European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 8, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday August 8, 1991 the stars and stripes a Page 7 gives americans night out to take bite out of crime by the associated press president Bush warned criminals tuesday that they re outnumbered As he. Kicked off National night out an evening of crime prevention events billed As a going away party for crime. Block parties cookouts and ice Cream socials were held across the country. More than 23 million people nationwide and in . Territories and military bases worldwide were expected to participate organizers said. A Law abiding citizens want criminals to know that there Are More of us than them a Bush said at a ceremony with attorney general Dick Thornburgh in Arlington a. A we want to turn Back the clock to the old Days when All the kids knew the cop on the beat when people looked out for their neighbors when we Felt Safe in our communities a Bush said. Events designed to bring police and children together were held in some cities. Families streamed to the municipal building in West Orange n.j., for a crime prevention fair. Toni David 34, was glad her 4-year-old son Francois got to meet police officers a i think that kids tend to be a Little intimidated by the cops a she said. A now they get to see How important our police  More unusual approaches to the eighth annual event included Phoenix residents signing a giant a going away card for criminals. New Orleans residents got an Early Start by holding a jazz style mock funeral sunday. Police Scooter motorcycle and horse rides were offered to children in new York and mayor David Dinkins addressed several Hundred people at a rally. A we intend to take Back our Parks and streets at night As Well As during the Day from the Crooks and punks a Dinkins said. New York police offered free blood pressure readings and fingerprinting and police commissioner Lee Brown appeared at Cambria Heights in the Borough of Queens where night out participants targeted areas of current or past drug activity. Other activities included a trolley patrol by police in Richmond va., a prayer ceremony in Detroit and a a hands across the Borders rally linking Buffalo n.y., with fort Erie Ontario. V v \ officer Susie Oquendo fingerprints Michael Thomas at a new York event tuesday. Applet to Block Quayle drug allegation alleged by the Washington Post Washington a a judge on tuesday ordered a hearing for a Federal prisoner who said prison officials conspired in november 1988 to keep him from telling reporters that he had once sold marijuana to Dan Quayle who was a vice presidential candidate at the time. . District judge Harold Greene ruled tuesday that Brett c. Kimberlin who is serving time in Tennessee on charges of drug smuggling and using explosives had levelled accusations in a lawsuit against Federal prison officials that were a tangible and detailed enough to necessitate a trial. Kimberlin had charged that prison officials a on direct orders from . Bureau of prisons director a Michael Quinlan a had put him in solitary confinement just Days before the 1988 presidential election after they Learned he was about to Tell the Media that he had sold marijuana to Quayle in 1971. That action was taken Kimberlin alleged in his lawsuit As part of a conspiracy by the Reagan administration to silence any news that might harm the Republican presidential ticket. 1 Quayle has denied Ever using marijuana or meeting Kimberlin. Greene a opinion pointed out that he was drawing no conclusions about the truth of Kimb Crlin a allegations. J but Greene said that Kimberlin had raised enough questions about his treatment a particularly being nut in isolation without an administrative hearing a that they deserved to be heard in court. Kimberlin was a prisoner in Oklahoma when he gave an interview to Abc news on nov. 4, 1988, and had a news conference scheduled later the same Day. But before that happened prison officials put him in solidary confinement according to his lawsuit. He was released the next Day but put Back into solitary on nov. 7, the Day before the election just before lie had planned to place a conference Call to journalists standing by at a Washington  Valley tops growth list in California Moreno Valley Calif. Up a the bedroom Community of Moreno Valley where residents often drive More than an hour to get to work has become the fastest growing City. In California a think tank reported tuesday. Located about 60 Miles East of downtown los Angeles Moreno Valley topped two other Southern California suburbs a Palmdale and Corona a in the rankings compiled Over the past five years by the Center for the continuing study of the California Economy in _ Palo Alto. The think tank said the cities have encountered Strong growth because of affordable housing. During the second Quarter the median sales Price of an existing single family House in California was $205,700, up 4.6 percent from the first Quarter. But in the River Side san Bernardino Region which includes Moreno Valley the same House sold for $134,250 in the second Quarter according to the California association of realtors. Moreno valleys population increased to 126,337 in january from 65,549 five years earlier. Clarence Brown the City a Public information officer said City officials expect that figure to reach about 177,000 by 1995. Chance of irs audit drops again for average taxpayer report says by Jim Luther associated press Washington the Odds on the average taxpayers Federal tax return being audited dropped to less than 1 in 100, and Odds on going to jail for cheating on your taxes Are almost too Long to calculate. The internal Revenue service audited 883,140 individual returns last year nearly 100,000 fewer than in 1989. Continuing a trend of several years the audit rate dropped from 9.2 per 1,000 to 8 per 1,000. At the same time according to the commissioners annual report made Public tuesday 1,609 people were sentenced to prison As a result of irs criminal investigations. However Only 271 of that number a or fewer than 3 for every 1 million taxpayers a a were convicted of what the irs Calls a abusive compliance a or Gross cheating on reporting income or claiming deductions. The rest of the jail sentences were handed out for drug convictions organized crime activity Public corruption and White Collar crime. Despite a fearsome reputation the irs has never used wholesale criminal prosecutions As a weapon of enforcement. In fact the prison sentences imposed last year were the most in the decade however commissioner Fred. T. Goldberg or. Has made no secret of his discontent with the decline in enforcement which includes auditing and Crimi Nal investigation. A in recent years we have Given Strong support to the War on drugs through criminal investigation because these cases involve Clear violations of the tax Law a he wrote in the new report. A but without a corresponding Overall increase in staffing traditional criminal tax enforcement activities have not kept  irs drug investigations have grown by 46 percent since 1984, from 1,085 cases to 1,585. The total number of criminal investigations initiated dropped from 6,194 in 1984 to 5,280 last year. The irs budget recently approved by Congress for the 12 months beginning next oct. 1 contains increased outlays for enforcement. Teen s death linked to drinking game Sanford Fla. A a civic group is launching a National Campaign to regulate drinking games after police said a 16-year-old girl apparently drank herself to death playing the Board game pass out. Melissa Vinson a High school honors student and two other teens played pass out for about two hours july 4, drinking most of a liter bottle of Vodka said Orange county sheriffs detective Jerry Geier. Later that night Melissa suddenly began having convulsions and passed out on the living room floor. She was pronounced dead on arrival at an Orlando Hospital. In the Board game the players land on squares that read a take a drink or a go to bar a and they recite Tongue twisters printed on cards. Frank Bresee who created pass out in 1962, Calls it a a joke a spoof a  he does no to drink and plays the game with soda or milk Bresee said last week. A a it a like if you a Tell somebody to drop dead. Its not meant to be taken seriously a said Bresee who told the Orlando Sentinel he does not think his game was to blame for the girls death. But the Junior women a club of Sanford has launched a National letter writing Campaign to Church and government leaders urging the passage of Laws to regulate such games. A alcohol is not something to be made a game out of Quot said club member Jeana Pernestti. An exact cause of Vinson a death has not been established by the county medical examiner. Melissa was taking a drug prescribed primarily to soothe menstrual cramps and Geier indicated this May have played a role in the Case