European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 26, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Wednesday june 26, 1991 the stars and stripes Page 5 by the new York times Washington a democratic and Republican leaders working on the anti crime Bill that is moving toward a vote on the Senate floor agreed monday to expand the number of Federal crimes punishable by death. A. Quot a a the agreement leaves tyo important areas of difference to be resolved proposals that would ban some semiautomatic weapons and establish a waiting period or handgun purchases and a proposal to limit state prison inmates rights to Federal review of their convictions. The senators Are scheduled to vote tuesday on a provision that would codify a supreme court decision allowing the use of illegally obtained evidence in crime Nal trials As Long As the police show they acted in Good Faith. Quot a. Athe Compromise on the death penalty worked out in a Day of private meetings Between Sens Joseph r. Biden jr., d-del., and Strom Thurmond. . Retains most of bide he a proposals including a measure barring executions of defendants under is years of age. It also retains a Republican proposal that extends the death penalty to leaders of drug rings and allows Vic Tim Impact statements to be taken into account when a court decides whether the death penalty should apply. Saying goodbye to the Iowa with the . Flag waving from a nearby ship the battleship Iowa sails across Chesapeake Bay on Iowa is being towed from Norfolk va., to the Navy a inactive ship facility in Philadelphia the world War ii Era ship was decommissioned for the third time on oct. 26, 1990. Iowa a Sis Ter ships the Missouri and Wisconsin despite having a prominent role during the persian Gulf War Are also being retired under a budget reduction plan. A fourth battleship the new Jersey also has been been taken out of service by the . Navy. A a a a a a on gun -.control,1 former president re Agan begun telephoning some senators late last week to urge their support Tor the brads Bill named for James a Brady the former press Secretary w to was seriously wounded in. An attempt to kill Reagan on March 30. Is i. Reagan., who also was. Wounded in the shooting that crippled Brady announced his support for the Bill shortly before the House overwhelmingly to May. A a. V \. A a the Senate majority Leader. George .1. Mitchell of. Maine said monday supporters and opponents of the handgun Neasure have been swapping Compromise proposals but a no agreement has been Custer loses another Battle at Little Bighorn Washington Chi the House of representatives Ina move to give equal Honor to both sides in the historic Battle.,voted monday to change the name of the Custer Battlefield National Monu men to the Little Bighorn. Battlefield National Monument. Supporters of the change said the current name tends to acknowledge Only he role of the 11.s. Soldiers who fought and died during the is7 i Battle while neglect.--, ing the bravery and sae Idice of the Anver ican indians. The Bill passed on v Oice Vole Ami sent to the Senate is similar to one passed last year directing that a memorial lie established at the Montana Battlefield to recognize and Honor the american Indi. Ans who bought there. But the new version also Calls for changing the name of the Battlefield which is named alter . Armstrong Lister commander of the ill fated 7th Cav regt. 1 he proposal prompted some opposition tin the Gifu us ii suggests wrongdoing by the ,. Congressman Ben night horse Campbell Democrat of Colorado and the Only american Indian member of the House said the Bill Quot does not attempt to revise . In the stars and stripes10 years ago june26,1981 a the supreme court upheld male Only military draft registration reversing a ruling made by a special District court which invalidated male Only registration As discriminating against men. 20years ago june 26, 1971 a the National basketball association relaxed its so called four year Rule to permit hardship cases a collegians who have not completed four years of College and whose financial or academic situation is poor a to join the pro ranks. -30 years ago june 26, 1961 a at a communist party rally in Alma Ata in Kazakhstan soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev said the soviet Union is now the no. 2 country in the world but by 1970 it will have shoved the United states out of first place.40 years ago june 26, 1951 a color television made its world debut in a commercially sponsored show by Columbia broadcasting system lbs from stations in new York Washington Boston Philadelphia and s lawyers vow Miami apr a a lawyers for an its year old girl barred irom joining the cub scouts promised on monday to lobby Congress and financial supporters of the boy scouts of America to Force the organization to admit girls. Attorneys representing Margo mankes of Miami also filed a formal sex discrimination lawsuit in state court against the private non profit organization. Boy scout troops Are Quot founded on the premise that boys Are different than girls that they have different values than girls and that they would not be competing with girls a said Margo a lawyer Mark Rubin. Quot this has since Rubin filed the suit after state and Federal courts rejected emergency motions to Force the boy scouts to allow the third grader to attend a scouting summer Camp. But Blake Lewis a spokesman for the a Irving Texas based boy scouts said the organization would oppose the lawsuit and any other efforts to girls join the 4.3 million boys and Young men in its ranks. A a your program is designed to recognize the very unique emotional psychological and physiological needs of boys of cub scout and boy scout Lewis said. The. Boy scouts is a private membership organization that receives no Federal Money As a result its not subject to Federal anti discrimination Laws Lewis said. The 397 local councils receive 15 percent to 20 percent of their support from local chapters of the United Way of America which recommends against donating Money to any group that discriminates 011 the basis of sox As Well As race color Creed or National origin. Quot we will ask the United Way to reevaluate whether they want to contribute to ail organization that openly proudly and stubbornly Quot discriminates Quot Rubin said. spokesman for the association of 2,300 United Way of America groups Anthony Decristofaro said monday that the United Way take any action on a National level until the Legal disputes Are resolved. O Rubin also said he plans to petition the House judiciary committee to Amend the 1916 charter of the boy scouts of America to prohibit sex discrimination. But Lewis said the congressional charter establishes the boy scouts As a private member organization with its own set of membership standards. Bush says health problems Over he s 100 percent both Leda. My. A president Bush on monday said his health problems Are Over and he a Quot Back. 101 a the president also admonished americans to drink and smoke less and to exercise More Bush pronounced Hirn Selt physically til on a return visit to Bethesda naval Hospital. Where he was taken on May 4 because of an irregular heartbeat. He was later diagnosed As having a thyroid disorder. Quot i m glad we done to have to stay this the b7-year-old Bush joked As he presided at a ribbon cutting ceremony for Nevvle constructed quarters for military families who visit seriously ill patients. In the Early stages of his treatment. Bush avoided strenuous activity. However on monday he offered this report of his weekend at Camp David. My a Quot i played three hard sets of Tennis ran two Miles hit some Golt Bush said he received a letter irom Farmers saying he Wouida t have gotten sick had he eaten Broccoli which the president says he despises. Quot i would rather wbk defibrillation irregular heartbeat. But that s my he said All Erward. Bush spoke at the ceremonial swearing in it Bici adme Lealy As director of the National institutes of health also located ill Bethesda. She has been on the Job since Panl. In a speech to nth employees. Bush said biomedical research conducted at the institutes had led to major medical and scientific breakthroughs. Lie cited and Pic Sicul Cubics Quot that not even Ripley would Quot new we must build on these he said. A
