European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 27, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 b the stars and stripes Friday december 27, 1991more texans urged to leave flood area Wharton Texas a More rainfall thursday added to the fears of 1,800 residents whose neighbourhood is being invaded by the rising Waters of the Colorado River. Authorities urged residents along the River who were largely spared a Christmas Day evacuation by a tag in the flood to leave their Homes thursday. The Colorado was expected to Crest 9 feet above flood stage by Midnight thursday. Already at morning the Colorado was at 43 feet about 4 feet above flood stage and two streets were closed As water began flowing into West Wharton neighbourhoods. A a it a raining now which will compound our problems a said City manager Bob Miller. Across the state flooding caused by Days of heavy Rains has killed at least is people submerged Farmland drowned scores of cattle and other livestock and caused millions of dollars in damage since last week. Weather officials said flood damage is Likely throughout Southeast Texas Over the next several Days As rain swollen Rivers carry water to the Gulf of Mexico. Thursdays rain though not very heavy added to the problem because in Many places the ground is too saturated to absorb much water. A residents should prepare for flooding As bad or worse As in Modem history All the Way downstream a said John Patton a National weather service hydrologist. In Victoria 65 Miles Southwest of Wharton about 20 people spent the night in a salvation army shelter forced from their Homes by the rising Guadalupe River. The River crested at 30 feet thursday morning about 8 feet above flood level the National weather service said. A a it a pretty rough. Its the worst Christmas we Ever had a said Margaret Macha of Victoria who spent the night in the shelter with her daughter. Evacuations and Road closings also were reported in Dewitt county because of the rising Guadalupe said a county sheriffs department spokeswoman. A homemade earthen dam keeps floodwaters from overtaking this farm Home near Columbus Texas As rising Rivers continue to plague the state and Force  of d As site for classrooms by the los Angeles times Bloomington Minn. A starting next fall As Many As 500 Public school students will Likely find themselves attending classes in an unlikely building a the largest enclosed shopping mall in the United states. Five twin cities area school districts recently approved placing classrooms inside the mall of America a 4.2-million-Square-foot suburban Bloomington shopping Complex due for completion in August. The mall school will provide child care preschool education classes from kindergarten through third Grade High school work programs and adult education. The youngest students will be the children of the estimated 10,000 mall of America employees. Parents will work at any of 400 stores including Bloomingdale a Macy a and Sears partnerships Between Public schools and businesses have a it proliferated since 1987, when Florida a Dade county schools began opening classrooms on the grounds of private companies. Probably every state has at least one such partnership but the level of involvement varies greatly said Melodye Bush information specialist with the education commission of the states a Denver based interstate compact. The concept usually involves the schools asking the corporate world to provide financial help mentors for students or physical space. The idea of a Public school in a giant shopping mall seems to have few detractors but one Minneapolis Public schools Board member who voted against it worries that school in a mall May promote runaway materialism. A the propriety of putting an elementary school in a suburban shopping mall bothers me Board member David Tilsen said. A the blatant consumerism. In a not sure that a what i want to encourage in our  the missing piece of this Experiment is Money. The districts assume that state education dollars that would otherwise go to students Home districts will be designated to follow students to their new school. They Are hoping the business Community will pay for the construction of the school itself. Since the school districts made their agreement in november they have been out hustling funds to eventually build 40 or More schoolroom out of about 40,000 Square feet of raw space which the mall of America plans to offer at nominal rates. That could accommodate up to 1,000 students and would Cost at least $7 5 million Over several years. But the educators say businesses have responded and they expect to announce initial donations soon. Gao again finds Faa faulty in airline inspection program by the los Angeles times Washington a for the third time in four years the Genera accounting office has found fault with the airline inspection program operated by the Federal aviation administration contending that it is so flawed that the welfare of passengers is endangered. One of the most significant problems the Gao said is the Faass Lack of follow up it has no idea whether recommendations it makes for repairs or replacements Are Ever undertaken. According to the National transportation safety Board the Agency that investigates airline crashes poor inspections have been a contributing Factor in numerous accidents a including one in 1988 in which a Section of a fuselage disintegrated in a 19-year-old Aloha airlines Jet and another in 1989 in which nine passengers were hurled to their deaths when a cargo door Tore off a United airlines 747. While the Faa contends that it has responded to problems uncovered by the Gao the problem of inadequate inspections Wilt once again be the subject of congressional hearings Early next year. Together the Faa and the airlines Are responsible for the safety of . Air passengers. However the Gao study found that in fiscal 1990, Faa inspectors spent Only 23 percent of their time performing routine investigations of airline operations and maintenance instead of the required 35 percent. The findings were similar to those of a 1987 study a and subsequent ones a when investigators found that inspectors spent insufficient time on surveillance and that the Faa was unaware of the shortcoming. The Gao study also criticized the Faa for failing to make the required three annual inspections of each airline. During those inspections it focuses on Pilot per Pilot blamed in near miss Chicago up a Federal aviation administration investigators have charged the Pilot of american airlines flight 73 with deviating from Tower orders nearly causing two jetliners to collide at of Hare International Airport. Two american airlines planes came within 150 feet vertically of each other monday after an apparent misunderstanding by one Pilot. American airlines flight 489 had just taken off for Houston when it passed Over american flight 73, which had unexpectedly started to taxi on an intersecting runway Faa spokesman Mort Edelstein said. Flight 73 was bound for Honolulu. Investigators said the Pilot of flight 73 apparently misunderstood authorization to american flight 873, to take off on a parallel runway. Controllers told flight 73 to wait and flight 873 to take off but flight 73 thought it had been cleared said Edelstein. American flight 489 was about 200 feet in the air when flight 73 taxied underneath it. Mormance and flight Crew training maintenance and the electronic components of aircraft. Thirty six percent of . Airlines a 1,305 out c 3,600 a did not receive All three inspections in 199 the report said. The Faa does not dispute flaws in its inspection program but contends that Overall safety is unaffected it attributes its inability to do More frequent and Thoi Ough inspections to personnel shortages a a problem the Gao also acknowledges. Retired Gen. Stilwell Dies at 74 by the new York times Gen. Richard g. Stilwell retired former commander of United nations forces in Korea died wednesday at Fairfax county Hospital in Falls Church a. He was 74. The cause of death was cardiac arrest the army said. Stilwell was bom in Buffalo in 1917. A . Military Academy graduate whose career in the army spanned 39 years he served in world War ii the korean War and the Vietnam War earning several decorations including the distinguished service medal. He had two Tours of duty in Vietnam. The first from 1963 to 1965, included a year As chief of staff to Gen. William c. Westmoreland commander of american forces there. During the second from 1968 to 1969 was commander of the xxiv army corps a three Sion Force concentrated in the Northern two pro Vii of South Vietnam. He was promoted to four Star general on aug 1973, and appointed head of the United nations c Mand in South Korea. He served in Korea until his Tir ement on nov. 1,1976. At the time of his death he was president of stil associates a consulting firm in Arlington a. He chairman of the korean War veterans memorial at Ory Board and had recently worked As a consultant the Secretary of defense and to the Cia