European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 2, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday August 2, 1991 the stars and stripes b Page 7 investigators search for traces of blood wednesday in Jeffrey Daumery childhood Home in Bath township Ohio. Father says Dahmer was abused at age 8 Milwaukee apr Jeffrey l. Dahmer a father told probation agents that his son was abused by a neighbor boy at age 8, possibly leading to sexual problems but the incident never was reported to police authorities said wednesday. In a Jailhouse interview wednesday with police however Dahmer denied he had been sexually or physically abused As a child a police official in Ohio said. Lionel Dahmer told his songs probation agent of the alleged abuse in a Telephone Call april 27, 1990, 22 years after he said it happened according to the agents notes filed with the state probation division in Milwaukee. Jeffrey Dahmer 31, has confessed to killing 17 people Over a 13-year period including one in Ohio and three at his grandmothers House in suburban Milwaukee police said. Last week police found parts of 11 mutilated bodies in his Milwaukee apartment. The probation notes done to specify the nature of the alleged abuse which would have occurred while the Lahmers were living in Bath township Ohio. But the notes quoted the father As saying the incident a May be the reason Why Jeffrey Dahmer has problems with sexuality  the notes done to specify the age or name of the neighbor boy or other details. Lionel Dahmer  be reached for comment wednesday. There was no answer at his Home in Medina Ohio. Pig industries in Pittsburgh where he works said he would be out of the office for a few Days. Capt. John Gardner of the Bath township police department said his Agency asked Milwaukee police to question Dahmer about his fathers statement. Dahmer answered that a the was never abused sexually or physically As a  Gardner said. The probation records also said Jeffrey Dahmer told his agent he was homosexual a a that a the Way it is. Client appears to still be struggling with this. Client states he knows he prefers male partners but client feels guilty about this a the records said. Dahmer a lawyer Gerald Boyle said through a spokeswoman that he has no knowledge of his client being either physically or sexually abused As a boy. Gardner said his Agency was aware of Lionel Dahmer a statement in probation records but had no record of a complaint from the Dahmer family about any abuse of Jeffrey Dahmer in 1968 when the family lived in the suburb of Akron. In Bath township investigators continued their search wednesday of a Jimers a childhood Home looking for the remains of Steven Hicks 18, a Hitchhiker police said Dahmer has confessed to killing in 1978. Authorities removed part of a Bookcase from a remodeler room to inspect the floor where Dahmer told authorities he killed Hicks. A stain found on the floor was determined not to be blood Summit county Coroner William Cox said. ,. So far police have located More than 50 Bone fragments at the House including one from the Pelvis a Long Bone from a lower extremity a rib and forearm Cox said. County prosecutor Lynn Slaby said he believes there is enough evidence now to seek a murder indictment against Dahmer in Hicks death. Dahmer has admitted he strangled Hicks with a Barbell Cut him up buried him later dug up the remains scraped the flesh off and smashed the Bones with a Hammer before scattering them Over the two acre property police said. In Milwaukee Dahmer has told police he lured men to his apartment drugged and strangled them dismembered their bodies and took photos of the victims in various stages of mutilation court records said. Dahmer a former Candy factory worker also told police he had sex with three victims including one after death boiled some skulls to preserve them and kept one Many a heart in a Freezer to eat later. Emergency action asked on repetitive motion injuries from wire reports Washington the Al Cio and 30 of its largest unions have asked the labor department to is amp ii emergency standards to protect workers from repetitive motion injuries. The unions in a petition filed wednesday with the occupational safety and health administration requested that the Standard be put in effect for six months. That Yould give the Agency time to come up with permanent safety standards. The disorders can damage Muscles and nerves in the limbs hands and wrists. The disabilities often hit Assembly line workers computer users and others who do the same task repeatedly throughout the Day such As grocer store clerks who scan food items across a Cash Register Belt. Doug Fuller a spokesman for the occupational safety and health administration said the Agency had not decided if it would act on the request. However lie said emergency temporary standards arc a extremely rare and Purist address a Quot grave and immediate threat Quot before they can be adopted. Lawmaker guilty Baton Rouge la. A a state legislator was convicted wednesday of bribing housing officials in 1986 to steer tenants with Federal subsidies to his apartment Complex. State rep. Melvin Irvin 49, a two term Democrat from Gonzales just Stuth of Aton Rouge was found guilty of corruption but was acquitted on a second charge of conspiracy. He faces a possible 10 years in prison and $250,000 Fine. Len showed no emotion As the Federal court jury a verdict was read but moments later began crying. He remained free on $10,000 Bond. A i am very disappointed Quot he said pushing his Way through crowds of reporters. Quot in a going to be with my family and Well see what direction we re  a Jim Boren Irvine a attorney said he would advise Appeal. Irvin can keep his legislative seat until the conviction is final which happens when All filed appeals Are exhausted. His current term ends this year and he is a candidate for re election in the oct. 19 primary. Old reactor called Safe Rockville my. A the Yankee Rowe nuclear Power plan the nations oldest a is Safe enough to continue operating until next Spring the nuclear regulatory commission said wednesday. In a unanimous decision the commission said the risk of a reactor failure is too slight to warrant shutdown. But the Agency ordered the Yankee atomic electric co., which runs the Western Massachusetts Plant to produce a detailed plan to improve safety margins by aug. 26. A the immediate threats to life and safety Are not so critical that the Plant should be shut Down a arc commissioner Ivan Selin said following the 4-0 commission vote. But he added that Yankee Rowe a does no to have carte Blanche to operate  the arc decision is a response to a peti4ion by the Union of concerned scientists and the new England coalition on nuclear pollution alleging that the 30-year-old reactors steel containment vessel could burst in a nuclear  delayed again by valve glitch weather Cape canaveral Fla. A Nasa cancelled thursdays launch of space shuttle Atlantis because of bad weather that cropped up while the countdown was halted by a technical glitch. Officials said they would try again today. The 100-ton ship carrying a Large communications satellite was supposed to set off on the nine Day voyage at 11 01 . After the launch was delayed by the technical problem winds began to pick up late thursday morning and there was a threat of thunderstorms. Officials held the countdown clock to it be if the weather would improve but it got worse instead and launch director Bob Sieck called off All efforts for the Day Early thursday afternoon. A another Good try a Sieck told his team. The five astronauts had been strapped into their Cabin seats waiting to take off for about four hours. About a half hour before the scheduled 11 01 . Liftoff launch officials noticed a problem with one of numerous vent valves in the Crew compartment. Shuttle commander John Blaha tested the valve twice but it did not appear to close properly. The valve must shut tightly to maintain Cabin pressure. Sieck ordered the countdown held while engineers studied the problem when they did they determined an indication switch was giving false readings and the valve was in fact working properly. The Mission had already been delayed twice in As Many weeks. It would be the 42nd shuttle flight for Nasa. It was postponed for one Day to replace a bad connector in a circuit used to separate the orbiter and fuel tank during ascent then by eight Days to replace an engine computer which failed hours away from liftoff last week. It was found to have a cracked wire. The High Point of the flight a releasing the $120 million  communications satellite a was set for six hours after liftoff. I he Crew was to free it from the cargo Bay and an hour later an attached rocket was to boost the 4,600-Pound Craft 22,300 Miles above the Equator to join three other such trucking and data relay satellites in orbit. I he network of satellites is an improvement Over nasal sold ground tracking stations in enabling Mission control to talk to astronauts in space virtually All the time. The satellites also allow controllers to communicate with the Hubble space Telescope and a Hal dozen other Nasa satellites