European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 8, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Pago 6 a a the starts and stripes sunday july 8,1990 gds says autos no. 1 cause of fatal injuries to Atlanta apr a Auto accidents homicides Sui ease control says. Nearly 13 percent of the 22,411 fatal injuries to children in 1986 were homicides second Only to motor vehicle accidents the Agency said Friday. It said 1986 is the latest year for which Complete statistics Are available. A a a a. Auto accidents accounted for 10,535 deaths in peo ,30. Deaths were associated with ale researchers said. Pie under 20 in 1986, and Between 15 percent ant percent of those deaths were associated with alcohol the Agency said 2,877 people under age 20 died from homicide in 1986, and 660 of them or 23 percent were under age 5. Suicide was the third leading cause of childhood fatal injuries accounting for 2,151 deaths in 1986. Males accounted for 80 percent and the suicide rate was roughly twice As High for Whites As for Blacks. Drowning the fourth leading cause of childhood fatal injuries killed 2,062 youths it was the most common fatal injury among children under age 5 and among Young men age 15to 19. Death rates for children from causes other than injuries dropped by 56 percent Between 1968 and 1986. Deaths from injuries fell 22 percent in the same Peri aft the Foch nov Cash in 1986, a total of 71,383 people under 20 died in the United states. Or. Juan Rodriguez a injury research specialist with the Atlanta based cd. Said that if the deaths of infants Are not included injuries account for 64 percent of deaths in the under-20 age group. He said most homicides a were among the older ado in scents the 15-year-Olds to 19-year-Olds. But a lot were the Young children that is quite worrisome. Sixty eight percent of the Young homicides occurred among males and rates for Black children were about five times higher than for White children. T a companion cd report noted that fire officials in Arizona s Maricopa county recorded 243 Calls for drownings and near drownings involving children under age 5 in 1988-89. About half of those incidents probably could have been prevented with Pool fences and adequate Gates and latches the cd said. Arizona the Agency said has a High risk of child drownings because of the Large number of swimming pools there. Maricopa county alone which includes the Phoenix area has an estimated 125,000 Public and private pools. Another Type of injury fire and bums killed 1,619 Young people in the United states in 1986 53 percent of those deaths occurred among kids under 5, and 73 percent occurred among kids under 10. A for Many deadly childhood injuries preventive measures exist or Are being developed the Agency said. Among the measures cited Are car air bags pedestrian barriers and enclosing swimming pools with fences. Baton Rouge la. Apr the Louisiana Senate saturday sustained gov. Buddy Roemers veto of the nation s toughest state abortion Bill coming three votes shy of the number needed to override. However a second vote on the Issue was Likely to be taken on sunday. The vote was 23-16. It takes 26 votes in the Senate to override a veto. The House voted to override Friday. The senators debated As chanting abortion foes and a few pro Choice demonstrators gathered in the Balcony in the Capitol Rotunda and outside. At one Point state troopers carried a screaming woman from the Balcony after she interrupted the speech of an abortion opponent. Had the override succeeded it would have been the first time this Century that Louisiana legislators had overruled a governors veto. Roemer vetoed the measure Friday because it made no exceptions for victims of rape or incest. A it is not just the people outside this building or in this state watching what we do a said override Backer sen. Mike Cross a co author of the Bill. A a people All Over the country All Over the world Are watching us. I Hope you will say no that you will not continue to do away with future  the deadline for action is Midnight monday when the legislature is due to adjourn. Intruder surprises reagans Dodges Security in break in by the los Angeles times los Angeles a a 32-Ycar-old los Angeles Man was arrested for allegedly breaking into the Bel air Home of former president and mrs Reagan while the couple were Home on july 4, authorities reported Friday. Although the reagans were not injured in the break in Gregory Stuart Gordon was charged Friday under a Federal statute with threatening to kill or inflict bodily harm on the former president. A secret service spokesman would not say whether the suspect was armed. Gordon apparently jumped the Fence at the Reagan s posh Home and ran toward the front door where Nancy Reagan was standing according to assistant . Attorney Steven m. Bauer who processed the Legal complaint against Gordon. Reagan was elsewhere on the property at the time of the break in and did not encounter the suspect Reagan spokesman Mark Weinberg said. The suspect apparently escaped the attention of several Security officers guarding the reagans when he climbed a Fence into the estate Weinberg added. A there was no one hurl in the incident that i know of a Weinberg said. He added that the reagans were both a a Fine Friday Quot celebrating mrs. Reagan a birthday and pleased the secret service responded As they  while Gordon was being Laken away from the reagans property by the secret service he uttered words to the effect that he planned to return to the reagans Home Bauer said. Gordon who according to some reports is single and unemployed was charged at a hearing Friday before . Magistrate Volny v. Brownjr. He was being held without bail a Federal Public defender was assigned to represent him. Bauer said that Gordon would be Given a competency examination within the next 10 Days to determine his mental state. The . Attorneys office has 10 Days to Issue a formal indictment against Gordon Bauer  car sales jump 39.7%, posting record High in Japan Tokyo up a imported car sales in Japan for the first half of 1990 Rose dramatically registering 39.7 percent Oyer a year ago to hit an All time High of 1 12,528 units the automobile importers association has announced. Imported car sales accounted for 3.7 percent of the total vehicle sales on the japanese Market for the january june period of this year. By comparison Japan exported 2.9 million vehicles in a six month period from april 1989 to september 1989, the most recent six month period for which figures were available. States Dew to raise prices in . On some of its 1990 cars Detroit up a Volkswagen United Stales announced Friday its first Price increase on existing models in about two Yean As certain 1991 models begin filtering into showrooms. The Price increases which affect the Golf git Jetta passant and Van agon models average about 2 percent. But they follow Price cuts announced last october on these models that ranged Between 6,7 percent and 16.6 percent. The cuts were attempts to stimulate . Sales of the West German car maker. The base Price of Volkswagen a a passant go Sedan introduced last March was raised by $220, to $14,990. Its Best Selling Model the Jetta go was raised by $200, to $10,195, prices on Vaw brazilian built Fox subcompact Corrado sports Coupe and Cabriolet convertible will be announced later this year As 1991 versions become available company spokeswoman Donna Boland said. But she said the Fox Wagon will be discontinued at the end of the 1990-Model year while the Jetta diesel continues. Vwg a current Model line ranges from $7,225 for the 1990 Fox to $26,085 for the 1991 camper go synchro  battling Blaze on 80 acres in Yellowstone Yellowstone National Park Wyo. Apr hastily assembled firefighters Friday battled an 80-acre Blaze in Yellowstone National Parle a we Are sending in As Many people As we can spare this morning a said Marsha Karte a Park spokeswoman. Personnel from Yellowstone and nearby grand Teton National Park who Are qualified to fight fires were pulled off other jobs she said. She said the fire the largest so far this season in the Park was reported thursday afternoon and probably resulted from lightning. The Blaze is on mount Wash bum near Dun Raven pass on the Park s upper Loop Road about eight Miles from the nearest visitors facilities. Park officials have said that Yellowstone a policy is to fight All wildfires aggressively while its fire management plan suspended after the devastating fires of 1988, is being revised. The previous policy which came under wide criticism was to let fires caused by nature bum unless they endangered human life or property.8 caught by storm Runoff swept along Drain in . Charleston . Apr Runoff from a severe thunderstorm swept eight people along a 10-foot-wide storm Drain for several Hundred Yards but they All survived with minor injuries. Authorities feared that five of the group had been swept into the Kanawha River because they were missing for about an hour. But firefighters found them trapped inside the Drain. A they were very Happy to see the firemen Quot said fire it. Bryce Stotts. A Jtb Ejust found them up there in the dark m water about 2 feet deep. They  go  three others in the group were swept out of the Drain about 150 Yards further Down. Police chief de Garnett said he did not know Why the group had ventured into the Drain. A a they re alive and that a what a important a he said boy using Gas to kill ants Dies when vapor ignites grand Prairie Texas apr a Little boy poured a ring of gasoline to try to keep ants from Ngenng his puppies but the gasoline ignited and killed the youngster and his dogs authorities said Roger Dale Langston 7, had seen his Grandfather use gasoline outside the House to keep ants out. He apparently decided to try the same thing to keep ants away from five puppies and their Mother on a screened porch said fire department it. Doug Conner. A the just did it on his own a Conner said. The gasoline vapor was ignited by a Pilot Light on a or water Heater which were on the porch and the boy became trapped by Lames Conner said. A brother and the boys Grandfather tried to Rescue him but were driven Back by the heat