European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 05, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes . Friday novembers. 1993 boost in police ranks Washington a mindful of Public anxiety Over Street crime Congress turned its attention to anti crime legislation with the House voting to put 50,000 More police officers on the cities beats. Meanwhile on wednesday the Senate began deliberations on a wide ranging anti crime package that Calls for 60,000 More officers on City streets. That measure also wades into controversy by greatly increasing the number of Federal death penalty crimes and restricting Hareas Corpus appeals by inmates on death Row to the Federal courts. Such appeals address the legality of a person s detention. Rep. Jack Brooks a Texas chairman of the House judiciary committee last week withdrew his own comprehensive crime Bill to avoid controversial issues that could have blocked passage of measures providing for things the democrats really wanted such As additional police officers. And Brooks Senate counterpart sen. Joseph Biden jr., d-dcl., said late wednesday that he was talking with key republicans about dropping from his Bill Home contentious aspects such As stiffer penal ties for use of guns in crimes and limits on death Row appeals to get it moving. Senate consideration of the Bill was delayed for most of the Day while key senators worked to reach some agreement that might expedite handling of the Bill said minority Leader Robert j. Dole a Kan. When the Bill got to the floor sen. Orrin Hatch of Utah the judiciary committee s ranking Republican argued that it did not go nearly far enough toward Pun Ishing trying and convicting criminals and building new prisons to confine them. Neither House has taken up the measure that presi Dent Clinton has repeatedly urged them to pass the Brady Bill that would require a five Day waiting period and a background Check for would be handgun buyers. Democrats still Hope to have it on Clinton s desk be fore year s end. The Public mood was on the minds of House members wednesday As they authorized by voice vote spending $3.45 billion to help put 50,000 More police officers of the beat Over the next six  did not provide the actual funds however. Crime is a problem that is out of control in this country and the costs of crime Are touching All Ameri cans said rep. P. James Sensenbrenner or. Of wis Consin the ranking Republican on the House judiciary crime  said the legislation would authorize the Money needed to get officers out from behind the desks out of their cars and Back on the streets where they can be in daily Contact with the life of the Community and the people who live in  the administration has guaranteed full funding forthe Community policing program Brooks said with Clinton earmarking savings from a year end round of spending cuts to finance the anti crime initiative. But Sensenbrenner said he feared the measure would unjustifiably increase the expectations of our constituents that something is being done to combat the crime  in the stars and stripes 10 years ago nov. 5,1983-israeli jets bombed palestinian targets in Light Ning Swift reprisal raids after an israeli occupation Headfo quarters in Southern Lebanon was blown up by a suicide Driver killing 29 soldiers. 20 years ago nov. 5,1973 demands for the impeachment or resignation of pres ident Nixon increased As a Gallup poll showed a continuing decline in his popularity. 30 years ago nov. 5,1963 the soviets delayed another . Army troop con Voy on the East German autobahn after the americans refused to climb out of their trucks to be counted. 40 years ago nov. 5,1953 the Eisenhower administration was hit hard by a democratic election Triumph in new Jersey that sliced the Republican House majority to two seats and won the governor s office for the first time in 10 years. 50 years ago nov. 5,1943 Many of the nation s 530,000 striking Coal miners were reported to be on their Way Back to work after United mine workers president John l Lewis announced the negotiation of a satisfactory wage agreement. I world War ii 50 years ago today nov. 5 dive bombers torpedo planes and fighters from the . Carriers Princeton and Saratoga Surprise the newly reinforced japanese Fleet at  Britain severely damaging sin cruisers and two destroyers. On Bougainville in the Solomons . Marines repel a japanese attack. French resistance fighters blow up machinery used to build tank turrets at Peugeot s factory m so Chaux. Source 2194 cays of wat i h. So to putts a inc. Wort almanac Book of world War h. Bison books cop. 1981 a prosecutor in Allen probe cleared Woody Allen Wallingford Conn. A state disciplinary panel has dismissed a complaint that Woody Allen filed against a Connecticut prosecutor who said he believed the filmmaker molested his adopted daughter even though the prosecutor did t press charges. The state criminal Justice commission said wednesday that there was no Evi Dence that Litchfield county state s at Torney Frank Maco violated the Canon of ethics for lawyers by his remarks. At a sept. 24 news conference Maco announced that the state was dropping its investigation into allegations that Allen had sexually abused his adoptive daughter Dylan then 7. But Maco also said he found probable cause to be Lieve Allen had committed the crime. He said he decided to drop the Case mostly to spare Dylan the ordeal of a trial. Allen s former Lover and leading lady Mia Farrow had accused Allen of fondling Dylan at her House in Bridgewater Conn., in August 1992. Allen denied the charge. The seven member commission which has the authority to take disciplinary action ranging from a reprimand to termination voted unanimously in favor of Maco. One commission member Superior court judge a. William Mottolese said some of Maco s comments were insensitive and  i think or. Maco could easily have accomplished the desired result by choosing his language More carefully and More discreetly Mottolese said. All members however agreed that the comments did not violate the code of ethics. Allen s attorney Elkan Abramo Witz said that Allen got a fair hearing be fore the commission and that his goal was t to Hurt Maco but to make sure the Public understood that Maco s commen Sweren t True. He said Mottolese s criticism of Maco comments helped lift the stigma from. Allen. Commission member Ralph Elliot said that Maco As a state s attorney had a duty to Tell the Public Why he decided to drop the Case. He said that he thought Maco s com ments were exaggerated and misunderstood in press accounts. Warning signs of alzheimer s listed Washington a forgetting where you parked your car is Normal. But forgetting the word for car or the function of the machine might be a sign of a serious disease. Such profound memory lapses Are among the 10 warning signs of alzheimer s disease announced wednesday by the alzheimer s disease association. Many people fail to recognize the signs that something s not right possibly because symptoms May develop gradually or they Don t see a physician even when they know something s wrong said Stuart Roth chairman of the association. To help people understand the differ ence Between Normal forgetting and the symptoms of alzheimer a the association issued what it Calls is it alzheimer a ten warning  Here Are those signs 1. Recent memory loss that affects Job performance. Everyone forgets things and then recalls them later. Alzheimer s patients forget often never recall and May repeatedly ask the same question forget Ting the earlier answer. 2. Difficulty performing familiar tasks. People with alzheimer s disease could prepare a meal forget to serve it and eve forget they made it. 3. Problems with language. A person with alzheimer s May forget simple words or use inappropriate words making their speech incomprehensible. 4. Disorientation of time and place. A person with alzheimer s May get lost on their own Street forget How they got there or How to get Home. 5. Poor or decreased judgment. Even a Normal person might get distracted and fail to watch a child. To person with alzheimer s disease could entirely forget the child under their care and leave the  6. Problems with abstract thinking. While anybody can have trouble balancing a Check Book a person with alzheimer s could forget completely what the num Bers Are and what needs to be done with  7. Misplacing things. A person with alzheimer s disease May put things in in appropriate places an Iron in the Freezer or a Wristwatch in the sugar bowl and not be Able to retrieve  8. Changes in mood or behaviour. A per son with alzheimer s can have rapid mood swings from Calm to tears to anger within minutes. 9. Changes in personality. A person with alzheimer s May change drastically and inappropriately becoming irritable suspicious or fearful. 10. Loss of initiative. A person with Alz Heimer s May become passive and reluctant to get involved in activities. Law Secretary sues Over be of be of video Santa Rosa Calif. A a Secretary who found a Remote controlled video camera hidden under her desk at the Law firm where she worked has filed a sexual harassment claim against her employer. Jackie Durgo 36, discovered the Cam Era june 8, when she Bent Down to pick up something. The camera was in a plywood Box fastened to the underside. An attorney at the firm Thomas Jef Frey eventually admitted that he had put the camera there and was immediately fired the woman s employer said. He also admitted drilling a peephole into the women s bathroom the firm said. She filed a sexual harassment claim with the Federal equal employment Opportunity commission and a stress related work ers compensation claim. Burgo claims the camera and the subsequent playing of the video to some of her female co workers at the firm of Boyd Murray and Wick made her suffer sleeplessness and Back problems. She said she is in counselling. Law partners Robert Boyd Robert Murray and Arthur Wick said this week that they were not part of any sexual harassment of Burgo and that they called police promptly and hired an investigator to find out who put the camera there