European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 13, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10 the stars and stripes tuesday september 13, 1977 Rosh hash Ana yom kippur services jewish personnel observing High holy Days new York american jewish Mili tary personnel in such far Flung locales As Germany Greece Turkey Italy and the far East again Are observing the High holy Days and attending special services this year thanks to jewish chaplains and the jewish welfare Board s commission on jewish chaplaincy Csc. Job is the Agency accredited by the . Government to provide religious morale and welfare services to jews in the . Armed forces their families and to hospitalized veterans on behalf of the american jewish  needs of the jewish Serviceman Are unique said rabbi Eric Friedland chairman of the Csc. While there Are several Hundred military bases in the . Alone and countless others at overseas courts mild on looters in . Blackout new York a despite vows by prosecutors to be Tough on persons arrested during the City s blackout the Dis position of cases involving looting and other arrests has differed Only slightly from Normal a City Survey indicates. The Survey by the City s office of court administration said felony charges were not warranted in most cases because there was insufficient evidence to  than one fourth of the arrests during the july 13-14 blackout Are being prosecuted As felonies. The office reported that of 3,076 arrests during the blackout 2,376 cases most of which began As felony arrests were reduced to Misdemeanour charges. About 700 felony cases Are pending before the state supreme court which in new York is a trial court. Criminal court judges who can Only impose sentences of up to one year have handed Down 777 blackout related sentences including 575 jail terms. According to the report terms have been slightly stiffer than Normal but Only 9 per cent of those sentenced have received sentences of 90 Days or More. Prosecutors have stuck to their vows not to plea bargain in cases that resulted from indictments. Of 109 indictments in Queens two were reduced to misdemeanours and107 still await trial. In Manhattan prosecutors accepted 19 pleas five reduced to misdemeanours and14 to felonies out of 230 indictments. Marcos celebrates birthday Manila up president Ferdinand e. Marcos sunday celebrated his 60th birthday in his Hometown viewing a four hour replay of a pageant depicting the nation s history staged in Manila two year Sago. Points and aboard seagoing Navy vessels throughout the world there Are barely 50 full time jewish  but a corps of civilian and Reserve rabbis and military Lay leaders will con duct Rosh hash Ana and yom kippur serv ices at every base where there Are  hash Ana began at Sundown monday and lasts through Sundown wednesday. Yom kippur will begin the evening of sept. 21 and end at Nightfall the next  in previous years both the Csc and Job s women s organizations services have sent shipments of Kosher foods prayer books and prayer shawls Yar mules torah scrolls shofars ram s Horn jewish calendars and inspiration Al literature for use not Only during Rosh hash Ana and yom kippur but also during Rajiv Gandhi Boeing denies payoff in India Seattle Wash. A a Boeing  has denied a report that the aircraft firm paid an illegal $990,000 com Mission to the eldest son of former Indian prime minister Indira Gandhi. An English language newspaper in new Delhi the Indian express said saturday that investigators there Learned of such a commission to Rajiv Gandhi a Pilot for Indian airlines in connection with the Sale of three Boeing 737 jetliners. The newspaper report is untrue said Pete Bush Public relations director for Boeing. We did t make illegal payments to the oldest son of Indira Gandhi or anybody else he said. When asked about an Indian investigator s report that a Boeing spokesman had admitted the Deal with Gandhi in a Senate committee hearing. Bush said i do no believe that at  sukkot she mini Ateret and Sim hat torah As Well. Special shipments Are also ear marked for peace corps volunteers and . Embassy personnel. The Csc will work with the placement services of the Central conference of american rabbis the rabbinical Assem Bly and the rabbinical Council of America in helping to arrange civilian rabbinical coverage at the Many military bases and a facilities that Lack permanent jewish chaplains. Traditional Sel hot prayers and liturgical melodies of the High holy Days and sukkot Are available on three Csc produced tape cassettes. While ambulatory patients generally attend Hospital serv ices Friedland said the cassettes Are often played Over a Hospital networks so that bedridden jewish patients can participate As  in some cases jewish chaplains arrange special break the fast suppers for those patients who fast on yom kippur. Holiday leave policy for jewish service men is typically Liberal Friedland said and those servicemen who can t get Home for the holidays Are offered Home Hospital Ity by local jewish families. Single men and women Are often guests of military families on their bases. Cooperating in Holiday arrangements with the jewish chaplains the Csc and Job s women s organizations services Are local armed forces and veterans services committees jewish Community centers affiliated with Job synagogues and other local jewish organizations. Higher court review asked  Justice dismisses illiterate Grod s suit Riverhead . Not a $5 Mil lion educational malpractice Sui brought by a Young Man from Lindenhurst Long Island who said his school District had allowed him to graduate from High school despite his being functionally illiterate has been dismissed. But the Justice who dismissed the suit Paul j. Baisley said that it should be re viewed by a higher court because so Many educators across the country were inter ested in it and the Issue it raised whether a school can be held accountable for a Stu Dent s education. The suit had been brought by Edward Donohue 19, against the Copiague Union free school District. It was dismissed be cause there was no precedent in new York state for holding a school system liable for failing to educate a student. Will Appeal Donohue s lawyer Sidney Siben said his client would Appeal right up to the supreme court of the United states if  Donohue an unemployed Carpenter who says he cannot even read a restaurant menu brought the suit last january after discovering he could not handle such Basic tasks As filling out a Job application form. He charged that the District had committed educational malpractice by allow ing him to graduate from Copiague High school in june 1976 although his inability to read and write properly left him unable to Cope with the affairs of the  Baisley granted the school District s motion to dismiss the suit after ruling that he could find no Legal precedent for ruling in favor of Donohue. But he noted that the state Board of re gents has established a new policy which goes into effect in june 1979, that will re quire that Basic competency tests be and boy kills brother dirty Harry style Columbus Ohio a a 14-year-old boy who said he was re enacting part of the movie dirty Harry squared of against his 11-year-old brother sunday and killed him with a .22-caliber Derringer police said. Delphus was charged with delinquency in connection with negligent homicide inthe shooting which occurred in the bed room of the boys Northeast Columb shome. Delphus said they had watched dirty Harry on television saturday night said homicide detective Lester Maynard who interrogated the youth who was sobbing and stuttering. Maynard said the younger boy had a toy gun and his brother got a two shot Derringer from their father s bedroom. They were playing around like kids do the detective said. They sort of squared off against each other like the one on one confrontation in the movie when the tension and emotion was  Maynard said the older brother was playing the role of the movie s Star Clin Eastwood. He called for his brother to go for it the toy gun Maynard said. The one shot struck micros in the Chest near the heart Maynard said. The Bullet went through him hit the Wall and ricocheted Back onto a table the detective said. The kid staggered out of room and fell into the  efforts by a fire department Rescue team to save the youth were unsuccessful and he was pronounced dead at the scene Maynard said. The boys father Delphus Thompson sr., and a seven year old brother were also in the House Maynard said. Delphus was released in the custody of his father after the juvenile charges were filed the detective said. Ministered to students before they can be promoted. He said that because of this policy and the Case s wide publicity the grave policy questions posed by the Issue at bar should be passed upon by appellate  those grave questions Are at the heart of a growing debate among Educa tors and education Consumers Stu dents and their parents Over whether a school that is entrusted with the education and certification of students May be held liable for failing to properly prepare a Stu Dent for graduation. Housing takes larger bite out of family income Washington a inflated House prices Call for some changes in the old rules of thumb for How much a family should spend for their Home an expert in financial planning says. For instance where it used to be said a family should spend no More than 25 per cent of its income on housing some real estate experts now say it May have to spend As much As a third said Jerry s. Rosenbloom associate professor at whar ton school at the University of Pennsylva Nia. I d say that if a couple goes much beyond that they could be in trouble Rosenbloom added in an interview in . News & world report released sunday. Small Down payment Rosenbloom also said there Are situations when it is a Good idea to make As Small a Down payment As possible when buying a House although that is the oppo site of the advice usually Given. The smaller Down payment might be advisable he said if you can get a Mort Gage at an interest rate you think reason Able and if you expect inflation  a second mortgage sometimes is prefer Able to refinancing a mortgage Rosenb loom said. Usually a second mortgage is for a Shorter term than a first mortgage and there s an incentive to get it paid off As rapidly As possible he said. In the Case of refinancing he said the Burden of paying probably will come later in life interest rates May be higher and it generally requires a new title search Transfer papers and closing costs