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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 30, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Pago 6 the stars and stripes sunday. November 3d, 1985 Appow from left Khaet Stoops and homeless rights advocate Mitch Snyder keep warm near modern nil lofty statue. Homeless rights group gets of to leave sculpture at Capitol Washington a a Federal judge on Friday ranted a homeless rights group a temporary re straining order allowing h to leave a statue of a Home less family on the grounds of the Capitol. The Community for creative non violence on thanksgiving Day unveiled the life size statue of what it Calls the modern Day nativity  the name depicts a Man woman and child huddled on a Street grate accompanied by the saying and still there ii no room at the  in Friday s ruling . District judge John Fenn said the government cannot order the group to remove the sculpture during the seven Day Vigil the group i holding on the capital grounds. Capitol police Lud told the group thai the statue would have la be removed each night even though the organization originally received a permit that allowed it to have the statue on the Capitol grounds until dec. 4. The ruling allowed the statue to remain until a dec.9 hearing. The group will seek a permit to keep the statue Al the capital through the Winter said Community activist Mitch Snyder the group s Leader. Fewer women than men trying to quit smoking cd study finds Atlanta a a Federal study of smoking habits in 21 states and the District of Columbia indicates that More people than Ever Are trying to quit smoking but women Are doing it at a slower rate than men. More men appear to be stopping smoking than women even though the smoking hazards for both men and women have been widely publicized the centers for disease control said in releasing the report Friday. "thei960 surgeon general report indicated that smoking cessation is More difficult Tor women than  the study conducted by the cacs Center for health promotion and education surveyed 23,000 current and Farmer cigarette smokers in 1983. A smoker who had gone at least one week during the Yew without a cigarette was defined in the study As an  among men the median percentage of smokers who attempted to quit was 413, according to the report summarized in the cacs morbidity and mortality weekly report. Among women the median was 39.8 percent in 16 of the 22 jurisdictions the percentage of male Akemp Lars was greater than the number of female at Templen. The cd said. Tom Novtny a cd epidemiologist said that Pas health warnings and anti smoking campaigns have focused on men and have left Many with a perception Ihil the health risks of smoking Are greater for men than for women. Also cigarette marketing has been More effective with women in creating glamorous image of smokers he said. That health message has gotten through to the men Novotny Laid the men have heard the Mes Sage better thin  but he Tahj health officials arc Begu Ming to produce More anti Ira oking literature aimed at women. Recent statistics showing that lung cancer has surpassed breast cancer Asa threat to women Are a part of he new message. Of 13 states that also were part of a similar study in 19si-sj, the cd found � median 5.6 percent decrease in male smokers and a 3.2 percent decrease in female smok ers. In the latest cd study the percentage of mate Smolc eur declined in All ovules except Georgia the study said. The percentage of women smoke in the 13 states de creased in All but Indiana Montana new York and Ohio. The earlier study did not measure the percentage of  the growing emergence of women As the group show ing the slowest decline in smoking is disturbing and Indi Cates a need for additional efforts in cessation and Preven Tion of smoking among women the report said. Laws against smoking in some Public places societal pressures higher tobacco prices and increased aware Ness of health hazards appear to be contributing to an Overall decline in smoking the report noted. The cd said its report showed Overall that 40 per cent of smoke had gone at least a week without a cigarette this is Over twice the raw is percent of yearly attempts to quit smoking reported elsewhere the cd said citing a recent study by the american col lege of physicians. The cd did the decrease in smoking prevalence found in its own study is consistent with National trends observed since 1965. Other states in the study were Arizona California Connecticut Florida Idaho Illinois Minnesota North Dakota Rhode Island South Carolina Utah. Wesl Vir Gunia Wisconsin North Carolina Tennessee and Ken . Real estate magnates Lead in 86 philanthropy new York a real estate Mana Lei Harry and Leona Heln Uley Lead the 1986phuad Thropay Parade with a s33 million donation to new York Hospital but Paul Mellon remains the nation s All time living giver a Magazine reports Mellon the 79-year-old banking Fortune heir has Given More than $300 million to Charity ibis lifetime town & country Magazine Esti mated in its december Issue released Friday. The Magazine listed what it called the most generous living americans 186 people who have Given s5 million or More to charitable  american association of fund Raisina counsel reported americans donated a record $79.8 billion in 1985. More than 1 percent of personal income. Town it. Country said. Boy killed when rope gets caught under tire Piqua Ohio a a 7-year-pld boy play ing with a jump rope As he Sal in a car was decapitated when one end caught under a lire and pulled tight As the car drove off. Miami county Coroner Waller Meeker said Friday he ruled that the death of Robert Woodof Troy was accidental. The boy was in the Back scat of a car playing with the rope when the Driver of the car began to leave a parking lot Meeker said. Part of he rope was hanging out the car door and another Sec Tion of rope caught around his neck. It caught underneath the lire and of course the wheel ran up on the rope and pulled the rope far ther and farther through the door said Meeker. Police said the boy s grandmother Norma Wood 50, of Piqua the boy s Mother Beverly Wood 25 and a 5-year-old girl Kim swam were in the car with the boy. The grandmother was driving and she stopped alter the boy cried out police sgt. Joe Speer said. Times Mirror plans to buy 2 publishing companies los Angeles  
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