European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 30, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10 a the stars and stripes Friday August 30, 1991new Maryland Campus school would Cater to americans states by Joseph Owen Stuttgart Bureau the University of Maryland Hopes to open a new Branch Campus for up to 1,000 students by fall 1992 on Bismarck Cavern a recently vacated army Post in Schwabish a mind Germany. The new school would be under direct control of the University a University College in College Park md., and would be separate from the Maryland system that now serves the . Military population in Europe. The schools educational programs would Cater to students who live in the United states and want to study for one to four years in a european environment according to Joseph j. Arden director of the University of Maryland a european division. The curriculum would consist of courses in languages history the arts so Cial sciences computers business and management. The University estimates that the first years enrolment would be 250 students. The plan is part of Schwabish a mind officials Overall Effort to fill a Gap left by the army a defunct 56th Field arty come by turning the City into an educational Center. A Branch of a German University the Fern Universita Hagen opened there in 1990, and the City has attracted a teachers College As Well. The project also would offer a productive Way to use University staff and resources that a dwindling . Military Force no longer needs. The City a proposal to Maryland however is contingent on the German Federal property offices willingness to sell Bismarck Cavern to the City Arden said adding that the University is considering no other site. A this is still very much in the planning stages although the intent is quite Clear a he said. While on a trip to the United states Schwabish a mind lord mayor Wolfgang schuster and other City officials went to College Park on aug. 21 to discuss the proposal with t. Benjamin Massey president of University College. Schuster and Massey signed a statement of intent to establish the Campus. In the statement the City said it plans to buy Bismarck Cavern and negotiate a five year renewable lease with the University which would rent some or All of the posts buildings. The former Barracks would become student residences. The University would rent apartments from the City for faculty and staff housing. Tuition fees and funding from private sponsors would finance the schools operation. City spokesman Manfred Maile said the Baden Wiir Temberg state minister for science and Art visited Schwabish a mind on wednesday toured Bismarck Cavern and pledged his support for the plan. While Maryland residents might make up the largest share of the student population As determined by geographic origin Arden said the school would strive for cooperative agreements with other american universities that would allow their students to attend courses in Schwabish a mind. The University has conducted courses in Europe exclusively for . Military personnel defense department workers and their families since 1949. The army decided in july to allow the school to move that programs resident student Campus from Mcgraw Cavern in Munich to Reese Cavern in Augsburg next Spring. Castaways saved at sea wrapped in a Blanket one of three unidentified people talks to a arc member of the aircraft Carrier America after the group was rescued wednesday following 10 Days adrift at sea on a raft. The three were sailing from Calabash n.c., to Newport r.i., when their 38foot Sloop Sank in heavy seas caused by Hurricane bob.. Life Span inches close to 75 v2 years Washington apr the american life Span is creeping upward and now stands at 75 years and 5 months. The government said people can expect to live longer because they re less Likely to die of heart failure. A department of health and human services report issued wednesday said Overall americans life expectancy increased two months from 1989 to 1990. That Means males born last year can expect to live 72 years on average females 78 years 10 months. Heart disease remained the biggest killer in 1990. It caused 725,010 deaths but that was 1.4 percent fewer than in 1989. Heart disease has been on the decline for More than a decade in part because americans smoke less exercise More and eat better said Scott Ballin a vice president of the National heart  accommodations Are tight at Rhein main a Rhein main a Germany a overnight accommodations at Rhein main a billeting will be limited throughout september according to a base statement. The base hotel has virtually no rooms available for guests without reservations because of the Peak season 1 for permanent change of station moves. Additionally local accommodations Are expected to be heavily booked during the Frankfurt Auto show from sept 12-22. Base officials recommend that people scheduled to Fly from Rhein main arrange to arrive at the base on the Day of their  More Likely in Suzuki sidekick tests show Washington a Federal regulators said tests show that Drivers of the four door four wheel drive Suzuki sidekick Are More Likely than Many other motorists to suffer head and Chest injuries in a frontal crash. However the manufacturer said the vehicles Are Safe. Tests by the National Highway traffic safety administration also found that Drivers of the Honda civic four door Sedan Are somewhat vulnerable to head injury. A company spokeswoman said that should change this full when the 1992 models Are fitted with Driver Side air bags. The Agency made Public the results of its final round of tests on 1991 Model vehicles this week. The sidekicks performance put it Well above the Point at which Driver injury is considered possible Nitsa said. They said sidekick passengers also were found to be vulnerable to head injury but Chest injury for them was considered unlikely. The civic came in slightly above the threshold for possible Driver head injury but not for Chest injury. Head or Chest injuries were found to be unlikely in the other vehicles included in the most recent testing the Isuzu stylus four door Sedan and Nissan a stanza four door Sedan and 300zx two door Hatchback. Nitsa conducts annual tests on newly designed models driving them into fixed barriers at 35 Mph. This is 36percent More severe than the 30 Mph crash test that cars must meet for Legal Sale a the Agency said the tougher tests Are Quot a consumer information program rather than a safety compliance  they Are not meant to provide a a basis for concluding that a vehicle is Safe or unsafe a but rather to magnify the differences Between vehicles so Consumers will have More information. From damage to the dummies strapped in the front seats government engineers calculate the vulnerability of human passengers and score the vehicles accordingly. The lower the number the lower the injury potential. Head injury scores below 1,000 indicate serious injury is unlikely higher scores suggest serious or fatal injury is possible according to no tsar a system. A separate scale records the possibility of Chest injury which is considered Likely when the score tops 60. The sidekicks head injury scores were 1,314 for the Driver and 2,017 for the Pas Senger. The Chest injury scores were 74 for the Driver and 55 for the passenger. The civics Driver head injury score was 1,068, and its passenger score was 601. Its Chest injury scores were 50 and 47. Asked about the sidekicks scores Suzuki spokesman Ron Rogers said a fall the vehicles Suzuki Sells meet or exceed All of the safety requirements of the Federal  he said Nitsa a has not demonstrated to its own satisfaction or anyone else a a relationship Between those particular tests and real world driving  Honda North America inc. Was surprised by the civics passenger head injury score and cannot explain it spokeswoman Barbara Nocera said