European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 28, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 6 the stars and stripes . Wednesday july 28,1993 House fights China s bid to be Host of olympics Washington a the House is urging the International olympic committee to reject Beijing s bid for the summer games in 2000, saying China i seeking the event to erase the memories of Tianan men All of the human rights abuses that Are practice anywhere on Earth Are practice in China said rep. Tom Lantos d-calif., a sponsor of the Resolution opposing Beijing s efforts. The nonbinding Resolution was approved monday Bya 287-99 margin with opponents expressing concern that official . Pressure on the Ioc could backfire. Rep. Pat Williams d-mont., compared the Resolution to president Carter s decision to Boycott the 1980moscow summer games after the soviet Union invaded Afghanistan. Williams said that action helped keep the Iron curtain in a senior chinese sports official he Zhenliang said after the House measure was introduced last week that it was an infringement of the olympic principles and it is the Senate is considering a similar Resolution. China is thought to rank behind Sydney Australia among the top contenders for the games. Other Candi dates Are Berlin Istanbul Turkey Brasilia Brazil and Manchester England. The Ioc s 94 members will meet in Monte Carlo in september to decide which City will play Host. The Beijing government has strongly pursued the bid seeing the games As a Way to boost its prestige and prove that it belongs among the great nations of the world. Lantos said that giving the games to Beijing would be a huge propaganda Victory adding that the chinese leadership seeks to erase the memories of Tia Nansen Square and divert attention from its human rights the Resolution singled out Chen Xintong the head of the Beijing 2000 olympic bid committee for authorizing troops to open fire on student demonstrators around Tiana men Square in 1989. At the time Chen was mayor of Beijing. " Lantos said it was particularly obnoxious that Chen was in charge of Beijing s olympic bid adding that his Promise of a disturbance free games can Only turn our rep. Chris h. Smith r-n.j., said supporting the games in a country where workers have no rights prisoners Are tortured and beaten and religious expression is tightly controlled would make us party to a showcase of Blind Sailor set to sail off on trip across Baltimore a Blind Sailor Hank Dekker prepared tuesday to set sail on a 3,200-mile Solo Cross ing of the Atlantic a voyage designed to show that the Blind can meet the same challenges As sighted people. Dick scr cheered on by 100 Well wishers who included . Sen. Tom Harkin of Iowa was towed out of Baltimore s inner Harbor about 10 45 . Aboard his 30-foot Sailboat Nib. He was headed to Cape May,n.j., where he will set sail today or thursday. If successful Dekker expects to arrive in Plymouth England 18 to 28 Days later becoming the first Blind person to Cross the Atlantic. First and Foremost this voyage is for me you have to take care of yourself he said before leaving Baltimore. But it s also an example. Look at All these Dekker who is being sponsored by the Baltimore based National federation of the Blind will be making the crossing in an ultralight Sailboat named for the organization. Harkin a Democrat is an Nib Board member. The boat contains radar charts and other equipment especially designed for the Blind. Dekker 58, is a former car Salesman and race car Driver who took up sailing after he lost his sight to Glau coma 16 years ago. In 1983, he became the first Blind person to sail sol from san Francisco to Hawaii surviving Hurricane Henrietta along the Way. He won third place three years later in a Solo Pacific race against two dozen other sailors who were not Blind. To help prevent collisions Dekker has a radar Detec Tor on Board that sets off an alarm whenever a radar from another boat is detected. He will also be Able to Send out a position fix via satellite in an emergency but has avoided other electronic gadgetry. You can t rely on electronics he said. You have to know How to sail. I am sailing my boat just As any other Good Sailor leaving for new Jersey Blind Sailor Hank Dekker Waves goodbye monday to a crowd who turned out in Baltimore to wish him Well on his Ocean crossing attempt. La. Smoking ban delayed by petition los Angeles a a petition drive prevented a City ordinance that bans smoking los Angeles restau rant from taking effect tuesday. The los Angeles hospitality coalition a group of restaurant and hotel managers submitted 96,000 petition Sig natures saturday demanding the ban s repeal. Implementation was delayed while officials verified the names. Signatures of 58,000 registered voters Are needed to Force a Public vote on a City ordinance. The coalition which gets some funding from the to Bacco Industry contends that the smoking ban would Hurt the City s tourist Industry. Our City Council should be attempting to improve los Angeles image rather than driving business out of town said Brian Reed general manager of Delmoni co s seafood Grille. But advocates of nonsmokers rights counter that the Law might attract patrons to los Angeles. The ordinance would exempt bars nightclubs and out Side dining areas but would snuff out cigarettes in 7,000 restaurants in the City. It was adopted june 23 by the Cit Council. Death Row inmate upset by judge Happy face from wire reports Houston an attorney for a death Row inmate complained after a judge signed the Man s execution order with a Little Happy face flourish. My client was shocked ," civil rights lawyer William Kunstler said monday. I be never seen anything like that before. Does t it seem terribly inappropriate District judge Charles j. Hearn added the Symbol to an order setting an oct. 15 execution Date for Robert Nelson Drew. The judge said it was not intended to take away from the seriousness of it s just become part of my signature he said. My Driver s License is signed Itiat Drew was sentenced for stabbing to death a 17 year old Hitchhiker 30s actress Nan Grey Dies san Diego Nan Grey a leading lady i Hollywood films of the 1930s and the wife of pop Singer Frankie Laine died sunday on her 75thbirthday. Grey whose real name was Eschal Miller Las appeared on television with Laine in a 1960 episode of the series Rawhide. She was better known for her film career which included such popular b movies As the sea spoilers with John Wayne Dracula s daughter Tower of London the invisible Man returns and the House of the seven Gables. A better Way to bet Meadow lands a. -. A Gambler with nerves of steel has been bleeding the Bank at Pennsylvania horse racing tracks by wagering$100,000 to show on prohibitive favourites and officials said that since March 12 the unidentified Philadelphia bettor has placed three bets at off track wagering windows for races a three different tracks. The wagers Are costing the race tracks thousands of dollars because a $2.10 payoff is guaranteed for every $2 bet but the amount of Money in the show pools in t enough to cover the huge bets. The tracks absorb the losses. Prisoners get right to refuse san Francisco the California supreme court ruled unanimously monday that state prisoners have the right to refuse food and medical treatment even if that refusal is Likely to cause death. The court ruled in a Case involving a 31-year-old inmate who refused to cooperate with medical personnel after Hejnas paralysed from the shoulders Down in a fall from a prison Wall in 1991. The ruling upheld a lower court decision refusing to permit prison doctors to treat Howard Andrews without his permission. The court said the right of people to control their bodies extended also to prisoners in state facilities. Andrews a Madera county resident serving a life sentence at Folsom prison for second degree murder had intermittently refused food an treatment after he was moved to the California medical facility at Vacaville. Convoy Heads for Cuba Laredo Texas a 95-truck Convoy carrying about 100 tons of humanitarian Aid to Cuba began arriving monday in Laredo on a journey to Tampico Mexico where the goods will embark of a freighter to Cuba. The caravan called .-Cuba Friend shipment is being coordinated by pastors for peace a Minneapolis based project of the inter religious foundation for Community organization in Defiance of the . Blockade of Cuba. The group considers the . Policy immoral and illegal. A smaller shipment was organized by the same group last november
