European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 12, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes a . Sunday june 12, 1994teen Boot Camp closed after probe by the new York times Hartford Conn. A the nations first National guard Boot Camp for troubled teen agers which Openell last summer in Connecticut As a National Model was ordered closed Friday by gov. Lowell Weicker or. The move came after an investigation substantiated reports of gang activity drug use violence and inadequate staffing the Campos supervisor also has resigned National guard officials said. The chief states attorney John m. Bailey who headed the probe said that his findings were not an indictment of the Campos education efforts. He added that he believed the Camp had changed lives in helping 180 teenagers get their High school diplomas since in the stars and stripes 10 years ago Juno 12,1984 a an experimental army missile scored what was believed to be the first successful intercept of an oncoming ballistic missile warhead defense department officials said. 20 years ago june 12,1974 a a livid Secretary of state Henry Kissinger threatened to resign Over allegations that he was deeply involved in a 1969-70 National Security wiretap scheme and lied to a Senate committee about it. 30 year Sago june 12,1964 a the House which spurned a $10,000 pay increase in March voted a $7,500-a. Year raise for members of Congress in passing a major Federal pay increase Bill. 40 years ago june 12,1954 a president Eisenhower urged americans to spurn a highly publicized distractions Quot and support his legislative program designed to make the . And its allies Strong in the face of communist imperialism. A a 50 years ago june 12.1944 a Allied troops in Italy were reported near the Halfway Mark Between Rome and Florence in an unchecked Pursuit of shattered German armies officially said to have Tost 70,000 men since the drive began. 50 years ago today june 12 1 a 9 4 4 soviet troops push a bulge a nearly 15 Miles Doop and nearly 32 Miles wide into finnish lines across the karelian isthmus North of Leningrad. British forces on the Eastern end of the Normandy invasion make no headway against Strong German defences and tire Region s Tough terrain. Two japanese fleets sail toward the Marianas but they Are vastly outgunned by the . Of ramada attacking the Island group. Source 2194 Days at War w. A Smith publishers inc. Tha world almanac of world War ii. Bison books corp., 1981 it opened in july. Tie problems he said entered on supervision and the screening of the teenagers who enrolled. Bailey said he hoped the Camp would be Able to reopen implicit in Bailey a analysis however was the conclusion that a voluntary Camp intended to help straighten out troubled teen agers bad failed in part by following its own mandate too Well a taking in youths who could not be handled. Similar Camps arc operating in 10 states including new York and there have been reports of gang activity at most of them. Bailey said some gang members had been admitted to the Connecticut Camp and had been Able a especially in the Early months a to recruit and intimidate sat scores to undergo recalibration new York a the sat score of the average american High school student will be going up a but not because anyone has been studying More the new York times reported saturday. Beginning in april. 1995, the College Board will be recalibrating its scoring of the Scholastic assessment test formerly called the Scholastic aptitude test. The recalibrating will give higher scores for the same performance the times said. The top score will still be 800 and the Tow 200. But a student who this year scored for example 430 on the verbal Section would earn a 510 by answering the same number of questions correctly next year. This years 730 would become a perfect 800. Bradley j. Quin a senior project director of the College Board acknowledged the change would give Rise to the question a a rent to you just making kids feel better by giving them higher scores a Quot the answer is absolutely positively not Quot Quin told the times. A the performance that generates a 424 today will now generate a 500. The kid is no brighter does no to have any More Bright answers a its just the Label is higher. Everyone will  when the scoring system was established in 1941, 500 was the average score for both parts of the test Quin said. Today the average score on the verbal test is 424 while the average on the math is 478. The average scores have dropped by cause Many More students including Many from disadvantaged backgrounds take the test now compared with the smaller elite group of the �?T40s, the College Board decided to a a recenter the scale to a 500 math and verbal average. Other students. Drug use primarily marijuana also was reported by Many students and he said there had been sexual activity Between students a in one Case Between a student and a supervisor who has been dismissed. Violence a mostly fistfights a also has been a problem he said. However he noted an altercation that resulted in 14 arrests and suspensions in april. The report said that some of the worst allegations about the Camp involving prostitution were unfounded and that other concerns like gambling were on a Small enough scale a mainly bets Over cards and basketball shots a As to pose no significant problem. Connecticut Stop National guard offi Cial Gen. David Gay said it would take a minimum of five to six months to address the problems outlined in Bailey s report. But he said there were significant obstacles to be overcome. Bailey specifically recommended for example that applicants be tested for drugs before admission and face random testing after that. Gay said he had wanted those Powers from the beginning but had been told it Coultis not be done legally in Connecticut. Bailey said saturday that the Issue of random drug tests a already in use at other Camps around the country would be  other National guard Boot Camps Are in Illinois Arizona Arkansas Georgia Louisiana Maryland new York Oklahoma West Virginia and Alaska. A gift for fish a 210-Root freighter seized in a drug Case appears to be in big trouble Friday but that Sok the vessel was deliberately being scuttled in Hopes that it would do some Good underwater a As an artificial reef. Two . Army helicopters and a Small Armada of coast guard and other vessels were on hand to Monitor the Blue crowns sinking which occurred 12 Miles off Atlantic Chy n.j., in 100-foot-Decp water. Film ploy draws dozens of Graffiti suspects san Jose Calif. A nearly four dozen suspected Graffiti vandals proudly showed off their work for a documentary a a or so they thought. The movie was really a police sting that sent most of them to jail instead of Hollyw Ood. A so docs this mean in a not going to l.a.?&Quot one of the bewildered youths was quoted by police As saying the sting identified 46 a heavy duty taggers Quot ranging in age from 11 to the late teens and believed to have caused at least $80,000 in damage in the san Jose area police said. Thirty one had been arrested As of thursday. The Sling began in april when undercover officers distributed fliers looking for Graffiti artists for a documentary. Those picked were promised a free trip to los Angeles. Applicants were directed to a storefront supposedly operated by Star comm Universal productions. Graffiti artists filled out a questionnaire about the extent of their activity. A this essentially weeded out the wannabes. And allowed us to target the More serious offenders a officer Louis Quezada said. The suspects also a a auditioned on easels in the storefront. The bogus filmmakers asked if the suspects had Handiwork in the area they could show them. A the taggers of course said a of course we do a and would take the officers and the film Crew to the locations where they tagged a Quezada said. A they were very proud of their artistic work As they called when they applied for the documentary the Graffiti artists signed a form saying they would refrain from vandalism during filming. But the lure proved just too Strong for several suspects who took officers to a freeway underpass. A the officers were conducting an interview Only when one of the Little taggers took out his paint a Quezada said. A the film Crew was actually saying a Stop done to do that Stop a but the rest of them also  san Jose spends nearly $1 million a year cleaning up Graffiti. The arrests began wednesday