European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 24, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday september 24, 1991 the stars and stripes a Page 9new artwork an open and shut Case fort Tejon Calif. Apr Mary Poppins never had this Many worries with her parasols. But then she did no to have 3,100, each the size of a Small moving Van. Environmental artist Christo always has thought big and his latest work a the umbrellas joint project for Japan and . A is the most ambitious yet. The project will feature simultaneous three week displays of 1,340 Blue umbrellas across Inland valleys 75 Miles North of Tokyo and 1,760 yellow parasols in a Mountain pass 70 Miles North of los Angeles. The display is meant to demonstrate the differences and parallels Between the two countries. The bulgarian born Christo who has wrapped Paris Pont neuf in fabric and rope and erected a White Nylon Fence across Miles of Northern California Fields plans to unfurl his $26 million trans Pacific artwork on oct. 8. Christo will supervise the japanese unveiling and immediately Fly to los Angeles to oversee the debut there on the same Day with a Little help from the International dateline. About 800,000 visitors Are expected to View the japanese display. The California Highway patrol estimates that Between 2.5 million and 7 million spectators will View the exhibit that will surround this tiny truck Stop town. Authorities and merchants worry that interstate 5, a major North South corridor could slam shut when the umbrellas open. There Are concerns too that parking on nearby roads will be insufficient and that the umbrellas will not go up on the scheduled Day. A i think its going to be a mess a said Bob Suppon manager of Ridge route towing in fort Cjon. A even my Tow trucks Arentt going to be Able to get out and move  soviet envoy in Cuba to discuss troop pullout Moscow a a soviet Diplomat met with cuban officials in Havana Over the weekend to prepare for a gradual withdrawal of soviet troops from the Island the official Tass news Agency said monday. The talks Between Deputy foreign minister Valery Nikolajenko and cuban Deputy foreign minister Alibi ads Hidalgo followed a pledge earlier this month by soviet president Mikhail s. Gorbachev to Start negotiations toward pulling out a training brigade of 11,000 soldiers. Nikolajenko told the cubans the soviet action should be viewed As part of the worldwide a transition from confrontation to cooperation a Tass said. A soviet pullout from Cuba would eliminate a sore Point in Moscow a relations with the United states. Cuba has objected to the proposed withdrawal of soviet troops saying it was not consulted before Gorbachev made his announcement sept. 11. Tass reporting from Havana said cuban officials generally stuck to that line in the weekend consultations. As a result of the talks consultations on the stage by stage withdrawal of the soviet brigade will be held soon Tass chernobyl a children  Dobrija from left if a Belenki and Julia Masaed pose with or. Thomas Ker Kering in an examining room at the medical College of Virginia in Richmond. Kerker ing is checking the children from the soviet City of Minsk for possible health problems stemming from exposure to radioactive emissions from the chernobyl nuclear Plant disaster in 1986. Some indians say . Laws endanger their religious rights said with the exact Date being decided through diplomatic channels. It was not Clear whether the brigades withdrawal would constitute a Complete soviet military pullout from Cuba. The 11,000 figure used by Gorbachev surprised american and British military analysts who had estimated the number of soviet troops in Cuba at roughly 7,000, including military advisers and intelligence agents. The . Defense department has said it has no plans to close the Guantanamo naval base on the Island in response to the soviet withdrawal. Gorbachev in his announcement said he plans to sever the soviet unions military ties with Cuba while keeping political and economic relations. A we will remove other elements from that relationship a he said. Recent . Government estimates indicate that soviet economic Aid to Cuba has decreased from about $5 billion annually a few years ago to $3.5 billion now. In april cuban Leader Fidel Castro said the soviets had reduced Oil shipments 25 percent and he told cubans to Brace themselves for widespread shortages. Washington apr to the White Man its a drug. But to american indians its a religious right. American indians said Laws that Stop them from using peyote or Hunting eagles threaten their religious Freedom and they want Congress to reverse them. A Many of the endangered tribal religions Many of which have suffered from a Long history of religious suppression. Are placed in great jeopardy said Walter Echo Hawk an attorney for the native american rights fund. Echo Hawk helped write legislation that would guarantee indians their right to use peyote let them kill eagles for ceremonial feathers and make it easier to protect their sacred Sites from development. There is no organized opposition to the Bill which is quietly being circulated among tribal leaders before it is introduced by the chairman of the Senate Indian affairs committee Daniel Inouye a Hawaii. But the Indian Community is divided Over some of the issues including peyote use and the Bill is certain to rekindle bitter cultural clashes Long simmering in the West and upper Midwest. A by the very nature of the legislation its controversial a said sen. Tom Daschle . A i have no quarrel with the religious Freedom of people but you doubt the motives at some Point of time a said the Rev. Doyle Turner a Chippewa Indian and an episcopal priest on Minnesota a White Earth reservation. A the real traditional people i know rely on the traditions of their tribe which is not to take hallucinogens but prayer and fasting a he said. Indians said their religions have been subject to systematic suppression since Christopher Columbus arrived 499 years ago and reported his belief that the natives had no religion of their own. A most White people and missionaries View Indian religions As Pagan superstitious rituals a said Reuben Snake director of the native american religious Freedom project. But it is the supreme court that is responsible for the a growing crisis in Indian religious Liberty Echo Hawk said. In 1988, the High court ruled that the first amendment did not prevent the government from developing land that indians considered sacred. Indians and government agencies have sparred Over numerous Sites in recent years such As South Dakota a Black Hills a holy place to  a Quarry in Minnesota where indians obtained Stone for pipes and mount Hood in Oregon where Columbia River indians traditionally go to seek visions. In 1990, the justices denied constitutional Protection to the native american churches use of the peyote Cactus. Several Oregon Church members were fired from their jobs and denied unemployment benefits for using the drug off hours. Its use As a sacrament dates Back at least 10,000 years according to Church leaders who claim the peyote religion is an effective Way to curb alcohol abuse Church members said they have As much right to ingest peyote As christians have to share wine m holy  squabble leads to barbecued dog Adelanto Calif. Up a a Man killed his neighbors dog cooked the animal and ate it after an argument about a videocassette recorder police said. Joseph Vera 29, of Adelanto was arrested last week after his neighbor Howard Pinchbeck and police officers found him dining on the dogs barbecued remains sgt. Dave Gundersen said. A when we got there the Barbecue was set up and going and right next to it was a plate with a Fork and knife a Gundersen said. A the was cooking and eating the  before starting the Barbecue Vera allegedly took the dogs head and stuck it on Pinchbeck a Fence. A the said that he and his neighbor had an argument Over a Var and this was his Way of letting his neighbor know he had crossed him a Gunder sen said. Gundersen said Vera confessed that he clubbed to death the mixed Breed Labrador pit Bull named Astro about 5 30 . Thursday after arguing with Pinchbeck. A Vera skinned the dog butchered the dog and attempted to Bury the skin and legs in his Back Yard a he said. Vera packed some of the dogs meat into an ice Chest and then at about 10 30 ., started barbecuing the rest. Meanwhile the neighbor Pinchbeck had gone to look for his missing dog and ended up at Vera a Home where he noticed blood in the bathroom. A i saw blood in the bathroom and All Over him so i just put it All together a Pinchbeck said