European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 1, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday july 1, 1900 the stars and stripes 4 Page 5 Corpus chr1st1, Texas apr the roman Catholic Church has formally excommunicated an abortion clinic director saying in a decree that her work a is a sin against god and  an abortion rights Leader said Friday the action May be unprecedented but a Church official noted that a Rhode Island woman had received a letter in 1986 saying she had brought on her excommunication by helping women get abortions. Rachel Vargas director of reproductive services inc., was excommunicated by Bishop Rene h. Gracida of the Corpus Christi diocese. A your cooperation in procuring abortions is a sin against god and humanity and the Laws of the roman Catholic Church a said the formal excommunication decree sent to Vargas on june i. She said she received two warning letters from Gra Cida before the excommunication decree. Another Corpus Christi abortion clinic director said Friday she has received two similar letters from Gracida. Vargas said she considers herself a Good Catholic and plans to keep attending mass even though she is now barred from the sacraments including communion confession and anointing of the sick. A one part of me is devastated Quot Vargas told the Corpus Christi caller times Quot but another part is telling me to just More committed to the Issue of Choice. What i believe does not guarantee me a place in  Vargas left her clinic Friday after she was deluged with Calls about the excommunication said a woman who answered the phone there. Vargas could not be reached at Home. A a new women a clinic director Elva Bustamante said she received two letters from the Bishop and expects to be excommunicated soon. R the last letter Quot tells us to mend our ways and quit our Job a said Bustamante. 48. She said she has been a Catholic All her life but has considered quitting the Church. Quot a am not going to quit my Job a she said Frances Kissling president of catholics for a free Choice in Washington characterized the formal excommunication As a precedent for catholics. Quot this would mean every Hospital administrator who works in a Hospital that performs abortions can be excommunicated or the pharmacist who Sells the drugs Quot Kissling told the associated press. She called the decree part of a Church Campaign to silence catholics in the abortion Issue and predicted it will drive More people away from the Church. A what tends to happen when you do this is catholics become angry and tend to Stop listening to the Church a she said Bill Ryan a spokesman for the National conference of Catholic Bishops in Washington disagreed with Kissling a assessment that Vargas is the first Catholic formally excommunicated Over abortion. He said the precedent was set in 1986 when Bishop Louis Celinea of Providence , announced that a woman excommunicated herself by directing planned parenthood in Providence. Ryan said the Rhode Island woman Mary Ann Sor Denuno was sent a. Letter by a priest on the Bishops behalf saying she had brought excommunication upon herself. A a Quot a a \ a. The churches stand on abortion has drawn More attention recently As Catholic officials have told Public officials who support abortion rights that they might be denied communion. Bishop Leo Maher of san Diego last november forbid communion to a state Senate candidate favouring abortion rights. And Cardinal John j. Of Connor of new York recently said in a Church newspaper column that roman Catholic Public officials risked excommunication if they took such a stance. Los Angeles apr author Irving Wallace who borrowed plot lines from current events to create such bestselling novels As a the prize and Quot the i lot died Friday. He was 74. Wallace died of pancreatic cancer shortly before t p.m., said Ron Wise spokesman for Cedars Sinai medical Center. A a a. A this wife and son and daughter were it his Side at the time of death a said / Wise. Wallace entered Cedars Sinai on tuesday in serious condition _ funeral arrangements were pending. Born in Chicago in 1916, Wallace also edited Many non fiction books including a the Peoples almanac and Quot the Book of  before his Fame As a novelist was established with a the Chapman report in 1960, he wrote screenplays for Quot the West Point Story in 1950, a desert legion a a gun fury and a meet me at the  he also wrote a split second with William Bowers in 1953 and a bad for each other with Horace Mccoy in 1954. Fellow author Sidney Sheldon said he and Wallace were close friends for 30 350,000 Washington apr Law enforcement officials Friday seized More than 350,000 allegedly counterfeit to shirts shorts and sweat shirts from Washington Street vendors in what they called the largest such crackdown Ever. The 6-Weck investigation dubbed Quot operation dizzy Fox Quot resulted in no arrests. But thousands of fake copywriter clothing articles were confiscated in raids that took 18 hours to carry out . Attorney Jay b. Stephens showing reporters a garage Ful of clothes seize trom 30 Street vendors at age 74 of cancer years. He described Wallace As a a very Good writer. His books were very  a the was very unusual in that he was not at All competitive which most writers arc. He enjoyed other people s Success. He was a very warm Man a very generous Man Ana he s going to be missed by his family and Many friends a Sheldon said. Considered by the saturday review Magazine to be one of the five most widely read authors in the world Wallace has sold More than 194 million copies of his 33 books. Some of those titles Are a the fab Ulous originals his first published a h a Ulous showman the life and times of book1953 a the sins of Philip Fleming Quot his first novel1959 a a inc fab Irving Wallace cd . Baum Quot 1959 Quot the Man a 1964 a the plot Quot 1967 a the word a 1972 a the Pigeon project a 1979 a the seventh secret Quot 1986 and Quot the celestial bed a 1987. Wallace a wife and children arc also authors of note. His wife Sylvia has helped write four books including a Mem press and Quot the intimate sex lives of famous  son David Wallace who writes under the name David Wall Chinsky has written 12 non fiction books including the Best seller a midterm report Quot a follow up to the Best seller Quot what really happened to the class of�?T65.�?� daughter Amy a psychic healer plus an author worked with her Mother on Quot the intimate sex lives of famous people Quot and recently wrote a the  Quot he was. Obviously a very very Clever Man very soft spoken. He seemed very much of a family Man bringing his whole family in the writing a said novelist Leon . A the scam a to be a very Content Man. 1 did no to feel any great surges of anger coming from him  a was a marvelous  Uris said he fell out of touch with Wallace 10 years or so ago but remembered sharing his Early Success. Quot i met Irving in 1953 when we were both at Warner Bros. I had written a Battle cry and he had written some. Literary books that weren to going anywhere. He came out with a the Chapman report just shortly after that so we both ran a Victory Lap at the same time in Hollywood and kiss a the studios goodbye in and 13 other businesses in Washington said a Dent had been made in an illegal Trade that takes nearly $5 million in Revenue from City businesses through violation of the copyright Laws. The shirts and other items in the garage would bring about $2 million on the Street sold Over several months he estimated. The information gained in a operation dizzy Fox will be presented to a grand jury Stephens said. He said his investigation is targeting a the nature of the Enterprise Quot and distributors rather than the vendors themselves. He said his office is focusing on possible Money laundering and interstate trafficking of goods a charge that could result in is million in fines and five years in jail. Stephens said some of the largest illegal garment industries in the nation Are located in new York los Angeles and Washington. A we want to  the Public on notice there Are 8�in8 10 be More criminal actions conducted throughout the country a said Robert Baum an attorney representing holders of such copyrights As a the Simpsons a a teen age Ato a rights As the Simpsons a Icen a mutant Ninia turtles Quot and a guess a a or i in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. Tulsa puts 5 police officers on bikes Tulsa okla. Apr police in Black shorts. Patrol vehicles that Cost $710. What a going on Here the Tulsa police department on thursday  five officers on 21-Speed, lightweight aluminium bicycles. Sgt. Jerry Isaacs said the bicycles would give officers greater mobility especially in the Parks along the Arkansas River. Bike mounted cops will be faster than officers on foot Patro and Able to go places that cars cannot he said. The Bike program is designed to a bring policing closer to the streets Quot said mayor Rodger Randle. Quot Well use the bicycles whenever possible Quot said officer Neal Walters who proposed the idea two months ago. A Only driving rain and extreme cold will keep us off  the officers assigned to the program also have a Little different uniform than do their counterparts in can. They Wear Black shorts Olive Green shirts and Blue helmets. Similar programs Are in place in Seattle and fort Worth Texas. July 1, 1950 a president Truman announced that the United states had sent ground troops into Korea to Stop the Advance of communist North korean troops. 30 years ago today. ,. July i i960 a the House passed and sent to the Senate a Compromise $40 billion defense appropriation Bill. 20 years ago today. July i 1970 a president Nixon reporting on the exit of All american troops we shall renew our efforts to being about genuine Neotia from Cambodia said tons for All of  10 years ago today. July 1, 1980 a a Man forced his Way into the american express Bank office at Leighton Barracks in Wurzburg West Germany and took two people hostage after failing in a Holdup attempt. He was brandishing what appeared to be a pistol wrapped in cloth. A Teller alerted police. /