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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 24, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 c the stars and stripes saturday August 24, 1991 new York up a multiracial coalition of clergy Friday stood on the Steps of City Hall and called for peace and Justice in turbulent Crown Heights the Brooklyn neighbourhood wracked this week by fierce riots Between Blacks and Jesus. About three dozen Black jewish latino and Muslim clergy members joined mayor David Dinkins in calling for an end to the recriminations and inflammatory rhetoric that Many have said fuelled the  Myron Fenster president of the new York Board of rabbis urged Calm this weekend. A we Hope there will be peace on the Sabbath Quot he said. Black activists have threatened to March to Crown Heights on saturday to arrest a if police do not do it first a the hasidic Motorist who struck and killed a Black child monday  Accident ignited three nights of riots and led to the stabbing death of a rabbinical student. Friday an uneasy peace settled Over Crown Heights a Day after extra police were called in to restore order. Police said 66 arrests were made thursday most for unlawful Assembly and seven officers were wounded in clashes with demonstrators. A total of 56 officers have been wounded since monday. A grand jury was considering charges against Yosef Lifshi 22, the jewish Motorist whose car struck and killed 7-year-old Gavin Cato and severely injured his Cousin Angela Cato also 7. A we must restore peace to this Community and we must address the roots of injustice Quot the mayor said. The City a human rights commission said 25 to 30 of its members would be out in Crown Heights this weekend trying to establish a a dialogue for peace Quot Between the Ultra orthodox jews and Black Resi dents of the Brooklyn neighbourhood. Bronx councilman Wendell Foster a Clergyman who organized the coalition led clergy members in taking turns Reading from a statement that called on religious citywide to preach messages of brotherhood this weekend a in a mass Effort to Calm troubled Waters and alleviate  when asked if Black youths in the troubled neighbourhood Are angrier than Ever Dinkins said a we do have a tremendous level of  several right Wing jewish militants heckled the clergy but were moved away by police to another part of City Hall  to the future Amos till leads his mule team through the san Joa Given a police escort As they headed East with their wag Quin Valley in California on the Way to new Mexico and unload of possessions and assorted goats sheep and a newer simpler life. Till and his brother Darren were  foes proponents set Wichita rallies Wichita Kan. Apr rallies by both pro Choice and anti abortion forces were planned this weekend in Wichita where police worried about possible confrontations Between the groups. The two sides have held shouting matches this summer during Large protests by the anti abortion group operation Rescue. Pro Choice supporters have a rally set for today. Anti abortion advocates have planned theirs for sunday. A other jurisdictions we have checked with say that a when trouble can really Start when you get both sides on the Street at the same time a said police chief Rick Stone. The population of Wichita is about 280,000, More than 2,500 arrests have been made since abortion opponents began targeting local clinics on july 15. Most arrests have been for loitering trespassing or violations of a Federal court order allowing Access to the clinics. Peggy Jarman of the pro Choice action league said she Isnit concerned about anti abortion forces trying to disrupt today a rally. �?o1 have sent a newsletter out saying our people  attend their rally or their events Quot she said. A and i Hope the anti Choice people wont attend  Jarman said she expected the gathering to be larger than a similar july event that Drew 1,500 supporters. Organizers of sundays anti abortion rally moved it to an outdoor stadium saying the number of attendees would exceed the 10,300 scats at the local Arena where it was originally scheduled. The featured speaker for the rally is Pat Robertson of the Christian broadcasting network Federal funds for student Aid Down Survey finds new York up a the percentage of total student Aid funds contributed by the Federal government slipped from 85 to 75 percent in the past decade and state governments and institutions had to make up the Slack a Survey reported. Cutbacks in social Security student benefits and veterans Aid were to blame for most of the Federal drop off concluded a study prepared by the College Board a non profit educational group. The study was released thursday student loan funding also was injured by new restrictions written into the Federal higher education act in 1986. The changes were made to reduce loan defaults but in fact put new limitations on Aid Grants the Survey found. As the Federal share of the Money for such Aid programs As the guaranteed student loan dipped from 85 percent to 75 percent the states portion of the Tab Rose from 5 percent to 7 percent and private sources upped their contribution from 10 percent to 18 percent the Survey found. During the 1990-1991 school term Federal state and private sources coughed up $27.9 billion in Aid for College undergraduate and graduate students a 4 percent increase in dollars Over the previous years level. Lost Jackpot to be appealed san Francisco a a Federal appeals court refused to Force a Nevada Casino to pay an underage Gambler $1 million he won from a Slot machine and the Young Many a lawyer says he will Appeal to the . Supreme court Kirk Erickson of Royal ark., was 19 when he and his family visited Caesars Palace Casino in Las vegas in August 1987. He won a Jackpot of $1,061,812 on a $1 Slot machine but the Casino checked his identification and refused to pay since the Legal age for gambling in Nevada is 21. The 9th . Circuit court of appeals ruled wednesday that Caesars Palace does t have to pay Erickson. Judge Melvin Brunetti wrote in the 3-0 ruling that even if Erickson a Jackpot was withheld fraudulently Casino winnings Are  regulated solely by state Law. 1. Nelson Rose a lawyer for the Erickson family said the Young Man had not known of the Nevada Law. He said he had been to a Racetrack in Arkansas where the gambling age was 18. Man swallows 100 condoms filled with heroin police say new York up a Bronx Man arrested for hiding heroin in four condoms was taken Early Friday to the Hospital where a rays showed he had swallowed up to 100 prophylactics filled with the drug authorities said. Police spokesman sgt. Norris Hollo Mon said the startling discovery was made at Bronx Lebanon Hospital where Lookman Balogun was admitted following his arrest at 2 50 . At an apartment he shared with a Girlfriend. A police responded to a family dispute there and were met by a woman who wanted her Boyfriend out of the apartment a Hollomon said. A was the officers were interviewing the Boyfriend he was seen in Possession of four condoms filled with  after placing Balogun under arrest the officers then called an assistant District attorney who obtained an order calling for a physical exam and a Ray for the suspect Hollomon said. The a Ray showed from 80 to 100 additional condoms containing alleged heroin crammed in his digestive tract Hollomon said  
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