European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 26, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes monday february 26,1990 governors differ with Bush on funding for head Start Washington a the nation s governors cred saturday with the White House Over the level of funding necessary for the popular preschool pro Gram head Start. The debate during the first session of the National governors association s Winter meeting entered on the National educational goals outlined recently by president Bush. Before the formal opening of the meeting. Nga chairman Terry Branstad. The Republican governor of Iowa said we believe that it is not acceptable to just let american education sit where it is today. There has to be Radical  Bush s budget chief. Richard g. Darman was to appear before the governors sunday and the state officials later were to Nave dinner with the president at the White House. The governors Are scheduled to meet again with Bush on monday. Although they expanded Bush s student achieve ment goal the governors strongly debated the objectives approved As part of the so called readiness goal. The Nga education task Force at the urging of co chairman Bill Clinton of Arkansas approved the objective to seek full funding for head Start which pro Vides preschool services such As breakfast lunch an health screening to needy children Between the Ages of 3 and 5. Under the approved objective the Federal govern ment should work with the states to develop Early intervention strategies for children. All eligible children should have Access to head Stan chapter i or some other successful preschool program with Strong parental involve ment. Our first priority must be to provide at least oneyear of preschool for All   bubbly bowwow leaping into the air Cleo the Springer Spaniel clauses a big soap Bubble blowing by As a incr Steve Paulson hatches in amusement. Paul son s wife blew the giant Bubble during an out ing in Nashua n.h., which has enjoyed unseasonably warm weather. Maryland gov. William Donald Schwac for pushed to include chapter i in the objective although that pro Gram aids disadvantaged elementary and secondary students. Ohio gov. Richard Celeste gov. John Ashcroft of Missouri and gov. Ray Mabus of Mississippi led the push to insert language to fully fund the preschool program. Asked later whether the White House would have problems with the head Start language. Clinton said. I Don t know. I Hope  Clinton noted that the Bush administration would have until the year 2000 to accomplish that objective. However Roger Porter White House Domestic policy adviser was noncommittal. I can t say anything until everything s Over said Porter noting that Bush last year proposed spending $250 million for the program and has asked for $500 million for fiscal year 1991. The task Force estimated it would Cost about $1.5 billion to fully fund the program. The governors also broadened thu language of the student achievement goal. Bush had said in his state of the Union address that by the year 2000, american students will leave grades four eight and 12 having demonstrated compe Tency in challenging subject matter including English mathematics science history and geography. Rather than change the goal As Clinton had suggested the task Force agreed to add every school in America will ensure that All students learn to use their minds Well so they May be prepared for responsible citizenship further learning and productive employ ment in our modern  top teen Driver killed in collision henn1ker. . A a youth honoured As America s safest teen age Driver May have fallen asleep at the wheel before his car slammed head on into an other killing him and the other Driver police said. The boy Michael Doucette 17, of Concord and the other Driver Sharon Ann link 19, of Lebanon were pronounced dead at the scene. The crash occurred shortly after 5 . Friday. A report by state police said Doucette s car which he won in the Safe Driver Competition drifted Over the Center line and slammed head on into link s. It appeared that link tried to swerve out of the Way since the collision happened at the extreme right Side of her Lane. Preliminary investigation shows Douce Etc May have fallen asleep atthe wheel the police re Pon said. A passenger in link s car Michael Dimascola doucette20, of Lebanon was injured and was in stable Condi Tion saturday at Concord Hospital. Doucette won the Safe driving title last july in a Detroit contest called operation Driver  it was sponsored by Dodge and am vets a veterans group. He won a s5.000 scholarship a trophy and the us of a 1989 Dodge for a year. He also won $250 in Cash and a $500 scholarship in a state Competition. Sky diver Dies in 80-person jump Palatka Fla. A a sky diver was knocked unconscious during an 80-person free fall saturday and fell to his death after another diver was unable to deploy the Man s Chute an official said. Paul Williams 40, was among the last people to jump from four planes at 15,000 feet when he collided with another diver and lost consciousness said Susan Basse an owner of the Palatka Paramenter a sky diving company. Another sky diver seeing the Man flailing in free fall attempted to get to him and pull the rip Cord but was unable. To the Best of our knowledge unfortunately he never regained consciousness and died on Impact Basse  was an experienced jumper in excess of 2,600 sky dives. We re talking a serious jumper who made a mistake. Unfortunately it was a fatal  the Man landed on one of the runways at Kay Lar Kin Airport about half a mile from a crowd of friends and relatives who had come to see the jump. Basse said none of Williams immediate family was present. Most of the other divers in the jump continued to join hands and legs and landed safely after breaking the formation at 4,500 feet. They probably were unaware that Williams Chute failed to open she said. Stateside suit blames tranquil Izer for woman s paralysis Trenton . Up a woman who be came paralysed after taking the dietary supple ment a tryptophan has hied suit against two manufacturers and the health food store where she purchased it her lawyer  Dickson 57, is now a patient at Thomas Jefferson Hospital in Philadelphia lawyer Steven Blader said. She is seeking damages Tor her medical expenses and her suffering and her husband Harry 58. Has sued for loss of consortium. A tryptophan a naturally occurring amino acid that is used As a tranquil Izer for insomnia and premenstrual syndrome has been implicated in an outbreak of a rare blood disease Eosinophilic Myalgia syndrome. Dickson was diagnosed with the disease in de Cember several months after she became ill Blader  the disease affects a victim s immune system patients do not recover by stopping their use of a tryptophan. The defendants include solar inc. And Wilner chemists inc., the new York companies that packaged the tablets Dickson took As Well As Olden health food Center in Trenton and others Blader said. Woman leaving driveway backs into sister twice Hemet Calif. A an 85-year-Ojd Driver accidentally hit her 84-year-old sister twice while backing a car out of her driveway authorities said. Viola ditto was in critical condition at Hernot Valley medical Center a Hospital spokesman said. Marjorie Smith was waiting to take ditto for a drive when she backed out of her driveway to look for her sister said Dan Tamoski of the Hemet police department. The Sisters live near each other at a Mobile Home Park in this City about 85 Miles Southeast of los  she did t see ditto Smith drove Back up the driveway Tarnoski said. Minutes later Smith again backed out. She then spotted ditto sprawled in the Street Tamoski said. He said Smith s car apparently knocked ditto Down the first time she backed out. The car Hanover ditto s legs the second time Tarnoski said. Smith was not cited. Lion in Cage tears off part of its owner s Arm Riverside Calif. A a caged lion ripped off pan of its owner s Arm while the animal keeper was feeding the african cat. Authorities said. Charles Mcentire 57, was listed in stable Condi Tion after undergoing surgery at Riverside Community Hospital a Hospital spokeswoman said. Sheriff s deputies and California department of forestry Rescue personnel were called to Mcentire s Glen Avon exotic animal compound and found him with his left Arm severed at the Elbow said Riverside county sheriffs it. Dan Borden. Mcentire was licensed to possess exotic Ani Mals. A Warden from the slate fish and Gam department was investigating the mauling. Mysterious animal illness perplexes Wash officials Burbank Wash. A there Are 270 dead sheep. 100 aborted calves six sick people traces of chemicals and sightings of a mysterious crop duster , while some tantalizing hints have been raised no one really knows the solution to this Rural whodunit in Southeastern Washington s cattle and potato growing country. How to Poison that Many animals that fast is still a mystery said Clarke Brown a state department of agriculture investigator. For that Many to get poisoned without finding the obvious source is extremely  Are focusing on two farm Chemi cals but say they Don t account for All the prob lems. In fact they say the animal deaths which occurred in adjacent Fields could be unrelated. According to the investigators some evidence was initially withheld by witnesses and so much time passed before a veterinarian was called after the mid january cow abortions that any chemical traces had disappeared