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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 26, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Apr honesty former restaurant Busboy Allan Fong left takes san Francisco mayor Art Agnos on a tour of his new Yogurt shop at san Francisco International Airport. Agnos arranged a loan for Fong to take Over the shop after who inspired Miami apr Isaac Bash Evis Singer who won the 1978 Nobel prize for literature and inspired the films Yentl and enemies a love Story died wednesday. He was 87. Singer who wrote about the vanished world of ghetto jews in Eastern Europe Ana jewish immigrants in America had been ill in a Miami nursing Home for several months said his wife Alma. Singers native Tongue was the yiddish of Poland a jews and he wrote in no other language even after mastering English in his adopted country. His work was translated into English beginning in the 1950s. Barbra Streisand a 1983 movie Singer Yentl is based on a Singer Short Story Yentl the Yeshiva boy. The 1989 movie enemies a love Story was adapted from a Singer novel about holocaust survivors in new York. Wichita Kan. Apr leaders of a National antiabortion protest group were jailed for contempt of court wednesday after defying a Federal court order forbidding demonstrators from blocking doors to women a clinics. More than 540 people were arrested at three Wichita clinics on monday tuesday and wednesday police said. Most protesters were freed after receiving Misdemeanour citations. But Randall Terry co founder of the nationwide operation Rescue and another Man were jailed after promising to rejoin the 10-Day-old protest if freed. . District judge Patrick f. Kelly Shook his Finger and raised his voice at Terry in court. A third Leader Jim Evans of Binghamton n.y., was freed and arrested again a few hours later when he returned to one of the clinics. Kelly issued a temporary injunction tuesday at the request of or. George Tiller a clinic owner and opera pays off learning that Fong returned a bag containing $277,000 in Cash that he found under a table. When Agnos heard that the owner of the Money said Only Quot you did the right thing a he stepped in with More of a Reward Yentl Dies. I the fragile impish storyteller was both amazed and delighted at the idea of his stories being Given foreign voice a particularly japanese. A the japanese translate everything i write immediately a he told an interviewer. A they even publish me in English with japanese  whether set in Europe of the past or in contemporary America singers characters were driven by passions of the flesh and inner demons a and sometimes also by Fol doric demons of his polish jewish heritage. Most of the stories Are of the so tells jewish villages in Poland during the three centuries before the holocaust. The modern stories were set in new York or in Florida where the singers had a condominium in surf Side and spent a few months a year. The son of a rabbi and grandson of two others Singer rebelled at a future in the Rabbinate and followed his brother into a career As a secular writer. Singer married Alma Haimann a German emigre and in 1943 became an american citizen. In addition to his wife Singer is survived by a son Israel Zamir and four grandchildren. Tor. It forbade protesters from blocking entrances to his women a health care services. It also barred demonstrators from harassing Tiller or his family at their Home or at his two other clinics. When Terry was served with the order tuesday he threw it in the Street beside the clinic which was targeted because it performs late term abortions. Terry called a reporter from jail. A what the judge is asking me to do is impossible a he said. A the judge is asking us to betray our consciences and put his order above the Law of  in court the judge told Terry he Wasny to going to try to reason with him Over the abortion Issue. A the order of this court will be complied with without apology and without delay a Kelly said. Tillers clinic reopened wednesday after being closed for More than a week when police cleared lingering demonstrators and firefighters Cut off a lock which protesters had put on a  sergeant major arrested in shooting from wire reports Washington a a police officer was fatally shot wednesday and a second Man seriously wounded at Walter Reed army medical Center. Arrested at the scene was retired army sgt. Maj. Howard Mcallister who lived at the Center. Mcallister 47, was charged with second degree murder while armed said Washington police spokeswoman Wys Eola Smith. Albee Forney 57, of Laurel md., a Walter Reed policeman was pronounced dead at the Center shortly before 6 . Listed in serious condition was Richard myer of Springfield Van a a member of the medical Center  must pay for rape Huntington . A a jury has awarded $500,000 to a woman who blamed lax Security at a shopping mall for her abduction and rape in 1987. Rebecca Villers who had sought $15 million was compensated for medical expenses lost income and other items. The jury on wednesday declined to award punitive damages which is Money the loser in a suit is sometimes ordered to pay As a form of punishment or warning. Villers worked at a Huntington mall store when she was attacked Jan. 22,1987. One Security guard was on duty at the shopping Center. . Offutt lawyer for mall owner Cafaro co. Of Youngstown Ohio argued that there was no Way the mall managers could have foreseen the attack. The Man accused of raping Villers was convicted but won a retrial based on new genetic evidence.12 die in Idaho crashes Salmon Idaho a twelve people have been killed in Idaho plane crashes in the last 10 Days. The latest Accident claimed five lives when a single engine plane went Down near the Salmon National Forest. The crash occurred about 10 . Tuesday at the Bernard air strip 16 Miles above big Creek near the National Forest. Idaho fish and game officials said the crash killed everyone aboard the plane. The victims were identified As Thomas Loats of Idaho Falls Jeff Hayter of Pocatello Joyce and Jack Larson of Pocatello and Doug Harsen of Salmon the Pilot. State officials say Back country flying has become extremely popular but hot weather makes it dangerous creating downdrafts that can disrupt takeoffs and landings.4th student pleads guilty Charlottesville a. A University of Virginia student pleaded guilty wednesday in Federal District court Here to a drug trafficking charge becoming the fourth student to do so in the four months since Law enforcement authorities raided three fraternities on the Campus and seized the fraternity houses. The student David m. Freelund 21, of Glen Cove n.y., pleaded guilty to one count of Selling marijuana within 1,000 feet of a school. Freelund a third year student majoring in religious studies faces up to a year in prison when he is sentenced by judge James h. Michael or. No Date for sentencing was announced. A Charlottesville grand jury has continued to meet throughout the summer to hear evidence of drug distribution on or near the University grounds. The Case stems from a March 22 drug raid on three of the schools fraternity houses by local police and agents of the Federal drug enforcement Agency. Besides arresting 13 people the authorities seized the three fraternity houses valued together at $1 million under a Federal Law that permits the seizure of property in drug  hits Seattle area Reston a. A a minor earthquake Shook the Seattle area wednesday night but no casualties or damage were reported the . Geological Survey said. The quake registered 3.8 on the Richter scale and its epicentre appeared to be near Bremerton the Agency said. Nobel prize winning writer abortion protest leaders jailed  
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