European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 14, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse Thursday january 14. 1993 . Children in poverty show staggering increase from wire reports a Medford mass. A More than 20 million. Children in the United states will be living below the poverty line within two decades unless there arc sweeping changes in government policy researchers say Quot a 1a _ their study conducted by the Tufts University Center of hunger poverty and nutrition policy found a 1 staggering1�?T 37 percent increase in the number of poor children Between 1970 and 1991. It attributed the Sharp Rise to several recessions and Federal cutbacks in a a crucial Domestic programs for the Noor in the 1980s. As of 1991, there were an estimated 14 million children living in poverty in America virtually Quot unchanged from the Early 1980s, it said. Nearly half of them were living in families with incomes 50 percent below the poverty level the study said. Band a a Houston All 29 members of a University marching band caught shoplifting $22,000 in electronics while in Tokyo have for an indefinite period or placed on probation the school president says. Quot we Haven to expelled any student because we done to want to put a permanent end to their education a Texas Southern University s William Harris said tuesday. The band members were in Japan to perform at the coca cola bowl. Most of the items were returned when authorities threatened to Stop the students from leaving fac country japanese police said. Smoking Rule considered Washington a the labor department is considering whether to restrict smoking in the. Workplace in Wake of a finding that secondhand tobacco smoke is a cancer threat to nonsmokers. A spokesman said tuesday that labor Secretary. Lynn Morley Martin has instructed director Dorothy Strunk of the occupational safety and health administration to prepare options. Osha has no rules regulating smoking in the cases studied Washington a state medical boards Are not moving firmly enough to discipline bad doctors a consumer group says. A report tuesday by Public citizens health research group rated Alaska Oklahoma and Georgia highest in the rate of serious actions taken against doctors. The group founded by consumer advocate Ralph Nader said state medical boards took serious actions against 2,013 doctors in 1991, for a rate of 3.44 actions per 1,000 group said the discipline rate is about one fourth what it ought to be based on a 1989 Tufts. University study that found medical malpractice insurance carriers imposed sanctions at a rate of 13.6 per 1,000 doctors. A Bones Point to lost boy Tampa child size Cowboy boots found in a septic tank with skeletal remains convinced a medical examiner that they were those of a 2-year-old boy last seen in 1974. Quot its a positive id As far As in a concerned because themes the same boots i bought him just before he came up missing a said Vernon aired the father of Matthew aired. Hillsborough county medical examiner Robert Pfalzgraf agreed saying monday that his examination confirmed the Bones were those of a boy no older than 5. Quot based on the fact that a 2-year-old disappeared in the neighbourhood and was found in a septic tank obviously someone wanted to conceal it a Pfalzgraf said. Quot therefore it was probably a Matthew aired disappeared Jan. 24,1974, from his front Yard in working class chair Mel City. Testicular implants studied Washington a the food and drug administration tuesday proposed that manufacturers of testicular implants prove that the devices Are Safe and effective enough to remain on the Market. Testicular implants Are pouches that Are placed in the scrotum. They Are made of solid or gel silicone and have a silicone covering. Some types Are coated with polyurethane foam. The stars and stripes Page 7 la her pc Nimmia Bloomsbury i Bloomsburg. A. Apr the husband of Bloomsburg University a new police chief is accused of raping a co worker and is under investigation in four More attacks a pne Liat occurred when he and his wife were in town for her Job interview. Michael Reece Boykin blamed his arrest on racism and a University trustee said resentment and suspicion have dogged the couple since the wife took Over Campus Security Quot Bloomsburg University is famous for shafting men of color a Boykin who like his wife is Black said in a letter to University officials. Quot i did not relocate to this unfriendly forbidden town to have my Good name _ Boykin 41, a University maintenance worker is married to former Chicago police officer Margaret Boykin. They took their jobs oct. 31. That afternoon a student was raped in a gymnasium. Rapes on or near the Campus followed on nov. 27 and dec 11. On dec. Is one of Michael Boykins co workers was raped in a University pickup truck and she named Boykin As the attacker. He pleaded not guilty to rape charges monday in a amps Susan Harris i i n Al l e a Farrow new York apr filmmaker Woody alien had sex with Mia Farrow a oldest daughter while his 7-year-old daughter and 5 year old son watched Farrow a lawyer said tuesday. Allen denied the allegation at a news conference and said he is considering filing child abuse charges against Farrow. It the allegation was made by Farrow a attorney Eleanor alter at a hearing to discuss Allens visitation rights with three children. Alter said Dylan the couples 7-Ycar-old adopted daughter told Connecticut police last month that she and her brother Satchel saw Allen and their older sister soon i Previn having sex. Satchel is Allen and Farrow s biological child. Quot for the Petitioner Allen to have sexual Intercourse with the sister of his children while they were present is unthinkable a alter told the said Dylan reported the encounter when police investigating allegations that Allen had sexually abused Dylan asked Why the Girj knew How to position anatomically Correct dolls to depict sex. A the lawyer also said Allen once pushed satchels face into a plate of hot Spaghetti in anger. Later she said whenever Allen became angry with Satchel he threatened to fix Spaghetti. Another time the lawyer said Farrow had to pull Allen off Satchel after he twisted the boys legs and threatened to break them. At the news conference Allen accused Farrow of a drumming lies Quot into Dylan. Quot i think that when Mia needs something she takes our daughter and makes her say it a he said. Farrow 47, was Allens Lover and the leading lady in his movies from 1980 until last year. That attack and was held on $75,000 bail. District attorney William s. Kris her said state and Bloomsburg police were investigating the possibility that Michael Boykin committed the other also said Michael Boykin is a suspect in another Campus related rape dec. 15, 1991 a when the boy Kins were in town for Margaret Boykin s interview. After the rapes started last semester women walked in groups and those who lived off Campus were offered dormitory rooms though Only a few took advantage of them. The University also set up an escort system. Investigators took blood and semen from Boykin after his arrest for comparison to evidence taken in the previous cases. Genetic tests linked some of the earlier rapes to the same person Kris lick but there was nobody to compare to ctn to. We had no suspect until now a he said. Bloomsburg a town of 12,000 in North Central Pennsylvania is mostly White. Only 206 of the University a 6,378 full time students arc Black. University trustee Howard Johnson who is Black said the arrest has Quot overtones of being racially motivated.�?�. A there arc people who done to want Maggie and her family Here a he said. Quot they took at Blacks As criminals rapists and _ Margaret Boykin who has taken leave from her Job is paid up to $41,804 per year. Her husbands pay is $7.21 per hour. Woody Allen denies allegations made tuesday Al a court hearing in his custody dispute with Mia Farrow. Allen 57, has acknowledged he is now romantically involved with Previn 22, who is the adopted daughter of Farrow and composer conductor Andre Previn a former husband Allen is seeking custody of Dylan Satchel and another of his and Farrow a adopted children 14-Ycar-Oid Moses. A state supreme court Justice Elliott Wilk ordered another hearing Jan. 26 to determine whether Allen May visit Dylan and suggested that lawyers work out a visitation schedule for Satchel. He said Moses would t be told to visit Allen if he does no to want to. The judge refused to order psychotherapy for Satchel Dylan or Farrow. New Hampshire May of King Holiday Concord . Apr gov. Steve Merrill May soon recognize slain civil rights Leader Martin Luther King or. In a state Holiday bringing new Hampshire in line with the rest of the nation. Merrill a Republican who was sworn in last thursday May Issue an executive order this week changing the name of the states civil rights Day to Martin Luther King or. Civil rights Day spokesman Jim Rivers said tuesday. In november Arizona voters approved a proposal recognizing the Federal King Holiday. That left new Hampshire As the Only slate that does no to recognize the assassinated civil rights Leader with a Holiday. A a aka. The legislature passed a Bill marking a civil rights Day on the third monday in january the same Day that the rest of the nation observes the King Holiday i his session lawmakers will consider changing the name of the Holiday to include Kings name. All attempts to establish a King Holiday have failed since 1979. Conservative lawmakers Haye voted against the Holiday because they say King was unpatriotic during the Vietnam War. King was assassinated in 1968
