European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 8, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse To. Sad Helpes vol. 50, no. 359wednesday, april 8,1992 d 8693 Abush presses High court to overturn Legal abortions Washington a the Bush administration is again asking the supreme court to overturn its landmark ruling legalizing abortion a this time in a Case about a Pennsylvania Law that imposes a 24-hour waiting period and requires that a husband be notified. Reiterating a position it has taken in previous cases the Justice department said monday that the 1973 Roe is. Wade Deci Sion was wrong and should be set aside. The Friend of the court Brief by solicitor general Kenneth w. Starr asked the court to consider overruling Roe is. Wade in reviewing the Pennsylvania Law which requires a woman seeking an abortion to wait 24 hours and married women to notify their husbands before having an abortion. The Brief was filed one Day after an estimated 500,000 protesters marched in Washington in the biggest demonstration Ever held by abortion rights activists. Even if the High court does not specifically overturn the 1973 precedent the Justice department said the court should make Clear that women do not have a fundamental right to obtain an abortion under the Constitution. The department contended that states can restrict abortions because a the Protection of human life a in or out of the womb a is certainly the most compelling interest that a state can Starr said that if the court takes a narrower approach than overturning Roc is. Wade it can uphold the Pennsylvania Taw As advancing a a legitimate state a the states interest in prenatal life Issee Bush on Page 2 a University of Michigan fan prepares to add paper to a pillar for posting bulletins that was set afire in Ann Arbor. Fighting rages As . Accepts bosnian state Sarajevo Yugoslavia apr warplanes rocketed targets tuesday As violence raged on in the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Following the Lead of the european Community the United states recognized the republics Independence possibly stoking the violence. A raid by jets of the serbian dominated Federal air Force killed at least is people in Siroki Bri Jeg in the republics Western Herzegovina Region near the Adriatic coast bosnian radio and the military reported. Two More people died in sporadic overnight violence despite a curfew in the republics capital of Sarajevo. On monday serbian snipers there fired on thousands of peace protesters killing five. Police identified four gunmen who fired on the crowd As aides to Radovan Karadzic Leader of see state on Page 2texas Gas blast leaving at least 1 Brenham Texas apr an underground pipeline exploded in flames tuesday morning flattening Homes and killing at least one person officials said. Trinity medical Center in Brenham reported treating 15 people including three suffering from serious Burns who were transported by helicopter to hospitals in Houston. A the Dps Center in Bryan has said there Are numerous casualties Quot said department of Public safety spokesman Mike Cox. The Only confirmed death was that of a 6-year-old boy who was blown out of a flattened Mobile Home authorities said. Rescuers were searching damaged Homes in the area for More victims. The explosion occurred about 7 15 . In a Rural area seven Miles South of this East Texas town of 12,000. It rattled Homes and buildings As far away As Galveston More than 90 Miles away and Vidor 140 Miles to the East. A we had windows shaking pictures falling off the Wall. Our phones and electricity went out immediately Quot said Andrea Allen who lives near the blast site. A a t was worse than any earthquake in be Ever been through a she said. A i used to live in California and the Melee erupts after Michigan loses finals Ann Arbor Mich. Apr police fired tear Gas to break up a crowd of University of Michigan basketball fans after their team lost the National collegiate athletic association championship. North Carolinas see sports for full game coverage Duke University beat Michigan 71-51 to win the championship monday night. Four people including three officers suffered minor injuries during the violence in which the fans threw rocks bottles and a Bowling pin. Three people were arrested one for streaking Ana the others for hitting police horses authorities said. Fans some vomiting from the tear Gas and others weeping and coughing said police retaliated with no warning and Little provocation. A a a in be never actually seen anything like this incited before Quot said Chris Gottlieb a 26-year-old student. A a see Melee on Page 2 Vij unleashes fury dead 15 Hurt sound. It was like intensified Thunder that just kept going and going and shaking at the same at least one resident said pipeline workers had warned residents to turn off appliances because of a Gas leak in the area. The blast registered Between 3.5 and 4.0 on the Richter scale or As Strong As an earthquake that could cause slight to moderate damage. Flames were reported shooting 100 feet in the air immediately afterwards. A radio reporter said it looked a kind of Tike Kuwait Down there Quot with Oil Wells burning. The explosion ripped leaves from Trees and left trunks blackened. Nearby houses had windows blown out and about eight or 10 had roofs either gone or damaged. Livestock Lay dead in Fields. A it looks like a Tornado came through except there see blast on Page 2 Sas
