European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 18, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes tuesday june 18, 1991 at a glance some people in Massachusetts Are thinking the inconceivable a that Ted Kennedy can be beaten. See Page 7. Navy longing to go stealth the air Force leads the Navy 3-0 in the race to build stealth aircraft to carry american military aviators into the 21st Century. A Page 5 paying too much More than 2 million poor elderly americans Are needlessly paying $29.90 a month for government health benefits they re entitled to get for free an advocacy group says. A Page 6 one in a billion nine year old Justin Stiner does no to climb anything nowadays. That s understandable for someone who fell off a roof and landed on a 4-foot steel Rod. That punctured his heart. A pages 14-15 Index Abby Ann Landers a a a a a 19 action line. 16 comics. 19-20 �21 commentary. A a a a a 13 crossword. A a a a a 19 letters. A a a a a 12 Money matters. A a a a a 17 sports. 22 -28 to listings. A a a a a 22 weather a a a a a 11 s. African parliament votes to end racial classification Johannesburg South Africa apr parliament abolished the last major apartheid Law monday in an overwhelming vote that ended the racial classification of South africans citizens. The repeal of the population registration act was a Milestone in the dismantling of apartheid. But the action did not address the biggest race Reform still confronting South Africa negotiating a new Constitution that will give Blacks the vote. Enacted in 1950, the population registration act classified citizens As Black White asian or mixed race and served As the foundation of virtually All apartheid measures. A it was an act of racial bigotry and caused untold suffering and humiliation a said Barney Desai spokesman for the pan africanist Congress a militant anti apartheid group. A a in a not going to say  but in essence one is saying goodbye to a bad  a racial classification determined where a person could live which schools to attend which Public toilets to use and which cemeteries one was to be buried in. Many racial restrictions already have been removed by president . De Klerk but the lives of most Blacks have not been changed by his  the 308 members in the three chamber parliament Only the 38 members of the pro apartheid conservative party voted against scrapping the registration Law. Parliament approved a replacement measure that ends All new race classifications and removes race references that remained in other Laws. But people already racially classified will remain so until a new Constitution is negotiated. Since coming to Power in 1989, de Klerk has moved steadily toward ending statutory discrimination. Neighbourhoods hospitals property ownership Parks beaches and Many other facilities have been legally desegregated. But for the vast majority of Blacks Little has changed in their Day to Day lives. A. Black townships and schools Are overcrowded and under financed the Best hospitals Are far away. Most Blacks cannot afford relatively inexpensive Homes in Black neighbourhoods let alone those in affluent White suburbs.  critics also note that some reforms have loopholes allowing Whites to retain segregation if they wish. Quot for example White Public schools May now be integrated hut Only if ,72 percent of the White parents at a school vote in favor of. Accepting children of other races. About 100 schools in Johannes Burg. Cape town and Durban have begun accepting Black students but the vast majority remain segregated. \ the repeal of the registration act is Likely to bring a further was. Ing of foreign economic sanctions which have been steadily crumbling Over the past year in response to de Klerks reforms. A de Klerk says he is ready to begin Black White talks on a new Constitution that will give the 30 million Blacks equal voting rights. But the african National Congress and other anti apartheid groups said the government must first free All political prisoners and do More to end violence in the Black townships. About 4,000 Blacks have been killed in factional fighting during the last 18 months. The Anc  claimed that de Klerk has not done enough to end the violence mainly Between supporters of the Anc and the Zulu based inkatha Freedom party. During last weeks debate parliament member Jac Rabie told the mixed race chamber of parliament that nearly everyone in his family was classified differently. Rabie himself was once classified asian but is now officially of mixed race. The new Law a Means my White uncles and i Are now the same a he said. Parliament has separate Chambers for Whites asians and people of mixed race. Blacks who Are a majority of the population Are excluded. Remains of sex president Taylor being examined for poisoning Louisville by. A the remains of president Zachary Taylor were removed from a crypt monday to Check out an author s theory that the 12th . President was poisoned. The Flag draped coffin was taken from the Zachary Taylor National cemetery to the Kentucky medical examiners olt ice Lor tests. A crowd of 200 people stood by silently a about half from the Media. Taylor a cause of death was listed As gastroenteritis following his sudden illness and unexpected death almost 141 years  a. Clara rising of Holder fla., claims Taylor was killed for opposing the spread of slavery into the Southwest and did not die of natural causes. She persuaded Jefferson county Coroner Richard Greathouse to open Taylor a crypt to test his remains. The testing is expected of take several Days. Rising who is writing a Book about Taylor believes the symptoms of Taylor a sudden death on july 9, 1850, were consistent with arsenic poisoning. She was on hand when the crypt was opened. Officials spent 45 minutes removing a Marble slab that covered the coffin and rising said it was too hot and cramped to perform the work there. The sealed cast Iron coffin was not opened at the scene. Officials wanted to make sure the lid made of Tennessee Marble was not damaged rising said there was no comment from officials of the coroners office As the casket was removed to the Hearse. Also at the cemetery was Dabney Taylor great great great grandson of the president. A a rumours have been running through the family for years and years in a just glad someone is finally going to do something about it a he said. Rising who has researched her Book on Taylor for 16 months thinks political rivals put arsenic in fruit Taylor ate a  Days before he died. She agreed to pay a for the exhumation which will Cost at least $1,200. A i truly believe that if this Man had lived he May have been Able to prevent the civil War a rising said. Or. Elbert b. Smith a former professor at the University of Maryland department of history who wrote a recent Book on Taylor discounted rising a theory. The author of a the presidencies of Zachary Taylor arid Millard Fillmore said there would have been no motive or Opportunity to kill Taylor. After Taylor died the direction of slav cry and other Domestic issues changed. The fugitive slave act which restricted slaves rights was adopted for instance. 1 1 in exercise to our readers. Sunday editions of the stars and stripes were delivered late to Many locations because of mechanical problems with the newspapers conveyor system Deane b. Mcdermott the newspapers circulation director said monday. Delays were reported in parts of Germany the United kingdom and the Mediterranean Region. The problems have been fixed he said. Berlin a a Berlin brigade staff sergeant was killed and a private first class was injured thursday when their armoured vehicle overturned on the Way to a training exercise brigade officials said. Both were assigned to Ith in 40th Armor regt at Mcnair Barracks. Their names Are being withheld until next of Kin Are notified sgt. Pam Smith said  soldiers were leaving a rail site at Larsberg in Germany s Bavaria Region and heading toward the Hohenfels training areas when the Accident occurred. Their unit is conducting a we Klong exercise at Hohenfels. 1 he vehicle swerved left on an embankment and rolled Over according to brigade officials who were at the scene. The sergeant was thrown from the vehicle which then overturned and crushed him. He was pronounced dead at the scene by a German doctor. I he private who was driving the vehicle was first taken to a local German Hospital for treatment of Back bruises. He later was transferred to the army Hospital in Nairn Borg. His condition was not  monday. Authorities Are investigating the Accident. 4 killed in Seattle area boating accidents Seattle apr four people died in three boating accidents Over the weekend in Western Washington and a hiker fell to his death in a River authorities said. Maria Richards 46, of Seattle fell overboard from a Sailboat and drowned in sound King county police said. L Arry Oiler. 37, of Puyallup was killed when his Canoe was run Over by a ski boat on Lake Lawrence about Hgt Miles South of Seattle. Mso on saturday Jerry Cutlip. 05, of the wind whipped Waters of puget Olympia and Andrew George 5. Of de n9 monds died after their boat hit the to canal Bridge Northwest of Seattle a capsized authorities said. An unidentified Man in his mid died sunday after he fell into the no it sack River and was swept away in we water sheriffs deputies said