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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 14, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday March 14, 1987 the stars and stripes Page 6 cries but i for help after 1 teen suicides i Bero Enfield . A dozens of troubled High school students met with Counselor thursday to talk about the suicides of four teen agers and a psychologist said he did t think the death pact extended toothed  in the Community in kids yesterday were in Shock. The students were feeling numb and they were crying said Thomas a of i Vanaugh the school s psychologist today they re Lalk iving about their feelings and losses. Today they re try-h1 ing to make sense of  the counselling by psychologists and social workers was offered to Bergen Field High school students an their parents following the deaths of the two boys and iwo Gurlt superintendent John Haberb said the four Leeh agers. Two of them sister died Early wednesday after Locking themselves in an idling car  apartment Complex garage i Vanaugh said there was no evidence or indication the it Fri extended beyond the four. The new York Post on i Raiday reported that the four had tried to lure a fifth Len Agar into their pact. The paper quoted an unidentified woman who said her daughter had until last week been a Girlfriend of the one of the four and that she had declined to accompany the group tuesday night s Bergen county prosecutor Larry my Climira said thursday that medical examiner John Apovian Hadi determined the cause of death was Carbon monoxide \ poisoning. However he said toxic ologies and Micro-1 Scenic tests on the bodies would not be completed 1 until Friday. Preliminary teat showed one of the boys 1 had fluid in his stomach that smelled like alcohol the i medical examiner s report Aid a note found in the car signed by All four victims Thomas Olton. 19, Thomas Rizio 19, and Lisa and1 Cilery Burress 17 and 18 sealed thai they wanted joint Wake and to be buried together but did not no Plain Why they killed themselves Mcclure said. I Many friends speculated the youths were depressed Over the september death of a Friend Joe major who fell from a Cliff overlooking the Hudson River. Authorities have said the fall was accidental but others in eluding the Mother of one of the suicide victims be Sieve major killed himself that death was among four last year of Bergenfield youths. All either were accidents or suicides most Bergenfield High students did not want to talk j with the news Media thursday and some became angry shouting obscenities at photographers and re. Porters outside the 1,150-Pupil school Habeeb said that about 80 to 100 students had 4 Tough counselling since wednesday i when a student can t lock in for whatever reasons to the programs we offer they lock in with a peer support group with other perhaps anti social values then you can have a crisis Agenda Habeeb said. Founding of girl scouts celebrated worldwide Savannah a. A the girl scouts founded Here 75 years ago by Juliette Gordon Low had two reasons to celebrate on thursday their75ih birthday and their largest membership growth in 18 years. Scouts from the founder s Home town were among the 2,000 girls who gathered in Washington for an afternoon ceremony featuring first lady Nancy Reagan and the organization s National president belly pit Bury of . At the ceremony Reagan praised Low As woman who deeply believed in he Power of Young american women their Power to improve them selves and their  the ceremony which followed release of a new 22-Ccnt stamp honouring the girl scouts marked the beginning of an around Lac world recitation of the girl scout Promise on my Honor i will try to serve god and my country to help people at All times and to live by the girl scout Laws the girl scouts of the . Has 174,000troops, including members in 62 other countries who arc children of . Civilian or military person Nel said Brenda Burrows a spokeswoman for the National Headquarters in new York. Although the organization saw its membership drop in the 1970. In part because of a smaller population of school age girls the number of girl Smuts grew to 2,9million in 1986, a 4.1 percent increase Over the pre Vious year. Burrows said thai was our largest in crease in 18  so said. Congressional raise targeted Washington a a half dozen Republican members of Congress asked a Federal judge thursday to rescind a $12,000 salary increase saying demo cratic House leaders miscalculated. The Effort to undo the controversial raise Center around the 30-Day deadline Given to Congress to act on the presidential recommendation to increase sen ate and House pay to $89,500 a year. Reagan sent his recommendations to Congress on Jan. 5. The Senate rejected the pay raise on Jan. 29. On feb. 3, the Day that pay raise supporters called the 30lh Day of the deadline House democrats quickly adjourned without allowing a Vole on the raise thus allowing it to Lake effect automatically. On feb. 4, with the raise safely in its pocket the House voted to disapprove the salary boost a vote that both sides agreed then was meaningless. On thursday however opponents said Congress did not receive Reagan s recommendations until Jan. 6. The 99th Congress expired on Jan. 3. And the100th Congress was not sworn in until Jan. 6. Although the while House papers were delivered to the House clerk s office on Jan. 5. The clerk did not officially transmit them to the House until Jan. 6 thus when the House disapproved the raise on feb. 4, it was within the 30-Oay deadline the suit argues the clock started running when the message was transmitted to the Congress on Jan. 6." said rep Beau bolter a Texas. Fort Lauderdale beaches quiet fort Lauderdale Fla. A Spring break which brings thousands of College students to the beaches has gotten off to a slow Start this year with some hotels reporting occupancy Rales Down by More than half tourism officials say. Innkeepers Are responding by laying off employees culling work hours and slashing room rates to attract College students who did make the trip. A Survey by he Broward county tourist development Council found occupancy at Small motels is off by 40 percent compared to last year. Larger hotel report a 20 percent decline. In All the Council estimates about 250,000 students Dod hardliner Perle resigning by Norman Blackcap military writer Washington a Richard n. Pc rec. An uncompromising hardliner who has helped shape the Reagan administration s policies toward the soviet Union for six years announced thursday he would resign his Pentagon Post this Spring. For personal and family reasons i am herewith resigning my Post As assistant Secretary of defense effective this Spring after an orderly transition in my office Perle wrote in a letter to president Reagan. For the Opportunity to join in your program to re build our National strength i shall always remain deeply  Perle told reporters that defense Secretary Caspar a Weinberger has asked him to continue serving As a part Lime adviser. Pc rec intends to write a novel about Washington and to writ about arms control is sues. Perl 45, is credited by detractors and Admir ers with possessing Sharp intellect and a savvy understanding of How to Wield influence. Pah i be not Fried to do every hmm Perth said thursday. I be concentrate Don what seem to me the most important issues. The nato Alliance is in Good shape despite the occasional comments thai one finds it necessary to make to keep it in Good shape known for his unbending suspicion of the soviet Union Perle has opposed any arms control proposal that did t Call for deep reductions in nuclear Force Sand protect America s right to pursue research on a Star wars missile defense system he has denigrated virtually every arms accor reached with the soviets in the past along with proposals by Moscow for controlling chemical weapons nuclear tests and sat Elitc killing rockets. Perle played a key role in stiffening government regulations on the Export of sensitive Western techno Logies and in prodding american allies to proceed wit the deployment of intermediate Range nuclear missiles in Europe to counter a soviet buildup. Pc rec dismissed suggestions he was leaving the administration because it appeared an arms control treaty with the soviets was Likely. Indeed he said president Reagan had advocate such a treaty in 1981, Only to be criticized at the time. He said he fell comfortable in leaving now because of my conviction thai the policies that i be had the privilege of working on Are succeeding and will continue to succeed Wilt descend on fan Lauderdale through easier week,50,000 fewer than last year. You look Oul the window where you saw people last year and now you Don t see anybody said Michael Nanosky general manager of the Days inn Lau Der Date surf hotel. About a dozen employees hired at his hotel especially for Spring break Nave been Laid off he said and others Are working Shorter hours because the hoist was Only half full the first week of March. Not one hotel on inc strip is full according to Jack Penrod who operates the Jolly Roger hotel where room rates have been Cut to $85 from $110 a night. Sands of time in the stars and stripes 40 years ago foday. March 14, 1947 Jackie Robinson in Blac baseball player who last year led the International league in Hilling was Given a Chance to try Oul for the Brooklyn dodgers first base position during exhibition games in Balboa. Canal zone. 30 years ago today. March 14, 951 Roben Strom 10, a mathematical and scientific wizard won the top prize on to s "164,000 que Simon he was Lold that As a lop Winner he could continue to play and possibly double his winnings but the boy said he had to at his parents. 20 years ago today ,. March 14. 1967 a disputed scat on the Island of Corsica was commandeered by the gaullist giving them a one vote majority in the French National As Sembly. Left Wing parties garnered most of the 38 seals that the gaullist a lost. To years ago today. March 14, 1977 solar Energy will be the cheap est Way to warm Homes and Cut water in Many parts of the nation by 1480. A study prepared for i Congiv is Oruil committee concluded  
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