European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 7, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday june 7, 1992 the stars and stripes a Page 3bush draws fire on Earth Accord Rio de Janeiro Brazil a negotiators at the . Earth Summit completed work on a key treaty before halting sessions for the weekend but president Bush was criticized for opposing the Accord on protecting endangered species. After suspending formal sessions delegates continued to meet saturday to resolve differences Over a document called Agenda 21, a blueprint for environmental action. The talks concern safeguarding oceans managing hazardous wastes protecting forests and environmentally sound use of biotechnology. On Friday delegates put the final touches on the so called biodiversity treaty which is meant to protect the planet s animals and plants from extinction. The United states refused to sign the Accord and Washington came in for harsh criticism. A i Don t think history is going to look very kindly on a country that watered Down two treaties and refused to sign one of them Quot Russell Mittermeir of conservation International told reporters. . Sen. Timothy e. Wirth d-colo., said a it s a disgrace Isnit it that we re not signing it a a also saturday the Greenpeace environmental group planned to visit riots Rozinha slum in an event aimed at drawing attention to the environmental needs of slums worldwide a sewers clean drinking water and a Nishry housing. The biodiversity treaty  to preserve Plant and animal species that arc becoming extinct at an estimated rate of 100 to 300 a Day. Bush said the treaty makes unfair demands on the Industrial nations that would fund it. The chief of the . Delegation William k. Reilly sent Bush a memo Days ago that offered some basis for Compromise. The White House rejected Reilly s suggestions. Reilly director of the environmental Protection Agency said that his memo offered some basis Tor Compromise but was leaked a to be sure that that was  reminisces for Baum older seniors Sas Peggy Davidson ambassador Robert m. Kimmitt told Baum older graduates to a aim  by Peggy Davidson Kaiserslautern Bureau Baum older Germany an sex Baum older High school student told the schools class of �?T92 Quot to High for your future. Because one of you May in the future be standing where i am  . Ambassador to Germany Robert m. Kimmitt said he Quot never expected to be asked Back As the commencement speaker and 1 certainly never expected to do so As the american ambassador to a United fully Sovereign  Kimmitt attended the school As a Sophomore and Junior from 1%2 to 1964. He proved his attendance to the satisfaction of the 46 graduating seniors by showing what he called a exhibit a a his letter jacket with the logo a Baum Holder Bucsi on the Back. The seniors went wild As Kimmitt struggled to fit into the jacket which he said fit him better 30 years ago. Before Friday evenings commencement at Baum older a Rheinland or club Kimmitt visited the school and his brother maj. Mark Kimmitt who is stationed in the Baum older Community. The envoy said the Community has changed in the past 30 years. A the major change i see in Baum older is that there Are More children including school age children than there were Here in the past. I think that a be cause a lot of our soldiers get married younger now have their families younger. So tonight a graduating class is about twice As Large As graduating classes were in the 1960s.&Quot the ambassador said he wanted to stress Quot that the future looks for people who have the experience that these kills do. Having lived in a multicultural multiracial environment i think that tolerance that experience they be picked up Here of living in another country living with people from Many walks of life will stand them in Good Stead whatever direction they  Kimmitt paid a Quick visit to the graduating class before the ceremony As the red Robed seniors paced in a Small waiting room. As he reminisced about the differences Between his class 30 years ago and today a class Kimmitt told the graduates that there were also similarities. A some of you saw your parents go off to War last year during operation desert storm a he said. A i know How that feels. Quot during the cuban missile crisis in october 1962, our fathers deployed to their Battle stations leaving Many of us convinced that another world War was about to begin. The fear of nuclear holocaust was very real to  Ama reports deaths related to abortion Down dramatically Chicago apr the rate of abortion related deaths has dropped sharply for american women in the years since abortion was legalized according to an american medical association report. Data is unavailable to compare abortion related death rates from before and after abortion was legalized according to the report Friday by the amass Council on scientific affairs. But increasingly improved Access to abortion since the . Supreme court legalized it in january 1973 has helped drop the death rate from 3.3 per 100,000 procedures that year to 0.4 deaths per 100,000 in 1985, the final year covered the report said. The risk of dying from pregnancy and childbirth is nearly 12 times greater than the risk of dying from abortion it said. A this study is confirming everything we have been saying. That since Roe is. Wade we have been saving women a lives Quot said Ginny Montes National Secretary for the National organization for women. Abortion foes said the Ama was biased and its figures suspect. A the american medical association has taken a very High level Public position in favor of abortion a said or. Richard Glasow education director for the Washington based National right to life. A i would seriously question their objectivity in any kind of analysis of abortion related  the Ama report cited Federal statistics and previously published medical studies As sources of its data. It said that from 1973 to 1987, the number of hospitals clinics and private doctors offices providing Legal abortions increased 59 percent from 1,627 to 2,582. And during that time the report said the percentage of first trimester abortions Rose from 38 percent to 51 percent. A improved Access to Legal abortion services reduced abortion related mortality by enabling women to undergo the procedure earlier in pregnancy when it is safest a the report said. Quot increased physician education and skills in the procedure improvements in medical technology better Access to Safe and Legal abortion services and the earlier termination of pregnancy each helped reduce abortion related mortality a the report said. The report said that requiring such things As mandatory waiting periods for abortions or reducing the number of abortion clinics or doctors willing to perform the procedure would cause delays that would increase the risk. Am As House of delegates will decide at a june 22 meeting in Chicago whether to adopt the report As a position that abortion should remain Legal said or. E. Harvey Estes jr., chairman of the Council on scientific affairs. The report was requested by medical students at last years Ama annual meeting. The Ama had said a year earlier it would refrain from trying to influence physicians on the subject of abortion.2 inmates control lockup in Indiana Conns Revilee ind. A two inmates who used their special Access As trustees to get guns and keys took three guards hostage and had control of the county jail saturday. A we got hostages. We got guns a inmate Bill Corn said by Telephone. Corn said he wanted better treatment for inmates in jails and prisons throughout the country. A i want it to he All Over where everybody knows where every guard that a in every place will learn to respect people As human beings not As animals a Corn said in a Telephone interview with radio station Winou am in Kokomo. Most of the other 80 inmates at Fayette county jail remained locked up although Corn and the other trusty John Purcell had the keys to All cells authorities said. Their Only demand was to see a female correction officer t Heresa Riddell but when she arrived the men refused to talk to her said Connersville detective sgt. Dennis Sherck. Shortly before 5 a.m., one inmate told negotiators he wanted to give up but the other wanted to continue the standoff state police sgt. John mull said. Corn and Purcell took Over late Friday night. All three of the jails guards were handcuffed in a bathroom said City police dispatcher Robert Wentz