European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 4, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes wednesday december 4,1991 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 policy 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 we Tjie people who Are protected by . Law. We do not see tit to protect everyone no matter How moving their Case May be outside our territorial limits a Starr said. Refugee attorney Ira kurzban said haitians Are 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. Bradenton Fla. Apr president Bush on the defensive because of his handling of the Economy toured an Orange juice Plant in Florida tuesday and talked to workers about the Economy and problems of the homeless. Bush whose Job approval ratings have tumbled to their lowest level since be took office nearly three years ago came South on a trip he said gives him a Chance to a a listen to and learn from the american  Bush was also to tour a Meridian miss., electronics Plant which has thrived despite the recession. At the Plant Bush stopped to Chat with four women who were checking the Citrus fruits it uses for freshness. Shirley Yeck one of the women later said that they discussed the plight of the homeless with Bush. She said that even on the streets near the White House a there Are people who Are vagrants. They Lay on the Corner they re covered up with newspapers. He Bush said they re trying to do something about it. If they Are i Don t know. The presidents excursion followed by a Day his order 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 a 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 . Law 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. For administration agencies to try to improve unemployment Job training and other assistance programs. But the president unveiled no new programs to Spur an economic revival saying he was a not going to do anything  Bush has been under increasing pressure to offer a plan for stimulating the Economy. And he has been chastised by a growing chorus of critics a some of them republicans a for not acting More decisively to end the recession. Bush pointed to the trip As an indication of his concern for victims of the faltering Economy. A when people Are hurting out there. We be got to let them know we care a he told representatives of the real estate and Home building industries. Bush said he realizes that americans a want to know what their government is doing right now to get the Economy moving  he said he a will be pointing out difficult things and a certain sound things that i think offer Hope to the american  he gave no indication what they might be. .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 i chained in the family a Home were indicted monday on charges of kidnapping and child abuse. I a Tarrant county grand jury indicted Jay and Linda Hill of suburban White settlement on i charges of aggravated kidnapping and injury to a child according to records at the county jail. The two arc accused of abusing their 13-year-old i son Stephen who died in a Hospital nov. 16. He i went into a coma and did not regain consciousness. Linda Hill 37, notified police nov. 3 that Ste 1 phen hid a heart attack. When police arrived they found the boy severely underweight and i chained to a Cabinet in the Hills Home. I 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 Bond. Fire 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. 1 an electrical malfunction sparked the fire and explosions in a Utility chamber said Deputy fire i 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 i major explosion would shatter Glass and cause injun i Ries. No injuries were reported. Fire officials and Utility workers were investigating the cause of the fire. Iford vehicles recalled Dearborn Mich. A Ford motor co. Announced monday that it is recalling about 21,000 i 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. 1 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 i mail and asked to take the vehicles to their dealers to have the work performed at no  loses Arm Huntington . 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  laying off staff Knoxville Tenn. A the 106-year-old Knoxville journal said monday that it will Lay off its editorial staff and turn the afternoon newspaper into a weekly publication Jan. 1. A 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 staffers will lose their jobs. At least one cartoonist Charlie Daniel was hired immediately by the rival morning Knoxville news Sentinel. The journal s circulation in March was 40,946. The news Sentinel has a daily circulation of 104,545.2 nominated for Bench Washington 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. It Sotomayor 37, of Brooklyn was nominated for a 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. Bush talks to workers about Economy