European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 16, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Wednesday february 16, 1994 . The stars and stripes Page 7 suspect to plead insanity in killing of abortion doctor from wire reports Pensacola Fla. A Man charged in the fatal shooting of an abortion doctor will be allowed to use an insanity defense a judge ruled monday. Michael f. Griffin a lawyers contend that his exposure to anti abortion literature videos bumper stickers and a effigies of nurses and physicians with bloodstained hands and nooses around their necks diminished his capacity to Tell right from wrong. Griffin a lawyers also say other anti abortion activists deluded him into believing violence was supported by the Bible. The prosecution has moved to bar introduction of the abortion related evidence. Assistant state attorney James Murray also wants to prohibit lawyers and witnesses from mentioning abortion or using words such As a Hitler a a holocaust a a baby killers and Griffin 32, a former chemical Plant worker is scheduled for trial next monday. He is accused of shooting or. David Gunn three times March 10 As the physician arrived to perform abortions at Pensacola women a medical services Way the cookie crumbled St. Petersburg Fla. Baking a Batch of chocolate Chip cookies with marijuana seemed like a harmless weekend diversion to James Fowler until a visiting in Law sampled one and got into trouble. Fowler a dilemma How do you Tell a police officer that he a just eaten some pot Fowler did no to say anything to Kenneth Kokotek his wife a son in Law until after the police officer tested positive in a random drug screening four Days later Kokotek said. The. Internal affairs division investigated and decided urine tests backed up Kokotek a account of a one time culinary encounter with the drug last month it. Tim Story said. A regular user would have shown traces of tetrahydrocannabinol the Active ingredient in marijuana for a longer period. Gays Call for safeguards in Clinton s health plan Washington a the National Gay and lesbian task Force called for changes in president Clinton a health plan monday to ensure that homosexuals Are not discriminated against either As doctors or patients. The group applauded Clinton a commitment to uni versa coverage but expressed concern that his Bill a does not make the health care system safer for lesbians Gay men or it said the Clinton plan a discriminates financially against families by defining a family its a married couple or a single Parent with children. 1 a Gay couple with a child and big health Bills could wind up paying $4,500 in deductibles compared with $3,000 for a traditional family the task Force said. Lorrie Mchugh a White House spokeswoman said the definition of family a would follow state she said that under the Clinton plan Quot you cannot discriminate against a patient or provider based on health Slat us a making it illegal for insurers to refuse to cover a Gays. A a a a a a a. Meanwhile 29 congresswoman sent rep. Jim Cooper d-tetm., a letter charging that his health Reform Bill a a shortchanged women a health by not spelling out what services would be covered. Cooper would leave the design of a benefits package to a National commis. Sion. A if this plan passes women a health will fall right through the cracks a said rep. Nita m. Lowry d-n.y., who helped compose the letter. Three signers were republicans a Constance a. Morelia of Maryland Susan. Molinari of new York and Marge Roukema of new Jersey. / Quot Cooper in a statement said his Bill would cover a fall medically appropriate treatments. And the full Range of preventive he added a any Standard benefits package no matter How it is developed must recognize the special health care needs of the Gay task Force urged that explicit language barring discrimination based on sexual orientation be added throughout the 1,342-Page Clinton Bill 2 Torrance Calif. A a robber shot and killed two police officers attending a meeting monday at a Holiday inn. He was subdued and later died. Wearing a bulletproof Vest a mask and a Hood the gunman walked into the 12th-floor meeting room and declared a this is a robbery a sgt. Dave Smith said. Thirteen people mostly police officers were meeting in the room to discuss team management strategies for the City of Palos Verdes estates Smith said. The officers were on duty but were not wearing uniforms and it Wasny to known whether the gunman knew they were police officers Smith said. The gunman shot one police officer who Rose to Eon front him then shot another officer who tried to help the first officer Smith said. Other officers then sub Dued the gunman he said. The gunman died at Little company of Mary Hospi Tal following the police the Coroner and inc Hospital refused to comment on the cause of death. The gunman later was identified As David Fukuto 32, son of Justice Morio Fukuto of the state court of appeals. Capt. Michael Tracy 51, and sgt. Vernon Vanderpool 57, died at Harbor Urcla medical Center Smith said. Both officers were from the Palos Verdes estates police department a coastal suburb about 25 Miles South of downtown los Angeles. Six Southern California police officers were killed on duty last year. By Kevin Mccullen Scripps Howard news service fort Collins Colo. A Man who admitted raping his wife after watching a television program about the Bobbitt Case was sentenced to jail monday. Michael Spear 26, received a two year deferred sentence and five months in Larimer county a detention Center a with credit for time served a for the sexual assault of his now estranged wife and for striking one of his children Spear according to court records entered a room in the couples Home where his wife was watching a television program about the Case of John and Lorena Bobbitt John Bobbitt was acquitted of raping his wife and she was found innocent by reason of insanity for cutting off his Penis. After asking his wife what she would do in a similar situation Spear told her a a let a find out Quot before assaulting her according to court records initially in Shock the woman later telephoned police to report the assault she said she did not believe she had a Case at first a because it was my husband a re cords said. His wife has moved to another state with the couples three sons Ages 1, 2 and 4. Spear last month pleaded guilty to Sec Ond degree sexual assault and Misdemeanour child abuse. He did not speak at mondays sentencing in Larimer District court. But his lawyer Ann Roan said Spear had joined a Domestic violence treatment program in jail. A for your future and that of your family conduct yourself in an appropriate fashion a judge William Dressel told Spear. Former lawmaker Judd Dies at 95 Washington apr former . Rep. Walter d. Judd has died of cancer at age 95. Judd a physician and missionary represented Minnesota a 5th District the City of Minneapolis from 1943 to 1962. Judd who had a lifelong interest in asian and european affairs was the Lead author of legislation under which surplus american farm products Worth More than $17 billion were shipped overseas to feed other countries. President Reagan awarded him the presidential medal of Freedom in 1981, calling him a an articulate spokesman for All those who cherish Liberty and a Model for All americans who aspire to serve Mankind As physicians spiritual leaders and Judd a native of rising City neb., served two terms As a congregational Church missionary to China in the 1920s and 1930s, leaving the first time because of malaria and the second because of the japanese occupation. He was a Delegate to the . General Assembly in 1957 and delivered the keynote address at the 1960 Republican National convention. Judd died sunday at a retirement Home in Mitchellville my. 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