European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 26, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Friday August 26. 1994 . The stars and stripes Page 7 foiled robbers in Florida wound italian couple from the associated pres Kissimmee Fla. An italian couple visiting the United states have been shot several times in a unsuccessful robbery attempt in Central Florida police Man was in critical condition Early thursday at Orlando regional medical Center and the woman was in stable condition said Tracy Decker the nursing couple asked that they not be identified. The couple believed to be Between 35 and 40years old were shot late wednesday while on a walk Osceola county sheriffs it. July Rivers would be robbers escaped. Boys allowed in school Tampa Fla. A judge has ruled that two 12 year old boys accused of raping a 9-year-old boy a gunpoint May attend Public school. The school immediately 12-year-Olds, who Are charged As adults Are free on bail but were restricted to their Homes prior to tuesday s judge Cynthia Holloway allowed the boys to Start Junior officials at Turkey Creek Junior High school boys would t be starting classes on thursday along with the other students. Instead Hillsborough county school officials planned hearing to determine where in the District the boys should go to school including the possibility of an alternative school. Freed child killer arrested Austin Texas child killer Raul Meza driven from six towns by citizen protests after he was freed from prison last year was arrested wednesday for allegedly violating his parole. Within the last 24 hours he failed to make what they Call a bed Theck said Bill Cryer a spokesman for gov. Ann Richards. He declined to s release terms Only permit him to leave Home to visit his parole officer attend counselling and go to work said lawyer Colin Amann who has represented , who is under mandatory supervision for the next two decades wears an electronic Monitor on his Meza was jailed without bail pending parole Board action. If the Board determines that he violated terms of his release he could be subject to a variety of sanctions including a return to , 33, spent about 11 years in prison for the slaying of 8-year-old Kendra Page. Ghib sanctions continue Washington Commerce Secretary Ron Brown says the Clinton administration has no plans to lift remaining sanctions imposed on China after pro democracy forces were massacred Tatiana men Square in 1989. Brown said wednesday that his earlier comments on the subject had been misinterpreted."ther6 Are no present plans to lift those sanctions which Are part of the Tiana men sanctions said Brown who leaves today for an eight Day Trade Mission to China. There had been reports that the administration was considering lifting prohibitions on . Trad development assistance to China and on a program by the overseas private investment corp., an Arm of the . Government that provides insurance and financing to promote american exports those restrictions along with a ban on . Military sales to China Are All that remain of the original sanctions imposed by the Bush administration after the Tiana men massacre. To executives warned Washington Many television listings still Don t include warnings on which shows include violence despite Industry promises to publish that information the chairman of the House telecommunications subcommittee says. Rep. Edward Markey d-mass., said wednesday that he is asking to executives to look into the by omitting the Label from weekly to schedules the serious business of giving parents information i Advance looks More like a game of advisory hide and go seek he wants to impose Tough penalties on Cable and broadcast networks if they Don t Stem violence on television. Violence poor discipline seen As parents7 worries Washington a american parents Are most worried about two school problems violence and gangs and Lack of discipline a Gallup poll said thurs Day. The two problems were listed first by 18 percent of1,326 adults surveyed in the poll conducted for the 26th year for Phi Delta Kappa an International professional fraternity for men and women in education. Close behind when people were asked the biggest problems with which their Public schools must Deal were Lack of proper financial support drug abuse an standards or Quality of the 1993 poll Lack of financial support was listed first. Among nonwhite adults fighting violence and gangs assumed far greater importance with 31 percent voting it the no. 1 problem. Education Secretary Dick Riley saw in the poll a Mes Sage to Congress to free the crime Bill and Stop Dill Dally ing around. The legislation would make Money available to fight gang problems and sends a signal that America double twins Jan Eddleman Evans left and Joyce Eddleman Jones walk to their trailer House in Olathe Kan. The Sisters recently attended the 19th annual twins festival in Twinsburg Ohio. They say they were photographed More than any other twins at the event will not tolerate criminal behaviour he said. Learning is compromised in schools that Are no Safe Pur children deserve an education that is not com promised he poll found that the Public blames the perceive increase in Public school violence on factors Over which schools have Little control increased use of drugs an alcohol growth of youth gangs easy availability of weapons the breakdown in the american family schools lacking discipline authority they once had and increased portrayal of violence in Media. ,. The poll said 86 percent of those surveyed though the most effective measure to reduce violence in the Public schools was stronger penalties for student pos session of weapons. By lesser percentages the Survey rated in descending order training for school staffs More vocational or Job training drug and alcohol abuse programs values an ethnic education and education to reduce racial and ethnic tensions. Tests uncover Many Drivers were on drugs Boston a reckless Driver who Don t seem drunk May Well be High on cocaine or marijuana according to Roadside tests. Police in Memphis tenn., gave urine tests to reckless Drivers who appeared not to be drunk they found that More than half were on cocaine or pot. It was a Surprise that so Many hereunder the influence of drugs although we suspected there would be a significant number said police inspector Charles Cook. Police routinely give breath tests Toad Drivers whom they suspect to be drunk. However on the spot testing for other drugs is rare because it requires taking a urine specimen something. That is not practical on the Highway for an Experiment in Roadside drug testing Memphis police put together a drug Van a former ambulance fitted with a toilet interview area and videotaping equipment. Last summer they gave drug tests on the spot to any reckless Drivers who were not obviously drunk. Police took urine samples from 150drivers, and 89 of the motorists or 59 percent tested positive for cocaine or marijuana. The results of the police Experiment were written for thursday s Issue of the new England journal of Medicine by Brookoff of methodist Hospital in Memphis. Texan survives 1,000 stings by killer bees Robstown Texas a the Only hint of Trou ble Christopher Graves had was one Quick Bee sting. Then he was covered from head to toe by killer bees that stung him a thousand times. The insects swarmed out of a vacant building tues Day As Graves was starting a Lawnmower at his grand Mother s Blouse he did t see them coming his Mother Charnel Graves said from Spohn Hospital in Corpus Christi where Christopher Graves in serious ble condition wednesday. When he started it up one came and stung him his Mother said. He said in the next blink of my Eye i was just Cov ered "./.\. _ Christopher Graves was coherent wednesday but his body was badly swollen his Mother said. His Back probably has 500 stings alone she said. It was Ikic a horror movie said fire chief Julio Flores. " he said Christopher Graves was covered in bees from head to toe when firefighters got to him. One of the firefighters Ernest Gallegos was stung about 30 times although he was wearing heavy protective clothing. His partner Ricardo Gonzalez was stung about 10 times. A police officer directing traffic a mile away re ported that he was stung and at the Hospital bees still clinging to Christopher Graves clothes stung a nurse. I be been stung by bees before but this was like Nightmare Gallegos said. It s like someone coming after you with a knife or a gun. You run for your life authorities insects were Africani Zed Honey bees which Are More aggressive in defending their nests than the european variety. Africani Zed or so called killer bees migrated North after escaping from a brazilian Apiary in 1956. They first appeared in Texas in 1990, and the first confirmed attack was in Texas the following year. The bees have also been blamed for attacks in Arizona. So far Only two people in the United states Are known to have been killed by the bees both in Texas
