European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 19, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes . Friday August 19,1994 judges annul racially drawn districts Houston a for the second time in four weeks congressional districts drawn to increase minority representation have been ruled unconstitutional. On wednesday a panel of three Feder Al judges struck Down two districts in the Houston area and one in Dallas saying they Bear the odious imprint of racial  they were conceived for the purpose of providing Safe seats in Congress for two african americans and an hispanic representative the ruling said. In july a Federal court eliminated a chlorination seen possible cancer risk Washington a a new finnish study says the byproducts found in some chlorinated drinking water May nudge up the risk of bladder and kidney cancer. The risk is minuscule compared with that from smoking High fat diets and the other usual causes of cancer but it should be of enough concern for the government to act . Scientists said. Almost All americans drink chlorinated water. Chlorine is a vital disinfectant for water killing bacteria that cause a Host of deadly diseases. Up to 9 million people die every year from drinking contaminated water in parts of the world that Don t disinfect it. But during chlorination the chemical re acts with other compounds to form Bypro ducts that some studies have found slightly increase the risk of certain cancers. Most byproducts Are formed in surface water which has More contaminants than purer groundwater. So scientists Are trying to determine whether people who drink chlorinated surface water Are at risk and if so How much of these byproducts can be safely consumed. The finnish study published in thurs Day s american journal of Public health is the latest to indicate a link. Finns who for several decades had drunk water Laden with chlorine byproducts particularly one called my were 1.2 times More Likely to get bladder cancer tha neighbors consuming few byproducts re _. Pc m 9 a. ,. T _ _ _ t a a i majority Black congressional District i Louisiana saying its contorted shape amounted to racial gerrymandering. A similar lawsuit in Georgia is pending. But on aug. 1, a Federal court panel in North. Carolina ruled 2-1 that eve though two oddly shaped congressional districts were drawn to promote the elec Tion of Blacks they were Legal because the aim was to Correct past injustice. The Texas lawsuit was filed by six re publicans four White one hispanic and  who claimed that 24 of the state s 30 districts were racially gerrymandered and should be redrawn. The judges said the other 21 districts were fair because they were drawn Moreto favor incumbents than to help a cer Tain ethnic group. The judges gave both sides until aug.26 to submit plans for new lines for the 19th and 29th districts in the Houston area and Dallas 30th District. It was no immediately Clear if the legislature would be forced into special session be fore the november election to draw new boundaries. A spokesman for gov. Ann Richards said the decision was being reviewed. An Appeal would be filed with the . Supreme court. I think today is a great tragedy for the state of Texas said Sheila Jackson Lee who won the democratic nomination in the historically Black 18th District after defeating rep. Craig Washington who is Black in the primary. Rep. Gene Green a White Democrat is seeking a second term in the heavily hispanic 29th District. Rep. Eddie Ber Nice. Johnson a Black Democrat is run Ning for a second term in the 30th. Sailors Delight ported or. Meri Koivupalo of the finnish Navy Boatswain s mate Kasey Kading left makes a face at his the aircraft Carrier Carl Vinson returned to Nas Alameda in of. _ a or a. _ 4 _. \ a my 4 a a.�4k a w Rohtla my Ciao a a Loti Hal Etc pfc a cancer registry. They were 1.2 to 1.4 times 10-month-old daughter Lauren while Jason Davis holds his 5 More Likely to get kidney cancer. Month old son Jason jr., on wednesday for the first time since California. The Carl Vinson finished a six month cruise in the Pacific and Indian oceans. Judge deals care Sharps a winning Monte hand new York a three card Monte operators those Street Cor Ner sleight of hand artists who make suckers put of out of towners have won  judge has dismissed gambling charges against a Man busted for run Ning three card Monte ruling that the fast talking Shell game in t illegal be cause it s a game of skill not Chance. Criminal court judge Sheryl Par Ker s reasoning absent trickery on the part of the dealer three card Monte s outcome rests on fast fingers the dealer s and Sharp eyes the player s it is not predominantly game of Chance and thus not against state  three card monte1, the dealer shows a player three cards two Black and one red challenges him to follow the red one and wagers he can t. The dealer then turns the cards face Dowland moves them around on the table. Wrote the judge the dealer Banks on his ability to manipulate the cards faster than the player can track the cards with his  in reality police and others say the dealer Banks on far More on Bent cards and his own sleight of hand to make the player follow the wrong card on shills who pretend to play and win but Are in on the scam on accomplices who will jump in with higher preemptive bet if the player seems onto the red card and on accomplices who will simply take the Money Back should a player somehow win. Gretchen Dykstra head of the times Square business improvement District scorned the judge s Ivory Tower  North seeking j  far Flung donations infomercials by the Washington Post Oliver l. North is preparing to run television infomercials for his . Sen ate Campaign outside Virginia a fund raising tactic that apparently has never been tried by a candidate running for Congress. Aides to North said wednesday that they Are producing a Low Cost 30-minutetelevision show touting North s candidacy and Are searching for stations to air it in Texas and Arkansas late this month. I the infomercial proves profitable there they say it is Likely they will expand its audience to other states. _ there is no precedent for this said Norman or Stem a political scientist atthe american Enterprise Institute. It simply has t been done before. But in some cases infomercials have had very substantial Success Selling products. And if this works for North you can bet it won t be the last time we see  in previous elections presidential candidates have purchased half hour or hour Long blocks of nationwide television time to solicit Campaign contributions and votes. But political analysts said no candidate for statewide office appears to have bought television ads far beyond the boundaries of his or her Home state. North might profit from this tactic be cause the National reputation he acquired during the Iran Contra scandal seven years ago makes him recognizable far outside Virginia analysts said. He has Al ready built a sophisticated nationwide fund raising network using bulk mail and his aides say the infomercials could Broa Den that base. Mark Merritt a spokesman for North said wednesday that the infomercial idea is something that s been done at the presidential level but we re innovating it into a Senate race. This Campaign is paving the Way to the  unlike traditional Campaign ads the infomercials will not be designed to win Over voters the audience that sees them will not be eligible to vote in Virginia