European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 9, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 10 the stars and stripes saturday september 9, 1978 new la. Abortion Law halted new Orleans a a Federal judge has temporarily blocked enforce ment of Louisiana s stringent new abortion Law which was to go into effect thursday. . District judge Robert Collins of new Orleans issued the 10-Day order thursday saying that there is substantial question with regard to the constitutionality of the Law. He said he would set a hearing Date later. Collins ruling does t have any Concrete Impact because the state had agreed not to enforce the Law considered one of the most restrictive in the nation until the courts Rule on its constitutionality. The state legislature passed the Law to counter the 1973 . Supreme court ruling that governments May not interfere with a women s right to an abortion so Long As it is performed in the Early stages of pregnant the heart of the Louisiana Law is an informed consent provision. It would require a woman seeking an abortion to first agree to a waiting period during which she would receive instruction based on the concept that the fetus is a human life from the moment of Concep Tion " the suit challenging the Law was filed two weeks ago by three abortion clinics and three physicians with the Aid of the american civil liberties Union. Peggy Cottle director of the Delta women s clinic one of the parties challenging the Law said the doctrine that life begins at the moment of Conception is a Tenet of some religions adding that the state has no right to impose a religious woman police officer of the year sitting Duck outsmart thieves san Francisco a Dorothy Jorgensen was slumped on a suitcase with a Patch Over one Eye looking battered and forlorn when a Man reached into her purse snatched her last two dollars and took off. He did t get far. The Bills were marked and Jorgensen who has put on More than 200 such performances in the line of duty is a Decoy policewoman with the san Francisco police depart 32-year-old officer on the Force for three years was named woman police officer of the year this week by the International association of women police who will formally present her with the award oct. 12 in St. Paul Minn. Jorgensen 5-foot4 and 120-pounds, is one of 60 women on a Force of 1,600, and the Only female among 29 in a Street crime unit. She makes several arrests a Day which must be followed up with paperwork and court appearances. This is not glamorous work she said. Rather it often leaves her feeling i know there Are three or four individuals around me like a rat pack i get frightened she said. I do my de Coy work with my eyes closed to look More helpless so i can Only listen and you hear their conversation let s get that old lady and your heart starts to beat. There Are times when i just lock my fingers officials say crime has dropped by As much As 40 percent in areas where the unit my 183rd Decoy arrest a suspect ate one of my Bills. He had been arrested before and this time he decided to eat the evidence. Then i had to come up with another Dollar Bill she said. Jorgensen uses dozens of costumes of women in distress sometimes disguising herself As a stewardess nurse or old woman but most often As a battered said the Job has affected her Pri vate life. She shocked her Boyfriend once when he appeared at her door ear Lier than scheduled. There i was cooking dinner for us when he knocked on the door she said. I had eight bandages around my legs heavy Cotton stockings on top of them old lady shoes a terrible dress from the 1940s and makeup lines and wrinkles on my he just looked at me and said ugh i m glad you Don t look like this All the time " Justice dept. Orders . Attorneys not to prosecute whistle blowers Washington a the Justice department has ordered . Attorneys not to prosecute whistle blowers on charges of stealing government a memorandum distributed on wednesday assistant attorney general Philip b. Heymann head of the criminal division said it is inappropriate to bring such charges against Public officials who reveal government information for the primary purpose of Public exposure of the however Heymann said that officials could still be charged with other offences such As unauthorized dissemination or pos session of government information. Daniel Ellsberg was charged under that Law in the Pentagon papers Case As Well As under a Law prohibiting theft of government prop said the policy in no Way Al ters the responsibility of government employees to maintain the confidentiality of sensitive government Teresa Cheatham left miss Alabama and Janice Anne Albro miss Delaware something to laugh at apparently find something amusing during a press conference at the annual miss America Beauty pageant in Atlan tic City . A photo he said the policy also was designed to protect members of the press from the threat of prosecution for theft or receiving stolen property when they publish information that was not obtained by trespass ing or other illegal Means. The memorandum was made Public thursday by the Justice department. Ter rence b. Adamson a department spokes Man said the policy had been under study for some time and was not released now in connection with any particular Case. Woman wins grandparents Day quest new York up for five years Marian Mcquade of Oak Hill w.va., waged a single handed Campaign to establish a National grandparents Day an event president Carter finally has pro claimed for sunday. Mcquade who has 14 children and 14 grandchildren launched her quest in 1973, staging poster contests on the theme among school children and 4-h clubs. Through constant correspondence she finally persuaded governors of 22 states to declare the Day at the local level but not until Congress passed a joint Resolution last month was it made official nationwide. The idea of a special Day honouring grandparents was conceived by Mcquade during several years of service As Secre tary to the West Virginia commission on aging under which she worked with the elderly in hospitals and nursing Homes. So Many of these people still have so much to offer she said. They have knowledge and experience. This is lost to Many children simply because their grand parents Don t live with them As they did several generations ago. I thought a Day should be set aside to make Young people aware of their grandparents and How great they in the course of her Campaign Mcquade was fond of saying everyone s a grand child except Adam and the slogan overlooked Cain and Abel but it worked. President Carter signed the official proclamation aug. 3, saying just As a nation learns and is strengthened by its history so a family learns and is strengthened by its understanding of preceding generations
