European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 13, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday March 13, 1986 the stars and stripes Page 5 Man lynched Over 1913 murder pardoned Atlanta a Leo Frank a jewish business Man whose Lynching in 1915 became a rallying Point for both the Kun flux klan and the anti defamation league of b Nai brith got a posthumous Pardon tues Day for a murder he denied committing. The Georgia Board of pardons and paroles had re fused to Pardon Frank in december 1983, despite gov. Joe Frank Harris support for the proposal. But the Board reversed itself tuesday after the anti defamation league the american jewish committee and the Atlanta jewish federation submitted a petition arguing that they should not have to prove Frank s inno Cence Only that he was denied Justice. Witness died last year the action came less than a year after the death of Alonzo Mann who came Forward in 1982 to say that As a 14-year-old office boy in Frank s Atlanta Pencil factory he saw another Man carrying the body of 13-year-old Mary Phagan. Mann said he did not Tell police then because he feared the murderer. Frank s trial which took place with crowds outside chanting hang the jew brought him a death sentence for the 1913 murder. The girl was beaten and strangled. Her body was hidden in the factory. After then gov. John Slaton commuted Frank s sen tence to life in prison a mob stormed the governor s mansion in Atlanta. An armed mob then abducted Frank from a Milledgeville prison and chanting anti semitic slogans lynched him near Phagan s Home in Cobb county on aug. 17,1915. The parole Board held in 1983 that there was no proof Frank was innocent. The Pardon issued tuesday said such a Standard of proof especially for a 70-year-old Case is almost impossible to  the document said the Pardon was granted in recognition of the state s failure to protect the person of Leo Frank and thereby preserve his Opportunity for continued Legal Appeal of his conviction and in recognition of the state s failure to bring his killer to Justice and As an Effort to heal old  Board chairman Wayne Snow said the Board met with leaders of the jewish groups beginning in october to discuss How the Pardon could be reconsidered. Snow said the Board told the jewish groups that their original petition which asserted Frank s innocence left the Board limited in what we could  wording difficulties subsequent discussions focused on the language of the Pardon Snow said culminating in tuesday s 5-0 vote to Grant the Pardon. The Board s meetings Are closed to the Public and the 1983 vote by the same five Board members was not disclosed. Gerald h. Cohen president of the Atlanta jewish federation said the Pardon removed a tragic stigma from the great state of Georgia indeed from the collective conscience of our  the governor s press Secretary Barbara Morgan said Harris was pleased that the parole Board acted in a very deliberate and responsible manner on a very Sensi Tive  while Harris was not one of the parties officially requesting the Pardon Morgan said the governor s of fice had been expressing concern Over the matter to parole Board members. Frank s Lynching has been cited As the worst single incident of anti semitic violence in the United Stales and the Case was a catalyst for the resurgence of the Kun flux klan. Demonstrators delay unloading of ship san Francisco a Dock workers began unloading South african cargo from a merchant ship tuesday after police broke up an anti apartheid Demon stration and arrested 57 protesters for obstructing Access to the pier. Him Etc Baton wielding police officers surrounded about 150 sign waving demonstrators in front of the Gates of pier 80. Some of i Host Arr sled had to be dragged away. No ships no cargo no Trade with South Africa chanted the protesters before the arrests. They said they were members of the Campaign against apartheid which opposes the african nation s policy of racial segregation. The cargo aboard the dutch registered Ned Lloyd Kemble included windshields canned foods household goods and 500 tons of steel plates and coils according to the ship s Manifest. Members of inc International longshoremen s and warehousemen s Union local 10 and ship clerks Union local 34, who refused to pass protesters monday said their contract required them to work the vessel tuesday because the picket line collapsed after the arrests. Dock workers have a contract provision thai per miss them to decline to Cross a pro test or picket line if there is a question of their safety. After the arrests there were no pickets and there was no longer a question of health and safety. We were ordered to go to work said local 10 Secretary treasure Bill Watkins. The vessel arrived Over the weekend and was to have sailed monday night for Vancou ver Wash. Shipping representatives in san Francisco refused to comment on the protest. Aboul 25 trucks were waiting to enter the pier gales Early tuesday morning bul were barred by the protest. About an hour later the trucks rolled through the Gates. On monday a police officer suffered Lorn ligaments in an Arm during a four hour demons Lvalion. Two men were arrested. No injuries were reported tuesday. I n november 1984, the Dock workers refused for 10 Days to unload cargo from the Kemble s sister ship Ned Lloyd Kimberly until a court order forced the locals to work the ship. Put in isolation a or own prof Effion police escort an anti apartheid protester from the docks in san Francisco. A photo woman held naked in jail for 8 Days Elizabeth . A a pregnant woman left naked and without a Blanket in a jail cell for eight Days after being judged possibly suicidal was treated according to regulations meant to protect her and other prisoners county officials said tuesday. But an inmates advocate said the treat ment of the 21-year-old woman should t be tolerated in the dungeons of Iran and said he was investigating the incident at the Union county jail. The woman was arrested Jan. 29 for pos session of marijuana and contempt of court and was examined two Days later by a psychiatrist who concurred with jail officials that she was a danger to herself and others said William Tisdall the county s acting director of Public safety. On feb. 5, the woman was Given a Blan Ket and jail uniform according to Joe car Roll the director of correction for Union county. Carroll who resigned later in february said the clothing was issued Only after he interceded. The woman who is four to five months pregnant was taken out of isolation in mid february and was released on probation on March 6, Tisdall said. He said it was Standard procedure to take away her clothing and place her in an isolation cell to prevent her from harming herself once officials determined she might be suicidal. Gary Mitchell director of inmate advocacy in the state Public advocate s office criticized the action. There were certainly other Means Avail Able to ensure either the safety of the in mate or the Security of the jail than the outrageous conduct that is acknowledged to have occurred Mitchell said. The woman was arrested in Plainfield Jan. 29, said Tisdall. She could t make bail and was ordered transferred to the county lockup he said. While awaiting the Transfer the woman set a fire in her cell that caused no damage Tisdall said. That automatically flagged her As a possible suicide or self destruct Type tis Dall said. Somebody who might injure her self or somebody  because of the Plainfield incident authorities at the county jail decided to strip her and place her in an isolation cell. We could t put her in the general population in Case she set a fire and burned everybody Tisdall said. She d endanger other  Tisdall said the woman continued to act in a disruptive fashion. For example he said she stuffed a toilet paper Roll Down a toilet in the isolation cell and caused flood ing in the room. Mitchell said a representative from his office visited the jail on feb. 5 after receiving a complaint. He would not say who filed the complaint. Tisdall said the action taken by prison authorities was appropriate. He said the isolation cell was quite warm and that the woman was t going to  she was t punished. She was being protected that s what kills me Tisdall said. But Mitchell said Tisdall s statement was not satisfactory. It is an explanation for con duct that should t be tolerated in the dungeons of Iran said Mitchell. There were no medical or psychological reasons to justify the action that was taken against  Sands of time in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today March 13, 1946 the army High come in Frankfurt is considering issuing special military scrip for use by authorized personnel in the . Zone As a method of damming the inflow of russian occupation Marks which the . Treasury is forced to redeem in dollars finance officers said. 30 years ago today. March 13, 1956 in Athens greek Premier Constantine Karamanlis called on the United states to help Settle the dispute Between Britain and Greece Over Cyprus. 20 years ago today March 13, 1966 ailing and harassed president Sukarno of Indonesia turned Over Power to the militantly anti communist it. Gen. Suharto in Jakarta. To years ago today. March 13, 1976 former president Nixon defending his intelligence policies said the presidency is Sovereign and can break Laws to protect National Security. Sen. Frank Church a Idaho called the doctrine pernicious and