European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 17, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday May 17, 1990 the stars and stripes a a a Page 7jackson St. Anniversary of 2 killings passes quietly Jackson miss. Apr Twenty years ago tuesday a on May 15, 1970 a Jackson state students and staff tried to understand Why police killed two people and wounded a dozen others during a Vietnam War protest. Since students and staff were Between semesters this week the anniversary of the killings passed quietly on the Campus where a dormitory Wall remains pockmarked by gunfire. On May 2, about 300 people attended a memorial rally and candlelight Vigil. School officials blamed the poor turnout on the fact that classes weren to dismissed that Day. But some students admitted they knew Little about the barrage of gunfire aimed at a crowd outside them dorm. In Cass Parker 36, an assistant chemistry professor and former Jackson state student said there was no Observance of the shootings tuesday partly because of student apathy but mainly because classes ended May 12. At about 12 05 . On May 15, 1970, police opened fire on students at then Jackson state College during a three Day protest of the Vietnam War and civil rights issues. Killed were Phillip Gibbs a 21-year-old pre Law major from Ripley and 17-year-old James Earl Green a Jackson High school student. Green had been walking through the College Campus on his Way Home from work. A a it a a part of history that really i think was kept quiet a Parker said. A but there Are students who will never forget what happened. There Are some students that will never let it be  the protesting students were upset about the shooting deaths of four students less than two weeks earlier at Kent state University in Ohio during an anti War protest. Students also were angry about racial epithets shouted from cars by White Jackson residents driving through the mostly Black Jackson state Campus. F the night Gibbs and Green were killed 22 policemen in riot gear advanced on the students outside Alexander residence Center. Some reports counted 75 to 100 students in front of the women a . Police said there were about 400. Silk rth a a Quot cum w the shooting began after police used a bullhorn the 1�?o� �1, of he ,5 ,97# kill Quot a to order students to disperse. Police said they then heard a gunshot. Students said it was More Likely a Jackson and the state of Mississippi but a Federal bottle dropped on the pavement from a dorm win appeals court ruled in 1974 that damages could not Dow. Be awarded because it was impossible to determine the ensuing barrage of Rifle and Shotgun fire who was to blame lasted less than a minute but every window on the however the court did say a the barrage of gun Campus Side of the five Story building was shot out fire far exceeded the response that was a Propri and the Fri counted 275 Bullet holes.  at Dawn faculty and staff were camped on the today Bullet holes Are still visible in the Walls. A front Lawn of the dormitory in protest. Black Stone memorial to Gibbs and Green occupies families of the dead and injured sued the City of a spot where people camped that night 20 years  overturns sex private a bad discharge Washington apr the department of defense inspector general has recommended that an army private mistreated by his Superior officers and Given a general discharge because of a missing Rifle receive an honorable discharge a congresswoman said tuesday. In a letter to rep. Helen Bentley r-md., the inspector general said the army a discharge of James Griffin Iii was a improperly accomplished and should be upgraded. A Griffin was the victim of a ruse designed by army officers to extract information from him regarding his missing weapon a inspector general Susan c Rawford said in the letter dated May 14. Griffin was serving with task Force Arriba in san Lorenzo Honduras in March 1989 when he was charged with the loss of his Rifle. The enlisted Man insisted that the Rifle had been stolen but his Superior officers turned him Over to honduran authorities for interrogation. He was released 18 hours later and eventually returned to fort Bragg . Where he was Given a less than honorable discharge from the army five months later Bentley said. The army criminal investigation come later searched a private House in Fayetteville ., and found the receiver part of Griffin s Rifle along with a Cache of 16 other semiautomatic rifles. The weapons were part of a Cache belonging to a Man who had been in Griffin a unit in Honduras the congresswoman said. The inspector general said Griffin s four Superior officers at the time were found to have been directly involved in the incident. Three were Given letters of reprimand while a fourth received verbal counselling. All officers received outstanding performance evaluations for their time in Honduras the inspector general said. A it is accepted by All that pvt. Griffin was treated unfairly a Bentley said. The Case was the subject of a recent report on lbs �?o60 minutes television  Dodge set Detroit apr Chrysler corp. Will begin limited production of a two seat High performance Dodge car that reportedly will rival the Chevrolet Corvette a Chrysler source speaking on condition of anonymity said tuesday. The source said the no. 3 automaker will begin production of the car to be called the Viper in late 1991. The source declined to say where the car would be built but that All major components would be made by Chrysler. The Price of the car will not be announced until just before it becomes available the source  s Bill to Rescue satellite at $100 million Cape canaveral Fla. Apr Nasa said tuesday it will Send up a $100 million shuttle Mission to Rescue a communications satellite left stranded in a uselessly Low orbit provided the satellites owner pays for the Mission. Intelsat a not for profit consortium of 119 countries that operates a global communications satellite system will decide whether to accept nasal a offer at its Board of governors meeting in Barbados next month. Nasa can retrieve the Intelsat satellite and return it to Earth for repair or have space walking astronauts attach a rocket that would boost it to its proper geosynchronous orbit 22,300 Miles High. This can be done in 1991 or 1992. The uninsured $157 million satellite ended up some 22,000 Miles lower than intended after failing to separate properly from the second stage of a Titan 3 Booster on March 14. Martin Marietta corp., which conducted the $272 million launch blamed the failure on a rocket engineering design error. Intelsat engineers managed to separate the Intelsat i satellite via computer commands then boosted it to its present position 345 Miles High. The satellite can remain there for several years Intelsat spokesman Tony Trujillo said. The 5-ton satellite was to have eventually replaced two older Intelsat satellites Over the Atlantic. When deciding the satellites Fate Intelsat officials will consider a How much Money you can make on the satellite plus the spacecrafts Cost Trujillo said. The Washington based Intelsat had refused to insure the satellite because the premiums were too High and instead set aside Money to cover the costs of a launch failure.$120 million later . Kids still dropping out new York not a new York City schools spent More than $120 million in the last four years to prevent students from dropping out but most of the participants did not improve their attendance or their academic work a major new study says. The study which was to be released wednesday underscores again How intractable the dropout problem is and How difficult it is to alter the habits and the Outlook of students by starting in adolescence. Board of education officials said the findings pointed to a need for making instruction More appealing to students instead of merely intensifying attendance and guid Ance services As dropout programs have tried to do. The study prepared by the Board from research by faculty members at teachers College of Columbia University is expected to Lead to a major reshaping of the dropout program. From 1985 through 1989, the system responding to a persistently High dropout rate showered the 150,000 participants in two parallel dropout programs with services costing a total of $120 million or about $8,000 a Pupil the study shows. Attendance officials equipped with automatic dealers called parents to prod the students to attend and guid Ance Counselor advised on careers and family problems. Neighbourhood workers visited Homes and trained youngsters for jobs. One Community group even provided training for wilderness survival. Still the results were disappointing. About 40 percent of the High school students showed improved attendance but less than 45 percent increased the number of courses they passed from one year to the next. More than half the original participants had dropped out by the third year of the program far higher than the citywide average of 30 percent