European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 28, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10 the stars and stripes education wednesday. December 28,1994 dependents can vie for College Aid children of present or retired service members May be Able to compete for a share of $1.6 million in col lege Loans and Grants. During the 1994-95 school year 800 students received $2,000 interest free Loans from the retired officers association educational assistance pro Gram. ,. V " these Loans Are awarded annually for up to five years of undergraduate study to unmarried under graduate students under 24 years old who Are de pendent children of Active Reserve and retired serv ice personnel and their surviving spouses. The Competition for these Loans is keen. For the 1994-1995 school year some 2,000 students competed for 250 openings. � the students were selected based on their Scholas tic ability participation in extracurricular and Community activities and financial need. From 800 Stu dents receiving Loans 160 received special $5qo Grants in addition to the Loans. All who were awarded Loans were automatically considered for the Grants. The program was established in 1948 for the sons and daughters of retired officers and their widows. It has expanded to include the children of Active duty Reserve National guard and retired officers warrant officers and enlisted members of the army Navy air Force Marine corps coast guard . Public health service and National oceanic and atmospheric administration. Since this program was initiated some 4,300 Stu dents have received interest free Loans totalling More than $14.9 million. Applications for the 1995-96 school year Are currently available. Applications should be requested by feb. 15, 1995j and the completed applications Mustbe postmarked on or before March 1,1995. For applications and More information write Toroa educational assistance program administrator o9d201 n. Washington st., Alexandria va.22314-2539. Or Call 1-800-245-8762, ext 169. Submitted by Nancy Carr of the retired officers association . Bureau Raf Mildenhall England tutors Are available to help pupils and adults in the Mildenhall and Laken Heath area with their English and math skills./-.".  the tutoring program sponsored by Milde Nhah s Alpha Kappa Alpha Soror Ity covers skills from elementary school to College level. All tutors Are volunteers and Many Are Active duty serv ice members or department of defense dependents schools educators. Last year we identified the need for tutoring in our Community and started on a Small scale said staff  Brown sorority president. We Only offered tutoring to Middle and High school students. Because of the Success we had we be expanded to include elementary students actually Well Tutor anyone who has a need including adults. The tutoring Brown said also can As Sist graduating seniors who Are preparing for College and College entry exams and adults who need a Little refresher training for the general Miller s anal by test. A " this year s aim is to pair a student with a Tutor on a full time basis throughout the entire school year in . Brown said. Last year most students came prior to testing or before report cards. Those students that came throughout the school year received better  the sorority offers tutoring tuesdays and thursdays from 6 . To 8 . At the Raf Lakenheath High school until the end of the school year. For information Call Brown at Raf Mildenhall ext. 4277. Hijackers7 plan to blow up plane pan s was target sex fios Fages say Marseille France a islamic extremists who seized an air France flight in Algiers planned to blow up the plane and its 171 occupants Over Paris strewing City streets with flaming wreck age former hostages said tuesday. Meanwhile violence directed at West Erners continued in Algeria. Four Catho Lic priests three frenchmen and a Bel Gian were shot to death in tizi ,60 Miles East of Algiers. The gunmen escaped and there was no claim of responsibility or immediate indication if it was related to the hijacking. In France investigators discovered 20sticks of dynamite rigged with detonators a a former hostage of the hijacked air France jetliner seen from the rear is embraced by relatives upon her arrival at Paris orly Airport Early tuesday. Hidden under two seats in the plane which French commandos stormed in Marseille on monday. The four hijackers were killed but All the hostages survived. The hijackers asked to have 27 tons of kerosene loaded into the plane s Gas tanks whereas Only 10 tons is necessary to make the trip to Paris regional gov. Hubert Blanc said monday. The extra kerosene which jets use As fuel would have caused a bigger explosion if the plane did blow up. Their idea was to set parts ablaze Ferhat Zehenni a Well known Singer i Algeria told tf-1 to. They whispered it among themselves and passengers overheard  the dynamite was found under a sea just behind the Airbus a300 s cockpit and under another seat in the Jet s mid Section Marseille police chief Alain Gehi said. The plane was Low on fuel when the hijackers ordered it flown from Algiers to Marseille. There they demanded that it be refuelled for a flight to Paris. Gehin said he never heard the Hijack ers express an intent to detonate the explosives in midair. Throughout our dialogue it was understood that i could not take the risk of allowing a plane to take off that could be susceptible to being blown up in the air Gehi said. It was not Clear whether authorities were aware of the hijackers alleged plans to blow up the  hijackers had demanded to be flown to Paris by 5 . Monday or they would kill a fourth hostage. Three were executed Over the weekend in Algiers. When the deadline passed and authorities were still trying to negotiate the hijackers fired gunshots at the Airport control Tower shattering a window and apparently provoking the raid. The commandos burst into the plan firing guns and tossing stun grenades. The Exchange of gunfire lasted about four minutes. I xsr4 tet y. A a. \ i \ i1t vv\5 v in. " i it. % by Iii 1l\ a Bullet holes cover the Windshield and fuselage of the hijacked Airbus a300 jetliner at the Marseille Airport tuesday. French Security forces stormed the plane monday. The assault was very Quick an unidentified algerian woman told Europe-1 radio. I saw the commandos Corning on the stairways. I hid under my chair. I told my daughter who was sitting in front of me with her daughter to get under their seats too. Then we saw people with helmets. They told us not to move. Then they said Quick get out Quick. Jump out and run but stay Bent Over above All Don t stand up  thirteen passengers three Crew Mem Bers and nine commandos were injured in the attack. One rescuer had three Fin Gers blown off by a concussion grenade but doctors said one Finger was re attached and that the victim would regain use of his hand. The hijacking was the first time Algeria s3-year-old civil War spilled violently onto the soil of France its former colonizer. The French news Agency Agency France Presse said it received a claim of responsibility monday from the armed islamic group s phalanges of the signers in  said the action was a response to France s unconditional Aid to the Alge Rian  than 11,000 people have been killed in the past three years in Clashe Between Algeria s military government tacitly supported by France and islamic fundamentalists. Foreigners became a target in late 1993 As the extremist sought to drive out the foreign expertise Algeria needs to run its Oil Industry. The commando raid was seen As one of the most successful anti terrorist operations in aviation history. The commandos were lauded As National heroes and pres ident Francois Mitterrand expressed the nation s  we expected death. We were waiting for the explosion Ali Kalak an Algeri an passenger told the associated Presson tuesday. We never thought there would be such a successful  the gunmen seized the Paris bound Jet at the Algiers Airport on saturday de manding the release of jailed fundamentalist leaders. The plane flew to Marseill Early monday after 63 passengers were released and three were killed. Two More passengers were freed i Marseille but passengers feared More killings there. They had said a few prayers especially prayers for people preparing to die the unidentified algerian woman told Europe-1radio, at the moment when the Comman Dos attacked they shouted Well show the French what we re capable of  cheers tears and Joyful chaos greeted nearly 80 former hostages As they arrived tuesday at orly. The commandos got the loudest applause