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Battalion/Page 7A September 3, 1982 I --national Courtroom crowds clap la as rapist re-imprisoned 0 uM!( , United Press International lesttiM'RSNTON, N.J. — Joseph Jo” Giorgianni, the 565- uctioi pound rapist whose release -al y& from jail caused a national tatisti outcry, was back in custody fortl Wednesday to serve a 15-year nissio prison sentence to the glee of O,00( crowds who cheered as he ryint laboriously climbed into a weli police van. t sho'v J Giorgianni, 33, claimed he i. would die in jail because he :s filni, suffers from asthma and obes- 'ai: - ity-related illnesses, rosspt , In deciding to send the bul- nt ij ky steakhouse owner back to Kuur Ph son * Superior Court Judge v laHi Richard Barlow said he relied on a videotape of Giorgianni partying at an Atlantic City fight and new medical testi mony to decide he could sur vive a long confinement. Defense attorney E. John Wherry, whose last-minute appeals to higher courts failed, said he would file another appeal within 24 hours. Courtroom spectators cheered Barlow’s decision Wednesday and Mercer County employees yelled and clapped as sheriffs officers pushed through reporters and led Giorgianni to a van after his hearing. Giorgianni was convicted in the rape of a 14-year-old girl in 1978. “We’re really celebrating,” said Rosie Frallicciardi, a friend of the victim. “The judge gave him what he de served.” Relatives of the victim, now 18, who has since married and had a child, also praised the verdict. “I just feel great,” said Dee Milewski, 23, the victim’s sis ter, who attended the hearing. “I was holding my breath. This will really help my sister.” Giorgianni was being held in the prison wing of St. Fran cis Medical Center in Trenton. Correction Department spokesman James Stabile said Giorgianni will spend several days in the maximum-security ward for comprehensive eva luation and examination. Prison officials have testi fied they could build the rap ist a larger toilet and bed. 1 Children’s blood lead levels -"test higher than believed Icafllfl y finttfl United Press International jjj, BOSTON — More preschool :,hildren have health- hreatening levels of lead in heir blood than previously hought, with black youngsters n [, fl .it a tar greater risk than others, national survey showed ^ iVednesday. ire^^mWhile blood lead levels were ligher among blacks than ir vhjtes of all ages, the study in he New England Journal of Mdicine found 18.6 percent of )lat k, inner-city and low-income hildren with concentrations six inns greater than their white tounterparts. ■ffhe four-year study of nearly !8jOOO Americans provides the ptor .irst information on blood lead wen evels in the nation’s population, to ioctors said. ||»“These new findings come as t the - ini agonizing confirmation of be fears of many concerned ipub; with the health impact of con- ; The tinned lead pollution,” said an lt arv tccompanyingjournal editorial, toting that 600,000 tons of lead are added annually to the en vironment. While acknowledging most children in the study were not suffering from lead poisoning, the editorial said there was a danger the high levels could dis turb the metabolism of vitamin D and cause psychological and behavioral disorders. “How could a nation with such remarkable achievements in preventive medicine allow this preventable condition to af flict 4 percent of its preschool children — or worse, 18.6 per cent of its poor black children?” it asked. The National Health and Nutrition Examination survey showed 4 percent of children 6 months through 5 years old have levels exceeding the accepted limit. Overall, it said 12.2 percent of blacks compared with 2 percent of whites had blood lead levels that could threaten physical or mental health. “Blood lead levels were con sistently higher among blacks than among whites,” the report said, with the “difference found in children and adults, in rural residents and urban dwellers, and in families with low, moder ate and high incomes.” However, concentrations in creased as family income de creased among both blacks and whites. Lead levels in young children also increased with the degree of urbanization. Blacks again had higher concentrations than whites in large urban, smaller urban, and rural areas, the study showed. In addition, lead levels de clined with age until adolescence and declined again moderately after 45 to 54, it said. Roberts, with the National Center for Health Statistics in Maryland, said: “What we are finding is two to three times as much evidence of elevated lead levels than had been found pre viously.” Air Force accidents kill 11 United Press International Rescuers searching in heavy rain found the wreckage of a military cargo plane that crashed in the Fennessee Appa lachians with a nine-man crew, but saw no sign of survivors Wednesday. A helicopter crashed in the South Dakota hills — the third fatal Air Force accident within 24 hours. The C-141B transport, on a training flight out of Charles ton, S.C., Air Force Base when it vanished Tuesday night, slam med into Hoopers Bald Moun tain in the Tellico Wildlife Man agement Area about 30 miles from Tellico Plains, Tenn. Flag Sgt. Bob Miskowitz of the rescue coordination center at Scott Air Force Base near East St. Louis, Ill., said the wreckage was found by members of the Tennessee Civil Air Patrol, two park rangers and a Monroe County deputy. A UH-1 helicopter went down Wednesday while working near Minuteman missile silos ab out 20 miles of Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D., killing one crewman and injuring two. The injured were in stable condition at the base hospital. Names of the victims were not released. An Air Force jet en route to Ohio from California crashed during a thunderstorm late Tuesday in southern Illinois, killing the pilot. Mom tosses tots, gets no bail United Press International PHILADELPHIA — A woman accused of throwing her two children off a bridge into the Schuylkill River then jump ing in herself has been ordered held without bail on a murder charge. Knarvie Walden, 30, was ordered held Wednesday, dur ing a bedside arraignment in the Medical College of Pennsylvania Hospital where she was in guarded condition with internal injuries and severe bruises. A preliminary hearing was set for Thursday. She was charged with the murder of her son, Kavan Moore, 7. The body of the second son, Carl Moore, 6, has not been recovered. Shocked neighbors said they had no idea as to why the woman would harm “two of the best kids you would ever want to meet.” IS LOOKING FOR NEW MEMBERS interested persons should pick up an application in the cubicle in Room 216 MSC. Interviews will be conducted. September 8 — September 9 For more information, call 845-1515 Police recovered Kavan’s body from the river Tuesday ab out two hours after Walden walked to the center of the City Avenue Bridge and reportedly threw both children over the railing, then plunged in after them. Walden was rescued by off- duty police officer Robert Kirn and his companion, who were fishing. “She was a beautiful person,” neighbor James Workman said. “I can’t think of anything that would make her hurt her kids. They were two of the best kids you would ever want to meet.” OCTOBER 2 THERE’S STILL TIME TO PREPARE. 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