European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 13, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 8 the stars and stripes wednesday May 13, 1992 close Calls amps Jim Der Freim two youngsters in Erfurt Germany have a Short Dis pertinent in Low tech communication occurred in the Lance conversation through a discarded tube. The sex City a shopping area. Irish cleric admits paternity giving Church funds to Mother Galway Ireland apr a prominent Bishop who resigned last week has acknowledged that he is the father of a teen age boy and confessed that he gave Church funds to the Mother. Former Bishop Eamonn Casey of Galway had said nothing about the paternity allegations when he resigned last week and left Ireland. Subsequently Annie Murphy 44, of Ridgefield conn., said Casey is the father of her 17-year-old son Peter. In a statement to parishioners issued through the Galway diocese monday night Casey 65, called Peter Murphy a my Sony and expressed remorse that he had a grievously wronged the youngster and his Mother. He said he had Given $120,000 from Church funds to Murphy for Peters care and that private donors had repaid the diocesan accounts since his urges Geneva apr . Surgeon general Antonia c. Novello and other doctors involved with women a health say their main problem is worldwide discrimination against females. Novello and Claes oaten Al a swedish ministry of health official Are co sponsoring a world health organization Resolution that notes the Lack of response to previous Calls for better education and treatment of women. The Resolution backed by 40 other countries was to be voted on today by the 176-nation world health Assembly the who a policy making body. A the Root of the problem lies not with women but within society itself with attitudes and values held and perpetuated by men and women Quot said a report accompanying the Resolution. The report was discussed Over three Days last week by the health officials. The Resolution noted a with great dismay Quot that countries have failed to respond to the a Many resolutions Over the years that have called for action to be taken in areas such As women a education gender research it was the first time Casey had commented on the Issue directly. The statement did not say where he was. Monsignor James Mcloughlin administrator of the Galway diocese said tuesday that Casey had taken Money from a building fund. He said the transaction was recorded As a loan. Murphy a revelations of her affair with Casey gripped this country where More than 90 percent of the people Are roman catholics. Ireland Stop roman Catholic Church official has cancelled a trip to the University of notre Dame in South Bend ind., choosing to stay Home As the Church grapples with the loss of the popular Bishop. Cardinal Cahal b. Daly archbishop of Armagh and primate of Ireland told the University last week that he could not attend graduation ceremonies on sunday to receive an honorary for women Safe motherhood and income generating opportunities for it said there is a Lack of knowledge about How diseases affect females and suggests further research in such areas As tropical diseases. Novello said monday that she backed Day care and parental leave for child care As Well As ending sexual harassment and Job discrimination. She said she spoke for herself and not the Bush administration. In some countries girls get less food and less education than boys and must work harder. In Many countries girls marry Young and Bear children before they Are grown themselves putting their own lives at risk the report said. The problems continue at All stages of life and even though women tend to outlive men discrimination often assures that their old age is one of poverty and ill health it said. The Resolution asked who to begin work toward a charter on women a health rights to be introduced at the . Conference on human rights next year. French crime climbs establishes new record from wire reports Paris a crime in France increased by 7.2. Percent in 1991, the biggest Rise in nine years to s lice announced monday. A record 3,744,112 crimes were reported up from 3,492,712 in 1990 and breaking the previous i High of 3,681,453 in 1984. Various forms of robbery including car theft made up 65.5 percent of the crimes. Economic crimes and drug offences each represented 15 percent of the total while 3.8 percent were crimes against people including murders rapes assaults and sexual abuse. The number of reported crimes in France dropped each year from 1985 through 1988, then Rose 4.3 percent in 1989 and 6.9 percent in 1990. The statistics were released during a news conference Given by the director general of the National police Bernard Grasset and the head of the gendarmes Jean Pierre Lintilhac. They said France had the fifth highest crime rate of the 12 members of the european Cross in t leaving Geneva a the International committee of the red Cross said monday that it is remaining in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Other humanitarian agencies Are pulling out of the former yugoslav Republic racked by ethnic fighting. A red Cross spokesman said the Neutral All Swiss organization has five delegates in Sarajevo plus local personnel. Quot we Are remaining in Sarajevo and reports that the i arc is leaving Are wrong and based on a misunderstanding a the spokesman said. The misunderstanding involves a red Cross Convoy with 4 tons of Relief supplies that is held up outside the bosnian capital he said. A discussions Are going on to get the Convoy through roadblocks and into Sarajevo a the spokesman dash with turks Bingol Turkey a Security forces clashed with a group of turkish kurdish guerrillas in this Southeastern province killing four rebels the regional governors office announced monday. The announcement said a Soldier also died in the fighting near the Village of so Gulpinar on sunday. Kurdish guerrillas operating in the Region belong to the illegal kurdish labor party which has been fighting for self Rule since 1984.. Experts in Africa Harare Zimbabwe a ten american military experts arrived Here monday on the third leg of a fact finding study of Southern Africa. The senior army officers and . Government officials from the National War College at fort Mcnair Washington d.c., will Confer with zimbabwean counterparts for six Days. Those talks will focus on defense foreign policy politics economics and the current drought plaguing the Region a . Embassy spokesman said. They have already toured two of Zimbabwe a neighbors Botswana and South for women Only Cairo Egypt a for the first time Ever women Only buses started running monday in the heavily congested streets of the egyptian Cap the move appeared widely popular in the Wake of growing Public concern Over the harassment of women in the crowded and bustling City. Concern was sparked by a recent incident in which a Young woman was raped by two men in front of a Large crowd of onlookers in one of Cairo a busiest and most famous squares. The Only visible opposition to the introduction of segregated Public buses came from a group of University students who were reported to be boycotting Public trans portion in the City because of sex discrimination. World
