European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 29, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes . Thursday december 29,1994 High Levels of homelessness cited flu others say 73.5 million figure is suspect Washington a some 13.5million americans have been homeless for at least a few Days sometime in their lives and an additional 12.5 million have stayed off the Street Only by moving i with friends or family Columbia univer sity researchers contend. The new study provides the highest estimate yet of the prevalence of homeless Ness and concludes that the biggest risk Factor these millions had in common was Low income. Thus the study debunks beliefs that homelessness is an aberration affecting americans who have distinct personal histories or who Are situated on the fringes of society Yale University s or. Robert Rosenheck wrote in an editorial accompanying the study in wednesday american journal of Public health. But the research based on a Telephone Survey that asked 1,507 adults whether they recalled Ever being homeless Drew prompt criticism. Michael Horowitz of the Hudson Institute a conservative think tank called the numbers overblown. People could easily have recalled incorrectly misinterpreted a night or two Between Homes or defined homelessness As a Brief teen age runaway or even a hitchhiking trip he said. They be got to be phenomenally suspect these numbers he said. Estimates of homelessness fluctuate greatly. The 1990 census said 400,000 americans were homeless while advocacy groups have put the number Between 700,000 and 3 million. Last May the Linton administration said 600,000 americans May be homeless on any Given Day. ". But most of those estimates Are base Don snapshot tallies of people in Shel ters and on the Street that give nightly to tals but can t Tell for How Long people Are homeless. Columbia professor Bruce link tried to better determine the prevalence of homelessness by asking whether his subjects recalled Ever being homeless for How Long and where they slept in the about 13.5 million americans have been homeless for at least a few Days in their lives according to Columbia University  Street a shelter abandoned buildings or someone else s Home. His conclusion 26 million . Adult shave experienced some form of homelessness including being forced to live wit someone else and 13.5 million of those have been forced to live in shelters or on the streets. Among those who said they had experienced homelessness 46 percent said they had been homeless Between a month and a year 33 percent Between week and a month 13 percent for More than a year and 8 percent for less than week -.-./.  a the most Likely risk Factor was poverty he said. Less than 10 percent of the for Merly homeless earned More than$20,000ayear. Horowitz argued that studies have shown about half of All homeless people have serious mental illnesses addictions or other problems. Research that has contended that larger segments of the population Are homeless has later been found to have been flawed he added. But link said his numbers May be Low because he Only surveyed people with telephones. His Survey had a 95 percent Confidence interval a measure indicating his findings were statistically accurate enough to be extrapolated to the general population. Loser of Maryland face charges election Annapolis my. A seven weeks after losing Maryland s closest gubernatorial race in 75 years Republican Ellen Sauerbrey asked a judge tuesday to declare her the Winner because of  claimed was widespread voter fraud. In her lawsuit filed in circuit court the former 16-year state lawmaker asked the court either to declare her governor making her the first Republican in that office since Spiro Agnew was elected in 1966 or order a new election. Sauerbrey who lost to Democrat Par Ris Glendening by 5,993 votes said volunteers who scoured election records had identified More than 11,000 suspected cases of fraud or illegal voting. Glenden ing a former three term Prince George s county executive was certified the win Ner in Early december. A ruling favourable to Sauerbrey could delay Glendening s Jan. 18 inauguration. His lieutenant governor is Kathleen Ken Nedy Townsend the eldest daughter of Robert Kennedy. The number of votes we Are challenging is More than enough to change the re sults of the election Sauerbrey said in a statement. All we ask for is a fair out  among Sauerbrey s claims votes were cast in the names of dead people voters listed vacant lots and cemeteries Asad dresses votes May have been cast by convicted felons and some Absentee ballots did not include the required affidavit. Democrats have scoffed at claims that widespread fraud tainted the nov. 8 elec Tion the closest gubernatorial contest in Maryland since 1919. The Winner and loser that year were separated by 165 votes. Democratic gov. William Donald Schaefer was barred by Law from seeking a third term. Bruce Marcus head of Glendening s Legal team said after looking at Sauerbrey s Legal papers that she appeared to be citing just 104 cases of fraud. He said the rest of the More than 11,000 votes she is questioning involve technical problems. Glendening was spending the holidays with his family and was not available for comment. Both sides asked the court to schedule a hearing Jan. 9. No Date was immediately set. No More Girlie calendars toolmaker tells mechanics Madison wis. A Mechanic Ron Smith does t see Girlie calendars in his doctor s office so he sees no need for them in his garage. Making mechanics seem As professional As physicians is one reason the toolmaker snap on inc. Has ended a12-year tradition of distributing calendars showing female models display ing the company s products. The 1995 Calendar has photos of Vintage , who owns a Madison service Center said he has never displayed the snap on calendars because they fuel the grease Monkey stereotype and in sult female customers. We re professionals. If you walked into a doctor s or lawyer s office you would t see those types of things on the Wall he said. Kenosha based snap on which makes Power tools automobile diag Nostic equipment and tool storage units used to distribute 1.2 million of the calendars each year featuring fully clothe women. The practice was stopped because it is not the image we want to be associated with in the future spokesman David Heide said adding that the Calendar perpetuated the stereotype that mechanics Are  August snap on launched a $2 million advertising Campaign to portray mechanics As Well educated people with computer training and other technical knowledge needed to work on today s Complex  said Many mechanics Aren t hanging the calendars in garages be cause they think it May offend women. He denied that pressure on the company was the reason for the decision. We be heard that this is politically Correct or bowing to feminist pressure. That s not the Case. But this in t snap on being a do gooder. It s a smart marketing decision he said. Some mechanics expressed mixed feelings about snap ony decision but even those who liked the Calendar said they would t dare display it in their businesses. I like girls but i Don t like the calendars up because they offend custom ers. I Don t want to lose a customer Over a Calendar. The calendars Don t make you Money said Dean Ekstrom owner of Dean s Auto repair in Madison who gets numerous requests for snap on s Girlie Calendar from customers