European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 22, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes monday May 22,1989 math Whiz 17, accepts Post As Harvard lecturer Cambridge mass. A a 17-year-old British math Prodigy has accepted a one year Post As a visiting lecturer at Harvard University becoming one of the youngest Ivy league faculty members Ever Harvard officials said Friday. Ruth j. Lawrence was taught by her father at their Home in Huddersfield England and had never been to school before she entered Oxford University at ii in 1983. She graduated from the British University just two years later at 13, and expects to receive a doctorate in mathematics there this year. She s a very pleasant Well balanced person Happy to talk about various topics and not particularly aggressive or particularly shy said Vaughan Jones a professor of mathematics at the University of California at Berkeley. Lawrence was courted by several leading american universities including Berkeley and the Institute for advanced studies at Princeton University in new Jersey before she accepted Harvard s offer. Jones who has visited Lawrence in England said she is a vegetarian and likes bicycling on a tandem Bike with her father a computer Consul Tant. While at Oxford she earned a reputation As the Best undergraduate Ever in math there Jones added. Harvard officials said she will arrive in the fall and spend her first semester in Cambridge doing research free of teaching responsibilities. In the Spring she is scheduled to Lead a graduate seminar on knot theory an area of theoretical mathematics dealing with knots and similar curved three dimensional objects. Surge in City drug crimes predicted by authorities Miami not local and Federal Law enforce ment officials say they fear that drug related violence which has already reached new Heights this year will climb this summer in several major cities. In anticipation Many cities Are planning special efforts to curb crime from outreach programs to putting More officers in drug ravaged neighbourhoods. But with police resources strained in Many cities the authorities say these activities May not be enough. I m very concerned about it William j. Bennett the Federal drug policy director said in an interview last week. People Are getting ready to face what could be a very rough  troubled by the racial rioting in Miami and the surge in drug related homicides in Washington John Lawn head of the drug enforcement administration recently convened a meeting with police officials from eight cities to discuss possible violence this summer. Justice department officials said. Participants discussed How drug gangs can outrun the police the Inadequacy of police training for Deal ing with riots the breakdown of social services such As Public health and How news coverage can aggravate the problems the officials said. While crime patterns can be highly unpredictable Law enforcement officials said in interviews that they Are concerned about the summer because of record homicide rates in Many major cities and studies Indi Cating that crime lends to Peak in summer months. No authoritative study has examined drug related crime by season but police officials say such crime i heaviest in the summer because the hot weather and student vacations draw More people into the streets leading to increased drug activity and greater potential for crime. High temperatures can also c9ntribute to frayed tempers which in turn can Lead to violence. Police sgt. William f. Turnac of Dallas said Down Here it s so hot that even rational people get Short tempered in the summer and i m sure that Lias a lot to do with  Turnage said that in a Radical departure from past practice Small time dealers arc being arrested repeatedly in the Hope that the drug Trade would disappear on specific Street Corners. In Miami officials said they Are particularly worried that the mix of the unemployed Tran Agurs on vacation and drug paddlers could be explosive. You have to be concerned about the number of innocent people that can be exposed in the summer police it. John e. Brooks said. To reduce Street peddling Brooks said the depart ment would divert resources from other operations to a St Ppd up summer anti drug Effort. In one program undercover officers pose As dealers rather than buyers and arrest people who drive up to buy cocaine. In Philadelphia police have begun filming drug transactions made by buyers in automobiles. Officers follow the buyers 9ut of the neighbourhood arrest them and confiscate their cars. Police capt. Richard Delise said the program is expanding this summer to convey a broader message that we re not Only going to go after the dealers we re going to go after the Guys that buy  beyond a Law enforcement approach police officials and elected leaders in several cities said they arc seek ing to improve communication Between police and citizens groups to Case tension that can Lead to Vio Lence. I be been meeting quietly with the Black leadership now for several weeks looking at potential danger signs and looking for problems before they develop said Daryl Gates the los Angeles police chief. Atlanta officials who in the past concentrated on younger teen agers Are arranging trips to the mountains and entertainment programs this summer for people up to their Early 20s. George Napper Atlanta s commissioner of Public safety said it is not an easy task but we arc trying to gel our youngsters diverted from drug activity. Exxon Oil spill probes find widespread guilt Anchorage Alaska a booze inexperience and complacency conspired to cause the nation s worst Oil spill Evi Dence and testimony indicate after a five Day Federal investigative hearing that found plenty of blame to spread  National transportation safety Board hearing on the Exxon Valdez Oil spill concluded saturday. Board member Lee Dickinson said the Agency s report probably will be issued in Early 1990. The hearing came nearly two months after the Tanker ran aground on a charted reef and ripped its Hull open bleeding nearly 11 million Gallons of crude Oil into biologically Rich Prince William  arc any number of things that May have occurred some mistakes that were made and All those together May have been what led to the grounding of the Exxon Valdez Dickinson said. In nearly 45 hours of testimony not one of the 28 witnesses admitted doing anything wrong. But their testimony anymore than 1,000 pages of evidence implicate the following players Cape. Joseph Hazelwood who has been charged with operating the ship while drunk and declined to testify be cause of his pending criminal trial. Testi Mony indicated he May have had blood alcohol level of 0.22 percent at the time of the wreck five times the Legal limit. Witnesses said they smelled Alco hol on his breath before and after the  Captain also left third mate Gre gory cousins in charge knowing he was not certified to Pilot the ship through the sound. And Hazelwood had the Tanker on automatic Pilot although company policy restricts use of the device. Cousins who took the ship Oit Auto Matic Pilot 12 minutes before the crash but failed to turn the vessel away from Bligh reef. He testified that the ship did not respond to his rudder changes but an pm Board recorder indicated that his turns were simply too late. Exxon snipping co., which was aware of Haze Wood s alcoholism but said it was unaware he had resume drinking after undergoing Hospital treat ment in 1985. Although the company president said Exxon has a strict anti drinking policy employees testified the rarely saw evidence that the policy was enforced. Suit lost against Jim beam Candace Thorp leaves . District court in Seattle after losing a lawsuit against Jim beam brands co. Last week Over birth defects in her son Michael now 4 shown right at age 2. Thorp and her husband Harold alleged that the liquor com Pany was negligent for not using labels to warn that heavy drinking during pregnancy might Lead to birth defects. Elvis Impersonator planning to get voters All Shook up in Syracuse Syracuse . A Elvis has been sighted again this time As a candidate for the Onondaga county legislature. Elvis Presley imitator a Wendell Conley 30, of Syracuse won the Onondaga county democratic committee s Blessing to Campaign for the local government seat in the november election. It s Conley s first try for elective office. He s been impersonating the King for the last four years. He has also been delivering Elvis Grams for a year. He entertains at parties in offices and anywhere else people will pay him to help them remember the Rock v Roll legend. I be always been a big fan of Elvis said Conley who admitted to taking some ribbing from commit tee members about his Job. In addition to Elvis impersonations Conley is also a professional musician and Clown and runs a business that offers balloons for each and every occasion