European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 14, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Paga6 the stars and stripes thursday january 14,19bb hate violence victimized Many in u.s., study finds Washington Dpi do spill declines in the membership of extremes and halt groups racist Moli Vaird harassment vandalism arson and even murder continue to plague the country a study said wednes Day. Not a Day has passed in the last seven years with out someone in the United states being victimised by hate violence according to the study they Don t All Wear the state by state chronology of such ideological jets or hatred and violence was made Public by the Center for democratic renewal and the manorial Council of churches division of Church and society. This violence is a largely unrecognized cancer eat ing away our communities and the stud said. Preliminary evidence indicates thai the principal cause of bigoted violence. Is not organized while supremacist activity the report said Rattler under lying social tensions racial conflicts and Scapegoat no appear to give Rise to Bigold violence and far Highl the Center for democratic renewal said it has documented a curly 3,000 aels of bigoted violence for the 1980-1986 period covered by the report and de Ippie a decline in Kun Kloi klan membership since 1482, unorganized Hale violence has continued in the character of violence by members of the tar right racist and anti semitic organist ions has changed Mart idly since its re Tmur Gynce in the ate 1970s." the report said. These organizations have become increasingly ideological in their Choice of Lar gals and More technically sophisticated in i hair Wear according to the report while Blacks and jews re main the most frequent targets of hate violence homosexuals and lesbians have been increasingly marked for physical attack and intimidation. In addition a largely spontaneous wave of Homo phobic violence appears to be sweeping the nation the report said acknowledging that such violence re Mains largely in reported to Law enforcement author researchers assembled Llie report from news Arti cles court documents reports by state and local human rights agencies and Field reports. They ranged from a 1981 Cross burning in Mohle ala., to harassment and threats directed at two homosexual men in Rhy Lilc nev., and they included the Howard death incident in new York and the vandalizing of an Arab american business with bigoted slogans in dear born mich., All in 1986. the report said under current crime reporting standards crimes motivated by bigotry Are not investigated or reported As such. If is Cross burning for example is reported to Law enforcement authorities it Wilt probably become an arson statistic the report noted a pressing need for the Justice department to keep statistics on crimes motivated by bigotry and urged local government and Law enforce ment officials to develop special training programs in this area. The report also said that although individual Lead ers in the White supremacist movement come and go and groups alternately grow and shrivel the White supremacist movement As a whole has remained fairly stable since its to emergence in the late 1970s." it put the movement s membership at 15,000 20.000 activists and another 150,000 people who at tend rallies and meetings of such groups window of probability of earthquake is open Par held Calif. Up scientists can hardly wait Tor the major earthquake they insist soon Wilt Rock this Small Monterey county farm Community with a population of 34. State agencies have set up a vast outdoor Laboratory in the area to spot he first sign of a quake. Scientists Hope they will be Able to predict up to 72 hours in Advance the likelihood of a tremor Mea Suring at least 6.0 on the Richter scale. The expert note that Parkfield is a spot where major earthquakes occur with almost Dock like regularity every 22 year. This month according to the calculations is the Middle of the window of William bakun of the a geological Survey office in Menlo Park Ted a tour tuesday for the press and disaster officials. He said he considers the Parkfield project the most important cd pc men in the world but he emphasized it s an Experiment. We Don t know if Short term warn Ings Are Seattle to provide addicts sterilizer for Needles Seattle a Seattle will join san fran Cisco and new York in providing bleach to dreg abusers for sterilizing Needles in an Effort to Stem the spread of aids. Bud Nicola director of the county health of heterosexual virus ballooned from 6 percent is percent in september. At that Rale. 30 percent of the county s Esti mated 12.000 drug abusers could be infected by the end of this year Nicola said. I department says the percentage i drug abusers carrying the aids in May 197 10 healers installed to Force Waffon air into Well opening--411. Surface gift located about 22 it. Below surface 28 it deep Rescue sri aft dug 6 it below where girl is trapped then turns upward Well continue to total depth of bout son. . Texas not drawing not to scale Chicago Tab Una graphic by Tim Williams source Chicago Tribune news reports Mcc ure fcrm/7y angered by Public re ease of letter Midland twas a a state Agency s claim that Jessica Mcclure s 58 hour ordeal in an abandoned Well stemmed from inadequate supervision by her Mother and aunt should not Lave been made Public angry family members said tuesday. Jessica was is months old last fall when she fell into the narrow Shaft while being supervised by her Mother Reba Cissy Mcclure her right leg and foot were wedged next to her head and she later lost two toes. Following a two week investigation the department of Haman services blamed mrs. Mcclure and her Siller Jamie Moore for the Accident. The Well which was capped the night Jessica was rescued is in Moore s Yard. Jessica apparently was one of nine children All younger than 5, at an unlicensed Day care Center in the Moore Home the Dos has said. The Dos has found there is Rea son to believe the child s injuries and the time spent in the Well Are the result of negligent supervision by child care provider Reba Mcclure Carolyn Langendorf Day care licensing Region Al director in Elpaso wrote in a letter to Moore Dos investigators also believe the Well should have been capped before the oct. 14 Accident Lang Ndon Uroic m the idler dated ocl 30. The letter was released publicly monday. Relatives of mrs. Mcclure and her husband. Chip said that making the let Ter Public violated the family s privacy. The lectures have a unlisted Tele phone number and could not be reached for comment. We be been through so Cedie Proctor one of Jessica s aunts told Ibe Odessa american. Now they come out and say the Cissy was neglectful. If they wanted to say that Why could t hey just Tell them i thought thu was supposed to be confidential. The entire family was upset by the let Ter Proctor said. It really Gol to us that they said it was All Cissy s fault that Jessica spent three Days in the Well she said. Cuts might effect new boat rules l Washington up the coast guard s new Drunken boating rules went into effect wednesday but a $100 million budget Cut May jeopardize enforcement. The Cut was part of the huge gov men spending Bill for fiscal i Overn 1988 signed fit presi Deni Reagan last month alter weeks of wrangling Over deficit limits set by the Federal balanced Bud get Law what we be got now a coast guard spokesman Nicholas Sandifer said tuesday is a 1100 million Cut in our operating budget of 11.789 Bil lion in Means the service will tie up ships put Tome helicopters into he hangar and Lay off or retire some 2,000 military personnel and 250 civil Ian workers Sandifer said. That in turn could detract from enforcement. A new Federal Law directed the transportation Secretary to set Standard thai would take effect wednesday for determining drug and alcohol intoxication aboard commercial and pleasure vessels explained the coast of Mai Sean Connau Gorton. This is the first time we have a recreational. And a commercial Standard Connaughton said tues Day. Under the rules a pfc Furj Boater with a .10 percent blood alcohol level in the bloodstream will be considered drunk while for a commercial Teaman operating a vessel in if a .04 percent level
