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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 17, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday june 17, 1992 the stars and stripes c Page 11abortion foes arrested in Milwaukee Milwaukee map a police arrested 60 anti abortion activists tuesday As the activists crawled on hands and Knees onto the driveway of a health clinic where abortions Are performed. Members of the citizens for life youth for America lambs for Christ and missionaries to the reborn had gathered outside the Wisconsin women a health Center which houses the office of a physician who performs abortions. Despite a court order limiting abortion protests the groups formed a ring around chanting abortion rights activists who had arrived at the Center earlier. Some of the anti abortion activists Sang hymns and carried Christian crosses. Police sgt. Verbie Swanigan had estimated before the arrests began that there were 100 abortion protesters at the scene. A spokeswoman for the abortion rights advocates estimated that 340 of that group were at the scene. About 30 anti abortion activists had gathered first at the Imperial health Center another clinic but left after kneeling on the ground and praying. A frosts came a Day after abortion foes said they would defy a court order against blockading clinics. A a major Rescue has been done with an injunction. This is Standard Quot said the Rev. Joseph Foreman National director of missionaries to the reborn which planned six weeks of protests in Milwaukee. A state judge monday night issued a temporary injunction restricting the demonstrations. City and state officials had sued to head off protests similar to those that led to More than 2,600 arrests in Wichita Kan last summer. A supporters of an abortion rights group the Milwaukee clinic Protection coalition arrived at three clinics Early tuesday morning to stage a counter demonstration and to escort women into the clinics. A we will be protecting the Borders if they try to get in a said coalition spokeswoman Heidi Noonan. A if they get through we will let them and let the police Deal with them. One of our main things is that we As citizens will not tolerate this behaviour in our  while the arrests were going on abortion rights activists chanted a Thev hey hoho we kicked you out of Buffalo. Protests in Buffalo n.y., in the Spring resulted in Many arrests but failed to close clinics there. Boreman had said that abortion opponents would blockade clinics and photograph people walking in. If some arc arrested he said a More people will come out and continue the  circuit judge Jeffrey Wagner ordered demonstrators to stay 25 feet from clinics or from any person entering or leaving the clinics. He said demonstrators May not photograph people coming or going. Violators can be cited for contempt of court which carries a $5,000 Fine and one year in jail. Wagner had heard officials testify that the protests could Cost the police department $280,000 for a month. Police have said they Don t have the jail space or Money to handle mass arrests. A trial is to be held later on whether to make the order permanent but that might not happen until the protests arc Over. Hugs sep Mike and Mike Singer Michael Jackson left dances with Chicago bulls basketball Star Michael Jordan during aiming in May of the eight minute video Jam. Jackson will soon begin the european leg of his a a dangerous tour. He has chartered a russian an-124 Jet one of the world s largest cargo carriers to carry his set and equipment to London. In London the cargo will be transferred to 65 trucks. Candidate punts bid following football Flap Gainesville Fla. Apr police chief Wayland Clifton never thought football would sack his political career. He withdrew from the Alachua county sheriffs race three weeks ago after questions arose Over whether he played for the University of Alabama under legendary coach Paul a a bears Bryant. A a we have no record of his Ever being a student or an athlete Here a said Keith Ayers a school spokesman. A a we re pretty sure if head been a student Here wed have several types of records on  Clifton 50, said he cannot understand Why he does no to exist in University of Alabama archives. He said he played football under the name Buster Clifton in several games and attended classes in 1961, but Only for a couple of months because he injured his knee and returned Home to Kosciusko miss. A a in a still flabbergasted that there Are no enrolment records. For the Brief period i played in a not at All surprised there arc no football records a Clifton said. A there has to be somebody out there that remembers old Buster  since the controversy erupted Clifton said he has received More than 400 telc rhones Calls 40 letters and seven dozen Owers in support. Clifton had planned to retire As chief in july but he now intends to stay on. Police chief is a hired rather than an elected Job in Gainesville. A it he local Media indicated it was time to step out. I hey said that id lost significant credibility and  be elected a Clifton said. One of his opponents in the sheriffs race former Florida department of Law enforcement agent Steve Olrich said the Issue Wasny to Cliftons football exploits. A it is about honesty believability and being upfront a he said. Clifton has been police chief for 7l/z years. Previously he was chief Deputy sheriff. Penguins role in Batman film ruffles animal friends feathers los Angeles apr an unit no rights group announced plans monday to protest the movie Butman returns saying penguins in the film should have been left in Antarctica. Danny Devito stars in the $80 million sequel As the Penguin who is assisted in his evil deeds by an army of real penguins puppets actors in Bird suits and computer generated animals. A people for the ethical treatment of animals said it objected to the animals being forced into an unusual environment and fitted with weapons and gadgets. A it must be very frightening for pen Guins who Are used to wide open spaces and diving freely into ice water to be strapped into missile gear a said Dan Mathews the groups director of special projects. But the group also said it does no to believe any of the three dozen Birds were mistreated during filming. A Warner Bros news release says the penguins headgear consists of a very lightweight plastic which the real animals quickly became used  studio publicist Vivian Boyer did no to immediately return a Telephone Call monday seeking comment. Rich getting Richer poor getting poorer study shows Santa Monica Calif. Up a 25-year study released tuesday supports the theory that the economic Gap Between the haves and have not is widening with the Rich getting Richer the poor getting poorer and both groups growing in number while the Middle class shrinks. The Rand report the trend in Equality among families individuals and workers in the United states a Twenty five year perspective studied trends in . Wages and family income from 1963 to 1989. A in the last two decades income inequality has been increasing both among families and individuals and among workers a said Rand economist Lynn Karoly who conducted the study. Karoly said the Rise in inequality was a real and represents a significant break with historical  the study focused on How income distribution has changed Oyer time where the changes have occurred among various income Levels and How these changes have differed for various types of families and workers. According to Karoly the Middle class became smaller during the 1980s As the ranks of both lower and upper income families expanded. During the same period Only men in the top Quarter of the distribution experienced real wage gains. Although the income Gap widened dramatically Between Rich and poor in the 1980s, the trend first emerged in the mid-1970s. I he Gap was apparent while comparing men and women minorities and Whites or groups with varying Levels of education and experience the study found. According to the report the decline in the economic status of poor families dates to the 1970s, As does the Rise in wage inequality among men. The relative gains of the Rich were primarily a product of the Boom years of the 1980s. But the economic gains of the 1980s failed to narrow the Gap Between lower and upper income families and Between Low wage and High wage workers. A a rising tide is supposed to float All boats but it appears that this time some of them capsized a Karoly said  
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