European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 16, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday june 16, 1992 the stars and stripes b pages anti drug Effort working group says new York apr the largest Public service and Campaign in american history has completed its fifth year employing everything from Fried eggs to firearms to get its message across drug use is dimwitted dangerous deadly. Has the message gotten through yes says the partnership for a drug free America a and they have the numbers to prove it. Yes agrees the National drug Czar a drug use among adolescents is at its lowest since the mid-1970s. That a rather dramatic. The partnership for a drug free America has played a major role there a says Bob Martinez head of the office of National drug control policy. No say critics a the Campaign is ineffective among minorities the poor and in Urban areas where the nations real drug problems fester. There was no such debate in the Earty Days of the partnership says partnership president Tom Hedrick. When the consortium of Madison Avenue advertisers set up shop few took them seriously. A i can to begin to Tell you the disrespect. I mean to quote somebody in the department of Justice a what the. Do you Martini drinking White shirted Advertis ing people know about drugs a Quot Hedrick recalled As it turned out. Quite a bit. The partnership began us crusade with a unique Mission a group of super salespersons once dedicated to peddling As much tide or As Many Fords As possible was now trying to a  drugs. Advertising agencies donated the Talent of their lop creative people production costs were covered by contributors and Media outlets donated the time or space to run the finished ads. The first and aired on april 13, 1987. It was the Antithesis of typical Madison Avenue hype a instead of buy buy buy it was done to buy done to try done to get High. The images concocted by a dream team of advertising top guns soon stuck in americans consciousness particularly its egg frying a this is your brain on drugs spot. The and achieved such notoriety that egg Farmers complained it damaged their products image. Another typical and a woman with a revolver stuffed up one nostril with a one word caption  the High profile mass Media Campaign has won an assortment of awards and attracted plenty of support ers the new York times the Philadelphia inquirer and Usa today have weighed in with editorials praising the partnership. Or. Mitchell Rosenthal director of the Phoenix House drug treatment facility hailed the partnership for its work in keeping the country focused on the drug Issue. Surveys conducted for the Campaign by an Independent polling group Back those contentions l he studies found that 7.s percent of 13-year-Olds had tried marijuana in 1991, compared to 16,3 percent in 1987 47.6 percent of 17-year-Olds had tried pot in 1991, compared to 57.6 percent in 1987. There was a change in attitudes As Well according to the study. Seventy one percent of 13-to-l7-year-Olds believed there was a risk involved in marijuana use. Up from 63 percent in 1987. Sixty nine percent fell the same Way about cocaine up from 62 percent in 1987. Adult attitudes toward drugs also became More negative and use declined the Survey indicated. These numbers done to jibe with those of the National household Survey on drug abuse which said drug abuse was up among those 35 and older. In the stars and stripes10 years ago june 16,1982 a prime minister Margaret Thatcher said a great Britain is great again Quot after announcing that Argentine forces on East and West Falkland islands had surrendered and that More than 15,000 prisoners were in British hands.20 years ago june 16,1972 the United states temporarily halted bombing strikes around Hanoi to avoid endangering soviet president Nikolai v. Podgorny during his visit to the North vietnamese capital. The administration hoped Podgorny would be Able to persuade the North vietnamese to soften their position at the Paris peace talks.30 years ago june 16,1962 a flight engineers turned Down president Kennedy a proposal to submit All issues in their dispute with pan american trans world and Eastern airlines to arbitration but put off their strike threat for one More day.40 year Sago june 16,1952 a sen. Brien Mcmahon a Conn proposed the manufacture of 1,000 or More a Hydrogen weapons in an apparent indication that the United states had solved the secret of the Hydrogen bomb. The government had never said whether it had succeeded in devising a Hydrogen bomb. Wont d War ii 50 years ago today june 161 9-4.2 the British give up Al Adem. Dropping Hopes of forming a new defensive line West of Obruk Libya s Best port. One of the two Malta Supply convoys turns Back Only two of the original 14 cargo ships make it to the Island. Not realizing the precarious situation in North Africa British prime minister Winston Churchill leaves for Washington to review the military situation around the world with president Roosevelt. Foreign kidnappings by . Legal despite opposition by countries Washington a the supreme court ruled monday that the . Government May Kidnap people from a foreign country and prosecute them Over that nations objection. By a 6-3 vote the justices said an extradition treaty Between the United states and Mexico does not prohibit . Officials from prosecuting a mexican doctor in the highly publicized torture killings of a . Drug agent and the agents Pilot. The court refused to order or. Humberto Alvarez Machain returned to Mexico. He was charged with using his medical skills to keep Enrique Camarena alive while the drug enforcement administration agent was tortured and interrogated in Mexico in 1985. Also kilted was Dea Pilot Alfredo Zavala Avelar. In other action the court ruled a states generally May not tax out of state businesses on the income they make from Selling Stock in other companies a Federal courts have Power to decide some lawsuits stemming from family disputes when the opposing sides Are from different states. A murder defendants in capital punish ment cases arc entitled to ask potential jurors whether they automatically would vote for death if the defendants Are convicted. A debtors who file for bankruptcy May shield pension benefits from their creditors. In the Kidnap Case chief Justice William h. Rehnquist writing for the court said the kidnapping May have been Quot shocking. And in violation of general International Law  court Roundup but he said it is still up to the Bush administration and not Federal judges to decide whether Alvarez Machain should be returned to Mexico. The a abduction was not in violation of the extradition treaty Between the United states and Mexico a Rehnquist said. He was joined by justices Byron r. White Antonin Scalia Anthony m. Kennedy David h. Souter and Clarence Thomas. In a dissenting opinion Justice John Paul Stevens said a i suspect most courts throughout the civilize a world will be deeply disturbed by the monstrous Deci Sion the court announces  joining him were justices Harry a. Blackmun and Sandra Day o Connor. The lawyer for deposed panamanian ruler Manuel a. Noriega the most prominent . Prisoner nabbed overseas said he was surprised by the ruling. Quot in a shocked. This ease i expected 10 succeed in the supreme court a said Frank Rubino Lead Noriega attorney. The Case differed from Noriega a in that unlike Mexico Panama did not protest the 1989 . Invasion that led to Noriega a capture Rubino noted. But he added that the distinction now appears to be meaningless. Alvarez Machain was abducted from his office in Guadalajara Mexico in 1990 and forced aboard a plane bound for Elpaso Texas where he was arrested by . Officials and taken to California. Nineteen persons including Alvarez Machain were charged with taking part in the killings. The physician has remained behind bars pending the outcome of his High court Case. Alvarez Machain who never had been arrested for any crime says he a innocent. Residents shelling Rowdy yuppies new York a the Yolks on the yuppies a literally. Residents of a Manhattan Block fed up with roving bands of Drunken Young professionals have taken matters into their own hands by pelting the Dapper drunks with eggs. A this Isnit malicious egg throwing just because you re walking Down our Block. Its connected to your behaviour a said photographer Charles Goll vice president of a neighbourhood association on East 83rd Street Between first and York avenues on the Well to do upper East Side. He even designed and posted signs that say a falling egg zone please be quiet and  residents began throwing the eggs from their windows and roofs about a month ago after appeals to local politicians and police failed to curb the a random transient violence Quot wreaked by patrons of a popular neighbourhood bar called the Mill Goll said. Allegra Olayim a therapist who has lived on the Block for four years said the patrons a mostly yuppies a throw bottles scream obscenities urinate in doorways and hallways and commit lewd acts on the sidewalk As they walk to the Mill and another nearby bar. Police said they get one or two complaints a weekend from people who have been hit by the eggs. They have made no arrests hut egg throwers could be charged with assault. Repeated Calls to the Mill were not answered. Hut proprietor curl Heugel told the new York Post that the situation was getting out of hand. Quot i got three Security guards walking up and Down the Street keeping the customers in line Quot he said. A my own people have been hit with eggs bleach and by  he even designed and posted signs another nearly oar. Fears just fall away for bungee fan Savannah a. Apr Rich Ash Quot we All have fears Quot said Ashman a manager said. A if 1 can do this then source 2194 Days of War w h strut i a put Visners inc world almanac Book of world War ii. B son boots cd 1 9fl i Savannah a. A Rich Ashman wanted aggressive fearless workers in his Law firm. So he took them bungee jumping. Only two employees with Back problems and a pregnant Secretary got out of the trip last week to Island bungee in South Carolina where Ashman took six attorneys and 10 other staff members. Each jumped twice. A we All have fears Quot said Ashman a recent fan of the pastime. Only two weeks earlier he conquered his fear of Heights by bungee jumping for the first time he said. A i Felt a tremendous release of that  so he Wasny to surprised at Vivian Tingle s reaction after she took the 105-foot plunge. A ii was wonderful Quot the assistant office manager said. A if 1 can do this then i can do anything i want  bungee jumpers attach themselves to an elastic Cord and leap from Heights in a bouncing free fall. Several deaths have been reported around the world since the thrill sport look off six years ago. Enthusiasts say its Safe with proper equipment and training