European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 24, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 6 the stars and stripes monday june 24, 1991 self abortion kits sent out by Law s foes Baton Rouge la. Up a group that supports abortions saturday gave legislators bundles of coat hangers in protest of a new Louisiana Law that so verely restricts the intent of this action is to Send the lawmakers a message that their decision will Cost women their lives and futures a said Angela Woods vice president of Louisiana Choice. By overriding gov. Buddy Roemers veto on tuesday the legislature enacted what backers said was the toughest anti abortion Law in the nation. The Law due to take effect on sept. 9 unless blocked by court action prohibits All abortions except in cases that involve incest rape or attempts to save the life of the Mother. It sets a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison for doctors who perform abortions. There is no penalty for women who do abortions on themselves. The american civil liberties Union already has filed suit challenging the constitutionality of the Law and the care is scheduled to be heard in . District court in new Orleans on july 23. State attorney general William Guste advised the states sheriffs and District attorneys that the Law is not yet in effect and that it would be premature to try to enforce it. Woods said women nevertheless were confused. A already women who Are not educated or who do not understand what has happened Are calling clinics and doctors a panicked wondering in abortion is illegal How they can self abort and what their remaining choices Are a she said. Bundles of five White wire hangers contained in mar Nila envelopes were distributed to members of the House who were is session saturday. T he envelopes were marked a contents live sell abortion kits re distribute As the packages supposedly were to be distributed Only to legislators who voted to enact the Law. However one ended up on the desk if rep. Mitch Eam Ricu a new Orleans who had voted against the Law on grounds it was too restrictive. A a this in my opinion is totally uncalled for and it s Landrieu said. The level of the debate is degraded by the people w to sent this kind of stuff but . He called on the distributors of the packages to apologize to the 1 Louse. A i understand lies upset. So Are we a Woods said. Quot this is the is what we re left with. 1 want them to understand Woods said people have been calling from All Over the country and Canada to ask How they can help abortion supporters in Louisiana. Three Wichita police officers carry away an abortion protester from the Wichita women Scenter on saturday.80 baby stepping protesters arrested at abortion Center by Michael Bates the associated press Wichita Kan. A scores of anti abortion protesters celebrated the end of a National convention saturday by marching in a baby Steps Quot outside women a clinics and blocking Access to the buildings. Police said they arrested 80 protesters at the Wichita women Scenter. A spokeswoman for the Center said the business also received harassing Telephone Calls. Each arrest took up to 15 minutes because the protesters walked toward waiting City buses using a baby a the protesters Are moving. They Are moving at their own Pace Quot said police capt. Norman Williams. A was Long As they keep moving toward the buses they technically Arentt resisting a these people Are really sick a said Peggy Jarman spokeswoman for the pro Choice action league in Wichita. A i think the people in this Community by and Large resent this. These out of town people Are Block ing women a Access to Many of cars in which the demonstrators arrived at the clinics had License plates from other states including Pennsylvania Illinois Georgia Texas and at the Wichita women Scenter and two other area clinics climaxed the three Day pro life action network National convention in Wichita. About 150 to 200 anti abortion activist leaders attended the meeting organizers said. Joe Scheidler of the pro life action league in Chicago said the convention adopted tactics for the next year. Plans include harassing the spouses of doctors who perform abortions he said. The other two clinics affected by the protest we Ere women a health care services in Wichita and Wom a care in East Wichita. Sou i Hamp i on mass. A an 8-Ycar-old girl who was killed in a 1044 circus fire was Laid to rest in a family plot saturday 47 years alter she was identified Only As Quot Little miss 1565�?� on Stone. A Eleanor Emily Cooks body was exhumed Friday from a Small memorial site a Northwood cemetery in Windsor Conn., and transported to a cemetery in Southampton where she was reburied saturday in a grave that bears her name. She was buried beside her 6-year-old brother Edward who also died in the lire that killed 168 people july 6, 1044, in Hartford Conn. The burial service was private and was attended Only by family members and close friends said Mark Talarski of the Talarski Maple Hill Chapel in Hartford Conn., which handled funeral arrangements. Eleanor was trampled to death by spectators when fire engulfed the tent during a performance of the Ringling Bros and Barnum amp Bailey circus. The tragedy is known in circus lore As a the Day the clowns Eleanor went to the circus with her Mother Mildred Cook and Brothers Edward and 0-year-old Donald. Donald survived. He and his wife Linda flew from their Home in Iowa for saturdays service. Mildred Cook now 85 and living in Easthampton mass., was burned Over 00 percent of her body and remained hospitalized for nearly six months after the lire. Cook s sister Emily Gill attempted to identify Eleanor among the dead but said she could not. Still Cook was told that her Only daughter had died in the fire. Family members said they think Gill was never shown the right body. The Little blonde girl became known As Little miss 1565, the number Given to her at the morgue. Eleanor a identity remained a mystery until this Spring when Hartford fire it. Rick Davey whose nine year investigation into the fire turned from Hobby to obsession revealed that Little miss 1565 was Eleanor Cook. Donald Cook matched morgue pictures of his Sis Ter supplied by Davey with family photographs. On March .8, the death certificate for Little miss 1565 was amended Quot the Talarski Maple Hill Chapel in Hartford donated its services free of charge As did florists. On Friday morning funeral Home manager Eugene Kowalczyk unearthed Eleanor a remains and transferred them to a child a White casket 40 inches Long for the trip to Southampton. Davey was among the few at the grave Friday watching As the Little girl who came to dominate a Large part of his life began her journey Home. A i had to go a said Davey who conducted the investigation on his own time. Quot i spent nine years looking for her. She became a surrogate daughter to me. In a sure it was a protective act.�?�. The Gravestone of Little miss 1565 will be amended and will return to the memorial site. It will read a crested in peace Here these 47 years As Little miss 1565. On March 8, 1991, she became known to All As Eleanor Emily Cook and is now buried with her family Quot
