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Even as throngs of the faithful and well-wishers greet Pope John Paul II today in St. Louis, fewer and fewer Catholics are being drawn to the church he leads. In a disturbing trend for the church, new statistics indicate a waning commitment in the United States among two groups to whom John Paul has directed much of his attention during his 21-year pontificate--young adults and Latinos.

A student shot a school official at a downtown St. Louis adult school and both were rushed to a local hospital Tuesday afternoon, officials said. According to police, the gunman entered a building at the Stevens Institute of Business and Arts around 2 p.m. and confronted the school official, a man in his 40s. The gunman fired then turned the gun on himself. Police responded and both men were taken by ambulance to Saint Louis University Hospital, spokeswoman Laura Keller told the Los Angeles Times by telephone.

A student shot a school official at a downtown St. Louis adult school and both were rushed to a local hospital Tuesday afternoon, officials said. According to police, the gunman entered a building at the Stevens Institute of Business and Arts around 2 p.m. and confronted the school official, a man in his 40s. The gunman fired then turned the gun on himself. Police responded and both men were taken by ambulance to Saint Louis University Hospital, spokeswoman Laura Keller told the Los Angeles Times by telephone.

Even as throngs of the faithful and well-wishers greet Pope John Paul II today in St. Louis, fewer and fewer Catholics are being drawn to the church he leads. In a disturbing trend for the church, new statistics indicate a waning commitment in the United States among two groups to whom John Paul has directed much of his attention during his 21-year pontificate--young adults and Latinos.

Comedian Redd Foxx, who became a television star playing an irascible, bawdy junkman in "Sanford and Son" and returned nearly two decades later in the current CBS series "The Royal Family," died Friday of a heart attack. He was 68. Foxx died at Queen of Angels-Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center nearly four hours after he collapsed at Paramount Studios while rehearsing the latest episode of his television series. Foxx was stricken at 4:10 p.m.

Here is a complete list of the 230 people, including four cockpit crew members and 14 flight attendants, aboard TWA Flight 800: -A- Aikens-Bellamy, Sandra, 49, of St. Albans, N.Y., off-duty TWA employee Aikey, Jessica, 17, of Montoursville, Pa., student Alex, Christian Alexander, Matthew, 20, of Florence, S.C., Wake Forest University student at Winston-Salem, N.C. , traveling to Dijon, France, to study Allen, Ashton, 15, of Marietta, Ga. Allen, Lamar, of Marietta, Ga.

"Don't Sweat the Small Stuff" is among the COMMON SENSE TIPS in the "Working Parents Survival Guide" by child psychologist Sandra Scarr. For a free pamphlet write KinderCare, Box 8797, St. Louis, MO 63101.

Congress has authorized the creation and distribution of a new Prisoner of War Medal, which is available free of charge to all former prisoners of war held captive after April 5, 1917. In applying for a medal, a former POW or the next of kin must furnish the prisoner's name, date of birth, service number, and if possible, the name of the prison camp and dates of incarceration. Applications should be made in writing to one of the following records centers: --Former Army POWs: U.S.

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Honors, Honors: Two Los Angeles broadcasters--multilingual TV station KSCI and KNX Radio--will be among recipients of the 1992 Gabriel Awards scheduled to be presented tonight in St. Louis, Mo. The awards are given by UNDA-USA, the national Catholic association of broadcasters and communicators. KSCI is being named television station of the year, and KNX is being honored for its series on "Teen Sex in the '90s" and its post-riot community awareness campaign.