European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 28, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes tuesday. June 23,1983 Row Row Row your Bike a Cycle 92 feel Long and Bull for 38 riders is a Star attraction at Milwaukee s annual City of festivals Parade. The pedal pushers an the elongated vehicle Are All members of he shriners1 Tripoli Temple. Charity donations up in 1987, but rate of increase declines new York not although americans contributed a record $93,6 billion to charities in 1987, the Rale of increase was the lowest in 12 years a new report says. Despite the fallout in inc Slock Market and the loss of some tax advantages the report by the american association of fund raising counsel s Trust for philanthropy estimated that giving was up 6.5 percent. This contrasts with a 9.2 per cow increase the previous year. For the first time in almost two decades the Rale of growth in corporate giving did not increase. In ils new Issue of giving Usa. The association which represents 30 fund raising consulting firms emphasized the positive saying the philanthropic world s two big fears of 1987 the la Reform and the october Stock Market plummet proved less than  however. The slowing of growth in 1987 brought expressions of concern from leading cultural educational and other organizations depending on charitable gifts. The downward tilt in the growth rate indicates the explosive Rale of giving is coming loan end said Hayden w. Smith senior vice president of the Council for Aid to education. The 1986 revision of the income tax Laws eliminated charitable deductions for the 70 to so percent of tax payers who do not itemize deductions. It reduced tax Rales making charitable deductions less attractive particularly for wealthier donors and in drastically reduced the lax benefits for gifts of appreciated Stock real estate and artworks. We predicted there would be some negative Impact As a result of the lax act and this appears the Case said Brian o conc it president of Independent sector the major National philanthropic coalition represent ing 700 foundations nonprofit organizations and corporate contributors. The fiscal year for universities ends june 30, and charitable giving we la Moity want in billions of dollars for 1986 Aib Cul Iuro Public and social and human los yen melt  haitian Servito a f of a Llo ious fund raisers arc pushing to obtain Cash gifts because they arc seeing a precipitous drop in Girts of appreciated securities said Norman s. Fink Deputy vice president for development at Columbia University. Edward h. Able executive director of the american association of museums a Washington based group with 2,300 member museums said All museums but particularly Art museums Are experiencing a drastic drop in contributions of valuable  the Rev. Richard d. Bailey executive director of the United methodist foundation of North Carolina said the tax change had influenced donors to Cut the size of their gifts and spread the giving Over longer periods. Stateside once condemned dog Dies in try to jump Fence Orlando Fla. A a pit Bull that was spared a death sentence for attacks on a police officer a child and a mail Carrier accidentally hanged itself on his Leash when in tried to jump a mix officials said. Pin Cellai county authorities had ordered that Black Jack be put to death by lethal injection for the attacks none of which led to serious injury but then Relyn cd. The 55-Pound pit Bull terrier was ordered confined to Sumter county. He was a House  said the owner George Brooks 21. He lived wild two elderly people besides  Brooks hired a lawyer who worked out the agreement for the dog to be released in Sumter county in a Cousin of the lawyer. Rear seat Lap belts found to involve risk of injury Washington a rear seat Lap bits expose victims of car crashes to greater risk of paralysis or death than Lap and shoulder restraints according to a study released by product liability lawyers. The Institute for injury reduction a Dunkirk my. Organization founded this year by attorneys involved in product injury litigation presented the study at a hearing of the House government activities and transportation subcommittee. In crash after crash children and adults arc dying being rendered paraplegic or quadriplegic or suffering disabling injuries to their abdominal organs while wearing Only rear seat Lap belts a. Benjamin Killcy president of the Institute testified Pigeon poachers Promise brings charge dismissal new York a a Man accused of poaching thousands of City pigeons won t be prosecuted unless he persists in pursuing pigeons. Parks commissioner Henry j. Stern said we be decided not to press charges. He s Given us his Promise to cease and desist his Pigeon activities Stem said. Domiano Parasmo. 73, of Brooklyn was taken into custody by a Park enforcement patrolman and Given a summons for violating Park regulations that make it a crime to trap Birds or animals in the Parks. Authorities say he Man caught thousands of the Birds and sold them to poultry markets. Parasmo has been issued summonses by the Ameri can society for the prevention of cruelly to animals three times and in each Case the hearing judge dismissed the charges. There is no Law against trapping wildlife on City streets As Long Asil is done humanely however part department regulations forbid removing or harming Birds in City Parks Black physician portrayed in 1940s Book film Dies Honolulu a or. Albert c Johnston a Johnston died at Castle medical Center where he was being treated for Chest congestion said his son Albert c. Johnston or Johnston will be buried july 9 in Kernc n.h., where his racial secret came to Light in 1940 when he was refused a commission in the Navy because he admitted being Black his son said. Actor Mel Ferrer portrayed the elder Johnston in Louis de Rochemont s 1949 production of lost boundaries which was based on . While s Book of the same title. Gasoline prices dip 1a cent per gallon across the . Los Angeles a gasoline prices bucked a summer trend and eased a Quarter of a cent a gallon during the last two weeks according to a nationwide Survey of More than 12,000 stations. The Lundberg Survey said the average Price of All grades of gasoline offered Al All types of service stations was 99.98 cents As of Friday Down from the june 10 average Price of s1-0023 per gallon. The avenge Price was Down nearly a full cent from comparable june 1987 prices according to the Survey released sunday. In is untypical for retail prices to be falling at this time of year when the demand from vacationing motorists usually pulls up the Price said Survey director Trilby Lundburg. She blamed the dip on Competition Between dealers and Price instability on the global Oil mar Ket. The Survey found that average prices Ai self serve pumps As of Friday were regular unleaded 90,84 cents a gallon Premium unleaded si.056 a gallon and regular leaded 88.09 cents a gallon. Self service pumps account for eight of every 10 Gallons of gasoline sold. Al full service pumps the average prices were r Lar unleaded $1.1964 Premium unleaded si.2 and regular leaded si.1592