European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 25, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday january 25, 1992 the stars and stripes a Page 5tax credit on private school tuition killed Washington a the Senate has rejected Bush administration proposals to include private or parochial schools in education Reform programs using Federal Money. Democrats said the Issue was taxpayer funds. A do we have a sufficient amount of Public taxpayer Money to Start utilizing it in private schools or Are we going to use scarce resources that Are out there to try and encourage the kind of efforts that Are taking place not in every Community but in enough communities in this country to give new Hope to children. Parents and. Teachers Quot said sen. Edward Kennedy a mass. Late thursday the Senate voted 57-36 against an amendment by sen. Orrin Hatch a Utah to give poor families tax credits to Send their children to private or parochial schools. The proposal the Centrepiece of president Bush s school restructuring plan known As America 2000, sparked a heated one hour debate. A we Are not prepared to abandon Quot the Public schools in poor inner City areas that serve mainly minorities Kennedy said. A we Are not going to say that we Are going to privatize every school District in this country As some  the amendment was aimed at a Bill sponsored by Kennedy to authorize $850 million for state and local school improvement efforts. Debate on other amendments was scheduled for Friday and monday with a final vote not expected until tuesday. Hatch s amendment which had been strongly supported by the administration and a coalition of conservative organizations would have spent $30 million in fiscal 1992 to create up to six test programs allowing Low income families to receive certificates equal to the tuition normally charged by the school of their Choice. The Senate also rejected 96-0, an administration proposal to include private and parochial schools in a plan to use Federal funds to create non traditional schools. It accepted instead a stripped Down version of Bush a plan to create a break the Mold Quot experimental schools in each congressional District. The Senate also a accepted the administration s name for the program of Grants Quot new american schools Quot and approved using up to $25 million As a seed Money Quot for the program. Republicans had sought $600 million. A sharply limited the education Secretary s oversight of disbursing the funds. In a related matter. Congress has received a report from an advisory panel that Calls for voluntary National curriculum standards and National tests for american schoolchildren. But the report by the National Council on education standards and testing May stir More discussions than Settle questions about what students should know and when they should know it. The group s responsibility was Only to consider the Broad outlines for the standards. The report recommended that standards reflecting a High expectations not expectations of minimal competency Quot be developed in English mathematics science history and geography. The standards must be National and voluntary not Federal and  Marble elevator floors in House protested speaker Thomas Foley stars and stripes 10 years ago Jan. 25,1982 a the defense department gave lie Detector tests to about 25 senior officials in an unsuccessful Effort to find the source of an unauthorized disclosure of confidential information Pentagon officials said. 20 years ago Jan. 25,1972 a president Nixon urged Congress to a Stop raids on the Treasury Quot by imposing a rigid ceiling on spending. 30 years ago Jan. 25,1962 a in the biggest mass escape since the Berlin Wall went up in August 1961, 28 East germans fled East Berlin through a 2-foot-High Tunnel that burrowed under barbed wire and a Border Road to a clump of Bushes 90 feet away in West Berlin. 40 years ago Jan. 25, 1952 a As the korean War moved into its 20th month u n. Tanks fired More than 1,600 shells at chinese troops on koreans Central front and fighting broke in the air and on the ground along the 145-mile Battle front. Washington a what a Black and White and just might make House speaker Thomas Foley red All Over answer the new Marble floors in three House elevators ordered by Foley at a Cost of $20,000 or More. Besides complaints about their practicality a the floors Are More Slippery than the carpet they replaced and Are hard to keep clean a some House members Are worried How it looks to be spending $250 a Square foot for new flooring. With Congress bashing on the upsurge As a result of ethics cases and min scandals like last years episode involving Check bouncing at the House Bank lavish spending on elevator floors is Likely to play right into that atmosphere. Rep. Jerry Lewis r-calif., voiced the first Public complaint thursday at a meeting of the appropriations subcommittee that handles Congress own budget. Foley d-wash., was Able to order the elegant new floors installed just by signing a letter and without consulting anyone he said. The improvements were paid for from the contingency fund of the architect of the Capitol the office that maintains the government s Capitol Hill property. The account gives the impression of Quot a free flowing slush fund Quot said Lewis who pledged to make an Issue of the new elevator floors a As Well As other improvements ordered by Foley. Requests for comment from of a Olev were not immediately answered. The new floors which took several weeks to install feature a Black and White circular pattern that repeats the design of the floors in some corridors of the Capitol. William Raines an administrative assistant to the architect of the Capitol said the re flooring was part of an Overall refurbishing of All Capitol Hill elevators. Officials Hope the Marble will prove More durable than other floor coverings he said. New Metal subfloor had to be welded in to support the heavier Marble overlay. An official said the total Cost was $26,000, but Raines said Only $20,000 had been allocated for it. Elevator operators Don t like the new feature because the Marble is hard on their feet after several hours. Worry has also been voiced that the new floors will be Slippery when people come indoors on Rainy Days. And the Stone May be hard to maintain one floor already is looking Dingy after just a week of use and another developed a crack during its first Clay in service. Tor an example of How difficult Marble is to clean one Only has to walk a few feet to a worn House staircase where blood stains remain visible i k years after a reporter shot a House  keeps ban on Gay police officers from wire reports Dallas a the City Council after a Marathon Public debate has voted to uphold an ordinance Banning homosexuals from serving As police officers. The Council called the Public hearing after failing to come to terms in a discrimination lawsuit filed by Mica England who was not hired by the Dallas police department because she is a lesbian. The ordinance was upheld by a 10-5 vote Early thursday. During the debate almost 300 citizens spoke in the Council Chambers. Supporters of the ban Drew Boos when they spoke of morality and religion. World War a police officers have to be of the highest moral standards Quot said the Rev. Danny Souder of the North Lake Baptist Church. But Peter Brooks of the lesbian Gay political coalition cited the councils a cruel hypocritical inconsistencies in its treatment of Gays. A we can defend prosecute and judge but we cannot arrest people Quot he said. Sexual relations Between people of the same sex Are prohibited by Texas Law but the Law was found unconstitutional last year. The decision is under Appeal and arguments Are to begin next Friday. Chris Luna the councilman who presented the Resolution noted that a this is the Only City police department in Texas that asks applicants about their sexual orientation. A sampling of 11 major cities outside Texas found no other had policies similar to the Dallas one. The debate produced the most raucous and divisive Challenge to confront the City a new mayor Steve Bartlett and 14 members of the Council elected last year under a redistricting plan. While redistricting made an Effort to end racial tension the hearing showed that Dallas is still grappling with other problems that have come As people with Many different lifestyles have made the City their Home. 50 years ago today 25 Jan.1 9 4.2 the afrika Korps captures. Mus in Libya and drives on Benghazi As British forces Retreat eastward. In Asia Allied troop6 Retreat from Batu Phat in Western Malaya As the British begin to move their forces onto the Island of Singapore for a last stand. Australia orders full mobilization of its military age manpower. Thailand declares War on the United states and Britain. Source 2194 Days of War. W h. Smith publishers inc world almanac Book of world War ii Bison books corp1901 Apa year ago Day 9 Jan. 25 military officials say Iraq sabotaged Kuwait s main supertanker loading pier dumping millions of Gallons of crude Oil into the persian Gulf. Iraqi missiles strike the Tel Aviv and Haifa areas killing one israeli and injuring More than 40 others. Saudi Arabia is also struck by scuds. Kuwait s exiled government gives $13 5 billion to the Gulf War Effort