European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 19, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 a the stars and stripes thursday december 19, 1991haitian deportations again barred before the new order barring deportations haitians in Miami protest a court order allowing refugees at Guantanamo Bay to be sent Home. Atlanta apr a . District court judge in Miami late tuesday issued a new order preventing deportation of thousands of haitian refugees to their strife torn nation Only hours after a three judge Federal appeals court panel overruled a previous deportation ban by the same judge. The 11th . Circuit court of appeals panel in a 2-1 ruling said the haitians Arentt protected by an International agreement on refugees because they did t reach the United states. The court dismissed a preliminary injunction by . District judge c. Clyde Atkins in Miami that had blocked deportation of the haitians held at the . Naval base at Guantanamo Bay Cuba. Base spokesman maj. Don Kappel said All was quiet there after the ruling. Late tuesday Atkins issued a temporary restraining order that prevents the government from sending Back any haitians before a hearing he set for Friday morning said Ira kurzban an attorney for the haitian refugee Center in Miami. The Center is suing to win political Asylum for the refugees. Plan puts Yosemite concessions Back in hands of americans Atkins order was based on Federal Law barring arbitrary actions by administrative agencies kurzban said. He said Atkins had asked the government to voluntarily not begin sending refugees Back to Haiti for 48 hours so he could review the appeals court decision and issued his emergency order when the government refused. The haitians fled their country after a military coup toppled president Jean Bertrand Aristide in september. Since oct. 29, the coast guard has intercepted More than 7,700 of the refugees at sea. The exodus picked up strength after a hemisphere wide economic embargo was imposed against Haiti to press for Aristides return. The United states and most other countries in the hemisphere do not recognize the current haitian government. Just before thanksgiving the . Military began setting up tents for the haitians at Guantanamo Bay. The Pentagon said coast guard cutters that had been picking up the refugees at sea had become intolerably overcrowded. Washington up the National Park service has announced a multimillion Dollar plan for improvements for Yosemite National Park without the use of tax dollars. The Park service Hopes the plan will be a Model for renovation at other National Parks. The plan contained in an environmental Impact statement would renovate and reduce lodgings in the California Park increase food services boost transportation and refocus souvenir sales at a total Cost of As much As $150 million Over the next 15 years. Quot the highlight of the process is the Federal government will he Able to gain control of All the assets without using any tax dollars. This has never been done before in the Park service Quot said Jim Ridenour director of the National Park service. I he plan Calls Tor the Park service to regain control of the Yosemite Concession from a subsidiary of Matsushita ltd., the japanese conglomerate whose acquisition of the Concession last year created controversy. Matsushita acquired the Concession As part fits $7 billion takeover of Mca inc., owner of a 30-Ycar Yosemite Concession contract through its Curry co. Subsidiary. Under the plan the National Parks foundation a nonprofit organization controlled by the Federal government will pay Matsushita $62.5 million to buy Back the Concession facilities and contract from Curry when the current contract expires in 1993. The Purchase will be financed by a loan from Matsushita to the foundation. The loan will be paid off using the Parks annual revenues. When Curry a contract expires the foundation will contract with a new concessioner who will pay for the renovation plan through the Park s $85 million in annual Concession revenues. In response to critics of the Matsushita acquisition of the Concession Ridenour conceded the Park service would rather have concessions at National facilities be in the hands of american firms. A for the treasures of the nation that we arc responsible for taking care of i would prefer that they the concessions Are in the hands of american owned companies Quot Ridenour said. He said the Park service is currently negotiating with six to 12 potential concessioner for Yosemite none of w hich is controlled by a foreign concern. The renovation Calls for replacing several dozen Cabins without toilets with More modern facilities As part of a 13 percent reduction in lodging in the Park an increase in food service including construction of a new grocery a doubling in shuttle bus service and a reduction in the commercialization of souvenir sales to focus More on environmental and natural themes. Yosemite one of the nations most popular tourist attractions will be visited by an estimated 3.4 million people this year. Women told walking cuts heart risk Dallas apr women who want to reduce their risk of heart disease Only have to walk a bit researchers said in a study published wednesday. Women Between Ages 28 and 40 can reduce their risk of heart disease by up to 18 percent by walking three Miles a Day five Days a week the study says. The amount of exercise needed to improve health and reduce risk of heart disease is considerably less than is required to improve fitness a such As losing weight or toning Muscles researcher John Duncan said tuesday. The study of 102 women was published in the journal of Jfe american medical association. Researchers found that women who took 12 minutes to walk a mile and women who took 20 minutes to walk a mile each had the same increase of 6 percent in  de Nefty Lipoprotein cholesterol. \ for a ctr it one percent of increase in the Hal a Good Quot cholesterol the risk of coronary disease decreases by 6 percent according to previous research. A a it a never Loo late to exercise and exercise at even Low Levels is inherently beneficial Quot Duncan said. A when you look at walking for health intensity does no to seem to be As  in the study conducted at the Cooper Institute for aerobics research in Dallas women were divided into two groups. One group included women who before the study did no to exercise regularly and the other included women who walked at a Pace of 20 minutes per mile. 15 when you look at walking Tor health intensity does t seem to be As important a researcher John Duncan minutes per mile and 12 minutes per mile. All the women walked three Miles a Day five Days a week and had an across the Board decrease in the risk of heart disease. The study also found that women walking at the fastest Pace increased their cardio respiratory fitness by an average of 16 percent roughly the same As women who Duncan said women in the study were 20 percent to 25 percent overweight. But they did no to lose weight in the 24-week study they decreased their percentages of body lat As fatty tissue was replaced by muscle tissue. If we can just convince the masses to take up a Little bit of exercise we can go a Long Way in preventing the number of deaths in America from heart disease a Duncan said. Previous studies have conic up with similar results. In Wake of the War reservist awarded posthumous degree Indianapolis Apall of her life. Lorraine Moyer Lawton dreamed of being a professor and she had almost reached her goal. But the army reservist was killed in an Accident in the aftermath of the persian Gulf War. This week Purdue University awarded her a posthumous doctorate in comparative literature. A i appreciate the fact that the University did it her husband Benjamin Lawton said tuesday in a Telephone interview from his West Lafayette Home. Lawton an associate professor of italian and film at Purdue and his wife were sent to saudi Arabia last december As reservists with the 21st theater area army come based at fort Benjamin Harrison at Indianapolis. At the time Lorraine Lawton a teaching assistant in French and italian at Purdue was on an Exchange program with the University of Grenoble in France. A she had been there about two or three months when she was activated and told to come Back to the states to go to saudi Arabia a Lawton said. Lawton who has served in the reserves about 14 years was in the army a inspector general corps. His wife a reservist for about five years was the Headquarters company commander for an administration battalion. Their unit was preparing to return Home in june when a Call went out for volunteers to extend their deployment. Instead of going Back in june Lawton said they decided to stay in order to let some of the others return Home. In july Lorraine Lawton 28, was killed in a military vehicle  reprimanded for erotic letter incident St. Petersburg Fla. A army officials have reprimanded a Reserve officer for poor judgment when he was lenient on soldiers involved in writing an erotic letter during the persian Gulf War. William h. Overton a Pinellas county judge Xerri reset a major serving in the i60th my in was reprimanded in response to a sexual harassment complaint filed by it. Victoria Hudson of Gainesville. Overton said a group of enlisted men and w Omen presented him with a joke Story about a lonely american soldiers sexual fantasies. He said a few Days later Hudson told him she had written Quot better letters to Playboy or Penthouse magazines. Overton said he jokingly asked her to write a similar letter. Hudson said she was offered time off in return for writing the letter