European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 17, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes . Friday june 17,1994abortions in . Dip to 15-year Low Washington a the number of american women getting abortions has dropped to its lowest level since 1979, a decline researchers say shows no sign of ending a i think it s not a Blip on the screen a said Stanley Henshaw of the Alan Gutt Macher Institute. . Women received 1.53 million abortions in 1992, the lowest number recorded since the 1.49 million counted in 1979, according to an Institute Survey released wednesday. The numbers have been inching Down since the late 1980s, but the new data the latest available confirm a Clear trend Henshaw said. Doctors Tell him that the decline probably continued into last year a and could in the stars and stripes 10 years ago june47,1984�? efforts to reach a nuclear cooperation agreement with China the Centrepiece of president Reagan strip to Beijing have faltered and an Accord is unlikely this year administration and congressional officials said. 20 years ago june 17,1974 a president Nixon speaking in Jerusalem told Israel that the search for peace in the middie East is a Quot possible dream Quot that can become a reality with the cooperation of the jewish slate. 30 years ago june 17,1964 a the worst earthquake to hit Japan since 1923 struck the West coast of the main Island of Honshu shattering buildings collapsing Bridges and setting off fires. Twenty two people were confirmed dead. 40 years ago june 17,1954 a president Eisenhower said he and Winston Churchill will discuss the world s Many problems during the British prime minister s visit. 50 years ago june 17,1944 a hours after the German Luftwaffe a desperation attack against Britain by pilotless planes . Bombers raked France s Calais coast believed to be the launching Point for the missile like Craft. C world War ii 1 50 years ago today june 17 1 a 9 a 4 4 the . Army s 27th inf div lands on Saipan to reinforce attacks by the 2nd and 4th Marine divisions on the Pacific Island. Off new Guinea american soldiers occupy High ground overlooking japanese Strong Points in Biak s Western caves. Free French senegalese troops land on the Island of Elba in the Mediterranean. Adolf Hitler refuses to allow German units to Retreat to stronger defensive positions in Normandy. Softa 219-i Days of War w. H Smith publishers inc. The Worf almanac of Wori o War u. Bison books corp., 1981 accelerate As women take advantage of More contraceptive options such As the new norplant implant and a female condom that did no to affect the 1992 data he said a a but How Long it la continue is hard to say a he added. The National right to life committee used the news to attack president Clinton a plan to assure coverage of abortion in health care Reform saying it would cause the a recent modest reduction in the number of abortions to be  the committees Douglas Johnson cited Guttmacher figures showing the abortion rate dropped 15 percent in the District of Columbia after the local government stopped funding All abortions for medicaid patients. But the Federal government has since ruled that medicaid must cover abortions in cases of rape incest or danger to the Mother. The Institute a planned parenthood affiliate that Bills itself As a nonprofit research corporation reported figures gleaned from its surveys of the nations More than 2,000 abortion providers. Its numbers although about 200,000 cases higher than the centers for disease control and prevention reports Are generally accepted by government and other agencies As More accurate than Federal figures. Henshaw could t say what caused the decline but said its probably partly caused by greater social acceptance of unwed mothers and a Sharp increase be tween 1988 and 1992 in the number of women taking birth control pills. But he also said the number of abortion providers dropped by 8 percent Between 1988 and 1992, from 2,582 to 2,380. Nationally the rate of abortions 25.9 per 1,000 women Ages 15 to 44, was the lowest since the rate of 24.2 recorded in 1976. Some 27 of every 100 pregnancies ended in abortion unchanged from 1991, Henshaw reported. New York had the highest abortion rate 46.2 per 1,000 women of reproductive age followed by Hawaii at 46, Nevada at 44.2 and California at 42.1. Wyoming with a rate of 4.3, had the lowest rate followed by South Dakota at 6.8, Idaho at 7.2, West Virginia at 7.7 and Utah at 9.3. Jaywalker front a Safe distance Brunswick county sheriffs deputies Day. The adventurous Gator apparently had crawled from its watch an Alligator Amble off a Highway near Belville n.c., after Home in nearby town Creek to enjoy the Early morning warmth the 12-foot-Iong visitor had held up traffic Tor an hour we docs of the Asphalt Road. 100-year Calif drought called possible by the los Angeles times a study has turned up new evidence that droughts in California can last 100 years or More far longer than the states official estimates. In this weeks Issue of the British journal nature a professor at the California state University Hayward describes drought evidence collected from the stumps of ancient Trees that once grew from Stream Beds and Lake Bottoms in the Sierra Nevada. Scott Stine writes that submerged stumps in Mono Lake Tenaya Lake in Yosemite National Park the West Walker River in the Northern Sierra and Osgood swamp near Lake Tahoe Are relics of Trees that grew on land that was uncovered when droughts reduced water Levels by up to 60 feet. The cottonwoods and Jeffrey Pines drowned when the drought ended and High water returned said Stine a professor of physical geology. He attributes the droughts to extended periods of naturally caused global warming which if they re cur Rcd could have disastrous effects. A the message for California is that we Are subject to droughts far More severe and persistent than we have Ever realized a Stine said in an interview. A while we can to predict when such droughts will occur we would be fools to think that they wont. If they recur Stine said a the current Urban and agricultural infrastructure could not be maintained. It would bring California to its Knees a studies by the California department of water resources have concluded that the worst droughts have not lasted much longer than the states recent seven year dry spell. Officials base that assertion on 90 years of recorded weather information and tree ring data from 450-year-old Trees. However state officials acknowledged this week that at least one other study published in 1922, discusses a drought in California that lasted More than a Century. Bill Mork a state hydrologist said the department never relied on the 1922 Book because a we done to know where they got the  Ama casts doubt on recovered memories of abuse a Chicago apr so called recovered memories of childhood sexual abuse Are often unreliable and should not be assumed to be True according to the american medical association. A the use of recovered memories is fraught with problems of potential misapplication a the Ama said in a new policy statement based on a report by its science Council. The amass House of delegates voted to accept the councils findings tuesday the third Day of the groups annual five Day meeting. A few Ces in which adults make accusations of childhood sexual abuse based on recovered memories can be proved or disproved a the Council said. A it is not yet known How to distinguish True memories from imagined events in these  the Council urged therapists to address the mental and emotional needs of clients apart from the truth or falsity of their claims. Recovered memories have been Cei trial to several High profile lawsuits at court cases in recent years. In 1991, a jury in Redwood City Cali convicted a Man of the 1969 rape a murder of a childhood Friend of h daughters based largely on the Daugul terms sudden recollection of the event. But last month a jury in Napa Cali awarded $500,000 to a father we claimed that therapists had implants false memories of childhood sexual Abu in his daughter