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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 24, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes wednesday. January 24,1990 rallies Mark anniversary of 1973 abortion decision by the associated press demonstrators marched at state Capi Tols and cities around the nation Mon Day to commemorate the 17th anniversary of inc supreme court s Roe is. Wade ruling which legalized abortion. At least 9.000 people marched against abortion at the Georgia Capitol in Atlanta while Washington s annual March for life carried a similar message to inc White House the nation s Capitol and the . Supreme court. Ii May be a Long  the Rev. Pat Robertson Lold demonstrators in Atlanta " but we will come Back this year we will come Back next year we will come Back the year after. Until sooner or later we have  Norma Mccorvy. The woman who was the Jane Roc in Roc is. Wade was the keynote speaker at a pro Choice rally that Drew about 1.000 people to the Steps of the California Capitol in Sacra mento. We re still fighting and will continue to fight As Long As inc fight must go on she said. The movement did t Start with me. I was just the Straw that broke inc Camel s  Sarah we Dinelon inc Texas lawyer who argued Mccorvy s Case before the supreme court told a breakfast in dal Las we arc Here to say we won 17 years ago today and we will win  the Roc is. Wade anniversary has be come an increasingly important Day to those debating inc future of abortion in the United states. This year s commemoration carried special weight because of last summer s supreme court ruling in Missouri s Webster Case. That ruling which opened the door for states to impose some restrictions on abortion was the biggest Legal Victory in decades for anti abortion forces and led to speculation thai the High court would overturn Roc is. Wade. It also pumped new life into organizations on both sides of the abortion de Bate and led to a flurry of legislative proposals to both restrict and guarantee Access to abortions. In addition to the thousands marching monday tens of thousands of people marched at rallies around the nation on sunday. The Webster Case also provided a backdrop for one of the stranger Inci dents in the abortion observances. On sunday night police in san Francisco cited Mccorvy for illegally posting stickers bearing the name Roe on City Street signs. The signs were on Webster Street. It was just a prank Mccorvey told reporters monday. In Charlotte n.c., a planned parenthood chapter set up three Mobile Tele phones downtown for pro Choice sup porters on their lunch Breaks to pay $3 to Call gov. Jim Martin and president Bush. Many people stopped to take leaflets but a few placed Calls. I m pro Choice and i vote Lyla band san shouted into one of the cellular phones As she called Martin s office Over the sounds of traffic. In Trenton n.j., about 150 protesters marched in front of the new jerseys Alehouse in support of anti abortion Bills including one that would require minors seeking abortions to notify their parents. A parental notification Bill is also pending in Nebraska where the legis lature chose monday s anniversary to begin its debate on the Issue. Stale Law makers in Lincoln adjourned for the Day without voting. In Maine about three dozen anti abortion demonstrators marched on the Federal courthouse in Portland while their opposites lobbied legislators in Augusta to keep Maine a pro Choice stale in the words of pro Choice Leader Betsy a Eccl. To Tertis convicted on computer charge jury Syracuse  i monday night convicted a sus graduate student of Federal computer tampering charges for unleashing a worm that crippled a nationwide net work of thousands of computers. Robert t. Morris. 24, faces up to five years in prison and a $250,000 Fine. He is the first person brought to trial under 1986 Federal computer fraud pm abuse Law that makes it a felony break into a Federal computer network and prevent authorized Jusa onic system. The jul returned its verdict about to . After nearly six hours of Deli court judge Howard Munson did not set a sentencing Date. Morris from Arnold md., testified trial that he had made a or  caused a eat put worm to go  pc the inter net system �1 ration. . District 6,000 computers linked to internet including ones at Nasa Mili tary facilities and major universities. Morris would not comment As he Hur ried from the Federal courthouse. Bui his father also named Robert said he did not think the verdict was unfair. I have a great Deal of Faith in the Ameri can judicial system and yet i m still disappointed in the verdict he said. Morris Nawf Trot have intended his in tar program to paralyse a nation wide computer network in 1988, but it was no Accident that the worm attacked the network . Justice department trial lawyer Mark Rasch said in closing Slat cents earlier in the Day.  did t break in by Acci Dent orm Tju pc. Robert Morris intended for the worm try a in he said. Defense attorney thai Mas Guidoboni argued that the  University graduate student Maou re going to have a military Force you need 10 train them up to a Good level of  the use of computer simulation he said will help As we go to smaller exercises whether because of arms control because of inc perception of the Situa by cause of austere  tlgrltb4 ducts and the changing perception ofnw4teeal frown tto Warsaw act will make staff nth Tutor the nato nations to my Vul thai Rufca goals this year. Galvin said. Those each nation increasing annual Mil spending by 3 percent. We arc struggling with that. I Don t think we will get 3 percent real growth or perhaps even close to  Galvin said. But it remains one goal to strive for because there Are so Many things we still feel we can  although the situation in Eastern Europe remains a  Galvin said affecting How nation feel apart inc need for Security and do sfn1e right  Galvin said he believes Light forces could blend Well with heavy forces such As tanks and heavy armoured vehicles. I be been a Strong proponent of the heavy Light mix he said. Now the Light Force s Ean move rapidly but if they Corr Taciuc against a Battlefield of tanks and  forces it becomes very difficult Forth Ems however of can find an appropriate i. That s what we re looking  drug lords May plan Bush attack Washington not . Intelligence has picked up indications that colombian drug Traffick ers May be planning to attack presi Dent Bush when he visits the City or Cartagena next month for a four nation meeting on narcotics administration officials said monday night. The officials confirmed the sub stance of a report by lbs news which said there were growing re ports that the colombian cocaine cartels had obtained shoulder fired anti aircraft missiles and were plan Ning an attack on air Force one. Other administration officials who were contacted monday night declined to confirm specifically whether the soviet made Sam-7 weapons were being smuggled into Colombia As lbs Rappr Todt but they did not dispute the Gen eral accuracy of the broadcast. One official said such weapons were available on inc Black Market. Bush is to visit Cartagena for Sev eral hours on feb. I5 to discuss anti narcotics efforts with the presidents of Colombia and Bolivia and a representative of the peruvian govern  secret service takes extensive precautions to protect the president As a matter of routine whenever he travels and officials have said that these measures will be even More extraordinary for the Cartagena  service has assured us repeatedly that they arc confident they can protect the president in colom Bia one official said monday  have checked out every report and gone Over the arrangements re  lbs quoted unidentified . Officials As saying they were confident they could thwart any Effort to shoot Down air Force one since the Sam 7 is a relatively unsophisticated weapon and Bush s plane is equipped with electronic devices in tended to throw such missiles off Cheney from Page 1 meet milk pilots weapons systems offi cers and Tarkir spouses. The car Jnes to discuss what us cur rent word is a assignments. Maj. Jack Barton. A officer Assi Miels chief at Saff. Had uarlc5arlon said the meetings had no he portion with a Possi ble base closure. Jux the c Liener Jet Awo includes the Phil Adelphia  protected by Law Maki i or cause of Ibe jobs it pro Flagon source vivid. J irus Lepolt s at Wiite Nvvf Hocti Vinch m and Deeo a Arlington Doke in put Fly Davidson m . West a Many f parliament threatens Fosec Ejde a the Balli Moscow the azerbaijani parliament monday threatened to vote on seceding from the soviet Union unless troops thai seized control of Baku last weekend were promptly withdrawn activists in the Republic s capital reported. At an emotional overnight Jug i in Republic s defiant supreme a a 1 us laterally cancelled let of emergency imposed on Jet Azor Bijjani capital by Moscow. Votes turned the Kremlin s crack r7rymjjjmjjistrebcllion into a constitutional Cris Farih Muti a j3prbach and the soviet leadership.   Dpi Emma ignore the  demand and risk a Hoeft Lon vote which would be permitted under the soviet Constitution or pull the troops out and risk takeover of the govern ment by the people s front a powerful nationalist coalition that now appears to be the Only respected political entity in the. Shift in Moscow s was a television report monday that suddenly reversed the official to Eppic s front saying it enjoyed the furry Pmj of the people and calling for negotiations in tilt Hilj a _ until now the front has been Reg Hump attacked As extremist and blamed for Ami armenian violence. The nationalists clout was demonstrated again monday As a crowd Esti to rated at More than i million More than half the City s population gathered i Baku for the burial of those who died in inc assault on the City. The official death count in the assault remains 83, but azerbaijanis and some so Viet journalists maintain the real toll was Irp Bably several times higher. Jet wac from Baku which was closed to foreign  funeral procession remained pc acetic i to thousands of soldiers watching but not inlc7vmui�  
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