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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Tuesday, April 16, 1991

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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 16, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 a the stars and stripes tuesday april 16, 1991 a Young kurdish girl cuts bread distributed sunday by Iran in Schil Hir Valley in Eastern Iraq. The refugees have no water or food other than what the iranians sup ply. Ranking Reagan. Ronald Reagan tacked the intellect for the presidency but ranked ahead of nine of his predecessors historians  Page 4 fair play Kitty Kelley who wrote the controversial Book on Nancy Reagan is now having a Book written about her. A Page 5 Back off Gates says la. Police chief Daryl Gates wants the politicians Media and other critics to Back off. A Page 6 old fears for Dallas Dallas residents Are fearful that the movie Oliver Stone is filming about the assassination of president Kennedy could prompt americans to again see Dallas As a the City of hate 1, a Page 7 russian Contact urged Boris Yeltsin urges european countries to establish direct relations with the russian  Page 9 fear and waiting its not heaven but Safwan is the Only City where the refugees in Southern Iraq can go. A pages 14-15 controversial tax Cut plan a plan that would temporarily boost the Economy by cutting taxes for 132 million workers and 6 million businesses threatens social Security benefits. A Page 17 Index Abby Ann Landers 19 comics. 19-21 commentary. 13 letters. 12 Money matters .17 sports. 22-28 to listings. .22 weather. 11 on campaigning to be reviewed Washington a the supreme court agreed monday to decide whether states May ban political campaigning within 100 feet of polling places while still allowing other forms of free speech there. T the justices said they will review a ruling that struck Down such a Tennessee Law similar to those in most states. The Tennessee supreme court ruled that the challenged state Law violates free speech rights. A in other action the court a a agreed to decide whether prison inmates who Clairta guards use of excessive Force amounted to cruel and unusual punishment Nius t prove their injuries were a significant a the justices said they will review a ruling that threw out a Louisiana prison in. Mates lawsuit against guards who physically mistreated him. An appeals court dismissed the suit because he suffered Only some loosened Teeth and a split lip. A agreed to decide whether Mississippi is unlawfully operating a racially segregated sys Terii of state universities the court said it will study Bush administration arguments that the state never has overcome the Days when Whites and Blacks were required by Law to  schools. A a Quot the administration is urging the justices to overturn a Federal appeals court ruling that said Mississippi has ended unlawful segregation of its system of higher education. A said it will consider making cities easier targets for Federal lawsuits when municipal workers Are killed or injured on the Job. The court agreed to hear an Appeal by the widow of a Texas Man who suffocated while working in a sewer line. A turned away an Appeal by a teen Ager from Washington state sentenced to life in prison without Chance of parole for a murder he committed when 13 years old. The justices without comment or any recorded dissenting vote rejected arguments that Barry Massey a life sentence amounts to unlawfully cruel arid unusual punishment. A r a let stand some Federal regulations supreme court on guns rejecting a Challenge by the National Rifle association and other firearms groups. A \ the justices without comment left intact rulings that the regulations imposed on gun owners by the Treasury departments Bureau of alcohol tobacco and firearms Bat Are within its Legal authority. A let stand rulings that civil rights lawyer William Kintsler and two other attorn yes Shou id be p  i so cd. Of r i 1 i he a i a suit against North Carolina officials a for publicity arid other improper motives. The justices without comment refused to hear arguments that sanctions against the three men were imposed unfairly. In a separate Case the court also let stand a $20,000 Fine against Julius l. Chambers a nationally prominent civil rights lawyer for his role in the largest civilian Job Bias lawsuit Ever filed against the army. The Tennessee polling place Law in effect since 1972, was challenged in 1987 by Rebecca Freeman Campaign treasurer for a candidate to the City Council for metropolitan Nashville Davidson county. A state trial judge upheld the Law but the state supreme court reversed that ruling last oct. 1. Noting that Only political speech and political activity were banned the state court said the Taw a is Content based because it regulates a specific subject matter and a certain category of speakers Campaign  the state court said Tennessee officials have a compelling interest in ban Wirig solicitation of voters and distribution of Campaign literature a within the polling place  r but it added a the state has not shown a compelling interest in the 100-foot Radi.  it. In the Appeal acted on monday state attorney general Charles w. Burson said 40 other states restrict campaigning within designated boundaries and that six states establish the Boundary at 100 feet or More away from polling places a the ability oof states to regulate ech activities around the polling place on election Day is a serious question of National importance a Burson argued. He said states must be Given such regulatory Power a to ensure orderly fair and honest . A. A. Lawyers for Freeman urged the justices to reject the states Appeal. They said the Law is invalid because it selectively bans political speech from certain areas while allowing All other forms of speech. Heidelberg Germany a army communities in Europe this year Vytill again offer a youth summer hire program. A a a a. A a. T j . Army Europe officials have announced that the program which runs from the end of the school year until sept. 29, is aimed at youths Ages 14 to 21. The jobs Are clerical Trade and labor posit ions and pay $3.25 an hour. Each Community will determine How Many summer jobs it can provide and whether jobs will be offered for the entire summer or for two Short terms which provides jobs for More students. To participant a the students just be the summer hire program child stepchild or adopted child of an army sponsor or be under Legal guardianship of an army sponsor. The applicant also must reside with the sponsor. Spouses under 18 years of age who Are still in High school also Are eligible a . Army Europe statement  applicants must have social Security numbers or submit a social Security application form to the civilian personnel office with their summer employment application. A. A Job referral rosters will be established by age with one roster for those 16 to 21. The other is for 14-year-Olds and 15-year-Olds. The  placed first. Depending on the number of available jobs and applicants some communities May hold lotteries while others May place students based on the dates of their applications. A youths who apply for the summer hire program in one Community and later move to another Community with their sponsors can be Given priority the statement said. In such cases a the youth must present a written statement from the co at the former location that states the youth had applied and was eligible for available summer jobs.�?�. Further information is available at local civilian personnel offices. Lahr Germany a amps a Canadian forces Are sending 60 medical troops and 25 vehicles to Turkey this week to help the . European come conduct a Relief operation for kurdish refugees fleeing Iraq.  a Small Advance party is expected to leave today and the rest soon afterwards said army Muj Norbert Cyr the canadians also plan to Fly German red Cross refugee Relief supplies from Germany to Turkey and Iran on two c-130 Hercules cargo air planes. They will also station two other Hercules at in Kirlik a in Turkey to transport supplies to refugees clustered in the turkish mountains near the Border with Iraq. Elsewhere in the Region 300 Canadian combat engineers will join the . Peacekeeping operation being set up on the Iraq Kuwait Border Clearing mines and providing other engineering support. Military officials have not picked the troops for the .,operation, Cyr said. But he said few if any were Likely to come from installations in Germany. The  heading for Turkey to participate in the .-led operation provide Comfort Are 4th Field ambulances evacuation co and treatment co stationed at Canadian forces base Lahr. They will be under Canadian command but . Operational control Cyr said Canada also has allocated $8.1 million . $7 million in other emergency Aid to the kurd. The Money w As used for among other things the use of Boeing 707 jets to ferry red Cross supplies to Canadian International development Agency workers in Turkey on thursday Cyr said. Nurnberg Germany a amps an american Mother has been sentenced to tour years in prison in connection with her baby a death a court spokesman said monday. Lisa Kahala a former Soldier who left the army in August 1988, was convicted March 19 of committing bodily harm with Lata results o her 8-month-old Hab. To 4 years in baby s death Amber said spokesman Ewald Behrschmidt. Kahala from Vancouver wash., and her american husband who was a Soldier at the time of the slaying but is now a civilian first gave police three versions about the baby a death on feb. 24, 1989, Behrschmidt said. They then settled on a version that the court did not believe he said. According to that version the 22-Yeaf-old wife accidentally hit the baby with a milk bottle As a Shock reflex when the cat jumped on the mothers Back. The court ruled the child was beaten either with fists or a Blunt instrument. 1 he couple lived in German housing in the town of Mark Ibervel  
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