European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 29, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday november 29, hd2delinquent diplomats owe millions in parking fines Page 8 a the stars and stripes _  younger teens pick birth More often than abortion Atlanta apr pregnant girls younger than 15 Are increasingly opting to have their babies rather than abortions Federal health officials reported Friday about 900 teens younger than 15 had abortions per 1,000 live births in 1989, the centers for disease control and prevention reported. It was the lowest abortion Rale for that age group since 1974, when girls younger than 15 had slightly fewer than 1,200 abortions per 1,000 live births. A it would be Safe to say that an increasing number of them Are opting either to keep the child or to have the child and make it available for adoption a said cd spokesman Bob Howard. Women Over 35 have the second highest rate of abortions after girls younger than 15, but they too Are increasingly More Likely to have their babies than to have an abortion according to the cd cd a annual report on abortion. Researchers attributed that trend to better prenatal medical tests that make older women More confident of delivering healthy babies. The number of Legal abortions increased slightly from 1.3 million a year in 1980 to 1.4 million a year in 11 would by sold to soy thit an increasing number Oft Ham Are. Opting Alther to keep the child or to have the child and make it available for  a cd spokesman Bob Howard 1989, the latest year for which statistics arc available. Hut the ratio of abortions to live births a 34b to 1.000 a has remained virtually the same. Among other findings of women having abortions the percentage of unmarried women increased from 70 percent in 1972 to 80 percent in 1984 and has stayed the same since. In 1972, 24 women died from Legal abortions and 39 from illegal ones. In 1987, the latest year death statistics were available six women died from Legal abortions and two from illegal ones. From wire reports Washington a foreign embassies Argei ignoring requests they pay up still owe the Distria of Columbia nearly $7 million in overdue parking ticket fines a television station reported Friday the City has received Only $13,000 in Fine payments from Washington a diplomatic commune Over the past three years arc to of Washington said the Cash hungry . Government writes about 2 million tickets a year and vehicles with diplomatic tags or License plates arc not exempt from the Law. The vehicles cannot be towed for nonpayment of fines however because the City cannot seize foreign property the state department has threatened to delay issuing new plates to embassies that owe the City Large amounts of Money. The former soviet embassy remains the biggest delinquent owing $4.3 million in fines for 84,000 tickets As of nov. 1, according to the do. Department of Public works. Next is the embassy of Nigeria which holds 2,400 unpaid tickets and owes $145,000, Egypt South Korea and Bulgaria round out the top five owing $83,000, $75,000 and $60,000, respectively. Quot puppies killer sought mount pleasant a. Animal activist groups have offered a $500 Reward for information leading to the conviction of whoever stuffed six puppies into a Burlap bag and shot at it before leaving the dogs to die. Four Golden retrievers were killed but two beagles were not hit by the gunfire and survived said Kathy Meeker a humane agent with animal friends of Pittsburgh the puppies were found tuesday in mount pleasant by Hunter Mark Echard. He said the starving beagles had started to eat one of the dead retrievers. Quot i heard them off in the Bushes and thought maybe they were stuck in a sinkhole because there Are a lot of mines out there a Echard said. A but they were tied inside a bag 1 opened it up and it was an awful sight a animal friends and animal care and welfare society for the prevention of cruelty to animals put up the  ordered Richmond a. A a Federal appeals court on Friday ordered a re sentencing for a defendant in the racially motivated killing of a Chi Csc american in a fight outside a bar in North Carolina. T he 4th . Circuit court of appeals upheld eight civil rights convictions against Lloyd r. Piehe of Smithfield n.c., in the july 1989 death of Ming i Lai a a Jim Loo 24, in Raleigh but the court returned the Case to . District court in Wilmington n.c., for re sentencing. It said the District court failed to consider Piches inability to pay $28,008.91 in restitution to looks family. A three judge panel of the appeals court also Quot Aid Piches sentence violated Federal sentencing guidelines because it was too Short. I he lower court judge sentenced Piche to tour years to match the sentence his brother would serve. Robert c. Piche was convicted in state court of actually killing Loo in a bar parking lot. Both Brothers had harassed  ship re floated. Chesapeake Beach. My. A 700-foot freighter headed for Spain with a Load of Grain was i re floated Friday after it ran aground during a  log on thanksgiving Day the . Coast guard said. I lie Katya v of Cyprus was heading out to Salt trom Chesapeake Bay. It went aground near the hop tank River just South of Chesapeake Beach about 11 . Thursday. Two tugboats were Abate  the vessel at 6 23 . Friday said it. I 11 Binsse of the coast guards Murine safety of Quot i Here seas no apparent damage and no Oil up Quot Aid Buss. It was ical fortunate we did not Haxe to Oil a she said new Book plays it again film historian Revi Bogie Bergman and Casablanca los Angeles a fans of the 1943 classic Casablanca know that Humphrey Bogart never said a play it again  but do they know that a 1940s Warner Bros publicity release announced the stars would be Ronald Reagan. Ann Sheridan and Dennis Morgan that is one of the Little known facts disclosed in the new Book round up the usual suspects the making of Casablanca a Bogart Bergman and world War ii by Aljean Harmetz of the publicity release the author says a they did think they could put Ann Sheridan in he movie hut they knew they  cast Ronald Reagan Quot the reason Reagan had already been scheduled for Active duty in the army Bogart had been slated to play Rick from the beginning but producer Hal Wallis wanted Hedy Lamarr As Lisa Louis b. Mayer  lend his glamorous Star to rival Warner Bros. Wallis next Choice was the French import Michelle Morgan. But she wanted $55,000, and Ingrid Bergman was available from David o. Selznick at $25,000. At of the easting seems inspired. Conrad Veidt. Peter Lorre . Sakall Marcel Dalio Helmut Dun line and Many lesser players were themselves refugees from nazi Germany. Round up the usual suspects discloses that producer Wallis was unhappy with one member of the cast Dooley Wilson to whom Bergman said a play it Sam Quot and Bogart said Quot play it Quot. The author remarks Quot Wallis kept writing memos that said a Well if we can to do any better. Very late in the movie he sent a memo saying a find me a negro actor who can sing these  he did no to like Dooley Wilson s voice  Harmetz a former film reporter for the new York times viewed the film More than a dozen times during her research. A i think the movie intrigues us today partly because of is ambiguity. People still argue whether lurid Bergman was really in love with Paul Henreid and Only pretending with Bogart. Or whether Bogart was just a Little bit relieved w Hen she went off with Henreid a she said. And did the characters portrayed by Bogart and Bergman sleep together in Paris Quot up Filo photo Ann Sheridan and Ronald Reagan who co starred in the 1939 film a the Battle cry of City Hall a were the first choices to Star in  Quot absolutely not Only in Paris. They slept together in Casablanca i am quite sure. But the production code was extremely vigorous at that time. Impure love was not allowed. Even pure love Between a husband and wife could not be shown if they w Ere in bed together one of them had to keep a foot on the floor Quot Harmetz said. She said Casablanca would have included a sex scene if it were made today. Quot you know what the movie  have some of the ambiguity and sexual tension that it has now a she said. Top iraqi says Glaspie was professional of w York apr the iraqi government did not take . Ambassador april Glaspie a july 1990 comments As a Green Light to invade Kuwait a week later Iraq s Deputy prime minister said in an interview pub Lidice Friday. Quot we did no to have any false illusion about the position of the United  Tariq Aziz told Usa today. Quot we knew the United states would have a Strong  iraqi president Saddam Hussein did not expect Washington to Quot sit and watch the invasion. Aziz added. Quot we knew it would Lead to a conflict Quot he said. Quot and later when they sent troops we knew it would Lead to  administration critics said Glaspie s  to Saddam that the United states took a no position Quot on Iraq Kuwait Border and Oil disputes was evidence president Bush misread the situation in tire Days by foil  aug. 2, 199u, invasion of Kuwait. But Aziz said Glaspie did not Cany am High Mcl messages. A she just listened and made general comments Quot in said. Quot to be fair she acted in a professional  Glaspie is still a Diplomat and a state depart Kin official said recently she is awaiting a new assignment