European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 13, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes . Sunday december 13, 1992deadly police chases raising new questions los Angeles a German Basulto did no to have anything to do with the drive by shooting that ight. He was five Miles away. But Basulto was killed when a Cadillac fleeing police after the shooting ran a red Light and slowed into his car. He was among nine innocent people killed last month after police pursuits in Southern California. T Hose statistics and others like them from elsewhere around the country have put police in a bind. On one hand they re under pressure to crack Down on such crimes As carjacking on the other they re criticized for putting innocent people at risk. A people look at it and say its a California problem because we have a lot of cars a said James Lasley a professor of criminal Justice at California state University Fullerton. A a it a not True. This has National  As cities keep growing and suburbs keep sprawling the risks of hot pursuits have begun to outweigh the need for them Lasley says. Using California Highway patrol statistics from 1991, counting chases that lasted anywhere from a few seconds to two hours he put the Odds at one in five that someone will be Hurt every time police pursue a suspect. A it he Odds of russian Roulette Are better than that a Lasley said. Al Segundo police chief Timothy j. Grimmond Cit to networks vow to limit violent Content by the los Angeles times Washington the three major broadcast networks after years of criticism about Glamor izing violence on television appear to want the Industry to clean up its act. In an unusual joint letter sent by Abc Abc and lbs to sen. Paul Simon d-ill., the three networks said they will a limit the depiction of violence in entertainment programs. The letter represents a Victory for Simon who has pushed hard for legislation to curb the level of violence depicted on to. A you will see a difference in the 1993 programming Quot next fall Simon predicted at a press conference Friday. But network officials said any new guidelines Are Likely to be meaningless unless they Are embraced by the entire to Industry including Cable to and the burgeoning syndication Market. And network producers responding to the agreement said the guidelines would have Little or no effect on their programming. The new guidelines will be drawn from each networks own set of standards which Are very similar. A i done to see Why wed really have a problem with any of that a said Walon Green co executive producer of no cd a Law and order. Green said programs currently running on to would not be affected by the agreement either because they a have backed away from showing people being beaten up at random Ana women being abused just for the  he said Only shows in the 1970s such As Starsky and Hutch were excessively violent. Although Simon hailed the agreement As a a first big step a he conceded that the guidelines a lacked Teeth because they could not be enforced by Law and Are subject to Loose interpretation by the networks. In recent years the officials said the networks have moved away from the kind of High violence programs once symbolized by such hits As the a team and Hill Street blues. Instead Cable television and syndication which have looser standards than the networks frequently show programs that Are More violent in nature. Ing studies from the 1980s, found Odds better than russian Roulette but still risky three of 10 chases result in a collision one in 10 results in injury and one in 100 ends in death. There so an awareness of the police and the Public that the Glamour and mystique of police pursuits Are waning a Grimmond wrote in an article for the journal of California Law enforcement. Some agencies Are taking a closer look. Officers in Tampa fla., Are allowed to Chase Only violent felons. All police chases have been banned in Baltimore where authorities rely on helicopters. In new Jersey authorities came up with the idea of firing paint pellets at stolen cars. The paint makes the vehicles an easy Mark so officers done to have to Chase them to keep them in sight. Immigration officials reviewed their Pursuit policy in june after a truck being chased by . Border patrol agents in Temecula North of san Diego smashed into a Sedan killing five people and injuring 13. The Agency came under fire because most of its chases involve a crime courts consider relatively minor a sneaking across the Border. The Border patrol urges agents to exercise a reasonable safety when pursuing. The International association of chiefs of police recommends not pursuing unless a suspect is fleeing a felony or a serious Misdemeanour or the suspect could kill or Hurt someone if he gets away. Wild ride Robin Burwash of Okotoks Alberta hangs on to air Wolf during thursdays bareback Riding Competition at the National finals Rodeo in Las vegas. Burwash won the event. The National final Rodeo ends today. Campus tradition snowballs into Melee East Lansing Mich. Apr a snowball fight on the Michigan state University Campus involving hundreds of students left at least seven people injured one of whom was knocked unconscious. The students began hurling snowballs thursday evening. Authorities reported broken car windows damage to buildings and injuries ranging from cuts and bruises to an unidentified female who was knocked unconscious. About 30 East Lansing and Michigan state University police officers descended on trouble spots about 9 . Both departments called in extra officers to help control the situation. At least seven arrests were  of 3 slain nuns returned to Illinois Convent from wire reports St. Louis a the bodies of three roman Catholic nuns who were killed in liberians civil War were returned to their Convent in Illinois on Friday following an Airport prayer service. The remains of two other nuns Haven to been recovered. Sisters Shirley Kolmer Kathleen Mcguire and Agnes Mueller were shot to death oct. 23 during a rebel siege on the liberian capital of Monrovia. After the service the bodies were taken to the adores of the blood of Christ Convent in Ruma 111., where they were to be buried. The three were members of the Convent located about 40 Miles from St. Louis.$6 million Jackpot expires Harrisburg a. A some Pennsylvania lottery player just kissed More than $6 million goodbye a for the second time in about a month. The latest Jackpot a Worth $6.89 million from the dec. 11,1991, drawing a expired Friday at 4 30 . An unclaimed $6.5 million prize expired on nov. 6. Although 24 jackpots have expired since 1982, this is the first time Back to Back prizes have gone  mobster places and Chicago a the Man reputed to be the head of the Chicago mob took out an advertisement Friday to say it Isnit so. _ Joseph a Joey the Clown Lombardo placed classified advertisements in Chicago newspapers denying that he is involved with crime. He also said he never took a blood oath to the mob As portrayed in the movie the godfather. Lombardos and in the a Public notices Section of the Chicago Tribune said a i am Joe Lombardo. I have been released on parole from Federal prison. I never took a secret oath with guns and daggers pricked my Finger Drew blood or burned paper to join a criminal organization. If anyone hears my name used in connection with any criminal activity please notify the Fri local police and my parole officer Ron x  Lombardo is 63. He was released on parole recently from a Federal prison in Pennsylvania after serving 10 years for plotting to skim $2 million from a Las vegas  Are House husbands Chicago a More american men Are willing to be a House husbands now than eight years ago but Only 1 percent actually stays at Home while their spouses earn the family income. A Survey conducted by the Roper organization for Playboy Magazine showed 24 percent of respondents said they Are a perfectly willing to be House husbands up from 13 percent in a 1984 poll. But the article in the magazines january Issue says the growth of House husbandry is still considered Flat despite the increase in those saying they Are willing to do it. It explains that this is because the number actually participating is so Low and there a been a slight decline in the number of men who said they a might consider staying Home from 19 percent to 18. The number of men who said they would a a never consider such a move also increased slightly from 15 percent to 16  officer convicted Lincoln neb. A a Man who successfully appealed the two year to five year prison sentence he received in a plea agreement now could be sentenced to 60 years in prison in the Case. Richard l. Kearns 49, was convicted last week of three counts of theft by deception. Each count carries a possible 20-year prison sentence. The former Bank vice president was convicted of diverting More than $500,000 from a real estate Sale Trust account of which his wife and her relatives were beneficiaries. I Zoiea is plea de no contest to a single count in a 1971 plea agreement and was sentenced to two years to five years in prison said Deputy county attorney Joe Kelly. After the sentencing Kearns successfully challenged the plea agreement Kelly said. Prosecutors then filed three theft charges. He was convicted of All three counts by Lancaster county District judge Bernard Mcginn. Sentencing was set for Jan. 13