European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 23, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday september 23. 1989 the stars and stripes Page 5 divorcing woman awarded embryos Junior Davis says he ill Appeal judge s ruling. Maryvil1.e. Tenn. A declaring life begins at Conception a judge thursday awarded custody of seven fro in embryos to the woman who Hopes to carry them to term nol to the estranged husband who does t want to be a father. Circuit judge a. Dale Young ruled in favor of mar sue Davis Over Junior Davis in the unprecedented divorce Case which grew out of the fledgling technology of isl lube  or in Vitro fertilization. The judge declared the embryos arc not property but children. He then treated the Case As a typical custody dispute in which the overriding concern is the Best inter est of the child. From fertilization the cells of a human embryo Are differentiated unique and specialized to the highest de Gree of  the judge said. Thus he said. Human life begins at  he said mrs. Davis could have temporary custody so that she could have the eggs implanted in her womb in Hopes of becoming pregnant. Child support visitation and final custody will be decided if a birth results he wrote. The eggs were fertilized last year before the Cou ple s marriage broke Down. Davis said he would Appeal. They arc going to fam me to become a father against my  he said. Mrs. Davis who now lives in Florida had no immedi ate comment. It was the toughest decision of my life As a  Young said in an interview. On a scale of i to 10, it was a 10.1 have Agoni de Over  the full focus of the court in the Case of children is on what s to their Best interests nol what mom wants nol what dad wants and not what the grandparents  he said. The Davics became embroiled in the dispute after they were unable to have children and turned to in Vitro fertilisation. The couple produced nine embryos in december. Two were implanted in mrs. Davis but failed to develop. The others were put in cold storage Davis sued for divorce in  three Days of testimony in August. Davis said he would feel raped of my reproductive rights if mrs. Davis were allowed to implant the embryos without his consent. I m not asking that they be destroyed he said. I m just asking that they not be inserted in Mary or any other  mrs. Davis 29, argued the embryos represent her Best Chance of becoming a Mother. She contended that Davis was seeking a right nol normally Given to a Man whether a child should be born after he has fertilized the egg of his mate. He consented to be a father and i m willing to let  mrs. Davis testified. Davis. 31, testified he was raised in a single Parent Home knew the hardships it could impose and did not want his children born into a similar situation. Mrs. Davis had five tubal pregnancies before doctors decided it w As dangerous for her to conceive normally. Some medical experts testified that the embryos have developed to Between four and eight cells each and that the cells have not yet begun to assume different characteristics. Jerome la june a French geneticist called by mrs. Davis said the embryos should be considered curly human beings arguing that the full genetic blueprint is created at the moment of Conception. In the in Vitro process eggs Are extracted surgically from a woman s body and mixed with sperm in a Laboratory dish. Sex aide says Bakker was underpaid Charlotte. . A a for Mer aide at the pal ministry testified thursday she still thinks founder Jim Bakker was underpaid even though she was Laid off during the period he is accused of taking hundreds of thou Sands of dollars in bonuses. Elizabeth Sacco told a . District court jury she s still Loyal to Bakker and i m proud of it. I feel loyalty because i be seen what this Man built. A greedy Man does t have his hair turn Gray in five years. I would t have taken his Job Porsio million a  Sacco who answered correspondence for the ministry until her Layoff in 1986, was one of the first witnesses to testify for Bakker As the defense phase of the 3 a Weck kind fraud trial got under Way. The defense presented videotapes of old pal club shows wednesday before calling the first witnesses thursday. Bakker who resigned from the ministry in a sex and Money scandal in 1987, is accused of fleecing his followers by diverting $3.7 million raised from pal partners to finance a lavish lifestyle. If found guilty on All 24 counts he could be sentenced to 120 years in prison and fined More than $5 million. Partners who contributed at least $1,000 were promised a set number of Days per year of free lodging at pal heritage Usa theme Park in fort Mill. . But most of the lodging planned there was never built. Government attorney Jerry Miller asked Sacco if she Ever heard Bakker Tell ing people he oversold the partnerships. I believe he did not know if. Indeed they were oversold she said. Why would a Man who worked so hard fleece his partners and destroy the place he built How about the Rolls royces and $500.000 Homes Miller asked. Was t he entitled to have a Home she said. How Many Homes was he entitled to Miller asked referring to prosecution allegations about luxury Homes in California and Florida plus a lavish Home at Toga Cay . She did t re Spond. In a heated Exchange during the Cross examination. Miller asked her How an additional $3 million would have affected pal. After being asked the same question several times Sacco replied i guess Many people could have been helped  2 Flag measures sent to Senate Washington a the Senate judiciary committee thursday sent i democratic sponsored Bill Banning Flag burning and a president Bush backed constitutional amendment on the same subject to the Senate floor. Sen. Strom Thurmond r-. He com Mittee s ranking Republican argued thai the amendment As Well As the proposed statute should gel approval. But sen. Joseph Biden d-dcl., the panel s chairman said the constitutional amendment proposal docs violence to the first amendment because it is so  the push for action to ban Flag dese cration began after the supreme court s june decision throwing put a Texas Law used to convict Flag burning protester Gre gory Lee Johnson. The committee was required under july 14 agreement to Send both measures to the floor. Sands of time in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. Sept. 23, 1949 during the opening session of the people s political and consultative conference in Beijing chinese communist Leader Mao tse Tung announced the establishment of the people s Republic of China. 30 years ago today. . 23. 1959 for the ninth time the United nations general Assembly was unable to reach a Deci Sion on whether to scat communist China and agreed to put off the question for another year. 20 years ago today. Sept. 23, 1969 the Pentagon announced plans to Cut . Armed strength by another 77,500 men by june 30, sidelining More than 200 planes and decommissioning 22 ships. 10 years ago today. Sept. 23, 1979 Earth tremors rocked Centra Italy for the third straight Day As troops worked through wind and rain to erect tent cities for More than 10,000 homeless. Fri won t Appeal court order to end Bias against hispanics Washington a the Fri said thursday it will nol Appeal a sweeping court order that sets in place mechanisms to end what a judge found was systematic discrimination against hispanic agents. Fri director William s. Sessions said the decision nol to pursue the Appeal is in the Best interests of Fri employees. We must move beyond the frictions caused by this Case to address the Many vital Chal Lenges facing the Fri in the 1990s." the May 3 court order in the class action suit by 311 of the Bureau s approximately 400 hispanic agents directed the Fri to adopt changes to end the unsystematic excessively subjective method of promoting special agents. In his order. . District judge Lucius bunion Iii of Midland Texas stripped the special agonis in charge of Fri Field offices of the Power to override decisions of career promotion boards. Thai system the judge said was anathema to nearly every Reform advanced by the Bureau and ordered by this court to improve the fairness and review ability of promotion decisions. Bunion also appointed an outside panel of three attorneys to conduct a Case by Casc review to deter mine if As Many As 200 hispanic agents should be promoted to compensate for past discrimination. Bunion s order came As a result of More than two years of litigation in which he had earlier found discrimination against hispanics in promotions and working conditions. The judge had found thai hispanic agonis were often relegated to undesirable assignments such As monitoring the wiretaps of Spanish speaking sup cols in a criminal invest Galion. After taking office in november 1987, sessions con ducted a review of the Fri s personnel and recruitment practices and reorganized the Bureau s equal employ ment Opportunity office going outside the Fri to re Cruit a manager of that unil who now reports directly to him. In his order bunion acknowledged that the changes ordered by sessions demonstrate energetic and Good Faith Effort to Correct the disparities found by this  the Suil was filed in Early 1987 by Bernardo Perez the Fri s no. 2 agent in Elpaso Texas and the Bureau s second highest ranking hispanic agent after he had suffered a series of demotions