European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 4, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Sequestration of jury urged in Simpson trial Chavis a act lawyers urged to Settle dispute from wire reports Washington a a judge ordered ousted a act Leader Benjamin Chavis and lawyers for the civil rights group Back to court oct. 24, but urged the two sides to Settle their differences before then. Lawyers Are to argue oct. 24 Over whether judge Richard Salzman of District of Columbia Superior court should Grant Chavis a preliminary injunction halting the groups dismissal procedures while his suit makes its Way through the court system. Talks aimed at amicably settling the dispute continue but a Compromise was not imminent both sides said. Chavis was fired from his Post As executive director of the National association for the advancement of coloured people following complaints about his handling of finances and settlement of a sexual discrimination Case. A Bay area super fault cited san Francisco a 40-mile-Long fault nine Miles below ground May account for the san Francisco Bay areas a earthquake machine a scientists said Friday. A the newly discovered super fault running from san Jose to Vallejo connects the regions biggest fault lines a the san Andreas fault on the san Francisco Side of the Bay to the Hayward fault running through suburbs in the East Bay area. A report on the fault was published Friday in the journal science. At nine Miles beneath the surface the horizontal fault is too deep to cause temblor itself but it May transmit Energy Between the faults or its movement could shift other faults. Schoolgirl gets Pink slip new Milford Conn. A a new school year a new hair color a possible lawsuit a Danielle Kriegsman 13, was suspended from eighth Grade at Schaghticoke Middle school because she showed up for the first Day of school wednesday with Bright Pink hair. The girls Mother Gina Satmary said her daughter will be allowed to return but Only to a special class for troubled pupils. _ _ a that class is for kids who bring guns to school. In a upset because they re making her a part of this crowd a Satmary said Friday. A a she a just an average kid who experimented with her hair.�?�. Satmary met Friday with superintendent Mark Franceschini and principal Donald Fiftal. She said that they Are interfering with her daughters it. Constitutional right to free speech Ana that she will work with an attorney to get Danielle Back into regular classes. A in suspending Danielle school officials had described her Hairdo As a distraction. She was ordered Home and told to Wear wigs or return he hair to its natural on prayer thrown out Jackson miss. Student prayer has no place at school activities other than High school graduations a Federal judge ruled. . District judge Henry Wingate ruled Friday that a Mississippi Law was too Broad to be constitutional but that prayer at graduations is protected by past court rulings. The Law which took effect july 1, would have let pupils Pray at school activities if they initiated it. It also sanctioned voluntary a nonsectarian and non proselytizing benedictions and officials plan to boy 4, loses hand new York a a 4-year-old deaf boy who communicates by sign language lit and clutched a firecracker that shattered his left hand Friday leaving surgeons no alternative but to amputate it at the victim Raange Labadia of Queens was in critical but stable condition after the operation and will remain at Bellevue Hospital Center for at least a week. A the real tragedy besides the loss of his hand is that the child will further be prevented from _ communicating with the outside world because he will have Only one hand now to sign with said or. Weott Fenner the hospitals chief resident for hand surgery. Details of exactly How Ray Angelo got hold of the firecracker and lit it were not immediately know n because he was in a room alone when the blast occurred. Los Angeles apr it would Cost More than $3,000 a Day to insulate jurors from headlines and i broadcasts about the . Simpson Case but prosecutors say that would be cheaper than a retrial. Prosecutors filed a motion Friday to sequester jurors throughout the trial which the judge has said could last six admitted that keeping jurors and alternates sequestered at a hotel for six months could Cost As much As $3,446 a Day a figure that is based on Bills from the Federal Rodney King trial and includes meals and other hotel expenses. But prosecutors argued it would be costlier to retry the Case if exposure to publicity caused a mistrial. The Cost of operating the courtroom is $9,459 per Day they said. A. A a. A / a a a in this Light the Cost of sequestration can be viewed As the Purchase of an insurance policy a their motion said. A 7. A a a a a Given the pervasive Media coverage even a conscientious juror who tried to avoid news reports or discussion about the Case could not do so a it said. Prosecutors said More people watched coverage of police tailing Simpson along freeways than of this years super bowl. They also attached a data base by Scripps Howard news service Washington a the humane society of the United states charged Friday that major american zoos Are Selling their animals to Hunting ranches where the animals Are gunned Down by trophy Hunters. The society said the National zoo in Washington Cleveland zoo Philadelphia zoo and the san Antonio zoo Are among the zoos that have sold directly to Hunting ranches. The society backs up its charges with documents it copied from the Texas animal health commission which requires that exotic animals brought into the state be registered. Zoos supposedly have strict rules about their animals being used in Hunts but the humane society found after a three year study that some 40 . Zoos have sold animals either directly to Hunting ranches or to middlemen who then sold them to the ranches. Search that showed Simpsons name had appeared in 15,310 newspaper and Magazine articles since his a wife and her Friend were killed june 12. A the juror could not go to a restaurant movie or a party without the risk of overhearing a conversation about the Case a the prosecutions motion said. A the or she could not go to the grocery store without the risk of seeing prejudicial statements in headlines at checkout v a a a a a Simpson 47, has pleaded innocent to charges he murdered his former wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her Friend Ronald Goldman. His trial is scheduled to begin sept. 26. In another development a source close to the Case said a a mystery envelope Given to a judge by the defense contains an unused knife that Simpson bought weeks before the criminologist who examined the knife said there was no significant evidence on it the source said. On thursday a judge ordered defense attorneys to hand Over two reports on the envelope to the prosecution. The judge said the defense did not have to turn Over the contents of the envelope or the first report on it which May have disclosed where and How the evidence was found. Animals that come from zoos have lost their a flee instinct because of close Contact with humans the society says and Are being shot for their trophy value on the estimated 1,000 Hunting ranches around the country. Although Hunters pay millions of dollars each year to Hunt exotic animals the zoos Arentt Selling the animals for the Money says the society s Richard Farina a. A a it a the expedience a he says. Space is at a Premium at zoos and there have been Public outcries at zoos that have euthanized animals. While the american zoo and aquarium association requires buyers of zoo animals to certify that the animals will never be hunted an association spokeswoman acknowledges that its difficult to keep track of the animals once they leave the zoo. But the association nonetheless denounced the humane society a allegations As Quot careless irresponsible and defamatory Quot and said the accusations levelled against the zoos Are untrue. Wanda Harper has offered to donate her body to a Tokyo go Down in Tattoo Peoria 111. A Wanda Harper thinks she has collectibles covering her body. She a waiting to see if a Tattoo museum in Tokyo agrees. About 70 percent of harpers body is covered with tattoos her Back features a Large yellow red and Blue water dragon shedding its skin while a Small troll watches. Tattoos on her Arm depict the four winds coming together to make an Indian face. _ Harper has been featured in Tattoo Magazine and placed second in the 1991 miss Tattoo contest in Pittsburgh. Now she has offered to donate her body Art to the medical pathology museum at Tokyo University when she Dies Harper 34, of Bartonville is awaiting a reply from the museum s curator. The Tokyo collection which includes More than 100 tattooed skins was established in 1926 by or. Masaichi Fukushi who judged Tattoo competitions and paid for gamblers who were Down on their Luck to have tattoos completed. The exhibit is not open to the Public. Some of the skins Are displayed on mannequins. Others Are stretched under Glss. Designs including dragons and gamblers playing cards Are presented against Black backgrounds. Zoo animals sold for Hunt society says
