European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 01, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes . Thursday. September 1.1994 i dissolving in . I k ,. ,. By Scripps Howard news service dramatic changes in the american family Over the past three decades have now divided children into two groups of equal size those who live with both biological parents and those who do not. Divorce and but of Wedlock childbearing have become As significant As marriage in the formation of families. Half the nation s. Children.-. More than 32 million of them Are growing up with stepparents single parents or in other nontraditional arrangements according to a . Census Bureau study released  addition to documenting the 4n teacher fights silence Law Atlanta a a teacher sus Pended for defying a state mandated moment of silence in his classroom has asked a Federal judge to declare the Law unconstitutional., the complaint was filed tuesday four Days after . District judge Frank Hull rejected Brian Bown s request for an order prohibiting the school District from taking action against him while the Law suit is pending. Crease in single parents the report is the Bureau s first detailed look at the Struc Ture of two Parent families. It finds that Many of them do not fit the definition of traditional nuclear  we know that 67 percent of children live with two parents but if you take a restricted View of the traditional family children living with biological parents and siblings and no other persons present we find that Only one out of two Yves in this situation said Stacy Furukawa a demographer and author of the study which uses 1991 census data. Other Chil Dren live in Ste families blended families extended families or with adoptive or Foster relationships in the household. There is an incredibly wide array of arrangements out  family Structure varies widely by race and ethnic groups according to the study. White children Are much More Likely than african american or hispanic children to live in a traditional nuclear family. More than half of White children live in traditional families compared with a Little More than one third of hispanic children and about one fourth of Black children. The report the diverse living arrangements of children draws no conclusions on How family Structure May affect the Well being of children. But that is the topic of growing National debate. On one hand Are those who argue that single Parent and stepparent families Are not As Good for children As the traditional family Structure and their increase is weakening society. The View is backed by a growing body of evidence that children whose parents Are divorced or never married a More Likely than children in intact families to be poor struggle in school and have behavioural and emotional problems. The other View holds that diverse living arrangements Are not a necessarily bad for children cannot be blamed for poverty and other social ills and regardless Are Here to stay. In the stars and stripes 10 years ago sep. 1,1984 the Crew of the space shuttle discovery sent a Sec Ond communication satellite into orbit earning . Taxpayers $15.2 million. 20 years ago sep. 1,1974 president Ford asked Congress to defer until Jan. 1 a 5.5 percent pay raise for military personnel and government employees claiming it was a first step to Ward cutting Federal spending and slowing inflation. _ 30 years ago sep. 1,1964 the racial rioting during which window smashing plundering and bloodshed ravaged a Section of North Philadelphia has been brought under control. I 40 years ago sep. 1,1954 . Secretary of state John Foster Dulles called for a nato conference to reappraise its defense strategy in the Light of French actions that killed the euro Pean army proposal. I world War ii 50 years ago today sept. 1 1 9 4 4 British and Canadian troops throw a Strong attack at the germans on the Eastern end of the italian front pushing to Tumba Digesaro . Forces in the West pursue the germans North from the Arno River. In France Canadian soldiers occupy Dieppe British troops take Arras and the amen cans capture Verdun. The red army pushes to Giurgiu Romania on the bulgarian Frontier source 2194oays of War. W. H. Smith publishers inc. Tho world almanac of world War ii. Bison books corp., 1981 winding Guijaro a 2-year-old andean Condor with a remarkable being put to sleep for physical exams and a rays has � lot to wingspan is a real handful for Kathy Hobson left John look Forward to. On sept. 17, Guijaro will be flown to South Aikin and Carol Cone who were showing it off tuesday at the Era climes and released in Colombia where Only 20 condors an Francisco zoo. The giant Bird still unconscious after Are known to exist. 460/000 acres burning in West As new fires flare Moose Wyo. A firefighters struggled tuesday to contain new wild fire scanned by winds in the Jackson Hole ski Valley As half a million acres continued burning in the West. The 2,300-acre fire in Western Wyom ing s grand Teton was ignited sunday by lightning Waji contained then was Reig med monday in govt by winds. A couple of Good shifts and we can get a handle on it Bill Swift spokesman for grand Teton National Park Saich tuesday afternoon. Firefighters were Able to contain the fire and prevent it from claiming any More than the six unoccupied buildings destroyed through monday. Roughly 50 people were evacuated from their Homes in the popular resort area. Throughout the West More than 21,800 firefighters battled 30 major fires on tuesday with More than 460,000 acres burning in seven states. So far this year roughly 3 million acres have burned. Most of the fires were burning in Idaho where blazes raged out of control Over More than 322,000 acres of Forest land. Crews were working on a 81,510-acre Blaze near the town of Payette struggling to prevent the month old fire from Cross ing the Salmon River into the Nez Perc National Forest. We have a in mile front that has burned along the River but it has t jumped yet said Heidi Bigler Cole pay Ette National Forest spokeswoman. The fire destroyed an outhouse a tool shed and corrals Southeast of Howard ranch near the River on sunday. They were almost impossible to de fend but we did try Bigler Cole said. Farther East a 46,000-acre fire expanded tuesday As Crews finished a fire line around the historic mining town of War Ren and the Badley ranch in Northern California s National for ests two fires that blackened about 7,500 acres were contained tuesday while in northeastern Oregon firefighters headed for a string of lightning caused fires that had burned Over 45,000 acres by late tuesday. In Wyoming firefighters in Yellowstone National Park battled two fires that have charred More than 6,000acres. Spate of deaths to heroin Batch new York a even in the nation s heroin capital the numbers Are staggering 13 apparent overdoses in six Days All fatal All in Manhattan. The deaths beginning last thursday May be linked to a lethal Batch of heroin sold under the Brand name China cat police said tuesday. Tests on a Sample of China cat obtained by investigators found it to be 94 percent pure a deadly concentration said a police source who spoke on condition of  a toxicology tests on recent Vic Tims including a 13th whose body was found monday afternoon have not been completed said Ellen Borakove spokeswoman for the medical examiner s office. However police confirmed that a least four died of heroin overdoses. Normally Only three to five peo ple die from overdoses in the City each week police said