European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 20, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday november 20, 1986 the stars and stripes Page 7 new Law makes buying brides difficult Washington a a new  Wilt make it More difficult for Amer ican men to order a Bride from foreign lands to business defended by some a compassionate and criticized by others to exploitive. More than i to american companies re brokering marriages Between Ameri cans and foreigners and business is growing particularly with women from asian countries according to participant at a conference tuesday. Obviously there is a Market Here. Otherwise they the companies would t have multiplied so rapidly said Adrea o. Sigler Leader of the Confer ence sponsored by the National Council on mail order Ana military brides. Sigler who is a native of the Philippines and met her american husband when he was in the military in Hawaii said she views the mail order Bride Busi Ness As generally exploitive. The conference held at the philippine embassy focused on asian women some of whom see an american Man As their escape from poverty. Sigler Laid. Problems arise in Case where women when they arrive in the United state Are abandoned an expected to function simply As a maid or Are otherwise victimized. We have had a lot of philippine women who have come to us after their brokered Romance failed she said. And there have been suicides and murder involving mail order brides. But there also Are a lot of Happy endings she said. The new Law which took effect oct. Is is aimed at identifying Sham marriages and making it easier for the government to Deport aliens who Are trying to circumvent immigration Laws. The Taw creates a new conditional per manent resident status which carries All the benefits of a permanent resident but requires the resident after two years to Peti Tion the immigration and naturalization service to have the conditional Label re moved. It s going to strengthen our enforce ment procedure against marriage fraud said William Tillman of the immigration service. If we can show that they have terminated their marriage or that they have married for immigration Benefit or i they fail to petition to get their conditional status removed we can initiate deportation proceedings he said. The Law allows the requirements to be waived under some conditions including a determination that an alien s Deporta Tion would result in extreme hardship or that a marriage that ended was entered into in Good  Tillman said the most recent figures he has seen which Are a couple of years old estimate about 40 percent of the marriages involving aliens or about 50,000 a year Are fraudulent meaning the foreigner married primarily to get residence in the United states. Tex sic Florence a philippine mail order bide who runs american asian worldwide services in or cull Calif de fended her business at the conference As an alternative Way for meeting some one and said she is careful to screen clients on both sides of the Ocean. Fri says homosexual arrested in Flower bomb Case san Francisco up a homosexual suspected of injuring his Lover s estranged wife with a homemade bomb planted in a Basket of brightly painted Straw Flowers a arrested tuesday in a Mountain resort Cabin the Fri said. The Fri had issued an All Points bulletin for Shaun Jerome Small 27, on suspicions he delivered the bomb that injured Melanie pit ski and a co worker in their office in a downtown skyscraper monday afternoon. Small a san Francisco apartment manager was arrested without incident in a Cabin owned by his homosexual Lover in the Clear Lake resort area about 123 Miles North of san Francisco authorities said. Small telephoned san Francisco police and offered to surrender authorities said. Before word was relayed to the Lake county sheriffs depart ment a Deputy sheriff staking out the Cabin made the arrest. Fri agents interviewed Small for about two hours then new him by helicopter to san Francisco where he was charged with bombing attempted murder and Possession of an unregistered explosive device assistant special Fri agent Raymond mis lock said. Small was scheduled to be arraigned wednesday. If convicted he could face up to 20 years in prison and a s250.000 Tine Mislock said. Fri investigators said Small is the homosexual Lover of Peter Kurt pitas i who was undergoing a hostile divorce from Melanie Pilaski 41, of san Francisco. Peter Pilaski 41, is sought Tor questioning but was not at the Cabin when Small was arrested sheriffs Cape. Glenn Perkins said. Will you take care of my cat Small asked the Deputy As he made the arrest. We assured him thai we would Perkins said. Police investigators had feared Small had a Sec Ond bomb also concealed in a Wicker Basket but it was not found immediately after his arrest authorities said. Small tried to deliver the Basket to Mel san fam disco Fri agent Raymond Mislock holds a photo of bombing suspect shun Jerome Small Anie Pilaski s parents within an hour after the first blast but her Mother slammed the door in his face authorities said. The first bomb exploded shortly before 3  atop mrs. Pilaski s desk in . General service administration offices on the 33rd floor of the 38-Story Tishman Cahill building. Wearing a White Bellhop s uniform and Cap. Small delivered the bomb inside a foot High brawn Wicker Basket stuffed with red yellow and Blue artificial Flowers investigators said. He left the Basket at the desk in the lobby and it was delivered to mrs. Pilaski s desk they said. We believe the package May have exploded As she touched it or Fried to open it police sol. Man Uel Barrella said. Melanie Pilaski suffered first degree Burns on her face and both hands and a broken left Index Finger in the explosion a spokeswoman for san Francisco general Hospital said. Her condition was listed As stable. A co worker Pamela Castro 42, of san Bruno suffered second degree Burns on her face Chest and legs the spokeswoman said. She was in serious condition. Melanie s father Willard Swanstrom of Al Cerri to said Small and Peter Pilaski turned against his daughter when she Cut off funds to them during hostile divorce proceedings. Melanie and Peter had been married 11 Yean he said. As ambulances firemen and police rushed to the scene of the explosion the suspect carrying a Wicker Basket of Dowers was taking the Bart train beneath san Francisco Bay to �1 Cerrito where he unsuccessfully tried to deliver them to the victim s parents Willard and Alma Swanstrom. The suspect look a taxi from the Bart station to the House of the parents where he tried to hand Over the Wicker Basket to Alma Swanstrom. I heard my husband yell take it away " mrs. Swans rom said. She slammed the door and the suspect returned to the taxi where he ordered Driver Pete Chandler of veterans yellow cab co. To take him Back to the Bart station. I told the officers i dropped him Back off at Bart just after s . Monday " Chandler said. He did t act nervous or like he was in any kind of trouble. He thanked me paid me the $5 fare and gave me a $20  a tenant in the 20-unit apartment building Small managed described him As  the build ing was jointly owned by the Pilaski said the ten ant who asked not to be identified. Robertson complains about Straw Man image new York a the Rev pal Robertson trying to build support for a presidential Campaign says he often is portrayed As a Straw man1 and that people think of him As a single Issue candidate. People Are responding to me As if i were a  Robertson said tues Day at � luncheon with the associated press i am simply astounded by the Lack of information that there is about who i am in what i be done said the to evangelist and founder of the Christian broadcasting network. Robertson has said that if 3 million peo pfc pledge by september 1987 to Cork for his election he will seek thebus Republican presidential Nomi Nason. I Laid tuesday that since he annealed for that show of support in sep the has received about 10 percent of the pledges he seeks. He also is asking people to Send si00 with their pledges Bill said not All Are doing so. Robertson said that the issues in his Campaign would be reduction of the fed eral debt dealing with Trade deficits maintaining a Strong defense and his concern for the moral climate of our  like president Reagan Robertson is a Strong opponent of abortion and an advocate of school prayer. When asked Why he thought he would have More Success As president implementing a conservative Agenda than Rea Gan has Robertson replied with ail due deference to the president he has t had my experience out on the Street with the  me said Reagan does t have the Liaison i have out in the Black Community and the hispanic  Robertson said he has spent 25 years working with Blacks and hispanics in literacy and other social programs. I believe i could be successful build ing Bridges to the leaders of these communities instead of setting up antagonisms he said. While saying. I Don t know that there s necessarily been confrontation Between the Reagan administration and minorities Robertson added i think the Black leaders feel that. It May be i error that they feel it but nevertheless there is that  As for the political Impact of that impression Robertson said that in ibis year s Senate elections in which the re publicans lost eight seats and control of the Senate "91 percent of the Blacks voted against the Republican Candi  Robertson said that As he tries to build support for a presidential Campaign people Are responding to me As if it were a caricature a Straw Man that was set up that does not reflect either my views or my  he complained that he has been presented As a narrow Issue or single Issue candidate and that is just not the  correction Des Moines Iowa a the associated press reported erroneously tuesday that a dancer who pleaded guilty to a charge of indecent exposure at a legislator s Bachelor party had received a one year suspended sentence. The dancer Dawn Wilson received a one year deferred judgment. If she completes the year without any offences the incident will not appear on her record