European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 22, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday May 22, 1992 the stars and stripes a Page 7 artists protest ban on sexual exhibits wants Juk files opened Marina Oswald Porter widow of president Kennedy a alleged Assassin urged Congress on wednesday to pass legislation requiring that All government files in the 1963 slaying Case be opened. A a in a looking for peace of mind a the russian born widow of Lee Harvey Oswald told a news conference organized by the producers of the film Juk. As a human being in a very tired to be tossed around Between All the pro conspiracy theories the government theories and All  Washington a a second artists group has suspended Grant review work for the National endowment for the arts in protest Over decisions by its new chairwoman that overruled decisions by similar advisory panels. The latest group said it could not carry out its duties As Long As acting chairwoman Anne Imelda Radicc refuses to explain or reverse her disapproval of two exhibits recommended by other advisory panels that include the portrayal of sex organs. It demanded a statement from radice that the recommendations of peer review panels and the advisory National Council of the arts a be respected and supported and will not be rejected without sufficient written artistic  they also wanted her to approve funding for the exhibits in question one by the list visual arts Center at the Massachusetts Institute of technology and Virginia Commonwealth University Sanderson gallery. But Radicc refused and the panel disbanded without reviewing any of the 101 applications before it. The $210,000 earmarked for their category a Solo theater artists including puppeteers mimes storytellers movement artists and others a will be used elsewhere the Nea said. In a statement radice said a i am saddened by the panels decision not to serve because in the end it will be the artists who will be deprived of recognition and financial  the artists on the panel said they arrived in Washington this week prepared to do their work for the Agency. A we did no to come Here carrying picket signs a said Beverly Robinson a University of California theater professor. Last week Radicc said the projects artistic excellence and artistic Merit a did not measure  in a meeting with the artists tuesday she declined to explain in More detail her reason for vetoing the recommendations panel members said. Both of the rejected exhibits included works that portrayed male and female sexual organs. Radice did not address the sexual themes in rejecting the applications. On May 15, a panel reviewing Grants for sculpture projects suspended its work saying Radicc s decision to reject the applications made a a a mockery of the peer review  report praised disputed in new Orleans new Orleans a a Federal report putting new Orleans major Law enforcement agencies at the top of police brutality complaints was embraced wednesday by civil libertarians As evidence of a recurring problem. But officers noted that it did no to show How Many complaints were justified. The study undertaken after the beat ing of Rodney g. King by los Angeles police officers said the new Orleans police department ranked no. 1 in brutality complaints passed to Federal authorities Between 1984 and 1990. According to the study released tuesday new Orleans had an average of 35 complaints a year a one for every 38 officers or one for every 1,305 arrests. The Jefferson Parish sheriffs office in suburban new Orleans ranked third with an average of 23 complaints a one for every 782 arrests. City officials a a done to have the courage or Backbone or fortitude to say this is not acceptable a said Mary Howell an attorney representing the family of a Man who was fatally injured while in new Orleans police custody in 1990. A spokesman for new Orleans police superintendent Arnosta Taylor said he would not comment until he studied the report. Ron Cannatella chief of the police association of new Orleans said the report was a a pitiful because it did no to determine whether the complaints were founded. Army accused of stonewalling Santa be . Apr army Reserve spec. Jacqueline Ortiz spent five months in saudi Arabia during the Gulf War. But she says her toughest Battle has been against the military and the sergeant she says raped her. The 28-Vear-old widow alleges that 1st sgt. David Martinez raped her Jan. 19, 1991, while both were stationed in saudi Arabia. Martinez has denied forcing Ortiz to have sex. The army initially determined the pair had consensual sex and reprimanded them. But last week rep. Bill Richardson d-., said the army told him it had new Ortiz information indicating Martinez forced Ortiz to perform Oral sex. An army Reserve spokesman sgt. 1st class Byron Martin confirmed that new information has emerged. Ortiz said that since she made her charges 16 months ago Superior officers have intimidated her and forced her to undergo psychiatric evaluations and pregnancy exams. Paul Boyce an army spokesman in Atlanta said he could not respond to charges that Ortiz was punished. But he said there was no evidence Ortiz filed any formal complaints except for the rape allegation. Once Back in her native new Mexico Ortiz contacted various lawmakers organizations and lawyers but got nowhere until cornering Richardson at a town meeting. In february Richardson asked army Secretary Michael . Stone to reopen Ortiz Scase. The army citing a additional new details from Ortiz told Richardson that it would. Richardson said the army told him Martinez had done poorly on a polygraph test and later admitted that he had forced Ortiz to perform Oral sex. The new findings Are being sent to Delta co of the 52nd engr in in Santa be the unit Ortiz and Martinez Are with and to the 420th engr brigade at fort Bryan Texas of which the 52nd is part. Insurers to cover $775 million in riot damage from wire reports los Angeles a insurers estimated wednesday that they will cover $775 million in claims from the los Angeles riots. A Only Hurricane Hugo the Oakland fire the Loma Prieta earthquake and the a siberian express of 1983 caused More insured damage a said Gary r. Kerney a director at the property claim services division of the american insurance services group inc. Hurricane Hugo which ravaged the Atlantic coast in september 1989, caused $4.2 billion in claims while last october a Oakland fire produced $1.2 billion in claims. The october 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake resulted in $960 million in claims while the 1983 freeze produced claims of $880 million in 41 states. Meantime officials Are finally figuring out How Many people were arrested during the unrest. Prosecutors assigned to handle the bulk of riot cases could account for Only a third of the 18,807 arrests that had been announced. By this week most had concluded that the actual number of people arrested was just half the figure being released by the los Angeles county sheriffs department. On wednesday sheriffs officials joined the revisionists saying the True number was almost certainly fewer than 10,000. The change was the second recent revision of riot statistics. Last week fire officials concluded that there had been 623 structures set ablaze in the City of u s Angeles. They previously had reported that they responded to 5,537 Structure fires Between april 29 and May 5, but a study found that Many responses were actually multiple 911 Calls about the same  killed 17 injured As blast Levels building from wire reports Rochester Mich. A an apparent natural Gas explosion destroyed a two Story building in downtown during the wednesday evening Rush hour shattering windows As far As two blocks away. One person was killed and 17 others were injured. The cause of the explosion remained under investigation Early thursday police and Utility officials said. About 20 minutes before the blast contractors working on a downtown lighting project told the Power company that they thought they had struck an abandoned Gas line said l Orn Rugh a Consumers Power co. Spokesman in Detroit. Nearby businesses were told to evacuate and the blast occurred while a repair Crew was in route he  filed Over chemicals Huntington Beach Calif. The state of California has filed suits against Mcdonnell Douglas corp. For allegedly failing to warn residents of potentially harmful chemicals the states attorney general said wednesday. The suits accuse the company of releasing known cancer causing chemicals from facilities in Culver City Huntington Beach Long Beach and Torrance without proper warnings to residents. The company has said the release of chemicals is Legal and will not harm the Public. The chemicals include hexavalent chromium Lead 1,4 Dion Ane and 1,1,1 Trichler methane