European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 20, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes . Friday november 20, 1992 parents warned danger can Lurk in simple toys Washington apr toy frogs with squeakers that could come out and choke a toddler. Little air planes with strings that wrap easily around a child a neck. Riding toys that topple As they re pushed Forward. The toy store is a virtual mine Field that can Lead to Heartbreak advocates for safer toys said wednesday. A engage brain before buying a said rep. Patricia Schroeder d-colo., who joined the Institute for injury reduction to warn parents that most toys on the Market have not been inspected for safety. A we assume if a toy is on the shelf in the United slates of America then it can be presumed Safe. That a just not the Case a said Schroeder who chairs the House select committee on children youth and families. She also said parents should realize that when a package is labelled for children 3 and Over its not Safe for younger children. Etana Berardi of new York City said she wishes she had known better before she bought a toy Dart gun for her 3-year-old son Michael. A i was right there a she said watching As her son looked into the gun and in an instant a Dart came out and hit him in the Eye blinding him in that Eye. From 1986 to 1990, toys injured or killed 700,000 children according to the Institute for injury reduction. During that time there were an average 25 deaths a year the Institute said. Last year 31 children died from toy injuries and 163,000 emergency room visits by children were caused by toy accidents according to the consumer product safety commission. To test whether toys could be a choking Hazard insert the toy into an empty toilet paper tube. If the toy fits inside its too Small for the child. The group also advised parents against baby walkers those round devices on wheels in which no walking infants can sit and scoot themselves around because they can easily topple Over. The institutes report which includes a list of toys it considers dangerous is available for $7.90 from toy project . To 1621, upper Marlboro. My. 20773. Scientists find that monkeys do talk so Swanee a. A a Little Monkey named profanity not Only knows How to scream a help in a being bitten a a she can scream it with an accent. Two scientists who interpret her nonhuman screams say profanity and other Pigtail macaque monkeys can Tell each other specifics about danger and through their accents let them know which Monkey is in trouble. The Complex speech could be key to understanding the birth of human language another scientist says. A a primary component of language is the ability to name things and How things function a said Sarah Gouzoules a behavioural biologist at the Yerkes primate research Center North of Atlanta. A monkeys have that  in addition each family of monkeys Speaks in a different  then researchers found that monkeys had different screams for different kinds of danger. One sound might indicate a Leopard lurking nearby another would pinpoint a human threat. The Gouzgou Liscs discovered that monkeys use various types and frequencies of sound to say specific things from a whiny a mom my sister pushed me to a frantic a a big strange Monkey is biting me a hut monkeys hearing those cries in the Leafy Jungle where they can to see the victim need still More information before they decide to intervene. For example a Mother would Rush to the Aid of her child More quickly than she d help a neighbor. A the Way they scream the accent they use lets other monkeys know which family they re in a Harold Gou Zoules said. Biologist Sarah Gouzoules listens to a Pigtail macaque Monkey. No stamp Price hike expected before 95 Washington apr Cost cutting efforts have put the postal service in the Black and should help postpone a stamp Price increase at least through 1994, postmaster general Marvin Runyon said wednesday. Runyon also told the National press club that hours will be extended at More than 5,000 Post offices across the country for the expected Christmas Rush. Without the Money saving measures the Agency was facing a $2.2 billion deficit in fiscal 1993 and a 35-Ccnt stamp Price in 1994, Runyon said. He took office in july and quickly launched a massive restructuring of the postal service including an offer of six months pay to senior workers who want to take Early retirement. More than 46,000 workers took the offer. Some will be replaced but Runyon expects to Cut the postal labor Force by at least 30,000 a mostly managers. In addition he has dropped some projects and restructured Agency debt sharply cutting interest payments made by the Agency. A in july we were talking about breaking even in 1992. Now we re expecting an operating surplus of $500 million. And we re in a Good position to break even in 1993,&Quot he said. A fall this adds up to two More christmases at today a rates Quot Runyon said a that is rates for the 1993 and 1994 Christmas seasons will be the same As rates this  Grumman chief pleads guilty to fraud from wire reports Uniondale by. A former Grumman corp. Chairman John of Brien a key figure in the . Governments Long running investigation into corruption in the defense Industry has pleaded guilty to Federal fraud charges. In a plea bargain of Brien 63, admitted tuesday that he failed to disclose on two loan applications that he got $300,000 from the late James Kane a former Grumman subcontractor and another target in the operation 111 wind probe. It is a felony to misrepresent ones finances on an application for a federally insured Bank loan. Operation Iii wind now five years old centers around influence peddling extortion and fraud in the defense Industry. Federal agents have said they began looking at of Brien after they found documents outlining secret payments to him in a 1988 raid of Kane a company Kane paper co., a Box  in newsrooms Honolulu a one of every three woman journalists responding to a Survey has been sexually harassed in the newsroom where she works the president of the associated press managing editors said wednesday. And Only 30 percent of respondents said their newspaper has Clear guidelines for dealing with sexual harassment. Results of the Survey which was answered by 640 journalists at 19 newsrooms across the country were presented by sue Reisinger Broward managing editor of the Miami Herald and the first woman to hold the ape leadership Post. Her address came on the opening Day of the a pmed a four Day annual convention Here. Reisinger said she found the on in three figure of sexual harassment surprisingly Low. A in my 20-some years in this business i have yet to meet a woman journalist who does no to have a sex harassment Story of her own Quot she said. The Survey found confusion and anger among women journalists who feared recrimination if they reported harassment or discrimination she said. But times Are changing Reisinger added and complaints Are coming out in the  found drugs Detroit a a Man beaten to death allegedly by police swinging flashlights had alcohol and traces of cocaine in his system when he was killed it was reported wednesday. Malice Green had traces of cocaine in his blood when he was killed according to an official who reviewed autopsy reports the Detroit free press and the Detroit news said. The newspapers did not name the official. Green 35, died of head injuries after being bludgeoned nov. 5 on a Street. Officers Larry Nevers and Walter  charged monday with murder sgt. Freddie Douglas was charged with involuntary manslaughter and wilful neglect of duty. Officer Robert Lessnau was charged with assault. Male school loses Appeal Richmond a. A Virginia military institutes running Battle to keep its All male admissions policy got Down to a final line of defense the . Supreme court after a Federal appeals court wednesday rejected a Vii Appeal. At the original trial a , District court judge in Roanoke upheld the Lexington military schools male Only policy. But Over the summer a three judge panel of the 4th . Circuit court of appeals upheld pm la a status a but with a catch. That panel said the school had proven Why it should remain All male but it also ruled the state of Virginia had not proven Why it should have an Al male military Academy if it does no to have a similar school for women. The Vii defense team led by alumni and supporters As state officials ducked the politically sensitive Issue asked for a new hearing on the Case from the full appeals court. The judges voted 8-2 against such a hearing