European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 06, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday september 6, 1994 . The stars and stripes Page 5 issues i Washington a outside pressures such As finances and the influence of other children May have More effect on a family s Success than whether both parents live in the Home a new study says. I Don t think the family s disintegrating. I think there Are Many families out there that Are working hard and want to do well45y their children said Nicholas Zill a psychologist and co author of running in place How american families Are faring in a changing Economy and an individualistic society. It was re leased sunday by child trends inc., a nonprofit nonpartisan research Organiza Tion. \ \ v the report examined three challenges that families face As they attempt to Ful fill their assigned roles in society making ends meet in a changing Economy com bating negative peer influences on Chil Dren arid maintaining parental control As children grow older. It was co written by demographer Christine Winquist Nord and uses new National purvey data and state and local statistics to portray american families. Although family Structure May affect the degree of risk that a family face s Overall How a family functions is a More important indicator of its health and Well being Zill said. Another Factor is Parent education level the degree of involvement and Effort parents put into raising children the environment in which kids arc growing up the kind of school that they go to Zill said in an interview. It was the multiple risk families that we pointed to As being More  Zill said he was surprised to discover that nearly half of All . High school students have parents who Don t attend Pat meetings or open school nights and Don t go to class plays or science fairs or varsity football games. Yet most parents expect their children to finish High school and a Large percentage Hope they will finish College As Well. Students High on new form a wave of bad weather anglers ignore High winds and rough Waves As they fish from a pier in nags head n.c., on sunday. Strong winds brought Waves crashing onto the shores causing local officials to ban swimming during the labor Day weekend the last Peak tourist week end of the summer along North Carolina s outer Banks. Berkeley Calif. A it s read ing writing and responsibility at a new drug free dorm at the University of Cali fornia at Berkeley where coordinators Hope to take the High out of higher education. Berkeley always has that reputation of being a place where you come and you can experience drug use and alcohol use said Aaron Anderson resident life coordinator and founder of the dorm. What i and my staff Are trying to do is teach responsible behaviour and also encourage students to take responsibility for their action he said. So far it seems to be working. The 228 spaces at Freeborn Hall filled up quickly with students eager to live in an environment free of alcohol and illicit drugs.  / " a -.-.".". Applicants were a diverse group rang ing from the studious to the not so Studi Ous religious students and those who simply hate people throwing up in their bathroom Anderson said. To get into Freeborn residents sign a contract agreeing that they and their gains to will nothing alcohol cigarettes or illegal drugs into the dorm. Outside the dorm students Are on their own although Anderson said that if someone came Home drunk several times dorm supervisors would talk to the Stu Dent and see if he or she wanted counsel   although Hearty partying has often been portrayed As a Staple of College life drinking on Campus is a serious problem according to several studies including a report this summer by the private com Mission on substance abuse at colleges. Among other things the commission found that students spend $5.5 billion on alcohol each year More than on their books Coffee Tea sodas and other drinks combined. Boat with 19 aboard sinks near la., killing Tot los Angeles a a motor boat packed with 19 people capsized outside los Angeles Harbor killing a 2-year-old boy trapped in the submerged Hull. The others were rescued and three girls were hospitalized monday in critical condition. All those aboard the 24-foot boat were taken to hospitals after spending up to five hours in the 60-degree water -. The cause of the Accident was unclear but the boat appeared to be overloaded said a coast guard Petty officer j. Hotchkiss. The 2-year-old boy inside the Hull was t breathing when divers reached him about 11 3.0 . Sunday coast guard it. Mike White said. He was pronounced dead monday at St. Mary medical Center in Long Beach. Five adults and 13 other children ranging from toddlers to about 10 years old were rescued and taken to hospitals for treatment of exposure hypothermia handsome cases of near drowning said Brian Humphrey a fire department spokesman. Only some of the people were wearing life jackets Humphrey said. Those rescued members of three families were re turning Home from a fishing trip when the boat Cap sized about i Miles South Southeast of the Harbor breakwater the coast guard said. A passing vessel heard cries for help shortly before 11 30 . And rescued a swimmer who told them about the others the coast guard said. Two girls were listed in critical condition monday with hypothermia and exposure at St. Mary medical Center. One girl who was having seizures was in critical condition at Long Beach memorial medical Center. Old Armor deep fixed to establish Florida fish tanks by Andrea Macadam governing Magazine divers have Long flocked to Florida s coastal Waters teeming As they Are with h colourful Marine life. Now there something even More exotic to see under Florida s Waters Vietnam Era army tanks. Several surplus military tanks Are already parked on the Ocean floor after the state agreed to allow counties to sink them As artificial reefs. Nearly 40 More will be sunk by the end of the year an Effort the state Hopes will reduce pressure on natural reefs generate fishing revenues and increase interest in the diring Industry. Military officials approached Florida and several other coastal states with the plan As a Cost efficient Way to demilitarized surplus tanks. Rather than chopping each 90,000 Pound vehicle into pieces for the scrap Market the military can simply let the Ocean s Salt water eat away the tanks a process that can take several Hundred years. The four Florida counties participating in the project Dade Hernando Martin and Sarasota Are using revenues from fishing licenses to fund the shipment and preparation of the tanks. Each must be stripped of its engine transmission and fuel and its armaments rendered inoperable before being lowered by Crane into the  Cost $2,000 a tank. The military has several thousand Vintage tanks stored in Alabama that it needs to decommission and has received inquiries from other coastal states including new Jersey South Carolina and North Carolina. Amid the generally positive react onto Florida s program concerns have been raised about the project s environmental Impact we had people in water management and the coast guard concerned about oils and grease from the tanks polluting the water said Celso Alasa a specialist with Florida s department of environmental Protection. But Alasa said the vehicles Are being prepared meticulously and should prove to be a Welcome Haven for fish and an interesting sight for divers. Distributed by Scrippa Howard new service