European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 17, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes monday november 17,1986 White Collar crime lightly punished Washington a More than80 percent of convicted while Collar criminals Are sentenced by judges to Little or no time behind ban the Federal government reported sunday. In a study of forgery counterfeiting fraud and embezzlement in eight states containing More than a third of the nation s population the government found that 60 percent of the people convicted of while Collar crimes were sentenced to prison terms. However Only is percent of those convicted were sent to prison for More than 12 months said the report by the Bureau of Justice statistics. More than 40 percent of those convicted were Given sentences of less than one year and the study did not measure he amount of Lime the prisoners actually served. Actual prison time generally is Shorter than the sentence imposed be cause or factors such As sentence reduction due to Good behaviour. In contrast violent offender received prison terms of More than a year 39 per cent of the Lime the study found. Prop erty crime offenders received prison terms of longer than 12 months in 26 percent of the costs. Forty percent of convicted White col Lar criminals were Given probation or other non prison penalties the Survey concluded. Criminals committing property crimes such As burglary or car theft were give probation or other non prison penalties in 35 percent of the cases. Despite significant differences in sentencing the criminal Justice agencies in americans preoccupied with health poll shows new Vork up a substantial number of people who arc of Norma weight perceive Ihm solves As being fat and arc More preoccupied with their health than they were five years ago said a National Survey released sunday the Survey also indicates most Ameri cans have changed their diets and exer Cise regimes in an attempt to get fit. It is a reflection of what our culture emphasizes said pollster Frank Walton president of research & forecasts inc., of new York which conducted inc Tele phone Survey of 1,024 adults. Walton said respondents were first asked their weight and height and the later were ask Dif they were overweight. Fifty two percent of the women respondents said they were overweight but Only 25 percent actually weighed More than they should have for their height and age Walton said. Forty percent of inc men said they were overweight but Only 11 percent actually were. Walton said he based Normal weight on a Standard Chart used by life insurance companies. Of the respondents who said they were fat 70 percent of the women and 80 per cent of the men also described them selves As fit and healthy. Paradoxically most of these people also said being overweight was unhealthy. There seems to be a real ambivalence about  confusion Walton said. He said the confusion May Stem from anew diet Book on the shelf every week and our preoccupation with  the Survey said 69 percent of Ameri cans exercise More and 88 percent have changed their diets in he past live years for health reasons. The majority of peo ple 57 percent said they read More about health in newspapers magazines and books than they did five years ago but a leading authority on health. Or. Ernst Wynder of he american health foundation in new York said in a Tele phone interview that people often lie about their health habits. Policeman truck Driver pull 2 from fiery wreck Lafayette Calif. A an off duty policeman and a truck Driver pulled two women from a burning car seconds before it exploded Inola fireball. Had it not been for the heroism of Oakland officer Jelt Ferguson and Ruck Driver Richard Straub the women would have died in the Accident Friday said Lafayette police and the California High Way patrol. The car s Driver Deborah Lynn Navarrele is of pills Hurt was in serious condition at Brookside Hospital with head injuries and bums Over 30 percent of her body. Her passenger Sheryl Onopchenko 18, of Concord was in serious condition at John Muir Hospital with a fractured Pelvis and lacerations on her head arms and legs. Ferguson 26, was treated Lor Burns on his right hand and Arm. Witnesses told the Highway patrol the it the car began fish ailing and Well out , rutting a shoulder Guardrail. The Impact caused the car to climb partially up a pole and nip Back Over onto the freeway. It came to rest on its top in the Middle of traffic with flames just Starl ing to Corneous of the Hood. Ferguson who had just gotten off work said he saw the wreckage an pulled off the Road to help. Straub 45, stopped to help and sprayed the Over turned car with his fire extinguisher until the extinguisher ran out of foam. Once the truck stopped i did t think about anything except to gel the passengers out Ferguson said. The jurisdictions studied do not appear to have treated the 28,012 White Collar crimes differently than Tiey did other Type of crime said Steven r. Schle Singer director of the Bureau of Justice statistics. The study racked the disposition of nearly half a million stale felony arrest sin 1983, but did not cover White Collar crimes involving Federal Laws such Asp Rice filing which Seldom result in Pris on time for those convicted. The Bureau of Justice statistics is preparing a Sepa rate report on Federal White Collar crime. According to the state study 88 per cent of those arrested for while Collar felonies were prosecuted compared with 82 percent for violent crimes 86 percent for property crimes and 81 percent for Public order crimes such As disorderly conduct and drug and gun offences. Seventy four percent of those prosecuted for while Collar felonies were convicted compared with a percent for violent crimes. 76 Pynx in for property crimes and 67 per com for Public order crimes. White Collar criminals tended to be older and More of them tended to be women the Survey found. Thirty seven percent of inc convicted while Collar criminals were women compared with 8 percent of violent offenders and 13 per cent of those committing property crimes. More than 40 percent of the White Collar criminals were at least 30years old while Only a third of the violent offenders were in thai agr category. The study covered crime in California Minnesota Nebraska. Ohio. New York Pennsylvania Utah. Virginia and the Virgin islands. Signs of the season one of Manhattan s special Christmas features the tree at Rockefeller Cen Ter b Pat in puce above the statue of prometheus and the skating rink. The 68-foot-Bjgh Norway spruces trans ported from Nuiet . More than 15,090 bulbs trill decorate the tree which la scheduled to be 111 dec t. Plane skids to halt after Landing gear collapses Norfolk a. A the main Landing gear collapsed on a Twa Passen Ger Jel sunday when the Boeing 727 landed at Norfolk International Airport and the plane skidded to a halt in a Cloud of smoke. One of the eight Crew members reported a minor injury. The remaining Crew members and the is passengers were evacuated safely through an escape slide said Bill Tow of the Federal aviation administration. He landed and the right hand main Landing gear collapsed said Winston shelf a Norfolk Pilot who was next in line to land on the Airport s main run Way. He was obscured in a Ball of smoke. 1 thought he was going to go off the runway but he did  no fire was reported and shelf was diverted to a smaller runway. The Twa flight Ort led in Seattle and made stops in so Louis and Washington before arriving in Norfolk Tow said. He said the Twa Pilot had not reported any problem before Landing. The main runway was closed after the Accident facing Twa to cancel one of its afternoon flights. American airlines had to Send its departing passengers by bus to Richmond International Airport about 90 Miles away. Tow said the Faa and the National transportation safely Board would investigate