European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 11, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 a the stars and stripes tuesday february 11,1992 study challenges beliefs that education cuts crime Chicago apr rising income and educational Levels since world War ii were accompanied by a drop in crime rates among Whites but not among Blacks said a study released sunday. The findings Challenge a one of the most widely held assumptions of postwar society a namely that Liberal social programs can reduce crime by ameliorating social and economic injustices said the study a author Gary Lafree of the University of new Mexico in Albuquerque. Lafree also found that an increase in the number of broken families was not accompanied by a Rise in crime among Blacks. A Blacks were making dramatic educational strides in the 1960s and 1970s at exactly the time crime among Blacks was rising Quot Lafree said. Family income among Blacks also increased during that period he said. A what we re trying to do now is figure out Why that is the Case a Lafree said at the annual meeting of the american association for the advancement of science. One explanation might be that rising education and income Levels among Blacks created expectations for jobs that the Economy  meet he said. The most dramatic Rise in education and income among Blacks occurred in the period from 1969 to 1973, at precisely the time the Economy stalled Lafree said. He said his findings were obtained by correlating such things As measures of education and income with the Federal Bureau of investigations uniform crime reports. Lafree said he plans further studies to try to determine whether periods of greater social protest Are re Chicago up a religious Devotion and sexual pleasure done to have to be incompatible according to researchers who say frequent prayer and frequent sex make a Happy marriage. The Rev. Andrew Greeley of the University of Chicago presented a paper on the wide ranging effects of prayer at the annual meeting sunday of the american association for the advancement of science in Chicago. Greeley a roman Catholic priest and the author of several popular novels said a Many people would be inclined to think that the religiously devout Are rigid Ana  but he said a study by the National opinion Greeley research Center snowed just the opposite. The study found that 70 percent of those who say they Pray every Day and have sex several times a week described their marriage As very Happy. About half of those who do one or the other a re Dallas apr television evangelist Robert Tilton used his sunday Sermon to declare Victory in a Battle with the Texas attorney general a office and to assail the Media a coverage of inquiries into his word of Faith ministry. . District judge Sam Sparks of Austin halted attorney general Dan Morales investigation of Tilton when he granted a temporary restraining order Friday. A i believe this attack of satan is history Quot Tilton said in a televised Sermon. A i believe that he is Defeated. Thank god for Federal  Morales office has been investigating whether Tilton sword of Faith world outreach Center Church near Dallas engaged in deceptive Trade practices. Tilton a television show Success a life is broadcast nationally. Tilton a practice of encouraging viewers to make monetary a vows of Faith and promising that god will give them wealth in return first came under National scrutiny after he was featured on abcs primetime live. Lated to changes in crime rates. Charles Tittle of Washington state University said Lafreem a study was a provocative and  Tittle is editor of the journal criminology where Lafreem a study will be published in May. A a it a a pretty unusual finding that these variables appear to be different for Blacks and Whites a he said. Billy Tidwell director of research at the National Urban league in Washington said he was concerned that the study could encourage efforts to abandon social programs. A there Are Public officials who would seize such results As justification for the retrenchment from social programs that a been under Way since the 1980s,�?� said Tidwell who had not seen Lafreem a study. Lafree said he too was concerned about potential political misuse of the findings. A obviously in a not arguing for some sort of a decline in educational commitment a he said. He did say however that the rationale for the Liberal social programs of president Lyndon Johnson so great society were a too  a the expectation you re going to get lower crime rates by raising educational Levels a its More Complex than that a he said. Black education and income Levels Rose in the 1960s and 1970s, Lafree said. Black rates of robbery and homicide increased threefold to fourfold during that period he said. The number of Black children raised by one Parent increased during the 1980s, suggesting a greater breakdown of family stability. Yet Black crime rates did not change then Lafree said. Gar less of which one it is a report a Happy marriage the study found. A a in a not recommending it prayer As a substitute for sex a a Greeley said. A a in a merely saying that for some people it seems to be a substitute better that you should do  Greeley said 57 percent of americans Pray at least once a Day an increase of 4 percentage Points More than 15 years ago. Seventeen percent of those who say they do not believe in god Pray once a Day with one third praying at least once a week. People who done to believe in god May be praying a to whom it May concern a Greeley said. And the More people Pray the More Likely they Are to support Federal aids funding and to oppose the death penalty he said. A those who Pray More than once a Day Are half again As Likely to oppose the death penalty As those who Pray less than once a week a the priest said. People who Pray daily Are also a half again As Likely to support federally funded medical care for aids patients a he said. A those who have an intense relationship with god in frequent prayer Are the most sensitive to the needs of other human beings a Greeley said. Word of Faith officials say the Church neither Sells nor trades anything. They refused to turn Over financial records and other documents prompting the state to file a lawsuit wednesday. On sunday Tilton said attacks by Morales and the Media have infringed on his first amendment rights. A if i was a founding father and i heard what was going on that would make my blood boil a Tilton said. It ought to make your blood  he said he would continue urging people to donate to his ministry despite the controversy. His attorney . Joyce of Tulsa okla., said More than 1,000 members have left the Church since the investigation started. Sparks set a hearing for March 4 to determine if Tilton must turn Over records sought by the attorney general. The temporary restraining order came in response to a $2 million lawsuit Tilton filed against Morales office Friday. The lawsuit claims the Church is protected from state queries under the first amendment Freedom of religion  cruise missile crashes in Alabama from wire reports Eglin fab Fla. A an unarmed Navy Tomahawk cruise missile destined for Eglin fab crashed 50 Miles off target in Alabama the second consecutive Tomahawk test flight that has gone awry. The missile was launched saturday from the destroyer Arleigh Burke in the Gulf of Mexico. It landed about me Miles East of Rome ala., and 50 Miles North of its target at Eglin in the Florida Panhandle the Navy said. What went wrong in the 700-mile flight was not immediately determined said Susan Boyd a spokeswoman for the Navy a cruise missile  kills 25 show horses de Soto to. A a fire at a stable killed 25 show horses authorities said. Ken Taylor owner of the stable suffered smoke inhalation in trying to save the horses sunday and was hospitalized authorities said. A we understood he tried to get them out and heat drove him Back a fire chief Don null said. Null said some of the horses were believed to be Tennessee walkers. The cause of the fire was under  gets upgrade Cape canaveral Fla. Columbia nasal a oldest space shuttle arrived at Kennedy space Center on sunday after an eight hour piggyback Jet ride from California where it was upgraded so it can spend up to 16 Days in orbit. Columbia was carried on a special Boeing 747 jetliner from Rockwell International a space systems division facility in Palmdale calif., said Rockwell spokeswoman Sylvia Foos. The Jet and shuttle made a two hour refuelling Stop at Kelly fab in san Antonio at midday sunday and arrived in Florida at  goes full Circle Alpharetta a. A Rabie Cook exchanged her High school class ring with a Friend in 1949. It took her 43 years to get it Back. Cooke a Ruby and Gold ring from the Bowdon High school class of 1948 turned up three years ago in a Garden in Warner Robins 90 Miles Southeast of Atlanta and 115 Miles from Bowdon. After putting the ring aside for years the Haynes family who found the ring identified Cook in a Bowdon yearbook through her initials which were carved on the ring. A a in a just flabbergasted that somebody would find it Way Down there a Cook said. Cook 60, said she weighed less than 100 pounds in 1948 and is somewhat larger now. A i done to figure ill be Able to Wear it a she  mood on Rise los Angeles a a recent rash of hate mail Graffiti and threats is worrying japanese americans in Southern California. Some blame the anti japanese climate on mounting  traae tension the juror Over whether the City a rapid transit contract should go to a japanese company and anger Over a japanese politicians comments that . Workers Are Lazy. A a we be been seeing quite a bit of it since october Quot said Jimmy Tokeshi regional director of the japanese american citizens league. There were 49 hate crimes against All asian americans including japanese in 1990, the last year for which county officials have  jumper Albuquerque . A an Engineer whose lower body was paralysed in a car crash 10 years ago took a bungee jumping plunge while strapped into his wheelchair. Ais onlookers cheered him on Brian Van Leeuwen 28, wheeled his chair backward to the Edge of a 150-foot platform then rolled off attached to an elastic Cord. He was held in the wheelchair by straps and duct tape. A the wheelchair is part of me a he said. A a in a rather be Able to push off the platform by myself than have them push me  frequent prayer sex add up to Good marriage study says embattled evangelist claims Victory