European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 30, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday december 30, 1986 the stars and stripes Page 7 More students borrow to finance College Washington a America College students have become increasingly dependent on borrowing to finance their educations and their grow ing debts could pose serious repayment problems according to a congressional study undertaken Tor the join eco nomic committee. The findings raised the possibility that higher education debts can Afree students career choices and postpone Home buying marriage and even the decision to have children. Undergraduates in particular face uncertainty Aboul what kinds of jobs they will get and Liow much they will Cam an what Levels of inflation they will face after graduation the study says. The rising cumulative debt of col lege students that is documented in this paper is disturbing committee chair Man rep. David obey d-wis., and sen. Paul Sar Baties d-md., who will take Over the Post next year said in a joint statement. Borrowing to pay education costs in inflation adjusted terms has tripled Over the past decade and now amounts twosome $10 billion according to the study by Janet a Hanson of the College Board. Who did the. Work under contract to the congressional panel. While student Loans originated As a look 10 help the Middle class they have grown to encompass All income Brack ets and Community colleges and vocational schools As Well As colleges and universities the study found. The study docs indicate that govern ment loan collection problems May grow in the years ahead obey and Sarbanis said in part because of the growth in tending to Community College and proprietary school students who traditionally have had higher default rates because of lower earnings potential. At least one third and perhaps As Many As one half of All Slud cols now leave school in debt the study  the same Lime Federal Aid has been dramatically Cut Back and College costs have risen sharply while family income has been stagnant. Middle and under Middle income american families have lost much and in Many cases All of their eligibility to gel federally subsidized student Loans. And families in the lower and lower Middle income categories arc receiving far less in Grant and scholarship assist Ance than they did 10 years ago Mak ing it necessary for them in borrow far More heavily the study says. The estimated four year Cost of at tending a Public University including tuition and room and Board but excluding transportation clothing and health care is now about s17,000. It often comes As a Shock to families that they will have to meet those costs on their own and that Little Federal Aidis available. Student financial Aid advisers now arc Given seminars on How to handle the emotional trauma of fam Ilies confronting the reality of educational costs the study says. Con s Pardon angers victims of his crimes Charleston . A the Christmas eve Pardon of a Felon has brought objections from the victims of his crimes but gov. Arch Moore says he is obligated to offer clemency to worthy inmates. He said he pardoned Dwight David Walls 30, of Blair after his staff conducted a thorough Check of his records. Moore was visited by Walls wife and children the week before Christmas hut the victims and prosecutors in the Case said they were not contacted. Moore said it was t necessary to talk to them. Walls had been indicted in january on charges of malicious wounding first degree sexual assault assault during the commission of a felony and two counts of burglary in connection with a dec. 5, i98s, attack on Sherri Muncy in her Madison apartment. In april hews indicted on a Misdemeanour assault charge Stem Ming from a nov. 27, 1985, incident in which Melissa Moreland was confronted by an intoxicated Man in a grocery store parking lot. Walls who faced up to 40 Yean in prison on the charges was sentenced to one year after pleading guilty to a reduced charge of unlawful wounding. Muncy and Moreland said they would not have approved the plea bargain had they known Walls would be released so soon. He admitted to his guilt and took the one year in jail then he used his wife and kids to help him get  was t with his wife and kids when he attacked me Muncy said Are they going to let out any Guy who has committed a felony who has a wife and family who go to the governor $250 million in fees crimes committed by children no longer Shock Justice officials Orlando Fla. A children increasingly Are committing crimes ranging from armed robbery to murder say sociologists and criminal Justice experts. Ten years ago it was a Shock o see a 7-, 8 or 9 year old come into the system said Danny Dawson chief of the Orange Osceola county stale attorney s juvenile division. Now it s not. It s a  nationally records show 1,311 youths under age is were charged with murder last year in Lorida during the past two years children aged 5, 8, and 9 have been charged with killing younger playmates. In one of the Florida cases Jeffrey Bailey was de scribed by Kissimmee detectives As nonchalant after drowning 3-year-old Ricardo Brown May 31, Bailey who turned 10 in october was charged with second degree murder and the Case moved from juvenile to adult court last  he id an associate director of the International Center for the study of violence at the univer sity of South Lorida in Tampa recently completed a two year study of adolescent killers. One category characterized about 10 percent of them As nihilistic those who derive pleasure from hurling others. Among six other categories were those who regarded crime As a sport and homicide As an unavoidable aspect of robbery. In another category were abused children who might kill a Parent but who tend More toward suicidal than Homicidal behaviour she said. These arc basically Good kids Heidi said. They go through life with an Altitude that life is to endure. They kill to get out of a situation. They re virtually no threat to the common  nuclear reactor malfunctions Richland Wash. A an apparent malfunction in a water flow Monitor sunday caused a Tempo Rary shutdown of the n reactor at the Hanford nuclear reservation a company spokesman said. The dual purpose reactor which produces Pluto mum for nuclear weapons and steam for electricity was shut Down after the Monitor was tripped indicating a Low Low of the water that serves As the primary coolant said unc nuclear industries spokesman Rudy Cortez. The Monitor is in one of the process lubes through the reactor s Core. A report released in july by the government accounting office found tubes in the Core were  expected the reactor to be Back in service monday evening. The department of Energy recently  the aging n reactor would be shut Down Jan. 7 until at least july while $50 million in safely modifications Are  announcement came after a dozen reviews of the 23-year-old reactor s safety and design called for extensive modifications in the Plant s radiation confinement system remedies to possible Hydrogen build up following an Accident and other corrections. The reviews of the reactor came after the disaster at the soviet Union s chernobyl reactor which was destroyed by an explosion and fire. The n reactor is the Only . Facility similar i design to chernobyl with a Graphite moderated Core water Cooling and no containment dome. Rowed to Chicago video highlights shuttle achievements. 11 iwo Iview i a i 11. In i a c a . .-a.i0 a  i Fra Clehm  san inc incl. Of Chicago api Chicago is owed More than $2so million in delinquent fees and fines accrued since 1980, but officials say the City is unlikely to. Recover even a fraction of it. The City s Revenue department been unable to col decl $40 million owed lit outstanding warrants $27 million in water Bills and 18 million in ambulance fees the Chicago Tribune reported sunday. Also owed is j72 million in parking fines and si07 million in penalties on those fines said City Revenue director Patrick  archaic collection system in the Revenue depart ment of the problem said Ronald Picur the City comp  computer program for collecting overdue War rants is to be installed next year. But he acknowledged thai the City is not Likely to collect much of the $40 million in uncollected warrants. The City has written off All but about $35 million of warrants and water Bills As a collectible Picur said As for ambulance fees Quinn said an Avalanche of Bills is ready to a mailed. Anything the City collects from overdue bids or fines six or seven years old would be a real Windfall he added. Huntsville Ala. A a Nasa Engineer says he decided to Complete a music video about the space shuttle program despite the challenger tragedy because he wanted to highlight the program s achievements not its setbacks. Craig Jackson was watching from his Post at the Johnson space Center in Houston As the challenger exploded Jan. 28, killing All seven Crew members aboard. A former record studio producer and Engineer he had composed and recorded All the music for journey into space his tribute to the shuttle program an was wailing to add footage from the challenger flight. The video includes footage from the first 24 shuttle missions and follows a typical flight from launch to Landing. It does not show the challenger explosion on what would have been the 2iih shuttle Mission. Program handling minor disputes out of court Washington up Community centers established to handle disputes such As landlord tenant disagreements or consumer complaints Are a Good complement to the traditional court system a govern ment report said sunday. In its report Community dispute Resolution pro Grams and Public policy the National Institute of jus neighbors family members landlords and tenants and Petty criminals and their victims. The programs use several methods for handling the disputes such As conciliation mediation and arbitration the report said. The greatest Benefit these centers has afforded us Are not in easing system stress bul in ameliorating policy the Institute 01 jus Are oot in easing system stress out in  lice said Aboul 180 cities and towns have set up comm sources of potentially damaging conflicts and personal Nily dispute Resolution centers in the past 1s years. Retribution said James Stewart director of the Misti. _. _ to. Al  a.  of tit the centers handle minor civil and criminal cases such As conflicts Between Consumers and merchants tute an Agency within the Justice department s office