European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 22, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes tuesday. July 22,1906 Ami lies tend to handle sire a a a Litany dilutes Impact doctor Fay ill by Clint  Bama Washington most military families experience some aspect of divorce alcoholism child abuse or other emotional trauma but relatively few Are severely affected a study in the journal of the american Academy of child psychiatrists concludes. The ankle by three  doctors Jay the Impact of strew on service families May be diluted by a potentially support Ive military network and by personnel procedure that screen severely affected people from the defense Community. The Anicic that appeared in Marc reviews 40 years of medical lil erasure How stress affects military Famili Emain conclusion by drs. Jensen col Fronef Lewis Stephen Xenakis is that error Muchmore and better . A hard look Aupp react of a father absence Combel req nent moves flu Tho Ritana Phron ment and Cross cultural Mathon the military family Sug Truch of the effect May be thereof factors outside military life the researchers found. Of the findings rce. The incidence of divorce in military than civilian it he studies examine could not Ruie that education or in come were the Onmi Jjon behind differences in divorce searchers also said the rations that Are Ottil system May defuse s abuse. Thei me of child abuse May be  Simi Lar family a camper to the income of Ahu homilies in the military is like Fehr because there is no unum to Bui when measured against civilian families of All types abuse improbably less frequent in the military. Alcoholism. The prevalence a alcoholism is very substantial in the military the doctors found. The number of military members who drink on at least a monthly basis is slightly higher than in Ibe civilian population but Ine percentage has grown since 1980. On theother hand the number of extremely heavy drinkers and drug abusers has dropped probably due to Active Preven Tion and education of absence. The pita father s absence  wives and sons were to i acted and the More lasting Likely to be. Some wive overprotective and some sons to be immature with poor relations with their Peers and some problem with masculine identification. Daughters were leu affected. On the other hand there was some Evi absences helped children learn do the researchers said More study  separate the effects of absences  of age sex other children in the Farl dhow the Mother handled the father new there also was evidence that families with a father s absence found it i cull to integrate him Back Inlo the when he returned. Combat. Wives Likely suffer significant problems when husbands Are exposed to dangerous combat situations the researchers said. But they said that the studies involved failed to compar those wives with women whose husbands were away for non combat Tours. Men who were prisoners of War often under went significant changes and 30 percent of their marriages failed during their first year Home. How Well the family fare seemed to be related to the length and Quality of Hie marriage before Captivity the number of children How severely the wife was affected and How Well the father s role in the family was maintained. Moves. The challenges of relocation May actually represent growth on Portuni Les and increase coping Cap act ties for most military  one study found that a Soldier s perception of the hardship of a move was related to the number of children the Cost of the move Lime spent waiting for a housed expectations about the new assignment. An other study found that moves usually Don t create problems As much As  existing ones causing people to 1 help at the time of a move. Jury life presents families  the researchers said. Their relm ure Likely to be a function of Previ Iffla fipe Rienes. The in Tensity of the  life put son them the avar Abilar in Gocial sup ports socioeconomic status a family feels about the experience individual and family ability to Cope. 2 quakes cause heavy damage in California Fresno Calif. Up two Power Ful earthquakes Shook the length of Cali fornia monday the slate s fifth temp lors of the month. Heavy damage was reported near the epicentre and the shaking was Felt As far away As Salt Lake City. The earthquakes were measured at be tween 6.3 and s.2 on the Richter scale and came at about 7 45 a.m., almost exactly 24 hours after a moderate quake entered in the same area. A police officer in the Central califor Nia town of Bishop about is Miles from the epicentre relayed the report of heavy damage in the area of the quakes. Damage was reported in the Remote Sierra Community of Chalfant Valley near the epicentre of the temblor and in Bishop. No injuries were reported. State1 emergency officials in Sacramento said there were reports of Power fail ures in Mono county and there was a broken sewer line in Kings county. Some buildings in the farming Region where the epicentre was located were re ported knocked off their foundations. Monday s quakes were stronger and Felt Over a much larger area. Id lot an Geles downtown buildings quivered. Tremors were Felt As far As Salt Lak City. Residents in the san Francisco Bay area and Sacramento also said they Felt the shocks. I was just waking up and it bounced the watered around like someone was gelling in on the other Side said a woman in Fresno. Frank Baldwin of the National Earth quake Center in Golden colo., said the temblor were entered about is mile North of Bishop in the same general area As a moderate quake sunday. The earthquake activity was in Thelong Valley area of the Sierra a volcanic Region inactive for Many years until in Early 1980s, when it was shaken by re pealed tremors. No activity bad been reported in the past several years until sunday s Shock. Sunday s quake was followed by More than 200 aftershocks. The quake sunday measured . No injuries were reported but there was minor damage. On july 8, a quake of magnitude 3.8struck the Palm Springs area producing hundreds of aftershocks. Five Days Lateran offshore quake measuring s.3 was Felt from Santa Barbara to san Diego and afar Inland As Yuma Ariz. The second quake was blamed for a fatal heart at tack. Officials said a few dirt roads in the area were closed by boulders falling onto , but there were no major Road closures. Crews were sent to Check campgrounds roads and visitor facilities. Bomb and explode building but was i. Buy spokesman said. Another grenade eighth floor window slightly wounding of the was in the.,a Svila Defi that missed the one struck a bus Shet aved to pick up Passen three women on the bus were injured by flying Glass authorities said. Another hit a car Andone lodged inthe tube from what was fired a civil cover nor so ii pin Rit was not immediately the three other grenades sixteen minutes after the grenade at Jack As police and firefighters rushed " scene a bomb planted in a Carta nearby Plaza. The bombing two passers by Anda Doorman Arlo cry restaurant. Hie car from  we relaunched caught fire Anc mice later re covered six 20-Inch tubes a sew fire the grenades. More nations Boyco Commonwealth Garfes Egan insult a a i Washington of or woe and civil rights groups or aide Donald Regan to saying his comments Uno not Back  Africa instilling i l organization Morcall for Regan s resignation National women s political. The National political Congress Black women and the anti apartheid up Tran Africa now president Eleanor Smeal said the remark by Regan the president s chief of staff was an outrageous an insulting judgment about american women. An last week noting the import of South Africa s Mineral re source add asked Are we going to ruin the tit incan steel Industry with out knowing Are the women of America prepared live up All thei jewelry London Ota three More nation monday pulled of vhf the Commonwealth games swelling then of boy copters to 27and threatening to Maulk shambles of the event Over Britain s re Fusato impose sanctions against South Africa the near landslide which Jias see nearly half the originally sched olm coun tries and territories withdraw week s games poses Anto prime minister Margaret that the eve of her foreign minis Mission to South Africa. The new crisis was played backdrop of reports that q Beth u has expressed Ouray a Thatcher s leadership reports thai if True could threaten a flit Lional Cri Sis in Britain and Ihen Ture of the Commonwealth. Foreign secret sir Geoffrey How conferred Mon try in Brussels with his ii Comuni Suad Botha Heid it in the european com r to Pretoria to try to per african president pleters Mantle his country apart of racial discrimination. Thatcher s rejection of Sanc a Means of forcing Pretoria to a with Black leaders that pled Cyprus sri Lanka and the lychees on monday to join 23 other Lutnes in boycotting toe games Starl ing thursday in Ujj Burgh Scotland. Their decks came Only hours after India try Vanost populous country in the  and once the Jewelin the knt of the British Empire walkout in the most bitter l to the olympic style 10-Day piece sporting event. With at least three others Malawi Swaziland and Botswana Nill Uncer Tain the Commonwealth. Games chair Man. Robert Maxwell said monday he uld Send a Bill for 2 million pounds million to the boycotting coun and possibly another to the Briti Shen. D that the Bill would be divided up pm rata among the absentees and Hil if la was isor train at the endow the gang Thatcher s government would be asst to make up the differ ence. A these a Man have caused us great Deal of inca Clience and a great Deal of Cost Max told a news con Ference n de Maui but they Are honome and honest countries who have said of have take their action to get at mrs Pitcher and not Hurt the games. If that Vitrue an they dont want to Hurt the tank i am sure they will gladly p. Age they have