European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 19, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 a the stars and stripes thursday september 19, 1991 . Baby formula firms charged with violating antitrust Laws Austin Texas up a attorney general Dan Morales on tuesday charged two manufacturers of infant formula and a physicians group with a list of antitrust violations. Morales said the charges were filed in state District court tuesday naming Abbott laboratories of North Chicago hi., which manufactures similar and Bristol Meyers Squibb co. Of new York and Delaware the manufacturer of Enfa Mil. Also named in the charges were the american Academy of paediatrics a non profit organization of physicians located in Elk Grove Village my. B a i can Only shake my head in amazement that reputedly legitimate businesses would conspire not just to get around our free Market Laws but would do so at the expense of families with innocent Newborn babies a Morales said at a news conference. The charges allege that the two firms conspired to fix prices restrain Market Competition Rig bids for government contracts and form Market monopolies. The charges also allege the physicians group aided the conspiracy by discouraging Competition. Each charge carries a maximum penalty of $1 million per  groups show big gains in larger cities Washington apr racial and ethnic minorities became majorities in 22 additional big . Cities in the 1980s. Overall the 1990 census found that More than half the people in 51 cities having populations above 100,000 belonged to minority groups. Fifteen of the cities where minorities tipped the demographic balance were in the South and West. Although sometimes grouped together under the Blanket term a minority a the people involved were a diverse group consisting of Blacks american indians hispanics and people whose origin was Asia or the Pacific islands. Much of the increase in the minority population came As a result of hispanic and asian immigration said William of Hare of the University of Louisville a Urban research Institute. Here Are the 10 largest cities where the ethnic balance changed a new York from 47 percent minority in 1980 to 57 percent minority in 1990. A Houston 47 percent to 59 percent. A Dallas 43 percent to 52 percent. A san Jose Calif., 35 percent to 50 percent. A san Francisco 46 percent to 53 percent. A Memphis tenn., 49 percent to 56 percent. A Cleveland 47 percent to 52 percent a Long Beach Calif., 31 percent to 50 percent. A Fresno Calif., 36 percent to 50 percent. A Stockton Calif., 41 percent to 56 percent. Jedd Weiner a spokesman for Abbott laboratories said the company had done nothing wrong. Quot we have not seen the lawsuit but i can Tell you that Abbott has not engaged in Price fixing bid rigging or any other illegal behaviour a Weiner said. In the charges Morales claimed the two companies artificially inflated the Price for hundreds of thousands of units of infant formula sold to the Federal government. The formula is then distributed by the Texas department of health through the special supplemental food program for women infants and children. A was a lawyer assistant District attorney criminal Justice legislative chair and attorney general i thought i had just about seen it All a Morales said. Quot but i suppose we will never cease to be amazed at the extraordinary lengths some intelligent seemingly ethical entrepreneurs will stoop to in order to maintain a Market advantage and seize an extra Penny of profit without regard for the injuries they inflict upon others. A the Only words i can find to describe this behaviour Are shameful and  Morales said the two firms control 80 to 95 percent of the Market. Friendly hug Linda Marrero right whose parents Are accused of chaining her in their Bronx apartment is hugged by a Friend during a reunion with her family late monday. The reunion was Short lived however. The crack addict 15, disappeared and was found several hours later by her father Eliezer Marrero. Before she disappeared she said to glad they chained me. I would have died on the streets from  sex judge seeks wrongfully convicted youth Hanford Calif. Apr a retired judge who recalls throwing a Butcher knife at a bully during  youth is searching for a defendant he wrongly convicted of carrying a switchblade. Judge James j. Mccartney said he put the Young Man on probation and imposed the minimum Fine in san Bernardino municipal court in the mid-1970s. He fears the defendant May have been hindered in getting certain types of jobs because of the Misdemeanour offence. The big thing kids Are frightened of is spending time in jail a Mccartney said in an interview tuesday Quot but i he big thing is really hat its on  record for the rest of  life so 1 Hurt   Mccartney said he ruled that a knife the Young Man was carrying was a switchblade. California Law bans knives that can be opened by flipping the wrist or pressing a Button or switch. This knife had to be opened with both hands but Mccartney said he rationalized it could be flipped open if someone pried it slightly open. Quot by Law you have to decide such an ambiguity in  the defendants favor a the judge said. A i was under pressure and i made a  he was reminded of the Case about six months ago while watching a television show that depicted a weapons Possession Case. He researched the Law and realized  error. Mccartney 68, can to remember the name of the youth he sentenced so he ran a newspaper advertisement in san Bernardino last week asking the defendant or anyone familiar with the Case to Contact . The and has produced no leads. Mccartney said he May travel 250 Miles South from  retirement Home in Hanford to san Bernardino in the los Angeles area in search of records that might produce a name. The problem is the District attorneys files on Misdemeanour cases Are destroyed after 10 years and there Are hundreds of thousands of cases to sift through in the county clerks office he said. The judge said he sympathizes with the Young Man because he once armed himself with two Butcher knives As Protection from a bully. It was shortly before world War ii in new York  is charged in death of Hitchhiker from wire reports Akron Ohio a authorities on tuesday signed a warrant charging Jeffrey l. Dahmer with aggravated murder in the 1978 death of a Hitchhiker he has identified As the first of  17 victims. Prosecutor Lynn c. Slaby also said he would seek an indictment against Dahmer in the death of Steven Hicks 18, of suburban Coventry township. Hicks disappeared 13 years ago while hitchhiking. Dahmer has told authorities he brought Hicks to  Bath township Home served  a Beer and then killed the youth when he tried to leave. Slaby said he does no to expect to extradite Dahmer from Milwaukee until next Spring. Dahmer has admitted killing 17 Young men but has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity in  victim named Washington a District of Columbia police on tuesday identified the Man who burned himself to death at the . Supreme court last week As Richard w. Axtell of Albuquerque . Sgt. Joe Gentile a police spokesman said a tells age has not been determined. At the time of the suicide Friday supreme court spokeswoman Toni House said the victim was believed to have been 22. A suicide note that indicated he was Quot not Happy with world affairs at this time a was found next to the body along with a list of next of Kin officials  drowns in bucket Pinehurst . A an 11-month-old girl drowned in a 5-gallon bucket her Mother used for washing clothes police said the Moore county sheriffs office was investigating death of Ebony bulk on sunday. The girl s Mother Tina bulk told police she was washing clothes in the bucket stepped outside to hang them and returned to discover the baby with her head in the bucket said sheriffs it. Susan Mccrimmon. Sixty seven children drowned in buckets in the United states from 1985 through 1987, according to the medical examiners and coroners Alert project  to be rehired Stamford Conn. A an arbitrator has ordered the Prudential insurance co. To rehire about 200 agents fired for failing to meet production quotas they did no to know about the agents Union announced tuesday. The company was also ordered to restore lost income and benefits to the affected agents said Beth Shulman an official with the United food amp commercial workers Union. The agents were fired this year for failing to meet a revised production Standard they were not informed of until it was too late to comply the Union said. Officials in Prudential a Newark n.j., Headquarters were not available for comment tues workers Union represents about 17,000 Prudential  s removal rejected West Palm Beach Fla. A state appellate court tuesday rejected prosecutors efforts to remove the presiding judge in the William Kennedy Smith rape Case. A one sentence order denied a petition by prosecutors to disqualify circuit judge Mary Lupo. The prosecution claimed Lupo has not been candid about possible personal conflicts and has shown Bias. Last month Lupo denied a prosecution motion that she disqualify herself. A spokesman for state attorney David Blud Worth declined to say whether prosecutors would pursue the Issue further