European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 27, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 b the stars and stripes . Sunday december 27. 1992 a heroic undertaking Black characters to Star in new comic books san Jose Calif a slide Over spider Man. Move your bulk Hulk Here come the Ebony warriors. Five Black publishers of comic books plan to promote dark skinned superheroes to offer positive role models for Blacks. They have formed Ania an association of Block comic Book publishers and will begin shipping comic books with Black heroes to the nations 5,000 comics stores in february. Ebony Warrior purge the original Man Heru son of Mausar and Wanna son of Zulu will join several Black characters already in comics produced by Market leaders Marvel and do comics. But the new Black heroes will offer what Ania founder and president Eric Griffin said is a More a afro Centric perspective. Ania is a swahili word meaning to protect and defend. A we feel we Are protecting our views and our was of life a Griffin said. Anias entry into the comic Book mainstream is the most recent and Best organized push by comic producers to add Blacks to the dazzling array of superheroes that have sprung up since do comics introduced Superman in 1938. More than 200 comic Book publishers put out As Many As 500 new titles a month according to Roger Grant president of the amazing fantasy factory which runs a comic Book outlet in san Jose. Anias members Are Griffin a a company Africa rising up comics of Greensboro . Afrocentric comic books of Moriches . Dark Zulu lies inc. Of Atlanta and Omega 7 comics of Kansas City to. Comic books by Anias members have appeared in that a the whole Point giving afro americans a Cool hero they can say is  a Eric Griffin Ania president Black and White Over the past two years in Black bookstores. Starting in february they will appear in full color under one Ania i Prmt and be distributed nationwide Griffin said. Market Leader Marvel already has several Black heroes Luke Cage night thrasher and Black Panther. Do comics has Green lantern and Black lightning. And do the nations no. 2 comic Book company is Deve Oping a line of Black characters with Milestone Media of new York. But members of Ania based in Sunnyvale said the existing heroes done to always offer the positive role models for Black youngsters. A most of them Are hoodlums and thugs without any direction a said Griffin a 24-year-old former Engineer with Apple computer. Anias comics will focus on the african roots of american Blacks As Well As issues such As aids racism and violence. Their goal is to instill in their Young readers a sense of Hope and a belief in their self Worth. Quot that a the whole Point giving afro americans a Cool hero they can say is theirs a Griffin said. Potential time travel method worming its Way into science Philadelphia apr want to get somewhere fast and even get Back Home before you departed cosmic wormholes May be just the ticket one Day. Wormhole travel is years off probably another five centuries but some physicists have fun thinking about them. So do others. The Crew of televisions Star trek the next generation uses wormholes As celestial shortcuts and astronaut David Bowman entered a Flat rectangular Type of wormhole in the movie 2001 a space Odyssey cosmic wormholes Are tunnels in space connecting Distant parts of the universe said physicist Paul Haf pern. A a it a like a subway connection for different parts of the Cosmos said Halpern who recently published a Book on the subject. He also leaches a course on the nature of time at Philadelphia College of pharmacy and science. Wormholes could be a great Way of travelling for those who can to find a baby Sitter or who done to have much vacation time. In theory wormhole travellers could return Home just minutes after a or even before a they left. Many scientists dispute the possibility of cosmic wormholes but supporters say that Black holes whose existence is now generally accepted were once similarly questioned. Wormholes Are More than just a plot device for science fiction writers. Cosmic wormholes got their Start in 1985. Astrino if a Ilka a subway connection for different Parte of the  a Paul Halpern physicist Mer Carl Sagan was writing a science fiction Book when he asked a colleague to work out a Means of rapid interstellar transportation within the Bounds of known physical Laws. A colleague Kip Thorne of the California Institute of technology developed cosmic wormholes All based on einsteins theory of relativity in which spaceships could travel Large distances without exceeding the Speed of Light. Scientists would have to discover a substance Strong enough to withstand the forces needed to create a wormhole. Once constructed the wormhole would be placed in a come like orbit around our Sun somewhere not too fur beyond Pluto where it  affect neighbouring planets. But for television building wormholes presents no problem. An upcoming series Star trek deep space nine plants its Star base right next door to a wormhole for easy Access to other galaxies. With a wormhole a you can just say a it comes from Way across the Galaxy from anywhere a a to explain the sudden appearance of an alien being said Naren Shankar series writer and science consultant. Time names Clinton Man of year new York up a time Magazine saturday named Bill Clinton its 1992 a Man of the year Quot calling the president elect a the most powerful Man in the world at a a radically unstable moment in  i he Magazine cited Clinton a dignified Campaign for the presidency his inevitable prominence on the world stage after the cold War and his Opportunity to redefine the country a goals and direction. The first Democrat to be elected to the presidency since Jimmy Carter joins the ranks of such diverse figures As president Bush Martin Luther King or. And Adolf Hitler who have also graced the year end cover of the Magazine. I he Magazine said its Man or woman of the year is traditionally selected As the person who most influenced world events for Good or ill in the preceding a the election has made the arkansans the most powerful Man in the world and therefore the most important a at a radically unstable moment in history with the cold War ended the world Economy in trouble and dangerous heavily armed nationalism Risima around the Globe a time said. The Magazine predicted Clinton will a bring his baby Boom generation to full Harvest to the Power and responsibility that they clamoured to overthrow in the streets a Quarter of a Century  Clinton is the magazines 66th Man of the year teens arrested for tossing objects at cars on freeway from wire reports Glendale Calif. A three teen agers have been arrested for throwing rocks and chunks of Concrete last week at Drivers on a los Angeles freeway. They hit up to 20 cars and Hurt four motorists police said thursday. Three Redondo Beach youths were arrested wednesday night and a warrant has been issued for the arrest of a fourth who was thought to be headed for Seattle the California Highway patrol told a news conference in Glendale. Gary Dean Nelson 18, was being held pending a bail hearing police said. The other two arrested boys Ages 15 and 16, were released to their parents. The names of the younger suspects including the 15-year-old boy yet to be arrested were withheld because they Are juveniles. The cup said All four face possible charges of attempted murder conspiracy to commit murder assault with a deadly weapon and throwing objects at a moving vehicle. All the potential charges Are  relative warned hot Springs Ark. A police said president elect Clinton a half brother was treated no differently from Many other people when a policeman let him go with a warning for driving 53 Mph in a 35-Mph zone. A we give out warning tickets every single Day a said police spokesman Michael Mccormick. A just using the officers discretion he decided not to Issue him a  the officer Wasny to going to Stop Roger Clinton on wednesday at All until he noticed his car had no License plates Mccormick said. It turned out Clinton had just bought the car and Hadnot received the plates yet. But he had the proper paperwork with him police  ruled unconstitutional Pontiac Mich. A an 1897 Michigan Law Banning indecent language in the presence of women or children has been ruled out of line. An Oakland county judge ruled wednesday that the Law is unconstitutional. Probate judge Joan Young dismissed charges against an 11-year-old boy accused of Yelling profanities and making obscene gestures at a neighbor woman oct. 12 in the presence of her daughter and two other children. Young said the Law is vague and violates first amendment free speech guarantees and 14th amendment rights to equal Protection for both sexes. In her opinion Young said the Law a tends to perpetuate archaic stereotypic notions that women should not be exposed to rough  such a policy is illegitimate and  prosecutors said they decided to use the obscure Law to try to Stop what they called a years Long pattern of harassment by the boy against the woman s 9-year-old daughter. In 1988, the boy then 7, was charged with sexually assaulting the girl. But the charges were dropped when the prosecutors office ruled that a 7-year-old could not form the intent to commit sexual  patient surrenders Salem Ore. A an Escapee from a mental Hospital stole a car with a 4-year-old boy inside and drove it along a Highway at speeds of 100 Mph before surrendering authorities said. The boy Raymond Rebuth of Garibaldi Wasny to Hurt and appeared cheerful and Calm after the ride thursday said sgt Gary Chichester of the Oregon state police. Authorities said Glen Ray Martin 29, took the car from the boys father thursday in the visitor parking lot of the Dammasch state Hospital in Wilsonville Martin had been committed there nov. 19, Hospital officials said. A patrolman arrested Martin without incident about 20 minutes later after he pulled off the Highway and into another parking lot police said. Officer Loren Weilacher said Martin was charged with kidnapping car theft and reckless driving. He remained jailed Friday in lieu of $60,000 bail