European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 5, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday april 5, 1992 the stars and stripes a Page 5boy, 12, steals bus drives 100 Miles gasses up and flees from wire reports Forest Lake Minn. A 12-year-old boy drove a stolen school bus about 100_ Miles stopping for Gas then driving away without paying police said. A a he a claiming he was forced to take it by someone else a police chief David Schwartz said thursday. A we done to believe its True but we will Check into  police believe the sixth grader took the keys when the bus was parked outside a school District garage monday and drove it away that night. Shortly after Midnight a Gas station attendant called police to report that a Forest Lake school bus Driver left without paying for 20 Gallons of Gas Schwartz said. Later authorities got a report of a school bus being driven erratically on . Highway 61. Police said they think the boy drove the bus through the Minneapolis St. Paul suburbs of Plymouth Golden Valley West St. Paul and White Bear Lake monday night. Police caught up with him Early tuesday when he returned to Forest Lake and the bus was spotted driving erratically. Agency fails to keep track of air Fleet inquiry finds Washington apr the Agency that manages Federal aircraft has lost track of How Many civilian planes the government has and what they re used for investigators have discovered. The inspector general a office of the general services administration unearthed 237 Federal aircraft unknown to the Gas by checking Federal aviation administration records. In addition the auditors a located 31 aircraft registered to four agencies that never told the Gas that they owned aircraft. A discovered Faa records showing 152 aircraft owned by state and local governments that the Gas believes Delong to Federal agencies. A ogs a a aircraft inventory is not current accurate or Complete a said an interim report dated March 26. It had been requested in november by sen. James Sasser a Tenn. Sasser made the study available at a time when Congress and the Bush administration Are engaged in an election year Duel Over which Branch has More excessive taxpayer financed perquisites and privileges. In a letter to Gas inspector general William Barton on thursday Sasser wrote a needless to say Gas can not ensure the efficient use of aircraft that according to its own records do not even  the auditors tacitly agreed with Sasser writing that because of the a say a incomplete inventory of its Fleet a any management decisions based on this information could be  Gas spokeswoman Kathryn Gaddy said her Agency was trying to improve its records. She said it was up to individual agencies to use their own planes most efficiently. A a we be got a ways to go Quot she said. A we admit that. We re working on  the investigators also said data arc so scattered that they do not know when the audit can be completed. A every Effort will be made to keep this period to a minimum a Barton wrote Sasser on tuesday. The report said that according to the a say a most recent figures a which Are 18 months old and tentative a the government has 1,315 non military aircraft. Twelve agencies own aircraft which include helicopters fire fighting and weather research planes and Jet fighters used by Nasa for astronaut training. Some of the Craft were bought in 1945. In the stars and stripes 10 years ago april 5,1982 a president Reagan dispatched travel weary Secretary of state Alexander Haig Back to Buenos Aires Argentina in an Effort to forge a settlement of the Falkland islands dispute Between Britain and Argentina. 20 year Sago april 5,1972 a South Vietnam appealed to the United nations and All peace Loving countries for assistance in repelling the North vietnamese offensive that broke South Vietnam a main defense line. 30 years ago april 5,1962 a ninety mothers and grandmothers from 10 nations pleaded with . And soviet disarmament negotiators in Geneva to Stop All nuclear tests and sign a global arms Cut agreement. 40 years ago april 5,1952 a president Truman extended his previous announcement in which he bowed out of a reelection bid saying he would not be a candidate for the Senate from Missouri or for any political office this year. World War 50 years ago today 5 april 194 japanese forces capture mount Samat on the Bataan Peninsula decimating the . 21st division a japanese Landing Force sails for Cebu North of Mindanao. In the Indian Ocean warplanes from the japanese Carrier Force attack Ceylon but find Colombo s port empty of British warships and freighters two British cruisers later Are sported at sea and sunk. Source 2194 Days of War w h Smith a Audi Fishers inc., world almanac Book of world War ii Bison books corp. I9t0 College students flunk professors for failing to provide essay tests Trenton . A students at Monmouth College have a complaint about their tests they Arentt Tough enough. Student leaders say they expect More than multiple Choice tests for the $16,500 a year they spend for tuition room and Board. They want essays and term papers instead. A i think by the time we graduate we should be Able to read and write at a mature level a said Phillip Emma a senior finance and economics major who proposed tougher tests. A you done to have multiple Choice tests when you get a  Many teachers support the idea saying it should help improve student writing and research skills Cut Down on cheating and better prepare graduates for their careers. A i see this As an ethical Issue a said Roy l. Nersesian an associate professor who teaches business management. Nersesian Emma and College president Samuel h. Magill see poor writing skills As a nationwide problem. The student government association at the private College in West Long Branch passed a Resolution feb. 5 recommending that instructors Stop giving multiple Choice tests exclusively. A if we knew that most of our tests were going to be essays we would have to improve our writing a said Nicole Cervino a Sophomore majoring in history and education. A you have to be Able to at least write a Complete  the Outlook the student newspaper endorsed the proposal in an editorial noting that 45 percent of Monmouth students fail the writing proficiency test that was first required for graduation two years ago. Of those who retake the test 70 percent fail the second time. Peter Larsson left Steve Ziemian Center and Nicole Cervino want one thing from Monmouth College a More difficult tests from their professors. Several students blamed professors for relying heavily on multiple Choice tests graded by a computer. Some professors in turn said classes have gotten too big for them to Grade Many essays and papers. They also complain the Resolution infringes on academic Freedom. Nersesian said he thought Many instructors would Cut Down on multiple Choice tests in favor of essays Quot because they know the students want  not All do however a and some even argue that multiple Choice tests Are harder. A with an essay you can just blabber your Way through and probably get a Good Grade a said Michael Hill a Sophomore studying business administration. Fla. Truants have Choice school or jail new port Richey Fla. A a judge is giving Middle school students who Cut class a Choice go to school or go to school in jail. Since december circuit judge Bruce Boyer has sent eight truant students in this St. Petersburg suburb to the county juvenile jail which runs a school for its inmates. In the latest Case Boyer on thursday ordered a jail term for an eighth Grade boy who failed to appear for his truancy hearing. The 15-year-old defied an order in january not to be absent from school missing 23 of the next 41 school Days. A i have no sympathy for them a said Boyer a former Junior High school teacher. A Uttie Law says they must go to school until they Are 16, and they Are going to go to school one Way or  Alex Weinberger an administrator for the county school Board said he worried that Boyer was being heavy handed in january when he jailed a 14-year-old girl for 60 Days. A we were concerned about that being a harsh sentence. But now we hear the girl is attending All her classes and doing Well a he said. Larry Hart an attorney for the 15-year-old boy said truants wind up in jail because the schools and the state department of health and rehabilitative services have failed them. A these Are people who need services not jail a he said. The youths Are not imprisoned for truancy but for contempt of court for de Fine the in due a orders