European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 11, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse Thursday june 11, 1992 the stars and stripes b Page 7 Protection expanded for some immigrants just for practice the Crew of the space shuttle Columbia leaves the operations and checkout building for a practice countdown at Kennedy space Center in Florida on tuesday. Columbian a next Mission is scheduled to begin no earlier than june 25, when it will carry into space the . Microgravity Laboratory-1. By the in its Angeles times los Angeles a in a groundbreaking settlement that ends a 14-year-old Federal lawsuit. Immigration and naturalization service officials have agreed to provide suspected illegal immigrants with a written notice of their rights and allow them to meet with a lawyer before being questioned. The settlement was released tuesday. Although ins officials would not comment on its importance immigration rights advocates were overjoyed. Peter a. Schey the Iead attorney in the Case called it a historic step and Many other advocates agreed. If it is made final next month a As both sides expect a the settlement would be in effect for 30 months while the ins studies the Impact of the new procedures. Schey said he expects that the procedures will stay in place permanently and warned that his organization or any other group could refile the suit if the ins attempts to Back away from the new rules after 30 months. Immigration Reform advocates say the changes will help safeguard the constitutional rights of immigrants Many of whom arc confused and frightened when they Are arrested. Of particular significance is a a notice of rights the ins has agreed to give to every person who is arrested. The notice spells out Why the arrest was made and what rights the suspects have a including the right to Call a lawyer a and informs them that they May have a Legal right not to be deported. The notice will be available in English or in the detainees native language. It also warns them not to sign anything until they have read the notice. As part of the settlement the ins also agreed to include on one of its forms a question asking whether people who have lawmakers move to halt repatriations Washington a democrats and republicans from both the House and Senate introduced Bills tuesday to reverse president rushes order returning haitian refugees. The measures also would prevent the . Government from returning people to countries where they might be persecuted. It would require an official determination that refugees would not be subjected to terrible treatment for political opinions or affiliations before they could be returned to their Homeland. Bush waived such a determination in a May 24 executive order requiring the return of haitians to their country where president Jean Bertrand Aristide was overthrown by a military coup last september. Rep. Stephen j. Solarz d-n.y., said Bush a decision a is not Only inhumane but undermines our efforts to encourage other government not to return been arrested believe they face harm if returned to their native countries. If they say yes they will be allowed to pursue claims for political Asylum. Tuesdays announcement marked the conclusion of a Case that has been argued since 1978, when Rose Melhor Lopez and 65 other immigrants were arrested during an ins raid on a los Angeles shoe factory. According to lawyers for the Center for human rights and constitutional Law Lopez and the others were denied the right to meet with an attorney and were coerced into accepting expulsion from the assails flight by the new York times Washington a airlines Are not adequately training flight attendants to handle emergencies such As the evacuation of air planes after accidents the National transportation safety Board said tuesday. It also accused the Federal aviation administration of not ensuring that flight attendants Are properly trained even though they Are increasingly recognized As being critical to the Safe operation of modern planes. The association of flight attendants a labor Union that represents most of the nations flight attendants said it welcomed the report. Safety officials at the aviation Agency said they were reviewing the boards recommendations and expected to act on them shortly. The air transport association which represents major airlines said it would also review the report. The report said that in cutting Back on training time homeless shown How Garden Grove Calif. Apr a video for homeless people that offers tips on How to avoid food poisoning when scavenging meals from garbage cans has generated a wave of criticism. The Fine Art of dumpster dining uses a talk show format to Tell viewers How to detect discarded food that May be poisoned by chemicals rodents or bacteria. One scene shows the Moderator at a garbage bin explaining to two homeless men How to choose fruit and vegetables with thick unbroken skins that can be washed. Critics say the video encourages risky foraging. A i think its immoral to teach people to go through deadly dangerous rotting garbage for food a said attendant training providing Only Brief annual reviews of important safety procedures and putting flight attendants into an increasing variety of planes the airlines appear to be less concerned about training flight attendants than pilots. Typically flight attendants at a major airline undergo four to six weeks of initial training which May qualify them to serve on As Many As eight different planes. Federal rules require a Brief annual refresher course. The refresher courses usually devote six to 12 hours to emergency procedures the report said. The most serious problems with flight attendant performance were found in a review of records of investigations into 24 accidents in which the passengers had to be evacuated from a plane. In two cases the staff found that the number of injuries suffered by passengers increased because of what the flight attendants did. In other cases mistakes by flight attendants came close to causing More injuries the report scavenge for food Betsy Hart director of lectures and seminars for the heritage foundation a conservative think tank in Washington . Linda Dunlap who produced the video with her husband David said it contains 54 warnings to avoid eating from trash bins. But the fact is she said that a where homeless people often find their food. A fall we Are trying to do is try to help the homeless survive a Little less painfully a said Linda Dunlap an Orange county health official. A a it san indictment against America. That maybe is what a upsetting the video was distributed nationwide for free or a Small fee to More than 30 shelters and groups working with the homeless. s daughter jailed on kidnapping charges from wire reports Portland Ore. A a woman whose Alz Heimers stricken father was found abandoned at a dog track in Idaho has been charged with kidnapping for taking him from an Oregon nursing Home earlier in the Day. Sue Gifford 40, was jailed on $30,000 bail monday on charges of kidnapping and perjury. She could get up to 15 years in prison if convicted. Her 82-year-old father John Kingery was found March 21 at the track in Coeur do Alene the labels Cut from his clothing and a note Misi identifying him attached to his wheelchair. A bag of diapers was next to his chair. Earlier that Day he had been removed from a Portland nursing Home by Gifford a daughter by his second marriage.2 shot Over squirt gun new York a Man angry about being sprayed with a High powered squirt gun returned fire with a semiautomatic pistol wounding a teen Ager and an older Friend police said. The gunman fled after the shooting monday night in Harlem police said. A it was a hot Day and we were just having fun a said 29-year-old Maurice Anderson who was shot twice in the leg. Anderson and 16-year-old Richard Cooke who was shot in the Back were hospitalized in stable condition
