European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 8, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse The a a Sig Pes vol. 50, no. 359 a a . Iti Eviglia is Csc e skb3 35 wednesday 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 Roe is. Wade it can uphold the Pennsylvania Law As advancing a a legitimate state a the states interest in prenatal life is see 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. 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 Sporte 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 in be never actually seen anything like this incited before a said Chris Gottlieb a 26-year-old student. A a see Melee on Page 2serbs declare their own state within Bosnia from wire reports Sarajevo Yugoslavia a angered by the european Community a decision to recognize the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina serbs on tuesday proclaimed their own state within the troubled Republic As fighting raged on. Federal air Force jets bombed croatian targets in Western Herzegovina but bosnian Deputy Premier Muhamed Cengic said Federal army commanders had promised to accept an Independent Bosnia. Meanwhile the United states setting its policy in line with its european partners said tuesday that it is recognizing the Independence of three republics spinning off from Yugoslavia amid persistent violence. Secretary of state James a. Baker Iii made see serbs on Page 2admiral moving Forward on Effort to improve Naples Quality of life by Chuck Vinch Washington Bureau Washington a the Navy is on the verge of selecting contractors to begin work on the services new support Complex in Naples Italy the commander of . Naval forces Europe said monday. The action is part of a continuing Effort to improve the Quality of life for Navy personnel in Naples an Effort that has been picked up with zest by the new a Veur commander adm. Jeremy a a Mike Boorda. A a we be had several satisfactory bids for the support site which will include housing a new health clinic a new commissary and Exchange a Boorda said at a breakfast meeting with reporters in Washington. We expect to narrow Down the list of bidders in a week or so and we will make the final site selection very soon. That site will support the new naval support activity Complex that is under construction near Naples Capo Dichino Airport. A a we re building at Capo right now a Boorda said. A once that a done we Are out of Agnano part of the greater Naples area is the support activity s current Home. Despite his operational duties As Nav eur commander As Well As the chief of Allied forces Southern Europe Boorda said he has made Quality of life for Navy personnel in the Mediterranean Region his top concern since arriving at his Post four months ago. A look if you done to have people who Are Happy whose living conditions meet Basic standards they re not going to do a Good Job Over a Long period of time a said Boorda who started his career in the enlisted ranks and before coming to Europe served As the chief of the Navy a Bureau of personnel. That does no to mean life in a foreign nation should be the same As in the United states be said. It Isnit going to be like living in Kansas a he said. A the Navy s Way of doing business has not been to build a Little american Community in the Middle of see Naples on Page 2
