European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 29, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars Ano stripes Friday september 29. 1989 Bush urges Radical school reforms Ciarlo Tresville. A. A president Bush declaring that americans arc ready for Radical  reached agreement with the nation s governors thursday on sweeping goals for improving schools including an anti drug Campaign reducing dropouts and slashing government red tape. The Broad outline of a final Summit statement was circulated As Bush and the governors wound up a two Day education Summit. From this Day Forward let us be an America of tougher standards an America of higher goals and a land of bigger  Bush said a a midday convocation with governors educators and students at the University of Virginia. The president pledged to loosen Federal restriction son the states and urged the governors in turn to relax their regulatory1 hold on local schools. Calling for National goals by which to judge the performance of schools and students. Bush said there must be a new spirit of Competition Between Stu dents Between teachers and Between schools a report card for All. And. To get  he said we will need discipline Structure and  Bush added the american people Are ready for Radical reforms. We must not disappoint  the president called for tradition shattering re form in several areas. He said every student should be literate enough to liquid paper firm settles lawsuit on toxic chemical Sacramento. Calif. A the makers of liquid paper agreed thursday to remove a cancer causing ingredient and pay $300,000 in penalties and costs to Settle a Legal action brought by environmentalists. The settlement filed in Superior court was prompted by complaints that Gillette co. Was exposing users to a cancer causing chemical in the typewriter correction fluid without warning them As required by proposition 65. That measure passed by voters in 1986, requires warnings be carried on products containing chemical known to cause cancer or reproductive harm. Under the settlement. Liquid paper products will con Tain no trichloroethylene. Or the within four months. The company also agreed to pay a $275,000 penalty and $25,000 in fees and costs. The penalty will Rise to is million if the deadline is not met. The company will run advertisements about the chemicals and non Loic alternatives such As liquid paper mistake out and liquid paper just for  ads will also Tell Consumers they can Exchange their liquid paper for the non toxic alternatives. The makes liquid paper dry faster. David Roc of the environmental defense fund one of the authors of proposition 65, praised Gillette for acting very quickly and responsibly in finding a new Way to make these products that avoids proposition 65  know not Only the three r s but Why americans died at Hunker Hill Al Citty Burgand at Monte  Bush also urged allowing parents to choose which schools their children attend and said there must be new. More accurate ways of evaluating schools and making educators More accountable for classroom performance. The president said the education system must never Settle for the minimum in academics or in behaviour. Decades of research Bear out what the Best teachers already know when standards and expectations arc High everyone does  on the sensitive Issue of financing reforms Bush said to those who say that Money alone is the answer i say that there is no one answer. I anything. Hard experience teaches that we Are simply not getting our Mone y s Worth in education. Our focus must no longer be on resources. It must be on  before Bush s speech the statement of Summit goals drafted by White Louse aides and a delegation of Lead ing governors was reported to have contained these proposals help All children prepare for school through nutrition programs. Head Start care for needy preschoolers and other programs aimed at overcoming the effects of poverty. Restructure the school system to make educators More accountable for their pupils classroom performance. Keep drugs out of schools. Bolster on the Job education to make sure Ameri can workers can meet Competition from abroad. Improve literacy in a nation where an estimated 23 million adults arc classified As functionally illiterate. Provide More flexibility for educators by reducing Federal and state government regulations. Renew efforts to reduce a National dropout rat approaching 30 percent. Neither no hit House aides nor the governors offered an estimate of How much the Long term school reforms would Cost or How they would be financed. Although Bush has rejected any major new Federal spending initiatives White House chief of staff John Sununu said the president was impressed by the Gover nors widespread support for Early childhood programs such As head Start. He suggested that Bush would continue to give them a High budget priority. Despite Bush s apparent satisfaction with the sum Mit s work former education Secretary William Ben Nett told reporters the closed sessions were marred by uninformed discussions and partisan  about 50 University students and 10 United mine workers unionists registered their disapproval by holding a protest rally outside the Rotunda where Bush and the governors were meeting. When we read your lips All we Sec is lip service read one demonstrator s sign paraphrasing Bush s widely quoted opposition to raising taxes. Midas touch Donna White of Washington d.c., shows off her unique fingernails. On her right Pinkie she sports a 14-Carat Gold Nail hut s 2 inches Long. It s adorned with nine dangling charms for a total Worth of $500. Remains of 4 mias returning to . Washington a the remains of four . Servicemen recently repatriated by Vietnam will be returned to the United Stales the Pentagon announced thursday the remains to be returned Fri Day have been identified As those of air Force col. Jerdy a. Wrightjr. Of Eufaula. Ala. Air Force it. Col. Robert e. Bush of West Haven. Conn. Air Force maj. Charles j. Huneycuttjr. Of Morch cad City . Navy it. Cmdr. Wilmer p. Cook of Annapolis my. The remains will be transported from Hickam fab in Hawaii with full military honors and will trave to Travis fab in California the Pentagon said. Husband says Gobor won t be jailed Rich should be treated differently Beverly Hills Calif. A Zsa Zsa Gabor s trial for slapping a police officer went to a jury wednesday while her aristocratic husband told reporters she deserves special treatment because she s Rich. She s not going to jail Prince Fred Crick von Anhalt predicted after jurors began deliberating. The Rich and famous should be treated differently. They bring the Money into Beverly  Deputy District attorney Eldon Fox told the jury Gabor already had been treated better than the average citizen arrested on charges of assaulting an offi cer. She was treated differently than your 1 would have been for the same con  Fox said. The jury deliberations began after final arguments from Fox and defense attorney William Grayson and instructions from municipal judge Charles Rubin. During final arguments Gabor bolted from the courtroom in tears after Fox characterized her As a spoiled Hollywood aristocrat. She came to entertain you. She craves the Media attention in this Case it is Clear Fox told the jury. It was Gabor s fourth such exit during. The 13-Day trial that has Cost taxpayers nearly $30,000. I want to get out of Here. 1 want to go to Europe Gabor said in the hallway. As a Misdemeanour defendant accused of slapping the Beverly Hills police offi cer Paul Kramer Gabor was not required to be present at the trial except for sentencing if convicted. Also wednesday Rubin fined Gabor $500 for remarks made in a television interview tuesday. He said the remarks violated his gag order. In his closing arguments Grayson characterized Kramer As a threatening brute. Kramer pulled Gabor Over for expired registration tags on her Rolls Royce Cor Niche. As he checked for other violations she drove off. Gabor slapped him after he stopped her again. He said the attack was unprovoked. She said she reacted in self de sense when he forcibly removed her fro her car. Gabor could receive 18 months in jail if convicted of Battery on a police officer disobeying an officer s orders driving with an expired License and having an open Container of alcohol in her car