European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 20, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Catholics unable to end split Over women priests by the Baltimore Sun Washington a the nation s roman Catholic Bishops on wednesday failed to adopt a pastoral letter intended to end discussion Over the ordination of women As priests. It was the first time that a drafting committee of the National conference of Catholic Bishops has been unable to win the two thirds majority needed for approval of a pastoral letter. The language of the fourth and final draft of the proposed letter a the result of nine years of studies and revisions by a committee of Bishops and their advisers a was viewed As closing the door on authorized discussion of the possibility that Catholic women could Ever be ordained As priests. While a simple majority of the Bishops 137 of the 247 who voted wednesday did approve the letter its failure to achieve status As a formal teaching document of the Church was hailed by several Catholic Lay groups seeking the ordination of women. Ruth Mcdonough Fitzpatrick National coordinator of the 4,000-member women s ordination conference said the division of the Bishops on the 100-Page document Quot sent a Clear message to the Vatican Quot that Many american catholics will continue to press for female priests. Especially jubilant was sister Maureen Fiedler representing the Liberal catholics speak out organization based in Hyattsville md., who called the vote against issuance of the pastoral letter Quot a major  new York hairstylist Ralph Wilburn or. Gives Christopher Shepard a Malcolm x haircut wednesday to coincide with the nationwide opening of director Spike Leeds film about the assassinated Black activist. Students critics applaud Malcolm x new York apr they took Spike Leeds advice wednesday and the director of Malcolm x was right his new movie was Worth taking a Day off from school to see said students who did just that. A i  change a thing about this movie Quot said la year old Tahirah Duncan who left the theater in tears after watching the film biography with her afro american studies class from Montclair . A Malcolm x was a hero. He supported Black Unity. T Here Are so Many Malcolms dying at the hands of other Black men too Many Malcolms. It has to Stop Quot she said. Duncan was one of about 300 students from Manhattan and Montclair who filled the Victoria 5 theater in Harlem to see the latest Lee film a with school permission a instead of heading to class. The movie opened wednesday at 1,200 Heaters nationwide. T he movie follows Malcolm x from his Days As a Street Hustler through his association with the nation of islam and his 1965 murder in Harlem s Audubon Ball room. Newspaper critics were full of Praise and the reviews from the mostly Black crowd were unfailingly upbeat for the three hour 21-minute epic starring Denzel Washington. The crowd cheered a zoot suited Malcolm in his Early Days jeered a hanging judge played by civil rights attorney William Kunstler and screamed when Malcolm was assassinated on screen. A i had mixed emotions Between tears and anger i was caught in Between the two Quot said Coltrane Curtis 16, wearing a Black Quot a a visor. A this showed the human proud of legacy widow says Cambridge mass. Apr Betty Shabazz the widow of Malcolm a said their marriage and now the film about his life have thrust her into a role she never sought. A i have been propelled on a Bridge on a Trail on a platform by this Man called Malcolm a Shabazz told an audience at Harvard University on tuesday. While she praised the Spike Lee film Malcolm a Shabazz said the portrayal of her own role makes her seem More assertive than she was. She said she is proud of her husbands legacy. A some of you who perhaps done to agree with him today 10 or 20 years from now when your children Are trying to secure their human rights or Are denied options and opportunities you will remember Malcolm a she said. Side of  i think he was seen As an object not As a person. This showed him As an average family Man the things he went through with his family. Everybody Learned something from  Jesse Jackson speaking tuesday in Alabama agreed with Lee that Young people should see the film. A for our youth a a a must shift from a clothes style to a lifestyle a Jackson  investigating Security at Nasa research Center from wire reports Washington a the Fri is investigating National Security problems at nasal Sames research Center in Mountain View Calif. The inquiry began after a preliminary study found evidence of violations of Law and misuse of government equipment the space Agency said. Bill Livingstone a Nasa spokesman said wednesday that the information uncovered by a Nasa management review team has been turned Over to the Fri and that an investigation continues by Nasa s office of inspector general. Livingstone said he could give no further details. A statement from Nasa however said that Ames was considered Quot High risk for hostile intelligence operations Quot and that the Center had not acted properly in handling sensitive  knew risk jury told Belleville Iii. A a lung cancer victim suing the company that made his cigarettes knew the risk when he took up the habit said an attorney for the nations second largest tobacco company. Quot the evidence is going to show that cigarette smoking is a matter of personal Choice and personal responsibility Quot Paul Crist told jurors wednesday. Charles Kueper 51, is suing . Reynolds tobacco co. And the tobacco Institute a Trade association claiming they conspired to persuade him and millions of others to ignore evidence smoking is dangerous. The lawsuit filed by the retired army master sergeant is the first to go to trial since the . Supreme court ruled in june that warning labels done to shield cigarette makers from lawsuits. The trial was scheduled to continue thursday in St. Clair county circuit court. Kueper who Wasny to in court wednesday contends he got cancer from smoking 1 i packs of cigarettes a Day for 30 years. That would be roughly 328,500  cd charge denied Indianapolis a Mike to Sony a attorney wednesday denied the former heavyweight Champion infected rape victim Desiree Washington with venereal disease. Washington a attorney deval l. Patrick said he did and a a we a prove it. Boston attorney Alan Dershowitz contradicted allegations made monday by Patrick also of Boston. Washington 19, filed a lawsuit against Tyson in june in . District court seeking punitive and compensatory damages for assault cattery false imprisonment and emotional distress. Tyson was convicted in february of the july 1991 rape of the then 18-year-old miss Black America pageant contestant when she was in Indianapolis representing her Home state of Rhode Island. Tyson 25, is serving a six year sentence at an Indiana prison. Dershowitz said Washington a attorneys wednesday have changed their Story saying she was Given a general physical examination but not tested for a venereal disease prior to the  convict executed Huntsville Texas a prison officials put a convict to death by lethal injection Early thursday for a 1978 killing despite defense attorneys arguments that the doomed Man suffered from mental impairment at the time of his crime. Authorities pronounced 37-year-old Jeffery Griffin dead at 12 17 . Moments after the condemned Man said goodbye to his family a who were not present a then announced Quot in a going to be  a Griffin received the death penalty for the murder robbery of David Sobotik 19, manager of one Stop Dave in in Houston. Griffin also was charged with but never tried for the stabbing death of Horacio Deleon a 7-year-old boy who ran errands for Sobotik. Griffin confessed he staffed him y he sorry or As in court Griffin a attorneys described him As a former mental patient who had been in and out of hospitals since age 11