European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 23, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Judge rules Law protecting Flag unconstitutional Seattle a the Law against desecration of the american Flag passed by Congress last fall is unconstitutional a Federal judge ruled wednesday in finding that four people who burned lags were exercising their first amendment rights. In order for the Flag to endure As a Symbol of Freedom in this nation we must protect with equal vigor the right to destroy it and the right to wave it judge Barbara Rothstein said in her decision. Burning the Flag As an expression of political dissent while repellent to Many americans docs not a Lopardi a the Freedom which we hold dear the judge added. She ruled in the first constitutional Challenge to the Flag Protection act of 1989. According to David Cole of the t in scr for constitutional rights in new York which represented the four defendants in the Case. Mark Haggerty. Jennifer Campbell. Darius Strong and Carlos Garza had been charged with burning a . Flag oils id a Seattle Post office shortly after see judge on Back Page Bonnie rain leads grammy Parade Back Page the St is and tripes authorized unofficial publication vol. 48. No. 312 Friday. February 23, d 8693 a do roses civilian Job Frau a ,. B. _ a a a by the Stan and stripes Washington the defense department has exempted military commissaries and child care centers from its civilian hiring freeze and opened some position for military spouses. Pentagon officials said wednesday. The decision which went into effect feb. 16, Wei announced by Christopher Jehn. The of defense for Force Mana Pamir in a personnel. In addition to paving Nice 3yror hiring at military foodstort1 and cafe centers it allowed one military spouse to be hired for every two vacancies. Havel urges . To help the world by aiding soviets comr Rit sort moreover cach of of fecs May fill up to 1,000 medical support personnel positions Job is pulls and medical care facilities. More positions can be exempted from the freeze on a Casc by Casc basis when it is deemed essential for medical needs. Also to handle operational emergencies the Mili tary sea lift come May fill up to 35 positions without prior clearance. Exempted exemptions to the freeze covered acid University personnel non appropriated fund Poser not fek in military sales personnel and some selected jobs my in an interview wednesday in West Ger Many the head of the army commissary the partial lifting of the freeze was in response to see freeze on Back Page by Washington Czechoslovakia Call peace conference n world War ii and world peace and Frei on its tenuous Journi in a warmly Rocc Congress. Havel said its own identity with cd armory any longer. Perhaps he sail sooner or later your guard in Europe or rope will at last be Abl czech Slovakia. I meaningless satellite Dom and a pros Coican help to said. What kind of Hal inc whole of my life Havel who less ii in Czechoslovakia if you help inc Sov immensely compile More complicated i european satellites he said it was u How Best to Suppo Ivio Cut evolution of politic toward dam the sooner the political and Cromwill be. For the yourselves will be military Havel said that european nations e Baltimore Sun president Vaclav Havel of wednesday for a european it year to put a formal end to in the United slates to Cement m by helping the soviet Union toward democracy. D address to a joint meeting of i was time for Europe to seek it being compelled to be a divid i this will create the Hope that is will no longer have to stand Ime to our Rescue because eur to stand guard Over shed with being someone s hand striving for internal free j Market Economy needs Ameri my reply is As paradoxical he said. Four months ago was in prison i. You can help us most of allusion on its irreversible but id. Road to democracy. It is far in the Road open to its former be said. The United slates to determine As rapidly As possible the non is enormous multinational body Acy for All its Iet Union moves toward genuine c Freedom he said the better Thole world and the sooner you Ile to reduce the Burden of your in United states Canada and 33u form the conference on Security and cooperation Fin Europe should meet next year in something equiv Jenl to the european peace Confer ence which has not yet been held one that would finally put a forma end to the second world War and All its unhappy vice president Dan of Tom Foley applaud As \ joint session of Cong res the author preside would officially bring a the process of unifying Structure which could d a special meeting of held late this year to Rannal military forces by two Havel told the hoi senators diplomatic corps Albeen misrepresented by he does not wish to Morrow and then na1 his idea was simply it american soldiers shot their mothers just Acca a guarantor of world order to make Amend world two world wars a Isle left and House speaker Vclav Havel prepares to address said that such a conference future democratic Germany in self into a new pan european cide ils own he 35 nations is expected to bean agric Mcnol to Cut convento a the Atlantic and the urals. C chamber crammed with a Cabinet members and the it his position on nato had some eager dissolve the Warsaw pad to 3 inc Day after Hal he said. It for another Hundred Yearsin t have to be separated from be Europe is incapable of being Cace which it ought to be in Al Casl for having Given the Consun in . 1.1% in by the Washington percent in january 1 nearly eight years the wednesday. The rep Many economists lha inflationary spiral. Fueling the january Cord cold snap which and food costs. Bui cd underlying Core in troublesome 0.6 percen if maintained for a into an annual inflate compared Wilh last Yea economists said the nudged interest rates signs of Cooling in 198 to fall further. Most of the Nerg Bly unwind in the nex to gel the Core rate Steinberg an a Cornomi inflation is certain costs were rising at at puts a floor under we Steinberg said. There january s gain was t consumer Price Index posted in june 1982. Covering from the Infra the key Here is Sinai Boston co s a Strong in Short Supply going up. Commodity but services inflation i january s record col percent of the overal soared a record 26.3 Ier prices surged january of Angeles times consumer prices shot up largest monthly increase Ingabor department reported it prompted warnings from americans May be facing a new Rice gain was december s re used huge increases m Energy i without Energy and food the lion Rale for january was a till year thai would translate Rale of nearly 7.5 percent s4.5 percent oderal Reserve Board which own As the Economy showed is now unlikely to allow rates my food increases will Proba cd months but it will be hard Low where it is said Bruce Wilh Merrill Lynch & co. Not declining because labor it 5 percent last year which inflation reduction can do not much Comfort e biggest monthly jump in the since inc percent increase Hen the Economy was still re onary Binge of the 1970s. Vices inflation said Allence economist. Thai Scior is f workers and wage costs Are Ricks can gyrate like a Yoyo weather was responsible for 60 Price gain. Home Healing Oil a cell. Pacing a 5.1 percent in crease for Overall Nefty prices. Fruit and vegetable prices jumped a record 0.2 percent pushing the Over All food Index up 1.8 percent for the month. Aulo prices also Rose 0.6 Pyrc Cal during the month
