European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 7, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 a a a the stars and stripes monday january 7,1991  >��.�. A monster Masher Bigfoot was the Winner of the a Battle of the monster Madison Square Garden where trucks More than 12 trucks Competition held saturday at new Yorkus feet tall raced each other As they drove Over old cars. Hospital draws fire for ending abortions As part of land Deal Chicago apr a Hospital that agreed not to perform elective abortions As part of a property Deal with the roman Catholic Church Drew angry responses saturday from both pro Choice activists and anti abortion groups. Pro Choice advocates contend the Illinois masonic medical Center which was one of the few Chicago hospitals offering second trimester abortions bargained away a badly needed service to obtain a parcel of land. Anti abortionists argued the archdiocese of Chicago should have required the Hospital to end All abortions even those deemed medically necessary and prohibited Illinois masonic from referring elective abortion requests to other facilities. A we would like to see these referrals ended also so these children Are not shunted off to another place to be killed a said Ann Scheidler assistant director of the Chicago based pro life action  a the debate stems from the Hospital s dec. 19 Purchase of land containing the fire damaged St. Sebastian Church school and rectory. The parcel is next door to Illinois masonic on the City s North Side. Hospital spokesman James Dwyer said saturday that Illinois masonic discontinued elective abortions in november because the demand for the service had fallen from 697 in 1986 to 282 in 1989 and Many other hospitals and clinics offer abortions. Quot but the Hospital also signed a document promising not to resume elective abortions As a condition of the Sale  Mcdonough an archdiocese spokeswoman. The archdiocese solicited bids for the property last May and received the most favourable proposal from i11l Nois masonic Mcdonough said. A Illinois masonic knew the archdiocese would have considered their continuing to perform elective abortions an impediment to the process of negotiating a Sale agreement she said. Dwyer said the Hospital a had no problem in making the decision to Stop performing elective abortions in Light of the decline in demand. He said Illinois masonic continues to perform therapeutic abortions which Are abortions to save a woman a life. The Hospital refers elective abortion requests to other clinics and hospitals. Richard of Connor executive director of Illinois right to life said a there is no such thing As a therapeutic abortion. It is never necessary 1 to perform an abortion to save a woman a life.�?�. Colleen Connell director of the american civil lib cities unions reproductive rights project and Board member of the Illinois pro Choice Alliance said Illinois masonic had performed elective abortions through the 20th week of pregnancy. The procedure carries a greater risk of complications than earlier abortions and often is performed in hospitals rather than outpatient clinics. . Employers May get guarantee on is grads new York apr City High school graduates will come with a one year warranty beginning in 1992 under a plan being developed by schools Chancellor Joseph Fernandez. A a we re willing to guarantee our product a Fernandez said. A a a a a a  a a a a a a a a a a the plan being worked out would allow any employer who finds that a High school graduate cannot read write or calculate proficiently to return the worker to school at no Cost to the employer or the student. The employer not the schools  if a worker lacks the Basic knowledge or skills to perform an entry level Job. Employees would stay on the Job but enter evening  run by the Board of education. Stanley Litow Deputy superintendent for operations said the program might begin in Pilot form with a few High schools. A the diplomas ought to be a meaningful document to the employer a he said. There was no indication of How much the program would  shoots at police after school suspension Jacksonville Fla. A a 13-Vear-old boy a a Quot Quot Quot Side fired a .44-caliber magnum at police outside the Middle school from which he had been suspended for burglary authorities said. No one was injured. The boy was taken to the City a juvenile shelter after he was found hiding in a classroom at Paxon Middle school said sheriffs spokesman Asa Higgs. He was charged with attempted murder discharge of a firearm and theft of a firearm. The boy fired several shots at a school Security officer who spotted him after police received a report that he had stolen the gun from a neighbor and might be headed for the school Higgs said. The teen Ager fired one round at police when they arrived Higgs said. Police said they also heard him fire a shot As he ran Down a breezeway outside the school. School officials called parents of children who wanted to go Home after the shooting Higgs  struck 5 times by hit and run Drivers Medford . Up a an 80-Ycar-old woman was killed in a hit and run Accident on Long Island and a then struck by four other cars that also fled the scene police said saturday. The Driver of a sixth car that struck the woman stopped and alerted the authorities about the 5 30 . Friday incident in Medford . Suffolk county police said the 80-year-old woman Avo has not been identified pending notification of her family was crossing a Road when she was struck by a dark coloured station Wagon. The Driver of the station Wagon stopped but then fled. The woman was then struck by four other vehicles a which also fled.  they believe the woman was killed by the first  fined $15,569 for false rape report Columbus Ohio up a an Ohio state University student who turned in a false rape report has been ordered to pay Campus police $15,569 for the Cost of investigating the Case. Franklin county municipal judge Deborah Pryce ordered Michele Ann Yentes to make restitution to the police As part of her sentence for filing the false report in 1989, Pryce also gave Yentes a suspended 90-Day jail sentence and ordered her to perform 200 hours of Community service obtain counselling and pay a $300 Fine and court fees. V. Lompoc Calif. Apr a kidnapper with a history of escapes Cut his Way out of Federal prison Early saturday and disappeared into heavy fog authorities said. Russell Hamilton who was serving a 90-year sentence Cut through cell bars and scaled two fences at Lompoc Federal Penitentiary prison spokesman said. A the is an extremely dangerous individual with a lengthy record of violence a said spokesman Todd Craig. I mate Esco Pes Van ish a info fog another inmate Vas captured during the breakout.  than.250 Federal state and local police searched an undeveloped stretch of Santa Barbara county coastline bordering Vandenberg fab and roadblocks were set  highways leading to the prison. A homemade ladder was used in the escape. Hamilton 30, of Chester ga., worked in the prison industries shop. A Hamilton was brought to the Maxi mum Security prison after escaping nine times from county jails and state prisons. During a 1985 escape from a Georgia prison he abducted and sexually assaulted a woman Craig said. A fog prevented Tower guards from seeing the inmates scale the first Fence. One of the inmates tripped an alarm on the second Fence and alerted guards Craig said. It was too late to Stop Hamilton. The prison is set among Low rolling Hills and scrub Oak near the Pacific coast about 140 Miles Northwest of los Angeles. Hamiltons escape is the second successful getaway since Lompoc became a maximum Security prison in. 1981. Convicted spy Christopher Boyce escaped from the prison in 1980 after serving less than two years of a 40-year term for Selling secrets to the soviet Union. Boyce was captured 19 months later. T