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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Tuesday, June 16, 1992

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    European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 16, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 c the stars and stripes tuesday june 16, 1992 judge limits protests by anti abortion group Milwaukee apr a Federal judge monday banned abortion opponents from protesting within 25 feet of local abortion clinics a Day before the group planned mass gatherings to Block clinic entrances. . District judge Myron Gordon a decision came at the same hearing in which he moved the lawsuit seeking the injunction from Federal court Back into Milwaukee county circuit court. He said he issued a temporary injunction despite that decision because he believed abortion opponents were attempting to stall a hearing on the matter until after the protests had begun. The injunction will stand until the Case is heard in circuit court he said. A hearing was scheduled later monday. The City and states request for an injunction against the demonstrators filed june 5, was moved into Federal court Friday the same Day it was to be heard in circuit court. Abortion opponents requested the move saying it was a Federal Issue involving free speech rights. A the timing of the removal a a matter of hours before the state court was to hold a hearing a strongly suggests there was the motivation of delay and the court finds it was for an improper purpose a Gordon said. Gordon barred the opponents from demonstrating within 25 feet of clinic doorways driveways parking lots and entrances. The Rev. Matthew Trewhella who Heads missionaries of the Predom said the judges decision  keep his group from beginning its planned protests today. Trewhella said about 100 anti abortion activists prayed and read the Bible on monday morning to gear up for the protests. The group planned a rally monday night. Abortion rights activists said they were ready for demonstrations and vowed to prevent a recurrence of stifling protests that occurred in Wichita and Buffalo . A we will form a human corridor that women can pass through a said Katie Walsh a spokeswoman for the newly organized Milwaukee clinic Protection coalition. A a we re also there to deflect the harassment of the anti Choice people and to Calm the patients to provide them with some Friendly  workers Check what makers claim is the worlds largest . Flag before Flag Day activities near Pottstown a. Pennsylvania s Flag is a Star Pottstown a. A of say can you see the worlds largest Flag the Only Way to get a Good View of the whole thing was to Fly Over a farm 50 Miles Northwest of Philadelphia. There on sunday a Flag Day a Humphrys Flag co. Unfolded an american Flag that measured 500 feet by 260 feet. Each Stripe was 20 feet wide and each Star 16 feet across. The Nylon Flag broke the record held by China the company said. The guinness Book of records says China a Flag measured 413 feet by 275 feet. That a 113,575 Square feet. The Pottstown Flag is 130,000 Square feet. The Flag was commissioned in january by ski Demski of Long Beach calif., for an undisclosed Price. Brian of Connor of Humphrys Flag said the fabric Cost $30,000 wholesale. Another giant Flag was displayed sunday in Washington . The 411-foot-Long Banner was unfurled in a ceremony near the Washington Monument after which 216 people a one for every year since 1776 a were sworn in As naturalized . Citizens. Californians show support for riot area los Angeles a people from throughout Southern California joined Hanas sunday in South Central los Angeles in an Effort to show Solidarity and raise Hopes in the riot scarred City. A we want to show that peace and Unity is part of this Community a said m. Lowe 50, As he joined hands in one stretch of the Chain that linked about 200 churchgoers. That group Sang we shall overcome and waved peace signs to oncoming traffic. Church Bells rang. Some motorists showed support by honking their horns. Sunday s event a billed As a hands across . All people. One City a was sponsored by the interfaith Council to heal . And was said to include representatives from More than a Hundred churches and temples. Participants included people of Many races. Organizers had hoped to form a human Chain along a 10-mile stretch through areas that were hardest hit during three Days of rioting sparked by the april 29 acquittals of four White policemen in the beating of Black Motorist Rodney King. But the Chain was broken in sections because there weren to enough participants. Organizers estimated 10,000 people participated though police said they did not have a crowd estimate. A a in a Here because i feel guilty about not taking part in the cleanup efforts in my Community a said Gloria Wilkins 56, of Inglewood. A but then i was scared hid Ine under my bed Tike the rest of us.�?�2 climbers dead 3 Hurt in Colorado Avalanche from wire reports Aspen Colo. A an unusual Spring Avalanche killed two climbers and injured three others on the face of a 14,160-foot Peak officials said. Brent and Marcie Cameron a couple from Colorado Springs died saturday in the 800-foot Snow slide in the Maroon Bells wilderness area about 12 Miles South of this ski resort the Pitkin county sheriffs department said. The other three climbers weren to badly injured. Seven hikers began their ascent saturday and were spread along the North face at the 12,500-foot level when the head climber triggered an Avalanche on a slope Wanned by the Sun. A i jumped like a cat to get out of the Way a said climber Brad Short who escaped injury. A seventh climber turned Back earlier because of leg cramps authorities  count slow Columbus Ohio a final results in a tightly contested primary race Between two incumbent congressmen won t be tallied for at least two weeks the state Secretary of states office says. The office had planned to count Absentee ballots this thursday in the race Between reps. Clarence Miller and Bob Mcewen but said the count had been put off a week because ballots in one county were sent late. The initial vote count in the june 2 Republican primary gave Mcewen a 269-vote Lead Over Miller out of the 65,703 votes cast. Mcewen and Miller were placed in the same District because Ohio lost two of its 21 House seats in the 1990  being returned Miami a the coast guard expects to Complete repatriation of 5,000 haitian refugees remaining at the Camps at the . Naval base at Guantanamo Bay Cuba in about two weeks a spokesman said. A we done to have a Date picked out but at the rate we re going they should be cleared by then a said Petty officer Joe Dye. A a we re taking them Back at 2,000 to 2,500 a week six Days a  meanwhile the flow of haitians out of their Homeland has stopped apparently As a result of president Bush a order May 24 commanding the coast guard to return haitians immediately after they Are interdicted on the open  sees Pilot s death Brainerd Minn. A a Pilot trying to Hook his plane onto an advertising Banner died in a crash As his wife and two children looked on. Loren Lee Franzen 33, died saturday after apparently missing the Banner and going into a Steep climb. He turned lost Speed and crashed nose first at Brainerd Crow Wing county regional Airport said sheriff Dick Ross. Franzen a wife Liza their 9-year-old son Rory and 2-year-old daughter Maryan saw the crash. Brainerd is 106 Miles Northwest of Minneapolis. Franzen had operated an Aerial Banner advertising business since 1989.briton found dead in hotel new York a detectives on sunday were awaiting results of an autopsy on the body of a British visitor found dead a few hours after returning to his Manhattan hotel with apparent injuries. Official findings in the death of Ronald Miskall 40, of London will probably be completed about midweek said Ellen Borakove a spokeswoman for the medical examiners office. She said toxicology and other tests were not completed. Police said Miskall apparently was in new York on business staying at the Amer Itania hotel at Broadway and West 54th St. According to their preliminary report Miskall returned to the hotel about Midnight Friday with what unidentified hotel employees said were a noticeable cuts and bruises on his face. At about 3 a.m., employees became worried about him and upon checking the room got no answer and decided to Force their Way in. Miskall was found dead in the room according to officer Scott Bloch a police spokesman  
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