European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 26, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday july 26, 1993 . The stars and stripes Page 7 a act urges halt to Texas execution Huntsville Texas up the executive director of. The a act has asked gov. Ann w. Richards to reopen the Case of death Row inmate Gary Gra Ham in an Effort to Stop his execution accusing the judicial system of a miscarriage of Justice. At the same time three of Graham s shooting and robbery victims called for a Boycott of movies of celebrities who have taken up Graham s Case. The Rev. Benjamim f. Chavisjr. Told a Houston audience Friday night we re Here to add our name our organization s constituency and its full support in Stop Ping this  at the a act have determined a 41 companies being sued in . Plant fire Raleigh . A survivors of a fire at a Chicken processing Plant that killed 25 people sued 41 companies alleging their products either aided the spread of the fire or added toxins to it smoke. The lawsuit filed Friday in a Texas court accuses the companies of reckless misconduct which it says contributed to the sept. 3, 1991, fire at Imperial Foo products in Hamlet . The Blaze injured 56 people. Emmett Roe president of Imperial food pleaded guilty last year to involuntary manslaughter for the. Deaths and is serving a 19-year prison term. The Plant never reopened. The lawsuit claims the companies provided materials that either contributed to the fire s rapid spread or to the toxicity of the smoke it produced. The lawsuit seeks unspecified damages for 106 survivors and relatives of victims who died. John Coale a Washington attorney representing Many of the plaintiffs said that if successful the lawsuit could yield More than the $16.1 million already provided by an insurance settlement. It s hard to say at this Point but i think we re going to get infinitely More than redid in the first round Coale said. The lawsuit was filed in Jefferson county Texas in part because Many of the defendants operate in Texas. But that area was also chosen because juries in that part of the country Are known to Grant Gener Ous damage awards Coale told the news & observer of Raleigh in a report published saturday. The fire began when a Hydraulic line undergoing repairs sprayed fluid into Fryer burners. Within seconds the Plant filled with thick toxic smoke. The lawsuit names businesses that provided parts and equipment to operate the deep fat Fryer and companies that made flammable or toxic materials used to clean and run equipment. Serious miscarriage of Justice is unfolding Here in the state of  Chavis who was in Houston to address the convention of the National association of Black journalists said an aide to Richards said the governor s office would review the Case again. But David Talbot chief counsel for Richards said the governor has not promised to reopen the Case. Talbot said there is nothing More Richards can legally do on her own authority in the Graham Case. He said she has the one time Power to Grant a 30-Day stay of execution which she did in april. Graham is scheduled for execution aug. 17 for the 1981 robbery slaying of Bobby Grant Lambert at a Houston supermarket. His conviction has been affirmed twice by the Texas court of Crim Inal appeals and once by the . Supreme court. Actor Danny Glover joined Chavis Graham s parents and others in another plea for the condemned Man. Chavis later went to Huntsville to visit with Graham. Separately three of Graham s robbery and shooting victims held their own news conference calling for a Boycott of Glover s movies. Or. Glover butt out of the Texas criminal Justice system and go Back to Hollywood and your fantasy world of movies said Rick Sanford. Sanford Greg Jones and David Spiers said the Issue of Graham s execution should not be turned into one of race. Graham now 29, was 17 years old when Lambert was killed. Graham s friends claim he did not kill Lambert. Graham s lawyers say there were four witnesses to the crime  testified at the trial but prosecutors say two of the witnesses Are Graham s cousins fld a third was a woman he later married. Prosecutors also have questioned claims by the four that the killer was Shorter than Graham. The four have passed polygraph tests according to Gra Ham s supporters. Manual steering Ryan r. Richardson of Lon Valley s.d., puts his skills to the test during the steer wrestling Competition at the 97th annual Frontier Days Rodeo in Cheyenne wyo., on saturday. The Rodeo opened saturday and runs through next sunday. Alleged Bank robber spreads the wealth Las vegas a a Man standing outside a Bank doled out $100 Bills to stunned recipients As he cheerfully urged them to have a Good Day. But apparently the Money was t his to give away. Ronald Chroniak 46, was arrested Fri Day shortly after he allegedly robbed a Bank of America Branch police said. Police said they found Chroniak handing out the Money. It All started when a Man walked into the Batik around noon and handed a Teller a note demanding Money. After receiving an undisclosed amount he strolled out and began sharing the Booty. Alexander Mcnair said he was eating lunch in the Bank courtyard when the Man walked up and handed him a s100 Bill. Where d you get the Money Man Mcnair asked As he stared at the slightly crumpled Bill. I just robbed the Bank the Man re plied calmly. Have a Nice Day the Man moved on to a Sandwich shop and then an office building lobby where he was arrested minutes later. He did t seem scared at All said Matthew letter a Sandwich shop employee. He was t trying to run. A was joking and  police it. Mike Hawkins said most of the Money was recovered. Reporters arrived just before police took Chroniak away. Chroniak said he had moved to Nevada about three months ago and had tired of Las Vega Sand losing Money in its casinos. His own private Giveaway he said was my Way of getting  judge denies visitation request by Gay divorced father Jacksonville Fla. A a homosexual divorced father gave up Bis rights to share in decisions about his Chil Dren s upbringing when he moved in with his his infected Lover according to a judge s ruling. Calling Scott Mcabee s lifestyle Detri mental to his children circuit judge  Soud rejected the Man s request for unrestricted visitation rights. His homosexual lifestyle Soud wrote is so indicative of moral unfitness that it disqualifies his ability to live up to and perform the societal duty of Par venting  Soud expressed concern about the safety of the children Ages 8 and 3, if they were to visit their father at the one bedroom apartment he and the other Man share in St. Petersburg. Homosexual rights advocates criticized the order which Soud issued thursday. The american civil liberties Union immediately contacted Mcabee s lawyer to discuss an Appeal. We re appalled by the judge s Deci Sion said Nina Vinik Legal director at the Acle s state office. To say that Gays Are incompatible with being Good parents is just dead  Jayn Wambeke spokesman for the lesbian and Gay Community association of Jacksonville said to mandate that this Man can never be open with his Chil Dren about his life or his partner is particularly  me Abe e and his former wife Sarah Mcabee both 32, had been married More than 10 years when he informed her in March 1992 that he had fallen in love with a Man he met in a Tampa bar. Mcabee quit his Job in Jacksonville to move in with the Man who has tested positive for the human immunodeficiency Sims that causes aids. Although the couple agreed the Chil Dren should live with their Mother in South Carolina Mcabee requested unrestricted visitation rights. Soud denied the request citing the his status of Mcabee s Lover and Florida Laws forbidding sodomy homosexual marriages and adoptions by homosexuals. Instead the judge allowed Mcabee to visit the children in South Carolina under Sarah Mcabee s supervision if he shows up without a male companion submits to two his tests a year and agrees not to discuss his lifestyle or partner. Soud also allowed Mcabee an annual two week trip with the children to visit their paternal grandparents in Idaho