European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 21, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Saturday december 21, 1991 the stars and stripes a Page 7court oks deportation of haitians the stars and stripes from wire reports Atlanta a an appeals court thursday for the second time this week overruled a lower court and said the government can Start sending Home thousands of haitian refugees picked up at sea. The same panel of the 11th . Circuit court of appeals on tuesday night lifted a deportation ban imposed by . District judge c. Clyde Atkins in Miami but hours later Atkins issued a new ban on different grounds. By the same 2-1 vote the appeals panel on thursday night overruled Atkins. It was unclear when deportations May begin. State department spokesman Colin Cleary said he Hadnot yet heard about the ruling and comment. A lawyer for a refugees group in Miami that has been fighting to Block the deportations said he is worried refugees could Start being sent Back to Haiti. But he said he planned no immediate action since a hearing already was scheduled for Friday morning before Atkins. A a we re going to go to judge Atkins tomorrow and then if we need to go to the supreme court a said Ira kurzban lawyer for the haitian refugees Center. But top military and civilian officials said that unless the courts Rule otherwise the administration would move swiftly to return All the haitians who do not qualify for political Asylum a about 80 percent of the More than 6,000 at the . Naval base at Guantanamo Bay Cuba. A senior military officer said the plan is to take about 250 refugees a Day from Guantanamo by sea to port a Prince. If that Effort goes smoothly other haitians will be airlifted he said. He said the administration would Monitor the haitians arrival closely to make sure there Are no reprisals by the military government that ousted Haiti a first elected president on sept. 30. If such reprisals occur he said the administration May reassess the policy. The haitians fled their country after president Jean Bertrand Aristide was overthrown. Since oct. 29, the coast guard has intercepted More than 7,700 of the refugees at sea. As of thursday morning 6,202 of them were being held at Guantanamo Bay. Of the rest the government determined that More than 1,000 have plausible claims for political Asylum and about 500 others were sent Back to Haiti before Atkins first blocked the move. One effect of Atkins a ruling has been a dramatic increase in the percentage of boat people found to be political refugees. Only 6 percent of the boat people interviewed by immigration officials on the cutters were found qualified for Asylum. The average now is about 18 percent Overall with As Many As a third of those interviewed at Guantanamo apparently qualifying. Refugee rights lawyers say the increased percentage proves allegations in their lawsuit that the on Board screening process was unfairly excluding refugees. Kurzban said sending Bona fide refugees Back a would be to Send them Back As president Bush said to a totalitarian in port a Prince a coast guard Cutter brought Home 22 haitians on thursday who said they were caught in the Middle of the refugee crisis and asked to be returned. The 22 haitians each of whom carried a Small bundle of personal belongings descended by gangplank from the Cutter thetis. They said that they had All been accidental victims in the refugee crisis either picked up at sea by the coast guard while fishing or passengers on boats making local trips that were hijacked by other haitians desperate to reach the United states. Haitians who voluntarily left Guantanamo Bay return to port a Prince on thursday. Nike violated company s trademark judge rules by the los Angeles times los Angeles a Nike inc. Is withdrawing up to $5 million Worth of shoes and clothing from the marketplace after a Federal judge found that the Oregon apparel giant deliberately infringed on a Small company a name and trademark. Last month judge David v. Kenyon of . District court in los Angeles issued a preliminary injunction against Nike a advertising or Selling its Side 1 line of women a aerobic footwear and apparel ruling that the lines name and logo were too similar to those of Pasadena hideout sport. In a follow up order wednesday Kenyon added that he believed that Nike had infringed intentionally on the name and trademark a although the court previously ruled that the evidence As to Nike a intent is inconclusive a Kenyon wrote a upon further and considerable reflection the court finds it inconceivable that Nike did not realize How closely its Side 1�?T trademark in its current elongated lettering style resembles Side out a the injunction became effective thursday when hideout sport posted a $100,000 Bond to cover damages to Nike should hideout lose its lawsuit during an upcoming trial. However . Penney lady foot locker and other Chain stores began pulling Side 1 items from their Michigan murder probe ordered into or. Death Pontiac Mich. Up the Oakland county prosecutor has asked a grand jury to conduct a murder investigation of or. Jack Kevorkian the mercy killing advocate known As a Cdr. prosecutor Richard Thompson acted thursday after medical examiner or. . Dragovic wrote a a homicide As the cause of death of two women who died oct. 23 with the help of Kevorkian inventor of a so called a suicide Kevorkian a attorney Geoffrey Fieger accused Dragovic of lying and Thompson of conducting a an but Thompson said that by presenting his Case to the grand jury he was treating it the same As any unsolved death. The panel which meets Early next year can compel testimony or Lodge contempt Cit nations. Fieger charged there was no basis in fact or Medicine for Dragovic to Call the deaths homicide a other than his secret agreement to act As a willing accomplice of prosecutor Richard Thompsons self righteous crusade to drag the people of Michigan into the dark he also said he would file suit in Federal court in Detroit against members of the state Board of Medicine for suspending Kevorkian a medical License. Kevorkian so suicide machine allows a person to inject a lethal combination of chemicals. He was charged with murder for allowing a woman to use it in 1990, but the charge was dropped. Until wednesday the causes of death of Sherry Miller 43, and Marjorie Wantz 58, had been listed As Miller had multiple sclerosis and Wantz suffered from a painful but not terminal Pelvic disease. Kevorkian has crusade for Laws sanctioning assisted suicide. A Bill to ban assisted suicide is pending in the Michigan legislature. Or. Jack Kevorkian shelves after thanksgiving when they Learned of the initial ruling representatives for the retailers said. Deborah Johnsen general manager of the Side 1 line said that although Nike remained optimistic that it could win the Case in court the ruling would completely Knock out Side los Spring line which accounts for about half of its $8 million to $10 million annual sales. Hideout sport uses a distinctive Triangle in a Square logo to Market its line of sportswear associated with Beach volleyball. Nike argued that there was Little possibility of consumer confusion because hideout docs not sell shoes and Aims its line at Young men.6 people killed in Rural shootings North port Fla. Up two masked men shot and killed four people in an apparent burglary at a Rural Home thursday and two people were fatally shot at port Charlotte seven Miles away police said. Police have not yet made a link Between the cases but a connection was not ruled out. The four North port victims were not identified although police said one of the dead was a 37-year-old Man. The others were his stepchildren a two boys Ages 9 and 11, and a 13-year-old girl. An 8-year-old boy was also shot and was listed in critical condition thursday. A fall of the deceased were shot in head and most suffered multiple wounds a said North port detective Bob Lovitt. But Lovitt said the wife of the dead Man escaped the Home unharmed. She grabbed a portable Telephone and ran Down a Road while she called 911. In the port Charlotte Case police identified the victims As Rita and Paul Stasny both in their 70s
