European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 24, 1981, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes january 1981 gop aides Confer As economic news worsens Washington a amid new indications of inflation Impact on the econ president Reagan met Friday with the Republican allies who will have to provide the push he needs if his economic program is to get through while the president and congressional Republican leaders were conferring in the White the labor department announced that inflation in 1980 ran at a percent Sec Page without referring to that Senate Republican Leader Howard Baker said after the meeting that the economic situation is much worse than we had but talking to did not not discuss any of the specifics dealt with at the meeting in the family dining room of the White he said the economic program the administration is expected to have ready for submission to Congress late next month will Bear a distinctive Republican congressional while reagans first three Days in office focused on economic the agreements negotiated by former president Jimmy Carter for release of the hostages held in and their treatment were getting a Large share of Reagan sent a message to the former hos telling them our most immediate concern is to ensure that you Are quickly reunited with your families and that you Are once again Able to enjoy the precious bless Ings of his press James said reports of brutal treatment against the hos tages will not Stop the administration from implementing the agreement that secured their release if All of its details comply with Domestic and International in what has become a steady Stream of executive orders and other announcements intended to focus attention on the the president made a Surprise visit to the White House press room his first trip there and said vice president George Bush would direct a presidential task Force to provide regulatory the panels goal will be to review the Cost and effectiveness of government regulations body is found near Road in in reagans seek to Cut away the Thicket of irrational and senseless regu the president also personally announced one of his efforts to clip away at the billion deficit in Carters proposed fiscal 1982 he ordered government bureaucrats to reduce equipment and Furni Ture forgo office redecorating and hold Down travel actions that the office of management and budget says could save More than no about can Dew despite the seeming party the scene is serious business for these activists from the league of women voters who Are holding a news conference in to announce their push for legislation that would make a Deposit mandatory on All cans and the league wants a five cents Deposit on containers to Cut Down on litter and natural resources up its especially worrisome Atlanta area doctor s8vs to violence a a v i a a affects Young viewers a an electrician driving to work Friday on a suburban High Way spotted the body of a teenage apparently the 14th victim in a series of mysterious killings of Black children in the Atlanta investigators from the task Force assigned to the child killings joined Fri state troopers and officers of the sheriffs depart ment at the about 20 Miles East of downtown two weeks officers searched a Woods several Hundred Yards from the spot where the body was found a few feet from the after an Anonymous caller said evidence linked to the child deaths would be found the search turned up but deputies went Doort door in the next few Days warning parents not to let their children go anywhere most residents of suburban subdivisions near the location Are while All the victims so far in the series of killings have been police said the body found Friday was of a Black boy who appeared to be about 13 or 14 years but his clothing did not match what the most recent missing child on the task forces 14yearold Lubie was wearing when he was last seen three weeks boys up a child psychologist at the Center for the study of youth development said Friday violence on television has an effect on Young for Young violence on television is especially said John who has just published the Book television and youth 25 years of re search and television violence affects the Way we behave and our willingness to participate in violent Murray for exam several studies have shown that heavy television watching leads to a View of the world that is far More scary than it really by age the average child in the United states has seen More than hours of Murray coupled with 92 percent of All childrens programming contains some form of no matter How you slice the its still cause for Murray on the there is one act of violence about every three minutes in childrens pro this violence is who has studied the Impact of television on children for about 15 said his Book was being published because pressure is mounting for decisions about the future of childrens blondes Are ticketed by the los Angeles a is it True blonds have More fun some fans of the police apparently thought so All went Mellow or something approaching for a concert by the new wave Blond or at least a Blond was a requirement for admission to their show at the variety arts theatre in downtown los the concert was being filmed for an eventual film by the British group whose three members Are All Platinum Day Seffo Honor hostages Washington a the House Friday passed a Resolution de Claring a Day of thanksgiving to Honor the american the Senate had passed the Resolution earlier in the the measure passed the House without debate on a voice the Resolution Calls for americans to celebrate the Day by attending services in churches or synagogues or in other places of their alcohol consumption is slowing Washington up the increase in drinking in the United states slowed in the last few and nearly half the Alco hol consumed was in the form of a government Agency reported the study by the National Institute on alcohol abuse and alcoholism said there is increasing evidence heavy drinking harms human health in a variety of although the apparent consumption on a National level continued to Rise during the the rate of increase slowed consider the study in contrast to the 25 percent increase for the the rate of increase in apparent for the 1970s slowed to 8 the per capita consumption rate for the typical adult in 1978 the last year Fig ures Are available was Gallons of pure almost half 49 percent of the Alco hol consumed in the country was in the form of the report with 39 per cent in the form of hard liquor and 12 per cent in the study said reports indicate hispanics of both but especially have relatively High rates of heavier and bilingual treatment programs Are needed to combat the higher than average hispanics had higher than average rates of drunk Public drunkenness and deaths from cirrhosis of the and the study blamed it on cultural and language especially Black have a relatively Large proportion of the study adding the per capita rate of heavy drinkers among Blacks is about the same As the general but the death rate for cirrhosis of the liver among Blacks is twice that of it the study said working especially those who Are have significantly higher rates of problem drinking than other women Are on third As Likely As men to be heavy it for other population subgroups the numbers were simply too Small to permit meaningful the report it said heavy drinkers have an increased risk of High blood some forms of brain atrophy and a lower sex drive in and there is growing Evi Dence that abusive drinking during preg Nancy is potentially harmful to the development or the human but on the Bright the report the old notion that brain damage from chronic alcohol abuse is irreversible is be ing