European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 22, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 4 a a the stars and stripes tuesday May 23,1990 anti abortionists dealt new blow group barred from blocking . Clinics entrances it Quot vat / a re or _ Washington apr the supreme court re fused monday to let an anti abortion group Block the entrances to abortion clinics in new York. It was the second High court setback in two weeks for operation Rescue. The justices action was praised by abortion rights advocates and denounced by operation Rescue founder Randall Terry. The court left intact an order in which a Federal judge permanently banned the groups members from interfering with women entering new York arca abortion clinics. Operation Rescue members Are under similar injunctions in other cities. A a it a a tremendous Victory a said Bill Baird who runs two Long Island clinics where demonstrations have occurred repeatedly. A a in a like to see the courts go further and assign Federal marshals to escort women in just As they escorted Blacks into buildings in the 1960s.�?� Terry in a statement released from operation rescues office in Binghamton ., said a no court can prohibit us from rescuing babies. These judges have joined the heritage of nazi judges who sanctioned the murders of the the justices took mondays action a not a formal ruling but a denial of operation rescues Appeal a without comment and without any recorded dissenting vote. Just last week the court voted 5-4 to leave intact a similar ban on operation Rescue blockades at abortion clinics in Atlanta. But mondays action was a bigger setback for operation Rescue. The courts order in the Atlanta Case was preliminary in nature. The dispute had reached the justices As a request for emergency help before Georgia courts had finished studying the controversy. The four justices who voted to allow demonstrations in Atlanta said free speech restrictions should not have been imposed before the state courts had a Chance to Rule definitively. The High court monday rejected a formal Appeal by supreme court Roundup operation Rescue after lower courts ruled definitively against the group in the new York Case. The National organization for women and other abortion rights advocates sued operation Rescue and Terry in a new York state court in 1988. A a it a a humdinger. be better a said now president Molly Yard. A they were breaking the Law a she said adding that her organization is ready to seek court injunctions anywhere operation Rescue members try to bar Access to clinics. The lawsuit seeking an end to the groups blockades alleged violations of several state Laws and one Federal Law the Kun jux klan act. Operation rescues lawyers had the Case transferred to Federal court where . District judge Robert j. Ward in Early 1989 permanently enjoined the demonstrators. The 2nd . Circuit court of appeals last sept. 20 upheld wards injunction and became the nation s first Federal appeals court to Rule that operation rescues tactics violate women a civil rights and Are not a Type of protected free speech. The appeals court said the operation Rescue demonstrators had violated the Kun flux klan acts ban on conspiracies that violate the rights of a a class of acknowledging that the civil War Era Law was aimed primarily at protecting newly freed slaves the appeals court said the Law a is necessarily tied to evolving notions of Equality and a was conspiracies directed against women Are inherently invidious and repugnant to the notion of Equality for All citizens they Are therefore encompassed under the act a the 2nd circuit court ruled. In other matters monday the supreme court a ruled unanimously in a Case from Idaho that mormons who contribute Money directly to the churches missionaries May not deduct those donations from their Federal taxes. A enhanced the Federal governments Power to control water used by hydroelectric dams unanimously striking Down californians regulations to protect Trout in the american River and its tributaries. A upheld a Law requiring people convicted of Federal crimes to pay Money into a fund to help crime victims. The court rejected arguments in a Case from California that the Law is unconstitutional because it originated in the Senate not the join thousands at service for Henson a Lile Jim Henson with Kermit the Frog one of the first puppets a and the most famous of his creations. New York apr there were Happy songs upbeat words and a Gaggle of muppet pals at a memorial service monday for Jim Henson in accordance with the master puppeteers wishes. Henson who created the puppets and used them to entertain and educate children worldwide on a sesame Street and elsewhere died last wednesday of pneumonia. He was 53. Henson had written instructions for his funeral four years ago that were opened after his death. He said that he wanted the occasion to be a Happy one and that mourners should not Wear Black. The program Given to the thousands attending the service at the Cathedral of St. John the divine contained a quote from Henson a please watch out for each other and love and forgive everybody. Its a Good life enjoy an organist began the service with a rendition of the a sesame Street theme song a sunny then the dirty dozen Dixieland band strolled in playing a please release me a followed by ministers a red and White Robed Church choir and family members. A there is no question about Jim Henson a great artistry and the extent to which we have ail been touched by it a said Harry Belafonte. A greater than his artistry was his mourners fluttered colourful butterflies atop Metal stems As Belafonte and three backup singers Sang a turn the world around a a song Belafonte wrote and Henson used. A Barefoot dancer in a sequined costume and a Blue glittered face danced up and Down the Center aisle waving a foot tall Butterfly. A we had such great silly fun together a said Frank of who played Burt to Henson a Ernie and miss Piggy to his Kermit. A the Best thing is when you watched Jim laugh until he the mourners again waved their butterflies while listening to a recording of Henson As Kermit the Frog singing a Rainbow connection from a the muppet big Bird a character played by Caroll Spinney Sang a a it a not easy being Green a a number usually done by Kermit. Afterwards big Bird looked heavenward said a thank you Kermit a then slowly walked away head Hung Low. The Cathedral which holds 5,000, was nearly full and was lined with Floral arrangements some with animal figures in them. At the Entrance was a gallery of photos with Henson his family and a sesame Street characters. A the s stayed with us Long enough to give us certainly All we need if we re Strong enough to carry on a said Henson a wife Jane who stood with their five children. Mrs. Henson said she Wasny to sure what the afterlife would bring for her husband a but he had great her advice to the mourners was a enjoy life to the fullest. He always did but always with a Little Pam a Little sorrow that gave it Henson s son Brian read excerpts from his father s letters. P01? gone a Henson wrote to his children. A it will be an interesting time for me. I look Forward to seeing All of you when you come the 2 /2-hour service closed with puppeteers 11?, clothes but in character a singing a Medley of children a songs and then waving two dozen puppets. The band led the worshippers out of the Cathedral to the tune a when the saints go marching woman a 1 of finish requires a Marathon Effort Cleveland map per Inry 1_____. T a a Cleveland apr for 42-year-old Georgens Johnson it was the longest 10-Kilometcr race Ever. But then that a because she actually ran in the re co Cleveland Marathon instead of the race in which she had intended to compete. A i thought the Marathon had already started a the Akron woman said. A so i just took off with the rest of the pack. Both races had the same starting line. The re co Cleveland Marathon All 26 Miles 385 Yards of it started at 8 30 . Sunday and the 10-Kilometer 6.2-mile race 15 minutes later. About four Miles into the race Johnson said she realized something was wrong because the turnaround Point was nowhere in sight. So i sidled up to a male runner and said a this is the 10k, Isnit it a a Johnson said. When told she was running in the Marathon she said a i Felt so dumb that i just stood there and started to she asked a police officer to drive her Start is line to compete in the i of but the officer did no to have a patrol car. A i thought about stopping a i mean me running a Marathon. But right in tront of me there was a Man running and on the Back of his shirt it had a saying a just do so i Johnson finished in 4 hours 4 minutes Good enough for 83rd place in the women a division. A i feel great a she said. As stupid As i Felt on the course i feel that Good
