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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 12, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday june 12,1990 the stars and stripes a a a Page 5thousands March for animal rights in . By the Washington Post Washington thousands of Ani a rights activists and their allies s Ched to the . Capitol on sunday s i show of strength intended to per made the Federal government to regulate he use of animals More sync try for research and food production. The turnout for the March a 24,000 according to . Park police a was Large enough to erase the image of Ani Mal rights activists As a Cranks extremes a part of the Lunatic fringe a said Peter Linck a rally organizer. The marchers carried placards and chanted slogans expressing opposition to what they contend is the needless suffering of animals for the Benefit of humans in medical research meat processing and the testing of cosmetics. The crowd made it Clear that it wants rapid change and that there is Little room for Compromise. Participants booed Superman a actor Christopher Reeve a when he encouraged moderation. Reeve said the use of some animals in research such As in aids research is no woman revered As a Pioneer for a death with dignity Portland Ore. Apr a woman who used a controversial machine to commit suicide rather than live through the mental destruction of alzheimer a disease became a a Pioneer in the Battle for death with dignity a her minister said sunday. Friends and relatives gathered at the first unitarian Church for a memorial service for Janet Elaine Adkins 54, who died last monday in Michigan. An exceptional woman in life a Janet would become famous in death a said the Rev. Alan g. Deale. A the Public attention that her death has received is an indication of the level of interest in this phenomenon a he said. A i have supported Janet a right to decide when she would end her life a Deale said adding that the unitarian Church supports a death with  the unitarian universalist association in 1988 adopted a Resolution that acknowledging circumstances in which the inherent dignity of life May be compromised supported the right to die in accordance with ones own Choice. Adkins had planned the ceremony before travelling to Michigan where or. Jack Kevorkian hooked her up to the suicide machine he invented. She touched a Button releasing an aesthetic followed by a lethal injection. Seconds later she was  the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. June 12, 1950 a four persons were killed and Lour were rescued after a luxury Cabin Cruiser was trapped overnight in the spillway Waters of an Allegheny River dam near pittsburgh.30 years ago today. A he White House announced that president Eisenhower a a certainly intended to visit Japan on his 23,000-mile far Eastern tour despite Tokyo protesters w10 were roamin8 the streets of20 years ago today. June 12, 1970 a fourteen nato member a inn  a drastic replanting of defense for the Milt defense Secretary Melvin Laird encouraging europeans to take Over More of the financial responsibility from the United  years ago today. A an armed group blew up an Oil Anh it a West Metran with a rocket propelled grenade stacked a railway station Tehran radio reported. Bad if it is properly regulated. Several people in the crowd said moderation is ill advised especially since or. Louis Sullivan Secretary of the . Department of health and human services called animal rights activists a a terrorists at a news conference last week. About 40 animal rights groups from at least 25 states Israel Canada and Australia participated in a rally on the Ellipse and a March Down Pennsylvania Avenue to the West Side of the Capitol. Almost All the demonstrators interviewed sunday gave a similar response when asked Why they adopted animal rights instead of another cause. A when people say a its Only an animal a i get really upset because animals feel the same pain we do a said Rita Eis Man 57, of Rhode Island. Demonstrators shouted Down a College student who said he represented a group from George Washington University that supports the humane use of animals in medical research. Erik Werth 20, a political science major told an activist that he did not View As equal the lives of humans and animals. A a in a sorry but if i had to choose Between the life of a human and a rat i am going to take the human a Werth said. One demonstrator shouted Back a a that a your Choice. I think they arc both  one woman Kathy Brady 37, of new York City said she was sorry the crowd was almost exclusively White. Many such As Sukey Leeds of new York City have Long been Active in the animal rights movement. Leeds 46, an animal rights activist for 20 years said she was saddened because Little Progress has occurred. And she criticized organizers for allowing Only three women to speak. One woman went to the rally because she thought it would be a Good place to find a Home for a cat she had found. She was wrong. The woman was carrying the Gray cat around in a Box with a sign that said �?o1 need a  a Gimme that cat a one demonstrator said apparently believing that the cat was dehydrated and needed to be taken for medical attention. A police officer intervened. �?o1 done to understand it a the woman with the cat said. A these people Are crazy. I just want to find a Home for the cat. I done to want him to go to a  when the officer let the woman leave with the cat some demonstrators insulted him and said he did no to care about animals. A a you re wrong a the officer said. A a in be got two cats two rabbits a Bird and a wife that wanted to be Here today but  because she had to be with her  casting director Rosemary Welden 42, and House Painter Jim Gilbert 47, of Venice calif., came to the rally with a 200-member contingent from that state. A people used to think of animal rights supporters As a Bunch of crazy old ladies in Tennis shoes a Welden said. A but these Are professionals a doctors lawyers teachers. I think this will make history because it is the first time people from All walks of life have come together for animals and to speak  pizza nitrogen Frozen credit card ordered via satellite new York apr pizza makers Are slinging the High tech pie of the 1990s across America a nitrogen Frozen credit card ordered via satellite and with pineapple and Bacon on top. Forget Pepperoni and mushrooms with extra cheese. Make it spinach Duck Goat cheese and cauliflower a in California that is. The state of the Art pizza methods a All already in use a were touted Over the weekend at the National pizza and fast food show in Manhattan where the american version of the italian dish was introduced in 1895. The pizza of the next decade will not Only fill the ovens of America but its computers too. From Japan comes a computer for the Lazy diner that takes Home delivery orders for far out pizza fantasies. It tells the Cook to Sprinkle 2.85 ounces of cheese on the Pepperoni and mushrooms a but Only 2.62 ounces if there also Are olives and onions and. On the .-designed, japanese made Tec computer an employee can punch purple Green and Orange keys for toppings desired thickness and instantly produced directions to the address of the caller. But forget ordering six toppings this computer balks at More than five. Naysayers however Are nibbling away at the idea of Quick baked mass Market munching. A a there a a re emergence of upscale deep pan pizza with varied toppings said Charlie Bowen director of sales and marketing for Lucks a Seattle based oven manufacturer. A the pizza nuked in two seconds is not what people Are looking  for the Cash poor credit card Rich a and hungry on the Road a its a pizza pie in the sky indess inc. Of Sunnyvale calif., is supplying the nations pizza vendors with rooftop dishes and electronic boxes that beam a clients card code to a satellite. The satellite relays the signal for a Check of the credit card number to Clear the prospective pizza eater. To Quick freeze a pie liquid nitrogen at minus 320 degrees is sprayed on a pizza for several minutes said Bill Bartley a company Engineer. Jim Bartley displays crusts made in a pizza press displayed at the National pizza and fast food  getting name Back on thruway Albany . Not a the new York state thruway authority has agreed to restore Thomas e. Dewey a name to signs at the Entrance to the thruway. The 559-mile Highway system is officially named the gov. Thomas e. Dewey thruway for the Man who was new York governor from 1943 to 1954 and unsuccessful presidential candidate in 1944 and 1948. Thruway officials enraged republicans when they erected signs at the states Borders with Pennsylvania new Jersey and Massachusetts that dropped references to Dewey a Republican but noted the name of gov. Mario m. Cuomo a Democrat. Cuomo was accused by some Republican legislators of engineering the switch to promote himself for the same National office that Dewey unsuccessfully sought. Cuomo denied the accusation. A we did not and have not changed the name of the thruway nor did we intend to denigrate governor Dewey and we regret any impression to the contrary a the thruway authority a executive director John h. Shafer said in a letter to Cuomo. He said the signs had been changed because the thruway authority had a determined that visitors were less Likely to be confused if we referred to the new York thruway rather than to the gov. Thomas e. Dewey  he said that the new signs would be kept but other signs proclaiming the roads official name would be installed nearby  
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