European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 29, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday january 29, 1992 the stars and stripes b Pago 7 Law targeting dial a porn does t violate free speech from wire reports Washington the supreme court in monday cleared the Way for enforcement of a Federal Law designed to shield children from dial a porn Telephone services refusing to hear arguments that the Law infringes on free speech. The court without comment rejected a Challenge to a 1989 Law that requires Telephone companies to Block Access to the sexually explicit messages unless customers ask a in Advance and in writing a to receive the services. The Law known As the Helms amendment was enacted after the court struck Down Congress previous attempt to go after the dial a porn business. In that Case Sable communications is. Federal communications commission the court recognized the importance of protecting minors from being exposed to such messages but said an outright ban on dial a Pom went too supreme court far. Congress then swiftly passed the amendment offered by sen. Jesse Helms . In mondays Case dial information services corporation of new York is. Barr four dial a Pom companies attacked the Helms amendment As a violation of their Freedom of speech. Although a the indecent speech Here at Issue May to some be considered offensive a they told the court an appeals court ruling upholding the statute a broadly and unnecessarily curtailed a if not destroyed a adult Access to lawful protected  the Law was not enforced while the Case was pending. The companies argued that rather than letting them sell their services Only to those customers who request them the services should be available except to households where customers ask to have Calls to such 976 numbers blocked. The Justice department defending the Law argued that such voluntary blocking did not go far enough a in protecting the physical and psychological Well being of  it noted that a study cited by the Federal appeals court in new York in upholding the Law found that even after voluntary blocking had been available in the new York area for two years Only 4 percent of the regions 4.6 million residential telephones had been blocked. A that state of affairs did not result from voluntary choices by parents a the department added since half the residential customers did not know about the availability of either dial a Pom or the Means to Block it. Quoting from another dial a Pom Case the department said that requiring dial a Pom Consumers to subscribe in Advance is no different from a requesting admittance at a Box office to an adult movie or requesting a copy of an adult Magazine kept under the counter in a Plain Brown wrapper at the convenience  in a Friend of the court Brief urging the court to hear the Case the Lambda Legal defense and education fund a Gay rights group said the services provide a risk free sexual satisfaction in the midst of the aids crisis and for Many Gay people a offer an Opportunity to engage in intimate adult communication while retaining a deeply desired and guarded  in addition to refusing to hear a constitutional Challenge to the dial a Pom ruling the supreme court on monday a ruled 6-3 that labor unions almost never will be allowed to go onto a company a private property to pass out leaflets seeking to get the workers there to join the Union. Overturning a flexible policy followed for More than three years by the National labor relations Board the court ruled in a Connecticut shopping Center Case that Federal labor Law bars unions from company property unless there is nowhere else within reason that they can Contact the employees. A agreed to Rule on the constitutionality of a state Law seeking to keep hazardous wastes from other states from being dumped there by imposing a tax on disposal of other states dangerous trash. The Case involves an Alabama tax upheld by the state supreme court. A final ruling is expected by summer. A agreed to decide whether it Breaks Federal Law for one fast food restaurant Chain to copy the a a look a the design and layout a of a competitor s restaurants. The Issue arose in a trademark fight Between two mexican style restaurant chains based in Texas. A lower court barred the copying and assessed $2 million in damages. A gave three new England states permission to sue a fourth to try to keep that state from shifting the Burden of paying taxes on electricity bought from the sea Brook n.h., nuclear Power station to customers elsewhere in new Englann defense seeks to contrast Tyson in courtroom with Boxer in ring Indianapolis apr Mike Tyson a lawyers in their role of the jury selection process sought to draw a distinction Between the brute in the ring and the Man in the courtroom. A do you appreciate that the personality of a Boxer in the ring May be different from the personality of a Boxer in the courtroom a defense attorney Vincent Fuller asked prospective jurors in the rape Case monday. Tyson 25, stifled yawns doodled on a pad and occasionally conferred with his lawyers. Mostly he stared or looked Down leaning out of Range of a closed circuit camera that carried proceedings to reporters in a room nearby. Superior court judge Patricia j. Gifford set tuesday As the deadline for picking 12 jurors and four alternates. Five jurors one woman and four men were seated monday and two More were seated during tuesday morning sessions. Tuesdays jury selection proceedings got under Way with defense lawyer Kathleen Beggs questioning a 31-year-old office worker who said she had no interest in boxing and did not follow sports. A do you think an 18-year-old should be treated As an adult when it comes to sexual activity a Beggs asked. A yes a answered the woman. She ultimately was chosen forthe jury along with a 37-year-old marketing manager who said he was a not a major fan of  Tyson a accuser an 18-year-old miss Black America contestant told police she met Tyson at a pageant rehearsal and went to his hotel room july 19, where he allegedly restrained her on the bed fondled her performed Oral sex and raped her. If convicted the former heavyweight Champion could get 63 years in prison. Tyson insists the woman consented to sex. And his lawyers monday made it Clear one key to their defense will be whether she said  a a a not Means a no a a prosecutor Greg Garrison told Mike Tyson leaves an Indianapolis courtroom monday during a recess in the jury selection. Prospective jurors. A a woman is in charge of her body at All  but Fuller said that a a yes might be conveyed without speaking the word. A do you agree that consent can be expressed or implied a he asked a woman who agreed. She was later excused. Fuller also asked a prospective juror a do you believe Mike Tyson is violent a a in the ring he is a replied the Man who eventually was seated. Disabled group suing Over Empire state building from wire reports new York a a group of disabled activists struggled to the top of the Empire state building on monday in a protest to show that the landmark is inaccessible to the handicapped. Also monday disabled in action of metropolitan new York a group that champions civil rights for the disabled tiled a lawsuit with the . Justice department against the buildings owner and manager. About 24 people including 12 in wheelchairs took an elevator to the buildings 86th floor Observatory but were unable to see the View because they could not negotiate five Steps leading to the main floor. They then went to the 102nd floor a the top a but had to travel one at a time because elevators leading there were so narrow. All they could see from their sitting positions was a Concrete  lawsuit names Prudential reality which owns the building and Helmsley Spear its manager with failing to make the building accessible to the handicapped. Attorney Cary Lahcen said the lawsuit was filed under the Public accommodations provisions of the americans with disabilities act which took effect sunday. The Law requires state and local governments employers transportation and telecommunications companies to provide services to people with disabilities. A spokesman for the buildings owners Joe Carella said an architectural firm recently was hired to see How to a Best remove obstacles that face the physically  quakes shake Alaska Anchorage Alaska a two moderate earthquakes Shook Interior Alaska but there were no immediate reports of any damage or injuries. Authorities said the quakes one sunday night and the other Early monday had preliminary magnitudes of 4.7 on the Richter scale. The first quake was entered in a Remote area about 110 Miles Southwest of Fairbanks and Wasny to widely noticed. But the second entered about 90 Miles Northeast of Anchorage was Felt by residents from Fairbanks to Anchorage officials said. The Richter scale is a measure of ground motion As recorded on seismographs. Every increase of one number Means a tenfold increase in magnitude. The 1964 a Good Friday earthquake in Alaska measured 9.2 on the Richter scale. It generated Large Waves that devastated several coastal communities and killed 131 people As far South As Oregon and Hawaii. Mascot to put safety first Indianapolis a drinkers at two Indianapolis taverns will have unusual company on Valentines Day a a Captain condom Quot a humanized prophylactic Mascot who will be doling out condoms and Safe sex literature. The visitations will be the work of planned parenthood of Central Indiana which traditionally Marks the feb. 14 Holiday with condom giveaways at All 10 of its clinics. Valentines Day Marks the Start of National condom week. Bay area code changed san Francisco a Pacific Belles Call for change became final monday As Oakland Berkeley and other cities on the East Side of the san Francisco Bay got a new area code. The 510 area code for Alameda and Contra Costa counties took effect last fall but callers from san Francisco could get away with not dealing the extra digits until monday. The Telephone company gave businesses five extra months to update their stationery from the old 415 area code which san Francisco and neighbouring cities still will use. The new area code will make available enough new Telephone numbers for at least a few years officials say. Telephone number duplications become possible after More than 7 million seven digit combinations Are assigned