European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 11, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday september 11, 1991 the stars and stripes Page 7 Bush praises Black youth academies but he admits All male programs face fight by the los Angeles times Washington a president Bush declared his support monday for All male educational programs for Urban Black youth and said he would support efforts to make such curricula Legal if the Federal courts find them to be otherwise. Thrusting himself to the Center of one of education s hottest controversies the president said he was impressed by a Detroit Public school program that placed Black boys in special All male  the intent of the program is to help them Deal with the inner City problems that often Lead to drug abuse Clirrie and poverty. A i m for As much innovation As possible a said Bush who spoke at a White House meeting with education writers to discuss his education program. Educators in Detroit a were treating kids who had backgrounds that were plagued by violence a he said. Quot critics have attacked such programs As discriminatory and educationally unproven. Three weeks ago a Federal judge in Detroit ordered that City s school system to admit girls to its three Public academies for males. Although the academies exclude students Only on the basis of sex. They Are offered in predominantly Black areas. Bush acknowledged that the legality of such programs remains Uncertain and said a a we be got to abide by the Law of the  but he added that a if our experience shows us we need to get modifications to accommodate academies of that nature we ought to do it because i do believe that something of that nature has some  Blish compared his attitude about the academies to his View that the boy scouts of America ought to be Able to exclude girls a question that is now being litigated in Florida courts. A i think. T. It s perfectly of to have Only boys in it Quot Bush said. A maybe in Mold fashioned but that s the Way i look at  Bush said his View on the academics was in Complete agreement with that of Secretary of education Lamar Alexander  in his put Edge to Back a modifications it necessary Bush seemed More hopeful than Alexander that such programs could be made legally acceptable. In a session with reporters last month Alexander said he sympathized with the motives of the advocates of such curricula but was sceptical that the courts would permit them. The Detroit schools Are appealing . District judge George e. Woods ruling against the All male program. But there Are signs that the fight Over such academics will continue no matter what happens in Michigan. A group called the new York civil rights coalition last month filed a complaint with the department of education s Ottice of civil rights challenging the legality of classes held for third Grade boys at Pis. 1.17 in Brooklyn s predominantly Black Brownsville Section. Michael Meyers executive director of the group said m a letter to the education department that with the budding of academics in Detroit Milwaukee Baltimore and elsewhere a the deliberate return to separate but equal in Public education and the functional repeal of Brown is. Board of education. Arc at  Yosemite climb Halfway Over for paraplegic Yosemite National Park Calif. Up a paraplegic Park Ranger Mark Wellman and his climbing partner reached the Halfway Point monday in their vertical ascent of Yosemite a 2,200-foot half dome. In perhaps their toughest work since they began the climb last wednesday they zigzagged across a huge Crevice on the Granite Monolith which towers Over Yosemite Valley 8,842 feet above sea level. As night fell the pair overcame bitterly cold winds of 30 to 40 Mph and reached Sunset ledge 1,100 feet above the Valley floor to spend the night. A a we re really enjoying ourselves a said Wellman speaking by radio to supporters below. Wellman a partner. Mike Corbett donned a Down jacket against the wind to set the ropes for the last pitch of the Day and the pair was serenaded via radio with bagpipe music. Behind them was a harrowing setback sunday when a mechanical camping device popped free from the Rock where it was anchored sending Corbett into a 20-foot fall until he was caught by Wellman using ropes. The fall and a rain slicked surface set them Back by at least one Day from their plan of reaching half dome s Summit today. Corbett 37, also was slowed by a stomachache. Curt Olsen with the ground support team said the pair could be further slowed by a dusting of Snow that was forecast monday night. A it could slow them Down and if it snows enough they could be forced to Stop a he said. A but they will stick with it. They have plenty of food and water and can get  Corbett has been hauling the bulk of almost 200 pounds of gear. Wellman 31, is a National Park service Ranger who was paralysed from the Waist Down in a 1982 Yosemite climbing fall. He uses ropes and specially modified devices worked by his powerful arms to Chin himself up half a foot in each  ends 3,414-mile hike for promotion of adult literacy Washington apr Julie Kimball of Phoenix arrived monday at the front Steps of the Library of Congress the final destination of her 3,414-mile walk across the United states to Foster adult literacy. A my Knees Are like Jelly a said Kimball 47, a High school graduate who could barely read or write until five years ago when she began working with a Tutor from the Maricopa county ariz., chapter of literacy volunteers of America. She was greeted at the finish line by John y. Cole director of the Center for the Book at the Library of Congress who gave her a bouquet of Long stemmed red roses. At her request she was Given a Box of pizza for breakfast. A i m Happy to end my walk at this Candy store Quot she said. A libraries have become my Candy store now that i can read. They re where my adventures  Kimball said she raised $2,600 in Small contributions from people she met during her Cross country a on the Road for Reading hike which began april 20 in san Diego. The funds will be deposited in an education fund that she started with $1,01 0 of her own Money to help the estimated 27 million americans who Are functionally illiterate who read and write below the fifth Grade level. The fund will be administered by literacy volunteers of America a private non profit organization based in Syracuse n.y., which combats illiteracy through 450 Community programs in 42 states. The organization co sponsored Kimballs 109-Day walk. Kimball said she wore out 16 pairs of shoes and lost four Drivers of her recreational vehicle in which she spent nights on the Road toward Washington. Quot the most exciting thing going through Virginia was being Able to read All the historical markers myself a she said sipping Orange juice and posing for photographers. Kimball owns a janitorial services company in Phoenix with 125 employees. Although she is a High school graduate she said she somehow succeeded by Reading and writing at a second Grade level until she got help five years ago. Literacy activist Julie Kimball celebrates in Washington at the end of her Cross country walk. With her is John Goodwin of Phoenix her escort  of corpses at Texas Border questioned Dallas apr at least 190 unidentified corpses have been found on the Texas Side of the Rio Grande Over the past nine years and most were assumed to be drowning victims and were buried without autopsies a newspaper reports. The Dallas morning news said sunday that under supervision of some justices of the peace and Law enforcement investigators most unidentified bodies were hastily examined labelled John does after minimal investigations and buried without services. Most officials interviewed by the newspaper said Many of the bodies Are migrants from Southern Mexico or Central America who could not be identified even after lengthy investigations. They also said Border counties cannot afford More than burials. A we get a lot of bodies in the River Here Quot said Zapata county Justice of the peace Gabriel Villarreal. �?o1 would like to believe that most of these people drowned or died trying to come across the River that they re mexicans a illegal  Villarreal said some victims could have been slain and autopsies should have been performed. A autopsies Cost a lot of Money Quot he said. Handling of such deaths in the Rio Mirande Valley is inadequate at Best officials with several Lexas medical examiners offices told the newspaper. I think it s wrong a said Bexar county medical examiner Vincent . Dimaio. A even though these people might not be american citizens tie re a some kind of moral obligation to find out How they  officials said that since 1682, at least 190 unidentified corpses have been found on the Lexas Side of the River Between Laredo and the Gulf of Mexico with 137 of those buried without autopsies a obviously the River is being used As a dumping ground Quot Dimaio said