European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 31, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday March 31, 1992 the stars and stripes a Page 7abortion activists rally in san Francisco san Francisco up a tens of thousands of people converged on downtown san Francisco on sunday to March in support of abortion rights in what organizers touted As the largest turnout of its kind in the City a history. Police estimated the crowd at 25,000, but organizers put the turnout at More than 70,000. Rally coordinator Elizabeth Toledo said the turnout was a reflection of the growing concern about the status of women a rights in the country. A the political environment around women a rights has never been so explosive a Toledo said. She said recent events such As the Clarence Thomas supreme court confirmation hearings and the decision to enforce the so called a gag rules that prohibits federally funded health clinics from discussing abortion with patients have propelled women a issues to the forefront of the nations consciousness. A primary concern expressed by speakers and marchers was the possibility that the supreme court would overturn Roe is. Wade the landmark 1973 Case that legalized abortion in the United states. Another important abortion decision is set to be handed Down this summer in planned parenthood is. Casey and Many fear it will become a tool to overturn Roe. Demonstrator Erica Chriss 17, was born after the 1973 ruling but said she fears the pending supreme court action. A i think its a real possibility we could go Back to those archaic times a Chriss said. During the March women chanted a your bodies our lives our right to decided and carried coat hangers As symbolic reminders of the pre Roe years when Many women underwent self induced or illegal botched abortions. Among the speakers addressing the rally was Norma Mccorvey better known As the plaintiff Jane Roe of the 1973 Case. Mccorvey focused on election year politics and encouraged listeners to vote for candidates who support abortion rights. Demonstrators cheer at a rally in downtown san Francisco on sunday in support of abortion rights. A the pro Choice movement is going to the ballot Box and that a where we All should go in november a Mccorvey told the crowd. A number of political notables were also in attendance including former san Francisco mayor Dianne Feinstein and . Rep. Barbara Boxer both of whom Are running for a . Senate seat in California. A we Are in a struggle to protect the right to choose a Boxer said. A a it a crucial to put women in political office to represent women on these  Patricia Ireland president of the National Organiza fiber cancer link to be studied St. Petersburg Fla. A the american cancer society is planning a Large study of whether eating a lot of fiber really reduces the risk of col rectal cancer its president said sunday. The society also plans to test whether breast cancer patients can lower their risk of relapse by shedding excess weight with a Low fat diet or. Walter Lawrence or. Said. Col rectal cancer which is cancer of the Colon or rectum is expected to strike More than 150,000 americans this year. The society already recommends eating High fiber foods such As whole Grain cereals vegetables and fruits As a possible Way to reduce the risk of col rectal cancer. Prior studies give evidence for that Lawrence said in an interview before speaking at the society a annual science writers seminar. But Overall the evidence so far that fiber protects against col rectal cancer is weak researcher to Freudenheim of the state University of new York at Buffalo said in a Telephone interview. The evidence for Protection is stronger for fiber from vegetables than from grains she said adding that the proposed study would be worthwhile. The study is to involve about 2,000 people who have had one or More polyps in the Colon or rectum but who do not have an inherited tendency toward them. Polyps can develop into cancer Lawrence said so if in creased fiber intake inhibits the polyps it probably protects against cancer. If an initial smaller study shows the full scale project would be feasible half the study participants would take a wheat fiber supplement to raise their total intake of dietary fiber to about 30 to 35 Grams a Day. That is around three times the average americans intake. The other half would take a bogus supplement with similar appearance and taste. All participants in both groups would be encouraged to follow the cancer society a dietary guidelines. Doctors would then see if the High fiber group developed fewer polyps than the other group. Results should be available in five years said or. Daniel Nixon a cancer society vice president who will oversee the project. The breast cancer study will begin with a smaller project to see if participants will follow a diet in which 15 percent of calories come from fat. The typical american diet draws 35 percent to 40 percent of calories from fat Nixon said. If the initial phase shows feasibility the full study would include 1,800 Post menopausal breast cancer patients who Are taking chemotherapy and weigh at least 5 percent More than is Ideal. Randomly chosen participants would follow the Low fat diet. Researchers would then see if those who lose weight also live longer and have More time without a return of breast cancer. Tyson treated unfairly polled Blacks say new York up a a slight majority of Blacks a convicted rapist Mike Tyson has been treated unfairly and 51 percent believe the Quality of life for lacks in the past decade has deteriorated a poll said saturday. Black dissatisfaction was up by 15 percent since a similar poll in april 1991, when 36 percent said the Quality of life had diminished according to the National Oll conducted by the Gallup organization for news Veek Magazine. In the poll published in Newsweek a pril 6 edition 56 percent of Blacks questioned said Lyson was not treated fairly by society. On Friday the he former heavyweight boxing Champion began a six ear prison sentence for a rape conviction. Both Tyson and the teen he was convicted of raping ire Black. The victim then-18-year-old Desiree Washngton was competing in the miss Black America Beauty pageant when the attack occurred. The poll conducted Between wednesday and Friday last week questioned 511 Black adults and has a margin of error of plus or minus 5 percentage Points. The Survey also asked Blacks How they Felt about the treatment of . Supreme court Justice Clarence Thomas. Thomas televised confirmation hearings focused heavily on accusations that the Jurist who is Black had sexually harassed Law professor Anita Hill who is also Black. Forty nine percent of those polled said Thomas had received fair treatment while 32 percent said the treatment was unfair. Another 19 percent said they did no to know or  answer the question. Some 55 percent said former Washington d.c., mayor Marion Barry convicted on a drug charge was treated fairly while 23 percent disagreed. Barry has said he was targeted by prosecutors because he is Black. Tion for women agreed. A a we be got to mobilize and elect All the people who Are in favor of women a rights a Ireland said. A a we be got to Stop begging men in Power for our  Ireland encouraged the crowd to take an Active role in other issues including sexual harassment in the workplace economic Equality for women and Domestic violence. Sundays March was a precursor to a rally scheduled next month in Washington d.c., which abortion rights activists Hope will draw 1 million , speech by founder of . Red Cross located from wire reports Geneva . A a letter and speech Handwritten More than 100 years ago by Clara Barton founder of the american red Cross have been discovered in an attic. Elsie Gracey whose family knew Barton found the 12-Page memorial Day address written in 1883, and the letter written in 1894, in a tin Box along with newspaper clippings about Barton in her attic. The Geneva historical society in this upstate new York town has agreed to care for the papers until a decision is made on their preservation and Public display. Their value has not yet been  evidence found Harrisburg a. Key evidence in the 1979 slaying of a High school English teacher and her two children has been found in the attic of the cases Lead investigator a defense attorney said. Jay c. Smith a former High school principal was sentenced to death for murdering Susan Reinert and her children Ages 11 and 10, to collect a $750,000 insurance policy. He was granted a new trial in 1989. Defense attorney William c. Costopolos said he Learned tuesday that a Flea Market operator found a Box in trooper Jack Holtzm a attic containing a duplicate of a comb that connected Smith to the crime 22 notebooks and a letter from author Joseph Wambaugh offering an investigator $50, xxx before arrests were made the sunday Patriot news of Harrisburg reported. Wambaugh a Book about the Case echoes in the darkness became a Best seller. Costopolos asked a judge Friday to order prosecutors to explain Why the evidence was kept secret. William s. Bradfield jr., another teacher was convicted of conspiracy in the murders and is serving three consecutive life sentences