European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 30, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 b the stars and stripes Friday August 30, 1991 group says schools face epidemic of censorship Washington apr parents backed by conservative groups in the past year sought to ban books including Little red Riding Hood in what a civil liberties group Calls a an epidemic of censorship in Public schools. A this is a nationally driven movement that has embraced censorship As a political weapon a Arthur j. Kropp president of people for the american Way said wednesday in presenting his groups ninth annual report on school censorship. The report cited 264 incidents of what it described As attacks on the Freedom to learn in the 1990-91 school year including 229 attempts at censorship. The figure represented an increase of about 20 percent from 198990. Opponents objected to Little red Riding Hood because her Basket held wine and to my Friend flick because it contained profanities. About one third of challenges were successful Kropp said. Kropp blamed the a far right or religious rights for the increase in censorship cases. He said two conservative groups James Dobson a focus on the family and Donald Wildmone a american association were among the most Active. One of the biggest targets was a Reading series for Young children called impressions challenged 45 times by groups alleging it contained satanism and violence. The series includes works by . Milne Martin Luther King jr., Maurice Sendak or. Seuss Rudyard Kipling and . Lewis. A special curricula dealing with drug abuse prevention or sexuality issues came under heavy fire last year a Kropp said. A typically attackers charged that these materials promoted satanism or what they called new age  school material targeted listed below Are the 11 top targets in 1990-91 for people who tried to have books and materials removed from Public schools according to people Lor the american Way. Impressions a series of 15 Grade school Reading and language arts books. Quest International self esteem programs. Michigan Model for comprehensive school health education. The Catcher in the Rye by . Salinger. Preventing teen pregnancy video series. Curses hexes and spells by Daniel Cohen. How to  Fried Worms by Thomas Rockwell. The adventures of Huckleberry finn by Mark Twain. Of mice and men by John Steinbeck. The witches by Roald Dahl. A wrinkle in time by Madeleine la Engle. A amps among the cases. A in Polk county Iowa a child a Book called rolling Harvey Down the Hill was removed from a school Library after a Parent said it was prejudiced against  Chubby  in Dekalb ind., a Parent objected to the showing of the movie . To fourth graders because of a five potentially offensive  the school Board responded by Banning All but grated movies from classrooms but after a Public outcry allowed teachers to choose a educational Quot movies at their own discretion. Acc loses another bid to ban indecent broadcasts All Day Washington apr the government lost an Appeal wednesday that would have stopped  indecent radio and television broadcasts 24 hours a Day. An opponent said the decision should be Good news for mainstream programs such As saturday night live. The . Circuit court of appeals for the District of Columbia refused to reconsider its ruling that struck Down the ban. The Federal communications commission had sought reconsideration either by the three judge panel that ruled May 17 or by the full court. Peggy Charren president of action for children a television which led a Media coalition that sued to overturn the 24-hour ban called the decision a yet another one for the first  she contended the policy if implemented could affect broadcast programming that contained sexual innuendo such As saturday night live the pcs broadcast of the singing detective and late night talk shows. Renee licht the pc cd a Deputy general counsel said the Agency was considering an Appeal to the supreme court. Licht said it was possible that the ban could be enforced against sexual innuendo Content a where the surrounding context made the meaning  but she said the pc cd a definition of indecency a has been carefully and cautiously applied in daytime and Early evening programming. The appeals court had ruled that the 24-hour ban on indecent broadcasts that Congress ordered in 1988 violated constitutional protections of free speech. The acc defines broadcast indecency As language or material that a depicts of describes in terms patently offensive As measured by contemporary Community standards for the broadcast medium sexual or excretory activities or  the acc adopted the 24-hour ban last fall but it was not implemented pending the outcome of the Legal Challenge. The acc has always barred broadcasts of material judged legally obscene and it currently bars the use of indecent material Between 6 . And 8 . Under chairman Alfred Sikes the commission Over the past two years has slapped fines on a number of radio stations for indecent broadcasts during daytime hours. Thornburgh kicks off Senate Campaign Pittsburgh apr former . Attorney general  Thornburgh made his . Senate Campaign official thursday asking voters to review his 25-year record of Public service. A a it a Good to be Home a Thornburgh told about 100 friends and supporters. A i love  in a 15-minute speech Thornburgh spoke of his efforts As the nations top prosecutor to crack Down on violence and White Collar crime and his work during hts eight years As Pennsylvania governor to create jobs and Spur economic growth. A when i left office both personal and business tax rates were lower than when i was elected and we still left the state with a $350 million surplus a he said As the crowd cheered. The state now led by democratic gov Robert p. Casey finished the last fiscal year with a $453 million deficit and has enacted record tax increases this year. Thornburgh resigned aug. 15 As attorney general a Post he had held since 1988, to seek the seat vacated when sen. John Heinz was killed april 4 in a plane helicopter crash. The seat is now held by Thornburgh a opponent Democrat Harris Wofford a former Kennedy administration official who was state Secretary of labor and Industry when Casey appointed him As interim senator. A Washington d.c., is a Tough town and its no place for on the Job training a Thornburgh said. Thornburgh 59, enters the race As a favorite Over Wofford but Many political analysts expect Wofford to try to raise his own profile and to undermine Thornburgh a reputation with attacks. The election is set for nov. 5. Thornburgh was governor from 1979 to 1987. He then directed the Institute of politics at Harvard s John f. Kennedy school of government until the following year when president Reagan nominated him to replace de Meese As . Attorney  sues to get Aid lost because of faulty census from wire reports Austin Texas a Texas sued the Federal government wednesday demanding Federal Aid that state officials claim will be lost because of a faulty census count. The state estimates that Over the next 10 years Texas will lose More than $1 billion in Federal Aid to schools children the poor Farmers and ranchers the elderly and others. Many payments Are made on a per capita basis and Texas will be shortchanged if the 1990 census Isnit revised to record the True number of citizens officials say. The 1990 census estimated a Texas population of 16.9 million. State officials say it should be at least 17.5  sting shuts Down Columbia . A the undercover operation aimed at corruption in the South Carolina state House was closed wednesday after netting 28 people on vote Selling or drug charges. The Fri sting operation lost Trust began nearly three years ago using lobbyist and former legislator Ron Cobb As an informant and operative. Cobb agreed to work for Federal authorities after he was caught during a 1989 drug Deal. He pleaded guilty in March to cocaine Possession. He awaits sentencing. The sting focused on a Bill in the 1990 legislative session to let voters decide whether to legalize gambling on dog and horse racing. Bribes were offered in Exchange for legislative support. Drug charges also surfaced during the probe. Eighteen lawmakers were charged. Sixteen have either pleaded guilty or been convicted one lawmaker awaits trial and another awaits arraignment. Few convicted lawmakers have been sentenced. Ten others also were charged. Smith rape trial judge West Palm Beach Fla. A prosecutors said wednesday  ask a higher court to remove the judge in William Kennedy Smiths rape trial Palm Beach circuit judge Mary Lupo has refused to disqualify herself from the Case. Prosecutors contend she has shown Bias in her rulings. State attorney David Bludworth a office said in a statement that prosecutors would Appeal the judges refusal to step aside. The Appeal to the 4th District court of Appeal was expected later this week. Smith 30, faces trial Jan. 13 on charges he raped a woman from nearby Jupiter on March 30 at his family a Palm Beach estate. He is a Nephew of sen. Edward m. Kennedy  disaster declared Kennebunkport Maine president Bush declared parts of Maine a including this coastal resort Region where his summer Home is located  major disaster area because of damage caused by Hurricane Bob. He took the step one Day after declaring two other new England states Rhode Island and Massachusetts disaster areas from the aug. 19 Hurricane and the flooding that followed. Bush a move makes Federal Aid available for the cleanup in andr Scoggin Cumberland and York counties the states three southernmost counties. An insurance Industry group has estimated Bob was the second costliest Hurricane in . History inflicting $780 million Worth of damage As it swept up the East coast on aug. 18-19.Deer s killers sentenced Miami a two teen agers who fatally clubbed an endangered key Deer received maximum prison terms wednesday. Kevin Goodwin and Tim Daniels both 19, were convicted june 27 of beating the nursing key Deer in August 1990. Fewer than 300 of the diminutive species Are left in the wild. Goodwin who had a previous juvenile record was sentenced to a year in Federal prison and Daniels to 10 months. A third defendant William Norris 20, was acquitted. All three men Are from Marathon about 20 Miles North of the key Deer Refuge on big Pine key