European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 15, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes tuesday. August 15.1989 Bush oks disaster Relief for Farmers $897 Mil Ion fund geared of buffered crops Washington a president Bush saying Farmers have indeed suffered monday signed legislation providing nearly $900 million in disaster Relief for farms where crops were battered this year by rain drought and other foul weather. In remarks at a signing ceremony. Bush said the disaster assistance act of 1989 brings important Relief to farm families hit by the extreme  the Farmer is at the mercy of the forces of nature and sometimes nature fails him said the president who persuaded Congress to trim the Relief package to $897 million from an earlier $ 1.3 billion version passed by the House. This act will help Farmers recover after Damag ing rain and wind and will Sec others through a year when they be had to stand by and watch their crop fail Bush said. In a number of states from the Dakotas to the Texas Panhandle and in the mid Atlantic states As Well Farmers have indeed suffered and this Bill provides Relief he said. He also noted that the Winter wheat Levels in Kansas were less than Hal Normal Levels. The prevailing climate Here in Washington Isone of fiscal restraint and Money s tight. And that s Why it is Good news that the Cost of the disaster Relief. Is reasonable the president said. It will provide Relief Only to those Farmers hard est hit by Adverse weather and it wisely rewards those who took the prudent step of purchasing crop insurance he said. Farmers who participated in this year s Price sup port program and purchased crop insurance will be paid at 65 percent of the target Price for any losses beyond 35 percent of Normal production. Those who were in the program hut did t buy crop insurance will be compensated for losses beyond 40 percent of their Normal production. Those who were not in the program arc eligible Only i their losses exceed 50 percent. White House spokes Man Martin Fitzwalter said. Bush said he was also pleased that this Law Loos ens some of the controls that limit what Farmers can Plant leaving More Farmers free then to choose the crops they grow and to diversify agricultural pro  the farm Relief package is far less costly than the$4 billion Relief Bill enacted during last year s drought. It will help Farmers still facing parched Fields in parts of the great Plains and Western Corn Belt As Well As Farmers in parts of the South where flooding wiped out Rice and Cotton crops. To qualify for Relief Farmers in the government subsidy program for Corn wheat Cotton tobacco peanuts and sugar must suffer a 40 percent crop loss. The threshold will be 45 percent for soybean and Sunflower growers and 50 percent for fruit an vegetable Farmers. Who s walking whom Troy Fox and his dog Sandy Are in perfect step As they saunter along a sidewalk in Salinas Calif connected by a big Strong Leash. Bui it s not quite Clear whether 21-month-old Troy is taking 10 year old Sandy for a walk or vice versa. Stress haunts families victimized by homicides new Orleans a some270.000 american adults Are suffering a serious stress reaction from the killing of a family member a new study Esti  about i million have suffered such a homicide related Case of Post traumatic stress disorder at some Point in their lives the study  also estimated that 5 million americans older than 18 have lost a immediate family member to Homi cide and an additional 11.4 million have lost other relatives or close friends. The sudden violent death of a fam ily member brings with it serious psychological consequences for Many fam ily survivors said Angl Lynn Amick a clinical psychologist and assistant pro Fessor at the medical University of South  discussed the work sunday at the annual meeting of the american psychological association. The study de fined homicide As being killed by criminal or a drunk Driver. Post traumatic stress distr Der includes such symptoms As persistent and intrusive reliving of the trauma and general numbing of responsiveness. The study involved a National Surveyor about 12,000 people and detailed interviews with a nationally representative Sample of 214 of them. Ami Csc said. Two other studies of people affected by crimes against others focused on the Impact of rape. One work found that those emotion ally close to a rape victim the people to whom she turns for support often share the social stereotypes of rape As at least in part the woman s fault said researcher Ellen Brickman. Preliminary results from a study of75 people close to victims of rape or assault found that rape victims were More often blamed for the incident than assault victims were she  blame is communicated it docs not seem to affect the amount of emotional or practical support from the people doing the blaming said Brick Man of the victim services Agency in new  Complex mix of reactions must be studied further Brickman said. The reactions can have a profound Impact on what the people closest to the victim communicate to her and How the Vic Tim endures the aftermath of violent crime she said. Another study suggests that non supportive Behaviours of other people have a stronger Impact on a rape victim recovery than supportive Behaviours do. Non supportive Behaviours include refusing to discuss the incident telling the victim to forget about it blaming her for it and asking the victim for emotional support for one s own prob lems said researcher Robert Davis. Supportive Behaviours include such things As practical help with daily activities said Davis of the new York Vic Tim services Agency. Can Hopes to Hook schools with news show new York a Turner broadcasting systemic. Got a jump on the school year monday with the launch of its commercial free news show for class room use. The producers of the show can newsroom said they want to give principals and teachers a Chance to review the daily program before school starts and decide if it fits their class plans. There s another reason for the Early debut it divested Turner s Cable news network a head Start on the advertiser supported Channel one news service that whittle communications plans to offer in March. School might not Stan until the 1st of september but teachers arc already planning the fall semester said Paul Amos an executive vice president at  they like it they can put the program on begin Ning Day one of the school year for  can plans to carry the 15-minute shows without commercials each weekday so that teachers May tape them and replay All or parts of them in the classroom later in the Day. The first show featured the Day s headlines including a report on rep. Mickey Leland the Texas Democrat killed in a plane crash in Ethiopia an feature stories on a Georgia High school teacher who publishes a folklore Magazine China s new student indoctrination program and a weekend Rock concert in Moscow. Along with the news shows Turner is making teachers guide available via computer mail to Sug Gest ways the program can be used to inspire discussions or research. The Channel one service which runs 12 minutes Aday with two minutes of commercials was tested for seven weeks last Spring in six Middle and High schools. While the shows were generally Well received by teachers and students several National educational groups protested vehemently against giving advertisers a Way to pitch products in the classroom. Officials in new York and California have Banne Channel one from their schools because of the commercials. Turner had planned to include Public service Type commercials on can newsroom but after Educa tors complained he decided to exclude advertising altogether and pick up the seven figure Tab himself. Channel one is planning to make massive donations to schools of television monitors satellite dishes and video cassette recorders along with the programming. It Hopes to have 1,000 schools hooked up by the launch Date in March and 8,000 by fall 1990. Turner is not donating to monitors or recorders but has encouraged the Cable systems that carry the program to provide free hookups to schools and do nations of video cassette recorders or television sets where  s Amos said he expects 1,000 schools to use the newsroom program when schools open this fall. Two other Cable networks also Are planning special programs for the classroom neither will carry ads. A Span the Cable network that carries congressional sessions plans to run a student oriented 10 minute program on one subject each week starting aug. 22. The discovery Channel will offer a daily one hour show for the classroom starting sept. 18, with pro