European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 2, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Tuesday july 2, 1991 the stars and stripes b Page 5thomas i emphasize Black self help by Jill Lawrence the associated press Washington a Clarence Thomas grew up poor Black and democratic in the South. But he later switched parties and became a controversial Symbol of Black conservatism. A i firmly insist that the Constitution be interpreted in a Colo Blind fashion a Thomas wrote in a 1987 letter to the Wall Street journal. A a hence t emphasize Black self help As opposed to racial quotas and other race conscious Legal devices that Only further and deepen the original Thomas made the comments after president Bush announced his nomination As the second Black Justice on the supreme court. Thomas would succeed the firsts Thurgood Quot Marshall who is retiring. Thomas 43, endured a difficult impoverished childhood in pinpoint a. He choked up monday while trying to thank his grandparents who raised him in a tenement with no indoor plumbing. He said they his Mother and the nuns insisted that he grow up to make something of himself. There a no question Thomas did that. He was the Only Black at an All White Seminary High school then attended holy Cross College in Massachusetts and Yale Law school. He served As an assistant attorney Gener Al in Missouri and later As a legislative As his views on Many subjects Are an open Distant to sen Tohn Danforth r-mo., by a Bour fore becoming chairman of the equal employment Opportunity commission a a Post he held for seven years. Bush nominated Thomas to the . Circuit court of appeals for the District of Columbia late in 1989. The Senate judiciary committee approved his nomination 12-1 and he went on to win easy confirmation from the full Senate. But Softie senators said his record would be examined More closely if he were nominated to the supreme court. Thomas wrote dozens of letters and articles while chairman of the Leoc. Unlike last years nominee Justice David Souter he is perhaps Best known As an opponent of affirmative action though h ? benefited As a youth from some Nuno Rity Aid programs. A race conscious remedies in this society Are dangerous. You can to orchestrate society along racial lines a he once said. Thomas a conservative views won him Little favor with liberals and Black officials. The criticism has not fazed Thomas who describes himself As a determined Strong minded person. _ a a it a a Choice a he told the Senate Judic iary committee last year a Between principle and in stripping Yew bark for cancer drug Oakridge Ore. Apr rangers in the Northwest a National forests Are chasing a new kind of poacher one with a draw knife who strips bark from Pacific Yew Trees to Cash in on demand for a new cancer fighting drug produced from the tree a a it a a Damn waste a said Jim Simonson Yew coordinator in Oregon a Willamette National Forest. He looked out Over the naked White trunks of 62 yews that were illegally stripped of their bark. Trees that Are girdled will die. The bark is the primary source of a drug called Taxon which has shown a unique ability to fight cancer by stopping cells from dividing. It has proved effective in tests on women with advanced breast and ovarian cancer. The National cancer Institute is so excited about the drug that the government has pledged to collect 750,000 pounds of Yew bark a year. That would produce about 55 pounds of Taxon enough to treat 1,250 people. In a multimillion Dollar Deal the government granted Bristol Myers Squibb co. Exclusive rights to produce Taxon from bark collected in National forests. Selling for.$2.50 a Pound Yew bark Means easy Money for some. Logging restrictions to protect the Northern , a threatened species Are making it tougher for loggers and Mil workers to make a living. A was More and More people arc Laid off work and Mills close we Are expecting to More crime problems on the National forests a said Carola e. Stoney a Forest agent in Willamette. A of course this Deal on Taxon has just taken the Yew bark sort of right to the head of the bark that took 80 to 200 years to grow can be stripped in minutes from As High As. A person can reach to about knee level. Authorities have found no evidence of a Black Market though rumours abound Simonson said. There also is talk that desperate cancer patients May be trying to make Home remedies. Since Taxon is not water soluble it would be useless to brew the bark he said. Simonson said poached bark is probably mixed with legally taken Baric and sold to the Only authorized buyer Hauser Northwest in cottage Grove Ore., a division of Hauser chemical research inc. Of Boulder. Colo. It extracts the Taxon and Sells it to Bristol Myers. Legally gathered Taxon bark is taken by cutting Down yews in areas designated for logging or by scavenging logged Over combat poaching Hauser employees estimate How much bark should be coming in from Legal peelers. A to my knowledge there Hasni to been any Case of anyone who has approached us to sell bark that Wasny to Ranger Jim Simonson checks damage to a Yew tree. Taken with a permit a said Dean a. Stull Hauser chief executive officer. But it comes Down to a matter of Trust involving the Forest service Hauser and the collectors Simonson said. In the stars and stripes10 years ago july 2,1981 a Buckingham Palace announced that in a break with tradition lady Diana Spencer would not Promise to Quot obey Quot Prince Charles when they exchanged wedding vows at St. Paul a Cathedral on july 29. The decision was made by the couple. .20 years ago july 2,1971 a the voting age in All elections was lowered to 18 when Ohio ratified the 26th amendment to the Constitution fulfilling the requirement that 38 states do so to make it law.30 year Sago july 2,1961 a British warships loaded with troops sailed into Kuwait Bay in response to Kuwait a plea for Aid As the . Security Council arranged a meeting to discuss the iraqi threat to Kuwait.40 years ago july 2,1951 a chinese and North korean communist forces announced their agreement to hold cease fire talks demanding that the meeting take place in South Korea Between july 10 and 15. 5,000 ethnic yugoslavs urge . To show support for rebel republics new York a thousands of people with roots in Croatia and Slovenia protested outside the United nations on sunday demanding official . Support for their Freedom minded about 5,000 demonstrators some wearing ethnic Folk costumes Sang National hymns and carried balloons with colors Matching the croatian and slovenian flags. A Banner said . You support the communist yugoslav government. They Are killing democracy in Croatia and ethnic slovenians and croats sent a letter sunday to president. Bush asking him to condemn the Federal army a intervention in the two Northern republics. Copies were circulated at the demonstration. A a this is the Black House not the White House if it supports the communists a said Ante Vanjak a croatian american living in new York City. The demonstration came As diplomats tried to defuse the tense standoff Between Slovenia and the Federal army which followed the two republics declarations of Independence. Slovenia moved to take control of its International Borders and the army launched a two Day land and air attack in which at least 43 people were report Eil killed. It announced a cease fire Friday. Jacques Poos Luxembourg a foreign minister and the head of the european Community said the dec would freeze a billion in Aid to Yugoslavia if the Federal government did not publicly state its commitment to an dec brokered peace plan. Hundreds of thousands of people of yugoslav descent live in the United states with Large concentrations in Chicago and Cleveland. The croatian Council a new York based cultural group estimates 200,000 people of croatian descent live in the greater new York area. Gulf War puts More bang into fireworks Columbia . A the rockets red Glare this fourth of july will be provided by scud busters and Patriot missile launchers a fireworks with names inspired by the persian Gulf War. At Casey a discount fireworks in Columbia patriotic pyrotechnics with labels such As stealth bomber Are going fast owner Jack Casey said. A a it a going to be a hot number for us. People remember seeing that Patriot missile Knock Down those scuds a Casey said of to coverage of the War. Fireworks such As the antitank mine which yields up to 10 loud Bangs Are moving quickly at the Bishopville warehouse of atomic distributors inc., said manager Gary Lewis. A fall indications in the Industry Are that we think this is going to be the biggest season since the Bicentennial in 19/6,�?� Casey said. A sales Are running a lot stronger earlier than in other the Patriot scud Buster and stealth bomber rockets Are not new gadgets a they were just renamed for marketing purposes said Ken Campbell manager of fort Pedro at South of the Border a tourist attraction outside Dillon. Fort Pedro Sells packs of four scud busters for $9.95 and single Patriot missiles for $1.50. A Patriot launcher at Casey a caught 32-year-old Bill Dellers Eye. A people that had nothing to do with the War will get a sense of what its like to say a take that Saddam a when they set off the fireworks a he said
