European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 10, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday december 10, 1990 the stars and stripes a Page 7poll shows new York apr a 56 percent majority of americans support military action against Iraq to Settle the persian Gulf crisis according to a Newsweek poll. However the poll reported that nearly As Many people a 53 percent a prefer to wait for the Jan 15 deadline set by the United nations to see if diplomacy and economic sanctions persuade Iraq to withdraw from Kuwait. The polls results reported saturday were uneven when gender was considered. Sixty percent of women surveyed favor waiting past the Jan. 15 deadline for War compared with 44percent of the men. Also 68 percent of the men supported president Bush a handling of the crisis compared with 53 per cent of the women. In in the Survey of 769 adults conducted by the Gallup organization 60 percent said iraqis release of All . Hostages would not influence their decision to support or protest military action. The government of Iraq whose forces invaded Kuwait on aug. 2, decided last week that All foreign hostages held in Iraq and occupied Kuwait would be freed. There Are 900 americans among the More than 8,000 stranded foreigners. Different age groups in the poll feel differently about supporting War As a Means to end the crisis. The older the respondents the less enthusiasm they displayed for War the poll showed. Those aged 18 to 29 were split Down the Middle with 50 percent favouring War to end the crisis. That compared with 48 percent favouring War among those 30 to 49 years old and 33 percent among those 50 or older. Approval for Bush a policy in the Gulf was 60 percent up from 57 percent in mid november the poll found. About 54 percent of those polled said they believe democrats taking Issue with Bush a handling of the crisis Are trying to make it a partisan political Issue. The Overall approval rating for the president continued to climb. It is now at 63 percent up from 58 percent in mid november and 48 percent in october the poll showed. The poll was conducted dec. 6 and 7 and has a margin of error of plus or minus 4 percentage Points. Washington up James Bias apologized to the audience gathered to hear a discussion about gun violence. A i have to leave Here and Bury   Jay Bias 20, brother of former basketball Star Len Bias who died of a drug overdose was gunned Down in suburban Washington on tuesday adding to this areas already notorious reputation As the nations murder capital. Bias took time out Friday from making arrangements for his songs funeral to plead for a National Campaign to limit the Sale and ownership of guns which he called a instruments of  a when you buy a gun you buy it for the purpose of killing a he said. And then in a burst of emotion he blurted a tomorrow when you pick up the paper. It night be yours. Its  son this time a it could be yours next  the panellists assembled on Capitol Hill by the. Coalition to Stop gun violence maintained that prompt action is needed to break the death grip that guns have on America. Julian Bond civil rights activist and former Georgia state legislator noted that Jay Bias in 1987 photo the discussion was taking place 10 years to the Day that former Beatties Star John Lennon was shot to death in front of his new York City apartment. In the decade since then Bond said guns have claimed the lives of 200,000 americans a a number greater than the combined american War dead in Korea Vietnam Grenada and Panama. A and still the violence continues a he  a a a most of panellists called for legislation to limit the availability of guns and for a National Campaign to change violent behaviour. All expressed alarm that disputes Are frequently being settled with gunfire. A violence is a Learned behaviour a Bias said. A nobody is born  police say a dispute was apparently at the Center of Jay biases death. He was confronted in a jewelry store tuesday afternoon by a Man who claimed he was flirting with the Many a wife a clerk at the store. A a the Man later shot Bias in the Back outside the jewelry store in Hyattsville  a suburb of Washington. He was pronounced dead at a Hospital less than two hours later. Jay Bias was just 16 when his brother Len a University of Maryland basketball Star died from cocaine overdose on june 19, 1986, three Days after he was selected in the first round of the National basketball association draft by the Boston celtics. The death brought National attention to the dangers of cocaine and Bias said he hoped the death of Jay Bias would do the same for gun violence. A a it a time to make some moves and get some things done Quot he said. Quot make the phone jump off the Hook. If you done to there will be More Jay  or. Beverly Coltman Miller assistant to the District of Columbia commissioner of Public health said violence is becoming so commonplace in Washington that some teen agers go to three or tour funerals a week. She recalled  who attended a funeral in casual clothes while eating a hamburger v she added that there has been no pub if outcry Over the violence because a people do not Quot believe that this level of crime is going to touch  officials still tallying Mandela fund raisers by the Washington Post nearly six months after Black South african Leader Nelson Mandela swept through the United states on an eight City fund raising tour none of the Money has left the country and the two . Charities that raised it Are still trying to tally the take. 6 local committees in each City were supposed to Transfer donations to Bank accounts in Washington d.c., but some committees have not done so. One has held onto the Money while conducting an Independent audit said Lennox Hinds interim director of democracy for South Africa and the Nelson Mandela Freedom fund the two charities under whose auspices Money was raised a we Are making it very dear to the cities that we expect them to turn in All of the monies and Are pushing them to do that expeditiously a Saith Iris who declined to name the cities still holding Money a  primary concern is accountability and i want to make sure that every Penny that has been received is accounted for a. Mandela 72, who was released in february after 27 years of imprisonment visited new York Boston Washington Atlanta Miami Detroit los Angeles and oakland.calif., in 11 Days. A final report on the total fund raising Effort is to be made by saturday Hinds said. He estimated the after expense total would be a close to $4  v he said at least $2 million is available to be sent to South Africa. That is the amount the charities decided in october to Send As a partial disbursement to a South african Charity to be chosen by the african nati6nal Congress of which Mandela is Deputy president. But after learning of the accounting delays Anc officials in South Africa decided the Money should remain in the United states until a final accounting is completed and a Lump sum is available. The Anc legalized in february after 30 years of Banning by the racially separatist White minority Golem ment is under pressure from supporters to address a Range of Black humanitarian needs including housing education health care and the reintegration of exiles. Those needs Are the Mission of a Charity called the Matla Trust on whose Board Mandela sits which was set up in South Africa earlier this year to receive donated funds Money raised in the United states eventually will be sent to the Trust or some other Charity and not to the Anc directly because . Tax Law prohibits american charities from donating Money directly to political organizations. The tour included stadium rallies Black tie fund Rais ers motorcade and appearances at schools most events were accompanied by fund raising appeals for the Freedom fund which raised the bulk of the donations during the tour democracy for South Africa raised Money primarily through the merchandising of to shirts and other Mandela paraphernalia said Hinds. Woman survives 2 heart transplants in 1 Day Washington apr a 22-year heart right when we needed it almost at 5 a,m., a second heart was located and what they Call a a great  old woman who suffered a rare form of Borders on making you want to become that same Day doctors began another a fortunately both operations went heart failure after giving birth survived  transplant and by Midnight a new heart like clockwork a said Steven Bovce who two heart transplants in 23 hours Rita Tyson 22, of Alexandria Van a pumped in Tyson a Chest. / with Pfister Heads the Hospital s trans doctors who worked on the woman. Who gave birth to her first child in aug i know i could have died a Tyson Plant program. Were amazed. Gust underwent the first transplant nov. Said. A i never going to take anything Tyson had no history of heart disease a the problem she had after delivery 13, two hours after surgery her body for granted  _ and according to her doctors had a itself is unusual. That we could find a began violently rejecting the new Organ. Neither Are her doctors. The team of healthy pregnancy and an in comply heart in this area at this time is in doctors at Washington Hospital Cen surgeons nurses and other medical staff rated delivery. Usual a said Albert Pfister the cardiac Ter administered immunosuppressant who toiled on Tyson for four Days Are one in 4,000. Women May develop such surgeon who brought the second heart drugs but within hours physicians real still talking about the rare hyper acute failure after delivery. Of these Only one from Florida to Washington. Sized that if Tyson was to live she needed rejection of the first heart a it occurs in in 15,000 has a totally unexplained Onset a and that we would find a second another new heart. Less than 1 percent of All transplants doctors said