European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 17, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes . Sunday july 17,1994some to stations new York apr the sensational Quot if it bleeds it leads approach to local to news is giving Way at about a dozen stations around the country to a family sensitive coverage that shuns blood and guts Quot we re out of the body count business, Paul Shipley news director of a get in Harlingen Texas the station has been using the new approach since april. A a we re As aggressive As we be Ever been Joist better focused a said Shipley. The. Stations offering Quot family sensitive or a family Friendly news generally avoid sensational images of violence and Gore. They eliminate them entirely from the afternoon news then use them sparingly if at All in the late news. A a it a about having the courage to step beyond titillation and colourful video that is on the surface seemingly Good local television a said John Lansing who As news director of Minneapolis Waco. Lansing is credited with coining the term  he said violent news footage was scaring people. He also said it their perceptions of their Community arid others. The trend is not without its critics. A unfortunately the news is often disturbing by its nature and to avoid Dis curbing the audience is ill serving them a said Dave Bartlett president of the radio television news directors association. A we have to be careful that in our Zeal to be family sensitive we done to lose sight of the fact that we still have to be doing news Gore news a he said. Eric Braun manager of consultation and research for Frank n. Magid associates inc. Of Marion Iowa a Media con suiting company said he too is troubled by the development a a in a just real nervous about saying to the viewers that we Are going to censor what you re going to see a he said. In january Waco the top rated station in the nations 14th-biggest Market became the first to identify acid promote its newscasts As family Friendly. The impetus emerged from about 100 Small Waco sponsored a town meetings a with the stations executives managers and staff. A the first words out of Peoples Mouths were television news is too violent a a Lansing said. At a later meeting Lansing recounted a participant said that the problem was not to news violence but that television did a bad Job of covering crime issues in particular and in general a bad Job of putting the world into context. In Miami lbs owned Wix has used family sensitive news since May 9 to counter top rated syn an Independent known for its fast paced sensational coverage. Other stations using a family sensitive approach include Krze in Albuquerque . Wlos of Asheville . War in Baltimore Wonc in Charlotte . Weir of Knoxville Tenn. Kwh to of Oklahoma City Tae in Pittsburgh a Xiv of Sacramento Calif. Kiro of Seattle and gun in Tucson Ariz. In the a stars and stripes 10 years ago july 17, 1984 underdog Walter Mondale arrived in san Francisco for the democratic National convention hoping to Patch up party squabbles and gambling that a woman on the ticket might ease a popular Republican president into retirement. 20 years ago july 17,1974 a deposed cypriot Leader archbishop Makarios fled his Mediterranean Island Republic in the face of a two pronged army and Risavy assault on his coastal stronghold of Paphos. 30 years ago july 17,1964 a conservative Arizona sen. Barry Goldwater was chosen As the Republican presidential candidate on the first ballot and at the urging of his chief rival gov. Wiliiam Scranton of Pennsylvania the vote was made unanimous. Years ago july 17,1954 a the House appropriations committee slashed an administration Money Bill by 39 percent cutting by half the funds requested for military construction and civil defense. 50 years ago july 17,1944 a As it Joes formed an unofficial reception committee a detachment of 55 was landed in Normandy to take up their duties at Forward Echelon communications zone Headquarters. World War ii 50 years ago today july 17 1#9#4"4 fighter plane strafe Erwin Rommel s staff car severely wounding the German commander for Normandy american soldiers fight their Way into parts of . In Italy stiffening German resistance slows the . Advance on leghorn. Planes from three British aircraft carriers try to sink the German battleship Tupitzin a norwegian fiord but Are thwarted by smoke screens. Scares 2194 Days of War w. H. Smitti publishes inc. The world almanac of world War a Bison books cd rp., 1981 a Stream of Hope an air National guard plane trails a Stream of fire retardant Over mountains East of Tucson Ariz., on thursday in an Effort to halt a Forest fire that crossed Over to the Western Side of the mountains. The c-130 Hercules aircraft is among transporters that the air National guard converts to help fight Forest fires during the summer. White Sands missile Range . Apr the decaying body of a foal bleaches in the hot desert Sand Yards from the water troughs that Are filled daily. The severed skeletal leg of another horse lies nearby. Vultures Flap overhead. Wild horses Are dying on this 3,200-Square-mile military reservation victims or overgrazing and a vicious dry spell. A a we be got a huge problem a. White Sands spokesman Larry Furrow said. The first 20 bodies were discovered july 6. By Friday 104 horses were dead some of starvation others shot by military officials anxious to end their misery. Officials at the . Army missile Range in Southern new Mexico say White Sands has about 1,400 feral horses a descendants of those living on the land when the government took it Over in 1945. Three of the four major herds seem to have adequate food and water but the Mound Springs Herd which numbered about 400 before the recent deaths has overgrazed its land and finds itself facing Barren ground and starvation. Rainfall for the year is 20 percent below Normal and temperatures have topped 100 degrees for 20 straight Days. Last week the military began filling water troughs daily. Officials Hope the water will give the horses enough strength to move on to better grazing elsewhere on the Range. Once the horses regain their health Many probably will be sold at auction to help trim the population to a manageable level. The roundups probably wont begin until the fall and some horses done to look As if they will make it. At a watering Hole about 75 Miles North of Range Headquarters a handful of horses edged toward six water troughs Friday their ribs protruding. A nobody hates this More than the people Here at the Range Quot Furrow said. The crisis has brought offers of Aid from around the country. Karen Sussman president of the nonprofit International society for the Protection of Mustangs and Burros in Scottsdale Ariz., said the response has been tremendous. A we have a person in Colorado who has the capacity to haul in 1 ton of Hay a Sussman said. But the army wont provide food. Offi. Dais say the horses Are fiercely territorial and food might keep them from leaving the stricken area. Even if the drought ends and summer rainfall greens up the Range land problems could persist. The Range can support Only about 300 to 500 horses which would mean trimming the population by two thirds Furrow said. Alaskan boy 9, accused of raping girl 7 Hydaburg Alaska apr a 9-year-old boy raped a 7-year-old girl at a Beach near this isolated Island Village As several other children watched perhaps egging him on police said. Charges of first degree sexual assault were expected against the boy and at least one of the children who May have encouraged him to go through with it trooper Bob Claus in Klawock said Friday. The july 8 attack apparently resulted from what began As Normal childhood sexual exploration he said. Between five and seven children ranging in age from 9 to 11 watched the assault Claus said. The victim was threatened into submitting to the attack on the foundation of an old Beach House near this Village of about 400 on Prince of Wales Island 47 Miles West of Ketchikan. The victims Mother reported an assault the same Day. The girl was exam ined by a doctor who confirmed she was raped the trooper said. The Case was referred to the state division of family and youth services in Ketchikan. Kathy tabbies social services program officer at division Headquarters in Juneau said her Agency might handle such a Case or it could be referred to the courts. Usually counselling is arranged for the suspect and the victim she said