European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 03, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 6 the stars and stripes saturday february 3,1990 is ear old Chuska Walker wears traditional Indi an clothing As he shows up in front of the statehouse in Columbus Ohio to protest legislation that Indian Young protester tribes fear will put the burial grounds of their forefathers in jeopardy. Chaska joined about 100 other demonstrators. 65% of polled students say they d cheat on important exam new York a Given the Chance. 65 percent of High school students would cheat on an important exam according to a National Survey released this past week thai Qucsai once american children on their beliefs and moral values. The Survey also showed thai 37 percent of Junior and senior High school students interviewed said they would have sex with someone they love. The Survey interviewed 5.012 students in grades 4 12 from 233 Public private and parochial schools from sept. 14 loot. 30. Among ils other findings when asked How they would advise a Prog Nail Friend Only 12 Pyrc Cal of respondents said they would Tell her to have an abortion while 57 Pyrc Cal advised having the baby. Black and hispanic children were significantly More Likely to recommend having and keeping the baby Over abortion or adoption. Seventy percent of study nos surveyed said a Prog Nail girl should have inc final say on having an Abor Tion 13 percent gave inc final say to the parents. Among their major concerns respondents most often 24 percent listed pressure to do Well in school or sports followed by what to do with their lives 17 percent drug use 13 percent Lack of close friends 8 percent and teen age pregnancy 6 percent. As for the pressures they feel a lot obeying parents and teachers led the list 80 Percy no followed by the pressure to gel Good grades 78 per cell. Not to Lake drugs 77 percent to prepare for the future 69 per cent and to earn Money 62 Percy no. Just 6 Percy no named Llie pressure to take drugs. Nearly half of those surveyed 45 Pyrc Cal said they rely on their own personal experience when deciding what is True compared to just 3 Pyrc Cal who believe science is inc most reliable authority in such matters. The Survey was conducted for the girl scouts of the United states of America in partnership with the Lilly endowment and the . Mott foundation. La was done by Harris Scholastic research a division of the Louis hams and associates inc. Polling firm in collaboration with har Vard child psychiatrist Rotert Coles sociologist James Davison Hunter of the University of Virginia and John Seel of inc Williamsburg charter foundation. Woman gets life for killing baby Peoria. 111. A a woman was sentenced to life in prison with no Chance of parole thursday for murdering the second infant daughter she had reported abducted in less than three years. A Peoria county jury ruled out the death penalty for Paula Marie Sims after three hours of deliberation. The same panel convicted Sims on tuesday of first dog acc murder obstruction of Justice and concealing a homicide in the death of 6-Wcek-old Heather Lee whose suffocated body was found May 3 in a Missouri trash barrel. Madison county judge Andy a Lousian immediately her to natural life in prison meaning no Chance for parole. Sims Sal Ashen but impassive. Defense Ali Orney Donald Groshong said he would Appeal inc verdict. Earlier he argued for a lesser sen tence. Sims. 30. Of Alton had told police Heather Lee was abducted by a masked gunman from her Home in the Madison county City of Alton on april 29 a Story nearly identical to the one she told after the 1986 Dis appearance of her firstborn daughter Loralei. Heather s body was found across the Mississippi River in nearby West Alton to. An autopsy indicated she had been suffocated and her body subsequently Frozen. Thirteen Day old Loralei was reported abducted june 17, 1986, from the Simses former Home in the nearby Rural Jersey county Lown of Brighton. Police found a baby s body 150 Yards from the Sims Home a week later but no positive identification was Ever made. No murder charges have been filed in Loralli s death bul Sims faces trial in Jersey county on charges of obstruction of Justice and conceal Mcnol of a Homi cide. Prosecutors argued that Sims and her husband 37 year old Robert Sims had wanted Only male babies. The husband who has not been charged in either Case has custody of the couple s 2-Ycar-old son Randy. Stateside storms twisters Roar across Southeast Texas Dallas a at least four tornadoes were re ported in Southeast Texas and severe storms moved across a Large area of the state triggering Flash floods and tumbling Mobile Homes with winds up to 85 Mph. No injuries were reported in the storms but a Utility lineman working to restore Power in Austin died Early Friday after grabbing a Power line As he slipped while on a pole authorities said. One Tornado ripped through the Meadowbrook trailer Park in Humble outside Houston thursday night. It overturned eight trailers but caused no injuries said Nancy Bivens a police dispatcher. About 18.000 Homes were without Power in North Houston late thursday and Strong winds and heavy rain delayed nights at Houston Hobby Airport. Rash flooding and Power failures were reported in Dallas As heavy rainfall snarled Rush hour traffic and closed numerous streets. An estimated 6,300 Utility customers lost Power in fort Worth. Syphilis cases in . At highest rate in 40 years Atlanta a syphilis has soared to its High est rate in 40 years and Young people Lack education about sexually transmitted diseases Federal health re searchers say. The National centers for disease control reported thursday that Only two of five major 1990 goals for the prevention of sexually transmitted diseases arc on track. The Federal government s goals set in 1979, were aimed at reducing gonorrhoea and syphilis while raising awareness among doctors and Young people. Gonorrhoea Rales dropped As hoped during the 1980s, the cd said but syphilis is rising rapidly and education efforts Are falling behind. There s Good news and bad news said or. Ward catch the cd s director of sexually transmitted Dis ease prevention. We be made major inroads in con trolling gonorrhoea but we be seen much less Success on syphilis and other sexually transmitted doctor Dies while trying vainly to save stricken wife Greenville. . A a doctor apparently trying to revive his wife from a fatal Onset of asthma collapsed and died of a heart attack. Paramedics found Betty Wrenn 66. Dead and her husband Frank Wrynn 67, slumped Over her in cardiac arrest on the floor of their Home thursday said Parks Evans Deputy Coroner of Greenville county. The doctor was pronounced dead at Greenville me Morial Hospital a half hour later Evans said. He said Wrynn was apparently trying to administer cardiopulmonary resuscitation to his wife when he col lapsed. The two were childhood sweethearts. It was a wonderful Way to go for them said the wife s sister Mary s. Mcconnell. But it s just terrible on the rest of Wrenn a past president of the american association of Scuro surgeons. Was internationally known in his held. Abuse charge dismissed against pregnant Drinker Laramie Wyo. A a judge dismissed a child abuse complaint brought against a pregnant woman because she drank alcohol saying the slate did not produce probable cause Liat her fetus had been injured. Diane Pfannen still. 29, was about four months pregnant when she was arrested Jan. 4, two months after another judge ordered her to remain alcohol acc. Testing revealed that she had a blood alcohol level of 0.1 Pyrc Cal the amount at which a person is consid ered Intoci Caird under slate Law. Pfannenstiel quickly left the court after judge Rob Ert Dan hard s decision. Her lawyer Mary Elizabeth Galvan said the judge s decision adhered 10 the Law which slates that an injury must exist for abuse to occur
