Show Page 2 — The Herald Journal Logan Utah Tuesday October 21 1987 i — i Tests reveal poor grasp of science Cattle killing puts spotlight on grazing law ¥ 4 US students 'not where they should be' ! JOHN DAY Ore (AP) — One fine fall day a year ago Dr Patrick Shipsey his wife and WASHINGTON (AP) — More than 40 percent of high school seniors lack a basic understanding of science and an equally “disturbing proportion’’ of younger students don't understand the subject either the two young daughters drove out to their 960 acres to plant grass along a creek that was healing from generations of overgrazing When Shipsey saw that his neighbor’s llerefnrds had gotten inside his fence again he pulled out his favorite rifle walked to within SO yards of the cattle and with calm deliberation dropped each of the eight cows in its tracks with a bullet to the base of the skull Shipsey who goes on trial Wednesday said he was less concerned about being caught than in spotlighting an open range law he considers ludicrous The law allows ranchers to hold others liable for the welfare of their cattle no matter where they roam The concept holds sway a century after its inception in Oregon Montana Idaho Utah Wyoming and parts of Texas It goes against much of American jurisprudence hut is well understood in cattle coun-tr- y American students in five major subjects — science mathread-in- g US history and geography The results announced today by the group were based on science tests administered last year to 1301000 fourth- - eighth- - and 12th National Assessment Governing Board said today in a report card on the nation's schools Forty-thre- AP photo Dr Patrick Shipsey stands outsids his office in John Day Ora Shipsey goes on trial Wednesday for shooting 11 of his neighbor's cattle that strayed onto 8hipses property which he was trying to rehabilitate from overgrazing ranchers need open range to move their herds “It’s just the law of the West" he said The man with the dead cattle Bob Sproul sees Shipsey as an outsider threatening a traditional way of life The two had argued for years over cattle getting through Shipsey's fence and grazing in the creek bottom he had worked hard to restore “They love it here and want to change our history and laws" Sproul said “Why don’t they just stay away? the cattle and men who own them in these vast areas can't protect a garden patch" Shipsey a conservationist is not so different from the locals Raised in Klamath Falls a community in southwestern Oregon and in cattle and timber country like John Day “When you build a fence in this country it isn't to keep your cattle in it’s to keep your neighbor’s cattle out" said barber Joe West as he trimmed the hair of John Hays president-elect of the Oregon Cattlemen's Association Cattle still are herded down Main Street in this eastern Oregon town of 2000 Hays said Shipsey feels a strong connection to the high desertTbough his hair falls to his shoulders and his musical taste runs to rocker Neil Young he owns 20 guns and breeds wolf-do-g hybrids People still remember that Sproul had his own day in court in the late 1950s He was charged with murder for killing his brother-in-la-w Link Williams in a dispute over a road Sproul used to move cattle The jury acquitted him after he testified that Williams fired first Shipsey has been shunned in this town His own patients say he was wrong to shoot the animaJsIf convicted of the II felony counts Shipsey could be sentenced to up to 55 yean in prison and lose his medical license graders percent of high e school seniors hwl a below-grad- e level knowledge of science the board said Only 39 percent of eighth-grade- rs had a basic understanding of the subject appropri- ate their to sidered basic for level proficient or advanced Fined Johnson president of the National Science Teachers Asso- elation said the science figures painted a disappointing but realistic snapshot of the state of US schooling in the sciences “The achievement results show us very dearly that the students of this nation are not where they should be if we expect them to grow into scientifically literate adults" he said Johnson said educators could do more to change the trend by providing their science teachers with additional opportunities to improve and update their profes- it was 33 percent Only 3 percent of students at all of those grades performed at what was considered an advanced level Mark Musick board chairman fourth-grade- Those results were released earlier this year but were incomplete at the time because they lacked standards to determine what scores should bn con- rs said the science test results reflected a pattern appearing in other national subject tests “Most students have a grasp of basic factual knowledge and procedures but a disturbing propor- tion are below that basic level” he said sional skills throughout their The board was created by Congress to monitor the progress of career Health care ‘bill of rights’ in works WASHINGTON (AP) — A terminally ill patient could appeal if an experimental treatment was turned down A man with chest pain could go to the emergency mom without worrying so much whether his 1IMO would pay the hill Americans frustrated by managed care would have a host of new guarantees under a proposed hill of rights a presidential advisory commission is expected to recommend this week Because the commission includes representatives of both the managed care industry and consumer groups many hope the work yril lay the foundation for futurfjiedailaws But some consumer rljjhts advocates say the bill of rights as written doesn't go far enough and they are considering a dissenting report if the commission does not expand it “I must say this is a slice of a slice" said commission member Ron Pollack president of the consumer group Families USA He likes what's in the bill of rights “But it is inadequate” Others are more optimistic “If we can succeed in getting those proposals enacted into law it will have a profound and lasting impact on health care” predicted commissioner Stephen F Wiggins chairman of Connecticut-based Oxford Health Plans The White House is pleased with the draft bill of rights according to an administration official who spoke on condition of anonymity The draft looks like “something we can embrace" and introduce as legislation the official said States have approved many bills dealing with managed care health plans although Congress has passed just one measure guaranteeing a woman 48 hours gates to a myriad of proposed legislation regulating bow health maintenance organizations do business That in turn caused some to worry that Congress would go too far regulating health care “body part by body part" Enter the commission an idea President Clinton floated during his campaign After six months of work it is set to propose rights that for the most part deal with the big picture For instance it would promise consumers a huge font of information about their HMOs but wouldtt’rguanuttee a certain amount bftinfe in the hbipital m the hospital after childbirth Buf that biff opened the flood"' after a mastectomy MALM WWW There's been another cash attack! 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