European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 12, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 6 the stars and stripes . Thursday August 12,1993 lawyer group reaffirms stand on abortion rights from wire reports new York the american bar association voted decisively tuesday to stick with its Strong stand in favor of abortion rights a stand that has created dissension in its ranks for three years. Nearly 5,000 members have resigned in protest since the nation s largest organization of lawyers first took the abortion rights stand in february 1990. Led by the state bar of Texas opponents of the stand sought to put the Issue to a referendum among the group s 370,000 members an extraordinary measure used Only twice in the Aba s115-year history. The referendum proposal fell far Short of the 266 votes required in the House of delegates the Aba s policy making body where the vote was 128 in favor of the measure and 313 opposed. Arkansas governor ill Little Rock Ark. Gov. Jim Guy Tucker was in intensive care tuesday after suffering intestinal bleeding while vacationing in Michigan. Tucker 50, was in Good condition at the Mayo clinic in Rochester minn., where he went monday gubernatorial spokeswoman Max Parker said. Parker said Tucker s ailment associated with a chronic Colon condition did not require surgery. Snorkelers electrocuted Cape Vincent , two teen age snorkelers were electrocuted in an Accident authorities said was apparently caused by a rodent that had chewed through insulation on wiring nearby. The girls jumped off a Dock into the St. Lawrence. River on monday and immediately screamed for help witnesses said. Investigators concluded that the exposed wire in a storage shed electrified Metal railings on a boat ramp next to the Dock said Charles e. Childs of Niagara Mohawk Power corp. The victims Kristen Diviney 16, of Hornell and Amanda Freeland 13, of Canisteo Only had to be near the railings to get a Shock Childs said. Charges Over laxative cake con Way Ark. A cake decorator was charged with Battery after laxatives turned up in a cake Given As a peace offering to a disgruntled customer. Robin d. Carson 21. Faces 17 Misdemeanour counts one for each of the people who ate the cake and became ill police said. If convicted she could be sentenced to 17 years in prison and fined$17,000. Paul d. Ross 24, had been in a disagreement with the manager of a Toby Frozen Yogurt store. The store gave him the free cake july 30 to reconcile the problem. Vie and 16 co workers sampled it. Carson who decorated cakes in various Toby stores was questioned after she quit aug. 2. The timing of her departure raised suspicions police said. It was discovered that All the people that had eaten some of the cake had diarrhoea and nausea according to a police report. Brother fights off lion Georgetown Ohio a 17-year-old stopped a lion s attack on his 16-year-old brother by hitting it several times authorities said tuesday. The animal was later shot to death. The lion had broken Loose froth a Cage at a farm near Georgetown 40 Miles Southeast of Cincinnati. Lee Kimberly was attacked monday in a Field about a mile from the farm As he walked with his brother Ron and two friends the sheriffs department said. The lion retreated after Ron struck it several times allowing the boys to flee. Bathing suits regulated Lemont Iii. Women whose bathing suits leave their buttocks showing no longer Are Welcome at Public pools in at least one Southwest suburban Chicago Community. Members of the Lemont Village Board of trustees and Lemont township Park District vote monday to ban thong bathing suits or other revealing clothing at the local Pool. We Don t want buttocks showing Park Board president Norbert Lesnieski said. It s just not proper health plan would insure every working american by the los Angeles times Washington president Clinton s health care Reform plan will not require any Broad based tax and will aim to keep costs Down by limiting insurance com Pany rate increases and controlling the prices charged by drug companies the White House said tuesday. In a 47-Page report titled health care update distributed to democratic members of Congress the White House also stated flatly that Clinton will require All working Arne Picans to carry health insurance and share the Cost with their employers. Well ask every one to contribute it said. Although the document did not specifically say so administration sources have said the so called employ or mandate would require businesses to pay at least 80 percent of a worker s premiums with employees responsible for the remainder. The Only tax Likely to be proposed to finance health care Reform is a Levy on cigarettes probably $1 per pack they said. The president is expected to make the final decisions on the key elements of his Reform Agenda by mid sep tember and to introduce the plan shortly thereafter. The document being distributed tuesday on Capitol Hill contained the most detailed explication yet of the elements of the health care Reform Agenda. Among them a comprehensive benefits package that Guaran tees lifetime coverage and covers such preventive serv ices As regular checkups immunizations and Mammo Grams. The document says the package will be As comprehensive As those offered by most Fortune 500 companies and include some prescription drug cover age and phased in coverage for Long term care starting with Home and Community based efforts. Greater consumer Choice of doctors. Today most businesses dictate which health plan you can join and sometimes which doctors you can see. That won t happen under the Clinton plan the White House said. No Boss will be Able to Tell you what doctor to go to or what health plan to discounts perhaps in the form of government subsidies to help Small business owners buy insurance for themselves and their employees. Low wage earners and the self employed also May receive subsidies. Special incentives to encourage doctors to work in poorly served regions in Rural areas and inner cities. Taking the oath in a ceremony tuesday at the White House Ruth Bader Ginsburg is sworn in As the 107th . Supreme. Court Justice. President Clinton looks on As chief Justice win Liam h. Rehnquist administers the oath of office. Gins Burg became the second woman to serve on the High court. She joins Sandra Day o Connor a Justice since 1981. 2nd language puts boy at risk father argues in custody Battle san Juan puerto Rico a borrowing a Page from a child psychology textbook a spaniard seeking custody of his son from his puerto rican wife is arguing in Legal papers that growing up with two languages could harm the boy s development. Trallero Salgado a Spanish civil guard who u seek ing custody of his 5-year-old son Fernando named Lan Guage As a special motive in court papers filed in Zaragoza Spain. Fernando s native language is Spanish and
