European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 11, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes thursday june 11,1992 employing some creativity Dennis Szymonski had been without full time employment for two years so he decided to take matters into his own hands. He a shown sporting a san Djujich Board advertising himself As an experienced accountant in Buffalo n.y., last week. His creative stunt paid off however and Szymanski is no longer unemployed. He began this week As a bookkeeper at a local building Supply firm. Gunshots a leading cause of High schooners deaths by the new York times Washington a gunshot wounds arc second Only to traffic accidents As the leading cause of death among High school age children in the United states Federal statistics show. The statistics were among More than 70 studies and editorials published tuesday by the 10 scientific journals of the american medical association. Deaths and injuries from gunshots have become a Public health crisis said the journals editors along with surgeon general Antonia c. Novello and her predecessor or. C. Everett Koop. The studies Overall a paint a grotesque picture of a society steeped in violence Quot said or. George Lundberg of the am a journal. Rates of death from guns in the inner City Are at record highs and rising said Lois fingerhut a statistician at the National Center for health statistics. Large increases in death by guns were seen for the first time in suburban and smaller Urban areas she said. Homicide rates among Young people in suburbs declined from 1979 to 1984. Then Between 1984 and 1987, they Rose 7 percent and Between 1187 and the latest data released tuesday for 1989, the deaths Rose 73 percent in suburban areas to five per 10 1,000. In cities rates of gun homicide among Young people declined Between 1979 and 1984, Rose 10 percent Overboy tells How to kill sister Billerica mass. Apr parents Are up in arms Over a fourth Grade boys newspaper article describing �?o15 ways to kill your  a a there a enough violence in kids lives without the school condoning this As literature a said essay Foley Mother of a first grader at the Parker school. The article included such methods As hiding a cobra under the Sisters Pillow and setting her on fire. Gladys Cerrato a teacher for More than 20 years supervises the paper done by fourth and filth graders. Officials said they will review future issues to be certain the articles Are appropriate. The next three years then Rose 28 percent front its7 to 1989, to 28 per 100,001. There were Large increases in gunshot deaths among both White and Black Young people. Among White men and women in inner cities gunshot deaths Rose about 30 percent slightly higher than the Rise among Blacks. Doctors test Gene therapy for cancer by be los Angeles times 1 or the first time physicians have directly inserted a Gene into humans in an attempt to cure a deadly disease University of Michigan researchers said tuesday. The researchers injected the Gene encased in Small globules of fat into the tumor of a 67-year-old woman with metastatic Melanoma the most deadly form of skin cancer. They Hope the added Gene will stimulate the immune system to attack tumor cells. Although the researchers at the uni Vemity m Ann Arbor mich., Hope that the condition of the woman the first of 12 patients to be treated will improve the procedure is now being tested primarily for safety. Previous attempts at Gene therapy have involved modification of cells removed from the body Vollov cd by reinfection a procedure some think to be safer. But Many researchers believe that the future of Gene therapy lies in Quot direct injection techniques. Those selected to participate All have metastatic Melanoma which kills 6,700 americans each year. They each have a expectancy of less than one year and will not Benefit from further Standard treatment. Or. Gary Nabel the projects principal researcher cautioned that the first trials were designed Only to show safety of the technique and to determine the proper dosage of the Gene. Many Ellie Isle have been concerned about attempts to genetically modify cells within the body because of the risks that the viruses normally used in such attempts might modify other cells As Well causing severe Side cil cols.  worker pleads guilty in drug scheme from wire reports Washington a a former employee at the House Post office pleaded guilty tuesday to embezzlement and drug conspiracy charges. Wendell Magruder who worked As a stamp clerk was the fifth former Post office employee to plead guilty in the probe. Magruder 33, pleaded guilty to embezzling $13,997 from his stamp drawer to conspiracy to possess illegal drugs and to conspiracy to cover up an illegal drugs for Stamps scheme. The maximum sentence for the three counts would be 16 years in prison and a Fine of $600,000. A fourth count of cocaine distribution was dropped. The scheme entered on a Deal Between Magruder and his supervisor Dorothea Risenhoover that lasted from december 1988 through july 1991. Magruder agreed to conceal Risenhoover a Purchase of drugs from him while she provided him with Stamps to cover up his shortages during postal audits. Risenhoover admitted her role in a similar plea bargain last  killer suspended Annapolis my. A Mainland a highest court has suspended a lawyer who broke into a House drank Champagne from the refrigerator and killed a cat in a microwave. The suspension of Stanley e. Protokowicz or. Was handed out tuesday by the state court of appeals. It will remain in effect until a state grievance commission completes disciplinary proceedings that could result in disbarment. Protokowicz was fined $1,000 and placed on 18 months probation after pleading guilty in january to breaking and entering and cruelly killing an animal. The lawyer had argued he was depressed at the time because of High blood pressure the death of a close Friend and the breakup of his  shot with crossbow san Diego a a Man was in serious condition after being shot in the head with an Arrow by his crossbow wielding former Roommate authorities said. A i was sleeping and then i just Felt an incredible explosion in my head a Arthur Ekvall said tuesday from his bed at mercy Hospital a Day after surgeons removed the Arrow. His former Roommate Jesse Solis 25, was arrested for investigation of attempted murder and Auto theft authorities said. Ekvall said he did no to know what prompted mondays attack. The Arrow had entered the base of Ekvall a neck and travelled up through his head until it protruded from the Side of his forehead near his left Eye. Ekvall did not suffer any brain damage doctors said. Although they could not say whether he would keep the vision in his left Eye the prognosis was  penalty in tax scam san Diego a Mario Saikhon a prominent California grower pleaded guilty tuesday to seven felony tax and bribery charges and agreed to pay $23 million in Back taxes and fines. It was the largest settlement of an individuals criminal tax Case in . History prosecutors said. Under a plea bargain struck in . District court in san Diego prosecutors agreed to recommend that Saikhon serve no More than 61 years in prison. He was accused of giving More than $600,000 in bribes to an internal Revenue service agent to evade More than $10 million in taxes. The agent and his son a tax preparer have pleaded guilty and Are in  Jet lands safely Chicago a a British airways Boeing 747 with a damaged tire landed at of Hare International Airport on tuesday an official said. None of the 296 people aboard was injured. Department of aviation spokeswoman Loa Howard said