Path: bloom-picayune.mit.edu!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!americast.com!americast.com!americast-post Newsgroups: americast.twt.news From: americast-post@AmeriCast.Com Organization: American Cybercasting Approved: americast-post@AmeriCast.com Subject: Headline Article Date: Mon, 16 Nov 92 17:03:26 EST Message-ID: \SE A;NATION;AMERICAN SCENE;EAST \BY FROM WIRE DISPATCHES AND STAFF REPORTS S=NEW STORY Schoolgirl expelled for wearing condoms ELMIRA, N.Y. - A high school junior was removed from school after she went to class with packaged condoms decorating her clothing and hair. Thursa Hargrove, 16, said she wore the prophylactics as both a statement for safe sex and fashion. "It was a fashion statement at first, but there are a lot of teen-agers out there that are embarrassed about them," said Miss Hargrove, who is the mother of an 18-month-old son. "People need them and shouldn't be embarrassed by them," she said. But officials at the Elmira Free Academy, a public school, said she took the message too far. "When you get a girl or boy sitting in the classroom wearing a condom in their hair, it's distracting to the other students," said principal Joseph Nikiel. Miss Hargrove said her 14-year-old sister also wore condoms to school but removed them rather than be disciplined. S=NEW STORY Abortion activists energized in face-off BOSTON - Pro-choice and pro-life activists faced off outside an abortion clinic Saturday, and both sides said they were energized by the results. About three dozen Operation Rescue protesters tried to block a street to an abortion clinic in the city's Brighton section but were outnumbered by some 500 pro-choice activists who sang, danced and chanted. Members of Operation Rescue said it would shift its focus from clinic blockades to protests at appearances by President-elect Bill Clinton. Pro-life activists blocked the narrow residential street to the clinic with their cars but later moved them at the request of the police, said Deputy Police Superintendent Jim Claiborne. He said there were no arrests or problems. Patients with appointments were escorted through a gauntlet of cheering supporters. S=NEW STORY High voter turnout means steak in Maine AUGUSTA, Maine - Having the nation's highest voter turnout was one thing, but for Maine Secretary of State Bill Diamond, beating Montana meant food on the table. Mr. Diamond and Montana Gov. Mike Cooney had a surf-and-turf bet on which state would have the biggest turnout Nov. 3. If Montana won, Mr. Diamond would send lobsters west; if Maine won, Mr. Cooney would send steaks east. After the votes were tallied, Maine's turnout was more than 73 percent, the highest in the country. Montana wound up in third place with a 70 percent turnout. Mr. Diamond feigned disappointment over his victory. "I guess we get the steak," he said. "The problem is finding people to eat them." No less the wiseguy, Mr. Cooney suggested Mr. Diamond's methods were less than pure. "Bill did a great job," he said. "I understand he only had to pay voters $20 each, but we have budget constraints here." Mr. Diamond said he would give the steaks to the winner of a raffle drawn from the 70,000 voters who registered through a "motor voter" program at motor-vehicle offices. This article is copyright 1992 The Washington Times. Redistribution to other sites is not permitted except by arrangement with American Cybercasting Corporation. For more information, send-email to usa@AmeriCast.COM