European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 19, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 6 the stars and stripes sunday february 19,1989 there ii soon be peach frees on peach free a free fort Valley a. A Atlanta s Peachor Estreet will be turning peachy soon. Members of the Georgia peach commission grower financed group that promotes the state s peach crop will donate 20 Trees next month during ceremony in downtown Atlanta. During the National democratic convention injury visitors wondered Why there were no peach Trees said spokeswoman Judy Harmon. I thought the peach commission should do something to Rem Edy Harmon said she contacted Atlanta officials an Learned that the peach Trees that once lined the Street were not replaced when they died because they Cre ated a nuisance. The fruit attracts bugs and the Trees Aren t very tolerant of Auto pollution she said during a recent interview at a meeting of peach growers in fort Val Ley. She said City officials were sceptical about Plant ing peach Trees along the Street until she discovered a variety that produces Beautiful blooms but no fruit. That s what we re going to Plant she said. Atlanta began in the 1840s As the terminus of the Western and Atlantic Railroad and peach tree Street running northward along a line of ridges quickly became an important commercial and residential thoroughfare in the growing City. Beginning near Woodruff Park downtown the Street runs through office hotel and business complexes. Farther North peach tree is lined with stately Homes built Early in the Century. The Road ends More than 40 Miles from downtown Atlanta in Rural North East Georgia. The peach commission s Trees will be planted in Woodruff Park during a ceremony tentatively set for March 23, said Harmon who Hopes the tree planting will encourage others to Plant peach Trees along the Street. It restores some meaning to the name of peach tree she said. Parishioners threatened with arrest end occupation Bridgeport Conn. A a we Klong standoff Ata roman Catholic Church ended abruptly saturday when Bridgeport police moved in and ordered dissident polish parishioners to leave peacefully or face arrest. I be never seen anything like it in All my life said Frank Dabrowski a parishioner for 26 years. They Don t even do that in communist children in the Church cried and several me shouted nazi but nearly All of the 80 dissidents left St. Michael the archangel Church voluntarily two were arrested charged with first degree criminal trespass and re leased without bail. The occupation of the Church since feb. 11 was protest Over the ouster of a popular priest. Two Days of negotiations Between dissident leaders and the Church Hierarchy failed to resolve the crisis. The dissidents believed they were close to winning their demands that the priest be reassigned to their Parish when mayor Thomas Bucci arrived about 1 15a.m. Saturday with 40 policemen. At the present time everybody is very disappointed everybody is angry Halina Chmiel one of the dissident leaders said As she stood in the cold night air on the Church Steps. Outcry hits rules on alcohol labels Washington a consumer groups say temporary regulations on the size and placement of warning labels for alcoholic beverage containers will not ensure that people notice them. The Federal Bureau of alcohol tobacco an firearms published the rules on thursday. Con Gress voted last year to require warning labels nonalcoholic beverages sold in the United states starting next november. The regulations say the print on the Label must be at least 2 Millimetres High for containers larger than 8 ounces and at least 1 millimetre High for smaller containers. The warnings must be placed on the Brand Label a separate front Label or a Back or Side Label. Patricia Taylor with the private non profit enter for science in the Public interest said the regulations serve the interests of the booze Industry not the it s ridiculous 19 allow companies who fought Labelling requirements for the past 20 years to print labels in tiny script any which Wayon the Back or Side of a bottle she said. Christine Lubinski of the National Council on alcoholism said the Bureau had missed another Opportunity to promote the Public s sen. Strom Thurmond r-s.c., who sponsored the Labelling requirement in Congress said if the final regulations allow Industry members to place minuscule labels in difficult to Fin places on the containers the purpose of the Law has been the labels warn that women should not drink alcoholic beverages during pregnancy because of the risk of birth defects and that alcoholic Bever Ages impair the ability to drive a car or operate machinery and can cause health problems. As she was leaving Chmiel said the dissident would decide on their next move later saturday. The Rev. Roman Palaszewski whose ouster cause the dispute pleaded with parishioners to leave the Church but was shouted Down. Palaszewski had appeared at the Church after an earlier confrontation Between the dissidents and Church officials. The shouting incident resulted when the Rev. Laurence r. Bronkiewicz the diocese of Bridgeport s vicar for clergy asked the dissidents to leave St. Michael. Some of the dissidents began crying others shouted insults while cries of liars and speak to our peo ple rang through the Church. Church leaders apparently surprised by the hostile re action hurried to a Back room and closed the door. One parishioner followed them and angrily beat on the door. Later Church leaders and dissidents resumed their talks. The dissidents not Only wanted Palaszewski to re main at their Church but they also wanted their cur rent pastor ousted. They claimed their new pastor the Rev. John Bambol engineered Palaszewski s removal because he was too Active in the polish Community. Some say they Are upset by Bambol s Effort to open the Parish located in a largely hispanic Section of Bridgeport to other ethnic groups. Suspended term imposed after assault conviction Edinburg Texas a a Man was Given suspended two year prison sentence Friday after his conviction for sexual assault on a woman who said shews abducted and gang raped by a group of men at an illegal cockfight. Roberto Perez had faced up to two 20-year prison terms and a $10,000 Fine when the jury returned the guilty verdict shortly before 9 . After deliberating about 3 Viz hours. The jury then resumed deliberations on the penalty phase and ordered the two year suspended term five years probation and no Fine. Perez 26, was the third to stand trial of 10 men Anda 14-year-old boy who were indicted last april on charges ranging from kidnapping to aggravated kid napping to sexual assault. The Case was moved to Hidalgo county after the defense complained of excessive publicity in Duvall county where the attack occurred. District judge Ricardo Garcia gave the jury the option of returning saturday to assess punishment but the jurors chose to remain Friday night. Attorneys for both sides made closing argument Friday afternoon. Perez testified Friday that the woman consented Mohave sex with him and several others on the March night of the attack. The woman testified that Perez sexually assaulted Herat a ranch North of san Diego Texas where men were gathered for an illegal cockfight and at two other locations. Orlando Garza 24, the first Man to be tried in the Casenas convicted sept. 27 of sexual assault and was sentenced to 20 years in prison by a jury in san Diego Felipe Chew 27, was convicted in san Diego on Jan 27 of aggravated kidnapping and was sentenced to 30years m prison. Stateside fire guts aging building at North Dakota prison Bismarck . A fire gutted one of Testate Penitentiary s oldest buildings forcing 185 in mates from their cells but apparently injuring no one prison and fire officials said saturday. Damage estimates were not immediately available but prison officials said plans to raze and replace the 79-year-old building had put the project s Cost at $6.07million. The fire s cause was unknown. No prisoners were in the building when the Blaz broke out. The three Story building housed a Chapel recreation room and the prison s main Kitchen an dining area but had no cells. . Says Japan dumping Micro disks for computers Washington a the government has accused Japan of dumping 3.5-Inch computer Micro disks in the United states at less than fair value and May Levy special duties on the imports the Commerce department announced. Anti dumping duties will be collected if the Trade commission rules in the next 45 Days that the imports materially injure or threaten S.C. injury to . Companies producing equivalent products. The it an Independent government Agency will investigate the matter and May hold hearings. Micro disks Are used to record and store compute information. Ornithologist namesake for Ian Fleming hero Dies Philadelphia a James Bond a leading ornithologist whose name was adopted by Ian Fleming for the fictional British agent 007, has died at the age of 89. He died at Chestnut Hill Hospital. Officials at the Hospital refused to release the cause of death. Bond former curator of ornithology at the Academy of natural sciences was the leading authority on Birds of the West indies for More than half a Century and is Best known scientifically for proving that Birds of the Caribbean originated in North America not South America. Bond s contribution to popular culture came afterword War ii when Fleming saw his Book Birds of the West indies in Jamaica. Fleming an avid Bird watcher was writing a thriller at the time and adopted the name for the dashing character portrayed in mov ies by Sean Connery Roger Moore and other actors. Pepsi s Challenge spurs Concession by coca cola new York not coca cola has agreed toaster a claim made in four television advertisements for diet Coke after they were challenged by Pepsi cola last month. The latest skirmish in the cola wars began on superbowl weekend last month when coca cola began a Campaign claiming that 2 million families stopped buying regular Pepsi last year and More of them moved to diet Coke than to any other a Dato cola challenged that assertion in a letter to theaby lbs and Abc television networks which put the ads under review. This past week coca cola said it would change Theta line of the ads to say last year 2 million families stopped buying regular Pepsi and about a half million of them moved to diet the company also agreed to attribute its claim to the marketing research corp. Of America in Type on the Bottom of the screen. In return lbs Abc and Abc agreed to continue televising the spots
