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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Wednesday, September 6, 1995

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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 06, 1995, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes wednesday september 6, 1995 Ady blasts chinese at danish Delegate Ane Dahlerup offers a Candle to an unimpressed Security officer Dur ing a protest March at the non governmental organizations forum in Huai Rou on monday. The Security Force halted the March at the main Huai Rou Road. Third crude mine found san Antonio tap for the third time in 10 Days Park Range shave found a Small to Myrna de mine or its remnants Bobbing below the sur tace of the san Antonio River. L. The latest explosive device found sunday was the first mine investigators found intact. The Small mine was capable of causing a minor explosion but seemed to be designed More to startle rangers said. In the stars and stripes 10 years ago sept. 6,1985 the soviet Union says it will feel free to deploy anti satellite systems in space if the United states tests its anti satellite weapon. 20 years ago sept. 6,1975 Lynette squeaky Fromme a Follower of mass murderer Charles Manson aimed a loaded gun at president Ford from 2 feet away but a secret service agent tackled her As Ford recoiled and ducked. 30 years ago sept. 6,1965 or. Albert Schweitzer 90, died in his sleep and was buried the next Day in the red african soil of the Jungle Hospital to which he devoted most of his life. 40 years ago sept. 6, 1955 the air Force officially announced that one of its pilots had flown faster than sound averaging 822.135 Mph to set a world High Altitude Speed record. 50 years ago sept. 6, 1945 the  submarine Tang was victim of a Freak of the Pacific War it was announced. The Tang was sunk by its own torpedo after the explosives born ranged when fired at a japanese ship kill ing 76 Crew members. Woman body found tied up in Smoky area new York a firefighters responding to a report of smoke found two women one of them dead who had been beaten and tied with Telephone cords apparently by a chinese gang known for trafficking  aliens. One of the women died in the Smoky basement of a Brooklyn apartment build ing the other was rescued by police. Detectives were using a chinese interpreter to help them interview the survivor who Speaks a rare dialect. Police said they think the women both in their 20s, were held captive for about a week before they were discovered sat urday night Deputy inspector William Gardella said monday. He would t say More about the survivor. All i can say is that she s being very cooperative and is in remarkable shape considering what she s been through Gardella said. The dead woman had a plastic bag Over her head one Finger Cut off wires around her neck and her head smashed in with a to  Washington a fire department spokesman. The other woman was beaten gagged with duct tape and tied around the neck with a Telephone Cord police said Mon Day. She As released after treatment at a Hospital. Police suspected the crimes May have been committed by  Ching gang citing the crime s brutality and the fact that the victims apparently were recent chinese immigrants. The gang has been blamed for most of the burgeoning traffic in illegal aliens from China. Beijing a human rights took Center stage at a global women s gather ing tuesday with an impassioned speech by first lady Hillar Rodham Clinton while the Vatican complained that the conference platform does t give due credit to marriage and motherhood. In a rousing address of the second Day of the . S fourth world conference on women Clinton Drew cheers and loud applause with a wide ranging denunciation of human rights abuses worldwide j. And in a Surprise move Clinton who had been expected to tread carefully on subjects that might offend the gathering s chinese hosts rebuked Beijing for its treatment of private activists at a parallel forum that began last week. Participants in the gathering of 23,000 private activists in Huai Rou an hour s drive outside Beijing have complained of harassment by chinese authorities rang ing from surveillance to Overly tight Accuri the voices of this conference and of the women at Huai Pii must be heard loud and Clear Clinton said. It is indefensible that Many women in nongovernmental organizations who wish to participate in this conference have not been Able to attend or have been prohibited from fully taking  i _ there was no immediate response from ,. Chinese officials. / Clinton said Many human rights Viola ,. Tins from female infanticide to Domestic violence Hurt women the most even in the late 20th Century the rape of women continues to be used As an instrument of armed conflict she said in an apparent reference to reports by sys. Thematic rape of bosnian Muslim women by serbian forces. A Day after an opening marked by Call for Unity in the struggle for gender Equality the nearly 5,000 of Ticer delegates were a splitting into working groups on flip con Ference is proposed plate orm. The document to be debated Over the next 10 Days Calls for Steps to alleviate women s poverty and  care education. And Job opportunities for.   opening  up of what is expected to be a major Battle Vatican spokesman. Joaquin Navarro told reporters in Beijing that the document s imbalance was. Illustrated by Only four references to the word  but a Check of the document turned up Many . Also tuesday former . Rep. Bella / Abzug received a , award  in women s rights and against War and Vio. Junce she said we Man must read the fight to Rise above violence and  Kunstler Dies at 76 new York a with his wild hair Raspy voice and Reading glasses perpetually perched of his balding forehead. William Kunstic looked every bit. The part of Radical lawyer. ,. For three decades he was a rumpled presence in court who committed himself to the outcasts and underdogs the poor the persecuted the radicals and the militant the Black people the pacifists and the political a riahs.". -. Kunstler died of a heart attack Mon Day after a Brief hospitalization. He was 76. At times he be came As unpopular As the causes he de Kunstler fended once dubbed the the most hated lawyer in America by vanity fair Magazine and decried by his critics As a showboat an publicity seeker. To some extent that has the ring of truth he once  enjoy the spot Light As most humans do but it s not my whole Raison d etre. My purpose is to keep the state from becoming All Domi Neering All  his client list read like a who s who of modern american history and jurisprudence the Rev. Martin Luther king.jr., the Chicago. Seven Jack Ruby. John Gotti Indian activist Leonard Peltier Flag Burner Gregory Joh  ton dc.? mayor Marion Barry Black. Panthers and defendants in the Attica prison riot. Considered Kunstler s greatest accomplishment was his successful argument that under an 1866 Law protecting sex slaves civil rights cases should be re moved from state courts and placed in Federal courts but he was Best known for defending the Chicago seven against charges of conspiring to incite riots during the 1968 democratic National convention. Courtroom decorum went out the win Dow As the defendants and their lawyers battled with judge Julius j. Hoffman in a political trial such As this one the court becomes not just a place to grind out a decision but also a place to educate the Public and dramatize the contradictions Between what the Law preaches and what it practices Kunstler Saidat the time. The jury acquitted the seven defendants of conspiracy and found five guilty of incitement. The judge however found All seven defendants Kunstler and his co counsel guilty of contempt on 160 counts. Kunstler was sentenced to four years and .13 Days but most of the counts were dismissed on Appeal and he did not serve any  slide at Falls injures 20 mul Tomah Falls,.ore. A a Rock the size of a bus dislodged from mul Tomah Falls on monday injuring 20people at the tourist attraction. There were about .60 people in the area at the time of the slide including about 30 people in a wedding party. � it was just water and rocks shooting All Over said Jeff Geert who was in the wedding party. Thirteen people were treated for Bro Ken Bones and other injuries at hospitals seven people were treated at the scene said Portland. Fire Bureau spokesman Rob a arc. One person was hospitalized with a knee injury. J witnesses reported hearing a crack then watching As a slab of Rock 25 feet wide and about 8 feet tall dislodged from the Rock face behind upper mul Tomah Falls and fell about 150 feet into a poo of water. People standing on a Bridge 95 feet above the Pool were sprayed with water and Rock debris that shot hundreds of feet into the air. Oregon highways 30 and 35 were closed to allow emergency traffic to get through state police said  
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