European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 21, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday june 21, 1990 the stars and stripes Flag Bill sent to House floor for vote Survey shows Congress will reject measure Rapi _  a.  a _ Washington apr the House judiciary committee voted 19-17 tuesday to Send a constitutional amendment protecting the Flag to the House floor for a vote. At the same time an associated press Survey showed the measure Short of the support needed to pass Congress. A vote on the amendment could come As Early As thursday in the House and by the fourth of july in the Senate. A the close vote. Indicates that its going to be a fairly close vote on the floor a said rep. Jack Brooks a Texas the committee chairman. A the a Survey indicated that uncommitted democrats Likely will determine the Fate of the amendment. In the House supporters and those leaning in favor outnumbered opponents 255-115, with 289 votes required for passage the Survey showed. Of the 63 undecided 53 were democrats. The Survey found 58 senators committed to or leaning toward the amendment pushed by president Bush leaving it nine Short of the 67 needed to pass. Twenty four democrats and four republicans were either committed or leaning against supporting the amendment. The top democratic leadership in the House and Senate Are vehemently opposed to the amendment. But a vote against it is seen by democrats and republicans alike As risky business in an election year. Only a week ago a judiciary subcommittee cleared the amendment but by an unfavourable 5-3 vote that carried a recommendation against passage. The full judiciary committee voted tuesday to move the amendment to the House floor but took no stand for or against passage. Earlier tuesday democratic opponents failed to get an Adverse recommendation and supporters failed to get a favourable recommendation. At Brooks urging the panel voted on sending the amendment Forward with no recommendation. That carried by a 19-17 margin. Senate majority Leader George Mitchell a Maine stood up on the Senate floor tuesday to declare a i oppose and condemn the burning of the Flag. I find it offensive and obnoxious. In a proud to be an american proud of our Flag. A but i do not support changing the Constitution a he said. The democratic leadership which sees the amendment As weakening the first amendment is looking for votes to Block the measure among 18 undecided senators 15 of them democrats. They include sen. Joseph Biden of Delaware who last year wrote the Law the supreme court struck Down june i i. The a Survey was done june 15-18. Some members responded through aides some themselves. Just four Republican senators a John Chafee of Rhode Island John Danforth of Missouri Gordon Humphrey of new Hampshire and Bob Packwood of Oregon a Are opposed. Thirty eight republicans said they would vote yes and three arc undecided. That the Survey found so Many democrats on the Fence so close to a vote illustrates the political difficulty of the Issue which sen. Bob Dole r-kan., has quipped would make a Good �?o30-second Campaign  meanwhile the emergency committee to defend the first amendment a private group that opposes the amendment said tuesday that retired supreme court Justice Lewis Powell had joined in the Call to reject the measure. But Powell told the associated press a a in a rather you just state that i am a member of the committee without any further comment from  Jackson backs worker buyout of greyhound lines  t Mph _ the rav  _ Washington up a the Rev. Jesse Jackson rallied striking greyhound lines workers tuesday backing their Effort to buy the company from its present owners and urging that riders Boycott the financially bankrupt bus line. A i say to Fred Currey a Jackson said referring to greyhounds president a if you cannot run the company let the workers buy the company. A a let a get equity and not just salaries for our Effort a he said. Jackson with civil rights heroine Rosa Parks at his Side and carrying a sign urging a Street heat now a led 300 striking workers and their supporters on a half mile March from the City a greyhound terminal to a rally in front of the Amtrak station. Parks whose refusal to move to the Back of a segregated Montgomery ala., bus in 1955, sparked a mass bus Boycott and thrust the Rev. Martin Luther King or. Into National prominence also voiced her support telling the cheering strikers she will continue to support the Boycott a was Long As  Jackson invoking memories of the previous bus Boycott and King quoted the slain civil rights Leader who said then a it is better to walk in dignity than to ride in  some 9,300 greyhound workers members of the amalgamated transit Union have been on strike since March in a sometimes violent dispute with management. In May the National labor relations Board filed an unfair labor practice complaint again the company. On june 4, the company filed for chapter 11 Federal bankruptcy Protection. Currey and other management officials have dismissed the Impact of the strike saying it was a essentially Over because they have hired enough replacement workers to keep the company operating. New . Flights gain approval from Dot with civil rights Pioneer Rosa Parks Jesse Jackson joins striking greyhound workers in Washington. A Washington apr the government on tuesday authorized direct flights Between Frankfurt and Charlotte n.c., by Germany a Lufthansa airlines even though West Germany has not yet agreed to deregulate fares. Transportation Secretary Samuel Skinner announced the ruling at a news conference with members of Congress from North and South Carolina and Charlotte mayor sue Myrick. He said the new service would be for six months pending outcome of pricing negotiations with West Germany. It was the governments latest approval of a foreign carriers service As . I cities seek More International flights. Kim Royal dutch airlines is to begin flying later this month Between Balti More and Amsterdam and Swissair has approval to Fly from Santiago Chile to Washington . A Swissair application for flights Between Zurich and Philadelphia is pending Skinner said. Department of trans portion officials said that if they had followed strict criteria the Lufthansa application would have been denied because West Germany regulates fares for flights originating in that country. Neither Domestic nor foreign airlines Are subject to similar regulations in the United states. Skinner said he was optimistic that the pricing problem would be resolved. An Extension of service beyond six months is possible even without Complete German deregulation of fares As Long As some Progress is made in the discussions officials said. Lufthansa is expected to begin the flights within 90 Days officials said. In the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. June 21, 1950 a the explosives Laden freighter Indian Enterprise blew up in the red sea. There was Only one known survivor among 74 British and Indian crewmen on Board. 30 years ago today. June 21, 1960 a president Eisenhower in a Farewell to the korean people at Seoul called on the National Assembly to meet a the momentous challenges of providing truly democratic government for the korean people. 20 years ago today. June 21, 1970 a conservative prime minister Edward Heath in office Only 24 hours announced his key Cabinet ministers before tackling Britain a growing inflation problem inherited from the labor government toppled in parliamentary elections. ? 0 years ago today. June 21, 1980 a president Carter issued a Stern warning to americans allies against passively accepting the soviet unions invasion of Afghanistan a move he said threatened world peace. He said during a visit to Rome that the nato Alliance could not be lulled into a false belief a that somehow America or Europe could be an Island of detente while aggression is carried out