European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 9, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10 b the stars and stripes wednesday december 9,1992 City Sells chips off the old tree for Only $9.95 Austin Texas Opi a people who Are looking for an unusual Christmas gift this year can buy a Little piece of history from the City of Austin. Officials Are Selling cookie size slices of the tree called the treaty Oak for $9.95 and putting the Money into a fund to Plant More Trees in the Texas capital. The Trees name is based on a legend that Texas Patriot Stephen f. Austin signed a treaty there with the indians but there is nor record of the treaty. It was one of the last remaining Oaks in a stand called Council Oaks. In 1989, an Effort was launched to save the treaty Oak after the landmark was poisoned with a powerful herbicide. About a third of the tree estimated to be 350 to 500 years old was saved. The dead limbs and branches were Cut away. So far the City has sold More than 1,000 pieces of the tree. Each is etched with an illustration of the Oak and comes with a certificate describing its place in Texas history. Shuttle gets laser signals beamed up from Hawaii space Center Houston apr discovery a astronauts picked up a second set of laser signals this time from an air Force ground station in Hawaii and were told to expect a flyby of the Galileo spacecraft. Galileo was to make its second pass by Earth on tuesday using Earth a Gravity As a Slingshot on its six year voyage to Jupiter. Galileo was launched from the shuttle Atlantis in 1989. The two spacecraft were expected to come within 7,061 Miles of each other. The shuttle Crew was not expected to see Galileo. Discovery Sall military Crew was awakened tuesday morning by the Caisson song a a. And those caissons go rolling along in Honor of astronauts James Voss and Michael Clifford both army lieutenant colonels. Voss had a request for his wife Suzan immediately after the song. A would you mind passing on a message to my wife a a very Happy birthday to her from space a he asked. On monday discovery a five astronauts logged their second successful laser test As the shuttle flew Over the hawaiian Island of Maui. On sunday the shuttle Crew picked up laser signals from an air Force station in Florida. Crew members said their receiver picked up laser signals for about two minutes monday but they did not see any of the Green Light beamed up at them from an air Force optical lab on Maui. Late monday the astronauts tried again to acquire laser signals from the Maui station but failed because a big Cloud was in the Way they said. Two other tries monday were unsuccessful and another test had to be abandoned because of heavy fog. The army wants to see How Well lasers can Send navigation data to a spacecraft. That information currently is transmitted via radio which is less secure than lasers. Bad weather has hampered experiments with the lasers and a new computerized military camera since they began thursday. In another defense department Experiment the astronauts powered up a unit intended to encapsulate an Antibiotic inside a tiny polymer sphere that Breaks Down in the body. Researchers want to see How the Medicine reacts in weightlessness so they can develop better time release drugs on Earth. Last wednesday the Crew dispatched a secret satellite for the Pentagon a the missions main objective. Discovery was scheduled to land today at Florida a Kennedy space  Issue muddled by High court action Washington a anti abortion activists fear a new push for a Federal Freedom of Choice act and abortion rights advocates Are worried about new state restrictions a following the latest order from the supreme court on the Issue. The court on monday rejected a Challenge to a Mississippi abortion Law that requires women to get counselling and then wait 24 hours before ending their pregnancies. The justices without comment left intact a ruling that denied abortion clinic operators a hearing when they tried to Block the Law before it took effect last August. At Issue was How soon after such a Laws enactment women May sue claiming it is an a undue Burden on their constitutional right to abortion. A the court today gave state legislators a Broad invitation a a Back door Way a to prevent women from exercising their Freedom to choose abortion a said Kate Michelman of the National abortion rights action league. A when state Legislatures Convene in january a she predicted a anti Choice politicians will push the boundaries of the undue Burden Standard by imposing even More dangerous obstacles before women seeking reproductive health  but Burke Balch of the National right to life committee said mondays court action a will Only further stimulate debate Over the so called Freedom of Choice act which would obliterate the ability of the states to provide women with facts about the development of the unborn and about alternatives to  the proposed Federal Law first introduced in Congress last year would limit states abortion regulatory Powers. A Federal appeals court threw out a Challenge to the Mississippi Law last August. It noted the supreme court had upheld in june a Pennsylvania Law that imposes similar counselling requirements and an identical 24-hour waiting period. In that landmark decision last june the justices said states May not outlaw most abortions or impose a undue burdens on women a constitutional right to such operations. The june ruling also gave states greater leeway to regulate abortions eroding some aspects of the courts 1973 Roe is. Wade decision that legalized abortion nationwide. In the Mississippi Case lawyers for three doctors and two abortion clinics in Jackson said regulations found to be lawful in one state might be undue burdens in another. There Are Only three abortion clinics in Mississippi a the two in Jackson and one in Southaven. The Appeal said nearly half of the states women must travel More than 100 Miles to reach an abortion clinic. The August ruling by the 5th . Circuit court of appeals left open the door to Challenge the Mississippi Law As it is applied but lawyers for the three doctors and two clinics said that forces women a to suffer grievous harm before vindication of their constitutional  asks Santa to clean up cookie crumbs dear Santa i would like to have some guitar magazines so i can learn some new riffs. I would also like some totally passing grades on my report card. I need you to keep my Little brother Nicky 2 years foldout of trouble with mom and dad. Last but not least i need you to clean your cookie crumbs up with the dust Buster. I thank you for listening. Thanks a lot Mikey Guerrieri 17 years old dear Santa i want one thing. I want Franks hot dog stand. That is All. From Chris Szopa dear Santa i moved to Germany. How is Rudolph doing will you please bring my friends Betty and Joe to Germany. I love Vou. I am 7. 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