European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 16, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday january 16, 1993 . The stars and stripes Page 7america a dangerous place a a a a a a a a. .1 i a Ifor students Nea says a from wire reports Washington the National education association said thursday that 100,000 students carry guns to school every Day and demanded Federal action to combat violence in the nation s schools. A America has become a dangerous place for children a said Keith Geiger head of the 2 million member teachers organization. Citing Justice department figures Geiger said that 100,000 children go to school with guns every Day and that 160,000 miss school because of intimidation or fear of bodily harm. A before we leave this room today almost 900 schoolteachers will be threatened with bodily harm and nearly 40 will actually be physically attacked a Geiger said. On a typical Day firearms kill or injure 40 children he said. Geiger said the Nea is urging Congress to pass a a violence free schools act that will provide $100 million annually for five years beginning in fiscal 1994 for local anti violence  Denver a a judge late thursday temporarily blocked Colorado a anti Gay Protection Law while he decides whether to Issue a More permanent order. The Law was to have taken effect at 12 01 . Friday. State District judge Jeffrey Bayless said he had planned to announce at a hearing at 4 Pun. Friday whether he would extend the ban. He has heard testimony in the Case All week. Amendment 2, approved by Colorado voters in november prohibits state and local governments from passing Laws that protect homosexuals from discrimination. Laws on the books to Boulder Denver and Aspen that protect homosexuals from discrimination would be invalidated. Before Bayless order gov. Roy Romer had said he would sign amendment 2 into Law late thursday unless the judge directed him not to. Homosexual rights advocates and three Colorado cities want Bayless to Stop enforcement of the measure until a lawsuit challenging it filed by eight homosexuals and a heterosexual with aids is settled. That probably would be late this  Abandons son Malden mass. A a 6-Yearod boy was left behind by his Mother when she fled a suburban Boston department store after allegedly being caught shoplifting. The boy was in state custody thursday while police searched for the woman and a companion. Police spokesmen said that despite the urging of the Mother the child was unable to keep up As she bolted from stuarts department store on Broadway in Malden shortly before noon wednesday. The boy was left behind As the woman jumped into a waiting car and sped away authorities said. Store detectives summoned police who persuaded the boy to give them the name and address of his Mother spokesmen said. The boy whose name was not released was turned Over to the department of social services and warrants on shoplifting charges were issued for the Mother and a male companion police  Loose in Duluth Duluth Minn. A a Moose was Loose in Duluth. And that a the truth. A my neighbor called and woke me up this morning about 8 and said a there a a Moose in your Yard a Shirley Rose said wednesday. A i thought she was playing a trick on me.  i saw it i could not take my eyes off of it Ftp a so big a wildlife officials decided to let the 800-Pound animal find its own Way Back to the Woods. A a she a not scared she a bigger than anything around Quot said Rich Staffon wildlife manager for the department of natural resources a a she a probably  t the Moose was still in town thursday morning police said. Staffon said it  be Tranquili Zed because it might stress the Moose. A people just need to leave it alone and Back away a he said. B-2 radar detection flaw air Force says. A. By the los Angeles times the air Force has found a solution to the defect that left the Northrop b-2 stealth bomber vulnerable to radar detection. Air Force Secretary Donald b. Rice said thursday that the solution at a Cost of perhaps $200 million a closes the Book on major items that had to be  the aircraft still faces considerable testing to satisfy Congress requirements. The b-2 is supposed to escape detection and tracking by enemy radars. But in july 1991 the bomber failed a key test of its ability to escape radar detection setting off a political storm. The fixes will not increase the programs Overall Price tag of $44.5 billion for 20 air planes Rice said. At $2.2 billion each the b-2 represents a historic leap in military aircraft costs. Congress suffered sticker Shock and the radar prob Sharoyn Loughran received an artificial heart. Artificial hear improves Tucson Ariz. Apr a woman who received an artificial heart monday was taken off a Respirator thursday a Hospital official said. Sharoyn Loughran 46, was awake but weak at the University of Arizona medical Center said Hospital spokesman George Humphrey. Her condition was listed As critical but stable. The plastic and Metal device the size of two fists is intended to keep Loughran alive until a human donor Organ can be found. Loughran of Scottsdale received the cardio West air driven heart when her diseased heart failed. The last transplant of a Complete artificial heart was in april 1991. The operation was done in Hershey pa., with a device developed at Pennsylvania state University. Ice Only exacerbated that concern. Rice bits said the Pentagon erred in keeping the b-2 program and its Cost secret for so Long. The Resolution of the radar problem would resolve a major doubt about a program that has been crucial to Northrop since it won the b-2 contract in 1981. Rice said the $200 million Cost of fixing the defects will be paid under the company s development contract fore ing Northrop to pick up Only a Small fraction of the Cost. A a. A. Rice said the air Force will be Able to fix the problem by making relatively minor and imperceptible changes to the plastic edges and surfaces of the bomber. A a. The original failure occurred at a single radar frequency but Rice said the improvements should reduce its radar visibility across All frequencies he said that three options were considered to fix the problems and that the service chose the most Cost effective  band thefts Houston a the Ocean of soul band was once a proud Symbol of Texas Southern University. Now even its name has become a joke the Ocean of stole. The spirited marching band was dissolved last month after members were accused of shoplifting $22,000 Worth of electronic equipment a including pocket tape. Recorders pocket tvs and video game software a during a trip to  this has really Hurt the school a Sophomore Michael White said As students returned this week for the Spring semester. A everyone is trying to forget this incident and rebuild the schools  White who was not a member of the band said that when he visits friends at the nearby University of Houston some students taunt him by saying a ooh you go to that school the Ocean of stole1�?T senior Lisa Caldwell said she was embarrassed to hear friends talking about the band when she visited relatives in Northern Texas Over Christmas. A a lot of people now think Tsu Lias students with Low morals and Low values a she said. A a lot of people now think we re thugs. It Hurt our  with nearly 11,000 students last fall Tsu says it is the nation s largest historically Black University. The. 120-member band was a source of Pride. Its fluid moves and bold dancing contrasted with the precision Steps of traditional marching bands captivating fans at Home and at special performances like the dec. 6 coca cola bowl in Tokyo. But then came reports from Japan that some band members had stolen items from a shopping Center. School officials reacted swiftly dissolving the band dec. 17, twelve students have been suspended for an indefinite period and 17 others were put on probation. Tsu president William Harris said he was disgusted by the students behaviour. But now the band is missed. �?o1 went to the basketball game the other night and everyone was complaining because the band was t there a Caldwell said. A Banner hanging at the game read save the Ocean. A personally i want the band Back. In a ready to Start Over a Caldwell said. A 3 new congressmen hooked by spy prank fort Lauderdale Fla a spy Magazine has struck again a this time with a make believe mail order House for Congress that Sells highball glasses a just like Sam Rayburn used to use.�?�. When freshman rep Peter Deutsch received an order Book for the a a congressional Supply store a he passed up the congressional earmuffs the map of senatorial hideaways and the highball glasses used by Rayburn the speaker of the House in the 40s, �?T50s and �?T60s. But he ordered the House of representatives baseball Cap a congressional Golf shirt and a to shirt that reads a my dad was elected to Congress and All 1 got was this Lousy  Deutsch has t received any of the merchandise because there is no congressional Supply store. It was a prank on freshmen congressmen pulled by spy Magazine and disclosed in its february Issue scheduled to hit Newsstands thursday. A a it a a very believable brochure Quot Deutsch said wednesday adding that his son was disappointed because he a was hoping for the  Deutsch a Democrat who represents part of South Florida was one of three freshmen who ordered items from the make believe mail order House