European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 22, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Friday july 22, 1994 r . The stars and stripes Page 7illicit drug use steady since 92, Survey says Man gets jail for appearing butt naked before judge from the associated press Lakeland Fla when a Bailiff told Jeremiah Johnson he go before the judge wearing shorts he came Back without them a or anything else. A the was butt naked a a stunned Polk county judge Michael Raiden said after tuesdays. Courtroom display. A there is just no other Way to / put it. He was butt naked. I done to know if he had v any shoes on or the judge found Johnson 18, in contempt of court and sentenced him to the maximum 179 Days in jail. He was making a statement i guess a Raiden said. A the said he was sorry. But i told him that Cut Raiden said Johnson had arrived in court Early to answer a charge of driving without a License. Raiden Hadnot noticed the Man until the Bailiff told Johnson that the courtroom dress code docs not allow accused in attack Boca Raton Fla. A a prosecutor and several of his Rugby playing buddies Are accused of storming a Gay bar in women a clothing insulting the patrons and trashing the place. A the men ripped pictures off the Wall and Tore up lants shouting words like a fags Homos a a a police it. Bob Rutter said wednesday a Mark Mchugh who supervises 12 attorneys in the felony division of the Broward county state attorneys office probably will be suspended with pay pending the outcome of the Case said chief assistant state attorney Ralph Ray. Mchugh has denied he Ever went to the Gay bar. The 32-year-old prosecutor was among a group of Rugby players who went bar hopping Early sunday hours after finishing a Golf tournament in which they dressed in women s clothing As a spoof of the ladies professional Golf association. Ten men from the group wearing wigs dresses and stockings walked into the Paradise club and caused a disturbance according to police and club owner Kenneth Rohlman. Hurricane May pass Hawaii Honolulu a the most powerful Hurricane Ever recorded in the Central Pacific was on track wednesday to pass 350 Miles South of Hawaii forecasters Saia. Hurricane Emilia packing sustained winds of 160 Mph with gusts to 195 Mph was about 450 Miles South of Hilo at 11 . Wednesday moving West Northwest at 10 Mph. It was expected to move past Hawaii on thursday. While the storm was not expected to cause problems for Hawaii forecasters warned that it could change s son charged Atlanta a the son of Maryland rep Weisi Mfume was charged with raping a woman in her apartment. A she said it was forced and he denies that a District attorney Lewis Slaton said. Michael Mfume 24, was arrested at the woman s apartment after she called police july 14. He was jailed on a rape charge until monday then freed on $35,000 bail. _ the Baltimore resident was in Atlanta on business when he and the woman went out for a late night breakfast with friends. When they returned to her apartment she says he raped her police spokesman Barry Batson said. The elder Mfume is a democratic congressman and the Leader of the congressional Black left to die in car Yorba Linda Calif. A a woman died of a brain aneurysm in a car on the Side of a freeway after two California Highway patrol officers found her there covered in vomit then left. Authorities were investigating Why the officers did not help the woman Highway patrol spokeswoman Angel Johnson said wednesday. The officers names were not released. The officers stopped to Check out a report of a disabled car about 2 . Monday saw Kirsten Harrington with vomit on her clothes and then left Johnson said. A Tow truck Driver saw the car about 5 30 . And called authorities but Harrington 43, had been dead about 90 minutes police said. Washington apr the number of americans who used illegal drugs in the previous month levelled off last year after declining for 13 straight years the Clinton administration announced wednesday a total of 11.7 million americans were considered current illicit drug users last year according to results Quot of the 1993 National household Survey on drug abuse run by an office of the health and human services department. The 1992 Survey counted 11.4 million such drug users but the increase to 11.7 million was not considered statistically significant. The Peak year for current illegal drug use was 1979, when 24 million were in that category. The Survey is based on answers Given to government sponsored questioners in households nationwide. Health secret apr Donna Shalala and , director of the office of National drug control policy said much of the declines in the past came from casual users who stopped taking drugs. A Many of these remaining drug users Are chronic hard Core users whose addictions Are clearly More severe and who Are More difficult to reach and More resistant to change a Shalala told a news conference. However the Survey a does not detect further change in the number of casual users either said Daniel Melnick acting director of the office of applied sciences of the substance abuse and mental health administration which runs the Survey. Quot i done to think we can speculate on Why the number of casual users remained stable he said. But he said that a one thing to Point out is that for Many substances we re at much lower Levels than we were in the �?T80s.�?� it cocaine use for example Rose dramatically from the 1970s to a Peak in 1985 and is now at a level lower than that of the 1970s, he said. Brown said the Survey s estimate of 500,000 hardcore cocaine addicts vastly underestimates reality in part because it excludes certain populations including the homeless prisoners College students some parts of the military and people living in other institutional settings. Browne a office estimates there Are 2.1 million hard Core cocaine addicts. Cover girl Carol Shaya loves scooting into the limelight photos just too offbeat new York apr the police department has its version of a Fig Leaf for the officer who posed a with her badge a for Playboy. Its called a desk. Officer Carol Shaya will be transferred from her beat in the Bronx Borough to a desk Job because other female officers have been catching a lot of flak from the Public since the a in Cpd nude Issue appeared. A a they complained that they were taking verbal abuse responding to jobs asking whether they were Shaya or if she was going to be coming Quot Deputy commissioner John Miller said department is considering disciplinary action against Shaya for wearing parts of her uniform in the photos. Penalties Range from loss of vacation Days to dismissal. The unabashed officer is Busy on the to talk show and autograph signing circuit. She has hired a lawyer to fight any department action. Police commissioner William Bratton called the Shaya episode a very to vaccines Washington a a Senate committee threw a Roadblock wednesday at president Clinton a Effort to immunize More children for free As a critic of the plan said the system could result in doctors receiving spoiled ineffective vac Cines. The Senate appropriations committee voted by voice to prevent the government from setting up a vaccine distribution Center in Burlington n.j., until Federal officials prove they could distribute the serums safely and efficiently. By Law the new system was scheduled to begin oct. 1� a. A a i fear a disaster will be on our hands a said sen. Dale bumpers who sponsored the provision. Under the plan 30 percent of the nations vaccines a millions of doses a would be stored at the warehouse and shipped to states clinics and 70,000 private doctors. The vaccines would be provided free to poor and uninsured children As part of Clinton a initiative to fully vaccinate 90 percent of infants and toddlers age 2 or younger. Currently 72 vaccinated. Federal officials say the government is perfectly capable of running the system safely and of distributing the drugs for less Money than it sometimes costs private companies. A a it a a baseless concern a spokesman Victor Zonana of the department of health and human services said of bumpers fears. A a we la maintain the highest Quality standards and use tried and True shipping bumpers said he feared that the system risked an Accident that could destroy much of the country a vaccine Supply. He said there was also the danger that the serums which must be stored and shipped at carefully monitored temperatures could be weakened and destroyed. The provision was included in a measure providing $252 billion for health education and other social programs for 1995. The committee approved the Overall Bill by a 28-0 vote. The House version of the Bill does not include the language blocking the vaccine distribution system
