European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 09, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes tuesday january 9,1990 most cities report no gains in drug War Survey finds Washington a despite the White House War on drugs fewer than 10 percent of the nation s cities remaking headway in local Battles said a Survey released monday. There s been a lot of talk about drugs coming out of Washington and our City leaders Are now sending Back a message a message that it s time for Washington to get a front line report on what s happening and what s  said Alan reals executive director of the National league of cities. The drug Issue must be a National priority local officials Are saying be cause they cannot beat it on their own Beals said in releasing the study. Officials in 58 percent of the cities surveyed said drug problems had wors ened in their communities Over the past year. Another 31 percent said the magnitude of the drug problem remained the same while Only 9 percent reported Progress. The league surveyed mayors and Council members from 314 cities so i cited randomly from 2,461 cities with a population of 10,000 or More. The Survey included a variety of  exam ple officials in 39 percent of the cities said they would have to raise local taxes this year. Nearly half expected to increase various user fees and almost two thirds said their City s spending would increase Beals said. Drugs however led the list of City officials top concerns. One in five said that if they could meet with president Bush on any topic they would focus on drugs. Clearly our local leaders believe there is a need for National leadership and a stronger commitment of National resources to help eradicate the poisonous and violent drug culture that has invaded our cities Beals said. The Survey he said found discontent among Urban comparison of illegal drugs Al common names Snow Coke blow mated us Rasa local aesthetic usually for eyes nose or Throat methods 0 Mage shifted As a powder injected As a liquid smoked in crystalline form sral dose effects euphoria. Hallucinations. Irritability sleeplessness. Indigestion Large do a effects Para Nolc psychosis convulsions respiratory allure. Death Long Fern effects stong psychological addiction damage to nasal passages lungs brain birth defects malnutrition common names Crank Crystal Speed med cd uses for appetite suppression and to treat aesthetic overdoses mental depression and narcolepsy methods Dusas usually injected also sniffed or taken orally Small Domell facts euphoria increased Energy hyperactivity sleeplessness  Haluck nations. Paranoia tremors High fever convulsions heart failure death long49tmtlsct physical addiction distorted perception and thoughts anxiety suicidal tendencies sources. Chicago Tun.  a Unnica Law. Pumo Bou leaders with the Federal government s allocation of Money to fight drugs. The $2.2 billion in Federal drug assistance that goes to the states he said is needed in our cities where the War against drugs is being  he said nearly half of the officials 47 percent de scribed relations with their state governments As fair at Best 22 percent said they were poor and 28 per cent rated them As  besides drugs City leaders reported worsening conditions involving crime the environment and the Cost of living particularly for housing and Energy. The league Survey was conducted by Telephone in november and Early december by the Center for Urban studies at Wayne state University in Detroit. The league said the results had a margin of error of plus or minus 5.5 percentage Points. Events in soviet bloc overwhelm professors textbook publishers Cambridge mass. A revolutionary changes sweeping Eastern Europe have professors and textbook publishers scratching their Heads about keep ing up with history in the making. It s a mind boggling world for soviet bloc specialists said soviet Logist Ben Eklof of Indiana univer sity. And it s very stressful he said. I be begun to wish everyone Over there would play baseball for a month or so and give me some time to rethink  the confusion started when soviet bloc govern ments began toppling last fall. College syllabuses had to be tossed out and curricula overhauled. Some of my colleagues Are waiting for things to Settle Down but they might As Well give up waiting because i Don t think hat will happen for another generation said Adam ulam who directs Harvard University s russian research Center. It s exciting and tiring at the same time said Henry Krisch an author and professor at the univer sity of Connecticut. It s As though someone in history has hit fast Forward and processes that normally take a Long Lime Are seen in a Short  Independent political journals and newspapers have blossomed in Eastern Europe. Artists and theorists arc speaking out. Scholarly Exchange and travel opportunities Are opening. In Many cases. . Professors have opted to use newspapers and free form classroom debate on current events instead of the suddenly outdated texts. Right now i m in a quandary As to whether to offer my course again next fall because i m not sure if any thing of a permanent published nature will be Avail  said Edwin Gere a professor at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. Publishers have similar problems. The books from which generations of High school and College students Learned about the soviet bloc suddenly need daily Revi Sion. The academic headaches Are reflected in the pub Lisher s office said Frederick Prang or. Editorial director at Westview press inc. You cannot publish books that Deal with the cur rent situation in the soviet Union or Eastern Europe because it changes just about every Day Prang or said from his Boulder colo., office. On the Day you Publ ish the Book is out of  Sam Gesumaria a vice president Al Macmillan Mcgraw Hill s school division said editors in his new York office had updated various social studies texts repeatedly since november. All textbook publishers Are faced with the same problem right now he said. The Best we can do is give some sort of information about these changes but we have to Stop Short of being conclusive because these events Aren t done yet. And we have a Long Way to go yet 1  the Warsaw pact s transformation May continue for years but textbook publishers need to Deal with an immediate Bottom line. They be got to find a Way to keep up with the change if they want to keep Selling books. Eileen Peters vice president of Scott Foreman and co s International division said several publishing houses were considering supplements for College sur vey texts. Professors can change their Reading lists from semester to semester she said from her office in Chi Cago. It s critical to have the books up to Date be cause professors arc going to go with the Book that has these changes in  Robert v. Daniels an author and retired University of Vermont professor said some of the scholars work ing on specialized texts have been tempted to sit Back and wait for the events to unfold. But he rejected the practice. That s Ivory Tower thinking the author of is Russia Reform Abl said we can t be concerned that current events will spoil our neat conclusions. More than Ever we need analyses of where we  stateside trapped kids survive crash that killed their father Maud Texas a two Small children spent 12 hours trapped in a wrecked pickup truck with their dead father after the truck Slid off a Rural Road and slammed into a tree. A Bowie county sheriffs Deputy discovered the boys 4-year-old Joshua Mills and his 3-year old brother Nathan trying to awaken their father. James Mills 25. They were tapping him on the shoulder telling him daddy Wake up " the Deputy said. I just told them your father s asleep. Let him sleep the truck apparently crashed during rain and heavy fog in Maud about i so Miles Northeast of Dallas and was found at the Bottom of an embankment near a Sharp curve in a Road. The boys were treated and released from Wadley regional medical Center. Nathan was treated for cuts and bruises. Joshua who was pinned in the jump seat of Mills Small pickup suffered minor frostbite officials said. Pension funds want say in picking pm chairman new York a two pension funds with Large holdings in general motors corp. Stock have asked for a role in choosing a successor to Roger b. Smith who plans to retire As chairman this year the new York times reported monday. The funds dismayed by pm s Long decline also asked the company s directors to consult with them on policy making and goals for pm s new management the times said. The requests were made in letters to pm directors by the Heads of the California Public employees retirement system and the Newyork state and local retirement system which arc among the nation s largest the times said. The letter by the California pension fund was written to express our dismay Over pm s performance said Richard Copus the retirement system s general counsel. There seems to be agreement among the people we talk to that this american institution is going downhill fast and we re paying for  reckless sports players ruled liable for injuries Lincoln neb. A people who play Contact sports can be liable for injuries to others if their conduct is wilful or recklessly disregards safely the state supreme court has ruled. The High court ruling on a Case involving a pickup basketball game in Omaha spelled out when people could be held responsible for injuries they caused during Contact sports. The judges also defined reckless behaviour. The Case involved a suit brought by Joseph Dotzler against Bruce cult la. Dotzler suffered two Frac tured wrists in 1984 when Tuttle allegedly pushed him during a basketball game at an Omaha Myca. A jury decided the Case in Tuttle s favor. The supreme court reversed that decision and ordered a new trial saying District judge Theodore l. Carlson did t properly instruct the jury. 250 families evacuated after truck leaks chemical san Antonio a a tractor trailer truck leaking a flammable toxic chemical forced the evacuation of about 250 families and prompted the closing of a 10-mile stretch of Highway officials said. No injuries were reported. The Driver of the truck owned by Montgom Ery truck lines in Montgomery ala., noticed the leak from his 7,000-Galton tank As the Rig was parked at a service station off interstate 10, Northwest of san Antonio. The chemical is  used As an  you inhale it it will bum you said John Longoria spokesman for the Bexar county fire department about 80 Gallons leaked from the truck before the remainder of the chemical was loaded into an empty Tanker. The interstate was re opened and the families that were evacuated from within a half mile radius of the truck were allowed to return to their Homes later