European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 15, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday january is 1988 the stars and stripes environmentalists fighting whale Hunt Washington iad sixteen environmental groups asked a court on wednesday 1o order . Economic sanctions against Japan because of its plans to kill 300 whales in the Antarctic. The . District court suit contends that the Hunt for Mink whales violates inc moratorium declared by the International whaling commission on Commer Cial Harvest ing of All whales. The groups asked the court to order he invocation of . Law thai allows the United states to reduce the amount of fish a Nulion can Lake from . Waters for Violat ing to omission recommendations. The suit was filed As japanese prime minister Tohoru Takishita began talks with . Officials. As he was having his first White House melting with presi Dent Reagan opponents of whale killing Ucli a peaceful rally across the Street in Lafayette Park. There was no immediate comment from the . Commerce and state depart ments named As defendants in the Sun. Or the japanese embassy the japanese government has said that tie whale Hunt is for scientific purposes the Only Type of whale killing now permitted by in c rules. Last year the commission rejected a japanese proposal to kill h25 Mink Sand 5 i sperm whales for what Japan said were scientific studies the inc is Eon ducting a mail ballot to determine its push Ion on the scaled Back plan. Environmentalists told a news Confer ence thai the Hunt has no scientific Merit and is simply a continuation of the com Mercial whaling that Japan threatened with . Sanctions in 1984, agreed to Slop at the end of the 19b6-87 season. They Are killed by the same people and sent to the same  said Roger Pavnic. Senior scientist with the world wildlife fund it s business As  whale Metal is a very popular and traditional food in Japan. Payne acknowledged a environmental group ruler near Hie while Hoik wednesday to i prot to of japanese plan to kill 300 Whites. That 300 minkes would not feet Many peo ple but he said that the whole kill is for gourmet food in expensive  Payne a member of the incs scientific committee said that members from Only Japan. Iceland and Norway sup ported the 300-Whalc kill at a committee meeting in december the proposal is an outrage against science Payne said. It s just a scam. It is not science Al  in a. Recent statement on the impending Hunt Japan s Institute of cetacean research said proceeds of the Sale of Mink meat would support research into determining the reproductive capabilities of an estimated 430.000 minks. Japan has not broken any Law and does not deserve to be sanctioned by the United states inc Institute s Fukuzo Nagasaki said in a letter to the new York times. A japanese whaling ship left for an Tarti ii on Dee. 13 and arrived there this week environmentalists said japanese officials hive said that no killing will occur until after the prims minis or completes his . Visit Brian Gorman a spokesman for the Commerce department s National oceanic and atmospheric administration said he did not know the . Government s position on the whale Hunt. He said sanctions cannot be imposed until a whale is actually killed. Suspect charged under 1854 dueling prohibition Sacramento Calif. A Bud and Elmer Drew their guns and faced each other across the dance floor at inc Cumry Comfort lounge the final act in a tense drama that began hours earlier. Within seconds. Kenneth Bud Spanos 30, was dead. Now his alleged killer Elmer Roy Southern faces trial under a Seldom invoked 19th-Century California Law that prohibits dueling a ban Stem Ming from the gunfights once endemic 10 the wild West. The shoot out last april 26 at the popular suburban nightspot also left a bystander wounded and forced a Young woman who had just been introduced to Spanos to dive under a table Lor Protection. Dueling has never been charged Here in my life Lime Ken Peterson an assistant Sacramento county prosecutor said wednesday. It just has t been  but in nearby san Joaquin county two men were acquitted of dueling in 1967, stemming from a shooting before hundreds of people at a baseball game. A third Man was killed. On tuesday municipal judge Kenneth Hake or dered Southern 37, to stand rial in Superior court charged with causing death by  which car Ries a maximum four year prison term. Hake issued he ruling at the suggestion of South Ern s attorney j. Patrick Mccarthy who sought he Little known charge instead of murder or manslaughter which Cany longer prison terms. But Peterson said Hake s ruling is not binding and authorities will decide within two weeks whether to accuse Southern of voluntary or involuntary Man Slaughter murder or dueling. Witnesses said Spanos and Southern had argued during the evening and at one Point Southern told Spanos i Don t want to talk to you about that. 111 talk to you  Southern left the tavern then resumed a Short while later standing in the doorway and propping the door open with his shoulder. Come on. I m ready for you Southern shouted into the bar according to witnesses. You got to do what you got to do Spanos re plied according to witnesses and As Spanos walked toward the doorway gunfire erupted. Spanos fired As he headed toward Southern and the fatter opened Fife from the doorway according to the testimony of four witnesses. Roek Anthony Gabbard who was about to enter the bar testified that he was hit in inc gut by the first shot which he said was fired by Spanos. But another witness said he heard at least one round fired before he saw Spanos pull his weapon. Hake said he was convinced by Gabbard s Testi Mony that it was Spanos who fired first. I Don t believe you Ean ignore the actions of the victim in this ease he said. But the judge also said he believed Southern left the bar to fetch a weapon then resumed with a Chal Lenge to Spanos to Settle heir differences on the spot. And that he said resulted in a Duel defined in the penal code As any combat with deadly weapons fought Between two or More persons by previous agreement or upon a previous  duels were common in inc Gold Rush Days of the 1850s and 1860s, when southerners steeped in the Honor code flocked to California. In 1854. State lawmakers known As the fighting legislature because of duels defined dueling and added some penalties. Four years later Assembly Man George Johnston who had introduced the Duel ing Bill kilted a state senator in a Duel and was acquitted in the state s first dueling trial. Dutch tourist in . Informed his dog is dead Dallas a a dutch tourist who went on a hunger make Afler his dog disappeared during an airline Popour say learning that his pet had escaped from a baggage act inn and was killed has t ended his anguish. For the dog it is user but not far me Leo Kouwe said wednesday after identifying a dog killed near Lambert St. Louis International Airport As Loekie his 4-year-old female terrier poodle. When i was looking she was there. Then she was gone. Everything i see re minds me of  the 50-year-old Kouwe said in a Telephone interview front his sister s Home North of Dallas where he plans to Bury ins pet. Trans world airlines officials called Koewn to St. Louis to identify the dog. Which was found earlier in the week said airline spokesman Don Morrison. Jio we was pretty broken  after identifying inc dog Morrison said. Loekie disappeared from an airline baggage Section last thursday when Koewn had changed planes in is. Louis while travelling from Dallas to los a Koewn began his hunger strike Mon Day at los Angeles International Airport. Loewe cancelled his trip Home and vowed not local until Loekie was found. The Singer composer and hotel owner from Thi Laguc camped out at the los Angeles Airport Tor about a Day waiting for his Pel to How up. On tuesday said Morrison a Twa employee spotted a dead dog along a Road near the St. Louis Airport. After being informed of a dog s Dea