Pacific Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 25, 1973, Tokyo, Japan Joyous Response to Ruling of Liberty or End of Life By United Press International The Supreme Court rul ing on abortion drew comments on Monday ranging from beautiful to There were indications that the decision could affect all but four of the 50 The invalidating laws of Texas and ruled that most laws prohibiting abortions are an invasion of It said that in the first three months of pregnancy abortion is a matter between a woman and her During the second three months of the 72 ruling all the state may do is regulate abortion procedures in ways that are reasonably re lated to maternal Thirty states have laws sim ilar to the Texas statute that prohibit abortion except the life of the Most date back to the 19th century and about 15 are tinder legal Another dozen or so states have laws that permit but only under certain circum stances in the case of rape or for or in or der to preserve the mothers physical or mental Only four states New California and Washington treat abortion as strictly a medical Laws in the remaining states but generally include some ban tn Among the examples are a nia law declared and under appeal to the Supreme Court which forbids illegal but does not define An Associated Press survey showed state officials were not immediately sure of the impact of the Proabortion groups predictably expressed pleasure with the court action antiabortion associations were Sarah Weddington of who submitted the class action suit that led to Tree Slams Onto Kills Scout NEW AP A young Eagle Scout was killed and an adult adviser hurt when a 100foot pine tree crashed on a pup tent in the Sam Houston National Forest near Fellow scouts spent several hours trying to revive Randy of Fort after the Saturday night His chest had been crushed by the His fellow scouts then ran through a night rainstorm to this community seeking the scout was taken from the campsite by stretcher Sunday and brought to a hospital where he was listed in fair Milletts back was struck by a tent peg as he slept in a nearby Scouts and a rescue squad us ing a borrowed swamp buggy went back into the forest to the camp site early picked up the body of Shelton and the scouts walked out behind Milletts said heavy rain was falling and then it the tree It sounded like a loud car door We must have tried artificial respiration for hours on but it was no Young Millett said the scouts all lifted the huge tree off Shel I guess we just lifted it by It had to be We knew we had to do it if there was any way to save Tribute to an Old Warrior Defense Secretary Melvin Laird chats with Carl and Kenry Hap Arnold after dedication of the Arnold Corridor in the Pentagon in honor of the general of the air The corridor will form an exhibition center of the paintings in the Air Force historical art Arnold directed air power in World War AP Boy Loses Life Saving Pet Dog AP A 10yearold boy was struck and killed by a train Friday as he raced to save his The Oklahoma Highway Pa trol said David Holt and Richard were looking for Da vids dog and were crossing a railroad bridge when they saw the train Richard jumped to but David picked the dog up and started Defense Says Public Report PreDated Pentagon Papers LOS ANGELES UPI The defense at the Pentagon Papers trial sought Monday to show that top secret information leaked to the press by Daniel Ellsberg actually was available to the public in a report made by William William Army assistant vice chief of was on the witness stand for a third straight day in the trial of Ellsberg and Anthony Russo for espionage and theft of government docu DePuy had stated previously that a report made by Earl former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of on the Communist Tet offensive of 1968 would have been of help to the North The Wheeler report was one of the classified documents Ellsberg is accused of remov Live Burial Gives Up UPI Richard Alvin wanted in connection with the live burial and sexual assault of a 13yearold surrendered at his parents home here early the FBI An FBI spokesman said father telephoned the FBI in the early morning hours and indicated the 32yearold carpenters willingness to sur The spokesman said who was being held in Norfolk city would be turned over to or Portsmouth authorities follow ing a magistrates The unidentified youth was found buried in an plywood box south of Suffolk in rural He was discovered Friday by a group of four rabbit hunters who noticed the box under some The an eighth grade honor student who lives in was reported rest ing comfortably at his Police originally thought Aus convicted in 1961 of a similar offense and paroled in had fled into the 300 Dismal The FBI was called into the hunt Monday after state police and local police from six cities and counties in the Tidewater area searched without Ausley was arrested by the FBI on charges of unlawful flight to avoid sodomy and ing from the Under cross examination by defense attorney Charles Nes DePuy was asked to compare the Wheeler report with one issued a short time later in 1969 by at the time commander in and which was avail able in book form through the Government Printing Of Nesson asked whether the Westmoreland report did not assess the strengths and weaknesses of the Tet offen It probably DePuy a veteran of 32 years in the testifying in civilian had said previously that the value to the enemy of the Wheeler report lay not so much in specific items of information but in ihe document as a The Westmoreland docu ment was not DePuy The Wheeler report was marked top In my opinion that report was of possible use to the govern ment of North Mondays I am very pleased because of the im pact this decision will have on the rest of the many women who in the past have suffered because of the current Texas Margie Pitt an attor ney who represented a woman appealing the Georgia I think this is a land mark decision for Georgia Jimmy Carter said he thought the existing law represented a moderate ap proach and was adequate and Oklahoma Larry Derryberry said his states law was similar to the Texas Its hard to tell until we have a chance to study it the rul but apparently it will knock down our David Hall of Oklahoma said he felt the issue of abor tion was a matter for state leg and added I deeply regret this additional intrusion by the federal government into matters the state should re Robert Morgan of North Carolina where abor tion is permitted only under certain conditions said the Supreme Court ruling apparent ly applies to his but added that he would have no specific comment until he had read the panels Spokesmen for Minnesota Warren Spannaus declined comment on the court pending further study of the The Minnesota law prohibits abortion except to save a wom ans life and is under challenge in two separate state The state Supreme Court said 28 it was withholding its ruling pending federal Minnesota State Helen who sponsored an unsuccessful abortion reform two years called the decision She added Its a great day for women all over the United The ruling touched off a dis pute among legislators in Ari Lee Jones com Like everything peoples ideas Peoples ideas but Gods countered James Jim Skelly said I think its Isnt life sacred anymore in the United States The Arizona currently under appeal in state prohibits abortion except to save the mothers Florida George Georgieff said his states abortion law probably would be invalidated by the court although he said he couldnt assess the full ef before reading the 100 page majority Florida liberalized its abor tion law earlier this al lowing termination of preg nancy to protect the mothers if the baby would be born deformed or if the preg nancy results from rape or in The law is patterned on one passed by Colorado in 1967 and copied by more than a doz en A spokesman for Planned Population said the ruling is a wise and courageous stroke for the right to privacy and for the protection of a womans physi cal and emotional Pacific Stars Stripes 9 1973
