European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 20, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 4 a a the stars and stripes tuesday March 20,1990swallows come Back to you know where san Juan Capistrano. Calif. Apr swallows made their traditional St. Josephus Day appearance in this old Mission town monday As hundreds of residents and visitors cheered the Birds return from Argentina. From the Church courtyard Paul Arbiso 96, and Frank Velasquez 68, spotted a Small group of the Fork tailed swallows flying above the 214-year-old Mission. The two town residents pulled ropes to ring the four Church Bells formally heralding the Birds migratory Homecoming. A handful of swallows and dozens of pigeons flew from the Mission caves to nearby treetops during the two minute ringing of the Bells. A a it a fun. Its like playing a pulling the ropes and All a said Arbiso who has spotted the swallows return for several decades. The Birds had been seen earlier monday morning but by tradition Arbiso a sighting signals their official return. The Swallow watch began in a thick fog shortly after Dawn kicking off a series of celebrations that end with the fiesta de Las Golondrinas Parade on saturday. The morning fog slowly burned off to reveal a Clear Blue sky. Arbiso like others present said the numbers of swallows were decreasing. A Twenty or thirty years ago they were All Over flocks of them coming in and out a he said. A i d sure like to see those Days first accounts of the swallows coming to san Juan Capistrano Date Back to 1776. That was the year father Junipero Serra founded the Mission As part of Spain a Effort to spread the roman Catholic Faith in the new world. The traditional belief that the Birds return even St. Josephus Day gained widespread Fame because of the hit 1939 song a when the swallows come Back to according to legend the swallows failed to arrive in Capistrano Only once in 1935, when they were held up by a storm. In the fall the swallows Migrate to Goya Argentina about 5,000 Miles to the still flying in Case of owl is. Logger Washington apr the supreme court monday refused to become embroiled in a fight Between environmentalists and the Bush administration Over Oregon Timber and the Northern spotted owl. The justices without comment let stand a ruling that threw out part of a lawsuit seeking to protect the owl from the asserted threat posed by logging operations in the old forests of Western Oregon. The spotted owl a a medium sized mostly nocturnal Bird a nests almost exclusively in the towering forests of the Northwest where some Trees Are about 1,000 years old. Many of the forests Are on Federal land. So called old growth Timber is among the most coveted by the Industry and dozens of Mill towns in the Northwest Are economically dependent on logs Cut in Federal forests. The National Forest products association contends that protecting the owl could eliminate directly or indirectly 280,000 jobs. But conservationists say those estimates arc a hysterical Quot and they Peg the potential Job loss at 2,300. In other action the supreme court a rejected an Appeal by puerto Rico officials fined More than $30 million for failing to move quickly enough to relieve prison overcrowding. The court without comment left intact a ruling that the commonwealths belated efforts to ease the problem arc not reason enough to cancel the fines. A refused to reinstate a $550,000 award won and then lost by a Texas couple whose daughter was born Hay fevers nothing to sneeze about Bush discovers Washington apr dozens of cameras whirred As a sniffling president Bush coughed and blew his nose. A a it a news a Little Hay fever in the air around Here Quot the president apologized to his audience. Then looking straight at the now quieted cameras Bush raised his handkerchief with a flourish for an exaggerated honk of his nose. Flashes lit the room like lightning and electric camera motors hummed in unison. A a they be got their Job to do and i got mine a the president told a gathering of state attorneys general in the White House s Roosevelt room. Then he rubbed his nose again. The cameras again came to life. Quot come on you Guys a Bush scolded. The president who suffers from allergies said he a got hit Quot with the bout of Hay fever sunday. He spent the weekend at the Well foliated presidential Retreat in the Cato tin mountains of Maryland. Tom Miller attorney general of Iowa and president of the National association of attorneys general told Bush Quot thank you for being with us and thank you for the education in Washington that when the president sneezes it makes Quot they like to Needle me a Little bit Quot Bush said of the camera operators and photographers. A a in la get cars fall into River Dhaka Bangladesh apr two freight cars and a passenger coach plunged into a River near Dhaka killing three people Ana injuring another 20, railway officials said sunday. With deformities after her Mother took the anti nausea drug Bende tin. The justices without comment let stand a Federal appeals court ruling that overturned a jury award against Merrell Dow pharmaceuticals the drugs manufacturer. A rejected an Appeal by owners of a North Carolina adult film and Bookstore who hired a College professor to help them rebut obscenity charges. The court without comment let stand a ruling that had the effect of exposing the professor to an obscenity prosecution if he surveyed people about their reactions to sexually explicit material. A agreed to decide whether a Federal anti counterfeiting Law May be used to crack Down on the Sale of supreme court Roundup used cars with phony mileage readings. The court said it will hear an Appeal by the manager of a Pennsylvania car Dealership sentenced under the Law to six months in prison. A refused to hear appeals stemming from a $200 million settlement of Price fixing charges against the nations leading manufacturers of folding Cartons. The court without comment let stand a ruling that redistributed a $6 million surplus from the settlement in one of the biggest antitrust cases Ever. A refused to hear a Bush administration Appeal aimed at making it costlier for an organization called the National Security Archive to compile information. The Archive is a non profit organization that collects information on National Security and foreign policy and makes it available to the Public in various ways. It has filed thousands of Freedom of information act requests for government records. The court without comment let stand a ruling that gives the Archive the same preferential status under the foia that other news Media enjoy. In the owl Case the . Fish and wildlife service estimated that about 1,500 Breeding pairs of Northern spotted owls remain and that without Protection their numbers could be Cut in half by the year 2050. The owl is being considered for inclusion on the Federal governments endangered species list. A coalition of environmental groups including the various Audubon society chapters the wilderness society the Sierra club and the natural resources defense Council sued the Interior department in 1987 Over Timber management plans for the Western Oregon forests. The lawsuit alleged that the departments Bureau of land management had decided to continue logging old growth Timber without adequately considering the detrimental effects to the spotted owl population. The governments decision therefore was made in violation of four Federal Laws a the National environmental policy act Neathe Oregon and California lands act the Federal land policy and management act and the migratory Bird treaty act. The 9th . Circuit court of appeals last september dismissed that portion of the lawsuit alleging a Nepa violation ruling that Congress had precluded such a court Challenge when it passed a 1988 appropriations Bill for the Interior department. A. A s getting her Goat a James Joiner walks alongside a boat he a using to be moved to higher ground sits in the boat with Bill Rescue his daughter s Goat Bill at Montgomery Ala. Heavy Rains have fallen during the last several Days Joiner s daughter Kelly who insisted that the Goat causing extensive flooding in Alabama
