European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 4, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Group sees $6.2 billion As pork barrel expense Washington apr the government is squandering s6.2 billion on programs created to win friends and inflate Campaign War chests a private group said tuesday. A $58 million bailout of new York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner a shipbuilding business and a $1.1 million Grant to Siudy stress on plants were among a pork barrel projects on the third annual hit list of citizens against government waste. The group defines pork barrel projects As those funded with Federal Money although they serve Only local interests were not requested by the president or not the subject of congressional hearings. During a news conference tuesday the group named what it considers the 66 silliest government programs. The 66 come from a list of at least 1,500 programs totalling $6.2 billion said Anne Carroll the groups director of governmental affairs. Citizens against government waste has 535,000 dues paying members most of them individuals Carroll said. Corporations make up about 2 percent of the groups members she said. In addition to the Plant study and the Steinbrenner bailout the list includes $1.5 million set aside for a National pig research Center in Iowa $120,000 for a study of animal waste disposal and $15 million to preserve and restore egyptian antiquities. Some programs slide past Normal legislative channels said sen. Robert c. Smith r-n.h., and rep. Harris w. Fawell Roll. Congressmen often slip them into key Bills just before final passage before others have a Chance to read the Fine print they said. Thomas Schatz president of the citizens group said president Clinton should get rid of pork barrel spending before asking americans to pay higher taxes. A How can our elected officials keep a straight face and ask for More Money when the most outrageous spending is not eliminated a Schatz said. But sen. Robert c. Byrd dw.va., accused the group tuesday of doing Little More than seeking publicity a this method of Labelling All government spending As pork serves Only As a diversion from serious efforts to get our country on the Road to economic recovery a said Byrd whom the group denounced As one of the most successful pork barrel legislators. Fawell and Smith said they and fellow members of the pork busters coalition will again try to pass legislation cancelling Many programs on their own pork barrel list this year. Members of the coalition include six democrats 62 republicans and seven Public interest groups including citizens against government  murderer executed after High court clears Way from wire reports Florence Ariz. An inmate who said he deserved to die for strangling his pregnant Fiancee was executed by injection Early wednesday. John George Brewer 27, went to his death 1 i hours after the . Supreme court in a 7-2 vote lifted a stay imposed by a Federal appeals judge. It was arizonans second execution since 1963 and the first since voters switched the states method of execution from the Gas chamber. On tuesday the state Board of pardons and paroles refused to Block the execution after hearing brewery smother argue against it and Brewer argue for it judge rules for boy scouts Chicago a Public schools May distribute boy scouts of America recruiting materials and allow meetings on Campus although the organization excludes atheists judge ruled tuesday. The ruling came in a lawsuit filed in september by Robert Sherman against the boy scouts and Community consolidated school District 21 in suburban Wheeling. Sherman a son 10-year-old Richard was denied admission to the scouts when he refused to sign a pledge to Honor god Sherman contended in the lawsuit that the boys school should be barred from letting the boy scouts Post fliers and hold weekend meetings because the organization discriminates against atheists. But . District judge James b. Zagel ruled a the districts conduct toward the boy scouts can Only be fairly described As  test of d Washington a a California company received approval tuesday from the food and drug administration to begin Selling the first cholesterol test for Home use. The kit is expected to sell for $12 to $15, or about the same Price As a Home pregnancy test kit when it appears in drug stores within a few months executives of chem Trak inc. Said. Lab fees typically run $15 to $20 for a cholesterol test on top of the fee patients pay doctors for an office visit said Prithipal Singh chairman of chem Trak. Chem Traky a acc meter cholesterol self test includes a device to prick the Finger then squeeze a few drops of blood onto a plastic cassette with a test strip inside. The strip changes color within 15 minutes. Cholesterol then can be determined by comparing the color of the strip with an accompanying  thief returns babies St. Augustine a. A car thief drove Back to the crime scene after finding an unexpected cargo in the Back seat a two infants. Melinda Howell 19, of Bunnell told police that she stopped her car late sunday at a rest Stop along interstate 95. She left the engine running Ana her 8-month-old son and 3-month-old Nephew in the car while she went to the restroom. When she returned the car was gone said Kevin Kelshaw a sheriffs office spokesman. Kelshaw said the thief returned a few minutes after driving away. Reginald Todd Smith 33, of Hastings was arrested after being identified by witnesses. He was charged with grand theft Auto and two counts of abduction of a child under 13. He was being held tuesday in the St Johns county jail on $25,000 bail Kelshaw . Oks breast feeding Tallahassee Fla. The Florida legislature says if s permissible for women to breast feed their infants in Public. The Senate unanimously passed a Bill tuesday that says women May not be charged with indecent exposure or lewd behaviour for breast feeding in Public. The House approved the measure 107-8. The Bill goes to gov. Lawton Chiles who is expected to sign it. Chiles daughter a supporter of the measure made her Point while waiting to testify last month discreetly breast feeding her infant son As the House committee conducted a hearing. Although there Are no reported cases of breastfeeding mothers being charged under indecent Laws sponsors said some women have been hassled by Security guards in malls and other Public places. Jack in Box sued earlier Over tacos san Diego a More than a year before a handful of lawsuits were filed against the Parent company of Jack in the Box Over tainted meat the fast food Chain was accused of serving tacos smeared with hepatitis infected blood. Steve Anania and his wife Kate filed a lawsuit against san Diego based Foo maker inc. In Superior court in october 1991, alleging Thev found congealed blood on tacos they bought. The blood they said was from a Jack in the Box Cook who turned out to be infected with hepatitis. Neither of the Ananias contracted hepatitis. The lawsuit set to go to trial within two months seeks unspecified compensatory and punitive damages for product liability breach of contract general negligence infliction of emotional did to is and medical expenses. Foo maker a a spokeswoman Sheree Zizzi declined to comment on the lawsuit except to say the company planned a vigorous defense. Earlier this year hundreds of people in the Pacific Northwest were sickened by Jack in the Box hamburgers tainted by bacteria. At least two children died in Washington state from the infection and at least five lawsuits have been filed Over the contamination. On the evening of nov. 5, 1990, the Ananias went through the drive through Lane at a Jack in the Box restaurant in Bonsai and bought six tacos and two Steak fajitas they said. They were on their Way Home but Anania  wait. He ate one on he Way inside the darkened car. When they arrived Home his wife took a Taco out of the bag. She says she took a bite then looked Down to see congealed blood on her food. A it was sickening. There was blood All Over the food on the wrappers Quot Anania said tuesday. A a Kate made herself throw  the couple said they returned to the restaurant that night Only to find a Cook working with a hand wrapped in blood soaked towering. They said the assistant manager refused to remove the Cook from  experience ends Cwi Sukarno former first lady of Indonesia smiles tuesday As she leaves the Aspen colo., jail after serving 36 Days of a 60-Day sentence for slashing a fellow Jet setter at a party last year. Opening the door for her is prison administrator Don Bird. The widow of indonesians one time Leader pleaded guilty in january 1992 to charges of cutting the Cheek of Sodalite Marla Osmena with a wine Glass. The 52-year-old Sukarno who said her a precious experience in jail was something she will always treasure was let out Early for Good  for memorial to slaves inspired by Jungle Monument Cambridge mass. Apr or. S. Allen counter was doing research in the Amazon when he stumbled across something he had never seen in the United states a Monument to american slaves. Descendants of escaped slaves living in the Jungle had erected shrines to ancestors taken forcibly in crowded ships. Counter a Harvard physiologist is leading an Effort to commemorate that episode in history by building a Model of a crowded slave ship out of Granite in the nation s capital. The memorial would show the lower deck of a 150-foot-Long slave ship its cargo of 292 chained africans depicted in Black Granite with faces contorted in anguish. Committee members have discussed their plans with Federal officials but Haven to made any formal proposals yet