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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 14, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page tin incitement Cre Ltd h a american Hoy s Mil to the fur East is Captuo in Iii is photo taken by Al annals Michael Ide. 12, of Walnut Creek. Calif la Fly selected a wonderful meeting of kids last week us the  into Pri Tallinn Winner in he Pontner Nophy division at let National Pat s 1981-88 cultural urls awards Pru Frim theme of the control was ban wonders of Len  the Phon of a chinese boy pointing Tihe i half Michw lid 6-Senr-utd Bulher As taken in Moui China last year. New sup dates school shooting Evanston. Iii. A an 8 year old girl who suffered the most serious injuries among five Chil Dren wounded in a shooting ram Page at an elementary school was released from the Hospital sat urday officials said. Lindsay Fisher suffered Chest and abdominal wounds May 20 when Laurie Dann of neighbouring Glencoe opened fire in Hubbard Woods elementary school in win Netka. Eight year old Nicholas Corwin was killed and Lindsay and four other children were wounded. Dann 30, also shot and wounded a. 20 year old Man in a nearby Home be fore fatally shooting herself As police surrounded the House Lindsay Hospi Ali de for three weeks was the last of the wounded to be released. Ariane rescheduled Paris a the demonstration launch of the Arianc-4 rocket a clawed by mechanical and computer problems has been rescheduled for wednesday officials have announced. A Siai Emend released by aria nes Pace. The commercial Arm of the european space Agency said repairs on the rocket had Ben completed at the launch site in Kourou French Guiana. Anti porn lobbyists tie of crime subcommittee Washington a for u month the telephones i n the office of rep. William j. Hughes. D-nj., have been tied up by members of an anti pornography group who have been urged to phone him and keep calling till you gel  constituents have been unable to reach Hughes the House speaker s staff has had to Send a Page to Contact him and an exasperated Hughes has been Kepi from reaching his Secretary when he s away from the office. Aboul 10,000 Calls and nearly 20.000 letters have arrived in a Campaign Gorchev Traico by the american family association of Tupelo. Miss., which told its Mem Bers that an Ami pornography Bill would die in a subcommittee chaired by Hughes. Perhaps you believe that a congressional office looks like Home shopping network with dozens of operators sit Ting before computer terminals ready and Able to Lake messages the Congress Man wrote the Rev Donald e. Wii Mon. The group s executive director on May 23, complaining about the lactic and calling in needless. Hughes chairman of the House Judic iary subcommittee on crime said Llie Bill is very much alive and will have a second hearing on thursday. Any delays have been caused by the diversion of staffers from the Bill to work on the letters and phone Calls he said callers to Hughes office Are now greeted by a recorded message from the seven term congressman that is on two answering machines. The machines were paid for by members of Hughes staff who decided the crisis could not Wail for House officials to buy the devices. Hughes said in the interview and in let ters to House colleagues and Wii Mon Hal the family association fed its members inaccurate information including an Alle gation that Pomora pliers Are i willing arms of lawmakers to kill he Bill. Bui the most inaccurate message Hughes said is Hal the child Protection and obscenity enforce Mem act of 9s8 is dying in the House judiciary subcommittee on crime. We re in the hearing  Hughes said. Wii Mon demanded we abandon hat process and pass the Bill with no  Hughes said that some provisions in the Bill raise sensitive first Amend ment  the legislation encompasses a number of recommendations from the Reagan administration s commission on por Nogra  of its provisions would allow gon in men seizure of Money and prop erty derived from violation of pornography and obscenity Laws use of wiretaps in obscenity investigations prohibition of obscenity in Cable television program Ming and creation of a new crime of receiving or possessing obscenity with the Intel to Transfer. Up phones s chairman Wii Mon told his Folly hrs in Early May Hal he legislation is about 0 die in Hughes committee and urged sup porters if his phone is Busy keep Call ing till you get through the idler said pornography to Are spending a lot of Money twisting a Loi of arms and pressuring a Lut of Congress Nice and added if of can help de fray these unexpected costs i d be grate Ful you can use the enclosed  Wii Mon said in an interview Hal he regrets the inconvenience suffered by Hughes Saff but contended he Only wrote the letter after the crime sub com Metlei staff refused to it la him about plans for the Bill. Hughes replied that in doubted thai allegation since the  Fields such Rou Tine inquiries All the Lime asked what evidence he had Hal the Bill would die in committee Wii Mon said i was told by a number of people who knew Uhitil they were talking  asked who they were he replied no  he also declined to say How he knew pornographers were pressuring lawmakers. Wii Mon said the group had 330,000 supporters a number Bawd on the 170,000 ministers and 160,000 others who receive the group s publications. The american family association Wii Mon said is a croup that promotes things that would enhance the family and has taken positions against pornography abortion and some broadcast entertainment shows  
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