European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 20, 1973, Darmstadt, Hesse                              Tuesday november 20, 1973 the stars and stripes court will hear reverse Bias claim Washington up the supreme court agreed monday to examine the claim of a White Law student that the University of Washington is discriminating in reverse in favor of minority groups. The court will hear the Case later this term and then Issue a written opinion. The student Marco def Unis jr., won a state court ruling admitting him to the Law school but the Washington supreme court overturned the decision on March 8. Def Unis s lawsuit attracted wide Atten Tion in Legal circles because of its Impact on Many recently developed programs to provide a Legal education to Blacks who cannot qualify under the Normal Entrance requirements. He has remained in school while the Case has proceeded from court to court. He told the High court that of 150 applicants admitted in september 1971, 44 were minority students of whom 38 had qualifications lower than his. If the establishment of a class of minor Ity citizens who can have the privilege of entering the University of Washington Law school on More favourable terms than citizens generally is accepted then the in Terest of the individual who is excluded has been disregarded and swept away he said. The Washington supreme court How Ever said the state has an overriding in Terest in promoting integration in Public education and can act to eliminate racial imbalance. The anti defamation league of b Nai b Rith urged the High court to reverse the state court s ruling. Page 5 justices will Rule on busing Between cities and suburbs trouper honoured comedienne Martha Raye has been awarded the screen actors Guild s award for outstanding achievement in fostering the finest ideals of the acting profession for her 30 years of entertain ing troops. Here she appears Early in a camouflage suit and special forces Green Beret telling newsmen in los an Geles that gis in Vietnam called her Maggie of the  a photo by Fred Barnes Washington win the supreme court monday agreed to Rule on busing Stu dents Between Black City school districts and White suburban schools As a method of desegregation. The justices in a Brief order said they would decide a closely watched Detroit school Case requiring busing Between the City where 65 per cent of the students Are Black and 52 suburban jurisdictions where the student population is 80 per cent White. A final ruling is expected next Spring of Early summer. The decision will affect numerous other cities Hartford Indianapolis Wilmington and Atlanta among them where lawsuits involving metropolitan wide desegregation Are under Way. Last May the supreme court on a 4-4 vote barred the merger of predominantly Black schools in Richmond va., with the mainly White schools in two suburban counties. But because the vote was a tie that decision was not binding on any other desegregation Case. The Detroit Case was brought to the highest court by gov. William j. Milliken of Michigan and the 52 suburban jurisdictions involved in the Case. They Are challenging a 1972 ruling by . District judge Stephen Roth who held that desegregation limited to the City of Detroit would Lead to an overwhelmingly Black school District there. Last july the 6th . Court of appeals buy Correct octane save Money by g. David Wallace Washington a following directions in the owners manuals can Cost car owners $1 or More a tank at the gasoline pump. The reason is the new octane ratings posted on gasoline pumps at the order of the Cost of living Council. The owners manuals for at least the Early models of 1974 american cars universally recommend a gasoline of 91 re search octane or better. The White circular stickers on Gas pumps generally offer a Choice Between gasoline with octane of 87 or 90 or 95. What the owner of any american car built since 1972 wants is 87. The difference Between a thankful of 87 octane and 95 octane can reach $1. Octane measures the anti Knock proper ties of a gasoline. Using a gasoline with too Low an octane can damage the car s engine. Using a gasoline with too High an octane is a waste of Money. But All octane Are not alike. Any owner s manual printed prior to this year couches its recommendation in terms of research octane which is based on anti Knock properties under mild operating conditions. Another Type of octane motor octane measures the anti Knock properties under More severe conditions. When the government first proposed re Quiring octane posting the Oil companies complained that the traditional measure research octane was t a fair measure. The companies did t much like motor octane alone either. So the government compromised. It took the research octane rating added the motor rating divided the sum by two and ordered the number pasted on gasoline pumps. Generally the posted octane ratings Are 87 for unleaded regulars 90 for leaded Reg ulars and 95 for premiums. The ratings can vary from Brand to Brand however. Slap delights sergeant Orlando Fla. Up president Nixon lightly slapped an air Force master sergeant on the Cheek saturday night and the Man said monday it s the greatest thing that Ever happened  the incident occurred at Mccoy air Force base As Nixon was returning from an hour Long news conference at Disney world. It s the greatest thing that Ever happened to me said  Edward Kleizo. I m not going to Wash my face. It was like a Pat on the  Kleizo a 22-year air Force Veteran and his son John 7, were among a group of about 60 persons on hand to see the president off. According to report ers with the president Nixon approached Kleizo and had the following Exchange Are you the boy s Mother or grand Mother neither the Man replied. Of course not Nixon said and lightly slapped the Man s face. The incident was interpreted by some As an Indica Tion of anger on the president s part but according to the sergeant s wife Kleizo has no such feelings. I Don t know How they got that she said. He mistook my husband for my son s Mother or grandmother and when he said no it was just a gesture just like anyone reaching out to Pat him on the shoulder or the Cheek and say i  upheld Roth s ruling agreeing that the de troit school Board and Michigan officials had validated and augmented school segregation that was rooted in private residential  even if the segregation practices were a bit More Subtle than the compulsory segregation statutes of Southern states they were nonetheless effective the appellate court said. Supporting Roth s positions the panel said we see no Validity to an argument which asserts that the constitutional right to Equality before the Law is hemmed in by the boundaries of a school  no faithful adherence in its Appeal to the supreme court Michigan said the lower court rulings did not represent a faithful adherence to the Constitution and the binding precedents of this supreme  instead Michigan atty. Gen. Frank j. Kelley said the rulings were an attempt to use the Law As a lever in attaining. The desirable social goal of Multi school District racial balance throughout a huge three county  the Blacks who won the lower court Rul Ings vigorously opposed review by the supreme court. Their lawyers said the de troit Case was not ready for a ruling by the justices. This is because the Case has been re turned to Roth for hearings at which a specific busing plan for Detroit and its suburbs will be worked out they argued. No advisory opinions under these circumstances decision of the issues presented in the petitions at this stage of the proceedings would virtually require an advisory opinion they said. The justices do not hand Down advisory opinions. The lawyers Are understood to fear that Justice Lewis f. Powell jr., who did not participate in the Richmond Case will add a fifth and deciding vote to the opposition to City suburban busing. Powell in a concurring opinion in the Denver school Case last june voiced Strong opposition to busing. The vote tally in tie cases is not revealed but it is believed that chief Justice Warren e. Burger and justices Potter Stewart Harry a. Blackmun and William h. Rehnquist were the four who blocked City suburbs busing in the Richmond Case. Bar association president asks impeachment probe Akron Ohio up american bar association president Chesterfield h. Smith called on the House judiciary com Mittee sunday to hold a comprehensive investigation of whether president Nixon should be impeached. Smith speaking at the dedication of Akron University s $2.2-million c. Blake Mcdowell Law Center also said the major Issue which has emerged from the water Gate incident is the president s credibility. He said constitutional issues of separation of Powers and executive privilege Are now subordinate Points. Soaring wheat prices make bread costs jump Washington a soaring wheat prices at the farm Are the major reason Why bread has gone up five cents a loaf at the supermarket during the past year according to a new government study. The average retail Cost of a one Pound loaf of White bread in september was 29.5 cents up 4.9 cents from july 1972. Of that increase higher prices for wheat accounted for three cents according to agriculture department figures. When other farm produced ingredients such As shortening and milk Are included the farm value of products in a loaf of bread was a record seven cents in septem Ber up from 3.6 cents in july last year. The new figures Are included in the quarterly marketing and transportation system report issued by the department s economic research service. Retail bread prices went up sharpest in september averaging 2.3 cents per loaf More than in August and three cents More than july the report said. Following the removal of the freeze on food prices in july bread Type wheat prices Rose from $2.82 per Bushel to $4.61 at the flour Mill level and the Price of flour delivered to Bakers jumped from $7.18 per hundredweight to $11.21," the report said. The Price of wheat at the farm in sep tember was $4.38 per Bushel based on an average Price in 10 major wheat producing states the report said. In july 1972, just As the soviet Union was purchasing huge quantities of . Wheat the bread Grain averaged $1.31 per Bushel at the farm according to us a records. At that time bread sold in supermarkets for 24.6 cents per loaf. The farm value of wheat in a loaf was 2.6 cents. By september 1973 the value of wheat in a loaf was 5.6 cents