European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 22, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes . Saturday january 22,1994 soaring youth violence plea cease Washington a nearly 50,000 children and Tenert agers were killed by guns from 1979 through 1991, a total roughly equal to the number of . Battle deaths in the Vietnam War the children s defense fund said thursday. The group used the release of its annual yearbook on the state of americans children to urge stronger regulation of the Sale manufacture and Possession of no sporting firearms especially assault weapons and handguns Quot. A a a a. V v a guns Are regulated less than Teddy bears toasters and other consumer products the group said. Cd president Marian Wright Edelman called for a a cease fire in the gun wars. She said adults must hold themselves responsible for creating a culture of violence that has left a multitude of children without Hope and too few options. A your worst nightmares Are coming True a Edelman said. A after years of epidemic poverty joblessness racial intolerance family disintegration Domestic violence and drug and alcohol abuse the crisis of children having children has been eclipsed by the greater crisis of children killing  the report said juveniles now account for both a High and rapidly growing share of homicide offenders As Well As victims. The number of arrests for murder and non negligent manslaughter for adults Rose 11 percent from 1982 to 1991, while the number of juveniles arrested for those crimes Rose 93 percent the group said. There was also a 79 percent increase in the number of 10 to 17-year-Olds who used firearms to commit murder during the 1980s. According to the group 5,356 children and teenagers were killed by gunfire in the United states in 1991, the latest year for which statistics were available. M a Ltd it 4 Quot s  xxx xxxix Xiv xxx a re xxx xxv a  it a. A it  -.>. Xiv ,>v.v vex a a a risks amp is or v. I m it Ltd s. Dangerous work a sgt. Ralph Beach of the Bowling Green ky., police do caused lires in four Homes and prompted an evacuation part mint is rocked by the explosion of a Gas main in a of the area. A woman and child were treated at a Hospi burning Home wednesday. A series of Gas explosions Tal but there were no fatalities reported. Trade Center bomb analysis Fri expert says new York apr an Fri chemist testified that he could not determine the ingredients of the world Trade Center bomb a disclosure that defense attorneys say is a Hole in the Case against four Muslim fundamentalists. Special agent Steven g. Burmeister testified thursday on the results of months of analysis done on swab bings from the wreckage of the feb. 26 blast which killed six people and injured More than 1,000. A a there a really no conclusion that i can make As to what the device May have contained a Burmeister testified at the 4-month-old trial in . District court. Defense attorneys said the disclosure raised the question of whether a bomb was even responsible for the blast. A we know there was an explosion a said Hassen Ibn Abdellah lawyer for defendant Mahmud Abou Halima 34, of Woodbridge . A the Issue was a can they prove it was a bomb a a prosecutors said previously that urea and nitric acid were major components of the bomb. Burmeister said urea and nitric acid were found in the rubble but that it could not be determined where they originated because both were found in various substances. For instance urea is in urine and nitric acid is in food and car exhaust. The explosion occurred in a parking Girage. Burmeister said sewage pipes burst in the blast spreading urine throughout the bomb Crater. Urea and nitric acid can be combined to make an explosive component urea nitrate but the material decomposes and reverts to urea and nitric acid in water Burmeister said. Water pipes burst throughout the Trade Center after the blast flooding the bomb Crater and surrounding areas. Burmeister said the Fri did not begin looking for urea and nitric acid until those chemicals were found at a storage facility rented by defendant Mohammad Sala Meh 26, of Jersey City . Shoplifting by 3 children leads to neglect charges from wire reports. Chicago a three children Ages 4,5 and 6 caught trying to swipe doughnuts weren typing it for kicks. They did it because they were left Home alone with no food. Sandra Brandon 26, and Elyie Holmes 27, were charged with child neglect after police found the children wednesday with nothing to eat but a Box of potato flakes Ketchup and salad dressing. Caught shoplifting tuesday the children told the store clerk they were hungry police said. The clerk let them go. A neighbor child Learned about the doughnut incident and their plight at Home and told a Parent who called police. Derrell Brandon 6, Kristen Brandon 4, and Myeshia Holmes 5 a were placed in state custody dirty but healthy capt. Ben Weyforth said. Brandon said shed left the children alone three Days previously police said. Award to jilted woman Cut Chicago a a Federal judge has Cut by $60,000 a jury a $178,000 award to a woman who sued her former fianc6 for breaking their engagement. . District judge Suzanne b. Conlon ruled wednesday that Sharon Wildey a Chicago attorney can to collect damages for lost business profits. Conlon upheld awards of $93,000 for pain and suffering and $25,000 for psychiatric counselling. Wildey had claimed her Law practice suffered As she struggled to keep balance after her Boyfriend Richard Springs of Adrian ore., called off the wedding. Wildey proposed to Springs in March 1992, according to court records. He broke the engagement in april for the june 20 wedding. Monoxide dangers found Atlanta a the heart stopping ear popping seat rocking thrill of a tractor pull can be dangerous to your health. Tests conducted at indoor motor sports events in Cincinnati Over the last two years a including tractor pulls truck jumps and mud races a found dangerous Levels of Carbon monoxide in the air from the super powerful rigs exhaust fumes the National centers for disease control and prevention warned thursday. Carbon monoxide can cause headaches nausea and choking. High Levels can be fatal. Carbon monoxide Levels in the study were recorded As High As 283 parts per million. Symptoms can appear after exposure to less than half that amount. A dumb dog a hero in fire Concord . A Moses led Bis Blind mistress safely out of a House fire surprising his owner because the dog Isnit known for his brains. A the thing is Moses is so dumb i can to even fathom what he did for me a Betty Kitson said. The fire broke out wednesday morning. Kitson 38, woke up thinking the phone was ringing. A i grabbed for it and at the same time there a Moses pressing his head and front paws up against  the sound Kitson heard was a smoke alarm. A i think it would be one thing to be Able to see a fire and get away from it a Kitson said. A but being sightless and escaping a fire in your House is  Kitson dropped to All fours grabbed Moses Collar and followed the dog to safety. Menendez trial stalled los Angeles a jurors struggling with earthquake related problems wont resume deliberations in the Lyle Menendez murder trial until at least monday. Superior court judge Stanley Weisberg had Lanned for the jury to resume deliberations thursday. The earthquake monday was entered in the san Fernando Valley where the trial has been held and where All of the jurors live. It damaged the courthouse. Menendez 26, is charged with murder in the aug. 20,1989, Shotgun slayings of his wealthy parents Jose and Kitty. His brother Erik 23, also was charged in the deaths but a separate jury was unable to reach agreement in his Case and a mistrial was declared last week. Plath