European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 16, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday february 16,1993 . The stars and stripes b Page biosphere ii panel resigns citing Lack of cooperation by Robert Cooke. New Day a special Independent committee of scientists set up to help oversee a controversial space habitat Experiment in Arizona has resigned frustrated by Lack of co operation members said. The 10 scientists who oversaw the scientific integrity of the two year biosphere ii Experiment resigned feb. 5 during a meeting at the smithsonian institution in Washington said one member who asked not to be identified. They the operators of biosphere ii weren t listen ing to us the member said. The committee chairman Tom Lovejoy assistant Secretary for external affairs at the smithsonian was reached in Mexico City on saturday and confirmed the resignations. He Wuu not elaborate on How the Resig nations would affect the project. Lovejoy said he and Texas oilman de Bass who financed biosphere ii were going to make the announcement of the Resig nations today other members of the committee which included Keith Runcorn of Newcastle University in England and Ian prance of the famed Kew gardens could not be reached for comment. Biosphere ii is a huge Glass enclosed Structure cover ing 3.15 acres at the foot of Arizona s Santa Catalina mountains near Oracle. It Cost an estimated $150 Mil lion. The highly touted Experiment which was a testing Model for living in a space station began on sept. 26, 1991, when its Crew entered for a two year stay. Four women and four men locked themselves inside. The Rev. Jesse Jackson clasps the hand of a hunger striking haitian refugee at Guantanamo Bay Cuba on sunday. Fasting Jackson presses Haiti Issue Washington a the Rev. Jesse Jackson threatened monday to organize a hunger strike in the United states unless the Clinton administration allows his infected haitians into the country. Jackson who began a personal hunger strike sunday emerged from a meeting with the White House chief of staff Thomas Mack Mclarty saying he supported Clinton s haitian policy but he wants action within a _ see related Story picture on Page 11 week. He also met with first lady Hillary Rodham Clin ton and discussed his views on the nation s health care system the focus of her work in the West Wing of the White House. Jackson came away  was a very Good meeting in my judgment he said. She is sensitive to a Broad Range of  Jackson said he discussed the Lack of Quality health care in Urban and Rural  civil rights Leader recently returned from the  naval base at Guantanamo Bay Cuba where he joined his infected haitians on a hunger strike to pressure Clinton to lift the ban on their  also urged Clinton to move faster to restore de posed haitian president Jean Bertrand ans tide Addend a naval blockade meant to discourage mass Migra Tion from the Caribbean nation. I m going to continue the hunger strike Tor at least a week and if at end of the week there has Bee no shift of policy i will have to consider expanding the number of people involved Jackson said. He said the expanded strike could involve other leaders and other organizations that have been involved in the  Clinton said last week that he wants to reverse the immigration policy that bars his infected people from entering the country. In an about face of his Campaign rhetoric Clinton adopted president Bush s policy to Ward Haiti sending monitors to the Caribbean nation to push for democracy. Or. Clinton s policy toward Haiti is the right policy Jackson said. But he said the administration needs prodding to implement that policy Early  the 267 haitians being detained at Guantanamo Bay Are seeking Asylum but they have been refused entry to the United states because they or relatives with them have aids or Are infected with the human immunodeficiency virus which causes aids. Most of the haitians Are refusing their meals to some degree with 15 or 20considered hard Core strikers. More than 40,000 boat people have fled Haiti since bloody 1991 coup ousted Aristide Haiti s first freely elected president. The United states has shipped Mostof them Back claiming they were economic migrants. Refugees claim they Are fleeing army terror. Peace conference for Street gangs planned Kansas City to. A gangs from around the country have expressed interest in taking part in a National peace conference for Street gangs an Organ Izer said sunday. Gang leaders from Boston Chicago los Angeles and Minneapolis met earlier this month in Washington ., to pledge peace and to announce the National gathering scheduled for april 30 to May 2 in Kansas City. Organizers have been meeting with cities gang Lead ers who want to join the Summit Carl Upchurch the Summit s chief organizer said after a weekend planning session in Kansas City. Upchurch is director of the Council for Urban peace and Justice in Granville Ohio. Jury room courtship leads to Valentine s Day wedding from wire reports Charleston . In the jurors lounge where they met John Johnson and Charlotte Blake guilty of falling in love were sentenced sunday to spend their lives together. The first time 1 showed up for jury duty she was across a room full of people and i spotted her right off Johnson said just before taking his Valentine Day wedding vows. Eventually we got around to  Johnson 59, a technician for a chemical company and Blake 53, a Legal Secretary were called to jury duty five years ago to hear a civil Case in circuit court. Their trial judge Paul Zakaib agreed to open his courtroom sunday to marry them. I thought it was pretty Nice Zakaib said afterwards. They had Nice family Nice  were about 25 people Here. It s one of the nicer things that can happen to a judge when he s i office. It s a lot nicer than handling a criminal  the couple had originally considered a Church wedding. But eventually we thought the jurors lounge would be perfect Blake said. Sex mayor s car auctioned Washington Marion Barry s somewhat famous car a 1991 Chrysler new yorker was sold at auction saturday to an Arlington va., woman who said she had never heard of the former and definitely famous Washington ., mayor. Fanny Yuan an insurance agent bought the car for $14,200 because she liked it. It is very pretty she said. Barry now the  Councilman from Ward 8, put the car up for Sale after it was allegedly stolen Fromin front of the District building last month. The Chrysler a $25,000 gift from friends had Bee presented to Barry in january 1991, when he left the mayor s office. He later served a six month sentence for Possession of cocaine before being elected to the Council last  police recovered the car Barry insisted that it be checked for drugs before he picked it up an then decided he never wanted to drive it again. And so the deep Maroon car with darkened windows leather scats and console Telephone was driven onto the auction Block by Dorily Zaritsky owner of Capitol Auto auction. After Yuan bought the car when the Media crowded around she seemed puzzled. No she said she did not know who Marion Barry was. No she did not know the car had been stolen. Reagan Library debt paid los Angeles unlike the National debt which continues to soar out of sight the $57 million Ronald Reagan presidential Library has been paid off by a private foundation. The Ronald Reagan presidential foundation made the final $2 million payment on the Hilltop Complex in Simi Valley earlier this month the los Angeles times reported sunday. John Midgley executive director of the foundation said the 153,000-Square-foot Library now will focus its efforts on developing a Public policy think tank to carry on the legacy of Reagan Era conservatism. Much of the Money for the museum and research Library came from Reagan s wealthy friends big business and japanese interests. Woman shot child taken Loma Linda Calif a woman was shot to death outside the Loma Linda University medical Center emergency room sunday by a Man who fled with her child authorities said. The woman who was shot in the emergency room s parking lot was taken inside the Hospital for treatment but died soon afterwards said Loma Linda spokeswoman Anita Rockwell. She was identified As Ignacia Manriquez 29, of Coachella said san Bernardino county Deputy Coroner Steve Foster. She had arrived at the Hospital seeking treatment for herself and her child who were both suffering from flu symptoms officials said. The gunman who was believed to be the woman s husband left with her 4-year-old son said san Bernardino county sheriffs dispatcher Debby Holman