European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 01, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday september 1, 1985 the staf 3 and stripes Page 5 court urged to uphold 73 abortion ruling Washington up eighty one members of Congress have called on the supreme court to affirm its 1973 decision legalizing abortion because they said to do otherwise would turn the clock Back and Lepric women of fundamental  the a makers filed a Bricf with the supreme court Friday in support of its landmark Roe is. Wade ruling that said women have a constitutional right to an abortion. The Justice department has asked the court to reverse itself and give states the Power to restrict abortions. The Brief called the government s plea to overturn Roe i. Wade an extraordinary and unprecedented step and i Doha if states were empowered to regulate abortion it would create a bizarre quilt of wildly varying state  to overturn Roe is. Wade As the government urges thus would turn the clock Back not just to 1973 but to a Point prior to 1923. It would not Only deprive women of their fundamental Liberty but would also cast into grave doubt the continuing Validity of every one of the court s half Century of privacy decisions which protect us All the Brief said. Sen. Bob Packwood r-ore., was joined on the Brief by sen. Edward Kennedy a mass. Sen. Barry Goldwater a Ariz. And others in direct opposition to another group of 82 lawmakers who filed a Brief in july urging Rcv a. Wade was a coalition of y women s and Politi Cal organizations including the National abortion rights action league the Young women s Christian association and the american  women. The Brief said the Freedom to decide whether or not to terminate a pregnancy is intimately connected to a woman s ability to be a full and equal participant in this society / Nixon article Calls Tor hard headed defence Washington a former president Richard Nixon says a new peaceful  relationship can not survive unless both recognize they have some profound differences that will never be settled. Survival u their Only major common interest Nixon Laid in an article in the september 20 Issue of the National review a conservative Magazine. He rejected criticisms of the policy of detente. Detente is not institutionalized brotherhood As some Dove naively believe. Nor is it institutionalized surrender Ai some Hawks contend. What i have called hard headed detente is a policy that combines detente with deterrence. Detente without deterrence would Lead to defeat or surren Der. Deterrence without detente denies any initiatives that could reduce the risk of War he wrote. Nothing Dis serves the cause of real peace More than to Bury our differences in a blizzard of warm handshakes Gustiy toasts kisses on the checks and convoluted communiques. It is far better to put those differences on the table for discussion and where possible for negotiation. While we will not be Able to Settle most of our differences recognizing that they exist and frankly discussing them will re Duce the possibility that they will develop into dangerous confrontations wrote Nixon. President Reagan and soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev Are scheduled to meet in a nov. 19-20 Summit in Geneva Switzerland. There Are two immutable rules of conduct governing relations Between states Mutual affection Between friends is useful. Mutual respect Between adversaries is indispensable Nixon said. Nuclear weapons mean War is no longer an option for settling our differences. Our Only option is peace not the peace of surrender or the peace of the grave but real peace in which each pursues its interests but avoids actions that would Force the other to resort to arms Nixon wrote. He said while Gorbachev s deep dedication to his communist philosophy should not be doubted he is a hard headed realist not an irrational  the soviet Leader said Nixon has enormous problems in Afghanistan Ethiopia Nicaragua Angola. Poland and elsewhere in Eastern Europe. In addition he said the soviet Economy is Flat Japan with half the population hardly any natural resources Onil one sixtieth of the territory has replaced the soviet Union As the second strongest Economy of the  medal of Honor Winner arrested on drug charges Baltimore up the nation youngest medal of Honor Winner arrested in Maryland on marijuana and weapons charges Laid Friday he is a victim of bad Luck and is not a big wheel in a dope  Jacklyn Lucas 57, was released from the Cecil county detention Center after his son posted $5,000 . Lucas was arrested wednesday when Maryland state police raided a Cornfield and found 90 marijuana plants valued at $90,000. Lucas said he began living in the Corn Field at the invitation of an unidentified Friend in Northeast Maryland in july. They think i m a big wheel in a dope Racket Lucas said. I Don t smoke it or raise it. I knew the stuff was there on the farm but i could t run up to my Friend and Tell him not to grow it. He did a lot of things for  the spokesman said police were tipped tothe marijuana crop by a department of natural resources air plane that was flying in the area. Troopers who searched the tent said the found several marijuana plants in the pro Cess of being dried and a Shotgun Rifle an three handguns All loaded. Lucas became the youngest Soldier Ever Towin the medal of Honor when six Days after his i7th birthday he dived on a grenade to protect his fellow marines As they inched up a Hill during the invasion of iwo Jima. Lucas pulled a second grenade under him smothering both blasts under his body. When american troops after routing the enemy came Back to Lucas they discovered he was alive and rushed him to a hos Pital said Mai. Anthony Rothfork a Marine corps spokesman. Lucas was awarded the medal of Honor by president Harry s. Truman at the White House and was invited by John f. Kenned to sit on the presidential platform As he took the oath of office. But since that Day feb. 20, 1945, Lucas said he has been victimized by bad business investments and two divorces. Lucas who said he owes the internal reve nue service sj35.000, was living in a Friend s garage since his House burned earlier this year and tie moved to the Cornfield. He s a handful wid Pisco 5, of Richmond it sop through the fingers of a urge sculpture it we Uff a  the 1980 work by j. Seward Johnson b entitled the  Halm Point b a Park located along Washington s tidal base. Tear of the dragon film draws $100 million lawsuit los Angeles up two chinese organizations filed a $100 million class action lawsuit Friday against director Michael Cimino claiming his movie year of the dragon portrays the chinese Community As rampant with organized crime. The lawsuit filed by the federation of chinese organizations of America and the chinese consolidated benevolent association seeks a court order prohibiting the distribution of the  suit also names Mem a a and Dino de Laurent ii corp., which made the  for Mem a and Dino de Lau re Lis could not be reached for comment. Since its release several weeks ago the movie has sparked widespread protests by critics who claim it does not present a fair portrayal of the chinese Community. Actor Mickey Rourke plays a police officer As signed to break up violence among youth gangs in new York s Chinatown. The organizations claim the movie exposes members of the class to hatred con tempt ridicule and  they say the demanded a retraction aug. 22 of what they consider to be falsehoods but that Mem a refused their request. The chinese consolidated benevolent association described itself in the lawsuit As a network of family fraternal and Geo graphic chinese organizations with 60 chapters in the United states Canada an Central and South America. It said that one scene in the movie por trays organized crime figures making a drug transaction in front of a building whose chinese characters translate to chinese consolidated benevolent Assoc a Sands of time in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. Sept. 1,1945 one thousand More emaciated and starving pos were taken aboard the Hospital ship Ancon according to military authorities with the . 3rd Fleet in Tokyo Bay. A total of 1,994 Allied War prisoners have been freed from seven Camps in the Yokohama area. 30 years ago today. Sept. 1, 1955 Gloria Lockerman the 12-year-old who spelled her Way to Fame on the popular new radio television program "$64,000 question stopped Short of the $32,000 question and said she would Settle for $16,000. No contestant on the show so far has tried for the $64,000 grand prize. 20 years ago today. Sept. 1, 1965 president Johnson announced an eight Day postponement of the steel strike deadline originally set for Midnight aug. 31. 10 years ago today. Sept. I 1975 Elvis Presley s personal physician or. George Nichopoulos said the Singer is suffering from exhaustion and an enlarged Colon. Presley 40, May also have a mild liver disease he said