European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 1, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse F Star wars still needed Cheney says. N California execution blocked by Federal judge Page 5 n redskins release Doug 27 n . Coming to its census 28 the shr amp Zimmt Pes authorized unofficial publication for the . Ahmed forces Good morning vol. 48, no. 349 sunday april 1, 1990 a a 25 Dally and sunday d 8693 Idaho abortion Bill vetoed Rig lit to life supporter Karen Hefner right and an unidentified woman react with disappointment As the governor of Idaho Cecil Andrus announces that he has vetoed a restrictive abortion Law because of its inflexibility. Boise Idaho apr Idaho a anti abortion governor says he vetoed legislation that would have become the most restrictive abortion Law in the nation because it was flawed by outside forces meddling in state affairs. A we idahoans arc a fiercely Independent group who will Call it As we see it Quot gov. Cecil Andrus said. Quot i have done to out of state opponents of his Friday veto he said �?o1 would respectfully suggest you return to your own states and try to do it in the past three weeks More than 21,000 Telephone Calls letters and petitions have flowed into the governors office. Calls from out of stale outnumbered those from Idaho residents by a 3-Lo-l margin. The lobbying peaked thursday at More than 4,100 Calls with a 2-to-l ratio in favor of a veto. Anti abortion groups wanted to use the Idaho measure to Challenge the . Supreme court s commitment to legalized abortion As spelled out in the 1973 Roe is. Wade decision. The democratic governor who is running for a record fourth term said he was not fazed by threats from abortion rights advocates of a Boycott of Idaho potatoes the states no. 1 Cash crop if the Bill became Law. A i believe and i am confident the people of Idaho believe that we can make our own judgments on this terribly important Issue without outside pressure and outside influence or threats Quot Andrus said. The veto effectively killed the Bill. The legislature adjourned its regular session before Andrus announced the veto and it can Only he called Back by the governor. Bill proponents conceded they lacked enough votes to gain a two thirds majority needed to override the veto anyway. Andrus said the legislation failed to offer a woman and her family flexibility in the Case of rape and incest. A the Bill is drawn so narrowly that it would Punitia see abortion on Back Page kids perform mental calisthenic in grueling finals of spelling Bee by Jimi Jones education writer Mannheim West Germany a a word associated with developing bodily strength and gracefulness built some major muscle for a Span Dahlem elementary school Pupil saturday. Quot calisthenic my was what it took to spell Victory for 12-year-old Edward Tamiso in the eighth annual spelling Bee sponsored by the european Congress of american parents teachers and students. For the next few weeks Edward can feel like a King about winning the longest Ever european final round be Tore heading next month to the Cripps Howard National spelling Bee m Washington . To feeling pretty wonderful a the sixth grader said when the final round ended. A i get to go to the states for the National round. Its really exit gang in be been Here two times before so i m real stars and stripes and pan american world airways have agreed to sponsor Edward and his escorts trip to Washington for the Competition May 31 and 31. This will be Only the second year for the european Winner to participate in the National finals. Saturdays spelling Bee started at a amps Dave Dudlo Peter Robinson thinks about the word he has just been Given at the spelling Bee in Mannheim West Germany. 10 30 . With 12 students from As far away As Norway. They were a Tough group. After the first four youngsters were eliminated word pronounced Judy Bottiggi a fifth Grade teacher from Mannheim called word after word for almost an hour before the next speller faltered. By noon the group was Down to six. It was 1 30 . Before the Competition shrank to three finalists a Peter Robinson from Niernberg elementary school Jeffrey Sellers from Geilen Kir Chen elementary and Edward. In the final round the three correctly spelled each word Given them for about 40 minutes. Peter misspelled a and left in tears after an Allday fight. Bottiggi called the word a Karachin Quot which proved too much for Jeffrey he said he knew the moment the letters were out of his Mouth that head made a mistake. He put his forehead in his Palm and Shook his head. A i got scared when he a judge hit the Bell a Jeffrey said after the match. Near tears he said he was a kind of sad a but Hopes to come Back next year. Edwards Grin did no to break out until continued on Page 3gorbachev tells Vilnius to Back off Moscow apr president Mikhail Gorbachev urged Lithuania on saturday to Back Down from its declaration of Independence and negotiate with the Kremlin in keeping with the soviet Constitution. In a roughly worded 18-Linc statement addressed to the breakaway republics supreme soviet legislature Gorbachev said Lithuania a chosen path toward Independence will Lead Only to a Quot dead in a separate statement also carried by the official Tass news Agency Gorbachov addressed the people of Lithuania directly. He said their leaders a tactics of unilateral ultimate actions endanger the Normal life and Security of the republics population both lithuanians and non lithuanians and arc a cause of great concern in the the unusual Public Appeal to Lithuania a lawmakers said the republics course was a openly challenging and insulting for the entire Gorbachev urged the legislature to Back off from its declaration of Independence and instead negotiate a within the framework of the .s.r. in Vilnius on saturday uniformed men patrolled the printing Plant for Lithuania a main newspapers and the state see Gorbachev on Back Page
