European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 14, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday january 14, 1994 . The stars and stripes Page 9 la. Accepts fiscal Burden of compensation for King from wire reports los Angeles the City said wednesday it was willing to take Legal responsibility for the Rodney g. King beating and will seek a trial to determine How much Money King should get. The City Council voted to ask . District judge John g. Davies to order separate trials to determine King s compensatory and actual damages. Council members said they wanted to avoid another volatile trial concerned with the March 1991 beating of King a Black Motorist by four White police officers. Deadly rioting erupted when the officers were acquitted of most state charges. Two were later convicted on Federal charges of violating King s civil rights. Porn purveyor kills self Oklahoma City okla. A pornography dealer armed with pipe bombs held two men hostage for 19 hours before killing himself in what police said was a protest against the system that sent him to prison. Manuel North 53, shot himself in the head wednesday after tossing out the last of at least five pipe bombs and freeing his hostages his former attorney and a former cellmate. North had been serving a 15-year sentence for Selling pornography when he left prison on a pass in november and never returned. Thrown Rock kills Driver Miami okla. A Motorist was killed after a Rock thrown from an overpass crashed through her car s Windshield and struck her in the head. The victim s grandmother a passenger managed to regain control of the car. The dead woman was identified As Sheila Rene Mayfield 25, of Jasper to. She was killed tuesday night As she drove on the will Rogers Turnpike in northeastern Oklahoma near the Missouri line. Her grandmother Velta Ball 66, and her sister Shelly Wells were treated for head injuries at a Hospital and released the Rock broke apart when it hit the car s Windshield but authorities estimated it weighed five pounds police said it came from the automobile overpass. No one has been arrested. . Senator sued. Lincoln neb. . Sen. Robert j. Kerrey and his brother in Law business partner have been accused in a lawsuit of taking More salary and fees than they should have while managing a Bowling Alley for their partners the Nebraska Democrat who sought1 his party s 1992 presidential nomination was managing partner of Sun Valley lanes until 1982, when he was elected governor. His brother in Law Dean Rasmussen is the current managing partner. The lawsuit involves interpretation of the limited partnership agreement Between the owners of the Bowling Alley said Rasmussen who is married to Kerrey s sister state sen. Jennie Rasmussen. Rasmussen said tuesday that the disputed salary and fee payments were both permitted under the agreement. Kerrey has made a policy of referring allow his Nebraska business related questions to Rasmussen spokesman Steve Jarding said. The lawsuit filed nov. 4, says Kerrey and Rasmussen began Takin about $1,600 a month in salary in october 1991. The other partners want the two to take Only $600 a month and refund with interest anything above that amount. Am a reportedly to fight Money issues in plan new York a the american medical association will fight the parts of president Clinton s health care plan that hit doctors where it hurts. The new York times reported thursday. The Ama will seek 37 changes most of them involving pocketbook issues for doctors the newspaper said. It cited a confidential letter from Richard a deem Ama director of Federal affairs to lobbyists for 40 medical specially societies. The times said the Ama also wants antitrust exemptions so that doctors May negotiate fees and other matters As a group. The Ama s 290,000 members represent 43 percent of the nation s . Howard m. Metzenbaum a Ohio who Heads the judiciary subcommittee on antitrust matters said he would oppose Many of the changes the Ama seeks including letting the group negotiate doctors salaries. Leaders of the Ama see the Effort to Reform health care As a potential Bonanza for their organization an Opportunity to entrench themselves far More than they Are now entrenched Metzenbaum told the times. If we in Congress yield to the Ama it will be a great setback for  the Ama has said it shares Clinton s goal of univer Sal health insurance coverage with a guaranteed pack age of benefits Tor All americans. But some of the changes deem wants would change fundamental elements of the proposal including financing Cost controls and regulatory authority for new govern ment agencies. Other Ama backed changes include resisting reductions in medicare payments to doctors. Limiting malpractice awards. And eliminating Price control and budget authority of the National health Board a new Agency proposed by Clinton. Meanwhile Al Cio president Lane Kirkland said organized labor would Campaign for the president s plan the newspaper said. Clinton feuded with labor leaders recently Over the North american free Trade agreement but Kirkland said unions would spend whatever it takes to help the plan pass. Metzenbaum mothers risk of getting cancer Boston a women to breast feed appear to reduce their risk of getting breast cancer before menopause by about one Quarter a study concludes. The study published thursday found that in general the longer women breast feed and the younger they begin the More they lower their risk. There Are a number of reasons to breast feed said or. Polly a. Newcomb. First and Foremost is to pro vide the child with Complete nutrition and psychological benefits. But a woman might also consider the possibility that this could reduce her risk of breast  breast cancer before menopause is relatively rare and the study found no evidence that breast feeding prevents the disease from occurring later in life. Except for those who began breast feeding in their teens the reduction in risk was generally Small about 22 percent. But the finding is still noteworthy because breast feeding represents one of the few things women might do to change their Odds against this cancer. Just How breast feeding especially at a Young age might reduce the risk is unclear. The researchers spec ulate that it May work by changing hormone secretions interrupting ovulation or causing a physical change in the breast. Experts have wondered about the possible effects of breast feeding in the past but their findings have been murky some studies linked breast feeding with reduced cancer risk others found no signs of this. The latest study directed by Newcomb at the University of Wisconsin was published in the new eng land journal of Medicine. Her study was based on a review of 5,878 breast can cer patients in Wisconsin Massachusetts Maine and new Hampshire. Their breast feeding habits were com i he study found that a woman who begins breast feeding before age 20 and continues for at least six months cuts her risk of breast cancer before menopause almost in half. Pared with those of 8,216 women who did not have breast cancer. The study found that a woman who begins breast feeding before age 20 and continues for at least six months cuts her risk of breast cancer before Meno pause almost in half. The researchers estimate that if All women with Chil Dren breast fed for at least two years the incidence of breast cancer before menopause would fall nearly 25 percent. Breast cancer is the second leading cancer killer among women after lung cancer. It takes 46,000 lives a year. Less than one Quarter of cases occur before menopause. Many other factors have also been linked with breast cancer. Being childless or having a first child at an advanced age raises the risk. So docs going through puberty Early or menopause late. Obese women have a higher risk As do those with a family history of the Dis ease. In an editorial in the journal drs. Jennifer l. Kelsey and Esther m. John of Stanford University noted that More breast feeding would not result in a Large drop in breast cancer but any reduction in the incidence would be important especially among Young  blood shortage persists despite red Gross Appeal Washington a More than 77,000 people have donated blood to the american red Cross in the last four Days but the nation still is experiencing a critical blood shortage the Agency said wednes Day. We Are not out of the Woods yet by any Means red Cross president Elizabeth Dole said. We urgently need More blood blood centers in eight More cities issued emergency appeals for blood wednesday. The red Cross and blood Banks have declared the nation s blood shortage the worst in red Cross history. The Agency s usual three Day Supply of blood had dropped to one Day s Worth and several hospitals told the american association of blood Banks that they were postponing elective surgeries. Officials blamed snowstorms in the East the virulent Beijing flu that has sickened people in at least 17 states and the Holiday season for the shortage. In response to the red Cross Appeal 30,000 people donated blood to the organization Over the weekend 23,000 on Mon Day and 24,567 on tuesday. The nation needs 40,000 units of blood a Day and the red Cross supplies half of that. The rest comes from the blood Bank association which did t report num Bers of donors but declared the situation still Crit ical. The red Cross generally has 22,000 do nations a Day but that number dropped to about 14,000 a Day last week. Despite renewed donations the Agency s inventory still was just 39,734 units of blood far below the Normal level of 67,000. It will take at least 23,000 donations a Day for the rest of the week to return the Supply to Normal Levels said red Cross spokeswoman Margaret Mccarthy. Blood centers in the eight cities which also serve their surrounding areas arc appealing for emergency donations Knox Ville Tenn. Kansas City to. Portland Ore. Roanoke and Norfolk a. Savan nah a. Toledo Ohio and san Juan puerto Rico. Houston which Jast week had to cancel elective surgeries received enough donations to put City hospitals out of danger. Blood centers in 24 cities remained in trouble Atlanta Buffalo . Birding Ham and Mobile Ala. Charlotte . Chicago Cleveland Columbus Ohio dal Las Dedham mass., which serves Boston Detroit mint and Lansing Mich. Indiana Polis Little Rock Ark. Los Angeles Miami new Orleans Peoria Iii. Phila Delphia san Francisco san Bernardino and Fresno Calif. And Tampa Fla