European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 21, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 b the stars and stripes . Many Don t find Cheerin holidays Pittsburgh a hark its Quot Boohoo instead of Quot hoho How according to a Survey that shows people spend More time bickering and trudging through malls than relaxing with friends and relatives this time of year. Quot we spend a lot More time with the frustrations of the holidays than the True enjoyment of giving a said Michael Fortino a lifestyle management consultant who led the study. Some 5,000 americans were telephoned and 4,000 others were mailed surveys Over the past three years. About 1,000 people in six cities responded. The Survey found the average person spends less than 17 minutes planning Holiday purchases and six hours shopping for them a with an average of three trips to the same store. Wrapping the gifts takes about 28 minutes. Nearly iv2 hours Are spent preparing Holiday meals while less than half a Day is devoted to relaxation and by the new York times new York a an off duty transit police officer shot and killed a 21-year-old Man Early saturday after the officers companions were attacked by several people the transit police said. The Man who was killed Victor Vays of Brooklyn was apparently a bystander who was not involved in the attack said Albert of Leary a transit police spokesman. The attack occurred on the sidewalk in front of a popular nightspot in Astoria Queens. No charges had been filed saturday said o Leary. I in gave this account of the incident the officer Donato Romano another transit officer William Zambrano and a third Man were standing near the Entrance to Papagalos a nightclub and restaurant at 23-70 Steinway st., shortly after 2 a m. When they were approached by about 10 people who had been asked to leave the club. Someone in the group punched the officers acquaintance. Then someone struck Zambrano in the Back of the head with a Metal Rod similar to the kind used to lock a vehicles steering wheel to prevent theft. As the crowd looked on Zambrano fell and the acquaintance leaned Down to help him. The acquaintance study says enjoyment the study found. On Christmas morning the average Parent spends just nine minutes playing with the children. Quot we help them assemble and put some things together play for a few minutes and then that a it a said Fortino president of the Center for lifestyle management a consulting firm in san Francisco. A Veteran time management expert Fortino determined in 1988 that people spend five years of their lives waiting in lines Ana six months sitting at traffic lights. He was in Pittsburgh recently for a seminar. In his latest study he found the average person spent up to an hour and 10 minutes a Day the last week of december bickering Over Holiday related plans such As what parties to attend and what to Wear. Fortino suggested planning gift purchases food preparation and decorations a month in Advance so that a Little can be done each Day and repeat trips to stores can be eliminated. Was struck again and his nose was broken. Romano then identified himself As a police officer and Drew the 9 my semiautomatic weapon he carries on the Job. He fired three shots one of which hit Vays who was standing about 60 feet away. The shot hit Vays in the face. A second shot grazed another Man who May have been one of the attackers. That Man was being questioned saturday. Zambrano who joined the transit police Force in january was taken to Booth memorial medical Center where he was treated for the head injury. Romano who joined the Force in april was taken to the Hospital where he was treated for stress related trauma. Although Vays was apparently not involved in the attack of Leary said that Romano acted to try to defend a fellow officer. Of Leary said he did not know what prompted the attackers actions. Papagalos a Bright Pink building with a Green awning is on the Corner of Astoria Boulevard and Steinway Street a dense commercial area of two and three Story buildings. Neighbors described the club As a place where Young people from the neighbourhood go on Friday and saturday nights. Monday december 21,1992philippine government gets Marc oses jewels currency from wire reports Honolulu a a judge has awarded the philippine government millions of dollars in jewelry and currency seized when president Ferdinand Marcos and his family arrived Here in exile in 1986. 1 me id a Marcos the presidents widow gave up her claim to All of the property last year. The Marc oses and their 90-member entourage arrived in february 1986 carrying suitcases of philippine currency and 328 pieces of jewelry including Diamond tiaras necklaces and brooches. All were seized by . Customs agents. The property was estimated to be Worth $2 million to $3 million. The Money is part of billions of dollars the e philippine government claims Marcos embezzled before his 20-year Rule was toppled by a revolt in 1986.time Warner chairman Dies new York a Steven j. Ross the chairman and co chief executive of time Warner inc., the worlds biggest Media entertainment company died sunday morning. He was 65. Ross began undergoing chemotherapy treatments for prostate cancer in december 1991. Although the treatments kept him away from the office he was said to have stayed in close touch with the company s affairs. He reportedly helped Engineer the forced resignation in february of Nicholas j. Nicholas jr., his one time co chief executive and heir apparent. But Ross announced in june 1992 that his doctors wanted him to take a temporary leave of absence from the company to undergo More  charged in assault Houston a a Houston police officer has been charged with sexually assaulting a woman he allegedly stalked and then took into custody for a traffic violation. Officer Calvin Potter 37, stopped the woman As she drove Early nov. 8, investigators said. Potter allegedly took the woman a Drivers License and insurance card and told her to follow him. They drove to a parking garage on the Edge of downtown where he allegedly sexually assaulted her authorities said. Potter faces charges of sexual assault and violation of a prisoners rights. If convicted he could be sentenced up to 20 years in prison on the sexual assault charge and up to 10 years in prison on the civil rights charge. Potter a member of the Houston police department since 1984, has been suspended with pay pending the outcome of the Case. Bond was set $5,000.northrop gets bus Deal los Angeles a Northrop corp. Has been awarded a $3.8 million contract to use its stealth bomber technology to create lighter cleaner buses for the Southern California rapid transit District. The bus could potentially weigh five tons less than conventional buses use clean Energy such As electric fuel cells and have a Low floor to eliminate a lift now required to accommodate the handicapped said Alan f. Pegg the transit districts general manager. A $4 million Federal Grant will fund the first stages of a design and production program that could Cost nearly $22 million in Federal funds Over four years the transit District said.2 sentenced in hazing death Macomb 111. A two former Western Illinois University students were sentenced to Community service and told to talk to an author writing a Book about hazing for their part in the death of a fellow Lacrosse club member. On Friday Mark Molzer 22, and Mark Anderson 22, were placed on two years probation fined $250 each and told to spend 50 hours talking to teen agers about alcohol abuse. Mcdonough county circuit judge Larry Heiser also ordered them to Grant interviews to an author writing a Book about hazing. The two were convicted last month of providing alcohol to 18-year-old Nicholas Haben who died of alcohol poisoning after a club initiation party in october 1990. They were acquitted of violating the states hazing Law. Hazing and alcohol charges Are pending against 10 other former club members. Vietnam offers information on pos in Laos san Francisco apr Vietnam has agreed for the first time to reveal information about american soldiers captured in Laos during the Vietnam War sen. John f. Kerry said saturday. Previously vietnamese officials had said Only Laos could disclose information about incidents in their country said Kerry who chairs the Senate select committee on pow Mia affairs. But when he visited Vietnam on thursday and Friday Kerry said officials agreed to discuss incidents in Laos. Quot i think every american wants to Sec this Issue resolved. Its the last major open wound from the War a the Massachusetts Democrat said during a Stop at san Francisco International Airport. Kerry a committee is to give the full Senate a summary Jan. 5 of the Progress made on the prisoner of War missing in action Issue. During his latest visit Kerry said he spoke with vietnamese officers who interrogated american pos and some of those now listed Asmi As. The next step he said is to gel transcripts irom the interrogations of 38 pos and mias which could reveal additional information about other missing soldiers. The committee has focused on locating 135 service members. But for the most recent trip the list was pared to the 38 who Are considered the most difficult to track. Christma spheres a display of giant Christmas ornaments greets new yorker Marilyn Shepard in the lobby of a Midtown Manhattan Ottice building in new York last week. The sculpture of 18 ornaments is 15 feet High and they were made in Texas of course. Transit police officer kills apparent bystander