European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 9, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 4 b the stars and stripes sunday june 9, 1991 by the los Angeles times a major study of More than 20,000 children disputes the Long held belief that divorce triggers Long term behavioural and psychological problems in Many children. A a. A a a a a a rather the study suggests that Many a of. The problems arise during the period before the divorce occurs when the children arc growing up in a sharply dysfunctional family. The study of children in Britain and the United states published Friday in the journal science is significant because an estimated 40 percent of . Children will witness the breakup of their parents marriage before they reach the age of 18. The International research team headed by sociologist Andrew j. Cherlin of Johns Hopkins University concludes that parents should not stay together Lor the Sake of the children when severe problems exist within the marriage. They also recommend that new efforts be made to provide emotional support for children in such dysfunctional families. A your study suggest that divorce Isnit an event that occurs one Day when a judge raps a Ancl a Cherlin said a but a process that begins Long before then and extends Long a this is going to prove to be a major study a said clinical psychologist Robert Emery of the University of Virginia. A after 20 to 30 years of research in the effects of divorce this is the first Large a scale study to look at children a adjustment prior to rather than after their parents separation and virtually All previous studies have looked at children Only alter a divorce has occurred he said. Emery cautioned that the new study a does not mean that there Are no ill effects of divorce does not mean that divorce in t difficult. It does mean that we have to be careful about attributing difficulties in children to the event of a divorce rather other aspects of family relations. A. Psychologist Judith Wallerstein of the Center for families in transition in Corte Madera calif., said he piece that is being added Here that is very valuable is How troubled Many of these chit Dren Are in the years before the marriage. Came apart. It s a very useful addition but i done to think it changes the issues we be been struggling with particularly the weakening of the family in America. F the new study is based largely on what Cherlin called a a remarkable Quot British study whose result have become available to researchers Only recently. The National child development study Brig Inalie a study of childhood mortality began with interviews of 17,414 women who gave birth in England Wales and Scotland during the week of March 3 to March 9, 1958 a nearly 98 percent of All women giving birth during that period. The mothers were interviewed again when the children were age 7 and 11, As were the children s teachers. The interviews provided information about the children a behavioural and emotional problems and performance in school. The the interviews remained locked in the vaults of the British health ministry for Many years and was Only recently made available to other investigators Cherlin and his colleagues identified 239 children whose parents obtained a divorce in the period Between the second and third interviews. As expected those children showed More behaviour problems including temper tantrums reluctance to go to school disobedience and fights with other children at age 11 and scored Reading and mathematics tests than did children in intact marriages. Town goes ape Over i Cambridge mass. Apr one Day. Curious George turned 50. And so he got the keys to the City. A George i want you to remember Quot said the mayor Quot done to get into trouble with the keys to . A. A a a a six million copies after curious Georges Misad Veu cures published in 1941, the grandchildren of his first admirers paid homage Friday to the hyperactive Chimpanzee befriended by the Man in the yellow hat. F the 85-year-old co creator of the Hooks Margret Rey said she and her husband had the most Basic of reasons Lor inventing George. A we did it because we needed Money,&Quot.she said As children swarmed around her asked for hugs and offered handmade birthday cards. A a it a a Good Book a said Rey who lives in Cambridge and manages the rights to curious George inspired merchandise. A we never thought of children we did it Only to please ourselves. By Happy coincidence the children had the same kind of . A German native Rey joined forces with her fun lure husband . Rey to found Aii advertising Mency in Rio do Janeiro. I i a Cyl Muir Rich in 135, a moved to Paris in 193b and lied the invasion of 1940, Riding bicycles and carrying the manuscript for curious George. Quot a. A the Book was published in the United states a year later. A /. Vushe wrote the books. He illustrated them. . Rey died in Cambridge in 1977. The couple collaborated on the original edition and six other title in which curious George took a Job Rode a Bike got a medal Learned the alphabet went to the Hospital and hew a Kite Lwe Niy right Sarasota Fla. Apr the families of a 14-year-old boy with aids and his 16-year-Bld Fiancee have been death threats since they announced the engagement less than a week ago a newspaper re creator Margret Rey gets a hug from a curious George look alike. Y other curious. George books have been adapted from an animated film series. Mayor Alice Volf handed a brass key City to a costumed curious George stand in. She said the stories a have something Universal about them and they draw on tilings that Are common to All kids and at All . Children take to curious George because a the always gets forgiven on the last Page Quot said Siobhan Mchugh a Babysitter who attended the birthday Celebration. The parents of Ricky Ray said they planned to move their family out of town for a while after getting threats wednesday and thursday the Sarasota Herald trib a line said. A. Clifford Ray told the newspaper the threats seemed to have been prompted by his decision with his wife Louise to allow their son to marry his Girlfriend we mgt nah Lindberg. Ricky and his 13-year-old brother Robert have full blown aids and another brother Randy it is infected with the acquired immune deficiency syndrome virus. The Brothers were treated with blood Platina products for their Haemophilia for years and were diagnosed with aids in August 1986, the family moved 40 Miles to Sarasota in 1987 when Aii arsonist destroyed their Home in Arcadia and Drew National attention when the Desoto county school Board removed the boys from regular classes when they. First tested positive for the and Wenoniah said last sunday they would wed dec. 13 in Texas where 14-year-Olds can legally marry. Clifford Ray said late thursday he had notified the Sarasota county she riots department of three threat Calls made to his Home. He quoted one caller As say chg a if this marriage goes through both families arc going to another threatened a if you think Arcadia was bad you Haven t seen 1 another threatening message was recorded on the rays answering machine. The caller said a your son is. Going to die.�?�. A a Over Cape canaveral Fla apr Nasa told columbian a astronauts saturday they will not have to interrupt their medical experiments for an emergency spacewalk to fix a Loose Seal in the cargo a Bay. But the shuttles commander walked at the plan. Engineers do not believe the Seal will prevent the cargo Bay doors from closing tightly for the return to Earth later this week. If there is a problem the nine Day Mission will be extended one Day and astronauts James Bagian and Tamara Jer Nigan will be sent out to fix the Simi Nasa said. A i guess we arc not All that sure that the door will be Able to close properly a shuttle commander Bryan o Connor responded when told of the plan to wait a but Well go ahead and read your message and we can talk some More later a said of Connor a Marine colonel and former test Pilot. He referred to written details of nasal a plans that were faxed to the Crew. The two massive doors covering columbian a cargo Bay must shut tightly when the spaceship begins the fiery plunge through the atmosphere at the end of the flight. Columbia is scheduled to land at Edwards air Force base ii California on Friday. Because part Seal around one door is Loose Nasa had considered an emergency spacewalk sunday to fix it. But after testing another shuttle on the ground and concluding a Loose Seal keep the door from dosing Nasa decided saturday morning to go ahead and finish the flight. Then,.-when the cargo Bay doors Are closed in preparation for Landing Nasa could always opt to have the astronauts stay up another Day and fix the. Door at that time if it looked As if it did no to shut properly. A 1 a when informing the the seven Crew members Mission control said engineers consider last minute trouble unlikely. Quot we be done a lot of testing. A a a. And we think the payload Bay doors will close properly a said Mission controls Jan Davis. Tests conducted Friday on the shuttle discovery at the Kennedy space Center indicated the Loose Seal would not interfere with the closing of columbian a cargo Bay doors officials said. Engineers Cut and Bent discovery a reinforced rubber weatherstripping along the left rim of the rear cargo Bay Bulkhead a the same place it is damaged on Columbia. They opened and closed the left cargo Bay door three times and space walking Veteran Kathryn Sullivan donned space gloves and practice pushing the severed Seal Back into place
