European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 24, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday March 24, 1992 the stars and stripes a Page 7more . Teens live poor die Young by Anne c. Roark the los Angeles times american youth Are More Likely than Ever to live in poverty or die of violence says a report by a Washington think tank. The report scheduled for release monday was prepared by the Center for the study of social policy. It found that Between 1988 and 1989 alone the teen death rate Rose 11 percent driven almost entirely by a Rise in suicides and homicides. By the beginning of the 1990s, More than 20 percent of the nations Young people were living below the poverty line. That represented a 22 percent increase during the 1980s. On five of nine benchmarks used to measure child Well being the conditions for americans youth deteriorated Over the past 10 years. Although the plight of the nations children is a profoundly disturbing a the details no longer have much Shock value because a a National pattern of child neglect was firmly established years ago a said Judith h. Weitz coordinator of the study. A what is troubling now is How Little is being done to Stem the tide of neglect Quot she said. A even the a Good news in the report is not so Good a Weitz said in a Telephone interview from her Washington office. For instance More than half the states made modest improvements in High school graduation rates. According to the study 69.6 percent of ninth graders nationwide graduated in four years yet Only 51.6 percent of hispanic youths graduated on time. Other comparatively Good news was that in every state fewer babies died in their first year of life in 1989 than they did in 1980. Yet Black babies were twice As Likely As White babies to die in their first year of life. Minority children did not fare Well on other health issues. Last year about 18 percent of All White children in the United states did not have any form of Public or private health insurance but nearly 25 percent of Black children and almost 35 percent of hispanic children were not covered. Families and income continued to change Over the decade and that also had an Impact on children. During the 1980s, the study found wealthy families got wealthier and poor families got poorer. In the top income bracket family earnings Rose 9.2 percent to an average of $79,000, whereas families in the Bottom income bracket dropped nearly 13 percent to $9,190. On average the study found families had less income to spend on bringing up their children. Between 1979 and 1990, the real median income of families with children fell by 5 percent while incomes of adults without children Rose 7 percent. The number and proportion of children living with their parents actually declined during the past decade. By 1990, More than 7 percent of the nations children lived with other relatives and 2.3 percent lived outside the family a with neighbors friends or in institutions. Medication change linked to multiple killings suicide Sullivan to. Apr a county commissioner who killed four family members before committing suicide had suffered recent bouts of depression but did not seem out of sorts at a family gathering hours earlier relatives say. Neil Schatz 55, lost a close election for a state House seat last fall but relatives said he seemed All right until a month ago after a change in medication for heart disease and High blood pressure. A the seemed to have some big mood swings a said Jody Lewis a Niece. Schatz seemed Calm at a family gathering Friday evening relatives said. Hours later he used a Shotgun to kill his wife a son a daughter and two grandsons Ages 8 years and 3 months before kill ing himself police said. A the person that did this was not the father that i knew a said another son David Schatz. A this family was the most important thing to him. He was the person that kept the family  a neighbor Jim Miller said he saw Schatz at a truck Schatz Stop last week and he looked depressed. Schatz told him a things Are in a hell of a mess a Miller said. The sheriffs department refused to comment on the role of any medication until autopsies Are completed. A a in a not pointing the Finger at Medicine but i wonder a David Schatz said. He said his father had a doctors appointment for monday to see about changing his medication. Killed were Schatzl a wife Sarah 53 son Neil Schatz jr., 32 daughter Cindy Schatz Lamb 30 grandson Brett Schatz 8 and 3-month-old grandson Ryan Lamb. The lambs were visiting from Dallas. The bodies were found saturday in bedrooms in the Home about 60 Miles Southwest of St. Louis said sheriff Gary Toelke. Schatzl a body was found in the basement with a gunshot wound to the head he said. Schatz who owned a construction company was appointed to the Franklin county commission in november. He was the Republican candidate last fall in the state House race. On sunday the town of 5,500 tried to come to grips with the tragedy. A a it a kind of like when president Kennedy died. Everything around Here has just stopped. It s going to be a Long time before anyone forgets this a said Jim Eaton a funeral Home operator and a longtime family Friend. Drug crimes blamed for putting larger number of women in jail Washington apr drug crimes accounted for nearly half the 137 percent increase in the number of women held in the nations local jails during the last decade the Justice department has said in a study. A greater percentage of women inmates than men were held for drug crimes in the nations jails said the study by the departments Bureau of Justice statistics. In 1989, one in three female jail inmates was held on drug related charges compared with one of every four male prisoners. Six years earlier about one in eight women inmates was held on drug charges. Women convicted of crimes were nearly twice As Likely As men to have used serious drugs daily during the month before their offence took place the study said. One in four convicted women committed her crime to get Money to support her drug habit according to the study based on a Survey and interviews of selected inmates. More than two thirds of the women had children under the age of 18. The dramatic increase in the number of women jailed for drug trafficking or Possession was accompanied by an equally significant drop in the number of female offenders accused of violent crimes the study released sunday said. The proportion of women inmates held on drug offences increased from 13.1 percent in 1983 to 33.6 percent in 1989, the study estimated. The percentage of women detained for violent offences dropped from 21 percent in 1983 to 13 percent six years later. Ending protestants told to unite. T a ii. A. Cun Bui new York apr four . Protestant denominations should Stop bickering Over Petty differences and draw closer together based on the beliefs they Lare a panel of theologians recommends. The panel was composed of representatives of the evangelical lutheran Church in America the pres Terian Church .a.the United Church of Christ and the reformed Church in America. The Deomina on have about 10 million members among them. A on the basis of our theological discussions we can ame no a Church dividing differences which should prelude the declaration of full Fellowship Between these churches a said the panel s report released sunday. The report suggests the groups recognize each others ministry and members begin minister exchanges and open channels for joint decision making. Drawn up after three years of talks the report found solutions to theological differences Over the lords supper and a a predestination the major Point of Contention Between the lutheran and reformed Camps. The Rev. Timothy Lull academic Dean of Pacific lutheran theological Seminary said the two traditions in the past insisted that full Fellowship requires agreement on everything. The report tries to change  attorney jailed for courtroom blackout from wire reports Montgomery Ala. A a defense attorney ended up in jail with his client after turning off the courtroom lights to dramatize a Point. Keith ausborn 29, was held in contempt of court by circuit judge Gene Reese. He spent several hours in jail and paid a $200 Fine. Ausborn said he wanted to illustrate his claim that the prosecutor was withholding information that could help his client 21-year-old Antonio Colquitt. Colquitt was facing a drug Possession charge. A i walked up along the Bench and flipped the lights off and on for one second a he said. The judge recessed the trial listened to aus born a explanation then held him in contempt ausborn said. Reese said he Felt ausborn had created a dangerous situation. The jury found Colquitt  Airliner blows tire Atlanta a Delta air lines it blew a tire on Takeoff sunday but was Able to land safely Back at Hartsfield Atlanta International Airport. Delta flight 1123, carrying 119 passengers and five Crew members experienced the Blowout while taking off for  flaw probed new York a British airways has inspected the rudders of All seven of its concorde jets after a Section of a rudder fell off during a flight from London to new York City. It was the third time in three years that rudder parts have fallen off a concorde Jet during flight said British airways spokesman John Lampl. On saturday the piece fell off about Halfway across the Atlantic causing a vibration that pilots noticed. Wallace listed As serious Birmingham Ala. A former Alabama gov. George c. Wallace paralysed by an assailants Bullet in 1972 while running for president was in serious condition sunday night at a Birmingham Hospital a Hospital official said. Wallace 72, one of the most flamboyant and controversial politicians in modern american history was in the intensive care unit at the University of Alabama at Birmingham Hospital. The four term governors condition was reported improved since he entered the medical Center last monday suffering from what doctors Call a phantom  doctors were quoted As saying Wallace a condition is linked to wounds sustained in the May 15, 1972, attempt on his life while he campaigning for the democratic presidential nomination at a shopping Center in Laurel my. Shot by Arthur Bremmer who used a .38-caliber revolver Wallace sustained multiple wounds but it was a Bullet lodged next to his spine that paralysed him. Wallace has been in a wheelchair Ever since