European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 16, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday january 16 19$3 . The stars and stripes b Page a a a a a to. A. A America a dangerous place for students Nea says 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 nations schools. A 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 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  Law suspended 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 . 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 in 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 year. Son Malden mass a a 6-year-old 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 w Hile 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 Stuart s 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  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 a Shirley Rose said wednesday. A i thought she was playing a trick on me. But once i saw it i could not take my eyes off of it it s so  wildlife officials decided to let the 800-Pound animal find its own Way Back to the Woods. A a she a not scared a she a bigger than anything around Quot said Rich Staffon wildlife manager for the department of natural resources. A she s probably  the Moose was still in town thursday morning police said. Staffon said it would t 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 solved. Air Force says by the los angst is 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  recipient 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 tent Only exacerbated that concern. Rice has said the Pentagon erred in keeping the b-2 program and its Cost secret for so Long. V. 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 a development contract forcing Northrop to pick up Only a Small fraction of the Cost. 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 bomb. Or. A 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 solution. Washington a the White House Friday released excerpts of president Bush a tape recorded diaries on the Iran Contra affair along with his lawyers defense of withholding them from prosecutors for More than five years. The White House also released the transcript of Bush a five hour videotaped deposition to Iran Contra investigators on Jan. 11< 1988, m his vice presidential office. Bush a diary for nov. 9,1986, reads a sunday the papers arc All full of Iran. A lot of crazy information. Some of it that the arms dealers that were arrested Felt i was  a a lot of misinformation Quot wrote Bush. He expresses concern that a frustrated Secretary of state George p. Shultz might resign. A this people Are not dealing from a full deck there in the state department a he said. The following Day he wrote that president Reagan a is very suspicious of the state department  a separate nov. 9, 1986, entry said a fall in All a troubling weekend. People running for cover blaming. The right Wing who is normally on Shultz s Case rallying behind him because of the trading arms for hostages policy. At least the policy they see As trading arms for  the transcripts of Bush a taped comments weren t turned Over to Iran Contra prosecutors because of their a Overly Broad document requests a former attorney general Griffin b. Bell said in a 14-Page report. The White House announced the hiring of Bell the week after Bush a Christmas eve pardons of Caspar w. Weinberger and five other Iran Contra figures. Iran Contra prosecutor Lawrence e. Walsh disclosed hours after the pardons that the White House had t disclosed the existence of Bush a notes until dec. 11, 1992. Walsh said Bush s notes had been improperly withheld. A it became necessary for outside  investigate judge Walsh a allegations a Bell said. The transcript of Bush s videotaped testimony showed him to be vague about events at the White House surrounding the Iran arms sales. Earlier Friday White House press Secretary Marlin Fitzwater said the material a clearly establishes the vice president had no particular involvement in the Iran Contra  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  when freshman rep. Peter Deutsch received an order Book for the a congressional Supply store Quot 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 i 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 a 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