European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 16, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                 april 16, 1991 the stars and stripes a Page 7jfk film unnerving Dallas residents Dallas up Dallas residents Are fearful that the Siovie Academy award winning director Oliver. Stone is filming about the assassination of John f. Kennedy could prompt americans to again see Dallas As a the City of  filming began monday on a a Juk a a film about the investigations into the november 1963 murder of president Kennedy. Many key locations around the City Are to be used and certain buildings have been temporarily dressed to appear As they did in 1963. Controversy arose when Stone sought permission from the Dallas county commissioners court to film from the sixth floor of the building formerly called the Texas school Book depository it was from that building that Lee Harvey Oswald fired the fatal shots at Kennedy determined the investigating Warren commission. Quot Quot a Only after three close votes did the commissioners agree to stones request to film around the a a sniper a Perch a now part of the a sixth floor exhibit of materials pertaining to the assassination. In the weeks following Kennedy a death much of the nation came to feel Dallas fostered a climate conducive to the murder of a Liberal chief executive. Many Felt the City was a hotbed of right wingers so virulent that in the words of business Leader Stanley Marcus they made a John Bircher look like raving  Stone is making a conspiracy film. He wont say. What the plot is although he does say it will offer alternate scenarios. It is Clear however that he is using much of the theory spun by former new Orleans District attorney Jim Garrison who in the late 1960s unsuccessfully prosecuted a Louisiana businessman for conspiracy to kill Kennedy. James Pennebaker a psychology professor at Southern methodist University in Dallas says the assassination was traumatic for Dallas residents. A a families were refused service at restaurants and filling stations outside Dallas a Pennebaker wrote in a 1988 study of the assassinations effects on Dallas. A Long distance operators disconnected their Calls. Schoolchildren threw rocks at cars with Texas License plates. Students from Dallas attending out of state col Leges were a a hounded by their  Pennebaker s study which focuses on the physical effects of repressing painful memories found several that were not accounted for by other factors a deaths from heart diseases went up 4 percent Between 1964 and 1969, at the same time the National rate declined by 2 percent. And suicide rates in Dallas increased by about 20 percent in 1964, compared with 4.5 percent elsewhere in the untied states a Post assassination voting patterns in Dallas grew More Liberal donations to the United Way increased and construction of futuristic skyscrapers rocketed a All of which Pennebaker partially attributes to an attempt to ease guilt Over Kennedy a . School of excellence loses accreditation by Frank Baker the associated press Claremont . A a As factories closed and jobs disappeared this Small Mill town pointed with Pride to a High school that continued to turn out scholars and sports champions. Now Stevens High school with its award winning math and physics students its top ranked basketball team and a student body whose College Entrance scores Are 50 Points higher than the National average has lost its accreditation. The new England association of schools and colleges which took action against Stevens last month said the problem is a Campus badly in need of repair. The 720-student school was built in three stages Between the late 1800s and the Early 1960s.the association which put Stevens on probation in 1986, said the school failed to follow recommendations to renovate its Library add a science Laboratory regulate the buildings heat and fix the cause of buckling in the gymnasium floor. The schools troubles focused attention on the financing of education in new Hampshire communities Bear most of that Burden. School officials say people in Claremont which has seen Many machine tool factories close in recent years can to afford to fix the High school. A Claremont taxpayers Are committed to education but they just done to have the Money a said Karen an Gello the Claremont school District superintendent. A you have people who support education but Are losing their  a i think its very unfair a said Jennifer Wightman an 18-year-old senior. A you can to expect people Here to pay to have a million Dollar school when they can to pay their own  the town of 14,000 people was thriving As recently As the mid-1970s, said Joe St. Pierre Stevens assistant principal for nearly 30 years. But then the machine tool factories which had provided some of the highest Blue Collar wages in the nation began to close. Claremont officials say forcing them to pay most of their local school costs under such economic conditions is unfair. They want the state to help out. A i think there a a growing realization that the Man Ner in which education is funded is grossly inadequate the Small Library at Stevens High school was one reason cited for the school losing its accreditation. And is not working a said Thomas Connair a lawyer and local school Board member. Despite Stevens problems its educational programs remain Strong. Scholastic aptitude scores used for Entrance to College average 22 Points higher than the state average and 50 Points higher Thart the National average. Stevens students won the state physics olympics last year and placed second in the state math Competition. The schools basketball team reached the Sci finals of the state tournament this year. A Stevens has a real tradition of excellence in education a Connair said. A Claremont is historically rooted in Many different ethnic groups. They came to work in the Mills and education was a very High priority. To  but the loss of accreditation Means Stevens pupils applying to College could be asked to take additional a. . A a a a they May be required to have higher test scores or provide comprehensive descriptions of the courses they studied. A a we re getting a bum rap a St. Pierre said a every year we have kids go to Dartmouth and other Ivy league schools and they do  sixteen year old Emily Edson agreed. A i realize we have problems but the building does no to have a lot to do with my education a she said. A a in a getting a Good  cab Driver killed in Dallas Church Dallas apr a Man brandishing a knife terrorized worshippers at a Dallas Church before a congregation member fatally shot him. Members of afrikan Bible Fellowship Church said the assailant visited the Church several times sunday before the unidentified member fired a Shotgun shortly before noon shooting the Man in the head As the intruder forced his Wray into the building. The Churchman was questioned by police and released. The Case will be referred to a grand jury said police who would not release his name. The dead Man was identified by police As Howard Rivers Jerry 40, a cab Driver from Dallas. A this kind of insanity characterizes our Community a said the Rev. Patrick Williams minister of the Church a a that a Why we re the Church Here. That a w by we re not  the incident began about 10 . Sunday when the knife wielding Man entered the Church and began menacing people sorting groceries for the congregations food cooperative said Deborah Williams the ministers wife. The Man had left and returned several times before Church services began about 11 . But when he attempted to return after the service began congregants tried to Block the Church Entrance. That a when the intruder allegedly pulled a knife and lunged at Church members. As he leaned Forward he was  said he knew the member had a gun and that he gave the member a permission to protect our  Keykavoosi Sabour owner of Royal cab co., said Jerry worked for him for five years a lie was a very punctual on time Type of Guy a Sabour said. A the was a very disciplined worker and he never created any problems for my