European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 27, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                August 1985 the stars and stripes Page 7 Black Black students in Black schools percent of All Black College students where the 107 traditional schools Are in number of schools Chicago Tribune graphic sources United negro souths by Catton National Center for education statistics Aid to Black colleges report says Washington a the Rea Gan administration gave itself High Marks for helping Black colleges in a department of education report re leased while Federal financial Aid for higher education has declined Overall under the Reagan the report says Aid from 27 Federal agencies to 107 traditionally Black colleges increased to million in fiscal year for the previous Federal Aid amounted to education Secretary William Ben Nett said in a statement that the report demonstrates the continued commit ment of Federal agencies to help these Black colleges received percent of reported Federal obligations for higher compared to percent in the report said the 1984 allocations represented a million increase in financial assistance to Black colleges since the largest beneficiary was Tuskegee in which received followed by Tennessee state which received and North Carolina state with the smallest went to the  Theo logical Center in Florida police Nab 7 linked to robberies on interstate 95 Miami a police say they have arrested seven Young men responsible for a rash of crimes on interstate 95 and other South Florida where More than 100 robberies have taken place this this group started this metro Dade police Tony Monheim said sat i can safely say they Are responsible for the majority of the 195 Many of the crimes have been committed after cars have been stopped by Flat tires or traffic but in some cases highwaymen stepped into the path of a slow moving on an Entrance ramp or in rus hour and forced the Driver to by there had been 99 robberies on interstate with other robberies and assaults on highways leading to the authorities planned to chop Down Trees and Bushes in some trouble raise fences in and increase police one alleged gang member was arrested saturday and another turned himself in Fri Day Gary and Bernard were charged with Strong armed robbery and burglary of a conveyance with police said in a news five others allegedly involved in the gang have been arrested Over the past including the groups 24yearold Harvey Tim said the police Akins has admitted ambushing a dozen motorists along the heavily travelled Monheim others arrested on related charges were Zebedee Harvey Jerome bar Willie and Otis Lamar Brown said the police its the Core Monheim there Are other fringe its not anything Well its were going to do a do you want to come Monheim said police expect to arrest two other members of the group this then go after a splinter group which has been robbing Drivers on state Road an expressway that connects with police think their efforts already have made the roads Safe for motorists right the highways Are not very Safe for the said Miami police robbery and burglary of a conveyance with Public May not realize full Gas savings benefits los Angeles a retail Easo drooped by Over cents a he Sai los Angeles a retail Gaso line prices dropped slightly in but dealers May be reluctant to pass onto con Sumers further savings from crude Oil Price an Industry analyst dealers have still not recovered lost margins that they ran into at wholesale sunup earlier this Dan publisher of the Lundberg on dealers profit margin was cents a profits dropped to cents per Lundberg even the consumer is enjoying a res Pite from rising gasoline according to Lundbergh Survey Friday of More than service stations gasoline prices have dropped nationally by seven tenths of a cent Over the past two while wholesale prices have dropped by Over cents a he California led the Way in citrate Gaso line with a number of self service stations offering regular leaded fuel at cents a gallon or Lundberg but prices of less than a Dollar a gallon also were common in Kansas and Lundberg regular leaded gasoline at self service stations is usually the lowest priced average gasoline prices dropped to per gallon compared with a gallon two weeks at self serve regular leaded fuel averaged per regular unleaded Cost and Premium unleaded was Lundberg grim reaper made Way for Texas Dallas up not Many people get booed on their wedding but then not Many people interrupt a Rock concert to get Greg and Linda Grindstaff took their vows saturday on stage at the Texas Jam and were booed by tens of thou Sands of heavy Metal Rock fans who wanted music by deep purple and Ted not kisses by who sent the couple on stage after grim allowed them about five minutes for their wed Ding before hurrying them off the we had to do it so we didst even get a Chance to Exchange Linda the couple was hustled off after their which was hooted by most of the promoters billed the wedding Between the 23yearold Secretary and a 24yearold jewelry Salesman As the big Gest wedding Ever in Linda wore a White Jim wore Blue jeans and sneakers and a Tuxedo freeways near the Cotton bowl were jammed by fans on their Way to the most of the afternoon the six mile trip from the West end of downtown to the Cotton bowl took two Drivers caught in the traffic tie up complained the cars we rent going slow because there were too Many of one Man its because everybody was too stoned to half of Pittsburgh police out of official says Pittsburgh a nearly half of Pittsburgh police officers Are overweight and out of threatening their ability to do their jobs the cites Public safety director All you have to do is look at the the weight problem was one of the first things i noticed when i came to this said John who assumed the Job two months a police Union spokesman said the prob Lem was being police officials worry that officers could be injured on the Job because of poor would be physically unable to handle an Emer gency in which a civilians life was or would use their nightsticks too the City is in an extremely vulnerable Posi police superintendent Robert Coll we could face a very big lawsuit because our officers Are in such poor a poll conducted by the University of Pittsburgh shows the cites officers scored horribly Low in every category including cardiovascular capacity and Coll Pittsburgh has no physical ability exams for one of the few major cities without such according to former police chief in said he planned to ask City officials to implement a fitness incentive program for the officers within six Norton also said he and the cites civil service commission would devise a physical ability test for recruits to pass before being admitted to the police the test would include scaling a 6foot Fence and dragging a 200pound candidates for police positions in Pitts Burgh Are Given a written a medical psychological screening and a Back ground the Only physical test consists of 20 35 20 squat thrusts and a nine minute mile Patrick president of the fraternal order of said the problem was being a lot of the officers work out and lift there Are Marathon run Mcnamara instead of concentrating on the officers the department should worry about the poor condition of the the Walki talkies and the police that will build up morale and be an incentive for the officers to get in he