European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 8, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday june 8, 1991 the stars and stripes a a. Pago 7 court Ai to punish abuse of courts by the Washington Post. Washington the supreme court thursday gave Federal judges Broad Power to Fine people who abuse the court system. Voting 5 to 4, the court upheld an award of nearly $1 million against g. Russell Chambers a Louisiana television stations former owner. Chambers withheld information from a judge repeatedly violated court orders and engaged in meritless filings arid delaying actions to avoid fulfilling a contract to sell the station. The Federal judge overseeing the breach of contract Case eventually awarded nearly $1 million to the company that agreed to buy the station the amount of its costs in the litigation. Normally each Side must pay its Legal fees. V a a a a _ in fining Chambers the judge said not All the misconduct was covered by the Federal regulation known As Rule 11 and designed to deter frivolous filings. Therefore he invoked the a inherent Power of courts to oversee litigation and punish abuses by litigants. In an opinion by Justice Byron r. White the justices agreed that Federal judges have authority to Fine litigants for a bad Faith conduct by forcing them to pay the other sides Legal fees and court costs. That inherent Power White said was not displaced asteroid carrying Bonanza found near the Earth by the Washington Post an astronomical Al Dorado containing some 10,000 tons of Gold and 100,000 tons of Platinum has been found orbiting the Sun tantalizingly close to Earth according to a report in fridays Issue of science. Asteroid 1986 Daas the solid Metal a near Earth object is known is 1.2 Miles wide and shaped roughly like a canned Ham. The itinerant Astro Nugget also contains approximately 10 billion tons of Iron and a billion tons of Nickel. At today a prices the commodity value of 1986 a is appropriately astronomical the Gold alone is Worth about $90 billion and the Platinum nearly a trillion Dol. Lars. A. A a. A. A 7 immediate prospects for mining however Are dim the nearest the asteroid gets to Tiffany a is about 20 million Miles. Nonetheless according to astronomer Steven Ostro who helped discover the orbiting ingot a if in the next Century we go into space robotically or in person this asteroid a or. Many others yet to be discovered a could be among the targets of such missions and the metals could be used for construction in space.�?�. If Nasa chooses not to go after the celestial pot of Gold the Bullion Behemoth May come to us. Give or take an Eon Ostro said within a few Hundred thousand years 1986 Days orbit could degenerate to the Point at which it will either a collide with one of the inner  or it could get caught in one of their gravitational Fields and be Flung out of the solar system. Easy come easy go a the history of our solar system a Ostro said a is a violent  by Congress s adoption of Rule 11 and other provisions allowing sanctions. The court has Long held that Federal. Courts have inherent Power to hold parties in contempt _ discipline lawyers and take other actions Quot Quot necessary for their functioning. But it was unclear until thursday whether that authority extended to imposing fines on litigants in addition to the array of rules and statutes providing for such penalties. Louisiana Law which governed the underlying contract dispute does not allow attorneys fees to be awarded for bad Faith conduct. Justice Anthony m. Kennedy joined by chief Justice William h. Rehnquist and Justice David h. Souter complained that the decision in Chambers is. Nasco a effects a vast expansion of the Power of Federal courts unauthorized by Rule or statute a allowing judges to punish even conduct that occurred before the litigation started. A a. A a a. A a upon a finding of bad Faith courts May now ignore any and All textual limitations on sanctioning Power a Kennedy said. A this Stan Ardless exercise of judicial Power May appear innocuous in this litigation Between commercial actors. But the same unchecked Power can be applied to chill the advocacy of litigants attempting to vindicate All other important Federal  says it bubbly baby donor Marissa Ayala the 14-month-old baby who provided Bone marrow for her sister Anissa keeps an Eye on the Media at a press conference Given by her parents Abe and Mary Ayala. Anissa who suffers from leukaemia will be in the Hospital for about six weeks. It will be several weeks before doctors will be Able to Tell whether the operation was a Success. Or. Stephen Forman who headed the transplant team is sitting to the left of mrs. Ayala. Drop some Pentagon to investigate arms shipment safety from wire reports Washington the Pentagon will Convene a special Board later this month to determine whether Conrail violated Federal Regulo a Lions by failing to make scheduled inspections of arms shipments a congressman said thursday. A there will be a freight Board hearing june 25,�?� rep. Bill Paxon r-n.y., said after speaking with defense department officials. A spokesman for the military traffic management come said earlier that Conrail a major freight Railroad May have failed to make hourly inspections of boxcars carrying munitions at new York and new Jersey train Yards. A there were some unexplainable inspection gaps a said command spokesman Bruce Edwards. A right now we re deciding what the appropriate action  he said he a a would not release the report without Conrail approval. Conrail spokesman Bob Libkind said the Railroad had not seen the report thursday and could not comment. Rizzo Victory confirmed Philadelphia a Frank Rizzo the former democratic mayor trying to launch a comeback As a Republican won last month s gop primary by 1,429 votes according to figures released by the City a registration commission. The figures to be made official monday if no discrepancies Are found show Rizzo winning the May 21 Republican primary with 47,52.vvotes to 46,094 for former District attorney Ronald Cas till. Financial consultant Samuel Katz came in third with 36,764 votes. Edward Rendell another former District attorney won the democratic primary with 144,094 votes to 77,432 for Lucien Blackwell. A we knew we were going to get. More votes Rizzo said adding he was still wailing for Castillo to concede. A Call to Castillo soil ice thursday was not immediately returned a. A a. A  a a a a. A a a stamp to Honor troops Washington a the . Postal service will Issue a special commemorative stamp Honor ing those who served in operation desert storm. A these courageous men and women served to preserve the Freedom americans cherish so dearly a said . Postmaster general Anthony Frank noting that 2,500 postal employees were among reservists called up for the War with Iraq. The 29-cent Stamps feature the Southwest Asia service medal authorized in March for troops serving in the War. About 400 million Stamps will be printed and will go on Sale in Early july the postal service said thursday pot linked judge resigns Phoenix Ariz. A Superior court judge Philip Marquardt a 20-year Veteran of the Bench resigned thursday after pleading guilty to conspiracy to possess marijuana a felony and admitting that be was addicted to the drug. The Maricopa county judge 56, who was re Tai cd by voters in 1988 despite a Misdemeanour marijuana conviction that year faces up to 22 months in prison. Ims from staff and wire reports Kraft general foods the nations largest food company confirmed thursday that it plans to drop fat percentage claims from some of its products including cottage cheese As Soori As practical. The unit of Philip Morris cos. Said it had advised the food and drug administration last summer that it might drop such claims. But it was Only notified earlier this week that David a Kessler the of Day a chairman planned to cite krafts offer in a speech thursday at a nutrition conference. Kraft could have unilaterally carried out the Labelling change. A but we were waiting for a Public statement from the Fra on its position a said Michael Mudd Kraft spokesman. The company does not believe that such Low fat claims Are deceptive As the Fra and food Industry critics charge but Mudd acknowledged that the Kraft claims a did not communicate  Kessler has mounted a Tough Campaign against food labels that he regards As intrinsically misleading including labels making claims on Levels of fat and cholesterol As Well As questionable claims of freshness. The Fra has regulatory authority Over nearly All foods excluding meat and poultry which come under the jurisdiction of the department of agriculture. Kessler has criticized food companies for making such Low fat claims As saying a food was 98 percent fat free while still containing High Levels of fat. Kraft general foods plans to drop claims for sea test sherbet and Low fat cottage cheese As Well As Light no Lively Low fat cottage cheese and Low fat Yogurt. These Are the Only foods that make explicit fat percentage claims but Mudd did not Rule out dropping claims for other Kraft foods. None of the products above Are stocked in military commissaries overseas Kraft does distribute about 45 other cheese products to military stores in Europe plus a variety of salad dressings Mayonnaise and prepared dinners according to a spokesman with the defense subsistence Region. Europe in Wei Rueken Germany. In Many foods especially meat and poultry fat percentage claims Are often based on weight where a High water Content tends to understate fat Content. Expressing fat As a percentage of calories nutritionists say is a More accurate measure of fat Content