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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 24, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 a a a the stars and stripes Friday August 24,1990store turns up the twang to turn off gis Seattle apr it brings Back memories of the invasion of Panama when . Soldiers blared Rock music at the Vatican embassy to drive Gen. Manuel Antonio Noriega to surrender. But this time Gas arc the target of musical mayhem. \ a convenience store Hoagy Scomer in Tillicum 45 Miles South of Seattle is playing loud country Western music to keep them from loitering in its parking lot. The 24-hour store a subsidiary of Southland corp., which also owns 7-eleven stores rigged up speakers and began playing a country Western radio station around the clock last thursday. Rocky Ford general manager at the Tillicum Hoagy a Corner said the music is effective in keeping soldiers from nearby Camp Murray and Madigan army Hospital from buying Beer and food and settling Down in the parking lot with their car stereos on High. A sometimes 100 or 150 people Are there with their radios blaring rap music a Ford said. Quot we be never had a problem with them in the store. Its when they get their food to go  just one weekend under his Belt Ford said the music deterrent has worked. Some customers complained about it As they entered the store but once they re inside they listen to Milder music. The idea of playing awful music a defined As anything that people who hang out can t stand a came from employees at Southlands British Columbia division in 1985. Now 10 7-eleven stores in the Vancouver area pipe Muzak outside because Young people go elsewhere rather than listen to such All time favourites As Petula Clark or Perry Como said Len Mccouch the divisions loss prevention manager. A a it a not the style the younger generation likes a he said. A a it a not Bon  a a it a a backwards Way of keeping people away but you could turn it around and say its for the kind of people you want to attract Quot said Leslie Ritter marketing manager for Muzak the Seattle based company that provides the easy listening tapes. But the Tillicum store Isnit that Subtle. Store managers decided to tune in to a country Western station because at the volume they wanted the Muzak got distorted. Other merchants and even nearby residents Don t seem to mind a or at least they Haven to called to complain. A they play it loud enough so you can hear it All the time a said Susan Pidarson assistant manager of a 7-eleven store just Down the Highway. A a it a really Good  Nesses a i coh o i ism. A i legend in to new York apr Greta Garbo a illnesses and alcohol abuse and her nieces undue influence caused the reclusive actress to disinherit her brother a illegitimate son court papers released wednesday allege. Sven Ake Fridriksson the illegitimate son of Garbo a brother Sven Alfred Gustafson has challenged the will in an attempt to get part of his aunts estate estimated at $50 million to $100 million. Garbo who died at age 84 on april 15, left virtually everything to her Niece Gray Gustafson re Isfield of Milltown . Re Isfield and Fridriksson have the same father but different mothers. Garbo a will leaves nothing to Fridriksson 64, a retired Seaman who lives in excl sound Sweden. Manhattan surrogate court judge Marie Lambert scheduled a hearing for sept. 4 on Fridriks Sony a request to overturn Garbo a will. Theodore Kurz the lawyer for the Garbo estate declined to comment on Fredriksson a claims because he Hadnot seen the petition and other court papers. Much of the value of Garbo a estate is in Antiques and an Art collection that includes Renoir and Van Gogh according to published reports. She also had Large real estate holdings in new York California and Switzerland. Fredriksson a lawyer a. Joseph Waterman said in an affidavit that Garbo was so damaged by failed kidneys clogged arteries and alcohol abuse that she did no to have a sound mind or body when she wrote her will in March 1984. Waterman cited a published report that Garbo went through at least one bottle of Vodka and two bottles of scotch a week. The lawyer also quoted a medical text that said a the functioning of the brain May deteriorate with progressive chronic renal failure. The thinking processes May deteriorate. You May find that you Are More. Garbo confused. Your Mem Ory May fail  Waterman also claimed there is evidence that Reisfield exerted undue influence Over Garbo so she would be the sole beneficiary of the will. The lawyer said Clare Kojer 82, was Garbo a housekeeper anti companion for More than 30 years. He said Kojer told him that Garbo had promised her at least four times she would be a beneficiary of Garbo a will Anthony Palermo a Milwaukee businessman said he was a financial adviser and confidant to Garbo for years. A i was astonished that is. Re Isfield was the sole beneficiary Quot Waterman quoted Palermo As saying. A i worked for Garbo for 14 years for nothing because i was promised to be in the  Federal judge in Guam rules against restrictive abortion Law Agana Guam apr a Federal judge has struck Down Guam s virtual ban on abortion As unconstitutional. The measure was the nations most restrictive abortion Law. . District judge Alex Munson declared thursday that Roe is. Wade the 1973 supreme court decision establishing the right to an abortion a applied with equal Force and effect to  the Law signed by gov. Joseph Ada on March 19, banned abortions except when the mothers life is in danger. But Munson blocked its enforcement on March 23 while he weighed a Challenge to the Law from abortion rights forces. The Law carried a penalty of up to a y ear in jail and a $1,000 Fine for obtaining an illegal abortion or soliciting a woman to have an abortion. Performing an illegal abortion was punishable by up to five years in prison. Two Days after the Law went into effect an american civil liberties Union lawyer Janet Benshoof of new York was charged with violating the measure by publicly encouraging women to seek abortions in Hawaii. The charges later were dropped and prosecutors said the lawsuit challenging the Law was a higher priority. A the governor said he did not know whether he should Appeal thursday is ruling. A a in a still very pro life and i believe that a fetus is a human being and should be Given life Quot said Ada a roman Catholic As Are the vast majority of Guam a residents. The Challenge to the Law was brought by an unidentified pregnant woman who wanted an abortion the Guam society of obstetricians and gynaecologists the Guam nurses association an episcopal priest and three doctors. Anita Arriola a lawyer for the abortion rights Side had argued that the Law a introduced by her Mother territorial sen. Elizabeth Arriola a was contrary to Roe is. Wade and was passed to promote a particular religious belief. Katherine a. Maraman representing the government of this . Possession in the Western Pacific had argued that 99 percent of All abortions on Guam were not necessary but were for the convenience of the Mother. In his ruling Munson said that sections of the Law Are vague and that the provision against soliciting an abortion violates the right to free speech. Arriola said the decision a sends a very Clear signal to governor Ada and the Guam legislature and other Legislatures around the  a this decision Means that Roe is Wade is still the Law of the land Quot said Lou Leon Guerrero president of people for Choice. Daw n c. Leon Guerrero chairwoman of the Guam pro life coalition said she expected the ruling a because the judge has to follow Legal  a we figured that it  be an easy climb a said Roland Rivera vice president of guamanian United for Lite. A there is just the next higher level to  stateside inmates stabbing Sparks new uprising at . Jail new York apr an inmates stabbing touched off the second uprising in eight Days at the City a Rikars Island jail and left about 25 guards and four prisoners injured authorities said wednesday. Eighteen inmates barricaded themselves in their cell Block and set fires tuesday night after the prisoner was stabbed correction department spokeswoman Ruby Ryles said. Forty guards ended the uprising within 30 minutes. Ryles said. It was not immediately known if Force was used Ryles had said tuesday night that about 75 people were injured and that most of them were treated for smoke inhalation. None of the injuries was life threatening Ryles said. Twenty five guards and four inmates were taken to local hospitals emergency medical services spokeswoman Gail Christianson said wednesday morning. The extent of the damage to the jail was not known. Truck crashes into Gate at Home of opry Singer Nashville Tenn. Apr a woman driving a pickup truck crashed through the Gate at grand Ole opry Star Porter Wagoner a Home and then fled police said. Officers obtained warrants charging Glenda Kniph Fer with trespassing and vandalism both misdemeanours after the incident late tuesday. She was being sought wednesday. Police said she had been ordered off the property before. Ltd a it was an old acquaintance that he knew from the past Quot it. Glenn Yates said. A a she a been drinking and ran her car into a Fence and fled before we got  a a it a no big Deal a Wagoner said. Quot if it was i would Tell  Wagoner known for sequined stage outfits was Dolly Parton a duet partner in the late 1960s and Early 1970s. He has performed at the grand Ole opry since 1957. Seabrook reactor stops 3 Days after Milestone Seabrook . Apr the Seabrook nuclear reactor had an unplanned shutdown wednesday three Days after the Plant began regular operations and the eighth such incident since it was connected to the regional Power Grid in May. The $6.6 billion reactor was running at 100 percent Power when the Turbine Generator prompted an automatic shutdown Plant spokesman Ron Sher said. Seabrook began supplying enough electricity for 1 million Homes sunday after a five month testing program. The other seven shutdowns since the reactor was connected to the new England Power Grid were Turbine related. In april the Plant was shut Down for about a month for Turbine modifications. Today a shutdown occurred during scheduled maintenance activities that were taking place on a Turbine control system not the Turbine itself a Sher said. Seabrook opponents see the shutdowns As confirmation of their Long held predictions. A a we be been talking about construction problems bad Quality control for years Quot said Sam Miller of the Clamshell Alliance. I oil16 p am to years to Complete a from 1976 to i Voo and its operating License was delayed until last Spring by people protesting emergency evacuation plans near the facility  
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