European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 31, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse Sunday May 31, 1992 the stars and stripes a Page 7 bomb forces College to cancel graduation Grad with a future Masoud Kake Sabadi adjusts his Tassic thursday As he prepares to become the youngest graduate Ever of Orange coast College a Junior College in Costa Mesa Calif. The 10-year-old, whose in is Over 200, wants to study Medicine. Masoud plans to enrol this fall at the University of California in Irvine and Hopes to Complete his medical training by the time he a 18. Savannah a. A a troubled College cancelled saturdays graduation ceremonies because of a bombing at the Savannah civic Center where the ceremonies were to be held. Meanwhile four students at Savannah College of Art and design filed a $12.4 million defamation lawsuit against the school on thursday alleging the school defamed them by linking them to an earlier bombing. School officials had no comment on the lawsuit. In the latest bombing thursday a pipe bomb hidden in a trash can blew out the East doors of the Savannah civic Center across the Street from the schools largest dormitory. No injuries were reported. A i would like to emphasize that the Only reason for cancellation of graduation is our overriding concern for Security and the safety of All students parents faculty and staff a said the school s president Richard Rowan. The first blast occurred april 6 and did minor damage to a school administration building door. No one was injured and no charges have been filed. Eight students including the four filing suit were subsequently told that they be allowed to Register for the next quarters classes until the investigation into the explosion had been concluded. The school has been torn by controversy in recent months. Some students had called for a Boycott of the graduation because of the firing of several professors involved in demands for creation of a faculty Senate and a student government. Agent Joe Gordon of the Bureau of alcohol tobacco and firearms in Atlanta said no arrests had been made yet. He said the Bureau would not speculate on whether the two bombings were related. A we treat every bombing As an individual incident a he said. A until such time As the investigation finds evidence that links them we will not speculate on the april 6 explosion was not caused by a pipe bomb he explained. He said that was a an improvised explosive device a but he declined to release details about How it was made. Resident aliens . Citizens have same rights judge rules Washington apr resident aliens Are entitled to the same first amendment protections As . Citizens a Federal judge has ruled. . District judge Joyce hens Green ruled that the government had violated the constitutional rights of Fouad Yacoub Rafeedie a palestinian residing in Houston. The government sought to Deport Rafeedie because it said he supports a terrorist organization. Greens decision was issued thursday but released Friday. The ins contended that Rafeedie a attendance in 1986 at a two week meeting in Syria of the palestinian youth organization showed that he supports the terrorist organization which is Allied with the Palestine liberation organization. The ins also maintained that Rafeedie has raised Money and recruited members for the popular front for the liberation of Palestine. Rafeedie has denied membership in the Plo or the popular front though he has not denied membership in the Palestine youth organization. One major Issue was the immigration services use of the Seldom used a summary exclusion provision of the Mccarran Walter act against Rafeedie on the basis of confidential information concerning his alleged popular front membership. This was the first time the ins had invoked the 40-year-old provision against a permanent resident alien. Green rejected the governments claim that Ravec Dies Case had to be handled quickly and with the attendant secrecy of the summary exclusion procedure because the Case concerned a the preservation of National born in Jordan in 1957, Rafeedie moved to the United states in 1975 on an immigrant visa and has been a lawful permanent resident alien since his arrival. His wife and son Are both . Citizens. Of plane slides off runway Pope fab . Apr a military version of the Boeing 707 rolled off a runway while Landing Friday injuring the 14 Crew members aboard. The injuries did no to appear to be serious said it. Jim Knotts a spokesman for Pope fab. The Crew members were being treated at a base clinic. The air Force ec-135, known As an airborne command Post is part of the 2nd airborne come and control so based at Offutt fab neb. Such planes Are responsible for command of . Military forces should a a a ground command Knotts said. The aircraft costs $55 million said Offutt spokesman it. Lindsey Borg. The plane was testing communications equipment when it skidded off the end of a runway and across a Road Knotts said. He did no to know How far the plane skidded nor How much damage was caused by the Accident. A a plane this Large on soft ground is going to undergo some pretty heavy physical stresses a he said. A a i he Landing gear has been torn off and the spine appears to nuclear attack eliminate be some fuel leaked but there was no fire. Pm to clean up toxins at . Site Massena . Apr general motors corp. Has agreed to spend $78 million on the first phase of cleanup work at its foundry in Massena a Federal superfund toxic site the . Environmental Protection Agency to mounted . Under a unilateral administrative older issued last month pm will remove contaminated sediments and nun the St Lawr Cnoc River and several lies the neigh voting St Regis Indian resets action. a a Leas on the Tai Plant site Tutei some design weak. W e aulk Pate m e map a Oik. Ice i to Neo some i 1 \. Til. A i u i s i. D be a t a on a Tilting with pm Cahill said. Since 1983, the Central foundry site has been on the Federal superfund list of toxic waste Sites most in need of cleaning up pm continues to make aluminium Cylinder Heads for automobiles at the Plant which is about i is Miles Noi Thwell of Albany on the new Soik a n Idian Boi Der a a Lesille of i at s past operation h i. Dotis sub a Ames a hiding Poolych it u mated High rms of plus e i e too my ill ton i i a goo n a o d it of d 11 e As and i h e 111 11111 on Lim pipe ill a a i m seduce it us i t a a c a a k i a s t s c i banned song causes controversy at school from wire reports Clifton . A pupils at a roman Catholic school have apologized to their pastor for protesting the schools refusal to let them sing the Queen song we arc the champions at their eighth Grade graduation. But one of the sacred heart school pupils Hugo Aca diez said the ape Quot a a j thursday to monsignor Vaca diez said the apology letter was delivered thursday to monsignor Julian Varettoni Only because school officials had threatened to cancel next i. 1 months graduation and class trip to the Pocono mountains Over the protest. A the Only reason we Are compromising is because we want the class trip and the graduation a he said. The students had complained that principal Donald Quinlan refused to let them perform the song because Queens Lead Singer Freddie Mercury was bisexual. Mercury died of aids in spokeswoman Mary Aktay had said Only songs appropriate to a Church setting Are allowed at graduation. She said we Are the champions was better suited for a Pep rally. School officials said they would decide soon whether to hold the june 8 trip and the june 12 burglar kills self Rock Springs Wyo. 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