European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 8, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 a the stars and stripes monday july 8, 1991 5,000 protest gag on abortion advice from wire reports new York a about 5,000 protesters rallied saturday against a . Supreme court ruling that bars employees of federally funded clinics from discussing abortion with patients. Some marchers wore gags or tape across their Mouths to dramatize what they View As the High courts infringement on free speech with its so called a gag Rule. A we Are nearing the end of Legal abortions unless women Are heard a said Patricia Ireland vice president of the National organization for women which is meeting in new York and organized the demonstration. A we have finally come to the Point where it is not Only illegal for the Federal government to provide abortions it is even illegal to talk about it a Ireland said. Hundreds of activists from other groups including unions and Gay rights organizations joined in the protest near Central Park. Jon Nally a member of the aids coalition to unleash Power or act up said the supreme courts increasing restrictions on abortion affect everyone. A if women do not have the Choice to control their own bodies where does it Stop a Nally asked. A the right to privacy is Central and a society that limits options for women is a society that limits options for  Ireland asked the marchers to lobby their representatives for the rejection of supreme court nominee Clarence Thomas. Ireland said Thomas conservative views will further imperil abortion rights. A Clarence Thomas is an insult to the life and legacy of Thurgood Marshall and everything he stood for. What a travesty Quot Ireland said in reference to the retiring Justice whom Thomas has been nominated to replace. Marshall the first Black Ever on the supreme court was a Strong supporter of abortion and other civil rights. Thomas who is Black has prompted expectations that he would provide the fifth vote needed on the court to overturn the 1973 Roe is. Wade ruling that legalized abortion. A Bork him a chanted the crowd after marching from the new York Hilton hotel where now was holding its annual conference. The chant referred to the thwarted 1987 nomination of Robert Bork. Organizers and police said the crowd numbered about 5,000. Two counter demonstrations aimed at the annual chlorine Gas sickens 25 at California Pool from wire reports Fresno Calif. A More than two dozen people were sent to hospitals after malfunctioning chlorination equipment created a chemical Cloud at a wading Pool crowded with children. One adult and 24 children were treated and released at four Fresno hospitals Friday for respiratory ailments shortness of breath and nausea officials said. Others sickened by the Gas were treated at the scene. Automatic equipment that disperses chemicals into the wading Pool at wild water adventures just East of Fresno malfunctioned and dumped Between a half gallon and a gallon of acid into the water said capt. Rich Cornwell of Midvalley fire department. The chemicals formed chlorine  Blaze grows Yellowstone National Park Wyo. A Yellowstone a first major fire of the season doubled in size saturday fanned by winds Topping 30 Mph. Before the winds picked up about 40 acres of Forest had been burned Park spokeswoman Caroline Evans said. No updated figure was available. The fire was sparked by lightning  shot in Back new York a a Brooklyn teen Ager has been charged for allegedly shooting an assistant District attorney in the Back during a robbery at a Brooklyn Bank Cash machine police said saturday. Kenneth Martinez 18, was picked out of a lineup Friday night by witnesses said police spokeswoman sgt. Mary Wrensen he a charged with attempted murder assault robbery and weapons Possession in the shooting of David Breen 25, As the prosecutor was taking Money from an automatic Teller machine. Breen was in serious but stable condition saturday. Now convention also took place. Early in the Day about 20 anti abortion protesters were arrested after chaining themselves to the door of an abortion clinic. Later about 40 people from the fathers rights association of Babylon n.y., marched across from the new York Hilton. Organizer Morty Weinstein said the group was protesting what it considers it airily court Bias against fathers seeking custody of their children and what he said was a now policy against paternal custody. A we Are not against paternal custody a said now spokeswoman Rosemary Dempsey. A what we Are for is women being treated equally in the  the marchers carried signs that said a reproductive health care is a right not a privilege and a my uterus is not government  a Ann Snitow a professor at the new school for social research led a group of women dragging chains. They had pillows under their clothes to make them look pregnant. A we done to want to be enslaved by unwanted pregnancies a she said. Another protester Linda Loontjens dressed As a statue of Liberty and carried a Torch spouting coat hangers symbolizing the pre-1973 Era when abortions were illegal and some women resorted to Back Alley procedures. She said a Liberty is being gagged by this ruling by the supreme court where women can to have the right to adequate medical advice. Its just  now members called on Congress to pass a Bill that would counter the ruling that Federal funds May be withheld from family planning clinics that offer abortion counselling. A people in this country want women to have abortion information and abortion services if they need them. Then women can make their own decisions Quot said now member Luba Fineson a 57-year-old College administrator from Philadelphia. As she stood in the crowd she recalled having to muffle her pain when she got an abortion illegally in 1960, a i went to a clinic and they told me not to make a sound or they might get shut Down a Fineson said. / a the silence the fear around it. I know a woman who went through an abortion then and to this Day she can to yell a she said. A Marcher in new York holds a sign to protest a ruling that bars employees of federally funded clinics from discussing abortion with patients. Naming Thomas would insult Marshall s legacy mayor says Philadelphia up Philadelphia mayor Wilson Goode says putting conservative Clarence Thomas on the supreme court would be an insult to the legacy of retiring Justice Thurgood Marshall. Goode Philadelphia a first Black mayor serving out the remainder of his statutory limit of two terms told 43 Young people visiting from Philadelphia miss., that he would not have become mayor if it Hadnot been for Marshall. A i would not be Here if not for Thurgood Marshall a said Goode the son of North Carolina sharecroppers. �?o1 would never have had the  putting the conservative Thomas in the place of the Liberal Marshall would be said Goode a an insult to his  a Thurgood Marshall is unprecedented in his Impact on what you see in this room this morning a Goode said during the 40-minute meeting in the City Hall. Goode who said he Hopes to teach and write after leaving office said Marshall a is almost irreplaceable. A Clarence Thomas does not come one Inch toward replacing him in terms of being an advocate for human and civil rights a he said. Goode also told the visitors he was proud to have been the City a first Black mayor. A up until that time Here was a sign that said the Job of mayor was for White men Only a he said. A if i can do it any one of you can do  Black widows found in grapes Braintree mass. Up a grapes from a California distributor were removed from Stop amp shop grocery stores in three new England states because three Black widow spiders were found in one Box of the fruit the retailer said saturday. Workers at a Stop amp shop in Hamden conn., opened a crate of grapes on wednesday and discovered the three venomous spiders among the fruit said Aileen Gorman vice president of Public affairs at the company Headquarters in Braintree. Gorman said the crate was part of a new shipment of countess Brand grapes. None of the grapes reached the stores shelves she said. A it was not out where the customers  quake shakes Southern California los Angeles apr a moderate earthquake Shook the downtown area and surrounding valleys saturday but no injuries or damage were reported. Scientists characterized it As a Strong aftershock to the deadly temblor in late june. Saturdays quake measuring 4.0 on the Richter scale hit at 3 54 . Put and was entered in the san Gabriel Valley about 25 Miles Northeast of downtown los Angeles said Robert finn spokesman for the seismology Laboratory at the California Institute of technology in Pasadena. It was one of the strongest aftershocks yet to a june 28 quake measuring 5.8 on the Richter scale finn said. That Quaker entered near the Community of Sierra Madre killed two people and caused More than $30 million in damage. Saturdays quake followed another 4.0 temblor that on Friday Shook the Castaic area about 40 Miles Northwest of los Angeles. No injuries were reported but the quake caused a Section of interstate 5 to buckle