European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 28, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday january 28, 1986 the stars and stripes Page cuffs speak louder than words police say Washington a police departments increasingly arc choosing Handcuffs Over mediation in minor Domestic violence cases in lie Wake of a study thai shows n trip 10 inc police station can deter repeal assaults in the Home. A Survey of More Ihnn 140 civics by inc Washington based crime Corrol Institute found that 44 civics of More than 100,000 people surveyed in 1985 bad policies encouraging arc Sis for minor Domestic assaults up from a at those cities in 1984. The Survey also showed Hal inc percentage of police departments reporting More actual arrests for Domestic violence Over inc preceding year increased from 24 per cent of those surveyed in 984 to 35 percent last year. Previously Many of those chips had encouraged mediation. In 1984, Media icon was the leading non discretionary policy used by 3s percent of the respondents. By last year however mediation was the policy of Only 17 percent of inc respondents. The upward climb of arrests follows a finding in a widely publicized experimental program in Minneapolis that arrest was an effective deterrent to repeated Domestic assault. In the Wake of the Minneapolis study a number of the nation s largest cities made at least some policy change to crack Down an Domestic violence. Those civics included Dallas Denver Indianapolis Miami St. Louis san Francisco Aad Washington d.c., according to inc in lest Survey. Institute president Lawrence w. Sherman said Mimy factors May be influencing the shift to arrest policies such As Media attention la the family violence Issue lawsuits against police departments for failing to make arrests and changes in stale Laws some of them making arrest mandatory. Minneapolis police chief Anthony v. Bouza who also is chairman of the non profit crime control Fasli Luis said thai despite evidence supportive of making arrests for Domestic violence nearly half of All Urban police agencies Stilt give their officers no policy guidance on the Issue. In those departments police Are allowed discretion on whether 10 arrest seek to mediate Between the husband and wife or to order the husband or wife to leave the Home. Mediation is a Loose term thai can suggest providing highly skilled assistance to Calm people involved in Domestic violence. It also can cover a simple order by a police officer to a husband to Stop fighting with his wife or else face arc so. In a statement Bouza warned against a simplistic View thai arc so should be he Only response 10 family  it s possible that a really Good mediation strategy might produce better results Thrift arrest Sherman a criminology professor at inc University of Maryland said in an interview Friday. Police need to have be flexibility to respond Sher Man said. He cautioned against stale Legislatures Man dating that police make arrests in All cases of mis Demea nor Domestic assault. There s going to be a Tot More research on Thi ques Tion Sherman said. I think it s premature to make arrests mandatory. Suppose later findings show thai Media icon is n better approach in some costs with populations in say cities less affluent than Minneapolis. I think the argument in favor of giving police departments discretion to respond to new research is a Strong one since research can change much More rapidly than the Law can be changed on the other hand Sherman said that same Stales such As Maryland should change their Laws which for bid police from making arrests for minor Domestic Vio Lence unless they have witnessed the offence. Delaware develops Battle plan to fight illiteracy Dover Del. A stale officials have declared War on illiteracy and Are enlisting recruits in Delaware s Materni by wards and preschools to make sure the next generation can read. The Battle begins before newborns leave the Hospital said Elisabeth pools president of read aloud Delaware. Allow the  8,000 babies born in the stale each year will leave the hos Pital with a Book of Nursery rhymes As part of the baby s first Book Campaign. Their parents will receive a Booklet printed in Spanish and English called Reading begin with you to explain the importance of Reading aloud to Chil Dren even newborns Pool said. Reid in loud what in does is suggest at different Ages various activities thai have to do with Reading aloud or Reading a general so parents will have a constant reminder of maybe to try something at a certain age she said. Children will want to read and want to learn to read by seeing someone in the Home Reading on a regular basis Cereal boxes mail circulars and Bill boards also help children learn to rend she said. The division of Public health also will work with new parents who use Reading achievement average scares from Naumor Rekte Sample of 251,000 students a Vrr -,.__. ,. ,. _275 250 pyx 150 Black a. A \ 17 13_- 1 9 b 1971 1975 198019841 Chicago Tribune chert source the Hosp age age ago Anlo Jyz j3. 9 _ 9711975 196015641� duo who age to 13 b17 71 1s7s 19so 1984 atonal Png Ragi state run clinics for Posl nala care. The clinics have books available for parents or volunteers to read to children while waiting to see a physician. Poole said she hoped private physicians would eventually have in House libraries for their patients. The stale s read aloud program which began in 1984, has Large cd Agen cies ranging from Day care centers to shelters for inc homeless la encourage Reading u1 children. A Ihira program raise a Reader is the Only statewide Effort in the nation thai attempts to ensure that children arc interested in Reading by the Lime Fiedler reportedly expected nothing for offer to pay foe s Campaign debt e los Angeles a a Congress woman charged with trying to pay off a political rival to drop out of a primary race said she did note pet any quid pro quo when so offered to pay her foe i Campaign debt according to Anonymous sources quoted sunday in published reports. Rep. Bobbi Fiedler r-calif., was indicted Las l week after prosecutors said she offered to pay the si00.000 Campaign debt of stale sen. De Davis if he would drop Oul of the race. Fiedler and Davis Are among nine re publicans vying for the nomination to face incumbent democratic sen. Alan Cranston in november. Fiedler a and lop aide Paul Clarke 39, Are charged with one count each under a state election code Section Mak ing in a felony to directly or indirectly offer Money or other consideration to in  a candidate to withdraw from a Campaign. The crime is punishable by up to three years in prison. I feel absolutely confident thai this is something that la be a Short term prob Lem that we re going to get Over Fiedler said last week Clarke called the indictment one of the greatest political dirty tricks of All  the investigation began when Davis 69, it former los Angeles police chief reported that his Campaign staff had been approached with the offer by a Fiedler supporter. At least part of the indictment was based on a tape secretly recorded by Davis Campaign manager Martha Zilm the los Angeles times and los Angeles Herald examiner reported saturday. Chief Deputy District attorney Gil Bert i. Car Clit has refused 10 discuss the evidence against Fiedler and Clarke or confirm thai Zilm was wired to record one or More meetings. A participant in a Jan. 12 meeting be tween Fiedler and Zilm said Fiedler made it Clear that she wanted no quid so quo for paying off the campaigns by the Washington Post reported. Fiedler said any help she might give Davis would be Given As a Friend and thai she expect a no guarantee " from Davis the Anonymous source told the newspaper. The los Angeles times quoting Anonymous sources also reported sunday Hal Fiedler said at the meeting she would consider helping Davis As a Friend not in return for his leaving the race. The los Angeles daily news quoted an Anonymous source As saying thai Fiedler supporter Arthur Pfefferman and Zilm met twice in december to discuss the possibility of Davis dropping out of the race and endorsing Fiedler. No quid pro quo was offered the source told the newspaper. Calls 10 Fiedler s Home sunday were not answered. Fiedler elected in 19bo. Was scheduled to return to court monday to enter a plea. They enter kindergarten Poole said. There Are Ery few Reading pro Grams any place she said. Some civics such As Richmond ind., Philadelphia and pitl Bargh have such programs. There Ore an estimated 23 million functionally illiterate adult in the United slates. Gov. Michael Castle honorary chair Man of raise a Reader  visited Sev eral elementary schools Over inc past few months and read aloud to pupils. Volunteer readers Esther Phillips n retired kindergarten teacher is n Volunteer Reader at the Dover educational and Community Center inc., a federally funded Day care Center. I know this is important and that s Why i m doing it she said inking a break from Reading to a group of rest less 2-year-Olds. Christine Mill coordinator for the Reading program at inc Comer said 2-, 3-, and 4-Ycar-Olds had been involved in the program for More than a year which recently was expanded to include 1-Ycar-Olds. They be improved in their Vocab ulary and speech and in relations with others. They love the books she said. Three injured in fire near Texas Campus Arlington Texas a fire raced through a Garden apartment Complex near a. University of Texas Al Arlington Campus Sun Day damaging or destroying 48 units and leaving scores of residents homeless. Damage was estimated Al s2.s million Arlington fire Engineer Bill Clark said. Two residents and one firefighter suffered minor injuries and were treated Al the scene he said. Several people were rescued from the Summit Plaza before firefighters arrived shortly before 3 . He said. The development is located just West of the univer sity of Texas Campus at Arlington  believe the fire was sparked by gasoline fume from a motorcycle fuel tank that a resident had brought inside to paint said fire operations aide David Mcmullan. The fire which was reported about 2 26 ., spread rapidly apparently through a common attic area of the building Clark said. The fire was brought under control by Dawn