European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 29, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 4 the stars and stripes sunday january 29,1989 in Peak condition a daredevil skier silhouetted against Angeles in Washington state. While a Cloudy sky soars Over the snowy skiing conditions in some parts of the peaks of Hurricane Ridge near port country have been less than Ideal this skier had plenty of Snow to enjoy on Friday when he headed Down slopes in the olympic Mountain Range. Students tangled in teacher dispute use protest to teach la schools lesson los Angeles a students upset Over a contract dispute that is holding up their grades gave administrators an economics lesson Friday by boy Cotting homeroom classes a second straight Day costing the District $ 15 per student. Teachers in the nation s second largest school District have been without a con tract since july. Some have refused to work beyond class hours in protest and have withheld grades causing problems for seniors applying to College. The teachers have what we want. The school Board has what the teachers want Money. And we have what the school Board needs attendance at homeroom said protester Alicia Barton a senior at Washington High school. State Aid is based on homeroom Atten dance with $15 withheld per Day for each student absent. Shel Erlich a District spokesman said he did t know How much Money was lost during the two Days of protest. Erlich said he did t know How Many of the District s 600,000 students were involved in the demonstrations Friday but More than 1,000 students protested thursday. On Friday there were protests at 16 of the los Angeles unified school District s700 schools Erlich said. Protesters were mostly High school students but some were in Junior High and elementary school. Limited protests Are expected this week students said. Kemo Lee student body president at Dorsey High school said the students support the teachers but we feel we Are being used As a bargaining chants during some of the student protests were directed at administrators no grades. No homeroom. No there was no indication that the Stu Dent protest spurred Progress in negotiations Between teachers and the District. The teachers Are seeking a one year agreement with a 12 percent raise the District is offering 17 percent Over three years. Starting salary is $23,000. Teachers stopped sending grades to the District this month. They said Stu dents could obtain unofficial Union pre pared report cards. But students said not All colleges will accept such documents. Leroy Gorman a student at Dorsey applied to the University of Denver in Colorado. He said University officials told him that they needed official mid year transcripts by March. They said what s going on in califor. A is not our problem we need the transcripts " he said. Bestsellers work starts at Rev. King slaying site Memphis Tenn. A the Rev. Ralph Abernathy joined local govern ment officials and Well wishers for the ground breaking of a National civil rights museum on the site where the Rev. Mar tin Luther King or. Was assassinated. Construction is beginning on the $8.8 million transformation of the run Down Lorraine Motel. It is scheduled to reopen july 4, 1991, As a museum with exhibits on major civil rights conflicts and a tour of room 306, where King spent his Las night. I need not pause to Tell you How de lighted i am to return to these sacred grounds Abernathy told a crowd of about 150 on Friday. I m just glad to be Here on this occasion because you Are speaking so clearly and so profoundly to the South and the whole nation get your act together " King was shot to death april 4, 1968, on a Balcony at the Lorraine. Abernathy who succeeded King As president of the Southern Christian leadership conference thanked project supporters for building a memorial to the life of my Dearest Memphis lawyer d army Bailey who led the seven year Effort to preserve the Motel called the decision to turn it into a museum a Victory Over the unholy car nage that took place there. Teen to Light up pay hike protest Erie a. A a 13-year-old boy upset about the proposed 50 percent pay increase for Congress is asking the nation s motorists to turn on their headlights monday to protest the increase. Mike Woycheck said the theme of his protest is read our lights no pay i thought we really could t afford it said the eighth grader at Garwood Middle school in nearby Fairview. The Little Guy would get crunched by Woycheck is using his Home computer to enlist others in the fight. He logged on to a nationwide phone network and sent messages to computer bulletin boards detail ing plans for monday s protest. 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