European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 25, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse Thursday november 2s, 1999 six White teens allegedly harassed Over Black styles from wire report Morocco ind. Six White teen agers Guit school because they say. They were harassed for adopting hip hop clothing and hairstyles popular with Bell Jetti Cipal of North Newton Junior senior High school said the parents who withdrew their children were overreacting and should give administrators a Chance to Deal with the six teens said they were spat on and subjected to racial slurs for braiding their hair and adopting other fashions associated with Blacks. Two of the school s 830 students Are Scheeringa a 13-year-old who was among the students who withdrew monday said she found death threat scrawled on her locker. Man survives 950-foot jump Erie Colo. A Man jumped from a 950-Foothigh communications Tower and survived even though his Parachute failed to open and he slammed into a Grassy Field. Alf Humphries a 49-year-old securities analyst was in serious condition tuesday with spinal injuries at St. Anthony Hospital Central in scaled a 10-foot Fence topped with barbed wire sunday to reach the Tower said Martinez of the Weld county sheriffs office. It was t known Why his Chute did t is a member of a parachuting group called base an acronym for buildings antennas spans and Earth the four platforms members use for jumps. Roadkill to be studied Taneytown my. In what May be the first comprehensive Survey of its kind a retired biologist in Maryland has launched a study of Van Vleck says the roadkill Survey will be conducted in Pennsylvania because it s Large enough and has a diverse variety of Van Vleck b conducting the Survey for the 1.300-member Home habitat society an organization he founded that encourages homeowners to plan Bushes and Trees to support Bird populations. In the first phase of the Survey volunteers Willcheck Short stretches of roads three times a week for three months keeping meticulous records on the number and species of squashed animals. The 55-year-old Van Vleck who lives on a Small farm in Taneytown near the Pennsylvania Border says the Survey will identify particularly hazardous roads then recommend signs be posted warning Drivers to be Vleck says he also Hopes his study will draw attention to the problem of roadkill and Hel people become aware of what is getting mom s body found in car Kenmore . A Man shot his parents to death then put his Mother s body in the trunk of their car and drove Halfway across the country apparently Bent on killing his estranged wife police said. Kim Ordway 32, was arrested outside the Kenmore House of his wife sue. We really can t speculate but the logical Assumption is that he was there to kill her too police chief Elmer Arnet said. The body of Betty Ordway 61, was found in the trunk. Her husband 62-year-old Clarence Ordway was found dead in their Stockton kan., Ordway who had been living with his parents was arraigned tuesday on murder charge Sand held without bail. Dallas teen curfew of d Dallas a Federal appeals court upheld Dallas curfew for teen agers overturning a lower court ruling that had prompted some other cities to delay implementation of similar ordinances. It is a landmark decision with National implications City attorney Sam a Lindsay said monday of the ruling by the 5th . Circuit court � Daffan curfew in effect at u . On week nightstand Midnight on weekends for youths 16 and under was enacted in 1991. The american civil liberties Union argued that it violated the civil rights of teen agers. . District judge Jerry Buchmeyer agreed with the Acle in 1992. But the 5th circuit ruled Friday in new Orleans that the need to protect youths outweighed any slight Impact on their personal Freedom. Th68tafl3an08trip?3 Larry Feldman the attorney for the boy accusing Michael Jackson of molestation talks to the Media tuesday outside the courthouse in Santa Monica Calit witnesses called to testify in Jackson molestation Case Santa Monica Calif. A witnesses have been subpoenaed to testify before a grand jury investigating child molestation charges against Michael Jack son an attorney for the Singer said tuesday. And the judge presiding Over a lawsuit filed by the boy who alleges be was molested by Jackson set a March 21 Tria Date. Superior court judge David m. Rothman ruled that the 13-year-old right to a speedy trial outweighed Jackson problem of possibly having to withhold Testi Mony in the civil trial to avoid incriminating himself a Young person of this age is prejudiced by a sub Stantial delay and the stress placed on the Chud the judge Rothman made it Clear that the civil trial could be delayed if criminal charges Are filed against Jackson. The court must preserve the ability to re evaluate the Case in coming weeks and perhaps months Roth Man also was ordered to submit to a deposition before Jan. 31. When he is expected to have completed what his doctor has called a rehabilitation for addiction to painkillers. R the disclosure that witnesses had been subpoenaed in the criminal Case came after Jackson attorney Bert Fields made a motion to delay the civil trial. Fields argued that if Jackson was forced to testify in civil lawsuit it would affect criminal matters he May face. M a grand jury convened already in Santa Barbara county and they Are about to take evidence if they Haven t Al ready started and that Means we should have a charging decision very very soon Fields told the judge. Later Jackson co counsel Howard Weitzman told Othman that he did t really know if an indictment was near Only that witnesses had been subpoenaed to testify before a Santa Barbara grand jury. Grand jury proceedings Are secret outside of court Jacksons attorneys told reporters that two witnesses were summoned to testify. The attorneys would t identify the witnesses but the noted that Jackson was t summoned Santa Barbara county District attorney Thomas sned Don and his staff were in a meeting tuesday afternoon and unavailable for comment Larry Feldman the attorney representing the boy hailed the judge s decision in setting the trial Date. We Are absolutely delighted and ecstatic that we Are Only 120 Days away from getting Justice Feldman said. Authorities in los Angeles and Santa Barbara where Jackson has a ranch have been investigating the boy s allegations for four months. Several search warrants have been served on Jackson Shomes. Among the items seized was Jackson s private address Book Weitzman said. Jackson has t been charged and authorities have declined comment on their investigation. Jackson maintains the boy s allegations Stem from failed $20 million extortion attempt by the boy s father. Jackson cancelled his dangerous concert tour nov. 12,saying he had developed an addiction to painkillers be cause of the pressure resulting from these false allegations coupled with the incredible Energy necessary for me to anxiety linked to health troubles by news Daghigh anxiety in Middle age men can Lead to High blood pressure 20 years later according to a study that scientists say is Strong evidence of a link Between be Havior and physical researchers have found that angst filled men in their 40s and sos Are twice As Likely to undergo treatment for High blood pressure later in life than men with a Calmer Outlook on u a Good solid study that should serve As a red Flag to pursue the relationship Between anxiety and High blood pressure said Richard Friedman a psychologist at the state University of new York at Stonybrook and an expert on stress related illnesses. However he said the finding does not mean that everybody who is anxious will have elevations in blood pressure High blood pressure is one of Many risk factors for coronary heart disease stroke and kidney pressure measures the Force of blood on arterial Walls As it u pumped throughout the body. Increase blood pressure u common As people get older. In fact doctors suspect that about so percent of people Over 60have Levels above the Normal 12080. Or. Jerome Markovitz and colleagues at the univer sity of Alabama school of Medicine in Birmingham an Al Zed information from More than 1,000 people who have been part of the ongoing Framingham heart study that began in 1948.the hypertensives had blood pressures 16095 or above Markovitz was a predictive risk Factor among the 497 men studied researchers said. The highly anxious women tested in the study were at no higher risk for hypertension although a previous study by Markovit showed that tense women were at risk
