European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 03, 1995, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday january 3, 1995 . The stars and stripes Page 5 Here is a sampling of characteristic of the new House of representatives which includes 230 republicans 204 democrats and one Independent median age number of women Blacks Whites veterans married citizen legislators ? first of two part byte Bovee the associated press Washington the typical member of the new . House of representatives is a Man it his Early 50s.he was born in the state he now represents. He has a wife three kids and most Likely a Law degree. Of yes and for the first time in 40 years he s typically a Republican. The 435 men and women who take their seats in the House on wednesday Are overwhelmingly Well educated upper Middle class White professionals who have much More in common with each other than with their constituents according to an associated press computer assisted review of their biographies. For instance nine tenths of the House has completed four years of College or More compared to Only one fifth of All americans old enough to have graduated from College. The typical representative went to a big name school like Harvard or Yale or a prominent state University like Texas or Michigan. He got a Bachelor s de Gree often in political science then went on to earn a Law degree. And most Likely he s coming Back to the House for a fifth term. If he s a newcomer to Congress then his last Job before winning the election was most Likely in state or local government. The conventional Wisdom coming out of this elec Tion is that we elected a Bunch of citizen legislators said Norm Ornstein who studies Congress for the american Enterprise Institute it turns out the stereo Type was  similarities of background Cut across party lines. A full 40 percent of House members have Law degrees though slightly More democrats than republicans. It s not the kind of thing we recommend people Putin their 30-second spots said Neil Newhouse a re publican pollster. Neither party s representatives can claim to be strangers to politics. Three fourths worked in state or local government before being elected to the House. In this total children lawyers Harvard graduates baby Boomers world War ii generation generation x 51 47 38 376 111 366 31 1,042 176 21 187 28 2 source the associated press one fourth served in the military split evenly be tween democrats and republicans. Four out of five House members Are married. Seven percent Are divorced and nearly 70 percent of the divorced Are democrats. Altogether members have More than 1,000 children More than half born to republicans. On average each House family with children has three. In the workplace republicans were More Likely Mohave experience in business. Democrats were More Likely to have worked in Law enforcement or social serv ices. Democrats on average Are slightly older than re publicans 52 to 50. The median age of All americans is33-. ". There Are 28 members old enough to have fought in world War ii and just two members from generation a the youngest age group. \ j the oldest House member is Illinois Democrat Sid  Yates who is 85. The youngest is Patrick Kennedy a freshman Rhode Island Democrat who is 27. Ninety percent of the House is male. Nearly two thirds of the House women Are democrats. Two thirds of the lawmakers were born in the state that elected them. Seven however were born overseas rep. Ileana Ros Lehtinen r-fla., and Lincoln Diaz Balart r-fla., in Cuba Sam Jcj Dunson d-conn., in Germany Tom Lantos d-calif., in Hungary Elizabeth Furse r-Ore., in Kenya Peter Hoekstra r-mich., inthe Netherlands and Jay Kim r-calif., in South Korea. Democrats Are slightly better educated than republicans. Nearly three fourths of the democrats had some postgraduate work in College compared to three fifths of republicans Only 2 percent ended their education with a High school diploma. Democrats top colleges were the University of Cali fornia Harvard Georgetown and Texas. Republican were most partial to Harvard Michigan Georgetown and Yale. But smaller institutions have some representation. Colorado Republican Joel he Fly is an alumnus of Oklahoma Baptist University in Shawnee okla., White California Democrat Sam Farr graduated from Willa Mette University in Salem Ore. Three served in the desert storm invasion of Iraq six were peace corps volunteers two Florida Republican Porter j. Goss and Georgia Republican Bob Barr were Cia agents and one Ohio Republican Michael Oxley was an Fri agent. The new House also includes former cab Driver Luis Gutierrez d-i11. Carpenter Bernie Sanders a new Hampshire Independent Casino manager John Ensign a Nev. Gospel music promoter Bill Hefner . And a riverboat Captain Don Youngr Alaska. Tomorrow a look at the constituents. Suspect arrested after a. Clinic shooting Concord . A a Man charged with killing two abortion clinic receptionists in suburban Boston had a series of setbacks and outbursts in the10 Days preceding the shootings friends and family members said. John c. Salvi Iii 22, was arrested sunday in Norfolk va., after police said he tried to Force his Way inside an other abortion clinic and then fired Rifle at the building. The arrest ended a manhunt by the Fri a i other Agen cies. In the week before the shootings Salvi argued with his father about his decision to be a Hairdresser and had stopped attending classes at the ports Mouth Beauty school of hair design. On dec. 23, he had an argument with a customer at a hair dressing shop where he was an apprentice and failed to return to work. The Salon manager Doreen Potter said she planned to tire  Christmas eve while attending mass with his parents he disrupted the services with a confused statement condemning catholicism. He was then escorted from the  90 minutes before the last shooting in Norfolk Salvi called Joh Christo his Friend and next door neighbor in tears and asked for Money and help. Christo said Salvi did t men Tion the two shootings in suburban Boston in which two receptionists were killed and five people were wounded. Salvi was arrested minutes after the nor Folk incident and is being head without bail Pend ing a court appearance Portsmouth ., police officer David Young talks Wilh Doreen Potter who manages a Portsmouth ., hair Salon where John c. Salvi Iii worked. In Norfolk police said Salvi was apprehended about three blocks fro the Hillcrest clinic after Security guards turned him away and he re turned firing a Rifle Sev eral times into windows of the second floor clinic. No one was injured. The Norfolk shooting occurred a Day after a gunman attacked two abortion clinics in Brookline mass. Killed at the planned parenthood clinic was David Kernc Fiance of shooting Vic Tim Shannon e. Lowney is supported by friends during a Boston news con Ference saturday. Shannon e. Lowney 25, a receptionist. Leanne Nichols 38, also a receptionist was killed at preterm health services. Man Dies hours after learning of grandchild s death Canajoharie . A the 88-year-old Grandfather of a woman fatally shot at a suburban bos ton abortion clinic died a few hours after being told of her . Manning who had a Degen Ergative heart condition died the Day Shannon e. Lowney was killed at the clinic where she worked As a recep  feeling is god called Shannon Home and my dad caught up with hero she did t make the trip alone said John b. Manning John j. Man Ning s son and Lowney s Uncle. A worker at another clinic in Brookline mass also was killed and five people were wounded in the ram Page Friday. John c. Salvi Iii de " scribed by friends and relatives As opposed to abortion was arrested in Norfolk va., on sunday after the win Dows of a clinic there were shot out. Manning said he did not blame Salvi for his father s death. I m not viewing it that Way he said. Each member of the family will have their own feelings about  said he and his sister Nancy Macfarland broke the news to their father a few hours after learning of Lowney s death -. The elderly widower who lived alone was taken to St. Mary s Hospi Tal in nearby Amsterdam and died about 12 hours after his granddaughter. Lowney 25, was one of the elder Manning s 14 grandchildren