European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 27, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 b 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. A 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  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 w.va., 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 which 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 data indicate the cancer problem is Peculiar to rodents used in High dose feeding studies. About a dozen creams containing the skin bleach chemical hydroquinone Are marketed in the United states. If Tightener Are used too Long or if the skin is exposed to too much Sun unusual skin darkening or damage can occur Green said. 2 students slain before mayor s visit new York apr a student shot and killed two other students at a Brooklyn High school wednesday morning an hour before mayor David n. Dinkins was scheduled to speak there. Officer Hugh Barry a police spokesman said one victim was hit in the head and the other in the Chest during the 8 30 . Shooting. They were taken to Brookdale Hospital and died shortly after arrival. Bariy said that the students were shot inside the Thomas Jefferson High school building and that their alleged assailant was taken into custody at the scene. The suspect and the victims were not identified. Dinkins went ahead with his visit to the school and addressed an Assembly following the shootings. A for gods Sake done to let somebody with some grudge get you into violence a he told the students.  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  of fires on Carrier Newport news a. Some 20 Small fires have occurred aboard the nuclear powered aircraft Carrier Enterprise since it arrived in the fall for overhaul at Newport news shipbuilding amp dry Dock co., officials say. A was near As i can Tell at no time was the ship or the Crew in any danger from the fires a a Navy spokesman it. Cmdr. Stephen Pietropaoli said. Most of the fires involved trash the daily press of Newport news quoted an unidentified Navy source As saying. A the fires have been in a number of different areas a the source said declining to say if any were near the ships  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 offer 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. Greywind 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