European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 9, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 a the stars and stripes thursday april 9, 1992 sex service members joining ranks of teachers by the new York times when Steve Dexter retired from the Navy last fall the former Captain embarked on a new career As a sixth Grade teacher in an inner City school in Portsmouth a. Although the widely travelled officer can speak firsthand about the cultures of Egypt Italy and Greece to his world history class Dexter often finds himself frustrated by the problems of his 22 students 19 of whom come from single Parent Homes. A i enjoy teaching a said Dexter who is nearing the end of his first year. A but i was not prepared for How Tough it  As the military shrinks in the Wake of its largest manpower reduction since the end of . Involvement in Vietnam a Small but growing number of former military people Are pursuing second careers As Public school teachers. Although there is no National data on the number of military people in Public schools Federal education officials estimate that 2,000 to 3,000 of the 1.2 million people who have left the military since 1987 Are now teaching or will be soon. A the military is very valuable to us a said or. Jay Shotel special assistant to the president at George Washington University in Washington . The service branches and several universities have been making an Effort to encourage More departing military personnel to try teaching a and to help them with the transition. Last june the army initiated a toll free line 1-800-227-Lead, to provide information about teacher certification. So far 13,300 people have called it. Also teacher training programs especially aimed at military personnel have been created at 10 colleges and universities Many of them near military bases. The oldest is at old Dominion University in Norfolk va., whose 4-year-old program has grown to 400 students from the 35 no enrolled in its initial year. A major problem in recruiting former service members for teaching is that when they retire their pensions Are about half their old salaries. Yet they often still have families to support. When they pursue teacher certification courses they usually do so at the expense of getting another Job. Rep. Jim Kolbe r-ariz., has proposed legislation that would allow retired military people to continue to receive full pay for one year after they separate so they can pursue College courses needed for certification. Even if a teaching candidate survives the course work and the student teaching finding work is not always easy. The hiring of teachers in each of the nations 15,600 school districts is highly decentralized. Some school systems do not hire until a few weeks before the academic year starts. Legislation proposed by sen. William v. Roth jr., r-del., would create a nationwide Job Bank to match would be teachers with Job  data off target army admits by the Washington Post Washington a the army acknowledged tuesday that its glowing claims of Success last year for the Patriot missiles performance during the persian Gulf War were based on faulty data and indicated it is now certain the missile a a killed roughly 10 iraqi scud warheads out of More than 80 fired at Israel and saudi Arabia. A senior army official said a new study shows the Patriot May have knocked out approximately 24 scuds. But the study expresses a a High degree of confidences in Only about 10 of those a warhead kills a which were defined As causing an enemy warhead to explode Burn in the air or become a harmless Dud. An unspecified but evidently larger number of other scuds were diverted from intended targets and counted As a Mission kills a the army said. Since the War the patriots performance has become an increasingly controversial Issue partly As a Symbol in the debate Over the future of the multimillion Dollar strategic defense initiative and in part because its effectiveness could be an important component of future War strategies. Congress was so encouraged by the perceived Success of the Patriot that it approved a substantial increase in funding for development of an anti missile defense system to protect . Territory. Some results of the army a new study commissioned As a result of congressional pressure Ana still largely classified were presented at the hearing of the House government operations subcommittee on National Security. A panel of army officers defended the Patriot saying the new analysis shows that a Over 40 percent of the engagements in Israel and Over 70 percent of the engagements in saudi Arabia were successful Quot in terms of warhead kills and Mission kills combined. The hearing opened with Sharp criticism of an army assessment last May that claimed the Patriot had successfully engaged More than 80 percent of the scud missiles fired at saudi Arabia Ana More than 50 percent of those at Israel. Defense specialist Steven a. Hildreth of the congressional research service said a close look at the army a data and methodology for last years report would justify a claim of Only a one warhead  head of the class this associated press photo has been named a Winner specifically of a 1992 pulitzer prize. The picture taken by Alexander Zemlia Nichenko shows people in the disintegrating soviet Union stepping on the head of the statue of Felix Edmun Dovich Dze Rohinsky founder of the dreaded Kab secret police. The August 1991 photo is one of a series of a photos that won pulitzer honors for spot news coverage during and after the attempted coup in the soviet Union which led to its collapse. The pulitzer awards were announced tuesday.. Counters russian claim on 8 pos Washington up eight soldiers identified by the russians As . Servicemen who died in soviet Captivity during or after world War ii had apparently been fighting for nazi Germany the defense department said tuesday. A the department of defense has checked the names of the individuals against the list of americans unaccounted for from world War ii a said Pentagon spokesman Pete Williams a and our conclusion is that these eight individuals were not americans serving in . Forces. A we think the individuals. Were serving in the German army during world War ii and were captured by the  Williams did not address the Issue of the dead menus actual nationalities saying Only that the russians had identified them As . Men. Russian officials passed information on the eight dead soldiers to a . Delegation that visited Moscow last month and informed it that they had located the soldiers Graves. The delegation which was headed by Michael Toon former . Ambassador to Moscow was investigating persistent reports that . Service members missing trom world War ii the korean Anc Vietnam wars and cold War incidents had been help prisoner in the former soviet Union. Williams said the papers that the russians provide were translated and proved to be capture document for prisoners of War. A the cards identify the nationality of the individual As americans a he said a the dates of capture by the russians Range from 1941 to 1945, and then on the re verse Side of the cards is some Handwritten information about burial locations. So we have satisfied ourselves that they were not .  police veterans accuse defendant of lying in King trial Simi Valley Calif. A two police veterans have accused officer Theodore j. Briseno one of four defendants charged in the Rodney g. King beating of lying under oath and said he boasted about the attack afterwards. Tuesdays accusation came in response to Briseno a attempts to separate himself from the other three accused colleagues by saying he attempted to Stop them from beating King. The two officers one Active and one retired testified that they Felt compelled to come Forward Over the weekend after seeing Briseno testify on television that the three other officers were a out of control during the King beating. One of the defendants was fired from the police Force after the incident. Asked Why he had not come Forward sooner with his account retired officer Gerald Williams or. Said a i did no to know the Man was going to get up and  Briseno 39, and three other White defendants officer Laurence m. Powell 29 former officer Timothy e. Wind 31 and sgt. Stacey c. Koon 41, Are accused of assaulting the Black Motorist in March 1991 following a traffic Stop involving King. Powell wind and Koon have generally contended their use of Force was justified because King appeared to be dangerous. The witnesses attacking Briseno were called by Powell a lawyer Michael Stone. The first officer Dennis Watkins a 26-year police Veteran testified he remembered a conversation he and Williams had with Briseno the night after the beating. A i looked Over and said a hey Ted did you see yourself on to tonight a a wat Kins said. A officer Briseno said to yeah that arrest. We had to kick a Little ass last  a Briseno a lawyer John Barnet mounted an angry attack on both i Nesses eliciting from Watkins that Wiliams was known As a a psycho in the put lice department. Barnett suggested both witnesses Wei testifying out of loyalty to the Depar ment and because Briseno had broken code of silence calling for officers not i Tell on each other in misconduct Case the two denied it