European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 4, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 a the stars and stripes wednesday december 4, 1991 r haitians demonstrate outside a Miami Federal courtroom where refugee policies were being debated. Fleeing haitians not covered by . Law official tells court Miami apr haitians stopped at sea while trying to flee to the United states have no rights under american Laws the . Solicitor general said monday. Meanwhile an attorney for a refugee group said the haitians Are being treated unfairly. . District judge c. Clyde Atkins heard arguments on whether to lift a ban on returning 6,400 haitians who fled their Homeland following a military coup in Hopes of being granted Asylum in the United states. At Issue is whether Brief shipboard interviews can adequately determine whether haitians fear for their lives or just want to escape poverty. The return of haitians was stopped nov. 19 after refugee advocates challenged the governments 11-year-old interdiction polity. Solicitor general Kenneth Starr making a rare appearance in a District court Case said that Only the executive Branch can decide refugee policy. A it is a we the people who arc protected by . Law. We do not see fit to protect everyone no matter How moving their Case May be outside our territorial limits a a Starr said. Refugee attorney Ira kurzban said haitians arc being denied a fair Chance to seek political Asylum because immigration agents know Little about the political situation in Haiti. Kurzban said one interviewer for the immigration and naturalization service had never adjudicated Asylum claims before sending More than 50 people Back to Haiti. Knoxville Tenn. Apr the 106-year-old Knoxville journal said monday that it will Lay off its editorial Staft and turn the afternoon newspaper into a weekly publication. It was a difficult decision a said Gerald Garcia journal editor and publisher. A i am saddened by what we had to  the journals 69 stutters will lose their jobs. At least one cartoonist Charlie Daniel was hired immediately by the rival morning Knoxville news Sentinel. The journals circulation in March was 40,946. The news Sentinel has a daily circulation of 104,545. The newspaper will cease daily publication on dec. 31. It will become the weekend journal a weekly publication featuring local news entertainment and sports. It would have a controlled distribution focusing on 32,000 households in Knoxville s suburbs Garcia said. Employees who Learned the news shortly before Garcia met with advertisers monday morning will receive a Severance package including extended health insurance full status in an employee Stock ownership a the had no idea who Gen. Raoul Cedras was the Leader of the military coup in Haiti a kurzban told the judge. As the lawyers debated inside about 200 haitians stood outside the courtroom singing chanting and waving placards with messages including a Justice for Black  Atkins did not immediately Rule following the hearing. The rising tide of refugees following the sept. 30 ouster of haitian president Jean Bertrand Aristide included 458 removed by the coast guard from overloaded sailboats off Haiti Over the weekend. The government interviewed and then returned 538 refugees to Haiti in november before the haitian refugee Center in Miami sued successfully for temporary ban on the repatriations. That allowed attorneys to gather testimony from the refugees and immigration officials. The . Military built a tent City at the . Navy base at Guantanamo Bay Cuba after the court order. Under .haw, Only foreigners found to have a legitimate fear of political persecution Are entitled to Asylum. Exceptions have been made for those fleeing communism in Cuba and Nicaragua. The coast guard on monday said it had removed 6,372 haitians from 91 vessels in the last month. About 3,100 were housed in tents at Guantanamo. About 350 were sent to Camps in Venezuela and Honduras and the rest remain on coast guard cutters and Navy ships. Plan and Job placement assistance. The decision comes 17 months after the owners of the news Sentinel agreed to pay $40 million to dissolve a 34-year-old joint operating agreement with the afternoon journal effective dec. 31. The agreement Between the news Sentinel owned by . Scripps co. Of Cincinnati and the journal owned by Persis corp. Of Honolulu was one of the oldest joint newspaper relationships in the country. Such agreements provide antitrust exemptions in an Effort to keep newspaper Competition alive. Newspapers especially afternoon papers have been hard hit by changes in american readers lifestyles Reading habits and Competition from other news Media. At the end of last year editor and publisher a Trade Magazine listed 1,084 afternoon papers in the United Stales and 559 morning papers. In 1960, there were 1,459 afternoon papers and Only 312 morning papers. But in terms of circulation today a afternoon papers have 21 million readers compared with 41 million for morning papers. .son s chaining death result in parents arrest from wire reports fort Worth Texas a the parents of a starving boy who died two weeks after he was found chained in the family a Home were indicted monday on charges of kidnapping and child Abus get. A Tarrant county grand jury indicted Jay and Linda Hill of suburban White settlement on charges of aggravated kidnapping and injury to a child according to records at the county Jyril. The two Are accused of abusing their 13-year-old son Stephen who died in a Hospital nov. 16. He went into a coma and did not regain consciousness. Linda Hill 37, notified police nov. 3 that Stephen had a heart attack. When police arrived they found the boy severely underweight and chained to a Cabinet in the Hills Home. She remained in the jail on monday night in lieu of $100,000 Bond. Jay Hill also remained in jail monday night on $200,000  prompts evacuation Pittsburgh a a fire in an underground Utility Tunnel monday forced the evacuation of More than 2,000 people from downtown government and office buildings. An electrical malfunction sparked the fire and explosions in a Utility chamber said Deputy fire chief John Gourley. It was brought under control about an hour later. Offices with windows facing an intersection above the Tunnel were evacuated for fear that a major explosion would shatter Glass and cause injuries. No injuries were reported. Fire officials and Utility workers were investigating the cause of the  vehicles recalled Dearborn Mich. A Ford motor co. Announced monday that it is recalling about 21,000 1985-and 1986-Model Bronco econ line and of series Light trucks that May exceed Federal emissions standards. The trucks Are equipped with 4.9-liter engines built for Sale in High Altitude areas. To Correct the problem dealers Are asked to replace the spark plugs and to install a vacuum retard delay valve. Owners will be notified by mail and asked to take the vehicles to their dealers to have the work performed at no  loses Arm Huntington . A a Man who lost a leg in a previous car Accident was in critical condition monday after his right Arm was severed in a hit and run Accident. Shelby Hall 22, of Puritan was struck Early sunday in Lincoln City said Mingo county sheriff Gerald l. Chafin. Hall also suffered a head injury. He had lost a leg when he was struck by a car several years ago Chafin  with punch v Saugus Calif. A a squabble Over a bag of potato chips turned into a Brawl involving about 40 inmates at a los Angeles county prison Camp. Two inmates negotiating a Sale of the chips late sunday first argued then started fighting. About 40 of the 92 inmates in the prison dormitory joined in by fighting or urging others to fight said Deputy Gabe Ramirez. Although the initial dispute was not racially motivated the subsequent dozen fights that broke out were divided along racial lines a sheriffs statement said. Nineteen inmates suffered minor injuries Ramirez said.2 nominated for Bench Washington a president Bush said monday that he will nominate Brooklyn Law school Dean David g. Trager and attorney Sonia Soto mayor to be . District judges in new York. Trager 53, was nominated for a new position in the Eastern District of new York. He has been Dean of the Law school since 1983. Sotomayor 37, of Brooklyn was nominated for a seat in the Southern District of new York. Since 1984, she has been with the Law firm of Pavia amp Harcourt. She is also a former assistant District attorney in new York county. Knoxville paper lays off staff