European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 18, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes april to its mama on the its ecstasy Boston a to its known As a therapeutic drug that enhances memory and quells to Federal drug its a substance known As ecstasy that turning up with worrisome fre Quency on streets and College the Federal drug enforcement administration will hold hearings this summer on whether the drugs use should be limited to but psychotherapists from across the including several in the Boston want to dissuade the govern ment from outlawing the saying it lessens anxiety and depression and helps recover the drug is a stimulant derived from although the drug is not currently Dea officials believe that it is being manufactured clandestinely in private Howard the chief of the drug control Section of the Dea in said tuesday that police around the country began finding mama during drug busts at least five years More he ecstasy tablets have been turning up on College campuses from Massachusetts to prompting Law enforcement officials to try to limit its who sought the Dea hearings so the Issue could be aired More say the drug is particularly in a controlled Lester a professor of psychiatry at Harvard University medical said mama apparently helps people get in touch with their it diminishes depression and it helps recover it seems to have the capacity to he p people achieve insight and put things into he told the Boston and unlike it seems to be a it Doest take you on bad you dont have to go Down any paths you dont want to go Rick a Watertown said he has used the drug on about 250 patients in it is especially effective for couples who have trouble communicate cancer patients whose feelings often Are women who were sexually abused As children and Normal people who want their lives to unfold in a More positive he mama is not like it Doest cause physical he what it can like am is anxiety and psychological it also appears to elevate heart rate and blood according to the leading doctors to Rule it out for those with heart and cardiovascular David the medical director of the Haigh Tash Bury free medical clinic in san said four people have been treated for overdosing on mama at the therapists claim it is of i accept he but just because nobody has problems with it in psychotherapy Doest mean nobody has problems on the purple hair makes principal see red a a say ing the classroom int the place for multicoloured banned a ninth grader from school As Long As her hair is dyed the girl went Home and dyed it and said tuesday that it turned out a Gross Gina had been sent Home monday and told not to return until she changes her hair color Back to her natural i just dont think school is the place for multicoloured said Petersburg High school principal William Grey after suspending he called her purple hair a saying she would be suspended forever if she Doest change on Gina reluctantly tried Black i want to go to i dont want to miss i wont be Able to make up the she said in a Telephone interview from her the Black took in the front where my hair was a Light she but not in the its a Gross i hate and its still got a bit of purple in although her natural hair color is ill never get Brown Back because i bleached it Blond to get it she Grey said Black would be and Ginas Mother said she would report to school the who came to the United states with her family from seven years suggested that other student who have strange hairstyles might also be classified As other unnatural colors  be she if it was the school they  say any she Grey said hair is meant to be colourful Only during specific events such As that when he said he allows students to have Green that a special Occa Sion promoting school he Ginas troubles began Friday when the principal caught sight of Grey said he told her to come Back monday with less disruptive when she he sent her Gina said she told the principal she would have trouble getting her hair Back to its natural she fears it would turn Gray or Pink if she dyed it before it was it was before it was it was streaked with after learning of her plight senior Fred beam was suspended for two Days after scribbling on a school Wall i think ill Dye my Ginas Linda said her daughter is a Good student with fair its such a pretty she i Felt As Long As she kept up with her school i really did approve of Dallas paper dropping column Dallas a the Dallas times prompted by charges of published a frontage apology tuesday for a satire column and said the popular Joe Bob goes to the would be the announcement followed a heated meeting Between the newspapers editors and Black Community leaders about the which is written under the name Joe Bob syndicated in about so newspapers across the the column is the creation of times Herald columnist John Joe Bob purports to be a Texas and Calls women bimbos and mexican americans the times Herald said on its front Page that fridays column went too Joe Bob Briggs column that appeared in fridays times Herald offended Many the notice the times Herald deeply regrets that the column was it was a misdirected attempt at a great Deal of insensitivity was reflected in the we the written under the headline Joe driven artists join forces for minorities with we Are the included lyrics spoofing the popular song we Are the we Are the world was recorded by pop and Rock stars to Benefi victims of the famine in where the death toll is reported to be in the hundreds of will editor of the times said he decided to drop the column because it was being the columns main device is its not hard its not straight its not even a feature and it really lends itself to being Jarrett rather than running the risk of it being we decided to drop Bloom will remain with the Jarrett and will continue to write a weekly sports column under the Joe Bob Briggs the editor Dallas county commissioner John Wiley Price said the meeting with editors at the times Herald was i think we got them on the right Road to being Price Joe Bob Briggs has been an on continuing despite frequent the 3yearold column was among the most popular features in the times editors have and it was promoted by the los Angeles times the Cleveland Ohio Plain dealer dropped it for two weeks last but reinstated it after an Avalanche of mail supporting Michael promotions manager for the los an Geles times said it also will discontinue the because they discontinued we cant get it Carmack the column in question was distributed by the Syndicate 1 stateside kansans will vote next year on legalizing liquor by the drink a the Kansas legislature has approved a Bill that would let voters decide next year whether to end the states Century old ban on saloons and legalize liquor by the lawmakers had been wrangling Over the Issue for weeks and narrowly passed the measure after a ses the Bill was sent to John who has made legalization of taverns one of his primary i feel Carlin said after the Legislatures this is a big Day for the state of in confident when the the time comes in 1986 the people of Kansas will adopt the the liquor Resolution passed the Senate by a 2910 two More than in the it was approved 87 three More votes than 5j of income fax collections going for study says Washington a More than half of every income tax Dollar collected by the government this year will be spent on military related according to a private report issued this the report also said that by the military share of tax collections will hit 64 percent the highest rate since the Vietnam the titled the military tax was made by the Center on budget and policy a re search group often critical of the Reagan administrations approaches to military and Domestic according to the based on office of management and budget 51 percent of personal and corporate income taxes and other general revenues will be used for military related programs for the fiscal year ending this includes billion for the defense depart plus veterans foreign military the military aspects of the space program and civil surgeon general kicks off drive to Stop smoking at private firm a surgeon general Everett warning that cigarette smoking is a health risk that costs employers thousands of dollars a launched a corporate antismoking Campaign at a Bloom Field insurance management consultants have estimated that an employee who smokes costs an employer an average of More a year than a nonsmoker because of increased medical costs and Koop told More than 300 Cigna pm insurance companies also Are More Likely to pay out More in medical claims for smokers than for Koop by now it ought to be Clear for other major insurers As Well As Cigna that insured smokers Are simply bad Koop if your policyholders Are in poor health its bad business for in not in the business of helping insurance companies make but i am in the business of improving the health of a Koop Cigna has banned smoking from its cafeteria and training rooms but allows it in although an advisory committee is studying that of from 3rdmoor is suffers Only scratches Boston up a girl outside an apartment House looked up to see a toddler dangling by his fingertips from a third floor window ledge and the baby going to Albert Hanscom heard her and dashed Over just in time to catch the positively Hes a Boston police officer Robert Mccarthy anytime you save a especially a Childs that really the family should be eternally of a Boston housing authority caught 2yearold John Reynolds As he fell monday from the apartment authorities said the toddler had been taking a Nap in his bedroom and was awakened by the sound of children playing he managed to push out a screen win Dow and climb out on the when Stacy saw the boy was hang ing by his fingertips from the window ledge and was she then began the baby going to hearing her Hanscom ran around the Corner of the building just As he saw the boy lose his grip and i caught him by the Waist and he knocked us both Down and we started Hanscom the boy suffered Only scratches on Bis