European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 3, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 4 the stars and stripes . Tuesday november 3,1992 ruling limits broadcast time for to ads showing abortion Washington a supreme court Justice Anthony Kennedy refused sunday to lift a court order that some to stations used to Block primetime airing of political ads for three congressional candidates who oppose abortion. _ but one of the stations said it was returning the ads to the previously scheduled time at least temporarily on the advice of its attorneys. The dispute was touched off by an and for Daniel Becker of Alpharetta ga., a Republican candidate for a scat in the House that shows an abortion taking place. . District judge Robert Hall ruled Friday that the and was Quot indecent Quot programming and could be restricted to the hours de tween Midnight and 6 . By Waga to in Atlanta. The judges decision was backed up by a letter from the mass Media Bureau of the Federal communications commission. Becker appealed to the 11th . Circuit court of appeals Wimch referred the matter to Kennedy who handles emergency matters in that circuit. Kennedy denied the request without comment. After Halls ruling was issued two to stations in Colorado and one in Illinois took similar action to limit the hours of broadcast of ads by anti abortion candidates for the Senate. On sunday however Joe Franzgrote president and general manager of Kusa to in Denver said the stations attorneys had advised it to reinstate candidate Matt Noah a ads at the times for which he bought them. Noah is a member of the Christian pro life party. Franzgrote said the lawyers advised him that it was unclear whether the judges ruling applied to Noah a ads so the station was reinstating them As purchased until the question could be clarified. But he said Kmoch to of Denver was sticking to its decision to limit the ads to the Early morning hours. The ads show aborted fetuses. Midnight to 6 . Is the Only time in which programming that graphically depicts sexual or excretory organs can be broadcast. Wand to in Decatur iii., said after the judge a decision that it would no longer broadcast ads by Senate candidate Chad Koppie which Are similar to Noah a during daytime and pome time evening hours. Koppie is running under the conservative party of Illinois Banner. The decisions of the three stations followed a memo from the National association of broadcasters that advised stations to consult with their attorneys before taking action. Protest gathering sen. Alfonso Lamato . Pointing and former new York City mayor de Koch left join a demonstration sunday in Brooklyn. Members of the Lubavitcher jewish sect arc protesting the acquittal of a Black youth in the killing of the brother of Norman Rosenbaum who is addressing the crowd. A Odds Are Texas new lottery will hit the big time among nation s jackpots Austin Texas at a the Lone Star state moves into the lottery big leagues this week by launching a game that could produce some Texas size jackpots. The lotto Texas Jackpot will be at least $2 million and More if a lot of tickets Are sold. And still More if no one wins the grand prize and the Money is rolled Over into the next drawing. Given the size of Texas watchers of the nations 34 other state lotteries said it wont take Long for the jackpots to reach the tens of millions. A a everybody is expecting Texas to get off with a big bang a said Terri la i eur senior editor of gaming and wagering business Magazine. Quot they could be getting into pretty big jackpots Texas one of the few slates without an income tax started a lottery in May to raise Revenue Selling scratch off tickets Good for a grand prize of $500. By oct. 15, $737 million in tickets had been sold and $333 million paid out in prizes. Tickets for the lotto game go on Sale saturday with the first drawing a week later. From then on. There will be two drawings a week. Each $1 ticket entitles a player to pick six numbers from one to 50, Matching All six wins the grand prize. If More than one person matches All six the Jackpot is shared. Lesser sums Are awarded to players Matching five four or three numbers. The Odds of picking All six winning numbers Are 1 in 15,890,700. In other states carried Over jackpots have mounted into prizes of astounding size. A California Jackpot hit $118 million in 1991. Critics say higher jackpots will lure More problem gamblers and More poor people who can to afford to spend their Money on lottery tickets. Quot it is specifically with that kind of prizes that the poor the less educated the people with less opportunities in our society Are coaxed and manipulated into purchasing lotto tickets in order to win the big one a said Weston Ware associate director of the Texas Baptist Christian life commission.2 marines eject from Jet heading Down runway from wire reports twentyn1ne Palms Calif. A Marine corps Pilot and crewman ejected from an f/a-18 fighter Jet sunday As it rolled Down the runway for Takeoff from the Marine corps air ground combat Center a base spokesman said. The Pilot and crewman parachuted to the ground and appeared to be unhurt said capt. John Manley. Both were taken to a Hospital for a routine Check their plane stopped about 300 Yards from the end of the runway after they bailed out Manley said. Quot it looks like it never even got off the ground Quot he said. Quot it May have lost Power or something. For some reason the pilots he said the Case was being investigated. The combat Center is about 100 Miles East of los Angeles. Traces of ice age Jackson Hole Wyo. A a Man drilling a water Well hit ice instead 180 feet deep. A geologist said it probably dated from the ice age. _ e Jack Weber who owns a Well drilling company said his son was drilling on a ranch in Northwest Wyoming recently and had reached a depth of 180 feet when he noticed ice among the chips being blown from the Hole. The ice continued coming out As the Hole got deeper and Weber called David love a . Geological Survey geologist who was Able to preserve a few chips before they melted. Quot you believe it unless you saw it a love said. Quot its love said the ice was probably Frozen Between 10.000 and 50,000 years ago when Jackson Hole was covered by a 2,000-foot-deep Glacier. Quot water got into the cavities and cracks and froze a love said. Quot after the glaciers melted the ice stayed sports saved Chicago a sports and other extracurricular activities in the City a schools wont be cancelled at least through Spring because of a successful fundraising drive an official said. Schools in the nations third largest system have raised $865,000 in Cash and $134,000 in pledges for Winter and Spring extracurricular activities said Linda c. Laynce a High school principal speaking for the schools. Major donations came from the Chicago Sun times Nike inc. Of Beaverton Ore. Chicago bulls Star Michael Jordan two radio stations and the foot locker Chain of athletic shoe stores. Last month principals at the City a 65 High schools voted to Cut sports nov. 1 and other activities after january if they did no to receive More Money. Basketball gymnastics Bowling and wrestling would have been Cut. Students and coaches had warned that Young athletes would lose their ticket to College and a career if Winter sports were eliminated. The City Cut the budget for activities for Chicago a 410.000 Public school students to $2.1 million this year from $2.9 million the year before. The total school budget is $2.6 billion potty plan flushed away Elpaso Texas a a preponderance of potties has puzzled officials wondering what to do with nearly 2,400 water wasting toilets collected in a conservation Effort the City offered a $100 rebate for old toilets that were replaced with ones that flush using less water. The old commodes were to be crushed and the Ceramic was supposed to be Given away for Road base. Officials then discovered that the rebate amounted to buying the toilets for the City. Municipal property under state Law can to be Given away Utility purchasing agent Bill Bostick said. The City tried Selling the former fixtures but nobody met the Price of 10 cents per receptacle. A a they re not going to be put Back in use As toilets and they re not going to be put into a Landfill a said John Suwon the Utility a water conservation manager. Quot i done to know what other possible uses there officials said the 2,398 toilets collected from 1,300 households since mid september could save about 21.7 million Gallons of water annually
