European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 29, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday april 29, 1990 i it stars and stripes a a a Page 7connecticut oks pro Choice abortion Bill the stars and stripes Hartford Conn. Apr the Connecticut Senate on Friday approved a Bill guaranteeing a woman a right to choose abortion even if the . Supreme court overturns its 1973 Roe is. Wade decision legalizing abortion. The Bill effectively codifies into state Law much of Roe is. Wade making Connecticut the first state to take such action. It now goes to democratic gov. William a. Of Neill who has said he will sign it. A even if the supreme court were to reverse Roe v. Wade. This statute would be the governing Standard for the state of Connecticut a said state sen. Richard Blumenthal the democratic vice chairman of the judiciary committee and a cosponsor of the Bill. A i think what the supreme court is saying in effect to the states. Is we re going to turn this Issue Over to you. Connecticut has taken the Gauntlet and said we re ready to face that Issue and we re going to be pro Choice a he said. The legislature was spurred to address the Issue in part because of last Summers supreme court decision in Webster is. Reproductive health services of Missouri which gave states greater latitude to restrict abortion. The measure which also repeals the states Unen forced anti abortion statutes requires girls 15 and under to get counselling before an abortion and encourages them to Tell their parents. Because the Bill contains the counselling provisions the pro life Council of Connecticut As Well As pro Choice activists have claimed Victory with its approval. A similar Bill approved by the new Hampshire legislature was vetoed earlier this year by gov. Judd Gregg and an Effort to override the veto failed last week. Proponents argued the new Hampshire measure merely wrote into state Law the guidelines of Roe is. Wade. But Judd said the measure would have gone further allowing abortions until the Point a woman a doctor determined the fetus could survive outside the womb. The Connecticut Bill in a slight variation on the Roe is. Wade decision allows abortions late in pregnancy a when the fetus is capable of living outside the womb a Only when the life or health of the Mother is in danger. A now that we be placed Roe is. Wade in Connecticut a Law books we need to fight hard to protect it a said Betsy Wacker of the Connecticut Branch of the National abortion rights action league which lobbied for portions of the Bill. A Naral statement said last Summers supreme court decision a sounded an alarm which woke up the pro Choice  the Senate vote came after about 45 minutes of debate and was witnessed by numerous House members who had endured live hours of debate on the Bill last week. The Senate easily rejected three Republican amendments one of which would have restored criminal sanctions against anyone performing an abortion and Pernu ted the father or grandparent of the fetus to sue Lor $ 10,000 in damages. That was rejected 31-4 another amendment rejected 27-8, would have required minors to notify parents before an abortion could be performed. The Bill As approved requires girls 15 and under to get counselling before an abortion but it Only encourages them to talk with their parents beforehand. It s a sad Day in the state of Connecticut when we would intervene to deny parents fundamental rights Quot said sen. Thomas Scott. Republican sponsor of the parental notification amendment. Allowing a child to make such a decision on her own Scott added Quot is  but sen. Lee Scarpitti also a Republican said that Quot All the Laws in the world won t change Quot family  end 9th Reading of talmud Start anew new York apr the circus elephants and clowns cleared out of Madison Square Garden for a night so that nearly 20,000 people could gather there to finish a Good Book they began Reading in 1982. The Book was the talmud the repository of age old jewish Wisdom and its readers were orthodox jews. Every Day for the past 7 Xhu years each had read one Page of the 2,711-Page Tome and thursday night they converged on the Garden to read the last Page. A these Are not dead letters of a printed Book. They Are alive a rabbi Simon Schwab of congregation Khai Adath Jeshurun of Manhattan told the assemblage. The daily Reading a known As the Daf Yomi or daily Page a was synchronized in 1923, so that jews All Over the world read the same Page on the same Day. Thursday marked the end of the ninth Reading of the talmud since that Date on Friday the Cycle began anew. A anyone who studies jewish Law every Day is guaranteed a place in the world to come a the text concludes. The talmud is believed to have been Given to Moses by god at mount Sinai and handed Down orally for centuries before it was transcribed. Commentaries from scholars up to the 17th Century Are included. It is divided into tracts on agriculture blessings civil Law matters pertaining to women including marriage and divorce holiness and synagogue services and purity including foods that Are Kosher. Many of the readers Are laymen not scholars they meet in informal study groups or read pocket editions on subway trains. There also Are cassette tapes. About 15,000 students around the world pay $8 a month for dial a Daf a recorded Telephone message discussing the Days Page in English yiddish or hebrew. Some of the 20,000 jews who gathered in Madison Square Garden Friday for the final Reading of the talmud. There were gatherings around the world thursday to Mark the end of the Cycle but the Garden event was the largest. The organizers Gudath Israel of America reserved the Garden two years ago for the occasion. Thus the Ringling Bros and Barnum amp Bailey circus in town for a monthlong stay was forced to close for the night. Many of those attending the ceremony were Black suited hasidic jews with Long beards and Unshon sideburns several inches Long. Although orthodox tradition does not encourage women to study the talmud several Hundred sat in the Balcony separated from the men As they Are at Sabbath services. It was the first time women were invited to the Daf Yomi Celebration one rabbi said they were welcomed As a gesture of thanks for the sacrifices they made so their husbands could study. Quot its not easy Quot said Jacob 1. Friedman a lawyer who attends a 6 . Study group. A the alarm rings and 1 must get up or 1 miss my daily dose of  there were roughly four times As Many participants thursday night As there were in 1982, when the last Cycle ended. Quot next time Well fill Yankee stadium a one rabbi said. 2 injured As Rig carrying missiles is sideswiped Grayson by. Apr a semitrailer carrying 16 Harpoon missiles with unarmed non nuclear warheads was sideswiped by another truck on a Highway injuring two people officials said Friday. No explosion or fire was reported. The Accident on interstate 64 in Eastern Kentucky did no to pose a substantial threat to the area but a Section of the Road was shut Down for about 9 v2 hours said state police and state disaster and emergency services officials. The Accident was reported at 11 30 . Thursday and army explosives experts from fort Knox arrived by helicopter Early Friday to inspect the wreckage. The interstate was reopened about 9 . Friday after the trailer containing the rockets was towed under state police escort to the Lexington Bluegrass army depot Kentucky state police trooper Gary Kustner said. In Washington it. Cmdr. Craig Quigley a Navy spokesman said the Harpoon missiles were being shipped from the Yorktown va., naval weapons station to the Mcdonnell Douglas astronautics Plant in St. Charlesmo. The weapons Complete with 500-Pound warheads and guidance systems would have required further procedures before they were Battle ready he said. Each missile is shipped in a separate Container Quot designed to Cradle the missile. So that accidents of this nature will not yield an explosion a Quigley said. A truck and trailer Rig driven by Charles Harrell 49, of Phillipsburg mo.? was carrying the missiles when it was sideswiped by a Rig driven by Jimmy Scott 55, of Florissant mo., Kistner said. Scott was listed in serious but stable condition in the intensive care unit of Kings daughter s medical Center in Ashland. His wife Marian Scott 55, was treated for injuries and released