European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 1, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 8 b the stars and stripes Friday november 1, 1991condom Law causes split in Ireland Dublin Ireland apr in Ireland you can get married at 16, but must wait until turning 18 before you can legally buy a condom. The government is moving to change that Law prodded in part by the spread of aids. However the proposal to lower the age for purchasing a condom to 17 has pitted conservative roman catholics who believe All forms of artificial contraception Are morally wrong against More Liberal minded Irish who believe condoms should be used to help prevent the spreading of disease. The Issue is so charged that prime minister Charles Haughey backed off an earlier proposal that would have lowered the minimum Legal age for buying condoms to 16. The measure would have barred the Sale of condoms in vending machines. Now Only approved pharmacies family planning clinics and doctors can legally dispense condoms. However Young people can buy them openly at an illegal counter at the Virgin Mega store a big record shop and from a vending machine at Trinity College s student Union. The Union gave away 1,500 condoms at the freshmen a Ball this fall. A the governments attitude towards contraception is extremely dangerous in this country Given the extent of aids and the extent of unwanted pregnancies a said Rory Keeley a student representative at Trinity College. To Date 214 people have contracted aids in Ireland and 91 of them have died according to the department of health. Although abortion is illegal in Ireland British government statistics show that 4,000 Irish women a year seek abortions in Britain and the real figure is believed to be closer to 8,000, said Jon of Brien a spokesman for the Irish family planning association. The governments proposal faces Strong opposition from the Church. As the Rev. Seamus of Ceallaig said in a letter published recently in the Irish times a each and every use of condoms is grievously More than 90 percent of Ireland a people Are Catholic cafe but Many part ways with their pastors on birth control issues. A poll published in the Irish Independent newspaper in March showed that 57 percent of those surveyed favored wider distribution of condoms. Ooh Tannenbaum japanese worker Dies in Christo Art Accident Tokyo apr a japanese worker was killed by an electrical Shock thursday while helping to remove 1,340 Blue parasols arrayed in a Valley by environmental artist Christo police said. Masaaki Nakamura 51, was operating a Crane to remove a closed umbrella when the cranes Arm touched a 65,000-Volt High tension line about 25 feet above the ground said an official of Hitachi Ota police speaking on condition of anonymity. It was the second death to hit Christous two nation umbrella Art project. Saturday High winds blew an umbrella across a Road at the project s other site in California and crushed a 33-year-old woman against a Boulder. On oct. 9, Christo began a simultaneous display of 1,340 Blue parasols in Iba Raki North of Tokyo and 1,760 yellow umbrellas in the Tejon pass in California. Each 20-foot umbrella weighs about 480 pounds. The project was closed last sunday three Days earlier than scheduled out of respect for the California victim. Christo said in California on monday that he was saddened by the woman a death and that the Accident underscored the unpredictability of nature which his Art expresses. A the Beauty the tragedy the Joy is part of that project a he said. Earlier Shigeru Oda of the Ibaraki state government said More than 500,000 people had visited the umbrella arrangement in Japan and that the event was a Success. Kohl s youngest son Hurt As car skids off Italy Road a giant Christmas tree draws curious shoppers at a department store in Tokyo a Ginza District tuesday. The 16-foot tree imported from Germany a Christmas Village Rothenburg of Der Tauber was festooned with 5,400 lights. It was the Centrepiece of a Christmas Village recreating an ancient european town. The store decorated its Interior and exterior for the Holiday season two weeks Early this year. Rovigo Italy up a the younger son of German Chancellor Helmut Kohl was seriously injured thursday when his car skidded off the superhighway Between Padua and Bologna in Northern Italy police reported. Police said Peter Kohl 26, was alone at the wheel of his Volkswagen Golf when it skidded off the Autostrada near the turnoff for Bora about 18 Miles North of Rovigo which is 30 Miles Southeast of Venice. Kohl was driving toward Bologna and police said there was no immediate indication of what caused him to loser control of his car. Full details of his injuries were not immediately available but police said he suffered serious Chest injuries. An ambulance took Kohl to a Rovigo Hospital where he was placed under intensive care. He was later flown in a helicopter to the new City Hospital in Monza just North of Milan. Peter Kohl is the younger of the German chancellors two sons and has an elder brother Walter 29. He studied in the United states where he received a degree in mathematics and computer technology official sources said in Bonn. The sources said the chancellors wife Hannelore left by plane for Italy As soon As she heard of the Accident. Chancellor Kohl returned to the German capital wednesday from a 10-Day visit to Brazil. Team to search for Columbus ship Panama City Panama up a group of . Archaeologists will search extensively for a ship that Sank in Panama in 1503 and belonged to a Fleet led by Christopher Columbus. A this will be the most comprehensive search Ever for one of Columbus missing ships Quot Donald Keith one of the archaeologists said at a news conference wednesday. The search will begin in april and last for six months. It coincides with the 500th anniversary of the european discovery of America the ship. La Gallega is one of a total of eight that wrecked and Sank in different locations in the Caribbean during Columbus four voyages to the american continent Between 1492 and 1503. So far none of the ships has been found but Keith said his group was optimistic they would find la Galle a. A we believe the ship is there and will be found but i can to say when a he said. A the ship was one of four on Columbus last trip to the americas in 1503. Because of bad weather the sailors were forced to seek Refuge in a River on Panama s Atlantic coast. As three of the ships later sailed out the fourth was attacked by indians. The Crew was rescued but Columbus was forced to leave behind la Gallega which is believed to have sunk gradually panamanian officials said. Keith and the other archaeologists belong to the ships of discovery research Institute in Dallas founded in 1982. Since 1987, the Institute has sent various missions in Panama to narrow Down the search but next year s Mission will be the most extensive lasting about six months said Marcela Camargo an official of Panama s National culture Institute. A if we done to find the ship during that period we will organize another six month Mission Quot Keith of nazi Camps in East to be revised Berlin apr a German government commission has proposed revisions in the histories of several nazi concentration Camps in former East Germany that they said overemphasized the plight of communist inmates. Experts on the panel said wednesday that the historical displays at the Raven Briick and Sach Senhausen concentration Camps must be changed to remove a one sided accounts that gave More prominence to communist prisoners. Displays in the Camps were compiled by East Germany a former communist government and currently give More space to the suffering of communist inmates than to jews gypsies homosexuals or hitlers other political opposition
