European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 23, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday May 23, 1990 the stars and stripes a a a Page 7 study on Beer companies sponsorship of motor racing called condescending Washington apr a new study says that Beer company sponsorship of motor sports races encourages Drunken driving by fans including Young men with a Long shag haircuts and women with tight pants and braces. Beer Industry supporters called the study elitist nonsense. Breweries spend $50 million a year to link Beer and fast cars a in a carefully crafted Effort to promote Beer especially among working class youth and Young adults who Are part of the a car culture a a said the american automobile association report released by a coalition of safety and health groups monday. In dueling news conferences at the National press club the coalition and the Beer Institute painted sharply differing images of the motor sports crowd. The fans at one Beer sponsored event at san Francisco a cow Palace included a teen agers and Young men with Long shag haircuts spotty complexions work boots and demm pants Young women with tight pants braces and hair sprayed bouffant hairdos a said the study. A racing fans Are overwhelmingly adult a said less Richter of the National association of Stock car Auto racing who spoke at the Beer Industry event. A they Are employed they Are respectable citizens and they Are too intelligent to believe any of the nonsense promoted in this  the 92-Page aaa report concluded that Brewers target Blue Collar youth by sponsoring motor sports racers and events across the country. Youth in that class Are the most Likely to drive drunk said the report which was based on previous studies observation of 14 events and interviews with 60 High school students. The report offered no new scientific evidence of a link Between Drunken driving and Beer ads or sponsorship of racing events. But researcher David Buchanan co author said it documents the Way Beer companies dangerously link Beer and fast cars in the minds of racing fans. The Beer Institute said the research was faulty. One participant at the news conference United Auto work ers Union legislative director Dick Warden characterized the coalitions View As a elitist and condescending against Blue Collar workers. Institute president James Sanders said 98 percent of racing enthusiasts Are Over 21 years old and the typical fan a is an attractive customer for nearly any Type of consumer  at the coalition news conference chairman Alexander Wagnaar was flanked by an and showing a race car through a Glass of Miller Beer and a Coors to shirt emblazoned with a picture of a big wheeled a monster  Wagnaar released copies of scolding letters to Beer company executives and announced an Effort to help Drivers gain non Beer sponsors. The groups announced symbolic sponsorship of two relatively new race Drivers Michael sch Richcr of Manhattan Beach calif., and Randi Lynn Hubbard of Aberdeen Wash. In lieu of the several Hundred thousand dollars sponsors often provide both received stickers Reading a drive alcohol free Quot to Post on their  kills 1, shoots another then commits suicide Melbourne Beach Fla. Apr a heavily armed Man upset Over renovations made in his Church wounded two people and barricaded himself inside the Sanctuary with a hostage for seven hours monday before killing himself. Officers fired tear Gas and stormed St. Sebastian by the sea episcopal Church at 3 15 ., but found the body of a Man identified by police As Douglas Pearson 47. Pearson was a member of the Church building committee and Church members said he had been upset about renovations at the Church including a plan to add trim to the churches new Copper Steeple said Ted Ferris another committee member. Joan Heller a spokeswoman for the Brevard county sheriffs department said the gunman apparently shot himself. The hostage Deacon George Smodell crawled out As police stormed the Church Heller said. Smodell was in stable condition at Holmes regional medical Center. He had a gunshot wound in his leg a Hospital spokeswoman said. The gunman had previously gone to the red Brick Church saturday night armed and upset Heller said. Police were called and confiscated two assault rifles and a pistol. On monday he had a .357-caliber magnum and .45-caliber pistol authorities said. The incident began about 8 40 . When Pearson a wife called police to say a a he Sall upset. He has  a Short time later a 43-year-old woman in her Melbourne Beach Home was shot twice in the Abdomen at Point Blank Range with a .45-caliber pistol Deacon George Smodell is taken into a Hospital after being shot while being held hostage. Heller said. The woman Diane Conarroe was the wife of a Church official said Ted fees a member of the Church building committee. Pearson went to the Home looking for her husband John Conarroe and shot her when she answered the door Ferris said. Mrs. Conarroe was in critical condition at Holmes regional medical Center said Debbie Helton a Hospital spokeswoman. A few minutes later the gunman walked into an office shot the Deacon and then ordered Painter David Oraboni and a Secretary to leave. A the walked right by me a Oraboni said. A i said a Good morning to him and he said a Good  not More than 10 seconds later he pulled out a gun and started shooting. At first i did no to think it was  barricaded in the Church the gunman ignored repeated Calls from police negotiators using the Telephone and a bullhorn said . Wilmer a sheriffs inspector who was was trying to talk with Pearson. Building committee member Ferris said Pearson had been upset for about a week Over restoration work on the 25-Ycar-old Church. He talked to Pearson by Telephone about 7 30 . �?o1 knew he had some grudges against some people in the Church a Ferris said. A the said on the phone a this was his last  a Ferris added that he thought Pearson meant the last Church remodelling project. Ferris said Pearson who moved to Florida from Toronto about three years ago worked in construction and design. Melbourne Beach is on the East coast of Central  brings silent nights Back to Hatfield mass. Northampton mass. Apr Tranquility won Over tradition when a judge ordered that the Hatfield mass., town Bell be silenced at night ruling in favor of a couple of newcomers who said the cherished custom kept them awake. The ruling monday was greeted with dismay by townsfolk who had argued that the hourly chiming was a treasured part of the new England character of Hatfield a 320-year-old farming Community near Northampton. A i think its Lousy a selectman chairman George Zgrodnik or. Said after Hampshire Superior court judge John f. Murphy ordered that the 92-year-old Bell be turned off after 9  And before 7 . A a certain part of the heritage of the town has been disrupted and i think that a very important selectman Thomas Hurley said. W. Michael Ryan who represented newcomers Richard and Pamela Camall said the ruling effective immediately actually harks Back to an old tradition of ringing the Bell at curfew. A a we be ended a 20th-Century tradition and revived a colonial federalist Era tradition a Ryan said. The Casalls were unavailable for comment monday but Ryan said he had spoken to them. A a they re pretty private people. They have not enjoyed being in the Public spotlight Over this but they just Felt that it was necessary to endure the publicity in order to obtain Relief a he said. Zgrodnik said the ruling would mean turning off the Bell All the time at least for now because the town does not have the funds to buy an automatic timer. Earlier the Casalls had offered to pay for such a device but Ryan said the offer has since been withdrawn. The selectmen said it was too soon to Tell if townsfolk would authorize Money to pursue an Appeal but that it would be discussed. The Casalls moved from nearby Northampton in August 1988 and bought a 19th-Century House on main Street across from the first congregational Church. The Bell housed in the Church that once doubled As the town Hall was broken at the time. But six months later it was fixed and its hourly chiming resumed. The couple complained they and their Young daughter  sleep. After selectmen refused to Stop the chiming the Casalls filed a civil suit against the town. Jurors ruled May 14 that the Bell was a nuisance but decided that Only mrs. Camall was injured by its ringing and that neither plaintiff was entitled to damages. Based on the ruling the Casalls asked Murphy to Grant an injunction that the Bell be silenced after 9  And before 7 . Town counsel William of Neil had argued that the injunction  be granted because the jury a verdict was mixed. But the judge agreed with the jurors that the ringing was a nuisance