European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 9, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 6 the stars and stripes monday september 9,1991 rights violations continue in Mexico report charges Washington up a the human rights group americas watch on sunday criticized Mexico for allowing continued rights violations by government authorities one year after its president vowed to fight the problem. The group said in a report that a despite a surge in human rights activity in Mexico in the past year. The human nights situation does not seem to have a the volume and severity of reported abuses remain unchanged Quot the group said in its report titled a unceasing abuses human rights in Mexico one year after the introduction of a the administration of president Carlos Salinas de Gortari has failed to Stop the routine use of torture by police and has not reversed Mexico a Long standing policy of impunity for those who commit human rights abuses a the group said. The group also criticized president Bush for not letting Mexico a alleged human rights abuses deter him from seeking a free Trade agreement with his Southern neighbor or from recommending Congress approve $26 million to help Mexico fight drugs in the . Fiscal 1992 budget. Mexican Federal attorney general Ignacio Morales Lechuga at a news briefing Friday in Washington called the report a a imprecise and said human rights is an internal Issue to be dealt with exclusively by mexicans. Morales Lechuga also questioned the timing of the reports release coming one Day before top . And mexican officials were scheduled to hold their annual bilateral meeting in Mexico City. A i pointed out to them How curious it is to Holdron to a report for several Days so that it comes out at the same time As the by National meeting a he said in remarks carried by the mexican daily la Jornada. Juan Mendez the executive director of americas watch said he considered the report justified. A i think we arc fair a Mendez said. A we Are recognizing that the mexican government has made some attempts but we feel that these attempts have been insufficient. A i done to see anything unfair about that a he said. A i think the government has to be encouraged to do More. A i think the report expresses some disappointment that results Are still to come but its not altogether negative because we do recognize that the government is self conscious about the problem and is attempting to do some things that need to be done a Mendez added. A spokesman for the state department said government officials had not seen the report and declined to comment on the human rights situation in Mexico. 2 democrats say they la press Thomas to reveal abortion views Washington apr two democratic senators vowed sunday to pin Down Clarence Thomas on the Issue of abortion rights when confirmation hearings for president Bush a supreme court nominee begin this week. A i think judge Thomas has a special responsibility to respond to us As to his position with respect to the Issue of Choice a woman a right to choose a said sen. Howard m. Metzenbaum a Ohio. A i intend to inquire of him directly a added Metzen Baum a member of the Senate judiciary committee which will open confirmation hearings tuesday. Committee chairman Joseph r. Biden jr., d-del., said the question of whether Thomas would use his concept of a a natural Law beyond the Constitution to impose a moral code on americans is a a critical question for the but Thomas leading supporter in Congress sen. John c. Danforth r-mo., said the nominee be pinned Down on abortion. He dismissed suggestions that Thomas past statements indicate anti abortion leanings. A Clarence Thomas has never Ever taken a position one Way or another on the abortion question a Danforth said in an appearance with Metzenbaum on the lbs program face the nation. A i think it is absolutely wrong if members of the Senate try to get a judge to Promise How he would vote on a specific Case before the supreme court As a condition of Nis confirmation a Danforth added. The reproductive Choice Issue is one democrats see As a potential political Bonus for their party and the Prospect that a More conservative court could soon overturn the landmark Roe is. Wade abortion rights Case has re energized pro Choice forces. Biden raised the Issue in a commentary published in sundays Washington Post in which he argued that the idea of a natural Fawn a a a concept dating to the country a founders a must not be used to override the Constitution. Thomas along with other adherents of the natural Law philosophy believes that people have inherent rights that May transcend the Constitution. Biden said he agrees with that concept but said it traditionally has been used to protect the right of Indi supreme court nominee Clarence Thomas visuals to make their own moral choices and not to permit judges to impose a strict moral code on All americans. Despite that contentious Issue White House chief of staff John Sununu predicted sunday that Thomas will be confirmed by the Senate. A things can come out in a hearing there May be difficulty in the hearing by the nominee and so on a Sununu said on no cd a meet the press. A but we Are comfortable going into this hearing that the confirmation process will go Forward smoothly and that Clarence will be horse bolts Falls on car kills Driver Cleveland apr a Carriage horse bolted and ran into a car falling on the cards roof caving it in and killing the Driver police said. The horse also died. Edward Bartunek 52, of Maple Heights was pronounced dead at St. Vincent Charity Hospital and health Center of injuries from the Accident. Police said the victims wife was in the car but was not Hurt. The horse a 7-year-old Calico Madam broke Loose from its Carriage Friday outside the Ritz Carlton hotel police said. The horse ran a Short distance when it collided with the moving car. The animal was thrown onto the vehicle by the Impact and was killed. Parsons Palmer owner of Cleveland Carriage operator of the Carriage from which the horse bolted said he did no to know what caused it to run. The company offers Carriage rides from downtown . Teen Ager awarded $5 million in Accident from wire reports los Angeles a a Young triathlon compel Tor who was paralysed after Nis bicycle crashed into an illegally parked school bus will receive $5 million from a transit company even though a jury awarded him More Money. The jury announced its verdict Friday following a monthlong trial in Van Guys Superior court. The jury decided Bobby Rohan 19, was entitled to $15.1 million. However a pretrial agreement limits defendant Cardinal transportation groups liability in the Case to $5 million attorneys said. Under the agreement the Compton based firm pledged to pay $1 million to Rohan even if jurors rejected the lawsuit and a maximum of $5 million if jurors ruled in the youths favor. Rohan attorney Mace Stephen Simon said he proposed the agreement because Cardinal was insured for Only $5 million. The agreement also prevents Cardinal from appealing and requires it to Send the Money within 30 Days. Cardinal attorney Otis Wright confirmed the agreement. The March 27, 1989, Accident left Rohan paralysed except for partial use of his shoulders and arms. Triathlon Competition involves running swimming and fetches $220,000 san Francisco a a flannel baseball Jersey worn by Lou Gehrig fetched a record $220,000 at auction making it the most expensive non card sports item Ever sold. Mark Friedland the 34-year-old owner of a sports Memorabilia store in Aspen colo., bought Gehrig a Gray 1938 new York Yankees Jersey in the a treasures of the Diamond auction. Gehrig played first base for the Yankees from 1923 to 1939, during that period he played 2,130 consecutive regular season games a major league record that still get new life Las vegas a county officials have put on hold a plan to kill endangered desert tortoises if they arc not adopted or relocated within five Days after they Are found on land targeted for development. The plan to give the tortoises lethal injections was to take effect wednesday. But Clark county commissioners faced with a Public outcry put the plan on hold two weeks to reconsider the plan which was initiated after the reptile was placed on the Federal endangered species list. City county and Federal officials earlier this summer agreed to a plan that would allow developers to collect tortoises found on about 22,000 acres undergoing repeats itself new Bern . A talk about Good timing. Christine Mclaughlin not Only had a baby on her own birthday but at the same hour and minute that she was born 21 years ago. A a it a a True Case of history repeating itself a said her father Lewis Bell. Mclaughlin was bom at 3 30 . On sept. 5, 1970, in Columbia Hospital for women in Washington. Her daughter Patricia Ann debuted at the same time thursday and on the same Date a 21 years later a at Craven regional medical Center. John Crammer an assistant professor in East Carolina University a department of mathematics said the chances of such an event Are one in 525,600. Officials said the birth was not warning cancelled Washington a the state department has cancelled a warning issued last month for . Citizens travelling or living in Mexico. The department said aug. 20 that americans should exercise caution because of a series of bombings of . Banks and other companies in Mexico City. The department said Friday a these incidents no longer warrant a caution to american citizens travelling or residing in
