European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 24, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday january 24. 1987 the stars and stripes Pago 7 super bowl could increase family violence new York Al the super howl Cociu to Meiji out the worst in n marriage some Kesni res in i Imi violence bal ivc. Rana acc. Community education assistant at Marin abused women s services in the san l in Citra in area says her informal research shows a marked in crease in Calls to women s crisis centers and hoi lines from tailored women on super bawl night. Loe says Here Art More Calls than usual during he football season on sunday and monday nights after games. But super bowl is by tar the worst. I m cancel ing it to be a Nightmare she said. While 1hc game May not cause violence directly. Those who specialise in such problems say a Combina Tion of Trie aggressive sport drinking depressing win Ter weather and possible disappointment Over a losing team can add to the problems of an already abusive relationship Ork if you watch something violent and you Don t i it off you work it up says Murray Straus a sociologist who specializes in family violence Ai the univer sity of new Hampshire at Durham. Studies have proved hat the More people watch violence the More they themselves will be  yet most people will not be pushed to that level he says it has the greatest effect on people who ate already predisposed to be  Lee 49, said she knows from experience a non violent husband will not Lurn around and suddenly hit you says Lee a former battered woman who left her husband of 314 years shortly after she was abused during a super bowl we had had violent incidents for years she remembers one game thai ended with her Hus band throwing Beer cans at her. I got angry when one challenger memorial junes Obee widow of challenger commander fran Cia Dick Scobee displays a drawing of the pro posed challenger Center a so million memorial to the seven who diet in the shuttle disaster n Yar ago. The Center far space science education would be built in Washington. Hit me but when yelled at him the beating got worse six says. Candace Rios. A Counselor at a Chicago battered women s shelter says she received at least is Calls after last year s super bowl compared with the overage six Calls Tor a sunday night. Football season like any Holiday Lime May show an increase in family violence because husbands Are often Home watching television or drinking. If a wife objects to the time he spends in this male oriented activity a conflict can arise Sayi Michael Smith a professor of sociology at York University in Toronto who has studied sports and violence. Rios offers advice for women whose relationships have a history of abuse if it s possible leave Home during the game or go into another room to avoid sparking an incident. Workers protest no smoking Rule Gypsum Ohio up an outraged employee branded As communism a new us acoustical products co. Policy which forbids employees to smoke and the american civil liberties Union said it May contest the Rule in court. As far As i m concerned it s communism said Elmer Hurst a smoker of 42 years who works at the us Plant Here. I think it s All  Hurst said during a shift break wednesday workers fear that the company May begin regulating other areas of their lives if the ban succeeds. They want to see How far you can be pushed said Hurst stubbing out a cig arct be and adding that he can t Slop his pack and a Hal daily habit they Don t want us 10 smoke anyplace. But what we do on our own Lime is our own business said a 45 year of blast Furnace operator at the company s redwing minn., Plant. He requested anonymity. Us acoustical a division of us corp. Of Chi Cago is warning employees nol to smoke even off the Job it said it will provide assistance and clinics on company time for workers who smoke. "1 Don t think it s right another Ohio worker said. There s been nothing said about drinking or people who come in with a hangover us said the policy announced monday took effect Jan. I but will not be enforced until May or june. Anyone who does t cooperate will be placing their employment in jeopardy us spokesman Paul cot Itti said. He said a pulmonary function test to measure lung capacity will be used to Check whether workers Are abiding by the Rule. Those who Are not will have their Job status evaluated on a Case by Case  the american civil liberties Union said the com Pany s policy appears to be illegal. Kathleen Taylor executive director of the Acle in Seattle said an employer can set conditions on the Job and can Sci requirements that Are relevant to a Job but we question i this is going too  Florida court allows Mother to claim baby c Lakeland Fla a the Flor Ida supreme court refused thursday to Slop the Transfer of a 2 Jearold girl known As baby a to her biological Mother denying the last Hope of the girl a adoptive parents to keep custody. The High court denied without com ment a petition for a stay of the custody switch scheduled for Friday. The 2nd District court of Appeal in Lakeland had denied a stay on wednesday. We stayed up All night writing inc petition said Steve Brannock inc attorney for the couple who adopted the baby and raised it for 16 months. Bran Nock s petition claimed thai it was unlawful for a lower court to Issue a custody order without considering the welfare of the child. Court files released wednesday revealed that the biological Mother is scheduled for trial in Orlando in March on  of disorderly intoxication. Conviction could mean the revocation of her probation in California where she pleaded guilty in 1584 to forgery charges records Stow her incarceration could mean that the custody of baby a would fall into the hands of he stale department of health and rehabilitative services. The courts have limited the custody Case to the Issue of whether the 25-year old Mother was under duress when she voluntarily put her baby up for adoption in september 19bs, she revoked her con sent eight Days later at an april hearing Sarasola circuit judge Alan Dakan found that the Mother made her decision to surrender the baby under stress of a pending arrest and said her consent was invalid. The appellate court upheld that Deci Sion without comment in october. Paralysed Man has right to starve judge rules grand Junction Colo. A a Man who is almost completely paralysed because of drug abuse Hus the right to refuse food and water even though it Means he will die a judge ruled thursday. Mesa county District judge Charles Buss who heard 12 Days of testimony 10 determine if Hector Rodas was competent to decide his Fate ruled in inc quadriplegic Man s favor on nearly All his requests. It is declared that Hector Rodas has the right to refuse medicinal feeding and hydration water treat ment Buss wrote. Rodas later told reporters he was grateful for the judge s decision. Communicating by nodding As a re Porter pointed to letters on a Board he said i believe in  Buss denied Hilltop rehabilitation Hospital s Peti Tion to have Rodas declared incapacitated and 10 have a guardian appointed and ordered the Hospital to Fol Low Rodas instructions on his treatment. . Snodgrass a lawyer for Hilltop said the Hospi Tal will nol Appeal the ruling. Rodas physician Larry Cobb refused to take part in the discontinued treatment. Another physician had agreed to act As Rodas doctor. Since last february Rodas 34, has been unable to move speak or Swallow. He receives food and water through a lube and communicates by nodding. At the hearing doctors said Rodas suffered a stroke after ingesting cocaine and amphetamines. An illegal alien from Guatemala Rodas said his condition was caused by adulterated drugs. Buss ruled the Hospital and its staff to be free from civil and criminal liability if this order is obeyed Hilltop had feared liability if it allowed Rodas to die. Rodas wife who has filed for divorce since he became paralysed is not a party to the cose. The couple has two children