European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 23, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes saturday. September 23,1989 Congress passes measure to free mom in custody Case Washington a the Senate on thursday approved legislation designed to free a Mother held More than two years in .1 child custody dispute. The measure would set a 12-month limit on mailings for civil contempt of court ordered in District of co Lumbia child custody cases. The Bill drawn up to Deal with the Case of or. Eliza Beth Morgan was passed by the House on wednesday and now goes to president Bush. Both houses approved the Bill unanimously. Kip. Stan Parris r-va., who introduced the latest version of the measure said "1 Haven t spoken directly with the president but we re told he is sympathetic and that the White House staff will encourage him to sign  Morgan was sent to jail in August 1987 after Refus ing a judge s order to produce her daughter. Hilary for court ordered visits with or. Eric Foretich her sex Hus band and the girl s father. Morgan has alleged that Foretich sexually abuse the girl who is now 7. Foretich has repeatedly denied those charges. Morgan s attorneys have argued that her continued jailing violates her constitutional rights. In August Athree judge appeals court panel agreed ruling that be cause she is unlikely to produce her daughter the effect of keeping Morgan in jail has gone from coercive to unconstitutionally punitive action. The full District of Columbia court of appeals Isnow considering the Case. The congressional measure which would apply retroactively to the Morgan Case would allow prosecutors to Fife criminal contempt charges after someone had been jailed for six months. That would guarantee a jury trial before a different judge than the one who issued the contempt citation. The Law would expire after 18 months. On wednesday As the House was acting judges on the . Court of appeals openly questioned the three judge panel s prior ruling that Morgan should be freed. This is where we owe a very great Deal of deference to the trial court because we arc in no better position to evaluate coercive effects of incarceration than he is appeals court judge Theodore r. Newman  the trial judge is so wrong there is no Way in the world that he can be right the judge is then  he said the dispute requires that judges possess the Wisdom of Solomon and the Power of god. White House defends sting engineered at nearby Park Washington a president Bush s spokes Man said Friday there was nothing wrong with Federal agents luring a drug dealer to the Park across from the White House so the president could show crack co Caine on television and say it was bought there. That was the whole Point of the sting operation by the drug enforcement administration presidential press Secretary Martin fit water said. We told the Dea we wanted to show that crack could be easily obtained in any neighbourhood in Washington not just in the ghetto Filz water said. He said the sting did not constitute entrapment. The area Lafayette Park is not known for drug activity. William Mcmullan assistant agent in charge of the Dea s Washington Field office was quoted in Friday s Washington Post As saying we were going to make that undercover buy anyway. What difference docs it make where it happened whether it was in front of the Whitehouse. Or in front of the supreme court the suspect who has t been arrested already had sold crack to  agents elsewhere in Washington and the buy in Lafayette Park was viewed As an install ment toward a larger Purchase White House officials have said. The Sale of three ounces of crack to an undercover agent was made at 11 30 . On sept. I four Days before Bush held up a plastic bag of the substance and told television viewers this is crack cocaine. It was seized a few Days ago in a Park across the Street from the while  according to the Washington Post the while House asked the Justice department if it could provide some cocaine for the president s speech. Mcmullan was sub sequently asked if he could move a planned Purchase four or five blocks away closer to the White House the paper said. It was t easy to change the location Mcmullan was quoted As saying. At first the suspect seemed notto know what or where the White House was. Told it was the president s House he said of you mean where Reagan lives the Post reported. Filz water said the administration had not sought to hide the fact that the Dea set up the sting at the Behest of the while House noting that he and other White House officials had discussed the operation publicly at the time of Bush s sept. 5 speech to the nation. Marlin fit water we wanted to do a government sting. We said we wanted to make a buy in front of the White House. The Dea said no problem " Fitzwater said Friday. There was no deception involved. The Dea does these kinds of stings All the time. That s How they make most of their drug  Mcmullan the Dea official declined to discuss the matter with the associated press. Agency Headquarters spokesman Frank Shulls said however that locations of drug buys Are highly negotiable Between the buyer and  Vicinity was As logical As any other location he said. A planned arrest of the suspect fell through when he failed to show up for a meeting with an agent and the Dea Hopes to obtain indictments against him soon the Washington Post said. Stateside Mother punches principal for alerting police to son Otsego. Mich. A a High school s War on drugs turned violent when an angry Mother socked the principal in the jaw for calling police to quest Ion her son. The woman whose name was withheld was arrested monday for assault and Battery after allegedly punching Otsego High school principal James Lucyn Dyke police chief Elton Goswick said. Leyndyke called police Friday because he suspected a student of Selling drugs Goswick said. When the youth was told that police had been called he fled on toot. The boy s Mother later showed up at school angry Over the Call to police Goswick said. He took her into the office to try to explain the situation to her telling her it was part Ochis Job Goswick said. The woman then responded " and this impart of my Job and she struck him on the jaw with her  the boy was suspended from school. Detroit mayor must reveal finances for child support Detroit a a judge has ordered mayor Coltman Young to disclose details of his finances so the court can determine support for Young s 6-year-old son. Wayne county circuit chief judge Richard Kaufman issued the order wednesday saying Young s disclosures must be made within 30 Days and include Campaign funds investment income and non Cash compensation. Joel Loving was bom in october 1982 to an Ivory Cal Crl 34. She filed a paternity lawsuit against Young 71, in january and tests completed in May showed Young is the boy s father. The mayor whose annual salary i s $125,350, has paid $200 weekly since june for the boy support and Calvert is seeking support act Road i live to his birth. Kaufman will use the financial records to set support payments to be made until the boy turn Sis. Calvert a former Detroit City employee now is an administrator in Fontana Calif. Disabled Tanker repaired near alaskan spill site Valdez Alaska up a loaded Oil tank or that lost All Power near where the Exxon Val Doz ran aground was repaired and allowed to continue southward thursday the coast guard reported. Disaster was averted when tugs escort ship Sand Oil spill response vessels converged on the 906-foot at gun pass and attached Tow lines. The efforts were made to ensure that the disabled vessel did no Drift toward nearby Bli reef where the Exxon Valdez ran aground six months ago causing the worst Oil spill in . History. A Marine inspector checked the repairs before allowing the ship anchored in Prince William sound to resume its journey. The at gun pass was loaded with 46 million Gallons of Oil at Valdez Early wednesday and lost Power West of Bligh reef about 25 Miles South of Valdic. The Tanker was chartered to by Oil co. An operated by Keystone shipping co. Of Phila Delphia. Arizona backers win Long drive for King Holiday Phoenix a gov. Rose mofford plans a Bill signing Celebration to enact a state workers Holiday in Honor of slain civil rights Leader Martin Luther King or. The Arizona Senate voted 17-11, followed by a 37 21 vote in the House to Swap state employees paid Columbus Day Holiday for the paid King Day. The voting on thursday ended years of disappoint ment for backers of a King Holiday. Mofford s Signa Ture will Cap a struggle that began in 1975 for King supporters. I m delighted the democratic governor said add ing that she planned to sign the Bill soon in the stat Capitol Rotunda where there is plenty of  the Holiday became a National Issue after former gov. Evan Mecham revoked an executive order by his predecessor gov. Bruce Babbitt to enact the Holiday. The uproar that ensued included protest marches tourist Boycotts and convention cancellations by National organizations. Arizona is one of Only four states in the nation that docs not have a King Holiday. Boosters said Arizona already has lost $256 million in convention and tourism business because it has no paid King Holiday and that the state could lose $200 million More in business if its bid for the 1993 super bowl is rejected