European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 27, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes thursday february 27, 1992 to unfair to some groups . Psychologists report Washington apr american commercial television poorly serves the people who need it and use it most a children the elderly ethnic minorities and women the nations psychologists say. They said tuesday that television does no to portray those groups As they really Are and does no to provide them with programming they want. A we have never As a society taken television seriously or used it sensibly a said John p. Murray professor of human development at Kansas state University one of the authors. The criticism was contained in a Book length report produced by a task Force of the 108,000-member american psychological association after a five year review of research on the Impact of television on . Society. A the major flaw in american broadcasting is that commercial television must generate Revenue through programming that attracts Large heterogeneous affluent audiences which do not represent the majority of viewers a the report said. The report advocated government support for noncommercial outlets. A so Long As the primary goal of programming is to lure audiences to advertisements the needs of Many demographic and ethnic minorities will not be met a it said. The report said constant portrayal of sexual violence we have never As a society taken television seriously or used it sensibly a professor John p. Murray a leads to increased acceptance of rape and a can instigate anti social values and  and it said the Ideal woman on television is a Beautiful dependent helpless passive concerned with interpersonal relations warm and valued for her appearance More than for her capabilities and  but the authors acknowledged that researchers do not agree that television has a pervasive effect on society. Some see it As irrelevant others argue that television affects How people think and a induces a generally passive intellectually Lazy approach to dealing with the  collectively every year the american people spend �?o20 million years of human life with their television sets playing the authors said. In line for free food lured by a Large scale food Giveaway residents of Wood county ., line up tuesday at a distribution Point in a Parkersburg City Park. About 3,000 people showed up to receive government surplus food which officials spent seven hours handing out. Included in the distribution were 55,000 pounds of Green Beans applesauce raisins flour butter and canned pork. A similar Giveaway was to be held wednesday in Charleston. Skin bleach creams risky experts say by the new York times Washington a skin Lightener creams which for decades have been primarily advertised to african americans pose risks of which most users Are unaware experts caution. A new study of skin bleaches by the new York City consumer affairs department asserts that misleading labels and advertising encourage misuse of the products and that misuse can cause disfiguring skin conditions. The new York consumer affairs commissioner Mark Green has asked the food and drug administration to seize miss Abele products and to consider a Long term ban on the Tightener because they Are linked to skin problems such As abnormal darkening. Moreover animal studies suggest a possible cancer risk Green said. The skin Cream manufacturers deny that their products pose a risk. R. William Soller senior vice president of the nonprescription drug manufacturers association a Wash Egton based Trade association that represents bleaching Cream producers said the products Are Safe. He said manufacturers have data indicating that the potential cancer problem is Peculiar to rodents used in nigh dose feeding studies. About a dozen creams containing the skin bleach chemical hydroquinone Are marketed in the United states. Many carry inadequate warnings concerning Lon term use and Sun exposure Green said in a letter sen to the Federal commissioner of food and Drues or David a. Kessler. A if Lightener Are used too Long or if the skin is exposed to too much Sun unusual skin darkening or damage can occur the letter said. Sharon Snider an Fra spokeswoman said the Agency a position on hydroquinone is under review. In 1982, the Agency proposed regulations concerning the Labelling and use of non prescription lotions and creams that Are 2 percent or less hydroquinone a chemical that suppresses production of Melanin the pigment in skin she said. A those regulations allow use of hydroquinone products for lightening so called age or liver spots dark skin blotches freckles and a hormone induced condition called the mask of pregnancy in which the skin sometimes takes on uneven color because of pregnancy or use of birth control pills. Skin whiteners and bleaches became popular in parts of Africa in the last two decades leading to widespread use of compounds containing far More than 2 percent hydroquinone As Well As a higher Potency prescription product called  of  apprentice blamed for 1990 wreck in Boston from wire reports Washington the 1990 Boston train wreck that injured 267 people was caused by the failure of an apprentice Engineer to reduce Speed sufficiently As Amtrak a night owl roared into the City a Back Bay station safety officials ruled tuesday. The National transportation safety Board also blamed the senior Engineer in the Amtrak locomotives cab for not properly supervising the apprentice. The Board also faulted Amtrak a training procedures and its system of selecting apprentices. It recommended both be improved. Amtrak spokesman Clifford Black said in a statement that although the railroads training program a is one of the Best if not the Best in the country a it has been modified since the Boston Accident. The Railroad fired both the Engineer and the apprentice following its own investigation. Train 66 was rolling at 76 Mph on dec. 12,1990, As it entered a curve with a 30 Mph Speed limit. It jumped the tracks 500 feet from the station and slammed into the rear of a seven car  Pilot defects to . Washington a a Reserve Pilot in the cuban air Force swam across Guantanamo Bay Cuba and defected to authorities at the . Navy base there an administration official said tuesday. The sunday incident involved a retired major said the official who spoke on condition of anonymity. The unidentified cuban Pilot is expected to receive political Asylum the official  gets prison Post Charleston  A a retiring army colonel was named state corrections commissioner tuesday after three murderers dug their Way out of the state Penitentiary. Col. Nicholas Hun was named to replace corrections commissioner Ron Gregory who resigned Friday after officials discovered that three convicts had been Able to spend months digging a Tunnel without being detected. Hun 50, a military police commander will assume his duties in a month after he retires from the  s damage slight Norfolk a. A a nuclear powered . Submarine that collided with a russian sub two weeks ago returned Home tuesday. Navy officials said it was in Good condition. The Baton Rouge Cut Short its cruise after the feb. 11 collision in the Barents sea near the Arctic Ocean. The vessel had not been expected to return before april. Pentagon officials said the Baton Rouge was not damaged and no Crew members were injured. There was no sign of exterior damage As the vessel docked at Norfolk naval  Date moved up Indianapolis a former heavyweight Champion Mike Tyson will be sentenced for rape a Day earlier than the March 27 Date originally set the Marion county prosecutors office said tuesday. Superior court judge Patricia Gifford moved the sentencing to March 26 because the prosecution had scheduling problems spokesman Rob Smith said. Tyson was convicted feb. 10 of raping Desiree Washington 19, in his Indianapolis hotel room last summer. Washington of Coventry r.i., was a contestant in the miss Black America  opts for abortion Jamestown . A a woman accused of endangering her fetus by sniffing Spray paint says she had an abortion despite an Oifer of $12,000 from abortion opponents if she would give birth. A the Money did no to make any difference a Martina Greywind 28, said tuesday in a Telephone  who was 13 weeks pregnant said she had an abortion saturday in Fargo. She was then returned to a state mental Hospital in Jamestown where she is serving part of a 30-Day sentence for inhaling paint fumes. The unmarried Mother of six has been arrested a dozen times for inhaling paint and other volatile chemicals. An Anonymous donor offered to pay for the abortion