European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 14, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                " "  -. \ " " is Dave Casetan american Flag stands outside one of the shelters that make up a tent City for the homeless in Frankfurt Germany. Tent City stands near Frankfurt s towers  Deutsche Presse Agenter we Blohm s Home is a Model of neatness. The Blanket on his bed is turned Down and clean clothes Are Laid out for the next Day. A few pictures on the Vail would add some cheer but Brohm can t hang any because he lives in a tent on the Banks of the main River in Frankfurt Germany s financial capital and City of skyscrapers. Blohm 37, has lived there for More than a year but if City officials have their Way he and 100 or so other homeless people won t be living there much longer. Welfare officials the City authority and the department of Parte and gardens have jurisdiction Over the site and on Ope thing they re All agreed the tents must go. We be been living Here for getting on two years and we Haven t bothered anyone said Blohm who with his combed Blond hair and kempt appearance looks nothing like a typical Down and outer. Blohm and around 50 other homeless people used to take their sleeping bags and spend the night under a Bridge across the River. They started putting up tents 14 months ago and since then the Little Community under Canvas has developed its own separate  a group of 90 polish labourers who entered the country on tourist visas comprises the largest group Blohm said. The poles keep to themselves occupying a Patch a Short distance away from 70 German tent dwellers. The two tent Cdr unities Are on Good speaking terms with each other but there s Little Contact Between them. Most of the Veteran tent Folk adhere to a regimen that sees them retiring Early in order to get up Early for work. After 10 o clock at night it s lights out since most of us get up at 3 in the morning to go to work said Blohm. A parcel delivery company in Raunheim employs Many of those living in the tents said Joerg Zimmermann a spokesman for the tent Folk. And the City s unemployment Exchange has found occasional work for a number of homeless men and women at the site. Our working Day starts before Dawn and ends at lunchtime but when we sit around in the afternoon enjoying a Beer people out for a walk regard us As work shy or parasites said Zimmermann. There Are Black sheep among the homeless people on the main Bank Zimmermann admitted. They Don t do anything and Don t Clear up Blohm said. They just scavenge around and hit the Vodka  but the rest dispose of rubbish takes a Dave Casey polish workers rest under a Bridge they Call Home. Regular showers and do our washing he claimed. For Blohm life in a Hostel for the homeless consists of loud noise alcohol thieving and  and he does not relish the Prospect of having to share a room with others. I be got a dog and in a Hostel you Are not allowed to keep one added Zimmermann. Meanwhile no Date has been set for sending the tent people packing said detlef Meier Dern of the City s lobby for the homeless and impoverished. Earlier this year the association prevented the Council moving in to Clear the site. It is prepared to do it again. Scripps Howard news service Short subject crimes of passion Rise among Italy s Young by Brian Murphy the associated press the Coroner counted 24 Stab wounds on the body of the red haired girl who hoped to become a fashion Model. Police charged Stefania Massarin s former Boyfriend with the murder. And italians joined the victim s distraught Mother in her tearful cry l Why Why the oct. 22 slaying in Genoa was the latest reminder of a Rise in crimes around Italy carried out by jealous or jilted lovers Many still just adolescents or Young adults. Recent incidents coupled with attention Given to the . Simpson murder trial in los Angeles have caused deep questioning about the nature of rage and whether the fabric of italian society is beginning to fray. The nation s top statistics Clearinghouse reported at least 40 such murders so far this year about one a week in a nation where most homicides rank As top news stories. The statisticians known by the initials Istat said acts of passion including attacks by upset lovers and family members Rose from 1,461 to 1,496 Between 1992 and 1993. Behind the raw figures however Many theories Are offered on Why More and More broken relationships Lead to violence. Some suggest Young men Are lashing Back at the growing Independence of women. Others blame the influence of violent television programs or a resurgence of a Strong Macho culture that led to cliche about hot blooded italians. The influence of drugs is also cited Young men tend to defend the object they possess with tooth and Nail As demonstrated in the crime pages in newspapers. They Are reacting to an end to the tradition in which women could not rebel or decide to break relationships said Fulvio Scapparo a University of Milan psychology professor who specializes in youth issues. It is difficult to educate our Young people these Days. To choose reason Over violence said the Rev. Giorgio Parodi at the funeral mass for Massarin. Recent weeks offer a snapshot of the Type of assaults that Are becoming More common a teen age boy in Naples stalks his former Girlfriend and stabs her in the leg a Young Man beats to death his sex Fiancee and throws the body into a Ravine an abuse hot line in Rome says they have been flooded with Calls from women afraid of their sex boyfriends. On a television news show Young people were asked if crimes of passion could be justified. There s a question of Honor answered one Young Man As the woman next to him rolled her eyes. Or. Paolo Crepet a psychiatrist believes Italy May be heading for a new Macho Era As a backlash to the demise of traditions such As family arranged courtship and wives solely dedicated to housework. But one commentator places the blame on parents and others who May be More preoccupied with personal pursuits than with being role models for the Young generation. It s become commonplace to see our Young people kill each other wrote Antoni sold in the newspaper ii Giovale. But the problem. Is not the children we have but with the fathers mothers and professors they Don t  monday november 14,1994 the stars and stripes 19