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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Sunday, March 11, 1990

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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 11, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday March 11, 1990 the stars and stripes a a a Page 3 the . Marketing slogan of the Gor Batchow will be a a taste of Freedom a will Gorbachev feel this Honor a drag Geneva apr a Igor Batchow went up in Clouds of smoke Friday As a new Brand of cigarette named after the soviet Leader was launched on the Swiss Market. But puffers hoping for a taste of russian authenticity will be disappointed. The cigarette contains an american Type blend of 21 tobacco varieties of which Only two Are from its namesakes Homeland. Peter Studer owner of the Small Swiss company that produces the cigarettes said he plan to travel to the United states soon in preparation for the launching of Gor Batchow International in North America. He said he has High expectations that the cigarette will be a Success. A we think people Are bored with a Fred Cowboy on an almost dead horse a lie said referring to rival advertisements. People want a new image a he told the associated press in a Telephone interview. He said the title of the Brand is a computer mix of transcriptions in varies languages of the cyrillic spelling of Mikhail Gorbachev a last name. Studer said he did not seek permission from Moscow to use the presidents name and does not know if Gorbachev smokes. The world health organization is less than enthusiastic about the launching of another Brand of cigarettes. The . Agency estimates that nearly 3 million people will die this year from tobacco related illnesses such As cancer and heart disease. A we Are against anything that leads to an Overall increase in consumption of cigarettes a said or. Clare Cholla raquet of the who. The Geneva based organization is urging its member countries to ban promotion of tobacco. Posters announcing the cigarettes debut on the Swiss Market carried the German language slogan a go Bratchow International Breaks through the Wall a joining the ranks of Western advertisements capitalizing on the crumbling of the Berlin Wall. Studer said his company plans a new slogan for the launching of the Brand in the United states and Canada building on the expression a a taste of  Idaho lawmakers favor abortion ban Boise Idaho apr the state House has approved a Bill that would outlaw abortion As a method of birth control and provide the nations strongest Challenge to a 1973 supreme court ruling legalizing abortion. A we re really excited a Nancy Myers a spokeswoman for National right to life committee in Washington. . Said after Friday s 47-36 vote. A a we consider it to be extremely  the measure was forwarded to the Senate after More than three hours of debate before a gallery packed with activists from both sides of the Issue. A the Bill could come to a final Senate floor vote As Early As Friday and opponents said it stands a Good Chance of passing. The gop controls both houses of the legislature. The Bill like legislation rejected recently in Minnesota and Utah would outlaw abortion As a method of birth control. It would allow abortions Only in cases of rape incest a profound and irremediable fetal disabilities or to save the life or prevent a severe and Long lasting physical health damage Quot to the Mother. Sponsors contend that would prevent More than 90 percent of some 1,600 abortions performed each year in Idaho. Penalties of up to $10,000 for a first offence $30,000 for a second one and $50,000 for each additional violation could be assessed against any physician performing or attempting to perform an abortion. Women undergoing the procedure would not be legally responsible. Gov. Cecil Andrus has yet to comment on the Bill but he has come out strongly against abortion in most cases. Along with a 1989 Pennsylvania Law. Which has been partially blocked by a Federal court injunction the Idaho Bill would be the most restrictive in the nation. According to its sponsors and the National right to life committee. Advocates of legalized abortion were disappointed that legislators ignored arguments that the measure would fail to pass constitutional Muster and that most Idaho residents want the legislature to stay out of the Issue. Quot i consistently heard the word a morality used always ascribed to the life of the unborn Quot said Sally Trott of Freedom Means Choice. A i never heard it used in reference to the states obligation if it s going to coerce a woman to carry a pregnancy to  on thursday the House approved and sent the Senate legislation repealing the states controversial a trigger  which sets criminal penalties including prison terms up to five years both for physicians and for the women receiving abortions. The statute would take effect Only if the . Supreme court overturns its 1973 Roe is. Wade decision legalizing abortion during the first two trimesters of pregnancy. After nearly 17 years of relative inactivity on abortion. Idaho got Back into the fray after last july s . Supreme c ourt ruling in a Missouri Case. Webster is. Reproductive health services which gave slates greater Freedom to set limits on abortion. Of drops $2.5 billion plan for electronic Battlefield Salt Lake City apr the air forces plan to build a $2.5 billion electronic Battlefield in Utah has been scrapped because of cuts in the military budget. Sen. Jake Gam said. Gam a Utah met thursday with air Force it. Col. Neal Branford and an air Force fiscal analyst. The senator had sought the meeting following rumours that the future of the Battlefield proposed for Utah a Western desert was in jeopardy. Gam said air Force officials told him that Given the military budget cuts president Bush has proposed and even deeper Pentagon budget cuts that Congress is expected to make the Battlefield Quot simply will not be  Gam said however that operational electronic warfare simulation ranges in other states most Likely Nevada and California. Will be upgraded. Rumours in military and civilian circles have pointed to plans for augmenting electronic Battle capability projects at Fallon naval station in Nevada and at the China Lake naval weapons station in California. The electronic Battlefield known in the air Force As electronic combat test capability simulates enemy defense systems such As radio and radar jamming devices and radar signals from Surlee to air missiles. Opponents of the Utah Battlefield which would have sprinkled sophisticated electronic combat simulation devices throughout the states Western desert were jubilant Over the announcement. 2 sentenced for drowning classmate by the los Angeles times Ane zip Dena two y�un8 los vea8r a wry Man were sentenced to 15 pfc wit h their Boyfriend a Bol Hait n i?t0n and Laura Doyle no Cotini straight ahead sowing a Quot Les county us tended them to Iho a Tso sen second degree murder mum penalty for �famu3cfxd m 0 nmn 8uilty Jan 31 was drowned oct i ast Low Stream in a 1985�?T m a Shal Quot ,,e part of he an Quot a scrod intn1. T he have Al Quot the women will is Ngu is county Jagt Lovett years Amft a pay a in we men said Thev attorneys for the they would Appeal the Case. Avilas body was found by hikers two Days after she died. But Severson and Doyle who were teen agers at the time of the killing were not arrested until almost three years later when Eva Chirumbolo a witness to the slaying finally came Forward. Shortly after Avilas death Severson moved in with the Avila family to console them even joining them for thanksgiving dinner that year. At that time Irene Avila the victims Mother said that Severson was her daughters Best Friend and like a second daughter to her. Tso said that the maximum sentence was warranted because of the violent nature of the crime. During the two week trial witnesses testified that after quarrelling with Avila and angrily accusing her of having sex with their boyfriends the two women held their struggling friends face in six inches of water until she died. Witnesses also testified that both women were jealous of Avila because of her Good looks and popularity with boys. Before the sentence was announced members of the Avila family urged the judge to give the killers the maximum penalty. A my life has been shattered forever because of this cold blooded and senseless act a said Irene Avila. Quot they left my daughter to die in the Woods like an  a thank god Justice has been served a she said afterwards clutching a framed photograph of her daughter. The victims brother Mark Avila. 24. Said that Severson and Doyle not Only killed his sister but a a part of All our lives As  Doyle a attorney Charles Lloyd and Harold s. Vitus the attorney who defended Severson called for leniency because of the women Sage and because of alleged troubled  stops rash of Poison Ivy killings fort Lauderdale. Fla. Apr county commissioners Hope they be stopped residents of a subdivision from killing a native Plant Poison Ivy. Broward county planners say residents of the Oak Knoll sub i Ision have been going beyond their property lines to Hunt Poison Ivy. Clip tree branches Plant their own landscaping and dump Lawn clippings. Planners say residents Are trampling on a protected Public nature preserve near the subdivision. The county commission threatened to Fence the Yards unless the families Stop destroying vegetation. A Poison Ivy. While none of us likes it is part of the native vegetation  county commissioner Lori Parrish said  
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