European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 15, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stabs and stripes monday february 15.1968 killer bees will reach . Soon experts say Boston a killer bees from South America will probably begin swarming into the uni cd sum in the Neil year or two. And any attempt to head them off at the Border is Likely to fail experts predicted saturday. The Nasty aggressive bees have Al ready reached Southern Mexico and arc winging northward at a rate of 200 or 300 Miles a year. One authority Laid they might even hit Brownsville Scias late this year. . And mexican officials have set up a dr7,. Or Bee regulated zone in Southern Mexico in an Effort to Al least slow Down the intruders. However experts at a conference of the american association for the advancement of science said saturday that the arrival of the Africani Zed bees is inevitable although they Are not sure How far North the bees will spread same believe they will be limited to the warm Southern states while others say they might spread Over much of the nation. In my View to eradicate a social insect is almost impossible said David w. Roubik a staff scientist with the smithsonian tropical research Institute in Balboa Panama. The bees descended from South Afri can bees that escaped from a researcher in Brazil in 1956. In South America and Central America they have largely displaced their gentler cousins descended from european bees. Unlike the Ordinary Honeybee the Africani Zed variety is easily riled and hundreds of bees May attack unsuspecting intruders who go near their hives. They sometimes kill animals and peo ple with their stings. The Africani Zed bees arc thought to be o major threat to the . Beekeeping Industry. Commercially maintained bees Ore important for pollinating crops rang ing from almonds to blueberries and the Africani Zed bees Are poor pollinators. Killer bees frequently Lake Over com Mercial hives where they Are difficult to handle. They Are poor fio Nuy makers and they frequently pack up and Fly off without warning. To a report prepared for the meeting Orley r. Taylor of the University of Kansas predicted the arrival of the bees in Teeuw Lawt this year. He said the bees will dearly Nave an Impact in the United slates but whether it will be in the billions of dollars or Only in the tens of millions Over the next 20 Yeara is not yet  an Effort to halt the bees Al he narrowest Point in Mexico uie isthmus of  already shows signs of failing. Officials hoping to trap and kill the bees in a Belt across the isthmus have already had 10 fall Back to a Sec Ond line of defense. David . Fletcher of Bucko do University said in n report that bees in Africa Are More gentle make More Honey and Are Cosier to control than their Africa sized descendants in the America. He proposed bringing Friendly bees from Africa to the United states and letting them Breed with the killer bees to they will pass on their desirable trails. However it is currently illegal touring live honeybees into the United stain. Efforts to crossbreed killer bees with european honeybees have proved unsuccessful because the Africani Zed bees Are genetically dominant. Jewelry made from old watch dials May pose peril Dallas api a fad for jewelry made from the dials fold Welches May pose a danger to unsuspecting wearers Many of the old watches used Radium to make them glow in the dark and the radioactivity can cause cancer health officials say. We re finding More and More of this Muff said or. Jok loan. Supervisor at the Arlington regional office of the Texas Bureau of radiation control. People suddenly think it s Cool to have necklaces earrings Tola lie clasps and other things made with old  but the Radium on some old watch dials can cause cancer either on the skin or internally if the substance is inadvertently inhaled or swallowed. Lite Calcium. Radium powder seeks the Bone he did. Radium jewelry definitely poses an increased risk of cancer Lopez said. Radium a used in watches to make uie hands and numbers glow he said. Watch manufacturers have since developed other ways to cause fluorescence. When the watches were intact with Glass covering the dial they were relatively harmless because the Glass acted As a shield. But the risk has increased since the watches have been dismantled to make jewelry and the risk is even greater to jewellers and other people who work with the timepieces than it is to buyers he said. Three workshops in the Dallas area that were found to be handling the watches All registered some radioactive contamination he snid. Warfare were getting the Radium on i hair fingers and clothes. Lope said. We found several places in the work areas that were hot with contamination he said. We re sure Iacre Are other places out there he said the wort is illegal As Well As hazardous Lopez said. People who handle radioactive materials mint have a state License and to get one an applicant must take stringent precautions against contamination. The radiation control Bureau did not Issue Ciul Fons but told companies to remedy the contamination Lopez raid. Officials at the Texas department of health regional office in Arlington offered free testing of jewelry for Radia Tion and free Dis Poul of contaminated pieces Lopez said. The games people play Hupin All found up for some fun Well tuba ruin my be Jet the thing for you. Players connect piece of plastic tuba tubing round their bodies and insert � Kubi Marble at the top. The object is id shake or whatever else s Rick airy a null the burble works its Wiy through the tubing. The Gune made its debut list week in the toy fair in new York. Judges using boil Reform of jail More suspects Washington a judges used Broad discretion granted under the newly enacted bail Reform act of i9s4 Ojail a sharply higher percentage of people awaiting trial for Federal crimes the government said sunday. The chances of being jailed while awaiting trial for people accused of serious narcotic violations were 20 per cent higher after the Law took effect than previously said the study by the Bureau of Justice statistics. After the bail reforms took effect in november 1984, the probability of being jailed was 6j percent higher for people accused of causing injuries. It was 23 percent higher for those who had used firearms and 17 percent higher for those classified As dangerous during pre trial interviews. Overall. 29 percent of the defendants awaiting trial on Federal criminal charges were incarcerated until they appeared in court this was an increase from 24 per cent who were held during the same period in 1983. The study was based on information collected during a Sis month period in 1985. The act permits Federal courts to deny bail altogether if the government proves that no conditions of release will reason ably assure either the safely of the Community or the appearance of the defendant at trial. The report suggests that pre trial de Tention is being used As an alternative to holding people under High bail. Blaze destroys school that inspired tame new York of a soldering Shell was All that remained saturday of the former High school for the perform ing arts which inspired the movie Andev series  the landmark Structure was destroyed by an overnight tire that apparently started near a stage in a second floor auditorium. But we Don t know Why said pal Foley a battalion fire chief. Al Pacino. Liza Minnelli. Variha kid Suzanne Pleshette and Anna Mari Honford who plays the minister s daughter on the to series amen Are among the successes who studied there. The performing arts school part of the Public system was combined with the High school of music and Art about three years ago and moved to a new Home. The old building became known u Liberty High school. It was the original school that was used Ai a Model for Fame. Although the Board of education did nol permit film Crews to shoot scenes inside uie la Cade was featured in the 1980 film and subsequent television series. The school Juit North of the times Square area in Manhattan caught fire about 12 30 . And burned out of control for in hours. The third fourth and fifth floors and the rear portion of the roof collapsed. Thirty firefighters struggling against a wind chill of minus 7 and wind gusts of 28 Miles an hour suffered minor injuries