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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 30, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 a the stars and stripes thursday january 30, 1992 of to seek White buyers hailed by housing groups Chicago apr fair housing advocates Are applauding a decision by the . Supreme court to allow nine suburbs to Market houses especially to Whites in an Effort to prevent the communities from becoming All Black. The decision could favor racial stabilization efforts elsewhere As minorities move to suburbs and the communities take Steps to prevent desegregation from All White to All Black advocates said. The court monday refused without comment to review an appellate court ruling giving Chicago suburbs approval to target Whites As prospective Home buyers. A this is a big big decision a said Charles Bromley director of metropolitan strategy group a fair housing coalition in Ohio. The state has funded about 500 mortgages promoting racial diversification since 1988. A it begins to define the boundaries along which fair housing is played out a he said tuesday from Cleveland. An attorney for the National association of realtors a loser in the lawsuit said the decision leaves the fair housing act hazy. He said he would advise the by the los Angeles times Washington a despite evidence of increased racial tension across the United states Black and White americans still support the concept of a racially mixed society especially integrated schools a study shows. That support has survived for 20 years the study found even though segments of american society have become More segregated and political leaders have become increasingly reluctant to openly encourage desegregation of schools neighbourhoods and workplaces. Research data and anecdotal accounts Point to the conclusion that most americans favor school desegregation said the reports author Gary Orfield a Harvard professor of education. Drawing from polls conducted by Louis Harris the american Council on education the National opinion research corp., the Boston Globe newspaper and Louisville by. S courier journal newspaper the report noted a very substantial support for school desegregation and growing acceptance of busing to accomplish it. A the very Strong political leadership against integration policies apparently had less effect on Public attitudes than did the actual experience of students and Dahmer Case draws Milwaukee a Angela Zettel studied a worn paperback Book on Jeffrey l. Dahmer As she waited in line tuesday to secure one of 39 seats open to the Public for the serial killers sanity trial. A i am fascinated by the whole Story to find out Why somebody would want to do such a thing a Zettel said. A the craziness of it. It is totally  she added a Jeff Dahmer just looks so  after jury selection began monday potential jurors were warned that they would hear about necrophilia mutilation and cannibalism. One woman was excused after she said she did no to have the stomach for  the jurors will decide whether Dahmer goes to prison or a mental institution for the 15 killings to which he has confessed. Two autograph seeking teen agers sitting outside the courtroom at Dawn tuesday were unmoved. A we just want to see him a said Amy Difrancesco 16. A we want to get his autograph if they will let us. That would be Cool to have Jeffrey Dahmer a autograph because he is a  she and her Friend Becky Ewing 16, drove 60 Miles from their Hometown of Beloit and skipped school for a Chance to see Dahmer. They intend to report Back to their High school classes on their courtroom experiences. A everyone in school said a Why do you want to go a a Ewing said. A it is an adventure i  a few seekers of gory thrills also Are descending on the Milwaukee county courthouse for a glimpse of the groups 720,000 members to avoid any race based marketing even Well intentioned efforts aimed at preserving integration. Such marketing could invite minority lawsuits said Robert d. Butters the associations Deputy general counsel. The lawsuit began in 1983 after suburban Park Forest authorized a fair housing group to sell three Village owned houses in a mostly Black subdivision of the suburb through a real estate agent hired to advertise the Homes especially to Whites Butters said. A we asked that realtors when doing outreach do it to the underrepresented group which in this Case was Whites a said Barbara Moore director of Community relations for Park Forest. The suburban and National realtors groups objected to being put at risk of Legal action. The fair housing group called the South suburban housing Center sued them Over their non cooperation Butters said. The realtors counter sued naming eight other suburbs that had joined with Park Forest to form the fair housing group. Families in integrated schools a the report concluded. School districts that experienced the greatest disruption to achieve integration have had the Best results the desegregation study found. For example school plans in St. Louis Indianapolis and Kansas City where City and county students were reassigned under a single desegregation plan a provided some increase in integration and major educational  other areas such As los Angeles and de Kalb county near Atlanta that chose to avoid major changes in their schools to achieve integration have experienced a Rise in desegregation. Drawing conclusions about society As a whole from his study of school desegregation Orfield speculated in an interview that once Whites and Blacks endure the initial stresses of living and working with each other they seem unwilling to reverse the process to resume living apart. A basically the expectations Are worse than the reality a he said referring to initial resistance to school desegregation plans. A but once the change has taken place there Are incentives not to change  to court straight faced Sandy haired killer. On july 22, after being alerted by a handcuffed Man who ran from Dahmer a apartment police found body parts scattered about the apartment including skulls in boxes severed Heads in a refrigerator and Freezer and torsos in an acid filled vat. Authorities say Dahmer confessed to killing and dismembering 17 Young men since 1978. He pleaded guilty but insane Jan. 13 to 15 murders. To some teen agers Dahmer seemed a celebrity. A the is famous. I can Tell my kids. He is a serial killer a Difrancesco said. Police briefly let them inside before a dog arrived to sniff for bombs. They got a glimpse of a Clear plastic bulletproof Wall that separates Dahmer the attorneys the judge and jurors from the Public gallery. A a it a Cool Quot Difrancesco said smiling and giving a thumbs up sign. A i am really  sgt. Chris Luedke of the Milwaukee county sheriffs department said Zettel has been a regular at the court proceedings. A she is like clockwork a he said of Zettel who is unemployed and Hopes to go Back to school to pursue a broadcasting career. On tuesday she could have slept later than 4 30 . To grab a place. Fewer than a dozen people showed up because much of mondays jury selection was done behind closed doors in the judges Chambers. Dahmer was mostly out of sight. So far everyone who has wanted to get into the courtroom has Luedke said.  soldiers killed two Over Deal police say from wire reports West Hollywood Calif. A two former soviet soldiers killed two men and partly dismembered their corpses in a dispute Over a financial Deal police said tuesday. Los angles county sheriffs it. Bill Christiansen said Serguei Ivanov and Alexander Nikolaev told detectives they committed the slayings because financial dealings went sour. Christiansen said the Deal was a some illegal activity a but he did no to elaborate. Authorities identified Ivanov 28, and Nikolaev 31, As former soviet soldiers but did no to say what Branch of the service they belonged to what ranks they held or when they left the service. Authorities said the dead men had been identified but their names were being withheld until relatives could be contacted. Christiansen said one of the victims was also an sex soviet military Man. The victims both 28, had been shot and All their fingertips were Cut off a to prevent the victims identification and allow the suspects time to flee the state a said a police Deputy John  Hospital sued Chicago a the Justice department filed a lawsuit tuesday accusing the state of failing to provide adequate treatment for patients at a suburban mental Hospital. The lawsuit filed in . District court contends that conditions at . Howe developmental Center have declined to the Point that the health and safety of residents Are in jeopardy. The 648-bed Hospital for the mentally retarded is located in Tinley Park. A we have made serious attempts to provide the Best possible care and treatment for people at Howe and have a disagreement with the department of Justice Over just How we can achieve that goal a said Pat Alvarez a spokeswoman for the state department of mental health and developmental  s son charged Denver a a Man was charged with Bank robbery after his father a National football league referee identified him to Federal authorities court documents show. Pat Haggerty saw pictures of the alleged robber taken by Bank surveillance cameras and told the Fri the Man was his son Patrick Andrew Haggerty ii according to documents unsealed monday. The younger Haggerty 31, was charged with one count of Bank robbery but authorities said he is suspected of a series of Denver area Bank  attacks kill couple Fresno Calif. A a couple married for 63 years died within minutes of each other both apparently of heart attacks relatives said. Kelly Thomas found his wife Hazel dead on the floor of their Home Friday and the trauma apparently triggered a fatal heart attack said a son Jack Thomas. Both were 80 years old and had been together since they started dating in los Angeles at 15.tv Host kills himself Pittsburgh a a restaurant critic reportedly under investigation for Selling favourable mentions in a Cookbook he wrote was found dead of an apparent suicide. Mike Kalina critic for Pittsburgh a Post Gazette newspaper and a television personality was found dead in his car monday. He killed himself by running a Hose from an exhaust pipe into the passenger compartment police said. Family members told investigators that Kalina 49, who had Throat cancer 20 years ago was upset because he recently discovered a Lump in his Throat Deputy Coroner Mary Sweeney said. Kalinas the travelling gourmet show was seen on about 250 Public television stations. His death came less than a week after about 40 restaurateurs were subpoenaed to testify about Kalina to a Federal grand jury according to postal inspector Bill Ross. Most Blacks Whites still Back school integration study says  
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