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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 01, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday february 1, 1994 the stars and stripes Page 9 abuse Rise among teens Washington a after declining for More than a decade smoking and drug use by teen agers arson the Rise again. An annual Survey of 51,000 High school and eighth Grade pupils in More than 400 schools found that fewer teen agers now see the peril in experimenting with co Caine and other illicit drugs. The study by University of Michigan researchers found that nine percent of eighth graders 19 percent of 10th graders and 26 percent of 12th-graders reported using marijuana in the past year. Those figures represented increases of 2 to 4 percentage Points from a year ear  percent of the eighth graders 14 percent of loth graders and 19 percent of the seniors said they smoked cigarettes daily. These figures were an increase of 1 to 2 percentage Points. With More Young people smoking cigarettes and using marijuana and with the psychological and social constraints on use declining the stage is set for a potential resurgence of cocaine and crack use in this population said Lloyd Johnston the University of Michi  researcher who directs the study. The findings provoked an outcry from the Clinto administration. These findings Are More than a warning signal. They Are an urgent alarm we must heed at once said health and human services Secretary Donna e. Shala la. ,. Every new generation of Young people needs to hear the same Clear and unambiguous message drugs Are harmful. Drugs Are deadly. Drugs Are illegal. Drugs will destroy your  Shalala said she would Appeal to the presidents of television networks movie studios record companies and sport leagues to intensify efforts to spread the anti drug message. V. Man allegedly kills Mother Calls police 11 Days later Pompano Beach Fla. A a Man is suspected of stabbing his Mother and putting her body in a bed 11 Days before he called police to report her death. Police found the decomposing body of Corrine John son 67, saturday in her blood spattered apartment after Edwardi Tryczak or. Told the police dispatcher that he had killed his Mother. He choked her he Slit her Throat he stabbed her and put her in her bed police spokeswoman Sandra Kin said. Tryczak 47, was jailed sunday on a first degree Mur Der charge. He told detectives that he killed his Mother Jan. 19, police said. He said he was annoyed with her. She was talking on the phone said King. She said she did t know Why Tryczak finally decided to Call police. The unemployed Man had been staying at his Mother s apartment since his release from a Veteran s Hospi Tal last month. Demonstrators outside the super Bow carry the Confederate Battle Flag which is used on Georgia s Flag. Too March outside super to protest use of Georgia Atlanta a about 100 marchers demonstrated outside the Georgia dome on sunday to protest the display of the Georgia state Flag with its Confederate Emblem at the super bowl. Just before the game began a group of reporters briefly left the press Box during the National Anthem toe protest the state Flag which includes the Battle pm Lem. A lot of us Felt we just could t come Down Here Tad be silent said Terry Foster a columnist for the Detroit news. Every time we see the state Flag it hurts  Many people say the Flag is offensive with some Black leaders calling it a Symbol of slavery and discrimination. We Are horrified ind shocked that this Symbol of racism and division continues to Fly As the official sym Bol of the state of Georgia said state rep. Tyron Brooks. A Small pro Flag group also demonstrated outside the stadium waving Confederate symbols and urging that the state Banner remain the same. The Flag protesters were led by Brooks the Rev. Jesse Jackson and state sen. Ralph David Abernathy Iii son of the civil rights Leader. Most of the marchers carried placards asking that the Flag be changed. The Campaign to change the Flag was escalated Dur ing super bowl week so that we can begin to prepare for the olympics and other big events going on in the state Brooks said. We will not Stop until this Flag is  As the protesters marched they were watched by a similar number of Atlanta police officers Georgia Bureau of investigation agents and state patrol deputies. Foster said the reporters did t expect anything to change because of their protest. But at least we can feel Good about ourselves. On Abc s meet the press . Sen. Sam Nunn d ga., said he hoped the Flag would eventually be changed. The Georgia legislature adopted the Flag in 1956 As a sign of Defiance against Federal desegregation efforts. Last year gov. Zell Miller proposed changing the Flag. But the legislature and the people of Georgia did not support that Nunn said. I think As Long As our legislature and the people want this Flag then it ought to Fly Over Georgia and whatever event we have Here Nunn said. Nil commissioner Paul Tagliabue on the program with nun raid the league does not want to get involved in political controversy. Cosmo naut ready for d Uty a Board u. S. Shuttle Cape canaveral be a for cosmonaut Sergei Kri Kalev a walk in space is like a walk in the Park and eight clays in a shuttle should be a cinch. He s already spent 463 Days among the  thursday Kri Kalev is scheduled to become the first russian to blast off in a . Shuttle when he and five americans depart on the eight Day science Mission aboard discovery. The launch countdown began monday morning. At 35, Kri Kalev is the baby of the Crew but he s got seniority when it comes to space flight. None of the . Astronauts assigned to the flight All in their 40s, has spent More than nine Days at a time in space. Kri Kalev s first space trip lasted 151 Days his second 312 Days. Only one other person cosmonaut Musa Sanarov has logged More space time. None of the five americans has walked in space. Kri Kalev has seven times. How Ever no spacewalks were planned for the discovery Mission. Kri Kalev also is a mechanical Engineer and computer Whiz who showed com Mander Charles Boldenjr. A better Way to use the shuttle s Lap top computers. So who s teaching whom i Felt myself As student studying space shuttle Kri Kalev said. Kri Kalev has the crucial Job of using discovery s robot Arm to retrieve a satellite deployed by the Crew during the Mission. The satellite called the Wake shield facility is being flown to see if it can create an Ultra vacuum for growing thin pure semiconductor films. Krika Jev will also help conduct experiments in a pressurized module called space Hab and take part in .-russian investigations involving radiation physiology and Earth observation. Kri Kalev and his backup cosmonaut Vladimir Titov came to Nasa in 1992, thanks to an agreement Between russian president Boris n. Yeltsin and then pres ident Bush. Treyve been scrambling Ever since they arrived at Johnson space Cen Ter in Houston. This year was extremely difficult and Busy for me Kri Kalev said. It was one year of training. Training not Only space shuttle systems but training in language training in  Nasa s astronauts were impressed. Russia must Haj a clearly sent its first team said discovery crewman Ronald Sega the russians biggest Challenge was learning English not to mention Nasa jargon. Their biggest Surprise was the Many similarities Between the . And russian space programs. Same training approach same equip ment even same experiments Kri Kalev said. The differences though re striking Russia has fewer flight rules fewer Crew checklists and fewer launch delays. Be cause it has a space station Russia also has longer missions. The longest nearly 366 Days was flown by Titov and Mana Rov in 1987-88. Kri Kalev was grateful for discovery s three month delay it gave him More time to prepare. But Titov is frustrated by the half year slip in his shuttle flight now targeted for january 1995. The flights were pushed Back by delays in pre Vious missions. V  
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