European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 23, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes sunday april 23, 19b9 news update k Mart blast victim Indianapolis a the 5-Ycar-old girl injured by a pipe bomb Ai a discount store was cat ing a Frozen Orange twin pop Fri Day and planning a trip 10 a Hospi Tal playroom after her condition was upgraded from fair to satisfactory. Doctors at methodist Hospital said Erin Bower has been recovering steadily since monday night when a bomb concealed in a Booth paste Container exploded in her hand Al a suburban k Mart. She is More Alert today said Jon j. While a Hospital spokes Man. She is out of the bed but she is not Cyl walking around. She is in a  surgeons were not Able to save her left hand by said thursday that the prognosis looked Good for her left Eye which was damaged in the blast. Investigators continued their search Tor two men seen leaving the k Mart shortly after the blast. Witnesses say a Man who Bough bus at the store april 14 matches the description of one of the two men. Alleged merchants embezzler captured by police at Airport by Randy Mcclain financial of fritter German and . Military police say they foiled a 1 million Mark embezzle ment attempt earlier this month when they apprehended the chief Teller of the merchants National Bank Munich Branch As he boarded a non Stop night to inc Philippines. Gunter Steinhofer was arrested april 12 at the Airport in Zurich Switzerland. With 960,000 Marks about $527,000, in his Possession investigators said. They said another 40,000 Marks or about 122,000, allegedly had been mailed via a Money order to sle Inhofer s daughter who lives in Garmisch. That Money also was recovered. H was seized Al inc German Post office in car Misch before delivery authorities said. Col. Joel Lucson commander of the 2nd Region criminal investigation come. Which look part in the investigation said German and american authorities had kept Kleinhofer under surveil Lance since mid March following a lip from a confidential  the source said the chief Sclier planned to Ems civic As much As 3 million Marks Leson alleged that sic Inhofer at tempted to pull out the scheme on april ii when he requested delivery of a 1.2 million Mark Check from hypo Bank in Munich for business purposes. The Money was delivered via merchants for eign Exchange Branch authorities said. Steinhofer however deposited Only 200,000 Marks in the merchants vault Leson said. The Chieft Lucr allegedly kept the other f million Marks and doctored the books in his department to make the Bank s internal daily Ledger appear to balance so Winhofer Ihnn feigned illness and left work Early with the remaining 1 Mil lion Marks Lucson said n a prepared Siai Cmunt. On the evening of april 11, Munich criminal police searched Steinhofer Home found his Mailbox overflowing and surmised that he had skipped town with the loot Lucson said. Based on confidential information Swiss authorities were called into the investigation and Steinhofer was arrested about 1 . The next Day while boarding what one investigator called the non Stop let s have on Hill of a Good time flight to the  authorities said Steinhofer is being held in jail in Munich pending disposition of his Case. National teachers association remains opposed to Merit pay conference told temperatures april 21 Hilo 19 67 live Gnamm 49 � i u  to  Boston t a Loki  t pm with a d4ji of two 1kt Cal 4-3 94 si7i .4. It k 55 30 0 � b3 7 73 41 7s m 90 50 61 4s7 47 � 31 77 7 41 59 33 85 � u 41 go 34 i7 � 9b 71re so dnhu.1 of Listol 103 ii s4 40 by Dave Walczak education writer Mannheim West Germany the National education association is opposing Merit pay for its membership de spite press reports to the contrary a Lead ing official of the organization said saturday. John Dunlop project coordinator for the Nea said teachers need to do a Bel Ter Job in defending set salary schedules and predicted thai Merit pay proposals will fall out of favor  near future. Dunlop delivered his remarks As part of an hour Long keynote speech officially opening the two Day overseas education association s annual Spring conference the Nea. Is the overseas association s Parent Union. The Nea position has been and still is that the problem with education and Wilh teacher salaries is he level of pay not the Structure of pay Dunlop said. We find Merit pay  Dunlop said his organization has received several letters from sea Mem Bers recently asking if the Nea has changed its position on the Issue after Nea president Mary Futrell initially backed a Fairfax county vs., school District plan to begin a Merit pay program for teachers the Nea the largest Leachjr Union in the United states has Long opposed Merit pay systems. Dunlop said the Union initially endorsed the Fairfax county plan because it increased pay across i he Board had no provisions for quotas and was . The Union withdrew its support when the school. System asked to revise the plan Dunlop said. He said salaries have nothing la do with Why people go into teaching in sisting that leathers Are motivated by intrinsic reasons for choosing their 51511 . Or  r  so Lunf crw a 1-Sldtttkjl former sports director in Heidelberg Dies at 59 profession. He accused teacher pay re formers of using a Shotgun approach and predicted that approach will Back fire. Money motivates. It also de Moti  he said. Duri lop called for increased educational efforts by Union members to de fend the Standard method of paying teachers by salary schedule a system that he. Said Lowers administrative costs is Tab wishes equity and promotes cooperation among teachers. Department of defense dependents schools leathers arc paid on a salary schedule based on the average teacher salary from 174 stateside school districts of 100,000 people or More Dunlop said pay raises for teachers in stateside districts have outpaced inflation the past four years. According 10 Nea figures the average teacher salary in the United slates u $28,044. Heidelberg West Germany is Maurice Mobell who served As director of Heidelberg s Community sports program until Jan uary has died of liver cancer in Miami. He was 59. \ Walt tit Tittl Al a Atu to. Pc i n our in my Row in pc pm v Wtown in Imp 1m Nolb Bil Romul fur Okki u Morion c u Olfe to i i a 5 Iasi t h so v c pm f Vii Way Turfy i i a. Maurice mob ii Bell a native of Pittsburgh retired from the army in 1980 As a sergeant first class after a final assignment at the army Hospital in Heidelberg he served a stint As program director at Heidelberg s pation acc Center before = moving to the Community sports office in 1982. He retired from Federal service april 9 and died nine Days later Bell competed in Power lifting and served As an official in the Spon. He also coached numerous football and basketball teams. Ted Otaguro with Heidelberg s Community and family support Cen Ter said Bell put the soldiers first in _ sports in Heidelberg. Bell s survivors include his wife of eight months Irma Watson of Zama Japan and sons Maurice or. And Shaun serving in the air Force m California and Arizona respectively. A memorial service for Bell who was buried saturday in Pittsburgh is scheduled for wednesday Al 3 . At the ration Barracks Chapel in Heidel Berg. The family has asked that donations be made in Bell s memory 10 the american cancer society. Legal size now illegal Tallahassee a. A the Florida supreme court has made it Legal. Legal documents can t be put on Legal size sheets of paper anymore. The High court said filings of pleadings motions and other documents in All state courts begin Ning Jan. I must be on set by la Inch paper. Chief Justice Raymond Ehrlich who issued the ruling on Legal size paper said Federal appellate courts require the letter size  there is no Rule now specifying he size of paper to be used in Florida courts Bui Legal size sheets set by 14 inches arc common. Clerk at the Palm Brach county courthouse were bewildered by he supreme court s interest in paper size. Most Shook their Heads raised their eyebrows and wondered if the High court did t have enough work to Doit will probably save a few Trees admitted Mary Ann Susort. Supervisor of the felony division int that the whole ideat1