European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 2, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes saturday july 2,1988 Voa writer files censorship lawsuit Washington a a voice of America writer filed suit thursday challenging a requirement that she obtain government permission to publish an article accusing the Reagan administration of politicizing Agency broadcasts. The suit by Carolyn Weaver is the first court Challenge to regulations that re quire voice of America employees to obtain prior approval before publishing articles or making speeches about . Foreign policy or the operation of the Agency according to her attorney Ste phen m. Kohn. All books or manuscripts of official concern must be submitted for Clear Ance by the . Information Agency which operates the voice of America. The regulation also covers employees of the state department and the Agency for International development. The government has the right to delete passages or Stop publication of Publica Tion of material it considers inaccurate inconsistent with current foreign policy or can reasonably be expected to affect adversely . Foreign relations Accord ing to the regulations. Weaver a part time writer and editor is preparing an article that accuses Theroa of failing to observe requirements of its charter that it be an accurate objective and comprehensive source of news for foreign listeners. Her lawsuit filed in . District court charges that the clearance require ment is a form of prior restraint prohibited by the first amendment. The suit seeks an injunction barring Usia from requiring her to submit the article for its review before it is sent to the Columbia journalism review. The Magazine must have the Manu script by july 14 in order to publish the piece in its september october Issue according to the lawsuit. In a series of cases Federal courts have upheld prepublication review of Manu scripts by former Cia employees to pre vent unauthorized disclosure of Classi fied information. But Weaver who has no Access to classified information contends that in at least one decision a court has explicitly prohibited restrictions on the Publica Tion of unclassified material. In 1972, the supreme court declined to review a Federal appeals court finding that the first amendment limits the extent to which the United states contractually or otherwise May impose secrecy requirements upon its employee Sand enforce them with a system of prior  in that Case former Cia agent Victo Marchetti was barred from publishing confidential information but the appeals court said he kept the right to speak and write about the Cia and its operations and to criticize it As any other citizen  Kohn said the regulation denies the american Public Access to critical views of United states foreign  even if an employee is Given Permis Sion to criticize . Foreign policy it disapproved criticism approved criticism is not real criticism he said. Lois Herman a Usia spokeswoman said the Agency did not have a comment on the lawsuit. Dpi photo Kennedy in race Patrick Kennedy son of sen. Edward Kennedy d mass., signs papers declaring his intention to run for office in Rhode Island s 9th congressional District the signing took place at the Providence City Hall. . Can f close Plo Mission judge decides new York a the government can t shut Down the Palestine liberation organization s observer Mission to the United nations a Feden a judge ruled Friday. The anti terrorism act passed by Congress does not supersede . Obligations under its 1947 head quarters agreement with the u.n., . District judge Edmund Palmieri said. The language of the Headquarters agreement the longstanding practice under it and the interpretation Given it by the parties to it leave no doubt that i places an obligation upon the United states to refrain from impairing the function of the Plo observer mis Sion Palmieri wrote in a 37-Page opinion. He noted that the language and legislative history of the anti terrorism act which branded the Plo a terrorist group do not indicate Congress meant to aban Don the country s obligations under the headquarter agreement with the United nations. We Are therefore constrained to interpret the Ata As failing to supersede the Headquarters agreement and inapplicable to the Mission wrote Palmieri. The Justice department filed suit in March seeking to close the Plo Mission citing the anti terrorism act passed by Congress and signed by president Rea Gan last year. The Law which took effect March 21, labelled Cheplo and its affiliates a terrorist organization responsible for violence against . Citizens. The Law barred the Plo from operating its a Mission or any other office in the United states. 2 laotians convicted of Battery sentenced to study . Culture Chicago a two laotian tribesmen who became . Citizens were sentenced by a judge to learn English and study american heritage and culture following their convictions on Battery charges. I recognize that they came from a different society and a different culture and one that unfortunately experienced violence on a daily basis Cook count circuit judge Michael Jordan said during sentencing tuesday. Ching Xiong 71, who had been mayor of a laotian Village and his son Bravo Xiong 38, were accused of beating a Man in a disagreement on an expressway amp. The Liongs had wanted the judge to allow a tribal test of truth in which both parties Tell their Side of the Story and then drink water containing rooster blood. In the March 1987 incident the Liongs stopped their car on a ramp after Michael Speropulos 23, of Chicago honked his car s Horn at them several times because their car Cut his off authorities said. Prosecutors say the elder Xiong who was convicted of Battery held Speropulos while the younger Xiong who was convicted of aggravated Battery hit Sperou Lous on the head with a Metal bar. The Liongs claimed they acted in self defense but five witnesses backed up Speropulos. A Northwestern University professor who testified on the Liongs behalf called the sentence the  they came to this country with no resources stripped of their land and Money said Dwight Conquergood. They have suffered  the Liongs who Are hmong tribesmen were wounded in the Vietnam War fighting on the Side of the United states. They left Laos m 1975, and lived Ina refugee Camp in Thailand for five years before mov ing to Chicago. Bravo Xiong said at trial that the rooster blood test works because it is believed that a person who drinks the blood after telling a lie soon will die. Usually i hmong standoffs the liar does not drink the water he said. Assistant state s attorney Cathy Crowley said the younger Xiong should have been sentenced to jail. You Don t take a tire Iron or a Locking device to someone s cranium because you Don t appreciate them honking their Horn she said. In addition to the cultural education Jordan sentenced the father to a year s court supervision an sentenced the son to two weekends in mail and 600 hours of Community service and placed him on 30months probation. Stateside habitual thief receives stiff sentence 24 years Little Rock Ark. A a shoplifter with a Long history of thefts was sentenced to 24years in prison by a judge who told her you re always going to be a  Shirley York Doby 35, of Little Rock was sentenced As a habitual Felon with seven prior theft related convictions. Pulaski county circuit judge Floyd j. Lofton cited a rap Sheet As Long As my Arm in justifying the sentence. You re just a thief you re a habitual thief you re always going to be a thief and there nothing we can do about it Lofton told Doby before sentencing. I intend to Send you to Pris on for As Long As i  Lofton sentenced her to 24 years in prison on a charge of theft of property for which he had found her guilty at a non jury trial june 14. Insurance commission sues Borg Warner corp. Washington not the California insurance commission has filed suit against the Borg Warner corp., seeking up to $80 million in dam Ages As a result of the failure of Centaur insurance wholly owned Borg Warner subsidiary to satisfy its reinsurance obligations to Mission insurance. The Mission insurance co. And four subsidiaries Are being liquidated by order of a state court Las february after its Parent Mission insurance group inc., filed for Protection from its creditors under chapter 11 of the Federal bankruptcy code. Centaur was declared insolvent in september1987. In its most recent annual report Borg Warner said that a preliminary actuarial study disclose that in mid-1987 centaur5., future claim liabilities exceeded its assets by approximately $72million. The Superior court suit which according to spokesman thursday was filed on june 16, seeks $14.1 million in current losses from Borg Warner arising from the liquidation of Mission insurance. Experts give Corn a dose of Bio engineered vaccine Beltsville my. A scientists thursday began inoculating an acre of Corn stalks in the first Field test of a genetically engineered microbe de signed to combat the european Corn Borer one of agriculture s most destructive pests. Although researchers have conducted other experiments of genetically altered materials in the environment the tests of exc by at the Feder Al experimental station Here Are the first approved of a genetically altered Plant vaccine scientists and Federal officials said. Proponents of the crop genetics International project Call the testing a step toward an Era of chemical free pest control. The company s chief scientist Peter Carlson said Friday he hoped exc by will have the effect of making the Corn Borer sick. But he said the main purpose of the test is to determine whether the pesticide will spread from Plant to Plant