European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 26, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes thursday january 26,1989 Dodds plans new schools in w. Germany by Dave Walczak education write Wiesbaden West Germany the 9verseas school system s Long Range expansion plans in West Germany include High schools at Darmstadt Rhein Berg and Sembach a and an elementary near Mainz according to a memo drawn up by school officials. The dec. 21 memo sent to air Force and army communities and major commands outlines the status of major construction projects by department of de sense dependents schools in Germany through 1996. School officials plan to update the memo in  Germany Region facilities official cautioned wednesday that the three High schools and the elementary were part of a wish list subject to change or Cancella Tion. The schools were listed under fiscal years 1992-96.a site has been found for Uhle born elementary which would serve about 300 children in grades kindergarten through six. The school which would be located in the Uhle born housing area about six Miles from Mainz would draw students from either Mainz elementary or Hai Norberg elementary in Wiesbaden the official  estimates put the Cost at $5.1 million. School officials Are anxious to find a site near Darm Stadt for a High school to relieve pressure on Frankfurt High school the facility official said. Darmstadt Stu dents Are bused to Frankfurt. Preliminary plans Call for about 500 students in Grade nine through 12 to attend the Darmstadt facility. The Region first sought to build a High school on Rhein main a in lieu of the Darmstadt project the official said but abandoned the idea when a site on the base could not be obtained. He said West German officials rejected one proposed site in the Darmstadt  Only alternative to building Darmstadt High school he said would be to again expand Frankfurt High school where a $6.09 million addition was completed just before the 1988-89 school  High school would serve an estimated 225 students in grades seven through 12 in the Moers-m6n-Chengladbach area. Area High school students currently attend Dusseldorf International school costing the school system about $ 1 million a year. School officials estimate the Cost of Sheinberg High school at $6.5  Sembach project described As a gleam in our Eye by the official would draw students from Kaiserslautern High school. No site has been determined but school officials Are confident one can be found on the air  Sembach school estimated to Cost $7.3 million could accommodate grades seven through 12 or nine through 12.a Sembach military official first brought up the secon Dary school plan in october said Kaiserslautern District superintendent Candice Ransing. A Safe spokesman referred All queries about the school to Germany Regio Headquarters in Wiesbaden. Giessen High school which opened its doors for the1984-85 school year was the last High school built in the Germany Region. The Region serves about 86,500 Stu dents at 142 schools including 27 High schools and one elementary High  has appropriated Money for construction to begin on a secondary school at Span Dahlem a but school officials have yet to determine what grades will be there leaving open the possibility of making the school Junior High. It is scheduled to open in 1990. Pitburg High school serves Span Dahlem area  department officials also have submitted to Congress a request this year for More than $9 million to build a High school at Hohenfels. The facility official said the school was a priority with military and school system officials and could open its doors by the beginning of the 1991-92 school  students attend either Niernberg or Vil Seck High schools. See them sensed someone would die witness says by de Reavis staff writer Frankfurt West Germany . Navy diver murdered during the 1985 hijacking of Twa flight 847 told passenger during the ordeal that it would be better for him to die rather than on of his fellow sailors who were married. He was convinced that someone was going to be killed before it was Over and it was Only fair that he should be the on because the other divers were All mar ried Ruth Henderson a 20-year-Oldaustralian student testified wednesday. Mohammed a Hamadi a lebanese shiite moslem is on trial in Frankfurt for air piracy and the murder of Petty officer 2nd class Robert Dean Stethem. Hamadi faces a life sentence for his Partin the 17-Day hijacking in which 39 americans were held hostage. Stethem after being brutally beaten news updates train crash toll rises London a the death toll from a triple train crash near a Busy South London Junction six weeks ago Rose to 35 tuesday with the death of a 61-year-old Man. Alan Philipson a passenger aboard a London bound commuter train travelling from his Home town of Bournemouth in Southern England died of his injuries at London Hospital officials said. Settlement offered los Angeles Calif. A relatives of the 167 victims of july s Oil Rig explosion in the North sea have been offered $187 million in compensation payments the Rig owner Occidental Petroleum corp., disclosed tuesday. Armand Ham Mer chairman and chief executive officer of the los Angeles based Oil company revealed the offer in a meeting with securities analysts in Newyork saying he believed most of the families would accept it. Occidental s Oil platform pipe ralpha exploded and burned off Aberdeen Scotland on july 6.the platform was destroyed and 167 men were killed. Correction a photo caption yesterday incorrectly stated . Sailors from the 6th Fleet were to arrive in Thailand for leave. The sailors were from the 7th Fleet. On the plane was shot and his body was thrown to the runway of the Airport at Beirut Lebanon. Henderson was on vacation with he parents at the time of the hijacking and sat next to Stethem for More than three hours after he was pistol whipped and kicked. She was 16 years old at the time. She knew the 23-year-old Stethem As Bob after meeting him in the Athens Airport waiting room where she played the flute before boarding the ill fated flight from Athens Greece to  had talked to several Navy divers before boarding the plane. After the beating one of the hijackers at Bob next to me Henderson said. He was bleeding on his head and Misback. His wrists were tied so tightly his hands were  Henderson said Stethem told her his hands were tied after he had fought the hijackers. He feared his Knees and several ribs had been broken from being kicked and he had trouble breathing. He whispered to me that one of the hijackers did All the  Henderson said Stethem smoked but could neither hold nor Light his cigarette. She massaged his hands until the feeling returned and he tried to eat some food but could t. We talked about other subjects to Calm us both Down and distract our at Tention from the danger we were All in she testified. He told me about diving and about Greece. He was trembling alot. I believe he was under Shock from the beating. He told me if he survived the ordeal he d never be the same again and it might be better to  Stethem appeared to be thinking clearly when he made the statement Hender son said. He also made it Clear that he knew it would be a military Man who would be  although Hamadi has confessed to the hijacking he has maintained he had nothing to do with the murder. He has claimed his accomplice identified by authorities As Hassan Ezzeddine killed Ste them. The victim s parents Richard and Patricia Stethem have been present at the trial since it opened july 5, following Hamadi s january 1987 arrest at the Frankfurt Airport. Henderson did not know whether Hamadi or Ezzeddine shot Stethem. Ezzeddine remains at Large. Hamadi who prosecutors claim is 24years old wore a Gray double breasted suit. His hair had been cropped close tothe Skull for a series of neurological and psychiatric examinations. Campaign reaps $6.9 million in pledges by Joseph Owen Stuttgart Bureau Stuttgart West Germany do nors in the . European Cpd pledged $6.95 million to the 1989 combined Federal Campaign making it the second most lucrative drive in the Campaign s22-year history. The total is Only 1.1 percent less than that donated in the record 1988 drive according to a final Campaign report re leased by the command. Each of the five previous campaigns also Drew More than$6 million. The trend is that fewer people caregiving and those who give give More said James m. Page european representative of the National voluntary health agencies and a member of the com Mand s Campaign coordinating group. The report said 43 percent of 352,483eligible donors in the european come pledged contributions in 1989 to the government s annual fund raising drive for Charity the same rate As two years ear Lier. The 1988 Campaign drive Drew pledges from 46 percent and reaped$7.03 million. In the latest Effort Usa eur personnel pledged $3.89 million Safe $2.35 million Nav eur $605,590eucom he $48,154 and embassies consulates and military assistance advis Ory groups $56,962. Campaign officials solicited pledges Between oct. 3 an nov. 11. Most donations will be collected by payroll deductions throughout 1989. The donation rate in Europe decline Din each of the three service branches Al though the Navy s drop was barely Detec table. In each of the last two campaigns about 69.6 percent of the eligible Nav donors pledged Money. Of the eligible air Force donors 48 percent pledge Money for 1989 53 percent did so in 1988. The army pledge rate dropped from 41 percent to 39 percent. At the european come s Headquarters participation dropped from 64 per cent to 52 percent and the rate for embassies and other agencies increased from 71 percent to 73 percent. Officials said smaller less confusing Campaign pamphlets and proper timing of the solicitation period helped both the1988 and 1989 campaigns but a Federal tax Law change making deductions for charitable donations More difficult prob ably discouraged some potential 1989donors. Donors increased their annual Campaign contributions sixfold from 1973 to 1983. Then the growth tapered off when court fights developed about which organizations could appear on the Campaign leaflet and subsequent delays pushed the fund raising Effort into the Christmas shopping season. Those prob lems Are Over but the change in contributions remains negligible. \ we seem to have reached a plateau Page said. General who headed red Cross Dies by the . Times James f. Collins a four Star general inthe . Army who in retirement served As the american red Cross president during the Vietnam War died sunday of prostate cancer at Walter Reed army medical Center in Washington. He was 83 and lived in Mclean a Collins born in the Bronx ., to Irish immigrant parents graduated from the . Military Academy at West Point and had a 37-year army career. He saw duty in the world War ii Pacific campaigns of Papua new Guinea and Luzon Philippines and Rose to com Mander of an artillery unit in 1945. Collins later taught at the commandant general staff school and the army War College. He held Pentagon person Nel and manpower posts. He was commander of army forces Unalaska in 1954 and Pacific infantry Divi Sions in 1961, before becoming com Mander of All army forces in the Pacific. He received the legion of Merit an the Bronze Star. After retirement in 1964, Collins assumed the red Cross presidency. He expanded red Cross recreational services to All the military branches serving in Vietnam and to military Hospital throughout the far East. In the 6 /2 years he was president col Lins broadened blood services. Collins is survived by a daughter Pat Ricia c. Bowman of Mclean and two grandchildren