European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 23, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 a the stars and stripes Friday August 23, 1991jews, Blacks clash again in new York new York apr racial violence flared for a third Day wednesday in a Brooklyn neighbourhood where Blacks and Ultra orthodox hasidic jews have a history of uncomfortable co existence. Mayor David Dinkins visited the Community but jeering bottle throwing peo pie chased him away. A rabbinical student died in earlier violence which began monday night after a Young Black boy was struck and killed by a car driven by a hasidic jew. J on wednesday hundreds of Blacks some carrying baseball bats marched to the hasidic Lubavitcher sects world Headquarters in the Crown Heights neighbourhood. They shouted a a War and a soon a and threw rocks bottles and other debris. About 100 jews hurled rocks Back. Police in riot gear separated the groups. One group of Blacks burned an israeli Flag some held signs with anti semitic slogans. Groups of Blacks rampaged through the neighbourhood damaging police vehicles and stores. Five injuries were reported. A this is nazi Germany All Over again a said City councilman Noach dear an orthodox jew who was pelted by rocks. Late wednesday eight police officers were wounded by Shotgun pellets. They were not seriously injured sgt. De Burns said. In three Days of sporadic violence police reported 44 arrests and 86 police officers and at least 20 civilians injured. Some of the injured included journalists and fire department members. Several stores and at least 10 police vehicles have been damaged. The tumult began monday night when police in riot gear walk past a police car overturned by rioters wednesday in a third Day of violence in Brooklyn . A 7-year-old Black boy was struck and killed by a car in the entourage of the Lubavitcher spiritual Leader rebbe menace hem Mendel Schneerson. The child a Cousin also 7, was critically injured in the Accident. Within hours people were rioting and a rabbinical student was killed. A there is an underlying Teil Sion. Once something triggers it everything explodes a said Dennis Carter a resident who is Black. A you see How easily it boils  a grand jury was investigating monday nights Accident to decide whether to charge the Driver sect member Yoseph Lief 22, said Brooklyn District attorney Charles j. Hynes. Dinkins the City a first Black mayor visited Crown Heights on monday night and returned wednesday night. He met with Community leaders who begged him to meet with local residents to ease tensions. But Dinkins decided it was too dangerous to take a planned walking tour. Instead he visited the nearby Home of the dead 7-year-old�?Ts family. Dinkins emerged to an angry crowd. He said through a megaphone that a grand jury would investigate the fatal car Accident. A in the meantime we be got to increase the peace a Dinkins said. A i do want Justice. We All want Justice. But we will not get it with violence. A i care about you very desperately. I want you to listen to me a Dinkins called but the crowds jeers and Boos drowned him out. About 50 police officers then escorted Dinkins to his car and some people threw bottles at him. None of the bottles hit . Deficit approaching near record Washington up the Federal deficit grew by $40.7 billion in july to $218 billion according to the Treasury department which said the government was Well on the Way toward a record budget shortfall in the current fiscal year ending sept. 30. The department figures were released wednesday. The congressional budget office projected this month that the fiscal 1991 deficit will be a record $279 billion. The record was set in 1986 when the annual deficit reached $221 billion. Last years deficit was $220 billion. The budget deficit is the difference Between what the government takes in and what it spends. Nights Accident to decide whether to he said through a megaphone that a hit him. Plan to open hospitals to civilians draws protest from . Veterans by the Washington Post provided at new outpatient clinics in cat sharing. By the Washington Post Washington to the dismay of the nations largest veterans organization the department of veterans affairs May allow its hospitals to treat non veterans who live in Rural areas lacking adequate Access to health care facilities. Care at the vans 172 hospitals has been largely restricted to former service personnel and in some instances dependents. Non veterans who need specialized care May also be treated at a hospitals if they Are admitted to a Hospital run by Ami Edical school affiliated with the a. The new proposal disclosed this week by the american legion Calls for the a and the health and human services department to use existing medicare medicaid or Indian health service funds to pay for health care that could be offered to Rural americans who have not served in the  the proposal the cafe could be provided at new outpatient clinics in Rural areas or at existing a hospitals officials said. Studies by the Federal government have shown that Many Rural americans Lack Access to Quality health care. Has Secretary Louis w. Sullivan has made that Issue a priority initiating the joint project with the a a year ago. He Hopes to use the vans Hospital system largest in the nation in improving medical services in Remote areas. The legion said in its statement that the a is planning to run Rural healthcare projects at three to five of its hospitals for three years. A officials confirmed that the two departments Are discussing such a project. A Secretary Edward j. Derwinski has been sympathetic to Sullivan a overtures provided the projects do not detract from any veterans health care program said Ken m. Link of the vans office of medi Cal sharing. But legion officials expressed fears that a hospitals might turn away veterans in favor of non veterans with medicare funds. A that is a ridiculous idea and one the american legion cannot abide a said Robert s. Turner the organizations National commander. In a statement released monday the legion said it was sympathetic to the health care needs of Rural americans but charged that a this plan does no to seem to get at that problem. What it appears to be about is Money a veterans groups have for years charged that a hospitals have been underfunded forcing administrators to close wards and deny service to veterans unable to prove their health problems Are related to their military service. A if there is excess capacity  it be directed toward those veterans who need help a Turner  firm raises Cane Over food program ban Washington a Kellogg a is lighting government regulations that Are keeping Raisin bran off the breakfast tables of poor women and children. The Federal special supplemental food program for women infants and children does no to allow program participants to use vouchers to buy Raisin bran saying the Cereal is too sugary. About $200 million Worth of Cereal is bought each year with wic vouchers. Kellogg a is annoyed because cheerios made by archrival general Mills is among the approved cereals. A a it a so loony Quot said Kellogg a spokes Man George Franklin. The Battle Creek Mich., Cereal maker has spent the last 14 years trying to convince the government that All Raisin bran a not just its Brand a is As nutritious As cheerios. The key to being included on the wic list is to have no less than 45 percent the daily minimum requirement of Iron and no More than 6 Grams of sugar. The government says Raisin bran has too much sugar. But Kellogg a contends Raisin bran has More Iron than cheerios and is cheaper. It also Points to the health benefits of fruit something cheerios lacks. Besides says Kellogg a the sugar in Raisin bran is largely the natural sugar from raisins. Phil Shanholtzer spokesman for the wic program said pregnant women nursing mothers and their infants Are prescribed certain foods to meet particular individual nutritional deficiencies so that health problems stemming from a poor diet at the Start of life can be avoided. The program sets a particular sugar level per ounce of food. A the problem with Raisin bran is that when you add the sugar in the bran flakes and the sugar in the raisins it pushes it up really High Quot he said. Kellogg a however has found champions on Capitol Hill. A what kind of prunes do we have setting these guidelines a asked rep. Paul Henry a Mich. The rules that keep Raisin bran off the list Are a regulatory constipation a Henry said suggesting the government say a a cheerios to regulations that keep Raisin bran off the list of wic foods