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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 16, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 a a a the stars and stripes Friday november 16,1990 stateside 12 students disciplined in freshman s hazing death Macomb Iii. Apr a hazing that killed an 18-year-old student has resulted in the expulsion or suspension of 12 students at Western Illinois University school officials said wednesday. Freshman Nicholas Haben was found dead of alcohol poisoning in his dorm room the morning after his initiation in october into the University a Lacrosse team. A spokeswoman for the school Debra Miller would not provide a breakdown of How Many of the 12 students would be suspended and How Many would be expelled. A it has to do with privacy a she said. Those who Are suspended must take part in alcohol education programs once they return to the University the school said. The 12 upperclassmen face Misdemeanour charges. The schools Lacrosse club has been suspended while the investigation continues the University said. Habeny a teammates have said they carried him to his dorm room just after Midnight on the night of his initiation. An autopsy revealed Habeny a blood alcohol level was .34, said Robert Strodel an attorney representing Haben s parents Dale and Alice Haben. A Motorist in Illinois is considered legally drunk with a Reading of .10. More encephalitis cases discovered in Florida Tallahassee Fla. Apr seven new cases of St. Louis encephalitis have brought the states number of confirmed cases to 101, but a state official said an end to the outbreak is in sight. An additional 45 people Are on a a a presumptive list meaning they be tested positive in the first of two tests necessary to verify that they have the Mosquito borne viral illness. A a we re on that Trail where we re going to reach the end of this thing said David Adams a spokesman for the state department of health and rehabilitative services. Counts Are Down in Mosquito traps in Many counties and colder weather next month should reduce the numbers further Adams said tuesday. So far say deaths have been attributed to the flu like quiness which can turn fatal with brain inflammation. The youngest to die was 58. Florida typically has one to five cases of St. Louis encephalitis each year and an outbreak every 10 years or so Adams said. Census expected to fall 2 million below estimate Washington not the 1990 population count is Likely to fall about 2 million people Short of the census bureaus earlier estimate of 250.2 million the chairman of the House committee that oversees the census predicted. Census Bureau director Barbara Everitt Bryant who appeared wednesday before the House Post office and Usu service subcommittee on census and population did not disagree with the analysis of the latest available data by the committees chairman rep. Thomas c Sawyer a Ohio. But she refused to commit herself to any figure before the release of the official figures on dec. 31 the figure of about 248 million would be at the Low end of the bureaus pre census population estimates which ranged from 247.7 million to 252.3 million the discrepancy Between the 248 million figure and the widespread expectation of 250 million could increase the pressure for a statistical adjustment of the final population count to reflect disproportionate under counting of minorities and the poor particularly in Urban areas such As new York Washington and Detroit. Turkey talk president Bush laughs As he pets a thanksgiving Turkey presented to him wednesday in the annual White House ritual by National Turkey federation executive vice president Stuart Proctor left and the federations president Hyatt Upchurch. A after everything that a been going on in Washington these past few months its great to finally be sharing the stage with someone i can Call a Turkey and get away with it a Bush said. To the Relief of children in attendance the president said the Bird would live out its Days at a petting farm. Vietnamese vets also haunted by postwar stress problems new York apr two decades ago Nguyen Ngoc Hung was in the Jungles of Southeast Asia Hunting it Merican soldiers. Now he a telling his former enemies of their common troubles Brothers missing in action and emotional problems. _ Hung has embarked on what he Calls a a Healing Mission to meet his former enemies Vuk a of Vletta Moe wholfou8ht the americans have visited the United states but none has come solely to talk to . Combat veterans. On monday veterans Day in the United states Buell in a thy Vietnam veterans memorial in Manhattan and pledged to organize vietnamese combat veterans to search for the remains of  Seii iceman. Civ a i doubt the diplomats can go into the Jungle and Forest and find the men buried in Battle a he said moments after making the Promise he prayed with american vets. One gave him a Flower. Me tins later in Harlem Hung told his audience that americans Aren t the Only ones with soldiers miss vip Nanct on his younger brother is one of 300 000 vietnamese soldiers still unaccounted for. Juu it us j he Aske Ltd so servicemen to help find North vietnamese reams a Veteran in the audience replied i can give you some of the grave Sites a Hung 42, joined the North vietnamese army at to sons 81,3865 Colle to and wife have after an interview with him in Vietnam was broadcast last year on �?o60 minutes a Hung was invited to visit by a  network of Indochina activists and the Asia resource Center. Since arriving nov. 1, he has met veterans in new York Philadelphia and Washington and visits Are planned during the next month for new Haven Conn. Boston Atlanta Madison wis. Pittsburgh los Angeles san Francisco and san Diego. A week ago he met with a group of veterans with Post traumatic stress syndrome. They looked at me attentively As i came in a he said. But then they began to talk about a mothers suspicious looks about a girlfriends rejection about drugs nightmares and flashbacks. Although some veterans have criticized the . Gov impressed Sycko a Ca programs for them Hung was in Vietnam the government thought we were theft Dicks did no to have any problems a he fact the vietnamese had flashbacks and nightmares and things like that  us Al Erlem. Meeting one Man asked about a iou pm i a a that vietnamese sometimes Al Whites soldiers to pass before opening fire on Hung thought for a moment and answered  in Akre Plail de that the Viet Cong included Villag Fol h y y i�11 with Many . Soldiers. When Assw me a Llfra themselves at night the villagers Cere a s faces to pass before firing at offi so by r0in were unpopular with local residents and most of whom happened to be White. A in most of whom happened to be White. Repetitive motion illnesses hike Job in Surv rate minis in ton repetitive throughout the Day a i # 1316? motion disorders accounted for most of the r aha. Rwy a a a a Nesses both increased he a a a. Motion disorders accounted for Mostof Latr department s h re Nesses increased by about 2 n he a  k. _ 3urai?Ong proportionately said the us Bathe Theja a each ye7r whip another 70,000 Art Bureau of labor statistics. Y y the permanently disabled. Tkel t to. _ unhurt unionized workers estimates that 10,000 american workers Are killed on the increase last year in the nations inh Oha non _ were me rate was i Mohann a a we related illnesses which were up by 43 000 6 3 Millann Jyh 0ccupabonal illness and cause employment and inn i the government said wednesday a a a a Job related a nurses among or nov Rte sen a hours worked a a a tcu11>u��?~y workers in private Industry m 1989 Over there was an increase of about 32,000 All that was 136 000 More than Thi a a Umus. Was lieu. Surh a pfc cd a a in Elt Vlf trauma messes 241,000 illnesses and 6.2 million injuries shei Quot a 0r departments Sample Surv a juries from accidents at work Are re such As carpal Tunnel syndrome which m 1988. J is heed there were about 3 600 Wenru portable if they result in death loss of causes pain in , the  disorders jumped lev Aid is con scion 5 pm labor department said. Those disorders Are often suffered by workers like those on Assembly lines who have to repeat the same motions with their arms and hands in 1988 repetitive _ from 115,000 in 1988 to 147,000. In 1989 there was a rate of 8.6 injuries per in a Fau Tinie workers. Though the number of injuries or ill vey was not Large enough to. Of Transfer to another it count tart. At. It a Btl shot met beyond first a in consciousness restricted work activity Transfer to another Job or medical treat count had deaths. Understated thought its work related almost half of the 6.3 million injury to a a cases were serious enough for the injured Al Cio which represents 14,2 totoreorkt6 work acuity restricted 01  
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