European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 28, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Wednesday March 28, 1990 the stars and stripes a a a Page 7 Idaho governor delays signing abortion Bill Boise Idaho a gov Achan is i mounting pressure from the a a a a Quot a monday hell consult outside p Sifore deciding whether to sign nation s most restrictive state Abor l a a major piece of legislation that semen on he won foal legislative approval thursday. The democratic governor reiterated a he Hadnot made up his mind on the which bans abortion As birth con oppo Tion abortion Quot except in cases of incest and to save a life a the main exceptions cited in the Bill. In other action monday a civil rights attorney praised a Federal judge s Extension until May of a restraining order against enforcing Guam s new abortion statute the most restrictive . Law. A a there a no doubt in my mind that lower Federal courts will find this Law blah bul he reaffirmed his longstanding Ilion to abortion exc a Quot rape incest and to ave a unconstitutional a Rachael Pine staff attorney for the american civil liberties unions reproductive Freedom project said in a Telephone interview from new York. The Idaho Bill was going through final clerical procedures in the legislature on monday and was expected to reach Andrusz desk tuesday. The governor said he wanted to talk to outside experts first but declined to identify them. Once the legislature adjourns which is expected to happen wednesday night or thursday he will have 10 Days to make a decision. If Andrus decides not to act on the Bill it becomes Law and would take effect july 1. The legislation would ban abortion except in cases involving a threat to the woman a life or physical health severe fetal deformity incest if the victim is under 18, and no statutory rape reported within seven Days. The legislation based on a National right to life committee Model rejected by other states As too restrictive carries civil penalties against doctors performing illegal abortions. Abortion rights advocates maintain the Bill is unconstitutionally restrictive and have promised an immediate Legal Challenge should it become Law. That would give anti abortion forces the court test they want of the . Supreme courts 1973 Roe is. Wade decision legalizing abortion. Since the Bill a approval last week the governors office has been deluged by Telephone Calls and letters including threats by abortion rights advocates to Boycott Idaho a no. 1 Cash crop potatoes. Even in his own family Andrus said a there is a difference of opinion. My family is no different than others throughout the state and nation that have become divided Over the abortion question. Andrus refused to say where his wife and three grown daughters stood. A this Issue has a tendency to polarize people More than anything in be seen a he said rating it As one of the most pressurized issues he has had to Deal with in 30 years of state and Federal government service. A a it a a no win in Guam . District judge Alex Munson on monday extended his temporary restraining order until May 8, when the trial of a lawsuit Over that Pacific Ocean Island territory a abortion Law is set to begin. Munson issued the order Friday after the class action lawsuit was filed by Guam medical groups and a group of Guam residents. The Law prohibits abortions except when a pregnancy endangers a woman a life. It makes it a third degree felony to perform an abortion or Aid in the procedure a Misdemeanour for a woman to solicit or have an abortion and a Misdemeanour for a person to solicit a woman to have an . Homeless Helper is 100th a Point of Light Washington apr president Bush on monday called a once homeless woman who established a program to help homeless families in Kansas City mo., to congratulate her on being his 100th a Point of a you know what it is. You be been through it yourself a Bush told Barbara Tomblinson. Tomblinson founded new Start new life ministries which provides transitional housing for homeless families. The families Are required to find employment within two weeks and save half their earnings. A Barbara and i were so moved by your own Effort your own history of helping homeless families and setting a great example for a lot of other americans a Bush said. A so for that reason i wanted to Call and say a Bush a award recognizes individuals and groups that exemplify his a thousand Points of Light theme of volunteerism and Community service. The presidents phone Call was piped in Over the a system to the White House press room. Bush told Tomblinson he knew there were Many volunteers working in the program. A i just Hope you la be Able to give each one a hug and say thanks a he said. A a in la do that just for you a Tomblinson said. Those honoured As Points of Light get a plaque and a letter from the president. A tall order Myron Yocum a warehouse worker stands among hundreds of pallets of Granite headed for the sides of the 1,136-foot-High, 80-Story Amoco building in Chicago. Amoco officials said the italian Carrara Marble that now covers the building the worlds fourth tallest is not up to Chicago a legendary Winters and needs to be replaced with something sturdier. Company officials said they hoped to be Able to sell some or All of the who mutilated boy gets 131v2 years Poi Cdcil in Wash apr a judge in Pusca a 131 /2-year prison sentence on a Ian convicted of raping sexually mutilating and trying to kill a 7-year-old boy crime that triggered a statewide uproar Over sex predators. Superior court judge 1 Homas r. Sunol gave Earl Shriner 40, for i Esdle maximum Standard term w the crime under state Law. ,-10 Udif said Shriner who has a 25-ln,rec? of violence against Young disc u , remain locked up until he for o Aid at Shriner won time off or Good behaviour he would still have to Possi Busty of parole to Quot a u no ois?1 said the Case left him More 37 Lmh Ani troubled than any in his a it year Legal career. that i have Ever heard be that Borders on extreme cruelty More than this one a he told Shriner. A the reality is or. Shriner you present a danger to the Shriner who is slightly retarded stood silent and motionless leaning Forward slightly at the bar. The victims Mother Helen Harlow dabbing her eyes and comforted by friends said she was satisfied with the sentence. Shriner was convicted feb. 7 of first degree attempted murder first degree assault and two counts of first degree rape in the May 20 attack in Woods near his and the boys Homes. The boy was raped and choked and his Penis was Cut off. Neighbors found the youngster naked bloody covered with mud and practically incoherent. Following sentencing defense attorney Dino Sepe gave notice he would Appeal the penalty and the verdict. Defense attorneys said Shriner a sentence should have been within the Standard Range of 34 years to 43 years and 10 months. The judge also ordered Shriner to pay $2,500 toward the Cost of his court appointed attorneys and $1,500 to a Pierce county project to help child abuse victims. The uproar that followed the attack led to legislative adoption of tougher penalties and controls on sexual predators including longer sentences civil commitment and registration of sex offenders. Sauriol also criticized legislation that would permit a 75 percent reduction in prison terms for sex offenders who submit to surgical castration. The measure died in the state House of representatives after Clearing the Senate this year. The judge said any legislator who votes for such a measure in the future a would be Defeated the following time he runs for office and he would deserve Harlow her voice breaking and fighting Back tears told the judge the attack had shattered her and her songs lives and had continued to cause pain As the Case came up repeatedly in news reports. She said her son continues with his recovery which includes reconstructive surgery. Shriner was declared a a defective delinquent in 1965 after choking a 7-year-old girl. The term now abandoned referred to violence prone juveniles with emotional or mental problems. He subsequently was confined at Rainier school for the retarded Western state Hospital a mental institution and the Washington corrections Center where he served 10 years for assaulting two 16-year-old hitchhikers
