European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 14, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse 6 8 the stars and stripes thursday january 14,1993 schools bar boy scouts Over from wire reports ? san Diego a the san Diego school Board objecting to the anti Gay policy of the boy scouts of America voted unanimously tuesday to oust the scouts from running educational programs. A we have to Send a message to scout leaders locally and nationally a Board member Ron Ottinger said. A a we will Welcome you Back into our school District when you end this the scouts organize programs at which scout volunteers visit classrooms twice a week to teach leadership and crafts at Many of the districts 152 schools. The scouts also provide speakers who offer career guidance at school assemblies. Under the Board action those programs will end in july the san Diego unified school District is the nation s eighth largest District with 120,000 students. Letterman to lbs Hollywood late night to talk show Host David Letterman is moving to lbs following a failed bid by Abc to keep Nim sources said late tuesday. The report came a Day after the president of lbs entertainment Jeff Sagansky said the network had successfully courted the comedian. The decision followed a weekend of negotiations in which Abc executives debated whether to give Letterman the time Slot occupied by tonight show Host Jay Leno. Sources said Leno s supporters ultimately prevailed and the network notified Letterman that it would not meet his demands. No cd a decision frees Letterman to move to lbs As Early As this summer when his contract expires. Lbs has promised Letterman the 11 30 . Slot As part of one of the most generous compensation packages Ever offered a to entertainer. Abc lbs and Letterman a representatives declined to comment late tuesday. Russia to get old phones Juneau Alaska a Alaska will donate to the russian government about 2,000 used telephones that were removed from state offices during a recent switch to a More modern system. The phones will be donated through the Northern forum an association of Arctic governments said John Manly a spokesman for gov. Walter j. Hickel. The phones Are considered outdated in the United states but should be an improvement Over russian phones Manly said. A for the most part the folks Over there Are still using the technology the . Was using in 1930,�?� he said. Daughter held in theft try Beloit wis. A police on tuesday held a 14-year-old girl for allegedly encouraging two other girls to Rob her wheelchair bound father As part of a gang initiation. Police in Beloit about 60 Miles Southwest of Milwaukee said the teen apparently told a member of the gangster disciples Street gang that her father always carried about $500 and was easily overpowered. The two girls went to the teens House monday to Rob her father. They told the Man to hand Over his Money at knife Point but were scared off when he activated his medical emergency device police said., the device summoned police who arrested the Many a daughter and one of the would be robbers near the Home Beloit police capt. Donald tinder said. Parents denied gag order Geneva Iii. A judge has refused to impose a gag order requested by a couple accused of leaving their daughters alone while int a vacationed in county judge John l. Petersen denied the request by David and Sharon schoo saying there was no imminent threat to the fairness of their Case. Their attorney Gerard Kepple had said a gag order was needed because a too much crazy stuff on the Case was being leaked. Prosecutors say the schoos left their daughters Ages 9 and 4, alone in their St. Charles Home when the couple went to Acapulco Mexico Over Christmas the schoos were arrested on their return from their nine Day vacation. Supreme court Washington a the supreme court on wednesday barred Federal courts from interfering with protesters who try to Block women a Access to abortion clinic. By a 5-4 vote the court limited the Federal help available to abortion clinic owners who seek to Stop blockades by operation Rescue members and other abortion protesters. The decision strengthens the hand of abortion foes who have attempted to shut Down clinics in several states and Means that clinic operators must turn to state authorities for help in thwarting blockades / wednesdays decision was based on the courts interpretation of a Post civil War Federal Law that bans con spiracles aimed at violating someone a constitutional rights. It protects a any person or class of persons a which past supreme court rulings have said Means those who sue must be victims of a class based a whatever one thinks of abortion it cannot be denied that there arc common and respectable reasons for opposing it other than hatred of or condescension toward. Women a Justice Antonin Scalia wrote for the court. In dissent Justice John Paul Stevens called abortion blockades a a National conspiracy that a presents a striking contemporary example of the kind of zealous politically motivated Lawless conduct that led to enactment of the Kun flux klan act a on which wednesdays korean Given decision was based. ,. Not implicated in the decision is the Core constitutional right of abortion reaffirmed by the court in a landmark decision last june. A Federal judge in Alexandria va., and the Richmond based 4th . Circuit court of appeals ruled that women seeking abortions Are a protected Quot class of persons who can invoke the 1871 Law. The lower courts said abortion clinic blockades inter Fer cd with the interstate travel rights of women who do not live in Virginia but sought abortions there. The lower courts barred operation Rescue members from blockading nine abortion clinics in the Northern Virginia suburbs of the District of Columbia. On wednesday the High court said the lower courts were wrong. The ruling Means abortion clinic operators will have to turn to state judges for help. And Many local police departments called on to enforce state court injunctions contend they Lack the resources to Deal with massive demonstrations Duke University Law professor Walter Dellinger in discussing the practical importance of Federal intervention last Mil said a you can bring in the 82nd airborne from fort Bragg if necessary to enforce a Federal court injunction. The Impact of wednesday s decision May be blunted however by president elect Clinton. The president in certain circumstances has the authority to order Federal Protection without any court injunction. Clinton a supporter of abortion rights could be willing to order such Protection for women seeking abortions. . For War Rescue Houston apr More than 40 years after he helped Rescue seven crewmen american warplane downed behind North korean lines you song Dan got $100,000 tuesday from the air Force. The koreans bravery that morning of july 12, 1950, Cost him dearly. His father Yuho Chun was executed by the North koreans Bayon eted by 10 soldiers As. Family members watched. The younger you and other members of his family were arrested tortured and had their possessions a it a been a rough 42 years since then a you now living in Houston said through an interpreter. A a in a like to give tribute to my parents. A a lot of villagers were saying we get involved a he said recalling the Day they saw the b-29 with a Crew of 11 get shot Down near their Island Home off the korean coast in the yellow sea. A but my father Felt these people left their loved ones to help us. The least we could do is repay seven Crew members were returned safely to Friendly forces after a 100-mile, four Day journey one of them produced a a blood chit Quot a piece of cloth sewn inside a flight jacket that identifies the airman As an american and in several languages promises a Reward if the downed flier is aided. The chit system started in world War ii remains in use today. The original chit was Worth $100, air Force maj. Leslie Fraze said. Officials then multiplied that by seven and compounded the interest since 1950. The final payment was approved by air Force Secretary Donald b. Rice. A my Grandfather did what was morally right Quot said Michelle Pak Yum a Niece who acted As an interpreter. A it Wasny to about Money. The seven members of the Crew weren to Ever aware of the sacrifice my Grandfather made to get them to the elder you initiated the Rescue and arranged for transport so the Crew could get to safety. The you family received a certificate and medal in 1964 for their efforts. You song Dan now living in Houston holds the $100,000 Check he got from the air Force on tuesday. The younger you who was 18 when he helped his father moved to Houston in 1988 and filed the blood chit claim in 1991 at Randolph fab in san Antonio. He Learned of the $100,000 award this week a we had to idea a said Pak a Houston police officer. A i thought this was just going to get him a certificate. ,. You 60, bowed to air Force maj. Gen. Eugene e. Habiger vice commander at Randolph fab As the officer read a letter of appreciation from air Force chief of staff Gen Merrill a Mcpeak. A it have Given Many awards but this is my proudest a say present>n8 you with the Check for $100,000. A please accept this payment from a grateful you who works As a janitor at Houston a intercontinental Airport said he May use the Money to establish his own cleaning business
