European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 05, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 24 the stars and stripes thursday october 5, 1989 news briefs a is 20 2y"zi 2if 53 25 off in 30 is a 33 these knives were found where a West German taxi Driver was stabbed and robbed. Reward offered for help in finding robbery suspect Karlsruhe West Germany is Karlsruhe police Are offering a 3,000-Mark re Ward about $1,600 for information helpful in their search for a Black american male who stabbed and robbed a taxi Driver sept. 24. All 1 can say at the moment is that we Are following several leads in the Case police spokesman Werner Prokopp said wednesday. We Hope the offer of a Reward will help Speed up the Prokopp said the Man being sought got into the cab at a downtown taxi stand and asked to be driven to Rhode Island Street in the . Military housing area. After arriving at the Street the Man stabbed the Driver three times and fled with 200 Marks. A search of the crime scene uncovered two knives a Black suede Cap and a Black Trench coat thrown into a dumpster in the area. Prokopp described the attacker As a slender Black american male 25 to 35 years old and about 6 feet tall. He wore dark trousers and White ankle High Tennis shoes at the Lime of the incident. We also now know he must have wounded himself in the attack Prokopp said. Police Are asking anyone with information about the attacker or the items found in the dumpster to Call 0721-136475 or 0721-21332. Rites planned for Retiree from information office Heidelberg West Germany memorial services have been set for a retired 7th medical come official who died tuesday of a heart attack. Robert e. Laughlin 72, retired three years ago after working for the command s Public information office for 10 native of Springfield mo., Laughlin wrote travel articles for the new York times in the 1960s. He also wrote a column for the Irish press in Dublin Ireland for several years. He is survived by his wife Dee a teacher at Mannheim High school. Services will be held at 4 . Friday in the Mark Twain Village Chapel in Heidelberg. City special elections Send voters to polls across nation by the associated press former Atlanta mayor Maynard Jackson recaptured the Job he reluctantly left eight years ago while a missis Sippi Democrat won a spot in a Runoff for the state s Only Republican scat in the . House of representatives. In Cleveland voters took the first Steps tuesday toward replacing popular mayor George Voinovich who is stepping aside to seek the Republican nation for governor. The Cleveland City Council presi Dent and a state senator took the top two places in a mayoral primary boosting them into the nov. 7 Gener Al re elected its incumbent democratic mayor Terry Goddard but rejected the downtown baseball stadium he wanted to build. And in Albuquerque n.m., mayor Ken Schultz lost his bid to become the first mayor to be elected to Back la Back terms since the City switched to a mayor Council form of govern ment 15 years Atlanta Jackson overwhelmed City councilman Hosca Williams and four Little known candidates to recapture the Job he relinquished to Andrew Young in 1982. The Law prohibited both men from seeking a third consecutive term and Young is considering a race for governor next final unofficial returns Jackson had 54,897 votes or 79 percent. Williams received 11,1116 votes or 16.5 percent. Four other candidates shared 4.5 per cent of the , 51, said that his new term would be differ ent from his previous eight year hitch. Some issues will be tougher he Mississippi where democrats want to capture a House scat that has been Republican for nearly 17 years. Republican Tom Anderson muscled his Way into an oct. 17 Runoff with democratic state sen. Gene Taylor. The Winner will succeed rep. Larkin Smith who died in a plane crash on aug. 13. Stale attorney general Mike Moore a Democrat and the most familiar in the race was left behind. Moore came in third and lost even his Home county where he served As District attorney for 12 years. Unofficial returns showed Taylor with 51,383 votes or 42 percent with 45,623, or 37 percent for Ander son a longtime aide to sen. Trent Lett. A miss. Moore received 25,497 votes or 21 percent. Anderson received Strong support from loll while Taylor had the advantage of having run a Strong race against Smith last year. Moore was criticized during the Campaign for want ing to abandon the attorney general s Job that he had won just 21 months Council president George Forbes had been considered the front runner in Cleveland and he proved the pollsters right by easily leading the Field of five candidates. Stale sen. Mike White narrowly Defeated court clerk Benny Bonanno to take the second Runoff spot. In Phoenix Goddard won a fourth term defeating state Republican party chairman Burton Kruglick by a2-1 margin 89,386 votes to 46,277. The stadium which was intended to lure a baseball expansion team to Phoenix lost 88,516 to 61,455. Baker from Page 1 Pentagon one official said various military options were discussed tuesday with president Bush As the coup unfolded. Another official said when it appeared As though Noriega might have been dethroned there were several options considered none of which was going in and getting both spoke on the condition of anonymity. Baker sidestepped whether the administration played any role in the coup attempt but he implied that the United states had kept its distance because the rebels had Little Chance of ousting Noriega. Meanwhile in Panama City troops Loyal to Norieg patrolled quiet streets wednesday after crushing the coup attempt and a military spokesman said two coup leaders had taken Refuge at a . Army base. A lawyer for Noriega said the general was not detained or injured in tuesday s uprising and had Bee away from the defense forces Headquarters in Panama City when the fighting began. Noriega was Quick to blame the revolt on the unite states which has been trying to bust him for More than i years and bring him to the United states to face Federal drug trafficking charges. Steroids from Page 1 disc steroids in . Publications. During his summation tuesday before the Canadian panel inquiry counsel Robert Armstrong told presiding Justice Charles Dubin that the problem of distribution must be addressed and suggested the commissioner consider what amendments to our existing Law May be appropriate to Deal with this obvious in Canada there arc no criminal penalties for ath letes who use steroids. While steroids arc a prescription drug it s not Ille Gal to possess them in the Way it would be to be in Possession of narcotics or. Andrew pipe said in an interview tuesday from Ottawa. Pipe chairman of sports Medicine Council s advis Ory Council on drug abuse in Amateur sport said he would support any Canadian legislation against steroid distribution. In the United states last year Biden pushed through an amendment to the anti drug abuse act that made it a felony to illegally distribute steroids. Biden said then that More sanctions were needed and Levine s Bill goes even further. It Calls for the establishment of a Council on steroid abuse to develop a comprehensive strategy for the control of the improper use and abuse of anabolic minor Tiff can Lead to major rift families warned by Deedee Arrington Doke Bureau Baum older West Germany violence at Home usually erupts Over minor disagreements and not major is sues a social work Volunteer said wednesday at a symposium on Domestic violence. We rarely fight Over Large important issues said Kay Colditz giving the example of the Soldier who becomes enraged when his wife makes lunch before ironing his uniform. He prefers having his uniform ironed first. To justify the resulting angry emotions the potentially violent person tells himself something about the event such As i be told her 100 times to do it my Way Colditz said. To Short circuit his urge to strike his wife the Soldier must change the Content of his self talk dialogue Colditz said. Substituting positive thoughts such As How Nice of my wife to Iron my uni form for angry ones could have produced a More Loving emotion she said. The 2 a Day forum billed As a train ing symposium on Domestic violence awareness ended wednesday with presentations by five speakers. Discussed at the symposium was a nine week group treatment program at Baum older for couples who have been referred for help. The spousal conflict containment program educates men and women about ways to eliminate hostile emotions and control anger. The program which was designed specifically for military families also covers jealousy sexual stereotyping and tips for building a support network away from family and friends in the United states. In most couples referred for help the husband is the Soldier and the wife is the family member although some dual Mil itary couples also have been treated Colditz said. Those referred for help usually Are a lot of privates and specialists. Some arc on their second marriages. A lot have children and most Don t have very much Money she said. In addition Colditz said very few people arc assertive. They either let peo ple walk All Over them or they couples in a troubled relationship who hesitate to involve the military in resolving their problems sometimes look for help from Post chaplains who can counsel them in strict privacy. Capt. Eric Lambert a protestant Chap lain at Baum older said his office pro Vides barriers the military cannot penetrate in keeping Safe the secrets of an unhappy marriage. Lambert said couples he sees often never even think of their children when they contemplate splitting up. Sol Diers who give up custody of their Chil Dren to their spouses suffer especially once the children Are gone and the non custodial Soldier Parent is assigned hundreds 9r thousands of Miles away Lam Bert said. Guilt starts to Rise in the husband. Because of his guilt he stops writing to the children Lambert said. The Chil Dren then begin feeling hostile toward that Parent and a wedge May permanently have come Between them. A healthy family must be a Mutual admiration society in which members respect each other have fun together want to spend time together want to communicate and never discipline Achild for doing a childish thing Lam Bert symposium s organizer Dorothy Gilbert added it s of to disagree. 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