth Grade social studies teacher at Parkland Junior High school in Rockville my. Roche coordinates an annual Multi ethnic festival at her school and organized the first racially integrated student dance at a Rural Maryland High school. Mary v. Bicouvaris 49, a government International relations teacher at Bethel High school in Hampton a. Bicouvaris a greek immigrant advises the school s award winning Model United nations club and has written a Booklet on her techniques for interdisciplinary study of . Constitution  
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