European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 30, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Page s the stars and stripes saturday january 30,1988 new civil rights act of d by Senate 75-14 stateside washing ton api the Senate on thursday. Passed a civil rights Bill i scoring to women Minori lie. Llic aged and the disabled Broad Federal Protection against discrimination. The civil rights restoration act. Passed 75-u vote reverses a supreme Caun decision which four years ago severely limited the scorn1 of the nation civil rights lairs. However the Bill a sad Only after two weakening Jet Nam end were adopted. One amendment effectively repealed 1975 Rygula Lions designed la prevent discrimination against women who have abortions or want them. The second amendment excludes people with aids and other communicable diseases from Laws protecting the disabled if they pose a direct threat to work place health and safety or arc unable to perform their jobs. For years civil rights Laws had been interpreted to apply 10 any institution receiving Federal assistance. Seabrook Plant drags Utility firm info bankruptcy Manchester. . Al Public service com Pany of new Hampshire Lead owner of the stalled j5.2 billion sea Hook nuclear Power Plant on thursday filed for Protection from lit creditors under chapter 11 of the Federal bankruptcy s3 billion in assets includinas2.l billion sunk into Seabrook. Public service is the fourth largest . Company to file under chapter 11 and the first a or investor owned Utility to seek bankruptcy Protection since the move came two Days after the slate supreme court denied the company an emergency rate increase by upholding a Law Gamst charging ratepayers for Power plants in Advance ofom Cretal operation. Public service has a 3ft percent slake in the controversial reactor Winch was completed a year and a half ago hut has Heen unable to surmount evacuation plan Ning Obs Acles to a commercial operating License. The 4 . Filing coincided with the closing of the mock a news conference Utility president Robert har dul in a 198-1 decision involving Grove City College pa., the High coun ruled thai Ami discrimination Laws applied Only to the specific prop am which received Federal Money and not to the institution As a whole. Sen. Edward Kennedy a mass. Chief sponsor of the restoration Al. Said it closes the enormous Loop holes created by the supreme court ruling and called it Long overdue. The abortion amendment promoted by sen. John Danforth r-mo., was adopted 56-39 despite strenuous efforts to head it off the Danforth amendment said nothing in title in the Law barring sex discrimination in education shall he const rued to require or prohibit any person or pub Lic or private entity to provide or for any Benefit or service. Related to sen. Howard Metzenbaum a Ohio. Rejoined a woman could be bleeding to death and could be denied a life saving abortion. A Man who was bleeding to death could be saved. That to me is risen said the company took the a Cimon because there was a very to Force the As Friday. Man 1- ver High probability that creditors would seek Utility into involuntary bankruptcy As Early Harrison said Public service will seek to continue aying its share of inc Cost of carrying Seabrook and no pledged to forge ahead with efforts to License the Plant. I do not this action As any problem in that he said. Cool toot Melissa Dillun clarinet player with the . Gelsler or. High school band in Mel iriv 1-a., has her face wrapped with a Scarf during a Chilly outdoor practice Shuston. First woman elected to . Supreme court Columbia . A stale rep. Jeantal has been elected by the legislature As inc first woman on the South Carolina supreme court. The 4 5-year-old Columbia attorney and Rich land county Democrat Vas elected by acclamation after a Brief speech by House speaker Robert Sheheen. It s going to be a great development in the history of the said supreme court Justice Ernest Finney who became the first Black elected to the High court in 198. Toal s election was virtually assured when court of appeals judge Randall Bell the Strong est alternative candidate said he would not accept a nomination. Under stale Law the five members of the supreme court As Well us other judges arc chosen by the legislature. Pennsylvania Amish win fight against intrusion Harrisburg. A. Api Pennsylvania s largest Amish Community has won a fight to keep one More modern intrusion from their Rural Haven. Gov. Robert p. Casey s administration announced that a new Highway will not be built through the Amish farmlands East of Lancaster which is 66 Miles West of Philadelphia. He has determined that we will not build a new Highway in any corridor that will Bisti the Amish farming Community or cause a major disruption to the Amish life style said transportation Secretary Howard Cru Zalim. We re glad to hear thai said John Gocic Secretary of Lancaster Alliance for new directions or land a group formed to fight the Highway we re Happy they re Noi going to de stroy one of our main deadly newspaper bundle linked to no. Teen Ager Neptune township . A a 15 year old boy has been arrested for dropping a Frozen bundle of newspapers from a catwalk onto n Highway killing a woman whose car was crushed by the Impact. Katherine m. Prince 60, was believed to have died instantly when the bundle weighing 2vft pounds smashed the roof and Windshield of her car on route 18, Monmouth county prosecutor John Kaye said. The youth is charged with aggravated Man Slaughter and is being held at the county youth detention Center in Freehold Kaye said against the advice of a Friend the Hoy lifted inc newspapers Over a Gale to the catwalk on a pedestrian overpass limed the approach of the victim s car and dropped the papers Kaye said. Irs drug sting trips up Dallas lawyer sex lawmaker Dallas a a nationwide sting Orleans Washington and Tulsa Okia. Led to indie Nii its Ofa for no indictments were issued in has Amar Ninon aide and a former Illinois congressman in an investigation of an alleged scheme to launder drug profits Federal of Licals said. Assistant . Attorney Hill Sheet i said the internal Revenue sen ice drag net hat resulted in indictments of is people. All but one were arrested he said Ai a news conference thursday officials said the probe could have continued and led to further indict ments but that investigators received threats. This could have gone on and on but someplace you have to mop sheets said. We reach a Point where we have 10 balance the safety of our personnel against the benefits of the indictments were handed up in five cities. Sheet said. Besides Dallas investigations also were conducted in Atlanta Boston new hide the proceeds of narcotics Deal authorities said. Among those arrested was Dallas Law yer Thomas Gene Crouch. An aide to president Ninon in 1973, Crouch helped screen potential presidential appointees to the stale and Justice departments. Crouch was released on a personal the cognizance Bond after a hearing before a Federal magistrate late wednesday. He did not return phone Calls to his office thursday also arrested was Robert Hanrahan a Washington lobbyist and former slate congressman Saccu said. A Republican Hanrahan represented South Chicago suburbs from 1973-75. She Coz had no immediate details on his Case. Arrested wednesday in new Orleans was Salvadore j. Sammy Marcollo a restaurateur and younger brother of convicted Nickels figure Carlos Marcello authorities said. He and seven others indicted Here Are accused of accepting some $750,000 in an alleged scheme to the Dallas indictment named Joseph Isi Anton of Tulsa okla. Premier Bank of Dallas the Bank s former chairman. Connie c. Armstrong and the Bank s former chief Ese Culive officer James Harrison who remained at Large. The indictment alleges that Crouch Harrison Armstrong and Blanton used the Bank and several phony businesses to launder j905.000 in alleged drug Money by transaction reports with inc iks. That was provided by undercover irs the Bank has changed ownership Carniv inn " r., nor san lilt each of Ihm faces a maximum sen tence of 70 years in prison and fines of up to 13.25 million. Saccu said the indictment which Wasj returned in october and remained sealed the Bank continues 10 operate under the direction of it Board of direct tors said Anna Harris vice president and cashier. The Board issued a statement saying it would conduct sown investigation and would cooperate with Federal Bank is charged As a co defendant in connection with a March 11, 1986, transaction in which officials Are accused of knowingly filing false Curren until wednesday stems from an irs investigation that began in january 1936. Shelz said Premier Bant and Lime Stone National Bank of Sand Springs okla., were inc Only Banks mentioned in since then said Don Hammond senior vice president at Premier. We have to tally new management and i m confident that we re running things in a business like and pm Dent manner indictment alleges Crouch Ham son Armstrong and Blanton deposited of least 1905,000 in currency at Premier and other financial institutions for the purpose of obstructing Federal Lawi that require Banks to file Federal reports on each transaction of More than 110,000
