European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 13, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday november 13, 1986 the stars and stripes Page 7 Nebraska voters repeal seat Belt Law Omaha neb. A _ Nebraska repealed the stale s mandatory scat Bell Lawny a margin of about one tenth of 1 percent in Tat week s election and a sup Porter of the Law blames the outcome on we feelin8 about another Issue on the ballot. The unofficial vote was 267,486, or 30052 percent against the Law and 166,913. Or 49.48 percent for it some Absentee ballots have yet to be counted. But there Are not enough or them to change the outcome. Official figures will be released after the state canvass Board meets dec 1. If that in fact is the election result we re disappointed and we did not expect that outcome said Jack Memott consultant for nebraskans for safety a pro scat Belt group. The Law was Defeated partly because of voter negativism about other issues and races Merritt said tuesday. The bal lot included a referendum on Nebraska s school consolidation Law which was re pealed by a wide margin. I think there was some correlation be tween the position on that and the position on the safety Belt Issue Menit said. Neb nikans for safety spent about $134,000 supporting the Law while Citi Zens against mandatory scat belts spent Only about $700 on advertising. Opposition to the Law Wai strongest in Rural areas of the stale. Eight counties most of them heavily populated voted to retain the Law and 85 mostly Rural coun ties voted to repeal it. The Law passed last year required Drivers and front scat passengers to Wear seat belts. Violators faced a s25 Fine but police had to Stop motorists for some other violation before checking for compliance with the Law. Fill pm up a photo French vintner Pascal Leclerc Brtan pour Champagne into the lop Glass of a 20-foot Model of new York s Empire state building act up in the lobby or la real thing. The Model which took six hours to build is constructed of 1,492 wine glasses. African Singer 46 band members kicked off Airliner for smoking pot Denver a african Singer and songwriter Fela Ani Kulako Kuti and 46 members of his band were kicked off a commercial Airliner in Denver because they were reported to be smoking marijuana officials said tuesday. We Don t remove people from an air plane unless we have sufficient cause said Joe Hopkins a spokes Man for United airlines. Fela and his band were flying from Newark n., to Seattle when the plane slopped in Denver to pick up More passengers. Passengers waiting at Denver s Stapleton International Airport said they were going Down the Rimp to get on the plane when they were Lold to return to he terminal because a group of passengers was smoking marijuana throwing food harassing the Crew and other passengers. Hopkins said the band members began smoking marijuana cigarettes in mid flight and were stubbing them out on the carpet of the dc-8. In Denver United officials look the band s tickets and ushered them off of the plane. The band members continued on to Seattle aboard a Continental airlines flight. Fela an outspoken critic of military Rule and corruption in his Home country of Nigeria was released from prison in april by the ruling military govern ment. The government retired the judge who bad sentenced him to five years in prison for trafficking in foreign currency saying the judge had acted improperly. Fela has a wide following in Africa Europe and North America and there had been Many Calls for his release i since he was imprisoned in  vember 1984, amnesty International had declared him a prisoner of conscience. Fela has recorded More than 50 album including one that was released after he was imprisoned called army arrange ment that album tells of a band of soldiers who arc deeply involve Din foreign currency trafficking. Koli nigerians Are not allowed 10 hold foreign currency a Rule aimed at curbing corruption. Hopkins said he did t know if United will press charges in the matter but added it did take statements from other passengers on Board who were upset by the incident Denver police said they had  information about the incident. Graphic9 anti Pom show Cut off Austin Texas a an anti pornography show on a Christian radio station was Cut off tues Day because the general manager thought it was too explicit. The Cap report produced by the citizens against pornography was taken off the air As Hosl Mark Weaver and a guest identified Only As Tony discussed homosexual activity in local adult Book stores. We fell that Mark s description of sexual practices was much too graphic for the radio station. I made a judgment Call to pull the program said Gene Bender general manager of kill. In our listening audience Are Young people families and children listening with  Weaver acknowledged that the discussion was explicit but he said in was necessary. He had warned listeners of the contents before the discussion began. The 15-minute show broadcast weekday morn Ings has been carried by kill for two years. Weaver and Bender planned to meet to discuss the show s future. School reconsidering its  pass  play policy Joliet 111. A a school Board says it will reconsider its  pass  play policy after four straight a students who flunked an unannounced quiz won a court order temporarily reinstating them on the basketball team. Parents of two of the four eighth Grade Girts had gone to court claiming the policy did not clearly define the conditions under which student athletes would be barred from Competition. The Troy Community consolidated school Board has directed the administration to draft a new policy. Superintendent Clair Swan said the Board had planned to reconsider the longstanding policy even before the parents raised the  girls All of whom had perfect grades in the first nine week grading period flunked a Surprise science quit Given last week the first week of the Sec Ond grading period is. Swan said. The school on monday declared the girls ineligible for athletic Competition. The parents went to court and won temporary restraining order in time for the girls to Piny in a basketball game that night Troy lost to Dirksen 37-34, but coach Clark Garland said the lost was not due to the controversy. He said the Case waste first he knew of in which the school s  pass  play Rule had been invoked. . Cops write 91% fewer tickets in slowdown do year said 23 percent More officers had Rigi the threw May period compared period list year refused to provide any a. Officially ack nowt edged by police commissioner Benjamin Ward on monday. Ward said then that the decreases involved very very Small  official released the data late tuesday after numer Ous requests by news organizations and repeated their Contention that the slowdown had not affected Public safety. Mayor Edward Koch speaking to reporters after the veterans Day Parade criticized the officers who were participating in the slowdown. " understand that you Are upset he said of objections to Ward s plan to Transfer one fifth of the office in each precinct annually. Officers have argued that the plan will Bun morale disrupt commuting sched Ules and result in reduced efficiency. The fact ii you cannot take the position that your convenience is More important than toe Good name of the department Koch said. Toe Transfer plan is intended to break up duster that might tolerate corruption. Ward announced the plan noun after 12 of Cen from the 77lh precinct to Brooklyn were arraigned on charges ranting from stealing garbage cans to stealing drugs. All pleaded Art Guilly