European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 12, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday january 12, 1993 us. The stars and stripes Pago v combat stress study to focus on women Boston apr the department of veterans affairs plans to study combat stress in women including the problems caused by sexual harassment and sexual assault an official says. The Agency is opening a special facility to study women at the National Center for Post traumatic stress disorder in Boston said or. Jessica Wolfe director of the new Center. ,. The opening of the Center May be announced officially this week the Boston Herald reported sunday. The project will be the first coordinated Large scale Effort to examine the stressful effects of War on women she said. A on an informal grass roots basis some a medical centers have been doing a reasonably Good Job of treating women who knew to come to them a Wolfe said. A but there have been no formal programs for women. There have been no formal standards for evaluation of their symptoms.�?�. Post traumatic stress disorder is a treatable reaction to severe trauma with symptoms ranging from intrusive memories and nightmares to depression anxiety and anger a a a a a it occurs in rape victims and survivors of crashes and natural disasters but is most often linked with men who had difficulty adjusting after serving in the Vietnam War. It has been determined that some female nurses who served in Vietnam also suffered from the disorder be to los Angeles a forget the Legal Bat ties inside the Van Guys courthouse. There a a Juicy hot dog War going on out front. On one Side is Lisa a big weenies Complete with Pink umbrella and female employees dressed to Stop traffic. On the other is Nancy a courthouse dogs whose owner is known to struggle out of bed at 4 30 . To get the Best spot for her Little red trailer. Business outside the courthouse can be lucrative considering the Stream of jurors witnesses police officers and judges who have to eat on the  it was perhaps inevitable that the 2-month-old Competition Between Lisa Gregory and Nancy Cicatelli would turn ugly with claims of vandalism and unfair Price cutting. Cicatelli resents her competitors skimpy attire calling it disgusting and unfair. But Gregory said the snorts and Little tops she requires her employees to Wear Are just a sales tool. A the better you look the better you sell a Gregory said. A i give a Bonus for a girl who causes an Accident. The Only Clear Winner in the Weenie War so far has been the hungry customers. The Price of a hot dog in the War zone has dropped from $1.75 to As Low As 25 cents. But the women hang in there. A i done to know if it s Worth this hassle a said Cicatelli s Boyfriend Clive Richards i Here Are assets of traumatic exposure in military women that have never been recognized. In Many cases they have been diagnosed As having personality or character disorders.�?T. A a  cause they had seen More severe injuries and death than the average combat Soldier. But Wolfe said it has widely been assumed that women who suffer from the disorder have the same symptoms As men. A there Are aspects of traumatic exposure in military women that have never been recognized a she said. A and when women vets have developed symptoms the cause has gone unrecognized. In Many cases they have been diagnosed As having personality or character  Carolyn Becraft a former . Army Captain and the author of several reports on women a roles in the military welcomed the decision. A it shows that they no longer believe a Veteran by definition must be a Man a she  method gains in birth control. S Washington up norplant a method of implantable birth control has been steadily gaining popularity among women around the world a report said monday. Norplant consists of six match sized flexible cylinders that Are inserted under the skin of a woman sarm where they slowly release a form of the hormone progesterone and prevent pregnancy for up to five years or until the cylinders Are removed. Since being introduced in Finland in 1983, norplant has been approved for use in at least 23 countries and about 1.8 million women Are using it said the report published in the journal population reports. Its use is widespread and growing rapidly in 14 of these countries the report said. The 14 countries Are Bangladesh Colombia the done attain Republic Finland Haiti Indonesia Jamaica Mexico Nepal Rwanda Senegal Sweden Thailand and the United states. About 500,000 . Women have obtained norplant since the food and drug administration approved the method in december 1990, the report said. Norplant a Price varies throughout the world the report said. In the United states norplant costs about $350 plus the Cost of inserting and removing the cylinders. In developing countries the Cost is $23 per set. Norplant has generated some controversy in the United states. Judges occasionally have ordered women to have the method inserted. Baltimore recently announced plans to publicize the method to try to reduce teen age pregnancy rates Casino Complex proposed for Detroit enclave Highland Park Mich. Up a lawyer who failed in the 1980s to bring Jai Alai to Detroit now wants to build a Casino Complex in Highland Park an enclave within the Detroit City limits. A. Robert Zeff is the first to capitalize on voters approval of a Casino gambling proposal in november soon after the economically depressed City Learned that Chrysler corp. Planned to move its Headquarters to suburban Auburn Hills. Zeff envisions an ambitious development similar to a huge gambling Complex he and a Las vegas Casino Mogul want to build in Bridgeport conn., where Zeff has operated a parimutuel Jai Alai facility since 1976. The Bridgeport proposal includes a 100,000-Square-foot Casino. Last week Zeff showed the Highland Park City Council his Connecticut Casino plans and he has begun contract talks with Highland Park on behalf of his new company Highland horizon development inc. The facility would be built on about 10 acres in the City. A a it a almost a Given that there a going to be gambling in the Northern Section of America. The question Isnit whether there will be gambling its where a said Highland Park Deputy mayor Scotty Wainwright. Other pending proposals for casinos in Michigan Are in Detroit a greek town and port Huron. And officials in Windsor Ontario said they will open their first Casino later this  of crazy Eddie returned to . From Israel from wire reports Newark n j. A Quot crazy Eddie Antar was led into the Federal courthouse in Handcuffs sunday night three years after he fled new Jersey for Israel to avoid paying a $73 million penalty for securities fraud. A. ,. \ a a a a. Rede rat marshals surrounded the Black bearded suspect As the former discount electronics King was brought upstairs for processing. He refused to answer reporters shouted questions. Antar 46, who was indicted after fleeing the country on charges that he defrauded investors in crazy Eddie inc. Of millions of dollars was to be arraigned monday before a Federal magistrate in Newark. . Marshal Arthur Borinsky called Antar a a gentleman a saying they chatted on the drive from new Yorkus Kennedy International Airport where Antares flight from Israel arrived about 5 . Sunday. Borinsky spent the flight from israelis Ben Gurion International Airport handcuffed to Antar who founded crazy Eddie. Town puts out the lights Bedford . A town officials say they done to want people to be in the dark a they re just cracking Down on annoying Neon signs. The Battle of the Bright lights pitting the town against Neon lighted businesses was supposed to g6 to court Jan. 27. But the two sides Are planning to negotiate a settlement. The court Date Likely will be postponed town officials said. In november the new York City suburb of 1,800. Residents started enforcing a 9-year-old zoning prohibition of Neon signs for businesses. All but two of 34 businesses grudgingly turned off the lights a including red eyeglasses and an and for Ham and eggs on a Roll. Two shops Berner s jewellers and the Katonah image refused to get rid of the signs because they insisted it helps their businesses. Abandoned Home Riverside Calif. A a Man who recruited Rocker Alice Cooper in a bid to avoid foreclosure on the Many a psychedelic ally painted House has apparently abandoned the Home his mortgage company said. The Home is boarded up and neighbors last saw Patrick and Dee Ann Kelly and their two children More than a week ago the press Enterprise reported. Four dogs left untended at the Home were impounded last week. Kelly made headlines last year when broke and unable to sell his $258,000 Home 60 Miles Southeast of los Angeles he gave it a wild paint Job that included a likeness of Cooper. Cooper held a Benefit at the Home in november Selling his albums to shirts and posters to help Kelly a pay off More than $13,000 in Back mortgage payments. The Kellys had until the end of january to make the current payment before Standard mortgage co. Of san Bernardino started foreclosure proceedings. But a it appears the Home has been abandoned a said  Beck company vice  irk Black journalists new York a the new York daily news May be leaner and meaner after massive layoffs by new owner Mortimer Zuckerman but the tabloid s staff now is whiter than Ever critics charged sunday. A i think they Only left four Black reporters a said one fired Black journalist who spoke on condition of anonymity. The publication that Calls itself a new Yorkus Hometown newspaper never had a High percentage of minority reporters and employed 11 Black reporters before Zuckerman fired 170 employees from the 530 newspaper Guild members at the newspaper on thursday when he bought the paper. The National association of Black journalists lamented All the layoffs in a statement that took  at the racial Impact of the dismissals. A we Are outraged by the disproportionate layoffs of african american and other journalists of color a the group said