European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 07, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes . Sunday August 7.1994 elders urges More breast feeding by the los Angeles times Washington . Surgeon general Joycelyn elders endorsing a global Campaign to reduce Reliance on baby formula urged . Health providers to take Steps to increase the percentage of mothers who breast feed to 75 percent by the turn of the Century. Elders appearing at Georgetown University Hospi Tal s maternity Ward said she wants . Hospitals and physicians to educate women about the advantages of breast feeding and to Stop distributing baby formula or literature promoting its use  mothers. Her Appeal is part of a worldwide breast feeding initiative launched by the . Children s fund which Points to scientific evidence proving that breast feeding reduces infant mortality and a Host of diseases. There is no nutrition better than Mother s milk elders said. About 56 percent of . New mothers now breast feed their infants but the numbers have been decreasing in recent years and children Are suffering As a re sult said Unicof executive director James Grant. Health experts project that if All mothers were Able to breast feed for at least 12 weeks after giving birth the . Infant mortality rate currently hovering around 39,000 deaths per year would decline by 4,000. Elders downplayed recently reported incidents of insufficient milk syndrome a rare condition that pre vents mothers from breast feeding their infants saying it was a very infrequent  but the problem underscores the need for an Early examination of an infant discharged from the Hospital As Well As ongoing support for new families said the american Academy of geriatrics which touted breast feeding but urged mothers to switch to formula if they have difficulty producing mothers milk. Other health experts however warned new mothers that the food and drug administration has recalled 22 batches of formula for health reasons since 1980. The answer said or. Miriam h. Labbok is Ade quate. Care for All mothers and babies no matter what their feeding Choice through fully educated health personnel. And through workplace flex Bili  Labbok an expert at Georgetown s Institute for re productive health urged doctors to sign on to uni Cef s baby Friendly Hospital initiative. The policy asks health providers to train new Moth ers in breast feeding and give Newborn infants no food or  than breast milk unless medically Nec Essary. " by agreeing to the initiative hospitals also pledge to train their personnel in breast feeding and Foster Bond ing Between the Mother and child by keeping them to Gether 24 hours a Day. I elders said teaching doctors More about breast feed ing is crucial because you can have a . And not know How to feed a baby in the stars and stripes 10 year Sago aug. 7,1984 Egypt declared the Gulf of Suez Safe for International navigation but made it Clear that the threat to shipping in the Wake of recent mine triggered explosions was not Over. 20 year Sago aug. 7,1974 House Republican Leader John j. Rhodes said he would vote for impeachment of president Nixon saying in a statement that no person is above the Law not even the chief executive. 30 year Sago aug. 7,1964 two key Senate committees overwhelmingly approved a Resolution giving bipartisan backing to president Johnson s Mili tary actions in Southeast  40 years ago aug. 7,1954 communist East Germany in a Surprise move accepted president Eisenhower s offer of american Aid for flood victims in the soviet zone. 50 years ago aug. 7,1944 troops from the . 6th army and the Justice department acting shortly after mid night partially ended the 6-Dayjold Philadelphia transit strike and at the same time arrested four alleged strike leaders on Federal warrants. World War ii 50 years ago today aufi.7 1944 two German tank divisions penetrate american lines East of a ranches in Normandy retaking Mortain but the allies contain the assault Canadian forces attack South from Caen toward Falaise. Soviet troops take Sambor in the Carpathian Foothills but the red army s summer offensive shows All along the front. On Guam thick Jungle helps the japanese slow the . Advance. Source 2194 Days of War w. H. Smitn publishers inc. The world almanac of. World War ii. Bison books corp., 1981 a Mother testifies teen age son confessed to killing 4-year-old Bath . A the Mother of a 14-year-old boy on rial for killing a pre schooler recounted Friday How her son confessed to the crime after she peppered him with questions for several hours. Tammy Smith testified that she had a gut feeling her son Eric knew More than he was saying and that during her questioning the baby faced teen Ager turned to me and said he did  i lost control she said. I asked him Why he did it. He just kept saying i Don t know i Don t know and he  Smith looking dazed and drained was on the witness stand in Steuben county court for a second Day. Her son is charged with killing 4-year-old Derrick Robie last summer in Savona a Village near Bath in Rural Western new York. The prosecutor has portrayed Eric As a methodical killer who lured Derrick into a trap then tried to cover his tracks. The defense says Eric suffers from uncontrollable fits of sadistic rage brought on by developmental abnormalities Possi Bly caused by drugs his Mother took Dur ing pregnancy. Both sides have lined up teams of nationally renowned psychiatrists to argue Over whether Eric should be convicted of second degree murder or committed to mental Home. If convicted he faces up to life in Pris on. Smith said her family suspected Eric had seen something connected to Der Rick s death or had been threatened by someone. Eric earlier had indicated to police that he saw Derrick walking Down the Street the morning of aug. 2,1993. After spilling his secret to his Mother six Days later Eric s family took him to police where he made a lurid confession she said. Eric told police that he coaxed Derrick to take a supposed shortcut through Pine Woods near his Home then squeezed the boy s neck stuffed his Mouth with a paper Towel and a plastic bag battered his head with a Stone then crushed his Skull and Chest with a heavy Rock. He then sodomized the boy with a stick. Simpson reportedly bought fake Beard los Angeles a . Simpson bought a fake Beard and Mustache weeks before his sex wife and her Friend were stabbed to death a source told the associated press the source speaking Jon condition of anonymity said Simpson ordered the Beard and Mustache As Well As spirit gum which is used to apply theatrical disguises Over the Telephone in late May and paid with a credit card. The items were picked up by a woman who said she worked for Simpson said the source who has not previously been involved in the Case. Simpson lawyer Robert Shapiro said he did t know anything about such a Purchase. Sampson 47, has pleaded innocent in the june 12 slayings of Nicole Brown Simpson 35, and Ronald Goldman 25, who were _ found Lead outside her condominium. It was not. Clear what significance the Beard might  Purchase was revealed on Friday s broadcast of the television show hard copy. The los Angeles times reported saturday that police confiscated a receipt recording the Purchase from. Cinema secrets in Burbank. The times cited Law enforcement sources speaking on condition of anonymity. Store owner Maurice Stein told Knic to that two plainclothes police officers interviewed employees thursday and asked about the receipt. Stein declined repeated requests for comment from the a saying the District attorney s office told him not total. In other developments. The times reported sturday thai . Simpson s two grown children have hired lawyers. The children from Simp son s first marriage May be called As wit Nesses a private investigator claimed Friday that he found 20 to 30 drops of what appeared to be blood behind Nicole Simp son s condominium Paul Katz said hews hired for one Day in july by two Den ver investigators working for a pair of Colorado businessmen interested in the Case. Katz said he turned the information Over to police