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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Monday, February 17, 1992

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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 17, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Vol. 50, no. 308 350 monday february 17,1992 c d 8693 Hezbollah Leader slain in raid Sidon Lebanon apr israeli helicopters on sunday blasted a Convoy carrying the Leader of the pro iranian group Hezbollah killing him and his wife Ana son. Shiite Muslim leaders vowed revenge and called for a holy War against Israel. The dramatic strike which could damage the Middle East peace process capped a Day of israeli air attacks on South Lebanon that left eight other people dead and 29 wounded. The strikes came less than 48 hours after a raid on an army Camp inside Israel in which three israeli soldiers were hacked to death. Hezbollah said its Leader Sheik Abbas Muslawi 39, his wife Siham and their 5-year-old son Hussein the youngest of the couples six children were a a martyred in what it called a a cowardly air  in addition to Muslawi and his family four other people were killed and 18 were wounded police in Lebanon said. Sheik Mohammed Fadlallah spiritual Mentor of the shiite militants called the attack a a Barbaric crime and said in a statement a i Call upon All resistance fighters to escalate their jihad holy War against  Hezbollah or party of god was considered the umbrella group for the shiite Muslim holders of Western hostages in Lebanon. It opposes the Middle East peace talks the next round of which Are to begin feb. 24 in Washington. In Jerusalem the israeli military acknowledged it had carried out the Convoy attack but suggested it had not specifically targeted Muslawi in a statement it said it had Quot turned out the Hezbollah Leader was in the Convoy which was carrying militia leaders from a meeting. But defense minister mosh Arens told Israel television the attack was in fact a designed to harm  it was a a message to All the terrorist see raid on Page 2 Carolyn Smith sister of murder victim Eddie Smith wipes tears from her eyes As the verdict is read  jury gives verdict he a sane by the new York times Milwaukee a Jeffrey l. Dahmer the serial killer who claimed that sickness drove him to murder and dismember 15 men and boys was found to be sane by a jury saturday. After two weeks of testimony the jury rejected arguments by Dah Mcra a defense lawyer Gerald Boyle that he could not control himself. The verdicts returned late saturday afternoon in Milwaukee county circuit court mean that Dahmer could be Given 15 consecutive life terms in prison during sentencing scheduled for today. Dahmer who has confessed to All 15 killings in his indictment and to two others As Well had pleaded guilty but insane had the jury found him insane he would have been sentenced to a mental institution from which he could have petitioned for release every six months. The jurors were instructed to base their ruling on two questions did Dahmer suffer from mental illness and if so did he have a the capacity to appreciate the wrongfulness Quot of his conduct or Quot the ability to conform Quot to Law two of the 12 jurors said Dahmer was in fact insane. However to reach a finding of insanity under state Law Only 10 jurors were required. As the verdicts were read Dahmer leaned Back in a swivel chair motionless. Relatives of some of the vie see Dahmer on Page 2 overworked americans Are starved for Leisure time it research group says Washington a the average american worker puts in about 140 More hours on the Job every year than he did two decades ago according to a study that also found paid Days off have dwindled. It All adds up to a major crimp on Leisure time said two economists for the Washington based economic policy Institute a research group that draws its funding from labor unions foundations and corporations. A americans Are starved for time a the study said. A increasing numbers of people Are finding themselves overworked stressed out and heavily taxed by the joint demands of work and family  the study titled the overworked increasing numbers of people Are finding theme Ives overworked stressed out and heavily taxed by the ont demands of work and Emily life american the unexpected decline of Leisure was written by economists Juliet Schor of Harvard University in Cambridge mass., and Laura Leete Guy of Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland. The study found that full time workers put in on average 138 hours More a year in 1989 than they did in 1969. The economists also found that people were spending More time going Back and Forth to work. Figuring in the Rise in work hours and commuting time and the decline in Days off the economists said americans Are spending 158 hours More each year on work a or an extra month. A the japanese statements about americans being Lazy and not wanting to work Are not based in fact a Leete Guy said. A i almost got hysterical when i heard  paid time off such As vacations holidays and sick leave fell roughly 15 per see Leisure on Page 2  
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