European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 16, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 b the stars and stripes sunday june 16, 1991 gag order ruling delayed by judge in Smith s trial from wire reports West Palm Beach Fla. A judge delayed ruling on a gag order in William Kennedy Smiths rape trial after hearing two hours of arguments from prosecutors who accused the Ken Nady family of trying to sabotage their Case. Palm Beach county circuit judge Mary Lupo voiced alarm last week about pretrial publicity and proposed a sweeping ban on out of court commentary on the Case by virtually All trial participants including potential witnesses. But at a hearing Friday she said she would Issue a decision later on whether to implement the order. Smith 30, faces trial aug. 5 on second degree sexual Battery Florida a equivalent of rape and Misdemeanour Battery charges. He a accused of raping a 29-year-old woman at his family a estate on March 30, he has pleaded innocent. A. A. A. A a. A postal lines to shorten Washington a the . Postal service is hoping to move its customers a bit faster. Postmaster general Anthony Frank has directed a group of postal officials to devise ways to Speed up the lines in Post offices. Spokesman Frank Brennan said the Agency Hopes to organize a test of Mew methods later this summer in Greensboro . Neither Frank nor Brennan discussed precise actions to Cut waiting times though Frank told a congressional subcommittee that he would like to see the lines reduced to 5 minutes or less. Bridge aids quake study Yakima Wash. A part of a Washington interstate Highway was closed saturday so re searchers could shake up a Bridge for earthquake experiments. The tests Are aimed at pinpointing the most vulnerable portions of  to help re vent collapses such As those that occurred in the 1989 san Francisco earthquake. Researchers planned to attach 64 steel cables to the Bridge and slowly pull the Structure Back and Forth in different directions. The $250,000 University of Washington research project is scheduled to end july 14, but it will Render the Bridge unusable. It was scheduled for demolition anyway. Navy reaches settlement Long Beach Calif. The Navy has reached a reported $1.4 million settlement with the widow and two children of a tugboat crewman killed when his Craft was pulled underwater by a submarine. The Federal government did no to admit fault in the death of Brian Belanger according to documents on file in Norwalk Superior court. A Belanger was one of three Crew members on the tug Barona when the crafts submerged Tow Cable was snagged by the nuclear powered sub Marine Houston about. 10 Miles Ott Santa Catalina Island on june 14, 1989. The tug was swiftly pulled under and Belangeri a body was never found. The other Cre Mcm hers survived. Driver 33 passengers hurl in charter bus Accident Nashville Tenn. A a bus taking passengers from Dallas to a wedding in new Jersey veered off an interstate exit ramp injuring 32 passengers and the Driver. Police said it appeared he had been driving too fast. Nine people remained hospitalized saturday in Nashville and Dickson a Community 35 Miles West of Nashville where Friday nights Accident occurred authorities said. The others were treated and later discharged. Nine passengers were not injured. The chartered Carrollton bus lines bus ran off an interstate 40 exit ramp. \ Driver Warren Hinkley a made a 90-degree turn and evidently he just hit it too fast and lost control a said Kenneth Birchfield the bus company a owner. Dickson police capt. David Mcdonald said preliminary reports indicated a there might be some Speed  a the just drove through the exit a Mcdonald said. Investigators had not yet spoken with the Driver he said. Hinkley was reported in fair condition at Vanderbilt University medical Center. J most of the passengers were Indian and a translator was called in to help medical workers communicate with  an Independent contractor has been driving buses for More than 20 years and had driven for the company a few times Birchfield said. A this is the first Accident in 19 years Quot  a a we be never had an  two buses were chartered for the trip from Dallas to 1 a wedding in Clifton . They left Dallas on Friday morning and the crash occurred about 9 30 . Police said. The bus Mav have been exiting to help the other bus which had broken Down. The other bus continued on to the wedding saturday morning. Back from the past first lady Barbara Bush laughs while pointing to George Washington top Cente played by actor William so Minerfield during a gathering of the time travellers at the White House on Friday. Troupe Mem Bers also portray such famous americans As Abraham Lincoln Thomas Jefferson and Mark Twain. They Art performing along Washington a Pennsylvania Avenue j during the month of june. Nashville Tenn. Apr a real estate agent has launched an and Campaign aimed at convincing homosexuals to buy Homes in a condominium project. Real estate agent Lurton Lipscomb or. Is running ads in query the City a Gay newspaper for 60 to 100 condominiums. He is calling it the City a first condominium Complex geared toward homosexuals. A a in be Only had a few Calls so far but they be been very positive a he said. A a in be been into Low income housing for a Bing time and now a lot of other people Are getting into it a said Lipscomb. A now in a moving on. There a always a new Market opening  the one bedroom and two bedroom Condo units Are priced from $351000 to $41,000. Given that housing Laws prohibit discrimination. Lipscomb said he has no intention of turning away heterosexuals who w ish to live in the Complex. A no one is trying to do that a said Lipscomb. Quot Bur people also find a need to be part of a Community and in a trying to do  Jerry Kemp Nashville Board of realtors president said the Board believes in equal Opportunity housing. Quot we done to single out any one group a Kemp  who set up bogus divorces loses License Madison wis. Apr the Wisconsin supreme court has suspended a Law scr who arranged bogus divorces around the world using advertisements in tabloid magazines to attract customers. Attorney Davis Donnelly a former state lawmaker acknowledged he filed the. Mail order divorces in the dominican Republic for couples in a Many Many Many countries and i did not inquire or clutter my mind w Ith w hat the Law  the state s highest court suspended Donnelly a Law License for two years and ordered him to Contact All 1.200 couples for whom he arranged divorces to inform them their divorces May be invalid. A the acted in reckless disregard of the interests of his clients and did so purely for financial gain Quot the court said noting Donnelly earned $100,000 from the scheme in 1987 alone. A lawyer who investigated the Case for the court said Many of the 1.200 couples for whom Donnelly arranged divorces remain legally married because their state or country does no to recognize dominican divorces. She said officials done to know exactly How Many of the divorces Are bogus because they Haven to figured out All of the states or countries involved. A the did these for a variety of people in several countries. And some Mav not even know that their divorces Aren t Legal a attorney Janet Jenkins of la Crosse said. According to court records Donnelly 64, of eau Claire solicited the divorces Between 1985 and 1987 through advertisements in tabloids such As the nation Al enquirer the Star and the Globe. The ads claimed the divorces r handled by a Nevada corporation intact Donnelly received the pay men is used a lawyer in the dominican Rem. To obtain the divorce records Foi pics the court said. Clients including residents from l United states the Philippines other countries were charged a 55 a plus the Cost of the divorces w ranged from $290 to si.115. The c said