European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 14, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes . Sunday february 14,1993 . Archbishop conditionally backs military service for Gays by Larry b. Stammer los Angeles times los Angele Cardinal Roger m. Mahony apparently taking Issue with the roman Catholic Church s highest ranking military Bishop in the unite states said that Gays and lesbians should be allowed to enlist in the armed  personally feel that there Are probably a num Ber of areas where Gays could be a part of the military and their sexual orientation would have nothing to do with any thing in military life Mahony the archbishop of los Angeles said in a interview thursday. In other circumstances such As close living quarters Mahony said the presence of homosexuals May be ill advised. Those concerns have been raised by others and must be considered he , however Mahony said he was open to Gays and lesbians in uniform. As a lot of people have said they have been serving for a Long time Mahony said. The controversy has split religious leaders of various faiths. Mahony s conditional acceptance of Gays in the military appeared to contradict archbishop Josepht Dimino the . Roman Catholic Church s ranking military prelate. Dimino head of the archdiocese for the military services based in Silver Springs md., wrote Clinton on Jan. 27 warning that admitting homosexuals under any circumstances would have disastrous consequences Fornall  As the archbishop responsible for the religious Wel fare of All Catholic men women and children associated with the armed forces and As a former military chaplain familiar with the realities of military life Dimino wrote i urge you to heed the advice of the join chiefs of staff to maintain the traditional defense department policy concerning  Clinton said he is determined to end the 50 year prohibition on Gays in the military. But bowing to protests from Congress and the Pentagon he has Given the joint chiefs of staff six months to workout the  think you re going to find that they re joint chiefs going to say that there Are some areas where this is no problem Mahony said. I be visited bases myself Edwards air Force base in California and other places where you Don t have this Large communal living situation but Small apart ments. People won t Cven know possibly who s Gay or straight. It s not a big Deal he  Friday Dimino s vicar general Nicholas Halli can said he was unaware of any other roman Catholic Bishop supporting Gays in the service. Georgia students Burn Flag to protest Confederate Symbol from wire reports Atlanta shouting Burn baby Burn about 200 protesters demanding Georgia remove a Confederate Emblem from its Flag soaked a state Flag with kerosene and burned it in front of the state Capitol. A Strong Force of police kept close watch throughout the protest organized by a group called students for african american  the group rep resenting students from several Atlanta area colleges said it wanted to express outrage at the inclusion of the Confederate Battle Emblem on the state Flag. Some Black lawmakers however said the protest would Hurt efforts to remove the Confederate Battle Emblem from the Banner. It will be much More difficult now. To get the sup port of our White allies who May have been thinking about supporting the change said state rep. Tyrone Brooks a Atlanta a civil rights activist. I be marched for 30 years. I be protested on these Steps i be been in jail. Out i be never burned a Flag any Flag. The protest intensified an already bitter Campaign spearheaded by gov. Zell Miller who has called the current Flag adopted in 1956, a racist Symbol of Defi Ance to integration. Miller has introduced legislation in the general As Sembly to change the state Flag to the pre-1956 version which sported the Confederate stars and bars by the time the 1996 summer olympics Are held in Atlanta. But protesters waving signs that read let the Kkt Confederate Flag go up in smoke demanded that a to tally new state Flag be adopted. They want a Flag that does not include any Confederate symbols. They also said the Flag represented a much larger Issue what they called the continuing oppression of Black peo ple. Brothers and Sisters we can no longer afford to be slaves to this racist oppressive system Mellisa Sanders said. This is about a Symbol that has oppressed us forbears she said. That the Kkt and others have held and flown As they castrated our Brothers. That is Why we cannot afford to jump on the band Wagon with governor Zell Miller Sanders said. It s time for a proclamation of liberation Law rence Jeffries said. Frying the politically Correct Flag across Georgia will not Correct the oppression. This is not the land of the free but the Home of the oppressed he said. Demonstrator Lawrence Phillpott said the 1993 Gen eral Assembly which will consider legislation to change the Flag is in the same racist form As the 1956 legis lature that opposed integration. The Flag is a flapping Honor of White supremacy nothing More and nothing less he said. A protester Burns a Georgia state Flag that includes the Confederate Battle nag Friday at the Capitol in Atlanta. After the protest Miller who had issued an open letter asking protesters not to Burn the Flag said he was disappointed saddened and  Only was it wrong but i also think that it dam aged the message that they wanted to Send he  you Start talking about burning things the history of the Kun jux Kjan is the Best example i know that burning things is the wrong Way to go about doing business Miller said. Miller also said he could support a new Flag that do snot include any reference to the confederacy. I have never said that i would not accept any other Flag except the pre-1956 Flag he said. Santa Ana is floating idea of landlocked yacht club from wire reports Santa Ana Calif. The proposed Santa an yacht club would be 20 Miles from the Ocean and surrounded by a sea of parking  it an example of dry wit or is the plan All wet we arc serious about having a Bona fid yachting club in Santa Ana insisted Developer Geoff Wall who recently bought the 63-year-Oldmasonic Temple in the heart of downtown. A $3 million renovation was expected to take about year. The yacht club notion started Tongue in Check he said. But because it s so outrageous we think it would  owning a boat in t a prerequisite for membership. In car Happy Southern California rolling land yachts will do. If a garbage collector wants to join the club terrific. It s not just for judges and lawyers Wall  idea however has already been ridiculed. It s outrageous said Carol Kokol Vic commander and director of the voyagers yacht club in Newport Beach. But pet rocks were once Abig hit. So who knows grand jury probing killing Denver a grand jury is investigating whether a policeman was justified in lulling a 20 year old Man during a incident that resulted Froman argument Between the Man and his Girlfriend. Officer Michael Blake who shot Stephen Gan Tafter a foot Chase sept. 1, said he opened fire after Gant emerged from a hiding place in an Alley an punched him. Blake a six year Veteran of the Denver police Force had been called in to resolve a dispute Between Gant and Gant s  witnesses said Gant repeatedly shouted Don t shoot before Blake opened fire. The conflicting accounts prompted authorities to turn the matter Over to a grand jury said assistant District attorney Chuck Lepley. It is appropriate for the 12 Denver grand jurors to review this specific Case because of the numerous factual conflicts Lepley said. Department chief removed Minneapolis the University of Minnesota has removed transplant surgeon or. John Najarian As chairman of its surgery department As the feb investigates the experimental drug program he  president Nils Hasselmo said thursday he asked Nazarian to resign the position he had Hel for 25 years because of management failures in the anti Lymphocyte globulin or alg drug  Fri and other Federal agencies Are investigating whether the University mishandled drug sales and profits. Najarian helped develop alg which is used to Stop rejection of Organ transplants. Najarian will continue with the University As surgeon teacher and researcher Hasselmo said. Najarian did t return a Telephone Call to his Home but said in a letter released by the University that he had just turned 65 and it was time to begin an orderly transition to new  Smokey Bear ads allowed Seattle political ads depicting Smokey Bear wielding a Chain saw Are protected by the first amendment a Federal judge ruled rejecting a .Forest service request that the ads be banned. The Case involved satirical ads placed i newspapers last May by a group called Nighthawk the environmental air  on the use of Smokey Bear cited by the Forest service in the Case Are unconstitutional As applied to Nighthawk . District judge Carolyn Dimmick ruled  she rejected Nighthawk s Contention that the rules violated the Constitution in every conceivable r. Ion the court by no Means intends to create an open season on Sra key Bear Dimmick  ads challenging Forest service Timber harvesting policies in National forests featured cartoon of the Agency Mascot holding a Chain saw behind his Back. Say it Ain t so Smokey the headline read. Nighthawk gives air plane Tours of areas i considers environmentally damaged such As heavily logged forests