European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 3, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday january 3, 1993 the stars and stripes Page 3 insurance x by Ray Rowde Washington Burea Washington a Good health May be its own Reward but it also will result in a Cash Bonus of hundreds of dollars for some veterans of world War i,--.world. War ii and the korean conflict. Y _. Because Many vets Are living longer than predicted Ana because of higher returns on . Government securities veterans who served Between 1917. And 1956 and kept their a Ugi insurance in Force will receive a total of More than $960 million from the Depa tent of veterans affairs in 1993. ,. X however Active duty members who have service men group life insurance do not receive dividends emphasized Terry Jemison a a spokesman. Jemison also cautioned veterans not to confuse these Cash distributions with recurring hoaxes that urge voter ans to write or Call the a about insurance dividends. This years dividend will be credited automatically to the 2.5 million policyholders including More than 4,000 who live overseas Jemiso said. The policyholders do not need to apply to receive the payout. The actual amount of the payout which is due on the 1993 anniversary of the policy varies according to the veterans age Type of insurance and duration of coverage. World War it veterans with a a a a policies Are expected to receive an average of $386. They arc the largest group of policyholders. The a expects to pay out a total of $818 million to the world War ii veterans this year. World War i veterans with Type a  policies will get an average payment of $263. Those holding veterans special life in Surat Nice a or  or Quot we will receive an average of $399. Holders of  policies can expect about $297,"jr�?� holders an average of $534, and a a Jsu policies an aver age of $545 this year. Jemison said those with questions about their a administered insurance can Call 215-951-7914, or toll free in the United states 800-669-8477. . Pupils still mired in Washington a american pupils in a new study did no better than in 1980, when experts found they tagged far behind their taiwanese and japanese Peers in math education. Quot we conclude the  is real that it is persistent and that it is unlikely to diminish without a change in american attitudes toward education researchers said in a study published Friday in the journal science. The study by researchers at the uni varsity of Michigan and the University of California at Irvine tested math comprehension of ., japanese and Taiwan Sie first and fifth graders. It also retested Many of the same Young people now in the 11th Grade who participated in a study in 1980. Additionally the researchers surveyed the attitudes of american parents toward their children a academic achievement. The results showed that  pupils at All tested Levels continue to be far behind the math achievement of the japanese and taiwanese and that american parents show Little concern about the Gap. A american parents appeared to be no More Likely in 1990 and 1991 than they were in 1980 to believe there is an urgent need for educational Reform a the study said. A they did not seem to be incensed by the Low Levels of performance by american  instead the report said american parents seem pleased and satisfied with the education their children Are receiving. A. In the study the researchers tested pupils in Minneapolis Taipei Taiwan and Sendai Japan. Among those children were 212 american Lith graders who were tested when they were first graders. There were 169 taiwanese pupils who were in the original study and 93 youngsters from Japan. Math testing was also conducted among 240 fifth graders in each country. The 1980 study also showed that american mothers expressed a High level of satisfaction with the . Education system. Since then there have been widely published Quot reports about How poorly . Pupils performed comparer with their Peers in other countries. Despite the publicity the researchers said More than 80 percent of the american parents surveyed in the new study said they were satisfied with their children education. Asked to evaluate the Job their schools were doing,-79 percent of the american parents rated their schools As a a Good or excellent a while Only 44 percent of inc Taipei parents and 48 percent of the Sendai parents gave such nigh ratings. One argument against the japanese and taiwanese systems of education has been that the High Levels of achievement come at a great psychological Cost to the pupils. But the  that the Young asians suffered less than the americans from such symptoms As depression aggression or sleepless nights. Bush Calls Saddam madman which Way now a retired army Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf cheerfully gets a few pointers from ski instructor Joe Oliver on he slopes at Steamboat Springs Colo. Schwarzkopf and his family Havie been vacationing in the area during the holidays. From wire reports Bairoa Somalia a president Bush on Friday called Saddam Hussein a a a madman and said the iraqi president was testing him or president elect Clinton by flying military aircraft into  air space Over Southern Iraq. Bush made the remarks while visiting marines at Bairoa where the service members have established a base for securing emergency food deliveries to starving somalis. One Serviceman asked Bush about the incident dec. 27 in which two iraqi warplanes entered the  a no Fly zone and one was shot Down by a . F-16 fighter. It was the first Tram aircraft destroyed in a confrontation with american forces since the restricted air space was declared aug. 27. A Saddam Hussein is testing something Quot Bush said. A i done to know whether he testing me or president Clinton. It makes me think he does t get it yet. He a a madman. The Only thing Good is when his people do what they should do a get him out of  takes shot to Cheek As Miami takes it on the Chin by Jimmy Golen. The associated press new Orleans a what goes up must come Down. It was True for the University of Miami football team and it was True for Phe Bullet that hit their Mascot in the face. John Routh who dresses As Sebastian the ibis for hurricanes games was hit in the Cheek on new years eve by a stray Bullet. The slug hit less than an Inch from his right Eye banked off his cheekbone and exited through his Cheek. Routh was quickly treated and released at the Tulane medical Center and was Back in uniform Friday night at the sugar bowl when the hurricanes were dethroned As National champions by Alabama which a amp it Miami 34-13. A a it a going to take a hell of a lot More than a Bullet Hole in the head to keep me from this game a Routh said before play began. De Hudak a Security officer with the Miami athletic department said new Orleans police told him it was probably a a random shooting a perhaps tied to the dangerous tradition of shooting guns in the air to usher in the new year. A apparently some of the gangs that a their thing a Routh said adding that the slug seemed to be from either an ak-47 assault Rifle or a 9 my handgun and Likely came from a at least one mile  earlier last week a Bullet narrowly missed an Alabama sportswriter As he worked in his 16lh-floor hotel room near the super dome. The shot came through the window from outside and police said it too was a ran Dom shooting. Routh said he was hit just after he and several Miami cheerleaders and boosters left a team party. A we had just turned onto Bourbon Street around 11 40 . We were doing the Miami fight song a he said rocking his head from Side to Side like the school band does. A was i turned my head singing the song i Felt something on the right Side of my  he he looked on the ground believing he May have been hit by a bottle. But when a cheerleader said she had heard a a pop Quot Routh checked his face. A i saw a couple of drops of blood on the ground and when 1 touched my face it was All wet with blood a he said. A if i Hadnot just happened to be turning my face 1 would be caught it Square in the  several police officers were nearby and came to his Aid