European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 15, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday april 15, 1.991 the stars and Stripe Bush education plan envisions testing new types of schools social services Yada Clymer the new York times Washington a president Bush plans to hitch his claim As a education president to a proposal encompassing National student testing a Federal program of research and development contracts to devise new types of Public schools and a plan through which schools would provide a Range of social services. The wide ranging proposal will be revealed on thursday administration officials said saturday. It is a bid not Only to change american education but also to seize the democrats top political Issue. For two years democrats have scoffed at Bush a speeches on education As they repeatedly proposed big Michigan woman s and offers $25,000 for dog Ger expenditures for existing Federal programs. Speaker Thomas s. Foley d-wash., recently dismissed Bush a education budget As a tepid  ear her this month democrats on both the Senate and House budget  greater spending on education. The new program assembled by Lamar Alexander the new Secretary of education involves less additional Money than the congressional committees sought. It Calls for several Hundred million dollars in new Federal expenditures a senior administration official said. Most would go for Grants to encourage states and localities to try numerous educational innovations. The first Section called a better and More accountable schools a focuses on improving schools for the children in them now. Along with National testing some of the ideas in this area include promoting parental choices on which schools their children should attend and possibly a system in which Federal Aid to schools is based at least in part on their showing improvement in test scores. The second Section envisions a a new generation of american  the third a Aback to school a involves literacy Job skills and other forms of adult education. A the fourth is concerned with coordinating local state and Federal services that affect a students schooling a from child nutrition to employment help for parents. It is called a the other 91 percent to reflect the proportion of a High school graduates time spent outside the classroom. $25,000 Reward grand rapids Mich. A Lucille Little misses her lost a Chi Pye so much that the retired teacher took out an and in the Battle greek enquirer offering a $25,000 Reward to get Back her missing pet dog. The and that ran tuesday features three color photographs of the Tan and White Cairn terrier. A what a dear Little dog Little 73, said in a Telephone interview Friday recalling her California vacation with Chipy shortly before he ran away from Home sept. 27. A i relive that trip All the time. I Only had him for nine months but i got so attached to him. A i suppose people think in a foolish a she added. A but i done to care what anyone else  after five unsuccessful months of stapling posters to bulletin boards with Chipy a picture and a Reward of $1,000 a then $10,000 a Little decided to go the in the stars and stripes distance. A month ago she hired a private detective agreed to up the payoff for the canine to $25,000 and place the full Page and which Cost approximately $1,400. 3 Ted Grevers of the Fatman International private detective service of Battle Creek has taken about 100 Calls from people who think they May have spotted Chipy. A a a he a becoming one of the most famous dogs around a Grevers said. A i just Hung up with a Guy who thought he saw the dog in a car and gave me the License plate  a Little said although she a not wealthy she would double the Reward gladly if she thought it would Lead to the Safe return of the beloved dog she bought at a pet store for $349. A a in be been the Type that saved a Little said a a person can always make Money. What i care about is getting Chipy  for the location and live return of.,. A Chi Pye 10yearsago april 15,1961 a a a confederacy of dunces Quot by John Kennedy Toole published 10 years after the author committed suicide was awarded the pulitzer prize for fiction. For the first time since 1965, no prize was awarded for a distinguished musical composition by an american. 20years ago april 15,1971 a president Nixon announced a five step program easing travel and Trade restrictions with communist china.,he said he hoped there would be a a positive response in practical terms Quot although there had been no prior contacts Witch Ina a leaders. 30years ago april 15,1961 a top vocalist winners at the grammy awards were Ella Fitzgerald with the song Quot Mack the knife Quot and Ray Charles with a Georgia on my  song of the year was the theme from the movie  40 years ago april 15,1951 a Ernest Bevins former British foreign Secretary and grand old Man of the British labor movement died of a heart attack at the foreign ministry in London where he lived. He was 70. Era retired teacher Lucille Little placed this advertisement in the Battle Creek enquirer. A in All out Battle against Brady Bill by the Washington Post san Antonio a amid fiery speeches invoking the spirit of the Alamo National Rifle association leaders vowed to reject any Compromise and mount an All out stand against legislation to impose a seven Day waiting period on the Purchase of handguns. The More than 10,000 gun enthusiasts gathered saturday for the nral a annual convention responded enthusiastically As leaders repeatedly denounced what they called the a a bigotry of the news Media and the a a lies spread by advocates of the so called Brady Bill. The measure is named for the former White House press Secretary James Brady. He was seriously injured in the 1981 assassination attempt on then president Reagan. A what if there had Beeri a Brady Bill 150 years ago what if they had to wait seven Days to get their rifles to conic to the Alamo and fight a shouted Robert Corbin an Era vice president and former attorney general of Arizona. His speech brought loud applause in this City a convention Hall located two blocks from the old Spanish Mission a Resolution declaring that the group Speaks with a a unanimous single voice a on the waiting period Issue passed without dissent. Members called it a rebuke to assertions by gun control advocates such As Sarah Brady the wife of James Brady that most gun owners would accept the measure. A this Bill is treachery a said Elodie Mckee a member from Burbank Calif. A a it a the ugly foot in the door to gun confiscation if president Bush does no to veto this Bill he will betray women and women wont let him forget  the defiant speeches illustrated what some said was the angry mood of Many members this year. Long touted As the ultimate lobbying juggernaut the Era has seen its membership decline in recent years from a High of nearly 3 million in the mid-1980s to about 2.6 million. In addition the group has lost key legislative Battles in California new Jersey Anco several other states. An even More worrisome pall was cast Over this years session by the defection of Reagan a life member who two weeks ago endorsed the Brady Bill. Some members Felt a a betrayed and a a saddened by Reagan a move. Movie actor Charlton Heston who warned against a the disarming of the people in front of a giant american Flag and replica statute of Liberty at a Friday evening tribute to the Bill of rights attributed the turnaround of his longtime Friend to the influence of Nancy Reagan. Orlando Fla. A a Northwest airlines Jet detoured to Orlando on sunday to get medical treatment for six passengers who became ill in flight airline officials said. The passengers who complained they were groggy and nauseated were released after treatment. Medical officials said the symptoms May have been related to a motion sickness drug which can make users drowsy. Northwest flight 791, a Boeing 727 with 145 passengers was diverted soon after its morning departure from fort Lauderdale bound for Detroit said Doug Miller a Northwest spokesman. A we know that no food or drink had been served on the plane a Miller said. The flight departed for Detroit about noon while the ill passengers remained behind in an Orlando Hospital. They were a awake but lethargic and nauseated Quot when they arrived at the Hospital said Hospital spokeswoman Barbara Grossman. She said the five ranging in age from 28 to 33, apparently took Over the counter motion sickness Medicine before the flight. She said the Medicine can make users drowsy