European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 3, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes Friday. March 3,1969 news updates Flag lawsuit rejected Montgomery Ala. A a Federal judge thursday threw Oul an a act lawsuit seeking to remove the Confederate lag from atop Alabama Capitol ruling that the Banner docs not violate the constitutional rights of . District judge Robert Vamer said he a act failed to show Haj inc flying of inc Flag somehow creates a form of  male rep. Thomas Reed and 13 other Black legislators at tempted id remove inc nag in 1988 but were blocked by Taw enforcement officer and arrested. They were convicted of trespassing and , reed., state president of inc National association far the advancement of coloured people and the a act sued to remove the Banner. Nov. Guy Hunt has said he will remove inc Flag Only at the request of the legislature Winch a killed Pas attempts to have it taken Down. Oil blast settlement Chicago a a judge approved on wednesday a $19.9 Mil lion settlement of 21 lawsuits tied Toa 19&4 Oil refinery explosion Hal kilted 17 people and injured 10.unocal Oil co. Owner of the Romeoville refinery South of Chi Cago and nine other companies were sued for negligence by the families of those killed and injured attorney Brucer  Faff who represents six Plain tiffs said the Case was about two years from trial prompting All sides to reach an  county judge Donald p. 0 Council approved the set Dement after in Nils of negotiations thai at one Lime involved More than 50 Law firms represent ing the plaintiffs nocal another com  explosion occurred jul y 23, 1984, in a 55-foot pc sad containing liquid hydrocarbons byproducts of the refining process Pfaff said v an investigation determined that inc vessel exploded when internal cracks in the Inch thick Styc broke through the outer skin pal said. 31 More illegal alien suspects arrested trying to Board flights lds Angeles a immigration agents overnight arrested 31 More suspected in Gal aliens Irving to Board air line flights bringing to 206 the number taken into custody this week in a crack Down on Cross country smuggling. Los Angeles saturation with alien who have been denied jobs because of the new immigration Law May have Leto this week s arrests officials said. Immigration and naturalization serv ice agents said thursday that they swept throw Josh six terminals at lot Angeles International Airport on wednesday night and arrested 31 illegal aliens seven of them trying to get aboard Eastern air lines flight 80, the target of two previous sweeps this week. Ins District director Eric Hustafson said the sweeps at the Airport will continue until authorities Are convinced smugglers have stopped using the facility. Activists helping immigrants said re cent changes in the Law May be affecting the flow of aliens into the United states. A year ago we d average five men night sleeping in our Church. We now have 90. We also have 40 women an children in our Convent said the Rev. Gregory Boyle pastor of Mission do Lores a roman Catholic Parish that has become a Refuge to illegal immigrants from Mexico and Centra America. Ins agents wednesday arrested 27suspected illegal aliens aboard a pied  Deth Eim West Germany a Boyscout from troop 197 was awarded the rank of , the highest Honor for boy scouts in a recent ceremony. Jared Andrew Mccormick 15, has been in scouting for eight years and has earned 40 Merit pad Ges. For his  award Mccoy Macli organized a blood drive in the Dex him military Community. Mccormick and other volunteers collected More than 200 units of blood to be Given to theland Smuhl army regional medical Cen Ter Mccormick who also is a member of the order of the Arrow the highest recognition for boy scout campers is Active on his school swim  is the son of chaplain Cape James a and Lymm Mccormick. To Cam the Eagle Seoul award a Boyscout must fulfil requirements in leadership service and outdoor skills. This includes earning at least 21 Merit badges and an average of 100 hours on a Community project. Correction 1 an article last week on the air Force s new. Survivable collective protective systems contained incorrect information the underground shelters Are Capa ble of surviving the blast of it 1,000 Pound conventional bomb from As closes 21 feet. The cos of furnishing one of she 1,274 systems planned is $20,000. Mont airlines flight during a Slop i Charlotte  Between Phoenix ariz., and new  journey of the salvadorans ecuadoran mexicans and brazilian began with an America West flight from los Angeles to Phoenix authorities  monday -.79 suspected illegal aliens taking Eastern airlines red Eye from los Angeles to new York were a a cried during a Stop in Milf few lat monday 69 were arrested while Board ing the same flight in los  1986 immigration control and re form act hit employers with sanctions i they hire illegal aliens. On wednesday a California a labor contractor accused of More than 330 violations of the Law be came the first agricultural business in i venation to be fined under the Law. A a farm contractors of made a was fined si53,250 for employing 17 illegal aliens who were arrested during Borde patrol sweeps in january said 1. William Carter chief of the Border patrol office in i Vernonc. Some officials said the Low May be the reason that illegal immigrants arc turn ing away from their longtime destinations los Angeles and California  Jacobs the assistant ins director for investigations in Atlanta described los Angeles As literally saturated with aliens he said word has gotten around that they can t gel jobs. Boyle agreed and said it stems front the immigration Law Reform. My feeling is there is o saturation Here he said noting that movement into he agricultural san Joaquin Valley evaporated months ago. Smugglers use of airlines is not new ally aunt it is not considered common place. The Charlotte arrests were the  Piedmont night since october apparently they T been using Ihen ight for the last three month pretty regularly said David cart enamel in supervisor in Charlotte. In the Case of Eastern s red by flight 80, the ins believes several smugglers were taking advantage of Low fires la move the aliens who arc subject to deportation if  flight we arc hopeful will be closed to smugglers of aliens but we expect there wis be other nights in the future said Donald h. Loony actin District director of the ins in it an  say they cooperate with the ins but do not have policies of trying lode Termine if any passengers might be illegal  Don t engage in trying to detect these types of passengers said Eastern spokeswoman Virginia Sanchez in Miami that s what the ins is Hert  they Wist to enforce their immigration regulations that s part of their Job party p Belgrade Yugoslavia a Azem Vlasi. A former communist party chief in the province of Kosovo has been arrested in connection with his alleged role in rent ethnic albanian unrest there the stale Tan Jug news Agency reported thursday. V police also arrested two directors of the Trepca Lead and Zinc mine  Umurhan Kavaja. The mine was the scene of an eight Day sit in last week by ethnic albanian / miners to press political  said the three wow be handed Over to judicial organs for further investigation and a possible  earlier a leading Kosovo official announced widespread arrests of alleged organizers of the recent ethnic Albania protests in Kosovo. However Tomislav Sekulic the Secre tary of Kosovo s communist leadership had refused to confirm or deny report that Vlasi an ethnic albanian who headed the provincial party until Las year had also been arrested. Sekulic also refused to comment at news conference on reports hat Fadilj Honda a. Former vice president of Yugo Slavia who is of albanian a cent. Had. Defected to neighbouring  bus kicked Oul of the communist party in 19&7 for his alleged support of ethnic albanian nationalists the arrests came after Lazar Moj Sov a former yugoslav president announced wednesday that the country s slate presi Dency was in Possession Ota document of an illegal ethnic albanian group thai alleged 1 detailed plans id feta by like the province by an armed uprising of ethnic albanians there. Meanwhile rain and appeals by authorities dampened the wave of unrest that has rocked Yugoslavia in recent weeks. -. Massive Public demonstrations by angry scrti5 thai began in Frostl of Subj Slavia s Federal i Arlia Tiit on tuesday petered but with an overnight downpour and the departure Home of about 4,000 members or Kosovo s slav minority who alleged persecution by the ethnic Albani an majority there. Of ghz in Canada fess stealth technology cold Lake Alberta api a b-s2bomber flew Over Northern Canada thurs Day in a test of the first . Cruise  the new St Cajah technology. The missile was to remain attached Toile b-s2. In what is called a captive carry test flights where the missile remain attached to the aircraft Are used to Cheek guidance systems. Related Story Page 5."As far As we know everything is proceeding Well said Mij. Jan Mains Chat the cold Lake base in northeastern Alberta near the test s Targ site. The aircraft Wai to return to the United states later thursday the b-52 headed North from Edwards fab in California late. Wednesday. The lest had been scheduled for wednesday morning but was poit Pond for 24 hour because of weather problems. The decision to allow testing of the advanced cruise in Canada Drew protests front peace groups they said the missile equipped with stealth technology so it can better avoid detection is an offensive weapon that will fuel the arms race and ultimately create a need for a costly Canadian air defense  Canadian and . Governments have said the weapon is too slow to be first strike offensive weapon. The stealth cruise is an improved ver Sion of the air launched missile that have been tested Over Northern Cana Dator several years. In addition to stealth technology it has increased Range an better accuracy. Cruise testing in Canada is carried out under an agreement first signed Wilh the United states in 1983 and renewed Las year. 8 of 30 shipped monkeys found dead new York a a Costa Rica airline treated a shipment of 30 Monkey s like Boses of shoes leading to the deaths Feight of the primates authorities said. The monkeys which were shipped from Central America and apparently were destined for the illegal pet Trade were found dead wednesday in cramped boxes left overnight at Kennedy International Airport authorities said. This has got to be the worst shipment that i be seen in my three years at the Airport said Kathi travors director of an american society for the prevention of cruelty to animals shelter for animals in transit she said some of the 2-by-2-foot boxes held four monkeys. They were treated like something that did t have any life. They were treated like boxes of shoes travors said the 17 Capuchin monkeys and five spider monkeys trial survived were stressed out and cold and very very Hun Gry she  monkeys had been left unattended by Lacsa airline the Cosia rican airline and were shipped by a South american importer said Jeffrey Hon an Asp a spokesman the Asp a issued summonses to the airline charging cruelty to animate fail ure to provide food water and air am inhumane transporting Hon said. This is a problem that has been going on too Long travers said. We re not putting up it h Iii anymore. We redoing to catch the people doing this and we re going to Nail