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Thursday, February 9, 1978 Mattoon(n.) Journal Gazette-3 odd yoiteppv i "an ultimatum" to the Jewish state. "It would have a negative effect on the very peacemaking process itself," he said. Begin, in Switzerland on a fund-raising tour, also reiterated Israel's opposition to any establishment of a Palestinian state because it "would in no time turn into a Soviet base." In New York, Assistant Secretary of State Alfred Atherton today was meeting with Israeli Foreign Minister Moshe Dayan as part of a new shuttle between Egypt and Israel in an attempt to find agreement on a basic set of principles for resuming face-toface talks. Sadat made clear in a farewell statement that his spirits were improved by his visit to the United States and the new American role. "I came to the United States really disheartened and discouraged," Sadat said.

"But I shall return with more perseverance especially when the U.S. role is not an observer or mediator. No, the U.S. role is a complete partnership. "I promise the American people, I shall never fail you." A White House statement said Sadat "affirmed that the door remains open to negotiations (with Israel) and that Egypt will continue to do its part to assure continuity in this negotiating process." LONDON (UP1) Egyptian President Anwar -Sadat, assured privately he will receive U.S.

weapons for the first time, arrived in London from Washington today for talks with British government leaders. In Switzerland, Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin warned that any delivery of U.S. weapons to Egypt would damage Middle East peace efforts. Sadat's airliner touched down at Heathrow airport at 9:05 a.m (4:05 a.m. EST) and the Egyptian leader immediately went into conference with Prime Minister James Callaghan and Foreign Secretary David Owen.

Sadat was scheduled to spend about three hours in London and then leave for West Germany for talks with Chancellor Helmut Schmidt on the next stop of an eight-nation tour. Sadat, obviously buoyed by his six-day visit to the United States, said he was pleased America's role was changing from "that of an observer or mediator" to a "role of full partnership." Before Sadat left, President Carter promised him the United States will make an all-out effort to help achieve a Middle East peace, but Carter did not mention any potential arms sales to Cairo. Administration sources said, however, Sadat wag assured privately the United States will begin sending military supplies to Egypt for the first time, but the details, including strategy for congressional approval, will be worked out later. The sources said Egypt will receive F-5E fighters among other weapons and an American military survey teams will make an overall assessment of Egypt's arms needs. Begin told a newsconference Wednesday the sale of U.S.

aircraft to Eevot would be tantamount to Parents give daughter sight v-' I fl- 1 v- President Anwar Coal union leader rips offer Vl' Sadat (left) and Prime Minister getting a look at it," he said. Dawes said he is hopeful UMW negotiators will go back to the operators and seek changes before the tentative agreement comes out in final form. He said he doesn't see how the council could approve the agreement in its present form. "The way it looked the operators have totally been given control," said Dawes. He said that besides a penalty clause against miners for wildcatting, their cost of living clause has been stricken and "it appears that an individual company could set absenteeism policy." He said it also called for a 30-day probationary period during which a new employee could be fired.

Dawes said coal operators blamed the collapse of the health and retirement funds on wildcat strikes. "They knew that was a lie," said Dawes. He said miscalculations the 1974 agreement respon-, sible. John Henry, Lewistown, a District 12 subdistrkt board member, said miners in his area were "furious'over the tentative agreement and predicted it would be voted down by a large margin in District 12 if it passes the bargaining council. "Some of the guys say the weeds can grow up around the mines before they will go back under something like this," said Another subdistrict board member, Thomas Shoemake, Herrin, said from what he has heard about the tentative 4 sunday, one of his corneas was transplanted to Mrs.

Billington's right eye. "Two years ago, when I looked out the hospital window with the eye that had keracotonus, I could see nothing. Now, when I look out with the eye that was operated on then, I can see the buildings all the way across town," she told UPI by telephone from her hospital room. It will be several weeks before she will know if the new transplant has enor whethenlhe rnrnea will hp rejected or infected. "I have lots and lots of optimism," Mrs.

Billington says, "but it's just too early to predict the future. "I'm happy, because maybe I'm going to be able-to see, but I'm sad because I just lost the only other parent I had. Mostly I'm just pretty numb," Mrs. Billington said. "I can only imagine what my parents went through, watching me lose my sight and being unable to.

help me. I know it tore them apart. If I could do this for my child, I know how much it would mean to me, so I know how much this meant to them. "And that's where my comfort comes." "I know what it is like to see my child suffer and not be able to help her," she said. "The very least people could leave behind when they leave," she said, "is something so wonderful that it would enable someone else to' look out of a hospital window and see the buildings across town." Although Aino is in her senior year ati MHS, due to government regulations her: American credit will not transfer, so she: will have to complete her senior year in; Denmark after she returns from her AFS; stay.

At MHS she is studying psychology. P.E., consumer education, U.S. history, Spanish and English. She is pleased with the opportunity to study Spanish here because it is not offered in the gymnasium. Aino is very active and prefers to be involved in stimulating activities.

She had a horse which kept her busy, but she sold it before she left Aarhus. She also plays tennis and can be found at Eastern Illinois University with Lisa Warrem playing on an indoor court. Miss Warrem, an MHS junior, is a member of the girls' tennis team winning competitor in Midwest tournaments. Aino also enjoys water skiing, a sport she learned after she arrived in the U.S. While on a trip to Wisconsin some friends taught her to ski.

"You can't ski on the east coast of Denmark," she remarked with a smile. Aino also enjoys traveling. She went with her Latin class on a tour to Rome before she was selected by her school as the AFS student to the United States. United Press International The president of Illinois District 12 United Mine Workers says he believes miners "would be owned body and soul" under the national tentative coal the UMW's bargaining council has been asked to approve. Kenneth Dawes, who arrived back in Springfield Wednesday from Washington, had offered a motion approvedJb3M vote with one abstention by thebargaining council, to delay the contract vote until it was put in printed form.

"I couldn't vote on something I couldn't see. You donlt buy a new car without Suspect hold rtOS ANGELES UPI Policetraced a telephone tWt Xo a babbling actor who apparently wasexhausted or dragged and" attested him Wednesday suspicion of being the Hillside Strangler of 12 women and girls but they cautioned there is little evidence he is the killer. Ned T. York, 37, was booked on suspicion of murder. York passed out while being questioned, giving contradictory and incoherent replies.

Detectives waited for him to awaken to resume questioning. Assistant Police Chief Daryl Gates said officers expected to determine today "whether they can release him or hold him." schools tougher PHILADELPHIA (UPI) Eileen Billington's parents gave her an extraordinary gift her eyesight. She'll remember her mother and father every time she looks at her 5-year-old daughter, or at a rainbow, or when she enjoys the simple visual experiences others take for granted. Mrs. Billington, 27, knows what it's like to live in a world of darkness.

But thanks to her mother, she doesn't live in darkness anymore. And thanks to her father, -she may someday-soon en joy 4iear- normal eyesight. In 1972, she lost her vision to keracotonus, a disease that turns the rounded cornea into a cone. If they can get special contact lenses, keracotonus victims might have their vision partially restored. Generally, cornea transplant operations aren't that successful unless there is a genetic donor.

In Mrs. Billington's case, she had two willing donors her mother and father. Two years ago, Mrs. Billington's mother died of cancer. Her eyes were removed and brought to Wills Eye Hospital where one of her corneas was transplanted onto her daughter's left eye.

Doctors will operate on only one eye at the time, because the surgery is so risky. Last Saturday, Mrs. Billington's 51-year-old father died of heart failure. His eyes were removed and rushed to Wills Eye Clinic where, on- history world politics, art, math and biology. During the first year at the gymnasium she was required to take music.

Art is for second year students. Also during the first year she took geography. Math, such as trigonometry, is required two years. Biology is required three years. Biology is much different, she said, from the biology course here, because in Denmark the subject is more involved and includes such related subjects as chemistry.

Physical education is different from the P.E. at Mattoon High School in that Aino participates in jazz dance and ballet in Aarhus. Her teachers in general are Older than American teachers, she said, and there tends to be more respect given to teachers by the students in Denmark than she finds in American high schools. Students have no free periods in the gymnasium, she said, unlike U.S. high schools which provide study halls.

"A lot of kids stay at school in the afternoon to study," she stated. She added that when she tells this to her American peers they find it hard to believe because their opinion in general is negative toward study halls and they prefer to be out of school as soon as possible. V. 7 Menahem Begin 1 agreement, he would like to see UMW Arnold Miller ousted. Some 80 Illinois UMW members attended memorial services Wednesday at the West Frankfort National Guard ArJ mory for UMW member John FT Hull, 33, Patoka, who was shot to death last Friday during a clash between UMW members and non-union miners at a mine near Petersburg, Ind.

Vernon "Rocky" Morris III, West Frankfort, president of UMW Local 1591 at the Freeman-United Orient 6 mine near Waltonville, conducted the service and told the miners, "He died for what he believed in. It could easily have been one ofus." Morris said later two persons have been killed during the UMW strike and both have been UMW members. "And they accuse of of being violent," he said. Later, a group of miners gathered at the UMW Southern Illinois office south of West Frankfort and lambasted the 'tentative agreement. Jim Stewart, Benton, who works at Orient 3 near Waltonville, said, "I may work under this contract but I'll never vote for it.

I'm not particularly crazy about the money but that's all I could accept. Looks like damned poor leadership." "Barney Beard, Benton, President of UMW Local 9111 at Orient 3, said, "There's nothing in there that we asked for at our convention. Ninety-five percent of the strikes are caused by the coal operators themselves and thay want us to pay $20 a i Ml-lit- cities they designed for the future. HUm are ocean-floor, snace satellite at Mattoon Junior High ixawoi. Dental school offers a four-year academic program with the first two years devoted primarily to a study of the biological sciences whereas the last two years are a combination of study and clinical practice.

Generally, students rotate through the. various clinics of the dental school to gain practical experience treating patients under the supervision of clinical instructors. Denfists who specialists, such as in orthodontics or periodontics, must take a minimum of two years of advanced study beyond dental school. If you wish more detailed information on all types of careers in dentistry, write to the American Dental Association, Division -of Educational Measurements, 211 East Chicago Chicago, ILL 60611. day if we strike.

I think the state of Illinois will turn it down 100 percent." Beard's father, Gale Beard, a miner for 43 years before his retirement in 1976, said, "It looks like we've gone back 20 years. We need something to take care of our orphans and widows." "There's no chance it will pass," said Maurice O'Keefe, a pit committeeman at the Captain mine near Cutler. "I can't imagine it getting by the bargaining council. Michael Bunton, Du Quoin, another subdistrict board member, said, "It looks like a backward move for the miners. It looks like it just benefits the operators." Miller is not waiting for bargaining council approval before lobbying for rank-and-file ratification of the contract.

By NANCY J. PURDY MATTOON Aino Lonka has noticed many differences between the educational systems of her country and ours. Aino, a native of Aarhus, Denmark, said the schooling in Denmark is much more rigid and more highly structured than she has experienced here. Miss Lonka, an American Field Service student, transferred from another Illinois location to Mattoon High School for the second semester. She is residing with Mr.

and Mrs. Ervin Buesking of Route 2. The Bueskings have a daughter, Kelly, who is a junior at MHS, and two older sons who are married. Aino (pronounced Ino) explained that her hometown of Aarhus is located.on the east coast in the mainland country, which is called Jutland. Aarhus has a population of 300,000.

Contrary to what one might expect of a Scandinavian' country, the winters are milder in Denmark than in Mattoon, according to Miss Lonka. "This is more snow than at home," she said, -n Aino is one of four children. Her older sister attends medical school. She also has a brother who is 14 and a sister who is 5. She resides with her mother and stepfather, but is also very close to her father and his wife, who live near Aarhus.

Her mother is an instructor of Finnish and Hungarian at the University of Aarhus. She also teaches a class in public schools for students with social behavior problems. Her stepfather is a speech therapist and her father is the principal of the Fine Arts School in Aarhus. With her parents, Aino has traveled extensively throughout Europe. She studied French one summer at a language school in southern France, and studied German in Braunschweig, Germany, during another summer while residing with a German family.

"I would like' to be an international translator," she said. Besides her native Danish, the French, German and English, she also speaks Finnish. Her mother was a native of Finland, so both Finnish and Danish are spoken in her home. Miss Lonka explained that in Denmark a student attends 10 years of public school to the age of 16. At the end of the tenth year, or the ninth in some cases, students must take a test which includes written and oral examinations.

Those who pass receive a diploma and may select an academic school of higher learning (the gymnasium the equivalent of our high school) or a technical school. Those who do not pass must enter the work force and their -schooling as such has ended. Students who go on to the gymnasium' may choose between two lines of study. One is the modern language line and the other is the math-science line. Aino's course of study is modem language.

AH classes are required by the government There are no "elective" courses such as those offered by U.S. high schools, she remarked. At the gymnasium, Aino studies Latin, German, English, French, Danish (literature, grammar and composition), physical education, world Denmark till 'Yv Seventh grade examples of productive model thinking and nlanninff are shown ahnve in HlltlirA CltlAC TOUes of 2000 A.D." solar energy, and earth bound. These projects were I UIUI I Iv9 recycling of waste, and additional leisure constructed for Mr. White's social studies time Dental question answered 'J.

a- I aV I 1 v. pi I "A lit- i are factory students Incorporated into class English and the humanities, including sociology and history. In college, the pre-denta) student must study biology, inorganic and organic chemistry and physics. However, to achieve a broad educational background, the student should include a variety of courses such as physiology, qualitative and quantitative analysis, histology, economics, statistics, mathematics, foreign language, English courses, public speaking, etc. Eighty-seven percent of sludents en-' tering dental school in 1976 had completed four years of college and 13 percent had earned at least a bachelor's degree.

Further, a student must attain a passing grade on a special Dental Admission Test designed to evaluate aptitude for dental study. This Is the fourth in a series of six ar-ticlesondantaUiealth published by the MaiiborTJourna! Gazette, in cooperation with the Eastern Illinois Dental Society, in obseryance of National Children's Dental Health Week, Feb. 5 through 11, QUESTION: My son, who is a freshman in high school, has indicated an interest in becoming a dentist. Are there any special courses be ought to take before entering college? What are the requirements for entrance to dental school? ANSWER: Generally, a broad high school program leading to acceptance in a liberal arts college is considered the best type of educational preparation. Such a program is designed to cultivate an interest and curiosity not only in the sciences, including biology, chemistry, physics and mathematics, but also in Aino Lonka enjoys water skiing.

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