European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 21, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes . Tuesday june 21, 1994fear of crime soars among Blacks Washington apr fear of neighbourhood crime has risen almost twice As much among Blacks As Whites reflecting the fact that violent crime strikes Blacks More frequently the Justice department reported sunday. The departments Bureau of Justice statistics said that Between 1985 and 1991, the percentage of White households that called crime in their neighbourhoods a serious problem grew by 50 percent a from 4 percent of All White households to 6 percent. During the same period the number of Black households expressing serious concern about neighbourhood crime almost doubled a from 9 percent of All Black households to almost 17 percent. Some 60,000 households were surveyed. In Central parts of cities Black households viewing neighbourhood crime As serious Rose from 12 percent to 23 percent Over the  show Whites less frequently targeted among White households in Central City areas the percentage citing neighbourhood crime As serious Rose from 8 percent in 1985 to 13 percent in 1991, the report said. It was not the most frequently mentioned neighbourhood problem. These perceptions according to an analysis by the Bureau Mirror the incidence of violent crime which victimized Blacks More than Whites and Central City residents More than those in suburbs or Rural areas. Among All Central City households surveyed 15 percent cited crime As a neighbourhood problem compared with 5 percent of suburban and 2 percent of Rural households. Overall households identifying crime As a serious problem in their neighbourhoods Rose from 5 percent to 7 percent from 1985 to 1991. In centrally located Black households neighbourhood crime was the no. 1 concern. That was followed by a noise cited by 12 percent a litter or a deterioration in housing cited by 8 percent a traffic 6 percent a poor Public service 3 percent a undesirable commercial properties 2 percent a and other problems 9 percent. The statistics Bureau noted that its Survey of state prison inmates in 1991 found that 43 percent were serving time for crimes committed in their own neighbourhoods. Re in the stars and stripes 10 years ago june 21,1984 a saudi Arabia ordered its pilots to Quot shoot on sight any plane that intruded into the country s airspace a kuwaiti newspaper reported. 20 year Sago june 21,1974 a a grand jury considered a Quot vast amount Quot of evidence before naming president Nixon As an in indicted co conspirator in the watergate Case special prosecutor Leon Jaworski said. 30 years ago june 21,1964 a sen. Edward m. Kennedy d-mass., youngest brother of the late president Kennedy sustained a broken Back in the crash of a private plane that killed two men. 40 years ago june 21,1954 a Guatemala called on the . Security Council in an emergency session to Send observers to investigate air raids and an invasion of the Central american nation. 50 year Sago june 21.1944 the . 8th air Force stuck its greatest blow at German Oil production and a record number of Allied planes joined in a drive to shatter the Calais France staging areas for the nazi robot planes that had plagued England. World War ii 50 years ago today june 21 1 9 4 �4 South african armoured troops capture the Hills overlooking Chissi on the italian front. German forces holed up in Cherbourg ignore a surrender request from attacking . Troops in Normandy. On the Northern soviet front the red army attacks into pre War Finland near Lake Onega. In the Pacific . Forces fight with japanese defenders on Saipan Biak and new Guinea. Source 2194 Days of War. W h. Smith publishers inc. The world almanac of world War ii Bison books corp., 1901 memories of teen age victims live on in message by Victoria Brett the associated press Lisbon Maine a not much has changed in Jeff in cry a room. Football Tro pics Glisten. Glow in the dark stars cover the ceiling. Scribbled on notebooks Are teen age drawings of hearts with a an Gie written inside. Neatly stacked in the Corner Are piles of condolence letters. A Jeff was saving up to buy a ring for Angie a said Steve Izer As he walked quietly through his songs room. A i wish we had known her  Jeff and his Girlfriend Angela Dubuc both 16, and two of their friends were killed last october. A trucker apparently dozed at the wheel and his 80,000-Pound Rig smashed into Jeffs disabled Ford escort parked in the breakdown Lane on the Maine Turnpike. A fifth teen Ager escaped with injuries As did the trucker who yanked her free of the wreck. Photos of the dead teens cover Walls and the Coffee table at the Izer House where parents and friends of the victims gathered recently with lawmakers for one of the first meetings of . A parents against tired truckers. . Is determined to get the message out that professional truckers must be held responsible for accidents caused when they nod off behind the wheel because they failed to take required Breaks. A truckers who drive drowsy should be held to the same standards that drunk Drivers Are when they kill someone on the Road a said Donna Morgan chairwoman of . A this is a Way to Honor our kids if we can make some changes Here a said Jeffs Mother Daphne Izer. Trucker Robert Hombarger 48, of Clearville pa., had shopped All Day with his wife before he climbed into his Rig to haul a Load from Pennsylvania to Maine. A it appears that when he came to his Accident records show that the Road can be Long and dangerous for tired truckers. Truck that Day even though he did not feel tired he had had a very Busy Active Day a said Maine attorney general Michael Carpenter. A there Are Federal regulations that require him to be  although Hornbarger had not yet driven the maximum 10 hours allowed investigators say he had not slept enough and was fatigued. In december the teen agers parents were shocked a second time when a grand jury failed to indict Hornbarger for manslaughter in their children a deaths. Hornbarger pleaded guilty to a Misdemeanour charge of falsifying his Logbook and will be sentenced this summer. He faces a maximum penalty of a $1,000 Fine and six months in jail. Federal Law requires that tractor trailer Drivers be rested when they Start driving and that they take an eight hour break for every 10 hours on the Road. There Are Good reasons for this Law said or. William Dement of the sleep Disord ers Center at Stanford University in Cali Fomia and chairman of the National commission on sleep disorders research a driving drowsy is no different from driving drunk. It is just More poorly understood Quot he said. A once people Are better educated about sleep deprivation  View it with the same seriousness As drunk driving.�?�. The problems not isolated to any area. On a Florida Highway Donna Berger of Fairfield conn., saw her husband and three Young children Burn to death after a truck slowed into their parked car. In Missouri Jerry Ferguson lost his wife and two daughters when a drowsy trucker drove into their car. In each Case the trucker was charged with a Misdemeanour. . Isnit out to penalize truckers doing their jobs Morgan said but does protest conditions within some companies that encourage or Force truckers to drive while sleepy and falsify their log books. Lightning kills 8 at Leisure areas in 3 states warm Springs a. A five members of a West Virginia family on a boating trip were killed by lightning after they made the mistake of seeking shelter under a tree. In Oklahoma City lightning struck three men who were playing Golf sunday killing two of them and Majur Ortu the other authorities said. And in new Vork City lightning struck at least six Beach goers trying to flee a thunderstorm killing one. The victims in West Virginia were killed thursday on an Island in Lake Moomaw and were found Friday by a Fisherman. A a it was one Heck of a Bolt to Jolt them like that is cd Bath county sheriffs it. Noel Dunnagan. A the Pine bark was split All the Way Dow  they were identified As Harrison Lee Christian 46 his wife Sheila k. Christian 37 and their son Matthew Zeph Christian 10. Also killed were Harrison christians Uncle Robert Chester Johnson whose age was unavailable and his w Ife Marjorie e. Johnson 63. The christians were from Camden on Gauley ., and the Johnsons lived in Princeton  Seeking shelter under Trees in thunderstorms is dangerous said Charles Edwards of the National weather service. A the Rule is a done to get under a tree a a Edwards said. A lightning strikes at the highest  in Oklahoma Don Grace 53, and Martin Ryan 51, were killed when their Golf cart was struck by lightning. A third passenger was treated at a Hospital for minor injuries. In the Borough of Queens in new York City lightning struck the Beach goers sunday an unidentified Man in his 20s was killed