European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 5, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 14 b the stars and stripes sunday january 5, 1992baby Boomers to squeeze institutions Washington a the needs of the baby Boom generation threaten to engulf the nations health care and retirement systems As the size of the elderly population soars Over the next 40 years a study said Friday. The number of americans 65 and older will hit 65 million by 2030, compared with 30 million senior citizens today the population reference Bureau said in a report the baby Boom a entering midlife baby Boomers in the next 20 years a will set the Agenda for the nations Public policy choices in education work family policies retirement programs and health care a said the reports authors Leon Bouvier and Carol de Vita. The key question will be a How do we invest in americans future of retiring baby Boomers a while meeting the social economic and political needs of today a they said. Baby Boomers Are americans born from 1946 to 1964, so by 2030, the oldest surviving Boomer will be 84 and the youngest 66. By 2030, there will be More americans Over the age of 65 than under the age of 18, according to demographers estimates. That reduces the number of younger working people available to support the growing number of retirees. A the baby Boomers Are going to put quite a squeeze on our social institutions a de Vita told a news Confer ence. A a that a Why the 1990s Are such an important decade. The 1990s Are a vital time to make plans Tir ement systems and health care. For re de Vita said there will have to be a a shifting of resources to meet the needs of the aging baby Boomers in the next four decades. She called it a a tug of War Between meeting those needs and those of younger people. Baby Boomers Are trying to a provide for their children assist their aging parents and plan for their own futures a the authors said. A Given their size perhaps no other generation in history has had or will have As much influence in determining the course of human  Gays under siege As violence escalates Des Moines Iowa apr Robert Eikleberry became a statistic in what activists say is a National epidemic of Gay bashing when four men dragged him out of his car called him names and one beat him with a baseball Bat. Eikleberry a 42-year-old electrician Hasni to been Able to work since the attack oct. 30 that left him with three cracked ribs and bruises Over his body. In a Case that galvanized new York City a homosexual Community 29-year-old Julio Rivera was beaten and stabbed to death last summer by three men who police said had gone out Hunting for homosexuals. One pleaded guilty to manslaughter and two were convicted of murder in november. A the Gay Community is under siege in this country. We Are fighting an epidemic of violence a said Robert Bray spokesman for the National Gay and lesbian task Force in Washington. Reported harassment of homosexuals in 1990 Rose an average 42 percent Over 1989 in six cities the task Force said. It documented 1,588 anti Gay incidents during 1990 ranging from threats to murder in new York Boston Chicago Minneapolis san Francisco and los Angeles reports of assaults at least doubled in each of the cities and More than tripled in Minneapolis St. Paul Over that year. In new York reports of such violence jumped from 289 in 1988 to 554 for the first 11 months of 1991, said Matt Foreman executive director of the new York City Gay and lesbian anti violence project. Nationwide figures Are not available. Bray Eikleberry and other activists said Gay bashing increases As More homosexuals come out of the closet and As Many heterosexuals blame them for the spread of aids. The a increased visibility has garnered us additional Power and tolerance in some places a Bray said. A the Price we be paid is we be become an easier target for bigots and  Many crimes still go unreported because victims done to want their names and addresses published in newspaper accounts of the incidents. Some fear their employers landlords and relatives could find out they Are Gay or that they could be attacked again. Foreman said his group received about five times As Many reports of Gay bashing in 1990 As City police did. Eikleberry who owns a Gay bar in this Midwest City of 193,000, was dragged out of his car and attacked in a downtown area frequented by Gays and lesbians. Robert Eikleberry a victim of1 Gay bashing stands inside the bar he owns in Des Moines Iowa. The oct. 30 attack left him with three cracked ribs and bruises. A they said a of Faggot its your turn a a Eikleberry recalled. He fought Back until one of the four men a All in their late teens or Early 20s a a snuck up behind me and chopped me with a Ball Bat in the  he reported the crime As a Gay Bash ing. Police recorded it As an assault even though Iowa is among 17 states with a hate crimes statute that includes Protection for homosexuals a there is no crime of Gay bashing a Des Moines police sgt. Ray Rexroat said. A the crime is  Safe after 2 frigid nights p1nedale, Wyo apr two snowmobiles stranded in subzero temperatures for two nights in a half mile deep Ravine climbed out safely. Larry Braun 41, of Daniel and his brother Tom Braun 31, of Denver emerged uninjured thursday after a four to six hour climb said sgt. Bob Sutherland of the Sublette county sheriffs department. A it was kind of tiring but it Wasny to bad a Larry Braun said a we had quite a bit of food with us and a lot of matches and extra clothing. A your biggest concern was How we were going to get out. Its a fairly tight deep Little Canyon. There a rocks and drop offs and  the two had been snowmobiling tuesday with relatives on the rim of the Ravine about 130 Miles South of Yellowstone National Park in Western Wyoming. Authorities said one brother a machine slipped and Slid into the Ravine. His brother followed him Down while other relatives went for help. The first night the two built a makeshift shelter with a Tarp stretched Between the two Snow machines. Three rescuers found them and spent wednesday night with them. Sutherland said temperatures fell to 20 below Zero at night and the pair was stuck in Waist deep Snow. 2 die in commuter plane crash Saranac Lake . Apr a commuter air plane crashed while approaching an Adirondack Mountain Airport Friday morning killing two people and injuring the two other people on Board. The 19-seat co Mutair twin engine Beechraft 1900c went Down shortly after 6 . In a mountainous wooded area about three Miles Northeast of the Lake Clear Airport said it. John Gillen a Ranger with the state department of environmental conservation. The two survivors were taken by helicopter to the Adirondack medical Center in Saranac Lake about seven Miles South of the crash site said Hospital spokeswoman Cheryl Breen. Abdul Momen a passenger was in stable condition in the hospitals emergency room with a hip injury Breen said. The second survivor Pilot Kevin St. Germain 30, had two broken legs she said. A co Pilot and an off duty airline employee were killed. John Sullivan president of co Mutair based in Plattsburgh ., said the plane took off from the Clinton county Airport at 5 30 . It crashed Between 45 and 50 minutes later on its final approach to the Lake Clear Airport about 135 Miles Northwest of Albany in the states far Northeast Comer he said. There was no indication of mechanical trouble Sullivan said. Jack Finnigan a Lake Clear Airport employee said there was some fog around the Airport at the time of the crash. Twin girls born year apart in Michigan mount Clemens Mich. A Katherine and Jessica Goddeke Are twins but they were bom in different years. Katherine was bom at 11 56 . Tuesday dec. 31, 1991, at St. Josephus mercy Hospital. Jessica arrived at 12 14 . Wednesday Jan. 1, 1992. A a in a like to have someone Tell me the mathematical Odds of that happening a said their dad Paul Goddeke of Harrison township in Macomb county. Susan Goddeke who Tike her husband is a computer Programmer for Chrysler corp., said doctors tried to induce labor monday her due Date. But she did no to go into labor until about 9 . Tuesday. A when we got Here to the Hospital the nurse checked her and said a my god a and ran and got a doctor Quot Goddeke said. A we weren to exactly watching the clock but we were ready to yell a Happy new year�?�1 the year of birth Isnit the Only difference Between the girls. Katherine weighed 8 pounds 3 ounces compared with 6-Pound, 15-ounce Jessica. Susan Goddeke said the twins also have different blood types and hair color. The girls have a brother 2-year-old Matthew