European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 16, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 6 a the stars and stripes monday september 16, 1991 human rights group backs court Martiale physician from wire reports Springfield to. A the human rights group amnesty International Hopes to win Freedom for an army Reserve physician imprisoned for refusing to join her unit in operation desert storm. Capt. Yolanda Huet Vaughn who is serving a 30-month sentence for desertion at fort Leavenworth kan., has been named a a prisoner of conscience by the human rights organization said Francis Boyle an amnesty International Board member. Huet Vaughn 40, of Kansas City kan., left the 410th medical evacuation Hospital in december shortly after it received notice of deployment to saudi Arabia. The commander of fort Leonard Wood mo., where the court marital was held can modify the decision. The organization said it has taken on the cases of four other people who refused to participate in the brutality investigated los Angeles a police and sheriffs departments in los Angeles face an investigation by amnesty International in connection with a spate of controversial shootings and a videotaped beating by officers. Two investigators from amnesty International a London Headquarters will take part in an inquiry in several states into police brutality said Ian Martin the groups Secretary general. Los Angeles City councilman Hal Bernson said the review was unnecessary. A just what we need people from London coming Here to Tell us How to run our City a Bernson focuses on racism Chicago a two artists hoping to ignite debate on racism erected a billboard advertising a fictitious All Black country club a where Only the Ball is the artists who created the billboard which costs $3,500 a month said they wanted to draw attention to country clubs catering Only to Whites. A a it a not really about Golf. Its about racism a said 29-year-old artist Mark Heckman who is White. Heckman caused a stir in the Chicago area in 1989 with an aids prevention Canvas covered with 2,001 paint dipped condoms. Heckman and co artist Mark Newman Are from grand rapids kills evangelist Royal Oak Mich. A an evangelist died after steering his burning Mobile up a Busy interstate and away from other vehicles. A the was trying get off the expressway so no one else got Hurt a police officer Joseph Dobson said. The Rev. Fred Hicks 76, died a few hours after the Accident. His 1971 Van was equipped As a Mobile pulpit and was painted with the words a Jesus Christ is our Only Hicks jacket was burning As he steered the vehicle about a mile on interstate 75, police said. He finally leapt from the Van when it ran up an embankment into a parked car. Royal Oak is located 15 Miles North of Detroit. The fire May have started in the engine and spread to the cab Dobson fuel spills in Lake new York a a diesel fuel spill in the Central Park Lake poses Little danger to turtles and fish that live there officials say. They said a fuel tank at the 79th Street maintenance Yard cracked As workers tried to move it. It contained about 250 Gallons of no. 2 diesel fuel used to Power a Generator. The fuel flowed into a Drain that led to the 17-acre Lake. Cleanup Crews have worked at scooping the Oil out of the Lake a popular recreation spot where rowboats Are rented by the hour. On saturday workers used booms to move the Oil toward absorbent material similar to disposable diapers lining the Shore. Officials said it would be about a week before the entire Lake would be cleaned up. Pro is. Con pro Choice advocate Ted Kroemer right confronts an abortion opponent Bill Randles outside an Iowa City Iowa abortion clinic saturday. Chanting a this is not Wichita a hundreds of abortion rights advocates formed a Barrier around an abortion clinic to defy protests by the anti abortion group operation Rescue. It had promised a massive rally against the City a five clinics but Only 75 operation Rescue supporters showed up at the Emma Goldman clinic for women. The groups stood on opposite sides of the Street and took turns walking on the sidewalk in front of the clinic. The abortion rights crowd chanted a not the Church not the state women must decide their a a you re shouting because your conscience bothers you a shouted Randles pastor of believers in Grace Fellowship Church. A a you be got blood on your had promised a massive rally against the City a five shouted Randles pastor of believers in Gra clinics but Only 75 operation Rescue supporters Fellowship Church. A a you be got blood on your hands. Panel urges visits by nurses to help deter child abuse by the Washington Post of i i a i the . Faced with an Usu use in re by the Washington Post the Federal government faced with an upsurge in reported child abuse and neglect should set up a program of visits by nurses other health workers and paraprofessionals to the Homes of new parents and their babies a Federal panel said saturday. A abusive parents love their children very much but not very Well a said Richard d. Krugman chairman of the . Advisory Board on child abuse and neglect. A most of these parents understand they do have a problem but when they try to get something done about it they re treated punit ively. We need to find a better the panel created by Congress in 1988, recommended that the program be Universal to avoid stigmatizing a particular group and voluntary to overcome concern that it would represent a big brother like intrusion into family life. The boards report noted that Home visitation programs have been shown to be effective in cities and states in the United states and elsewhere. One Pilot program conducted in upstate new York in the Early 1980s, provided Home visits to 200 randomly selected expectant mothers who fit some or All aspects of the following profile a Low income unmarried teen Ager having her first baby. The visits by nurses began during the mothers pregnancy and continued until the child was 2. In addition to having healthier babies the mothers had a verified child abuse and neglect rate of 5 percent compared with 19 percent among a control allegedly chained by parents for 7 year new York apr police arrested the parents of a teen age girl who they said was chained at the anode in the family a Bronx apartment for about a year. A they did no to even unlock her to go to the bathroom a said sgt. Tina Mohrmann a police spokeswoman. A they gave her a the father 44, and Mother 42, were arrested on charges of reckless endangerment unlawful imprisonment and endangering the welfare of a child. They told police that the 15-year-old was shackled for her own Good because a she was involved in drugs and ran away a Mohrmann said. Police said the girl who appeared to be in Good condition was taken to a Hospital. A we also found that these women were More Likely to return to school or to have a Job and less Likely to have had a repeat pregnancy a said David Olds associate professor of paediatrics at the University of Rochester who conducted the Pilot study. Plant had same violations As fire hit factory Raleigh . Apr a Pennsylvania Plant operated by Imperial food products was cited in the 1980s for similar safety violations that contributed to 25 deaths in a fire at a company Plant in North Carolina a newspaper reported sunday. The safety violations at the now closed Plant in Moosic pa., included fire exits that were poorly marked or blocked the news and observer of Raleigh reported. Locked or blocked exits at imperials Chicken processing Plant in Hamlet ., contributed to the 25 deaths in the sept. 3 fire officials said. Doug Fuller a spokesman for the occupational safety and health administration in Washington said inspectors visited the Pennsylvania Plant twice and were refused entry until they returned with search warrants. After the first visit in 1985, Imperial was fined $800 for electrical violations and Slick floors. In 1987, it was cited for inadequate fire exits improper Shields on machines and electrical violations. The Fine was $2,560. Kelly Roe daughter of Imperial food owner Emmett Roe said she was not aware of the citations. The company has had two fires at its Plant in cum Ming a. One in 1989 caused $1.2 million damage. No one was injured. Osha shut the Georgia Plant for 24 hours after the Hamlet fire when inspectors discovered a broken sprinkler system improper fire exits and no evacuation plan
