European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 26, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes . Monday september 26,1994 tapes May test state abortion Law Philadelphia api clinic across the state have found a loophole in Pennsylvania s new abortion Law which requires doctors to inform women orally of their options 24 hours in Advance the clinics have put a doctor s three rain Ute message on tape enabling women simply to phone in ahead of time. Such recordings also Are used in Ohio Nebraska North Dakota Utah and Kan Sas. Abortion rights activists said the recordings spare some women the need to travel to a clinic twice once for coun seling and once for the abortion. There Are obvious advantages said Barbara Rinto executive director of planned parenthood in Cincinnati. There arc several clinics in Cincinnat but no one else for 100 Miles. We have people travelling from a multistage area. It eliminates the need for extra  in the stars and stripes 1 0 years ago sept. 26,1984 the . Dollar regained upward momentum open ing higher on All european currency markets and climbing to 3.0405 against the German Mark. 20 years ago sept. 26,1974 a Federal judge overturned the murder conviction of former army it. William l Galley or. In connection with the my Lai killings in Vietnam ruling that Galley was not accorded due process of  30 years ago sept. 26,1964 the United Auto workers struck general motors after bar gainers failed to meet a Union deadline for a new contract. 40 years ago sept. 26,1954-theunited states formally demanded the soviet Union pay damages of $1.62 Mil lion for the shooting Down of a . Air Force b-29 off Japan in 1952. 50 years ago sept. 26,1944 More than 1,200 us. 8th air Force b-17s and b-24s swarmed Over Western Ger Many to blast rail centers and other military and Industrial targets using new special instruments in the face of solid overcast. World War ii 50 years ago today sept. 26 1-9-4-4 fighting with flamethrowers and tanks fined with Bulldozer Blades a special . Marine unit begins reducing and isolating the japanese pillboxes and fortified caves Honey combing the rugged Hills of Pel Eliu. Britain s 8th army pushes across the Rubicon River in Italy. On the Western front Allied troops capture turnout in Northern Belgium and Oss in the Netherlands. Source 2194 Days of War. W. H. Smith publishers inc. The world almanac of world Ward. Bison books corp., 1981 a abortion opponents in Pennsylvania say the clinics Are violating the spirit if not the letter of the state Lav which went into effect in March. They have urged the state to take Legal action against those clinics. Indy opinion if the legislature had wanted us to do face to face two trip counselling they would have said so said Austin Kirkbride spokeswoman for the women s suburban clinic in Paoli. Pennsylvania s Law requires doctors to inform women of their options and the risks  Deputy attorney general Kate Mershimer said the state once argued that the counselling could be done by phone.  "., but i Don t think tape recorders were Ever discussed she said. How is a tape going to address a woman s concerns or answer any questions Mershimer said the Job of challenging the use of the recordings Falls to local prosecutors and the state medical Board. In North Dakota which also requires doctors to counsel women orally an appeals court ruled that the Law allow Telephone recordings said Kathryn Kol Bert vice president of the Center for re productive Law and policy in new York. Abortion opponents question Why abortion rights advocates in fighting Pennsylvania s Law argued so vehemently about the Burden of having to make two trips to an abortion clinic. The . Supreme court in 1992 upheld the constitutionality of Pennsylvania s 24-hour delay. Now they re saying Well just do. This Over the phone what kind of a Burden that said Michael Mcmonagle i spokesman for the .pro-life1 Union of Southeastern Pennsylvania. Barbara Webber clinical director of the Elizabeth Blackwell health Center for women in Philadelphia said most. Ssass33k7 a v � x5.xa\v a a Vav making a splash the new . Navy attack submarine Columbia slips into the thames River in Gro ton Conn., on saturday after it was christened by first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton. The sub is the last of the los Angeles class to be built in Groton by the electric boat division of general dynamics corp. The vessel will remain in the River with occasion Al jaunts out to sea for about a year for tests. Women seen there Are poor and two trip represent a Burden. Women calling the Blackwell cent Ercan either schedule an appointment with a doctor go to the clinic and watch an in Farr National video or listen to the three minute phone message. Webber said most women prefer the message. The tapes include a description of , abortion the medical risks of abortion and childbirth and the Avail ability of financial support from the state or the father if a. Woman decides to give birth.  at the women s suburban clinic when a woman finishes listening to the message she tells an operator what time she called and must recount some specific information she heard. Kirkbride said that enables clinic officials to determine whether the woman listened to the entire recording then the clinic can schedule an appointment. Teen Sitter left stranded 4 Pittsburgh a when a Cou ple failed to return Home to their four children a 14-year-old baby Sitter organized her friends into shifts. The girls did t Tell anyone until their Money ragout after two weeks. Police praised Angela Morris and he friends saturday for caring for the Chil Dren and sought Bonnie railing 28, and James Fignar 37, on charges of child endangerment. The couple was still missing saturday evening. The children Ages 2,3,9 and 10, were taken out of the House Friday and placed in Foster care if i d known All this beforehand i would t have taken the Job said an Gela an eighth grader from Dormont a Pittsburgh suburb. But i really love those kids and did t want them split up in Foster Homes. I feel relieved that it s All Over but feel like crying  Angela was hired sept. 7_to baby sit fora few Days while the couple went to new Jersey where Fignar had gotten a Job in stalling tile. She was to be paid $75 for three Days of care. But they did t come Home. After the first weekend was Over Angela skipped school for a few Days. Then she called a emergency meeting of her friends at a pizza shop and organized a round the clock network to dress feed and super Vise the  girls boiled water on a stove for Baths because Gas service had been shutoff at the House. They also fed the two  were trying to do their Best with an unbearable situation officer Leo Frank said. The couple telephoned Angela  week each time saying they would be Back later that Day police  said she and her friends finally told their parents about the children be cause they ran out of Money for food. The adults spent $180 on food and called the police. Book of practical Okes has cat overs hissing mad Milford Conn. A a Book signing was cancelled saturday after irate animal lovers squared off against the author of a joke Book called Here Kitty Kitty. ,. Practical jokes to Plav on your cat. Feline funnyman Richard Dommers of Branford said he got at least 30 Tele phone Calls Friday from people outraged by the Book. He said people Are taking the Book Way too seriously. The fur started to Fly after the new Haven Register published an article last week about the Book the newspaper ran a second article when critics complained that the Book glorified cruelty to animals. The jokes include putting tape on a cat s paws or sprinkling Pepper in its fur