European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 20, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 a the stars and stripes sunday october 20,1991 congressional redistricting affected by Montana ruling Washington a a Federal court ruling throws into doubt perhaps temporarily the redrawing of congressional districts to reflect population shifts during the 1980s. The decision came Friday in a Case challenging Montana s loss of a House seat next year. If upheld it would throw into disarray the reapportionment process under Way in All 50 states. Quot you re talking about going Back to Square one if this Case stands a said Mark Bohannon the democratic National committees redistricting expert. Several attorneys who Are experts on reapportionment predicted however that the supreme court would Block and ultimately reverse Friday s decision by a three judge panel in Montana. A this is unlikely to be the final thing said on the subject Quot said Steven Ross he House s chief lawyer. Advisers to both political parties predicted that the Bush administration would Appeal the ruling. Justice department and census Bureau officials said the administration was reviewing the decision and considering an Appeal. The suit challenged the congressional redistricting formula that took away one of Montana s two congressional seats leaving it after 1992 with the nations most populous congressional District. The judges said the method used by Congress to allocate House seats after each census fails to meet the constitutional requirement to ensure equal representation for citizens. That formula is aimed at evenly distributing the 435 House districts with a goal of having about 570,000 voters in each District this time around. In practice Many districts have far More voters or considerably less than the Ideal. After the 1990 census the formula redistributed 19 congressional scats from states that lost population Over the last decade to states that had gained voters. If Montana loses one of its seats it would be left with a statewide District of 800,000 voters. The three judge panel said that was unfair because those voters would have less clout than voters in smaller districts violating the supreme court s a one person one vote Standard. A Congress has ignored the goal of equal representation for equal numbers of voters a wrote Charles c. Lovell and James f. Battin two of Montana s . District judges. Dissenting was the third member of the panel . Circuit court of appeals judge Diarmuid f. O Scantain. A the state in my View has failed to demonstrate that a better formula exists than the one chosen by Congress Quot o Oscannlain wrote. Fridays decision came in a lawsuit filed against the Bush administration in May by Montana officials upset that the state would lose a congressional scat. The suit argued that Congress reapportionment formula in use for half a Century was unconstitutional because lawmakers did not get to vote on the shifts of House seats Between states. The judges issued an injunction blocking the House from re apportioning under the existing system. But an Appeal is a near certainty. A what i think is Likely is that the supreme court will allow the current redistricting to go Forward even if they decide to hear this Case Quot said Jeffrey Wice an attorney who works on reapportionment issues for democrats. A but for now everything is pretty  food poisons . Baby new York a an infant became critically ill after eating baby food contaminated with a caustic substance and other contaminated baby food was found at a supermarket where the Jar was bought. The 5-month-old girl Linda Lin was poisoned when she ate beechnut Chiquita bananas stage 1, said Margaret Karanja a new York City health department spokeswoman. The infant hospitalized wednesday was in extremely critical condition and on a Respirator Friday said Edwin Torres an administrator at new York Hospital. The manufacturer said the apparent tampering appeared to be isolated at the one store and it did no to plan a recall. Inspectors from the food and drug administration and the new York City health department found that two jars of beechnut baby food bought by me family were contaminated. Authorities went to a Harlem supermarket where the jars were bought and found 13 other jars of Beech nut products in a variety of flavors that showed signs of tampering Karanja  twins take news conference in stride Arlette Schweitzer Center smiles As her daughter and son in Law Christa and Kevin Uchytil show the twins. Aberdeen . Apr six Day old Chad and Chelsea Uchytil the historic pair of twins delivered by their grandmother met the world a and yawned. They made their first Public appearance Friday. Their Mother Christa Uchytil 22, was born without a womb. Eggs taken from Uchytil a ovaries were fertilised with her husband s sperm and implanted in the uterus of her Mother Arlette Schweitzer Schweitzer 42, of Aberdeen is the first american woman to give birth to her daughters children. A South african woman gave birth in 1987 to triplets acting As a surrogate for her daughter. The twins were born by caesarean Section five weeks Early. Doctors say they May leave St. Luke s Midland regional medical Center on wednesday. A a it la feel pretty amazing a said mrs. Uchytil pronounced you Kuh Tilla a it la be a special time for us to go Home and have. Our whole  Christa Uchytil and her husband Kevin live in rapid City nearly 400 Miles away. She was at her mothers Side when the babies were delivered Uchytil missed the births by four hours because of the Long drive. The family has been very close throughout the pregnancy he said adding a a it a just been All a picture perfect  the new parents held their son and daughter during the 45-minute news conference. When Chad began to cry his father looked As if he Wasny to sure what to do. Arlette Schweitzer her husband Dan at her Side was matter of fact about her surrogacy. A i just Felt like a Mother helping her daughter a she said. She said the family has received hundreds of letters of support from around the world and no negative comments. Of a a nation and implantation procedures Cost about s7,000, most of it not covered by insurance. Police officer defends video made for banquet a l in i b a / a to a a. A Eureka cd a if. Apr a satirical video made Lor a police association banquet with skits showing the local police Captain beating a doll has outraged critics who say it belittles minorities and women. But police Cape. Murl Harpham said the tape has been taken out of context. A the entire thing is sort of a Takeoff on police Aca Emylie said thursday referring to the movies featuring the antics of police officers in training. He called the criticism a cop bashing a Linda Joplin state coordinator for californians National organization for women in Sacramento said Friday that she saw parts of the tape on the news. A i think it tells us a great Deal about their sensitivity toward the people they Are hired to serve and protect a she said. Quot they May consider this entertainment but it s exceedingly offensive to those people they re making fun  scenes included a police officer running Over a paper Carrier Harpham pretending to arrest a Barbie doll for prostitution and beating it with a Nightstick and an officer in blackface performing a skit in the style of Quot Homeboy shopping network from television s in Livina color. Harpham said the tape made for the Eureka police officers association awards banquet last year Wasny to in tended to offend. But he said he is writing a policy to make sure any future video ventures arc approved by him. The Barbie segment showed Harpham playing a character based on a a demented Quot Captain of the police Academy movies he said a they convinced me that this would be very hilarious at the awards banquet a he explained