European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 19, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                . Judge overturns Section of Utah s abortion Law Salt Lake City apr a Federal judge on thursday struck Down a Section of state Law Banning abortions during the first 20 weeks of pregnancy but allowed restrictions after that. . District judge j. Thomas Greene said the Laws outright ban on abortions during the first 20 weeks would run counter to a . Supreme court ruling in june that said states cannot ban most abortions but May restrict them. Abortions can be restricted after 21 or More weeks of pregnancy when a fetus can survive outside its Mother s womb Greene said. State legislators enacted the anti abortion Law in 1991, but it Wasny to enforced pending the outcome of a lawsuit by the american civil liberties Union abortion providers and health care professionals. The statute banned abortions except in cases of rape or incest when a Mother s life or health was in danger and in cases of grave fetal defects. The action Wasny to considered politically risky in a largely mormon state where nearly two thirds of the residents say they oppose abortion. Lawmakers touted the Law As the vehicle to overturn the supreme courts landmark 1973 Roe is. Wade decision legalizing abortion. But in june the supreme court ruling on a Pennsylvania Law said states can to impose a undue burdens on a woman a constitutional right to an abortion. However states May implement such provisions of the Pennsylvania Law As a 24-hour waiting period and counselling sessions the High court said. It also upheld the Laws requirement that girls under 18 May be required to secure the permission of a Parent or a judge. The supreme court struck Down a provision of the Pennsylvania Law requiring a married woman to Tell her husband she planned to have an abortion. Greene struck Down the Utah Laws provision that a births abortions up in 90 Atlanta apr the numbers of births and abortions both Rose in the United states two years ago but the ratio of abortions to live births hit its lowest Point since 1977, Federal officials said thursday. There were 1.43 million Legal abortions in the nation in 1990, the latest year for which statistics were available the centers for disease control and prevention said. There were 344 abortions for every 1,000 live births that year Down from 346 per 1,000 in 1989. The ratio was the lowest since 1977, when it was 325 per 1,000. A a larger number of pregnancies Are ending in live births a said Lisa Koonin of the cd. A but we done to know  there were 70 live births per 1,000 women age 15-44 in 1990 a the highest rate since 1972. The actual number of abortions Rose 2.4 percent Over the 1.39 million performed in 1989. But the ratio still decreased because the Fertility rate offset those numbers the cd said. The abortion rate a the number of abortions per 1,000 women of childbearing age a remained at 24 for the fourth year. The cd Hasni to determined causes for the changes. Physician notify a woman a husband she was to have an abortion. In april Greene had struck Down Many portions of the lawsuit challenging the Law including claims that it violated constitutional protections against involuntary servitude and establishment of a state religion. A file Texas Southern University a Ocean of soul marching band performs in 1990. The school has dissolved the band and disciplined at least 12 members for being involved in thefts on a band trip to Tokyo. Band broken up after shoplifting incident Houston apr Texas Southern University disbanded its popular Ocean of soul marching band on thursday after at least a dozen band members were involved in a shoplifting scandal during a trip to Japan. A Etsu students have marched for the last time under that once proud name a University president William h. Harris said. Harris also said disciplinary action had been taken against at least 12 band members for shoplifting $22,000 Worth of electronic items during a Tokyo shopping trip. He did no to elaborate. University spokesman Chuck Smith said earlier that penalties Coula Range from suspension to expulsion. The band was in Tokyo to perform during the half time of a football game Between the University of Nebraska and Kansas state University. Harris said 28 people who weren to students made the trip with the 126-member band to Tokyo. A though the University can take no disciplinary action against people who Are not students it has put a ban on any future registration by these persons a he said. Japanese police said most of the shoplifted items were returned when authorities threatened to prohibit band members from leaving the country. Harris said the school was continuing to investigate and further disciplinary action was  does final pressure test on b-2 stealth bombers from wire reports Palmdale Calif. A engineers broke the wings of a b-2 stealth bomber Friday in one of the costliest Industrial tests in history. The air Force did not immediately release results of the test the last in a series for the b-2 that began in october 1989. A knowledgeable source speaking on condition of anonymity said it was a very  the Cost of the test was not revealed. It involved loading one of the Bat winged bombers into a giant Iron contraption where 200 Hydraulic jacks were set up to exert tons of pressure. The b-2s became a Symbol of Reagan Era defense spending because they Cost so much $2.4 billion each counting research and development $1.1 billion excluding those charges. The Model tested Friday Cost less since it did not include engines wiring or electronic systems. It will be branded with red paint and relegated to a grounded plane  the test was an important measure of the use of reinforced plastic composites in advanced aircraft. The b-2�?Ts Structure is More than 50 percent composites to help it avoid showing up on  faces indictment Norfolk a. A sen. Charles s. Robb spent six hours thursday before a Federal grand jury investigating political spying and indicated afterwards he expects to be indicted. A if it has to go another chapter in a prepared to do that a the democratic senator said. The grand jury left without returning indictments. Assistant . Attorney Robert w. Wiechering who Heads the investigation refused to comment. The inquiry centers on How Robby a staff obtained and leaked an illegally recorded phone Call of political rival gov. L. Douglas . Calif hit by Tornado Oroville Calif. A a rare Northern California Tornado howled through this town thursday tossing a Mobile Home into the air uprooting Trees and ripping roofing off county government offices. At least 30 Homes were damaged said fire capt. Michael Damon. No injuries were reported. Fierce winds struck at mid afternoon As children were leaving classrooms in the Central Valley farming town of about 10,500 people 65 Miles North of  parole for preppy killer Albany , a Robert Chambers convicted of manslaughter in the so called a preppy killer Case was denied parole authorities said Friday. Chambers 25, is serving a five to 15-year sentence for the 1986 strangulation of 18-year-old Jennifer Levin. He was eligible for Early release in february. A three member parole Board voted wednesday to deny Chambers request for parole division of parole spokesman David Ernst  panel cited the seriousness of the Levin killing and Chambers prison record which includes charges of assault smuggling drug use and Possession and Possession of a weapon Ernst said. Spouse killers to get parole St. Louis a gov. John d. Ashcroft has commuted the life sentences of two women convicted in their husbands murders after what they claimed were years of violent abuse. The women now will be eligible for parole. Helen Martin and Becca Hughes had been sentenced to life in prison without parole in separate cases. Ashcroft commuted the sentences wednesday to allow parole because the women were convicted ai987 allowing women to use the battered spouse syndrome As a defense he said. He Pual Hia f5, has Bice a imprison cd 11 years and will be eligible for parole in about one year. Hughes 42, has served close to nine years and will be eligible for release in about three. A husbanrf11 Ras convicted hiring a Man to kill her k 3 5�?T k their Home in 198� Hughes self defend cd it in 1984 Boh clan med