European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 30, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday March 30, 1990 the stars and stripes a a a Page 3mcdonald�?Ts Cool to hot potato Issue Roise Idaho a some business so Are snubbing the state Over a Rouah anti abortion Law but Mcdonald a Ron it said its French Fries will be Cut s Idaho potatoes no matter what. Rev Cecil Andrus said that he will act Tkv saturday on the nations most Restnc-1state abortion Law passed last week by the legislature and that the Boycott a abortion rights supporters will not be the deciding Factor in his decision. Some 1,000 abortion rights advocates ind 600 anti abortion activists held separate Capitol rallies wednesday to Sway the governor. Andrus has said he opposes abortion except in cases of rape incest and to save the life of the woman. A a in a going to do what i think is right Quot Andrus said. Quot the economic things those in a going to have to handle no matter How it plays  Susan Boresow regional marketing supervisor for Mcdonald a corp., said the company does not involve itself in personal ethical political or religious issues and would not take a stand on the Idaho abortion Issue. A your customers represent All Points of View and we serve All of them a she said. Mcdonald a is a big buyer of Idaho potatoes. But officials from the states food processing printing travel and resort industries have already lost orders Andrus said. Commerce director James Hawkins said anti abortion forces have promised to buy More Idaho products but those offers wont make up for the Boycott threat. Andrus declined to identify the companies affected so far or to give Dollar figures for losses. Nationally syndicated radio talk show Host Rush Limbaugh a conservative called on his listeners to Send a wrapped Idaho potato to Molly Yard president of the National organization for women who has called fora Boycott if the Bill is passed. In West Virginia anti abortion activists Are adding bags of Idaho potatoes to their grocery lists. A a we re issuing a Challenge to the go fearing people of West Virginia Quot said Avis Hill spokesman for the 200-Mcm-Ber West Virginia parents for life. A a we re saying to them if they choose not to buy Idaho potatoes Well buy an extra bag and give it to a food  the Bill would ban 90 percent of the More than 1,500 abortions performed in the state each year. Abortion would be banned except in cases of non statutory rape reported within seven Days incest if the victim is under 18, severe fetal deformity and a threat to the life or physical health of the woman. It would take effect july 1. Abortion rights activists Promise to Challenge the Law in what could provide the . Supreme court the context it needs to overturn the 1973 Roe is. Wade decision that legalized abortion. Substitute teacher Barbara Bush reads a Story wednesday to a group of youngsters at a Day care Center in Dallas. The first lady has made illiteracy her cause. Personal income Rose in february Washington apr personal income Rose 0.9 percent in february its biggest gain in three months while consumer spending advanced 0.4 percent for its smallest increase in four months the government reported thursday. The Commerce department said incomes totalled a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $4.64 trillion after rising a revised 0.7 percent in january. The january increase originally was reported to have been 0.8 percent. Consumer spending totalled a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $3.63 trillion after a 1.0 percent gain in january an upward revision from the 0.6 percent Advance originally reported. The increase in income was matched by the 0.9 percent gain last november while the consumer spending Advance was the smallest since a 0.3 percent increase last october. Consumer spending is watched closely As a barometer of economic health since it accounts for about two thirds of the nations economic activity. Another closely watched component of thursdays report americans savings rate Rose 5.7 percent on top of a 5.3 percent Advance in january. A the february and january increases in personal income were affected by several special factors Quot the department said including farm subsidies which both raised the february change and lowered the january change. A a pay raise for Federal government employees raised the changes in both months a it said. Quot the january change was also boosted by Cost of living adjustments to several Transfer payment programs and was lowered by an increase in personal contributions to social  the department said payroll increases were spread through All Industry categories. Government payrolls also were up reflecting the Federal pay raise. To Marti broadcast system to Marti programs originate in Washington d.c., and Are bounced off of a communications. Satellite to cudjoe key Florida. There satellite they Are transmitted to an Aerostat balloon tethered 10,000 feet above the ground. The balloon carries a transmitter which beams a the signal. / i to Cuba. W 1 / u Aerostat i Walt Hon Nunn. United if source voice of America sex sen. Bakery a wife has surgery Washington apr Joy Baker the wife of former Senate Republican Leader Howard h. Baker jr., Tad a Small malignant growth removed from her right lung wednesday a family spokesman said. The tumor was removed during a 90-minute operation by Mayo clinic doctors at St. Mary a Hospital in Rochester minn., said spokesman Tom Griscom. A in growth he said was removed from the right lobe of her right lung. A source familiar with her Case who did not wish to of identified said the growth was a a Low Grade tumor not a recurrence of the cancer that was removed from the same lung in 1982. Baker was to remain in the intensive care unit for two or three Days and in the Hospital for another 10 Days to two weeks. She is not expected to require additional treatment the source said. She is the daughter of the late Senate Republican Leader Everett dirkson of Illinois. Howard Baker served in the Senate from 1966 until 1984 and was president Reagan a White House chief of staff from february 1987 until july 1988. The Bakers primary residence is in Huntsville tenn., but they also maintain a Home in Washington to Marti jammed for second time Washington apr to Marti tried to resume broadcasts to Cuba on wednesday for a second Day. But cuban authorities jammed the transmission 2 minutes after it began the state department said. The voice of America project designed to bring news and entertainment to cuban viewers remained on the air from 3 45 . To 6 45 . And the signal was blocked for All but the first two minutes department spokeswoman Margaret Tutwiler said. The cuban government has called the Experiment Quot talc aggression a and lodged a protest with the Federal communications commission after tuesday s premiere which also was jammed. After the current testing phase of to Marti is Over the administration will make a judgment As to whether the project is technologically and legally feasible. The transmissions Are being sent during the Early morning hours in order not to interfere with local programming. Wednesday s schedule included a baseball feature with former Cincinnati Catcher Johnny Bench a Tennis show with Boris Becker and features on Albert Einstein and hispanic contributions to american life. Programming was to continue on thursday. Appeals court upholds Howard Beach convictions Albany . Apr new Yorkus highest court on thursday upheld the manslaughter convictions of three men Ranii Howard Beach Case Ling that defense lawyers can to exclude Black jurors just because they Are fw11 Clef Era Colt Kern and Jason lamm., App aled their convictions Wjk Niv their lawyers were wrongly m in for rejecting Blacks As jurors Law he racially charged Case. After. Ern and Ladone All White re evicted in december 1987 of manslaughter assault and conspiracy for attacking three Black men in the predominantly White Howard Beach Section of Queens in december 1986. One of the Blacks 23-Ycar-old Michael Griffith was struck by a car and killed As he fled across a nearby Highway. Another Man Cedric Sandiford was beaten with tree limbs and a baseball Bat. The defendants lawyers argued before the court of appeals that prosecutors systematically excluded Whites without giving justification to help gain a conviction. At the same time the defense was prevented from doing the same with prospective Black jurors they said. Quot we agree with the courts below that such purposeful racial discrimination is prohibited by our state Constitution a said court of appeals judge Fritz Alexander in a 7-0 decision. The three menus lawyers had cited a 1986 . Supreme court ruling that prohibited prosecutors from excluding potential jurors based solely on race. The trial judge state supreme court Justice Thomas Demakos applied that Standard to defense lawyers in the Howard Beach Case. As it turned out Only one Black was on the i 2-person jury. There were also six whiles three asians and two hispanics. In criminal cases lawyers for each Side May exclude a set number of jurors without having to give a reason. However prosecutors May be slopped if the court believes they Are rejecting jurors because of race. In the Howard Beach Case prosecutors asked that the same Standard be applied to defense lawyers. Lester was sentenced to up to 30 years in prison Kern up to 18 years and la done up to 15 years in prison