European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 03, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday february 1994 us. The stars and stripes Page 7 . Called on to further peace process in Ireland new York a with time winding Down on his 48-hour . Visit tuesday the Leader 5f the Ira s political Wing urged the Clinton administration to help the peace Effort in Northern Ireland. Progressive opinion in the .a. Can assist in the development of a peace process in Ireland said Gerry Adams the presi Dent of the Legal sinn fein party that sup ports the outlawed Irish Republican army. The . Government can play a significant and positive role in encouraging the peace process by helping to create a climate which moves the situation  president Clinton approved the special 48-hour visa for Adams who had been blocked eight times Over the past two dec Ades from entering the United states be cause of his alleged terrorist connections. While endorsing the Ira s military Campaign against British Rule of Northern ire land Adams has denied Ever being an Ira  was greeted warmly by a crowd of More than 400 people at the Waldorf Asto Ria hotel the audience included Patricia Kennedy Law Ford Clinton s ambassador to Ireland and former Boston mayor Ray Flynn now ambassador to the Vatican. Later tuesday Adams spoke to about 1,500 people at the Sheraton new York hotel at an event organized by americans for a new Irish Agenda. I do believe we re into what i have called the final phase of the conflict in our country Adams said. I think it can Only be Good for the British people As Well As for the Irish people if we move  he handled his whirlwind visit in a typically american Way doing a series of live television spots and news conferences to present his Case. But his interview monday night on can s Larry King sinn fein Leader Ocny Adams Center greets a Man prior to addressing a conference on Northern Ireland in new York on tuesday. Because Britain bans him from speaking on television. In granting the visa Clinton officials said they hoped Adams visit would help end 25 years of violence Over whether Northern Ireland should remain a British run province or be allowed to unite with Ireland. The violence Nas claimed More than 3,100 lives. In Washington British foreign Secretary Douglas Hurd denounced Adams on tuesday As a master of ambiguity and said he had never renounced violence in Northern Ireland. Also in new York was John Hume of the social demo cratic and labor party which is backed by a majority of Northern Ireland s Catholic voters. He blamed violent factions on both sides. Ironically the Only people causing the Border to exist uni la Ltd  Ivan Limus i4lgit wit i my a we. A a of o live was withheld from the network s european satellite Are the ones who want it to disappear Hume said. Killing blessed Beckwith allegedly said Jackson miss. A Byron de la Beckwith claimed that he had god s Blessing to kill Blacks who got out of line a Surprise witness testified at Beck with s trial in the 1963 ambush slaying of civil rights organizer Medgar Evers. God would never be upset with you because they were not persons they were beasts Mark Reiley quoted Beckwith As saying. Reiley testified tuesday that the White supremacist befriended him in 1979, when Reiley was a guard in the prison Ward of a Louisiana Hospital. Beckwith was serv my time for an attempted bombing. Reiley now a Chicago businessman said that Beck with once got into a loud argument with a Black nurse Saide and that he warned her if i could get rid of an uppity Nigger like Medgar Evers i would have no prob Lem with a no account Nigger like you the defense was scheduled to open its Case wednes " Day. Beckwith a 73-year-old former fertilizer Salesman was tried twice in 1964 on charges of murdering Evers. Both trials ended in Hung juries. Evers the head of the Mississippi chapter of the National association for the advancement of coloured people was gunned Down by a sniper. The Case was reopened after allegations of jury and evidence tampering were raised. The major new Evi Dence in this trial came from five witnesses who Testi fied that they heard Beckwith say after the 1964 trials that he killed Evers. In addition to Reiley the witnesses Are an Fri informant who once belonged to the Kun flux klan a woman who  she has psychiatric problems a Man with a drinking problem and a woman who changed significant details in her account. Reiley said Beckwith told him that Blacks were the beasts of the Field mentioned in the Bible. If they get out of line you should kill them just like any other animal and not feel guilty about it Reiley quoted Beckwith As saying Beckwith s attorneys complained that they did t have time to prepare for Reiley s testimony. Reiley said he telephoned prosecutors Friday after seeing a television report on the trial. Faa urged to step up Airport Security Washington a the Federal aviation administration in t moving fast enough to improve air port Security and reduce the risk of terrorism congressional investigators say. The Agency has made some improvements a report by the general accounting office the investigative Arm of Congress noted. But it has t done everything required by a 1990 Law passed in response to the 1988 bombing of pan am flight 103 Over Lockerbie Scotland the Gao said. They Haven t moved As quickly As they might in Sev eral key categories said Kenneth m. Mead who Over sees Gao studies on transportation. This is a Situa Tion where they be made some Progress but More Progress is  the Gao recommended a list of further improvements including a study of ways that known terrorist groups might breach Security at various airports. The Faa still is studying the Gao s conclusions spokeswoman Liz Neblett said. She noted that the report pointed out that the Faa has taken important Steps in response to the 1990 Law. Other recommendations Are under a High priority review she said. Congressional concern about Security was height ened after the pan am bombing which killed 259 peo ple in the plane and 11 on the ground. A presidential commission studying the Issue in 1990 concluded that Airport Security was seriously flawed and failed to pro vide adequate Protection for the Public. In response Congress passed the aviation Security improvement act of 1990. House and Senate transportation subcommittees asked the Gao to report on How Well the Faa is Fol lowing the Law. The Faa also has been criticized by the Clinton administration which has proposed replacing it with a government corporation. Officials plan to draft legis lation for overhauling the Faa by april. Relatives of aids victim sue Philadelphia makers from wire reports new York relatives of a new York lawyer who was fired after contracting aids say the makers of the movie Philadelphia ripped off his Story and they arc demanding $10 million from the filmmakers. Geoffrey Bowers family filed suit in Federal court tuesday against Tri Star pictures director Jonathan Demic and producer Scott Rudin. Bowers relatives said that they shared their memories with people involved in the movie and that they expected to be paid an undetermined amount and to see Bowers mentioned in the credits. We made the mistake of trusting people said Dana Bowers one of Bowers Brothers. They betrayed  Tri Star said the movie was inspired by dozens of cases. Philadelphia is a fictional Story that addresses a regrettably recurring theme of aids discrimination in this country Tri Star spokesman fid Russell said. ".". Bowers died in 1987 at age 33. In december the state human rights Board ordered the new York firm of Baker and Mckenzie to pay $500,000 for discriminating against him. Jetliner loses wheel Linthicum my. Ausai plane made an emergency Landing tuesday after one of its wheels fell off shortly after Takeoff. No one . The Boeing 737 was headed from Baltimore Washington International Airport to Chicago s o Hare International Airport with 42 passengers airline spoken Fetn John Bronson said. It had a Normal Takeoff but some witnesses in the terminal including an employee of another airline stated they saw a wheel fall off on Takeoff he said. The Pilot was notified and the plane landed at the Baltimore Airport 22 minutes later Bronson said. The Boeing 737 has four wheels and can land on two he said. Utah abortion Law upheld Salta Keity a Utah Law re airing a 24 hour waiting period for women seeking abortions was upheld tuesday by a Federal judge. . District judge Dee Benson said the lawsuit was frivolous and ordered the plaintiffs to pay All court  suit was filed last april by two abortion clinics four doctors and several women. It was backed by the Center for reproductive Law & policy a new York firm specializing in abortion rights. The 1993 statute requires women to receive counselling about the nature of abortion and the alternatives to it then wait 24 hours before undergoing the procedure. Search for fishermen ended Acushnet mass. The coast guard has Given up the search for two fishermen who were inside the pilothouse of a 76-foot trawler when it capsized and Sank. Crews in jets and helicopters searched for two Days before concluding at Nightfall tuesday that the men were probably dead. They were in survival suits but we just could not find them coast guard spokeswoman Amy Gaskill said. The men were identified As Robert Dejesus jr.,45, of Westport and Wayne Costa 30, of new Bedford they were aboard the boat when it Sank in 38-degree Waters monday. A third Crew member was sucked under but managed to reach a life raft. He was rescued monday and treated for hypothermia. Marlboro Man snuffed out Philadelphia even at 60 feet tall the Marlboro Man was no match for Linda Lawrence. Lawrence persuaded the Philip Morris co. To take Down its Marlboro Man billboard that for seven years has beckoned southbound motorists on interstate 95. She pointed out that the sign in the Industrial port Richmond Section was within 500 feet of a school violating a tobacco Industry policy. Naturally i m Happy said Lawrence a homemaker who lives in the nearby Mayfair Section