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ax J- in joint pesticide venture Business 8A Merchants back State Street plan Page 3A the Journal Times RACINE WISCONSIN TUESDAY, MAY 15, 1990 HOME DELIVERY CALL 634-3333 Jim Mcllvaine takes on Soviets Sports 1B cloudy, chance for rain For detalle, see page 104 Middle school proposed By Joe Buttweiler Journal Times Racine Unified School District needs another middle school, members of the school board were told Monday night. Some of the existing schools are too crowded to meet the needs of students, cheating them out of what some consider their last best chance to succeed, committee members told the board. district now has three of the 12 most populous middle schools in Wisconsin: Gilmore Middle School has 1,012 students, Mitchell Middle School has 1,001, and McKinley Middle School has 938. Grades 6 through 8 They serve sixth- through eighthgraders. Studies say the best size for a middle school is 600-800 students, said Sandra Johannson, a teacher at Starbuck Middle School.

"I think almost without exception, people on our committee people who've been in middle-level education, recognize the need for smaller middle schools and the need to build an additional school at this time," said committee chairman Ron Olson, principal of Gilmore Middle School. Students see the need, too. Gilmore students Jason Bassinger, a sixth-grader, and Keuntra Ball, a seventh-grader, told board members it is harder to reach principals and counselors at bigger schools, and it's harder to make friends. More fighting Both boys had previously attended smaller middle schools, said Gilmore Assistant Principal Marilyn McGoldrick. Bassinger said there is more fighting, in that crowded the cafeteria schools, lines and get so long that those at the end have little time to eat.

Projections for Unified's five main middle schools show that all will exceed their capacities in 1992- 93 if trends continue, according to Bob Jacobs of Unified's research department. The overcrowding would be worse yet in 1995-96, he said. Edwin Benter, business manager for the school district, estimated the cost of a new middle school at $16.7 million: $9 million in construction (Please turn to SCHOOL, 2A) Index Ann 6C Business 8A Classified. 8C Comics 6C 11-12C Daily 5A Dr. 3C 1C 8C 5C Obituaries 8C 6A People 10A Racine County 3-4A 1B Stock 8A TV 5C 10A Chuckle Did you hear about the two silkworms who had a race? They wound up in a tie.

Top court upholds abortion foe curbs WASHINGTON (AP) The Supreme Court refused Monday to let an anti abortion group protest at abortion clinics in Atlanta, voting 5- 4 to leave intact a Georgia judge's injunction. The vote focused on free-speech rights more than abortion and crossed ideological lines. The court rejected an emergency request by five members of Operation Rescue who said injunction is violating their free speech rights. In Atlanta, Operation Rescue spokesman Bob Jewitt Monday's action "a little stumble along the way," adding, "We feel we'll be victorious in the long run." Lynne Randall, who operates a clinic that has been a frequent target of the protests, welcomed the action. "We have to balance women's right to privacy with people's right to protest," she said.

The controversy is still alive in the Georgia courts, but Monday's action means Operation Rescue protesters for now cannot go within 50 feet of the property line of any Atlanta facility where abortions are performed. In other matters, the court: Killed a lawsuit against Atlantic Richfield Co. by independent gasoline dealers in California and Washington state. The court, by a 7-2 vote, said price-cutting schemes that hurt a competitor's business do not necessarily violate federal antitrust laws. Voted 6-3 to squelch a lawsuit that charged the United Steelworkers union with negligence in a 1972 Idaho silver mine disaster that killed 91 miners.

The court said such state court action is preempted by federal labor law. Refused to referee an attack by Mark Times Pit bull, alleged attack dog. Charles S. Times Spring break At 87, Korun Georgieff still maintains an extensive vegetabie garden behind his home at 3718 Country Lane, raising cucumbers, peppers, eggplant, beans, zucchini and other crops. Even though its only the second week in May, most of the planting has been done.

A lot of the harvest is given away to friends or frozen. His wife Vasa, 83, helps with the garden, but her main job is to take care of the preserving. 2 boys arrested in deaths of dogs By John Keefe Journal Times One dog abducted from a yard and another cornered in a house apparently were mauled to death in grisly pit bull terrier attacks instigated by two boys arrested Sunday, police said. One of the youths also is accused of killing a puppy by throwing it against a wall. The 13-year-old boys were arrested on charges of dognapping, instigating fights between animals and mistreatment of animals.

Racine police said the arrests stem from two incidents over the last two months in and around the 200 block of Jones Street in central Racine. Revelations of the killings follow the recent convictions of two youths for the beating death of a Caledonia family's dog. A third youth is awaiting trial in the case, and proceedings against a fourth have been delayed. Three child witnesses in one of the Racine cases told investigators that in late March they followed the 13- year-old boys into an abandoned house at 2031 Howland Ave. Inside, they found a female German shepherd with some puppies.

(Please turn to DOGS, 2A) Mitterrand joins 200,000 in march PARIS (AP) As many as 000 people, including Holocaust survivors and President Francois Mitterrand, marched Monday in silent protest over the desecration of Jewish cemeteries in one of France's largest rallies against anti-Semitism. The march came hours after swastikas were found painted on Jewish graves in suburban Clichysous-Bois, stirring anew the 1 national outrage that followed last Burning issue occupies justices WASHINGTON. (AP) But civil rights attorney Supreme Court justices, setting William Kunstler said, "Respect the stage for a decision with for the flag must be voluntary. major political implications, Once people are compelled to joined lawyers in spirited respect a symbol, they are no arguments Monday over flag, longer free." burning, patriotism and freedom The law, the Flag Protection of expression. Act of 1989, was Congress' In arguments before the response to the high court's 5-4 justices, the Bush ruling last June that struck down top General courtroom a Texas law banning flag administration's lawyer, Solicitor burning and desecration.

Kenneth Starr, argued a The court is expected to rule that new protect by late June or early July. Ift the federal law to Old Glory does not violate free law is struck down, a proposed speech any more than a constitutional amendment to volume. protect the flag likely would regulation limiting an outdoor "those become a leading issue in loudspeaker's Congress can protect things that are special to us as a congressional and state people," Starr said. "Nothing legislative races this fall. prohibits the legislature from Outside the court Monday, protecting symbols against demonstrators exchanged taunts physical and slogans.

30 states against 26 manufacturers over the removal of asbestos from public schools and other government buildings. The court's vote in the Operation Rescue case from Atlanta yielded strange judicial bedfellows. Voting to lift the March 29 injunction were the court's two most consistent liberals, Justices William J. Brennan and Thurgood Marshall, and two of its most conservative members, Justices Anthony M. Kennedy and Antonin Scalia.

Brennan and Marshall are strong supporters of abortion rights, but also are strong supporters of freespeech rights. Kennedy and Scalia oppose broad abortion rights but have more moderate track records on free-speech issues. Writing for the four, Kennedy cited the court's 1977 decision that refused to block Nazis from marching in the heavily Jewish community of Skokie, Ill. Kennedy said the 1977 ruling "does not distinguish among speakers based on the content of their speech." Gerald T. Flynn is dead at 79 By Karen B.

Tancill Journal Times Former Democratic Congressman Gerald T. Flynn, 79, died Monday shortly after he collapsed in the Racine County courtroom of Judge Emmanuel Vuvunas. He was taken to St. Luke's Hospital where he died. Flynn was in the courtroom representing a client.

His son, Racine County Juvenile Court Judge Dennis Flynn, was summoned to help give his father aid. Flynn entered statewide politics 40 years ago, serving as state senator from 1950 to 1954. He was elected to the 1st District Congressional seat for one two-year term, serving from 1958-60. He first ran for Congress in 1956. Although he lost that election to Lawrence Smith, he received more votes than any previous Democratic candidate in the history of the district.

He defeated Smith's widow, Eleanor, in 1958. He ran for re-election in 1962 and lost, and lost again in 1964. He was one of four in the Democratic primary for the Congressional seat in 1970; that election was ultimately won by Les Aspin. He first sought the congressional seat in 1956. Marcel Dandeneau, the chairman of the Racine County Democratic Party who was Flynn's treasurer for two of his campaigns, said Flynn "was a very independent, conscientous and hardworking legislator." Women's commission for county would be unique the proposal goes to the Of the approximate 65,500 women in the county, Nienhaus view as crucial is that the members come By Ken Muth approval begins when committee.

7,200 or 11 percent live on incomes below the from as diverse backgrounds as possible. Journal Times county's executive statement, it poverty level, demographic information indicates. Buckley envisions members ranging from women According to the panel's mission The creation of a women's commission, by itself, would focus on improving job, educational and social According to workers, are human services there executives to single mothers on welfare raising would be a ever such lack of day program Aid to Families with Dependent Children. "We need the woman from the inner city, the first- feat in Racine County. opportunities for all Racine County women.

3,600 families in Racine County on the state welfare several children. The originators of the idea, though, want it to be health Ninety precent of those are headed by women. farmer's wife and the woman from the west end of It would talk about problems as especially unique. care, and illiteracy, unsafe and unemployment, unaffordable housing inadequate all The Rev. Sheila Denise-Nienhaus, who counsels the county," Buckley said.

care This is not going to be a group of upper-middle- realities, Buckley says, which hit women hardest. adults at Wayman African Methodist Episcopal Said Kornwolf, "We want people in the community class women talking about other people's problems, Its recommendations then would go to Kornwolf. Church, said poor women in Racine feel they are to tell us, 'This is what happened to said Cheryl Buckley, associate director at the YMCA. "'The feminization of poverty is a real problem unfairly portrayed and ignored. Under the proposal that will eventually be voted on "We want people on this committee who are in the and it's not said Buckley, who "They're portrayed as women who want to live on by the county board, the panel would get $3,000 system," she said.

initiated the committee push. welfare," she said. "But these are woman who want annually from the county for the next four years. getting worse, better," The idea of an advisory panel that would focus on Kornwolf said Monday his decision of support to work, they want to do better for their families. Buckley said the committee's first task would be to issues already has the support of County after he confronted with data that clearly Buckley foresees a committee which would be set up a referral hot line for women who don't know women's came was Dennis Korhwolf.

showed a disproportionate number of women in appointed Kornwolf of between 20 and 25 members. where to get help for their problem. The hot line Executive the first to getting county board Racine County are poor. One characteristic of the panel I she and Denise- would refer them to the appropriate agency. Tonight, step He was an issue-oriented person and not afraid to duck a controversial issue, said Dandeneau.

Flynn's daughter, Ellen Kozich, remembered an example of that when her father was state senator. He pushed for Dairy Queen being allowed to have stores in the state. The stores had been opposed because the firm did not use 100 percent pure dairy products. "Yesterday he stopped and had a Dairy Queen," Kozich said. Flynn was also a party person, said Dandeneau.

"He was very supportive of other Democrats. When young people were running for office, he was always willing to help them out." Flynn was born on a farm in Caledonia. He would have become a farmer, Kozich said, but his father wouldn't let him have an interest in the farm. "By not being allowed to be a farmer, that's how he went to law school," Kozich said. He continued his interest in farming, and up until five or six years ago, owned land on which he either raised crops himself or rented to other farmers.

Flynn's wife, Mary, died in January. In addition to his daughter and son, he is survived by a second son Gerald and a sister Agnes LaFrance, all of Racine. A second daughter Agnes M. Knodel died in 1988. There are 14 grandchildren.

Services for Flynn are pending. They will be at St. Patrick's Catholic Church. week's desecration of 34 Jewish graves and mutilation of a corpse in south-central France. The major French television networks carried live coverage of marchers jamming a mile-long route from the Place de la Republic to the Place de la Bastille.

Many marchers wore yellow Stars of David similar to those the Nazis forced Jews to wear during World War II. Roaring cheers greeted Mitter- rand, whose attendance was not announced in advance. It was the first time since World War II that a French president joined a public demonstration. "The mission of justice and the police is to guard the rights of everyone," Mitterrand said before the march. "Respect for the living depends on respect for the dead." Police said about 80,000 people were in the march, but organizers claimed as many as 200,000..