European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 20, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 news update the stars and stripes sunday. July 20.1986 judge drops charge Flint Mich. A a judge Friday threw out an attempted murder charge against a Carrier Orthe aids virus who police say spit on them to infect them with the deadly disease officials said. District judge Geoffrey neither Cut rejected the charge which carries a maximum penalty of life in prison and instead ordered John c. Rich Ards tried on a charge of resisting and obstructing a police officer. Richards 28, of Davison was charged with assault with intent to murder after he allegedly spit on Flint police officers investigating a traffic Accident dec. 6,198s. He has been free on Bond. Conviction upheld Chicago up the conviction of James Lewis for attempting to extort s1 million from the makers of tylenol As a payment to Stop the killing of people who took cyanide laced capsules has been upheld by a Federal appeals  was considered a prime suspect in the 1982 poisoning deaths of seven Chicago area Resi dents who died after taking extra strength tylenol capsules. The crimes have not been , 40, was arrested in new York and convicted in  is serving a 20-year prison term in Kansas. Syria Grants visa Nicosia Cyprus a the sister of american hostage Terry Anderson said she would go to Damascus Syria on sunday to reinforce syrian presiden Hafez Assad s pledges to help free Anderson and four other Ameri cans abducted in Lebanon. Anderson s sister Peggy say made the announcement at a news conference Friday shortly after the syrian embassy in Nicosia told her a ago bad been granted by Syria Anderson 38, chief Middle East correspondent for the associate press was kidnapped by shiite moslem extremists in Beirut Leb anon on March 16,1985. U Marr sturrs rur Opran weal 12% of . Families control 38% of household wealth Washington a the census Bureau in its first Ever assessment of wealth in America said Friday that 12percent of american families control 38 percent of household wealth while the typical Black family has about one tenth the assets of a White family. The report showed a wide Gap betwee the wealthiest families and the poorest with the groups differing significantly interns of race and education. The typical american family had a net Worth of $32,667 when the statistics were gathered in late 1984, with by farther biggest portion 41 percent a count editor by equity in a Home. Another 17 percent of the Media family s net Worth was deposited in in Terest bearing accounts while stocks an Mutual funds accounted for 7 percent of total household wealth. The typical Black household had a net Worth of just $3,397. Hispanic families fared Only slightly better with a Media net Worth of $4,913. At the very top the report  wealthiest 12 percent of american families have a median net Worth of $123,474and account for 38 percent of All House bold wealth in the country. They also control 63 percent of All stocks and s3 percent of All Bonds and Money Market funds the report said. The top families earning $48,000 or More in income each year Are predominantly White and Well educated and reemployed in White Collar jobs or in their own businesses. Almost half of the wealthiest Ameri cans 48 percent bad College degrees 21 come Cut j1t.m7 317,716 115.780 Maryland hmm Tama new Yacc mar t1m1� cnagot33 on Pitt percent attended College but did no graduate. For All categories household ers with a College education had about twice the net Worth of those who Only graduated from High school $60,420 ver sus s31,890. By profession the richest people Are found in the group including self employed managers and professionals witha median net Worth of $163,615. People engaged in farming forestry and fishing have the smallest net Worth $5,597.almost one third of All Black families 30.5 percent reported they own no As sets at All or have a negative net Worth. Over half the Black families 54 percent have assets of less than $5,000. Only 11 percent of White american families have no assets or a negative net Worth and 26 percent have less than$5,000 in assets the report said. The wealthiest families those wort More than $250,000, included 6.5 per cent of White families 3.1 percent of mis panics and 0.6 percent of Black House holds it  study also found a correlation be tween age and the accumulation of wealth. Net Worth was the highest for householders aged 55 to 64 at 173,660,compared with a median net Worth of $5,760 for householders under 35. Peo ple Over 75 had a median net Worth of $55,180, indicating that the elderly reselling off some assets to meet their Liv ing  Survey found that by far the most popular Way of accumulating wealth is Home ownership with two thirds of american families reporting they own their Home. The typical amount of equity reported in the Home was $40,600, wit this figure accounting for 41 percent of the median family s net  couples had a median net Worth of $50,120, about four times Tenet Worth of families headed by a woman $13,890, a statistic the analyst said helped explain the wealth discrepancy Between White and Black  Black families Are headed by women than White families. Gunmen in Beirut kill 4 Riding bus Beirut Lebanon up gunmen in moslem West Beirut saturday am bushed a bus carrying Christian employees of the american University Hospital killing four  of the victims died in a Hospital. Three other passengers were wounded sources said. The sources said four gunmen in a Sedan intercepted at 12.30 . The bus transport ing Christian doctors and staff members of the Hospital from West Beirut to the Chris Tian Eastern half of the capitalising guns equipped with silencers the gunmen boarded the bus on a Bridgeit West Beirut and opened fire on the passengers killing three people including one woman and wounding four others the sources  were an taken to the nearby mos Lem funded Mak Assed Hospital they said. A reporter at the scene said one of the wounded a woman doctor died shortly after arriving at the Hospital. One of the 28 bus passengers an unharmed doctor sat in Shock in his seat he could not talk to reporters. Police  remaining passenger were transported in four taxis to the Christian half of the capital. The unidentified gunmen escaped to an unknown destination the police said. A syrian crack Force was deployed in moslem West Beirut three weeks ago to help the lebanese army and police enforce a syrian inspired Security plan for the terrorist plagued capital earlier this year gun Nfn used us Enoch equipped guns to murder four armenians in the moslem half of Beirut the slaying triggered a general exodus of armenians an christians from West Beirut the american University and its affiliated Hospital arranges the transport fits Christian employees in escorted school buses to East Beirut to ensure their safety across the Green line divid in the  bus carries a Banner above its Windshield with the name of the Ameri can University Hospital in Large arabic letters. Internal Security Force stopped escorting the buses after the latest plan for West Beirut went into effect shiite moslem amal militia Leader Nabih Bern who is also Justice minister promptly condemned the killings which he said came at a time when Christia doctors were preparing to return to the moslem half of the capital $90 million earmarked for Philippines Manila Philippines up Vic president Salvador Laurel returned from his 12-Day trip to Europe saturday wit More than $90 million in loan and Aid commitments that include a significant increase in european economic Community assistance to the  secs executive commission confirmed a Grant of Between $40 Mil lion and $50 million in development Aid Germany offered $40.2 million in Aldand Spain pledged $ 10 million in conces Loans Laurel  dec decision represents a significant increase in its Aid to Manila. Since1977, it has provided a total of about $62 million and according to reports had originally planned to give the Philippines Only $ 13 million this  said Spain also had pledged $700,000 in Medicine and Germany authorized substantial Aid for victims of a recent typhoon that inflicted heavy damage to provinces North of Manila. Laurel held talks wednesday at the exec executive commission s Headquarters in Brussels  said that during a meeting with German business leaders he had emphasized that the Philippines need More foreign investment and greater Trade opportunities than it does official government  Are not As interested in getting Aid and Grants from these european countries he said. I emphasized More on their coming in and opening their markets to our products. What we want is longer Range  Are asking them not just to give us Money but to help us help ourselves he added. Laurel said that european business leaders want to invest in the Philippines but that they Are waiting for the  he said foreign ownership regulations would be spelled out in the Constitution now being drafted and investment regulations clarified soon by  you cannot blame the foreign investors for waiting for this news he said. It s not that they re worried. They want to know what the rules will be. They would like to  a Brief arrival news conference. Laurel was taken across town to dub filipino where he met president Cora Zon Aquino and attended a Brief ceremony to unveil a plaque commemorating their inauguration at the sports dub on feb. 25. Aquino and Laurel took their oaths on the fourth and final Day of a civilian backed military revolt that ousted Ferdi nand Marcos from 20 years in Power