European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 27, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes sunday May 27, 1990 no squawking Trainer owner Irene Pepperberg is delighted to get an affectionate nibble from Alex her african Gray Parrot at her Home in Evanston 111. She says that Alex has a vocabulary of More than 80 words and can identify numbers and colors. Pep Perberg an assistant anthropology professor at Northwestern University says she uses a technique never before used in teaching  judge rules klan can still Wear masks Lawrenceville a. Apr a judge has struck Down a Law that banned the Kun flux klan from wearing masks in Public saying that the group was a persecuted Quot for expressing its racist views. State court judge Howard e. Cook ruled on Friday that the 1951 Law prohibiting the use of masks in Public violated the first amendment and was unconstitutionally vague and Broad. David m. Fuller assistant county solicitor filed a notice of Appeal 30 minutes after Cook ruled in favor of a klan member who had challenged the Law by wearing the White headgear. Quot it saddens me because this order if upheld gives Protection to some groups worthy of it but its going to afford the same Protection to groups not worthy of it such As the klan a Fuller said. The ruling would give the klan a carte Blanche to revert to How it operated in the �?T30s and �?T40s,�?� Fuller said. In his decision Cook wrote a anonymity has been permitted under the Constitution when the group has been subject to potential harm to themselves and their family members As Well As the possibility of losing their jobs and the ability to earn a  Klansman Shade Miller jr., 27, of Calhoun was arrested and cited for a Misdemeanour for wearing the headgear in a february protest. He said he wore it because he feared for his safety and his family a safety if his klan affiliation were known. Millers attorney Michael Hauptman criticized the state for defending the ban and predicted that Cooke a ruling would hold up on Appeal. A the statute is clearly unconstitutional. The state would be better off in spending its resources drafting a constitutional statute rather than defending this one a Hauptman said. Judge refuses to drop charges bar tapes in barrys drug Case washing i on apr a Federal judge Friday refused to dismiss criminal charges or suppress videotapes in the drug Case against mayor Marion Barry. . District court judge Thomas Penfield Jackson rejected defense arguments that the government engaged in prosecutor Al vindictiveness in bringing two indictments against the Washington d.c., mayor since february. Barry is scheduled to go to trial june 4 on cocaine Possession conspiracy and perjury charges. There was no evidence of Quot actual vindictiveness by the government the judge said in ruling on a series of pretrial motions. Defense attorney r. Kenneth Mundy alleged that the government jeopardized Barry s life with the Fri sting operation Jan. 18 at the Vista hotel designed to coerce him into smoking crack cocaine. But Quot no violence occurred and no coercion was employed a in the Vista incident the judge said in refusing to throw out the charges. The judge said the Fri videotapes from the Vista were taken w Ith the permission of the rooms occupant sex Model Rashieda Moore who cooperated with the government to persuade Barry to come there. Jackson refused to bar the government from using the videotapes at the trial. Jackson a decisions came at the end of a Day of courtroom arguments on aspects of the 14-count indictment. A i feel very Good about today a Barry said afterwards. A a we re ready to go to  a feb. 15 indictment accused Barry of cocaine Possession in the sting operation and with four other Misdemeanour counts of possessing cocaine and three felony counts of lying to a Federal grand jury. A superseding indictment adding five new Possession charges and a conspiracy charge was returned May 10. The government on Friday provided Barry with a list of the alleged co conspirators and agreed to provide the times and places of the alleged cocaine possessions. Mundy will decide by tuesday whether he wants to ask that the six new charges be separated from the earlier counts which would mean having a second trial at a later Date. On the political front Barry Campaign officials said they intend to pick up petitions for the upcoming mayoral race. Such a move would be the first formal step Barry can take to enter the sept. 11 democratic primary. The Washington Post said Friday a poll showed Barry has suffered no significant erosion in his political base since his arrest. Aids kills a doonesbury character 1/ Acac Rita i to Kansas City to. Apr the death of a Quot doonesbury Quot character who suffered from aids did no to prompt any angry phone Calls the strips syndicator said Friday Universal press Syndicate has received complaints about a a doonesbury in the past and once did not distribute strips that dealt with abortion. The strip was created by Garry Trudeau. Quot it Wasny to a big Shock at All a said Lee Salem editorial director for Universal press. A i think Garry is always known for dealing with major issues of social concern and i think the Way our society copes with aids is certainly within  the character Andy Lippincott who has appeared in the strip since 1976, died in the panels that appeared m thursdays newspapers. The character who was homosexual began As a Law school student and evolved into an attorney and a political aide to another character. A a it a not the first time in doonesbury that a character died Salem said. A  Davenport another character died a few years ago of a heart  a1? s eath was apparently the first time aids killed a comic strip figure. Andy was diagnosed with aids in the strip in Early 1989 stateside burglar caught in the act while playing Nintendo Gainesville a. Apr a Man who was caught burglar izing a Home because he stopped to play a Nintendo video game was sentenced to eight years in prison. Kelly Lee Hardyman 20, pleaded guilty Friday to two burglary charges and was sentenced As an habitual offender. He also was ordered by circuit court judge Robert Cates to serve 15 years of probation and to undergo drug treatment and testing after his release. In january a woman stopped by her House on her lunch hour and encountered Hardyman playing the family a Nintendo game. He had taken a Small amount of Money. Hardyman also was charged in a similar break in where he also had stopped to play Nintendo. Hardyman who has a history of burglary convictions told police he broke into houses partly because he was  station promotes Reading by broadcasting silence Cincinnati apr a television station broadcast a half hour of silence to encourage families to read. Viewers who tuned to Wewt at 7 . Friday for the syndicated program a inside edition instead saw the message a please take this time to  there was no sound. The program was called a read every Day system a or reds and preceded the telecast of a baseball game Between the Cincinnati reds and the Montreal expos. It was part of an educational project by the station that has included half hour prime time specials and Public service announcements on education station manager Cliff Abromats said. He said the station plans similar telecasts in the future. A they probably wont be half hours but they will be projects designed to get children to read a Abromats said. He declined to say How much the station lost by not Selling advertising during the half hour which is one of its most profitable time  abducted by Mother gets needed heart surgery Chicago apr a 12-year-old girl abducted by her Mother from a Hospital two weeks ago underwent the heart surgery that her Mother had objected to on religious grounds. Kimberly Winfield was in critical but stable condition after open heart surgery Friday to Correct damage she suffered from rheumatic fever five years ago doctors at children a memorial Hospital said. Doctors repaired a valve in Kimberly a heart and replaced another with an artificial valve Hospital spokeswoman Jean Benzies said late Friday. Caroline Winfield 35, abducted the girl from the Hospital on May 10. As a member of Jehovah a witnesses Winfield is opposed to any medical procedure that involve blood transfusion. Winfield a homeless woman surrendered several Days later and Kimberly was returned to the Hospital. Charges of child abduction were filed against the Mother. Kimberly had been a Ward of the state since March when she was found wandering the streets with Winfield said Dave Schneidman of the Illinois department of children and family  uproar school agrees to graduate Exchange student san Dent exas swedish Exchange student barred from graduation ceremonies Over the after All classmates will be Able to participate ?hfs.hn2?en�?T a 18-> Earold student at Cedar Hill students was i be with four other foreign gradual Feu a she Hdldn 1 have enough credits to Scho Ofin her country and ther a a of High a Inhat re sen ,t be allowed to participate mates who  a a outraged her class mates who circulated a petition signed by 230 Stu the 3s5ris?sr1 a1rcrt to Mas said he re evaluated the District s policy after talking with other school offi