European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 28, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday May 28, 1992 the stars and stripes a Page 7report of . Peace pact discounted by the los Angeles times los Angeles widespread scepticism surfaced tuesday Over an announced rapprochement Between Black gang members and korean american merchants. The a a Summit monday Between a handful of gang members and korean american merchants had been hailed by some Community leaders As the first step in an Effort to Bridge a chasm of racial distrust and hostility that was in part blamed for the targeted looting and arson of korean american owned businesses during rioting that began april 29. But David Kim president of the 3,600-member California chapter of the korean american grocers association said tuesday that the meeting produced a no signed  a a we re very interested in what they Are offering a Kim said. A but we have to take their suggestions to the korean Community in meetings later this week. The proposals include placing a Branch of a Korcan american owned Bank in South Central los Angeles to provide Loans to Blacks providing Good paying jobs in korean american businesses to four members of each of the areas two rival Street gangs and creating a korean Black joint venture possibly a grocery store. Some korean americans and others criticized the talks cautioning that merchants not make too Many concessions in an Effort to attain peace. Jeong Seo whose grocery store and liquor Market were destroyed in the riots said he was surprised when he read about the joint ventures. A your korean Community lost around $400 million due to these riots without any apology from the african american Community leaders a he said. A now the gang members leading these riots Are asking for a kind of Protection Money for the Promise to protect the businessmen. Which is shocking to  Kim denied the talks represented any kind of a extortion a adding that his group was speaking with anyone who could speak for the Community. Gang members also expressed scepticism. As Alton towers 26, picked up debris in South Central los Angeles he said he considered the announcement a for promotional purposes  Block teens write off role models study says that a enough already Elvira Guillen 29, of Mountain Lake minn., holds newborns Ivanna and Yvette her fourth set of twins. A a that a enough already. No More a the Mother of nine said a Day after giving birth last week. The Odds of bearing sets of twins without the Aid of Fertility drugs arc l-in-64 million according to her doctor. New York a Black leaders such As Jesse Jackson or magic Johnson Are no More effective than president Bush in reaching Urban Black teen agers who would rather die than be ostracized for discussing drugs or Safe sex a study found. The teen agers a who describe themselves As members of the a ship hop generation after the rap influenced music popular in the inner City a reject mainstream Black culture As thoroughly As they reject White culture the study found. A dinner City teens would be delighted to meet their favorite Aba Star if he came to their school to speak against drugs a said the study released wednesday. A but they would discount the appearance As a playing the games a performing one of the obligations of  the authors said that a an effective strategy for reaching this audience with these messages simply does no to exist  the two year $100,000 study was done by Ivan Juzang and colleagues at Mee productions a Black owned Market research firm in Philadelphia. About half the Cost was paid by the Robert Wood Johnson foundation in Princeton ., the nations largest health care philanthropy. A this really has brought us up Short a the foundations spokesman Tom Gore said of the findings. A a it a Given us a look at some cold  the study was based on Small group meetings with 300 Black teen agers and a Survey of 400 Black teens. The researchers met with the Young people in schools in new York City Washington . Philadelphia Camden  And Oakland Calif. A these kids arc saying that society gives them nothing and therefore they owe society nothing in return a Juzang said. A key finding was that messages must be presented in a Way that Speaks to the concerns of the teens peer group and their fear of ostracism. A if you come up with arguments kids can use within the peer setting without losing face then bang you be got a Winner a Juzang said. He and his colleagues Are trying to incorporate their findings into messages that will work. Star pupils May not be tops in careers Boston apr High school valedictorians Are climbing proudly to podiums around the country this commencement season. But it might be the last time they Rise higher than their classmates according to a new study. A 10-year study of valedictorians has found that for Many grand academic careers Are followed by Only average Success in the real world. A by All indications most of our former valedictorians Are not headed for eminent career achievements a said Karen Arnold co author of the study and an assistant professor of education at Boston College in Chestnut Hill mass. Arnold and Terry Denny a professor emeritus at the University of Illinois have followed the lives of 81 valedictorians and salutatorian now in their late 20s, who graduated in 1981 from private and Public High schools m Illinois. They say most people think top scholars have a leg up on life. A a that a what i thought a Denny said. A i thought they had a couple of legs  in fact he said a they seem to be stubbing their toes on life a Vicissitudes just like we All  three quarters of the 46 women and 35 men studied went on to Excel in College receiving academic honors. But in the work Force most recorded Only average achievements. A the relationship of grades to career achievement is not at All a direct one a Arnold said. One Quarter of the women valedictorians chose less ambitious careers than they originally planned. Black and hispanic scholars suffered economic and family problems and a Lack of mentors. Arnold and Denny plan to follow their subjects for five More years. A we believe we re really going to find out whether or not this problem reverses or whether they fold in with the rest of us or whether for some it will become an Albatross around their necks for their whole lives a Denny said. Computer world has shortage of floppy disks new York up a a Sharp increase in the size of hard disks on personal computers and the simultaneous release of major software programs Are being blamed for an apparent worldwide shortage of 3.5-Incn portable floppy disks. Industry spokesmen say Diskette makers have increased production but pc users Are Likely to have a hard time finding 3.5-Inch floppies at computer and of fice Supply stores at least through years end. Minnesota mining amp manufacturing corp., a major producer of floppy disks does not release production figures. But Larry Teien a spokesman for 3m data storage products said the company increased production late last year and still expects the shortage to continue. Teien advised users to Recycle their diskettes and treat them with care avoiding extreme temperatures thus cutting Down the need for new ones. The shortage affects both the 720-kilobyte and the More common 1.44-megabyte diskettes. And it affects not Only pc users but some software manufacturers which need the diskettes to distribute their programs. From wire reports Seattle a the Boeing co. Is installing Locking devices on some of its Jet engines As the result of an airline crash last year that officials say May have happened because an engines thrust reverser suddenly activated. The Boeing 767 jetliner operated by Lauda air of Austria crashed in Thailand a year ago tuesday killing 223 people. Thrust reverses which reverse the exhaust flow from a Jet engine Are used to rapidly slow a plane when it lands. Last month Boeing began to install what it Calls sync locks on new Pratt amp Whitney engines for 757s and on some new Rolls Royce and general electric engines for 767s. The devices create a third Locking mechanism for the engines reverses. The Federal aviation administration recommended their  dealer indicted new York a a prominent car dealer and real estate Developer was indicted tuesday on Federal racketeering and fraud charges for allegedly cheating general motors out of hundreds of millions of dollars. Since the Early 1980s, John Mcnamara allegedly received about $6 billion in Loans from general motors acceptance corp. To finance vehicles that did not exist and kept More than $400 million for his own use. Mcnamara 52, of port Jefferson could face 20 years in prison and millions of dollars in fines if convicted