European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 26, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes monday. October 26.19b7 costumes can unmask kids personalities san Diego up you Are what you Wear so think twice before buying your child a rambo cos tume this halloween says psychologist dressing up for halloween is a Way to live out a  says or Michael Mantell and parents should t worry if their children want to play a superhero or a Hobo for one Day or the year Bui if the fantasy includes carrying a terrifying looking machine gun he warns or Iftner child slays in the new character for Days it s probably time for a talk. Mantell believes that costume technology combined Wilh the growing popularity of War dramatizations has Given halloween 1987 a serious Edge. Co slums have become very sophisticated he Sunyi. Masks arc More realistic than Ever and play guns can look and even sound just like the real thing. Even police officers have trouble idling some toy handguns from real  kids who be left warlike costumes based on mov ies like platoon or the rambo series Are As suming an aggressive personality says Man tilt and this usually is Normal play acting. Halloween is a Day when you can give tree rein to one aspect of your personality like aggressiveness. But some kids May not be Able to Lake off the mask. They May gel carried away with their character be cause the play acting is such a High. The danger in some Case is that they May want to do it again and next time they May forgo the mask or the  Maulell a clinical psychologist who directed the counselling after the 1984 shooting spree at a Mcdonald s restaurant in san Ysidro. Believes that publicity surrounding such incidents probably has intensified youngsters curiosity about wielding a gun. We have had More than our share of massacres and we As parents would be better Oft getting our kids trick or real bags rather than Inck or Treal  parents can always steer children toward costumes that Are fun without hostile overtones Maulell says. For younger kids any of the Disney character Are timeless As Are Superman hobos cowboys and Indi ans for boys and ballerinas for  for older kids and even adults who strive to be hip this year s big looks Are Max headroom pc acc Herman and spuds Mackenzie Maulell re ports. The psychologist thinks Harrr an is Good clean fun "1 watch him All the time he confides and headroom is relatively innocuous he s the computer age figure for this  but if the Choice is spuds Mack Nizic. The Bull terrier who serves As the advertising Mascot for Bud we scr Light Beer the costume May include a can of Bud Light Maulell warns. With alcohol being he no. I drug of Choice among Leen agon. There s some concern about saudi encouraging Beer  so what s a Parent to do if the kid insists on a Lav gun or b can of Beer for Irick or a railing Maulell believes parents must exercise control Over the Choice of halloween costume. The go a of wiring children is not keeping them Happy. You u a Parent have the right to say i Don t approve i Don t like guns As Long at you find another Way for the child to express his personality if your child suddenly surprises you by asking fora rambo costume Don t hit the panic Button. Just ask calmly Why do you want to pretend to be rambo and emphasize the word pretend. " with his own children Mantell has found the Tost strategy is to make shopping for halloween costumes a yearly ritual. We talk about their costumes at Home before Wego to the toy store. You have to guide and encourage or discourage gently without putting Down their tastes because you re talking about an aspect of the child s personality that he or she wants to  if negotiations break Down says mantel the Par ent child relationship needs work. For the most part parents can Start the Day after halloween 87 setting up control for halloween 88. If you re not in control of your child All year Don t try to be in control the Day before  clinic chickens out on blood samples paper says los Angeles a a mexican clinic known for unorthodox medical treatments Misiag Nosul samples of he ally cat and Chicken blood As being from a human with cancer and liver problems a newspaper reported. The clinic is one of Many mexican facilities frequented by americans searching for cures to ailments that fail to respond to treatments sanctioned by the . Medical establishment. The blood was submitted by a los an Geles times reporter investigating diag Nostic methods at he Rosarita Beach clinic. The . Justice department s organized crime strike Force is conducting an investigation into illegal insurance claims connected to such mexican clinics the times reported last week. The first blood Sample Given to the clinic was from a 7-year-old cat named Boomer which had been diagnosed healthy and free of cancer by a veterinarian the Timco reported. Sharon Reynolds a self described health educator at the clinic said in a written report that the blood Sample showed unmistakable signs of aggressive cancer that probably had been in the reporter s system for four or five Yean. A second blood Sample was submitted this Lime from the reporter and Rey nolds diagnosed latent cancer Al though liver problems were still apparent the times said. The reporter submitted a third Sam ple from a Chicken. Again the clinic diagnosed it As human blood. Your blood is indicating the possibility of a prelim phonic condition the report said it appears As though you be recently undergone a High Levy of upset in your life which has weakened your immune response  Reynolds recommended a detoxification program for the reporter costing up to 12,000 a week and consisting of Colo Nies special diets and nostrums. Elva cd Levels of toxicity must be reduced in order to promote assimilation increase oxygenation and prevent  she wrote. This is just garbage said or. Fara Marz Nacim head of Gemalo pathology at Urcla medical Center who reviewed the analyses. It just contains words an terminology without making much sense. It s  Gore defends brochure showing Vietnam photo Casper Wyo. A democratic presidential contender Albert Gore say she docs not believe thai a Campaign Bro Chure showing him carrying an m-16rifle in Vietnam is misleading despite the fact that he served in a non combat role. You can read it any Way you want to the senator from Tennessee said at a news conference saturday. I carried that Rifle All Over Vietnam and walked like that in every pan of the  Gore said. And. As a reporter in the army s 20th engr brigade he explained he also carried a Pencil a cant pain brochure distributed Here lists his Vietnam service As one of the reasons people give Why Al Gore should be our next  reporters at the news conference pre ceding the Wyoming democratic party annual Jefferson Jackson dinner asked Gore to describe his military experience. I was not involved in fire fights said Gore 39. "1 was not in the  was in areas where combat look place. I did not see combat myself. 1 was fired upon. The engineers frequently took fire but we usually had a critical mass of Bull dozers and equipment and personnel thai made it mostly harassment  asked if he thinks his Campaign Litera Ture could Lead someone to conclude that he was an infantryman. Gore said i Don t think it says infantry  consumer group seeks probe of alleged flaws in Mercedes los Angeles up the depart ment of transportation has been asked to investigate we Cher the Mercedes Benz automobile is vulnerable to run away acceleration because of mechanical flaws it was reported sunday. The Center for Auto safety a Washington based consumer watchdog group is asking for the probe in the Wake of complaints from 55 Mercedes Drivers including 22 from California who Al lege runaway acceleration experiences. A number of the Drivers say they had their feel on the Brake pedal not on the Gas pedal when their Mercedes cars accelerated out of control As they shifted from Park into drive or reverse the los Angeles times reported. Mercedes maintained thai any acceleration problems stemmed from human nol mechanical errors. But the Center for Auto safely con tends that the number of complaints about runaway acceleration accidents has grown significantly since last Jan uary. 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