European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 20, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 f news u the stars and stripes sunday july 20,1988 judge drops charge Flint Mich. A \ judge Friday threw out an attn Ted lord or charge against a Cavier of lie aids virus who police Iky spit them to infect them we they disease officials Saif District judge Geoffrey Weither l rejected the charge whip carries to maximum penalty of life prison instead ordered to Holt. Rich tried on a charge off resisting i obstructing a police Olcer. Richards 28, of Damson was " with assault Wim intent to it Der after he Allig Day spit on of life police officers instigating a " in Accident dec. 6, f 85. He has free on Bond. Conviction upheld _ Picago up � the conviction if James Lewisjr attempting to sex fort $ 1 million by the makers of Tyft nol As a Payn lit to Stop theitidinj1 of people we took cyanide laced Sules has an upheld by scour was con acred a prime suspect in the ip82  seven Mcgago area Resi dents to died Are taking extra sure Natl tylenol capsules. The crimes Jive not men solved. J40, a arrested in new York a conned in  is serving a 3j-year prison term in i pts visa i a the an hostage Terryi she would go to a a on sunday to Reinfo Cetl Kyrian president Hafez assay pledges to help fre Anderson All four other Ameri in Lebanon. Anderson v sister Peggy say made the Anthun Cement at a news conference Nlay shortly after the syrian Ern Bab in Nicosia told her a visa Lor Whillina applied months ago had a cobbled by Syria. Chief Middle east1 the associated _ by shiite in Beirut leb1985. Press Modem anon on i tempt i Ihns ,�2 euro an it at it 4n�4mn 4mpn i 871 san to  to Man dbl r bump ii Prtt s4 m i 74 Hoik p m to it 113,7�i we Tow 80, trunk to 12% of . Families control 3a% of household Width the typical american family had Worth of $32,667 when the stall Washington tap the census Bureau in its first est assessment of wealth in America said tiday that 12 percent of american Amilte Wintrol 38 percent of household wealth Itti Ile the typical Black family has about the assets of a White family. The report showed a wide Gap bet the wealthiest families and the poorest with the groups differing significantly in terms of race and education. I a net statistics were gathered in late 1984, with by farther biggest portion 41 percent accounted for by equity in a Home. Another 17 percent of the median family s net Worth was deposited in in Terest bearing accounts while stocks and Mutual funds accounted for 7 percent of total household wealth. The typical Black household had a net Worth of just $3,397. Hispanic famil1"fared Only slightly better with a i net Worth of $4,913. At the very top the report ifs the wealthiest 12 percent of ame comm families have a median net Worth re 123,474 and account for 38 Pyrc Gommall House hold wealth in the Jcj Guffy. They also control 63 percent a fun stocks and 53 percent of All Tonc Jenid Money Market funds the report the top Faass earning $48,000 or More in inc Fly each year Are predominantly whip Rand Well educated and Are White Collar jobs or in Theiron menesses. Half of the wealthiest Ameri 48 percent had College degrees 21  Connecticut new  new boric Coto boo t1m1� 114497 Chuago to Abuja Ora no Souckup  of Coutv Mem percent attended College but did not graduate. For All categories household ers with a College education bad about twice the net Worth of those who Only graduated from High school $60,420 ver sus $31,890. By profession the richest people Are found in the group including self employed managers and professionals with a median net Worth of $163,615. People engaged in farming forestry and fishing have Lii Holli in net Worth $5,597.aljmnone-third of an Black families her cell reported they own no As rat All or have a negative net Worth. A half the Black families 54 percent ave 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 Worth More than $250,000, included 6.5 per cent of White families 3.1 percent of his panics and 0.6 percent of Black House holds it said. The 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 us j expenses. He Survey found that by far the most Way of accumulating wealth is tone ship with two thirds of american Cun Ilies reporting they own their Home. To typical amount of equity reported in the ome was $40,600, wit this figure Zaccour Thuja for 41 percent of the median family s Rwy Yurth. Married couples had t median net Worth of $50,120, about Jov times the net Worth of families woman $13,890, a statistic the said helped explain the wealth of by Between White and Black More Black families Are headed by women than White families. Gunmen in Beirut kill 4 Riding bus carrying american  _ Lebanon Upo gunmen in Mosluk Kesl Beirut saturday am bushed a bus cd Ong Christian employees of the  Hospital Trilling four passengers a one of the victims died three other passengers were sources said. The sources said four gunmen in a Sedan intercepted at 12,30 pin. The bus transport ing Christian doctors and staff members i the Hospital from West Beirut to the Tian Eastern half of the capital using guns equipped Wil the gunmen boarded the a prom a Bridge in West Beirut and Alred fire on the people include one Woma Jand wounding four the sprees said. They wrap taken to the nearby mos 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 i harmed doctor sat in Shock in i he could not talk to reporters. Police said the Kern aim were transported  to the Christian half off the Unichi Furca fun Tnp a cupid to Luon the police said. I crack Force was deployed in t Beirut three weeks ago to i the Semese army and police enforce a Syria my had Security plan forthe Terrons plague Nitt a  this year gunman do Silencer equipped guns to murder Fourny in the moslem half of Beirut the triggered a general exodus of Ai an christians from West Beirut the american University and its affiliated Hospital arranges the transport of its Christian employees in escorted school buses to East Beirut to ensure their safety across the Green line dividing the capital. The bus carries a Banner above its a shield with the name of the Ameri can University Hospital in Large arabic letters. Internal Security forces stopped escorting the buses after the latest plan for West Beirut went into effect shiite moslem amal militia Leader Nabob Bern who is also Justice minister promptly condemned the killings which he said came at a time when Christian doctors were preparing to return to the moslem half of the capital. Bern a Strong supporter of syrian army deployment in West Beirut earlier this month had called on foreign and Arab embassies and institutions to return. He accused those who oppose the Security plan of being behind the  it of syrian troops incest beef fcb bolster the Security plan was strongly Bli sized by president amm Gemayel  political and militia leaders wife said their pres ence was  caller s threat removes produce from store in san Francisco area Vallejo. Calif. Up produce was pulled off shelves of a san Francisco area grocery store for the fourth time in two Days Friday when a laughing caller claimed fruits and vegetables bad been poisoned. The latest incident involved the Low Cost foods inc. Grocery store in Vallejo state department of health services spokesman bin Ely said. The caller told the store your pro Duce is tainted with cyanide. A ,." the department notified local police and the Fri and the store s entire inventory of produce was removed for examination Ely said. Three similar threats of cyanide and strychnine contamination were reported thursday at a Safeway in Union City and at two Lucky supermarkets in red Wood City. In All three cases the produce was removed and was being Analysed by state officials. No cyanide or strychnine had been found in any of the produce by late Fri