European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 10, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes tuesday november 10,1987 Public favors longer terms for crimes Washington a most people believe rapists should be imprisoned for much longer than they normally Are according to a government Survey released sunday. The Survey by the Justice depart ment s Bureau of Justice statistics also shows there is Strong sympathy for longer prison terms for other crimes ranging from murder to Petty theft. The government Survey said the aver age prison Lime suggested Tor a rapist who docs no other harm 10 the victim is 15 years compared Wilh the 4.5 years served by the average rapist released Fiona jail in 1983 the latest data Avail Able from the statistics Agency. The Survey based on interviews Wilh 2,000 people about their attitudes to Ward punishment for crimes says 71 per cent want jail or a prison sentence for a group of 24 specific crimes. Ninety four percent of those surveyed said rapists should he sent to prison. For those convicted of assault respondents want prison terms ranging from 3.6 years to 7.7 years depending on the Cir  of the crime according to the Survey conducted for the government by researchers Al the population and society research Center at Bowling Green sure University. People convicted of assault arc serving an average 2.4 years in prison said the Bureau. The Public wants Long prison sentences for most crimes Wilh other sanctions used for minor infractions of the Law or As add on to  concluded the Survey conducted from August through october. The study is believed to be the first National Survey of its kind on Public attitudes concerning the Levels and length of punishment for a variety of crimes fed eral officials said. The Survey also found thai More than 80 percent of americans want jail or prison terms averaging nearly 8 years for people convicted of assault in which the victim ii hospitalized. More than 80 percent want prison terms averaging 4.5 years for household burglaries resulting in losses of at least $1,000. 90 percent want prison terms aver aging 10,3 Yean for distributing cocaine. 96 percent favor prison terms aver aging almost 12 years for Drunken driving resulting in a death. 45 percent Felt jail Lime was appropriate for Petty larceny. Joseph Jacoby. Associate professor of sociology at Bowling Green University in Ohio who conducted the study said the margin of error was 2 percent or the Sim Pler questions such As whether a respondent thought a person convicted of a partic ular crime should be sent to prison fined or Given probation the margin of error for questions such As How Long a prison term be was much higher since Hose question should surveyed were allowed to name any length of Lime and the study s findings were aver Ages of the response he said among other conclusions were that most people oppose the death penalty if there Are assurances offender Wilt serve Long prison terms blame unemployment rather than the judiciary or police for High crime rates want criminal to be rehabilitated and not just punished and believe the entertainment Industry too often stresses violence. Us Bolda Glutton for leaves a new machine called Leaf eater demonstrates a Norton mass., How to can help wive the autumn nil environmental problem caused by tons of full ing leaves. The machine being operated by Charles Housman left an official of the Mann fac Lurer shreds eight bags of Levei into a single bag and it can a on 100 bags an hour. With Housman is David Del Porte head of Nenton i composting committee 69% in poll soy pot use no bar to Public office new York a two thirds of americans say that someone who admits having used marijuana should not be disqualified from holding Public office according to a Newsweek Magazine pod released san Day. The poll taken before Douglas Ginsburg withdrew his nomination for the supreme court after head fitted having smoked pot in the 1960s and 70s, showed that 69 percent said Ginsburg should not be rejected because of past marijuana use. Twenty six percent said he should. By a similar margin 67 percent to 22 percent those surveyed said that in general people should not be disqualified from Public office because of past Mari Juana use. The poll was conducted Friday by the Gallup organization. On saturday Ginsburg asked president Reagan to withdraw his nomination he had admitted using pot once As a College so Udint in the 60s and then on a few occasions in the "70s," although 69 percent said Ginsburg should not be disqualified for that admission atone Only 32 percent of those polled said he should be confirmed to the High court. The Newsweek Survey revealed that 37 percent think at least half of All . Officials under the age of so have tried marijuana while j7 percent said More than half of the people they know Well have tried it. Only 31 percent said they think pot smoking is on the Rise in the United states compared with 58 per cent in an october 1982 poll. The poll showed that 17 percent believe marijuana should be Lefi Alicd while 77 percent said in should not be Legal. Five years ago 20 percent favored legalization. The National Telephone poll questioned 507 adults. The margin of error is plus or minus 6 percentage Points. Restoring of name stirs protest san i go a Black residents incensed by voters decision to strip the Rev. Martin Luther King or s name from a Street Here staged a mock funeral that was reminiscent of civil rights marches two dec Ades ago. About 1,000 people participated in sunday s non violent protest which featured spontaneous choruses of he spirituals we shall overcome and Kum a Yah anthems of the civil rights marches and rallies of the 1960s. Last tuesday 60 percent of the voters approved a measure that returns the name Market Street to a 6 a mile thoroughfare Hal had been renamed by the City Council to Honor the slain civil rights Leader the purpose of the March was to show Solidarity against the voters action which some say is an insult 10 King and which some consider racist. A group of merchants spearheaded the drive to re store the Market Street name arguing that the City did not properly consult them about the change and that the Street s original name had historical significance. It s just a rash of things that Are just starting in this country and it s racism pure and simple said Eric Shepard who carried a placard calling san Diego America s racist  March organizer Herb Cawthorne president of the Urban league of san Diego called on the crowd to participate in organizing a National Boycott of san dii1 joas a convention site. Cawthorne also urged City leaders not to Rush to pick a new tribute to King because it May allow the same thing to happen again. Mayor Maureen o Connor is expected to introduce a Resolution this week to put the City Council on re Cord As favouring another Street or Structure named after King stateside afghan guerrilla Leader visits Comrade in . Pittsburgh a the Leader of la afghan guerrilla Alliance visited a wounded com Rade in a Pittsburgh Hospital sunday amid tight Security a Hospital spokesman said. Maslavi Yunis Kalb arrived at Shad Side hos Pital about 10 . To visit Abdul Haq. A 29-year-Ou guerrilla commander who stepped on a soviet land min oct 13, spokesman Scott Meyers said. Haq was brought to Pittsburgh by the Washington based committee for a free Afghanistan and his right fool was partially amputated oct. 29, Meyers said. Khalis in scheduled to meet with president Reagan on thursday to discuss the . Stance on Afghanistan in next month s Summit with soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev. Khalis with a Lonj red Beard and wearing a tur ban was accompanied by about 13 Security men Meyers said. He said Khalis Mel with tin orthopaedic surgeon for Ai update on i Law s condition. Connecticut Hospital to test helpmate robot Danbury Conn a Palien at Dan Bury Hospital might someday see robots roam ing the corridors. An armless robot known As helpmate will get m first test next year when it delivers meals from the Hospital s commissary to nurses stations. Has fairly sophisticated machine said Joseph f. Englberger a researcher known As the father of the Industrial robot an whose company designed helpmate it envisions the robot rolling through the corridors not Only delivering Meah us patients on special diets but eventually collecting Sam Ples for the Laboratory retrieving medical re cords and walking patients. The robot will be Able to understand simple commands use Eleva tors and otherwise navigate Busy avenues. Boy walks from closet ending volunteers search Etna a. A a 2-year-Oldboy walked out of  in his Home two hours after More than 100 volunteers began Asea Reh for him. He fell asleep the boy s Mother. Patli Javit said sunday the Day after the search for her son ended happily. He never Well in the closet before. He likes Little  police officer Paul lord said John buddy Javit was reported to have disappeared from his Yard while playing with his Sisters Lois. 4, and Jennie s. Their grandmother Jean May who was watching the children while their father John went to pick up heir Mother Al work said the girls came into the House saturday afternoon and said the boy was gone. After searching for an hour the family called police who notified Etna Volunteer firefighters. Volunteers from several communities joined in and the searchers combed hillsides Woods and Bridges. Meanwhile Back Al Home buddy walked out of the closet and mrs. Javit picked him up and hugged him saying Don l you Evardo that