European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 31, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and thursday. August 31, w8 Warnke Agency claims . Could effectively Parry soviet first strike abortion trial defendant Maria Elaine pitch lord right walk with her attorney Flora Stuart and her parents to the Warren county court House in Bowling Green ky., where Sheu Roll charged with performing an abortion on herself. A photo study released Ciao it by the arms Mamett agony which ions More favourable to it disarmament objectives than those taken military strategists. To a a a Rake said theg by was released to convince the Public. In com alerts of Kane of the alarm-n7vi i,n5�, i hat there is no pos Baihly that a strategic arms limitation agreement with the soviet Union will com Printise american strategic  said a soviet first strike even if it destroyed . Land based missiles would trigger massive retaliation from submarine based missiles and cruise mis ate that would destroy the soviet Union. Wamke did not name the alarmists but he was apparently referring to groups like uie committee on the present danger which has been issuing statements saying that the administration was leaving Amer Ica vulnerable to a soviet first strike. But the study acknowledged two of the Mam Points made by such groups. It said the soviets Are catching up with the . In strategic capability and will have achieved parity by the mid-1980s. Even though american capability will in crease during that time. Warnke discounted that Factor by saying the soviets already have essential parity because they can take an Ameri can first strike and still devastate the  in retaliation. A coi Day the study said hat by the mid-1980s, the soviets will have the capacity to destroy 90 percent of the existing Macri can Force of land based missiles. The soviets Are developing increasingly accurate missiles Thal could be fired at the silos that House american land based mis Siles and destroy them before they could be woman on trial for self abortion Bowling Green by. A ayoung woman on trial for allegedly per forming an illegal abortion on herself witha knitting Needle admitted it a Day later a prosecution witness testified  thought i could give myself an Abor Tion. I put a knitting Needle in my uterus the woman is quoted As saying. The statement was introduced As Evi Dence along with a six Inch White plastic knitting Needle and photographs of the Nee dle. City police detective Martin Scott read the statement and said it was written by Maria Elaine Pitchford the defendant. According to the statement the woman told police she turned to self induced abortion after being refused an abortion at a Louis Ville abortion  to the 1974 state Law under which Pitchford is being prosecuted a abortion May be performed Only by a licensed physician except during the firs three months of pregnancy when a woman May perform the abortion herself under doctor s supervision. Pitchford believed to be one of the firs women in the nation to stand trial on Marges of performing an illegal abortion on herself was apparently 20 to 24 weeks pregnant at the time of the alleged illegal abortion. Put a knitting Needle in my uterus the police statement quoted her As saying. Scott testified that he was called to Hospital by Deputy Coroner cephus Hughes who testified that he found the Needle when he examined the fetus at the Hospital morgue. Pitchford had gone to the Hospital suffering from internal bleeding and the dead fetus was delivered and taken to the morgue for examination. At one Point in the trial circuit judge  Francis declared a 10-minute recess after Pitchford a native of nearby Scottsville was overcome with emotion. She has said Little during the proceedings speaking Only occasionally with her attorneys and her  number of women s rights organizations including the National organization for women have offered to support pitch Ford s defense. A now representative has been present during the trial. A jury of eight men and six women including two alternates was chosen Mon Day to hear the trial which was expected to last through wednesday. Pitchford was indicted by a grand jury june 14 on charges of manslaughter and performing an illegal abortion. Franci dropped the manslaughter charge at a pre trial hearing on grounds that a fetus is no legally a person. Indian massacre victims m get new . Burial site victims svit Tun pwn  a Indian told in mid june that the tribe com decideff5? 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Supreme court ruling which said states May not prevent abortions during the first six months of pregnancy but May restrict abortions beyond the first trimester to protect the woman s  told police that accompanied by her Boyfriend she was examined by doctors at a Louisville abortion clinic on june 7, Scott  she was told by the physicians that her pregnancy was too advanced for a abortion to be performed safely i was Wied upset and crying Pithford is quoted As saying in the statement. China opens cities to tourists Tju � min a i pc _ imm Linoff Kone s Iwu of when i woke up the next Mornie. A a reported. Thought i could give myself an abortion. I dailies Nave Rei time fort was i the s history that made to preserve this Type -s2fdnas truly realized their re Mark. He said. U. Warnke noted the tentative Salt agree ment preserves the . Option to develop the my missile which would could . Officials an equal or Superior first strike capability because the my would carry More warheads and deliver them More accurately than existing minuteman missiles. 3balloonists killed filming 2nd balloon Fishers ind. A three balloon its filming the Maiden voyage of another hot air balloon were killed when their Craft crashed and burned after it swung into a Power line state police said state trooper Don Schoeff tentatively identified the victims As Elizabeth j. Do Mont 31, of Indianapolis the Pilot Michael a. Kelly. 30. Of Bloomington an James e. Kohls 44, of Indianapolis. Schoeff said autopsies were  said the first voyage of a balloon piloted by Phil Thompson of Frankfort was being filmed. As the Craft piloted by Domont headed for Power lines burners were turned on to make the balloon Rise Schoeff said. But the balloon hit the lines tipped and the pro pane fired burners apparently set fire tothe Gondola he said. The trooper said one of the men either jumped or Felt from the Gondola at about 300 feet. He said the Craft continued rising and Domont her clothing on fire either jumped or  other Man stayed with the balloon which continued about a mile until the gon Dola at an estimated 500 to 1,000 feet burned free from the bag and fell to the ground Landing in a Field. Robbers get Gould jewels from fancy Villa Cannes up armed masked Rob Ben stole an estimated $750.000 in jewels from the Riviera Villa of socialite Florence Gould in the second major theft Here in three months police sources , 82, widow of american Railroad heir Frank Jay Gould was on a Outing i Cannes at the time. The gunmen climbed to the roof of Villel Patio and broke through a window in Gould s bedroom where they tied an gagged a housemaid the sources said. The loot included a single Pearl necklace Worth an estimated $250,000. Police Are still looking for $900,000 Worth of paintings and valuables stolen May 2t. The paintings included works by Renoir Bonnard and Molineux