European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 20, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes Wisiana thursday june 20, 1991 Baton Rouge la. A abortion rights activists rushed to get a court order blocking the nation s strictest state abortion Law after the legislature enacted it tuesday in a historic override of gov. Buddy room Era a veto. Hard liners in the legislature said they would press to make the Law even tougher by suspending sections that allow abortions in cases of rape or incest. At least one clinic immediately sus bonded All abortions. Both sides expect a Lowig Legal Battle abortion opponents said the Law is styled As a direct Challenge to the supreme courts 1973 Roe is. Wade decision recognizing the right to an abortion Louisiana is among several states that have toughened their abortion Laws since a 1989 supreme court ruling gave Stales greater latitude to do so. The new Law carries up to to years in won was Iii gtd on a p a after More than a year of. Legal haggling president Bush s son Neil has decided to end his fight with Federal regulators in his sayings and loan Case. Neil Bush wont Appeal the governments. April order imposing mild re striations on him if lie again becomes a director of a Bank or a amp a his attorney said tuesday Quot he wants to put. Everything behind him a said. James Nesland. _ a a Bush Nesland said the final settlement tuesday of a separate yet related lawsuit in which Bush was one of the defendants made his client decide not to Appeal the conflict of interest ruling. Nesland has represented Bush in both cases. In that settlement a Federal judge in. Denver approved the previously announced agreement by which former directors and officers of Silverado banking savings and loan association will pay the government $49.5 million to Settle a civil suit brought by the tide rat Deposit insurance corp. That suit alleged negligence in the $1 billion collapse of Dan ver based Silverado. Timothy Ryan director of the office of Thrift supervision ruled in april that Bush 36, engaged in conflicts of interest As a director of a failed Colorado Thrift. Ryan could have barred Bush from the batikijig1 and savings Industry but he opted for the Mildest penalty available a allowing Bush to take such a Job again under certain conditions. Bush has denied any wrongdoing in his role As u director of Silverado. Before Ryan issued the order hush had planned to Appeal such sanctions. The settlement in the fd1c lawsuit Calls for the defendants including Bush to pay the government $26.5 million. The remaining $23 million will come from Silverado s special indemnity fund. A Large part of Bush Slegal fees a estimated to total $250, 100 or More a Are being covered by a special fund set up by Lormer rep. Thomas Ashley a longtime College Friend of president Bush s. The kind has received contributions from members of the Bush family and from family friends Ashley said. He has denied reports that the president asked him to advise Neil Bush before lie was questioned by regulators. Prison and a $100,000 Fine for doctors who perform an illegal abortion. The woman would not be punished. It allows abortion to save the mothers life and in cases of rape and incest but Only in the first 13 weeks of pregnancy. Rape and incest victims must report the crime within a week and seek medical attention within five Days. A it is really a. Truly wonderful occasion for women in Louisiana and for unborn children a said Sharon Fontenot of the National right to life committee . A a a. .7 7 a. Rockier betaine the first Louisiana governor in this Century to have a veto overridden when the House voted 76-25 tuesday night. The Senate voted 29-9 for the override earlier tuesday. A two thirds vote was needed in each chamber. Last year the Senate sustained Roomer s veto of a stricter abortion Bill. A a it amp in minutes after the override the american civil liberties Union sought out a Federal judge to Block the Law. A  lawyer Bill Rittenburg said . District judge Adrian Duplantier of new Orleans refused to Block the Law but called for a meeting of both sides wednesday. Roomer has said he opposes abortion but wanted More Liberal exceptions in cases of rape and incest and. Wanted abortion allowed when the. Fetus is severely deformed. A. State rep. Woody Jenkins. A Baton Rouge Leader of a hard line anti abortion faction said he would introduce a Resolution wednesday to suspend the exemptions for rape and incest. Roomer has no veto Over such resolutions a the Law without those exemptions would go to the supreme court and have a better Chance than one with exceptions a Jenkins  of abortion Law a abortions Are banned except to save a the life  Mother or in cases of rape or incest. 7 /. A doctors face up to 10 years in prison and a Fine of $100,000 for performing an illegal abortion. There is no penalty for the woman. A h victims of. Rape and incest must a report the crime within a week or within a week of recovery if the victim is incapacitated. The doctor must obtain written verification that the victim reported the crime. The. A abortion must be performed within. The first 13 weeks of the pregnancy Robb Wilder a a / Virginia sen. Charles Robb left and gov. L. Douglas Wilder meet the Media tuesday. A Washington a Virginia sen. Charles. S. Robb and gov. L. Douglas Wilder huddled privately for an hour. Tuesday then declared a truce to a feud both said never existed. Indeed Virginia s top two democrats both considered potential presidential candidates said Media accounts of their. Rivalry were overstated 7 a a. Rob a acknowledged that relations Between the two were strained several Yeats ago but said they have since been cordial despite perceptions to the contrary. 7 a the kind of feud that was talked about never existed a Robb said during a feisty Neys conference. A we have remained personal friends notwithstanding our  a Wilder added. A in order for there to be a feud there has to be a constant sniping or a constant pulling of the trigger at each other and that has not been the  the two virginians met at the Capitol 11 Days after Wilder disclosed that some of his cellular a phone conversations in 1988, when he was lieutenant governor were intercepted and a recording of one was sent to Robb Robb then acknowledged that his office held the tape for 2vi years and said it had recently been destroyed. The Fri and Virginia state police Are investigating the taping and Robb has suspended three top aides while a porn Ising an internal investigation of his offices conduct in the episode. Three mile Island cancer rate found Low Harrisburg a. Up people who lived near the three mile Island nuclear Plant during the 1979 near meltdown apparently do not have unusually High cancer rates state health officials said tuesday. One study involving 31,000 residents showed that1 although 943 cases of cancer could he expected to have occurred among the group from 1982 to 19s9, Only 813 were recorded officials said. A second study involving 5,292 women of childbearing age living within a 10-mile radius of the Plant found that while 36 cases of cancers could have been expected to have occurred during the same period Only 35 occurred. Quot not Only radiation was not associated with cancer but also psychological stress was not associated with an increase in cancer Quot said or. George to Okuhata director of the state division of epidemiology research. Initial studies included a detailed questionnaire to determine stress unlike a recent Columbia University study that associated stress Levels with Only the distance a subject lived from the reactor he said. But Kay Pickering of the group three mile Island Alert questioned the study a accuracy. "1 have huge problems will the study a she said. A fall the data that a important does not go into that study. It does not give the total picture its not an accurate picture. You can to draw a conclusion from  on March 28, 1979, the reactor lost Cooling water and approached meltdown. Radioactive gases were released and about 1 million Gallons of radioactive water landed on the floor of the reactor vessel. Following the Accident state officials conducted a census of 36,0 10 residents living within a 5-mile radius of the reactor he said. In 1982, officials began re cording cancer eases from those residents in a cancer registry which is the Only detailed study of the population. A third study involving the children of the 2,025 women pregnant at the time of the Accident will be released shortly to Okuhata said. The National cancer Institute estimates 13.5 cancers could be expected in the group of pregnant women he said. Officials recorded 15 in the 10-year Span which is not a statistically significant he said. Quot while officials recorded All new cancers in the group they concentrated on leukaemia because it can develop within three to seven years after exposure to High doses of radiation. Okuhata said 1 he radiation dosage from Tim was relatively Low estimated to be from seven to 39 Milli rems depending on the direction of the wind. An a Ray averages about 20 Milli rems he said