European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 17, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes january justices uphold teacher even if prejudicial Washington up the supreme court monday ruled so thai males May us a teacher testing system to meet legitimate educational even if it results in lower pay Tor Blacks and makes 11 harder for them 10 get caching the in a Brief upheld a decision to this effect by a special three judge Federal panel in which had ruled that South Carolinas use of a Standard test for setting pay Scales and issuing teacher certificates was rationally retled to appropriate goals and justices Byron White and William Bren Nan saying the tests used by South Carolina disqualify far More Black applicants than without any proof the testing is related to Job they also objected to the fact the Case Nasa picks 35 for fobs As astronauts Washington up the space Agency monday announced the selection of is new including the first six women and the first three in Amer space the Agency also selected an Oriental from Hawaii As one of the the new list Breaks sex and race barriers that have existed since the National aeronautics and space administration selected its lint Mercury astronauts in astronauts will report for duty at the Johnson space Center a Houston july joining to other space on Active they Witt train to Fly the space shuttle in the the 35 announced by Nasa administrator Robert were chosen from among including Nasa identified the women As Anna Shannon Judith Sally ride and Margaret the sixth Kamiryn is from Nova All will serve As Mission a combination flight and dentist space shuttle the Blacks Are air Force Bluford picked As a Mission specialist air Force Frederick chosen As a fall fledged shuttle Pilot and Ronald a Mission the hawaiian is air Force Ellison Onizuka of Edwards air Force a Mission was decided without the Benefit of Oral a justices thin Good Marshall and Harry Blackmun did not in other the court let stand a decision that threatens the american Telephone and Telegraph with substantial Competition for Long Dis Tance selected for the second time the claim by Larry that Congress is raising its own pay in an unconstitutional agreed to Rule on a Boston hospitals regulation forbidding distribution of Union literature in its and let stand a ruling that a labourer May Challenge Feder Al Law requiring government contractors to pay prevailing agreed to Dedde whether Federal or state courts have jurisdiction to try Crimi Nal charges against Choctaw indians for offences occurring on their Mississippi res turned Down an Appeal by general motors of a court order that it recall More than Cal places with a steering defect let stand a ruling that and two of its poor residents cannot Block Federal housing Grants to wealthier turned Down an Effort by five Mem Bers of Congress and four states to Block the Panama canal the opinion in the South Carolina Case was a setback for the Justice which sued in september ib75 citing the Stales continuing use of National teacher examination scores to deny touching certificates to applicants and to fix pay Levels for those already the note Testa Are a series of standardized exams prepared by the educational testing a nonprofit since the South Carolina state Board of education has required teacher candidates to take the exams and has used the scores to determine certificate applied retroactively at that time the system was retroactively applied to then working so that they Felt into four descending certificate the Justice department contended the was to continue the states racially dual pay the government Appeal said under the unfair treatment of some 000 Black teachers will continue through they Are replaced by newly certified virtually All of whom will be new scores adopted in 1976 would eliminate from 59 to 100 percent of otherwise qualified Black the govern ment and from 1967 to 1975 the percentage of Mack teachers dropped from to blustering about a combination of Mist and Siwwi make it Bone cd lung for this Man who i walk ing through the capital Complex at War Snow fell on much of Pennsylvania monday and tempera Tures remained below there were Power in some areas More is gun lobby will return illegally raised funds Washington api a group that lobbies against gun control Laws has acknowledged that it falsely represented thousands of its fundraising mailings As the citizens committee for the right to keep and Bear arms has signed a consent agreement with the postal service agree ing to return to senders those contributions ate when Federal authorities filed a complaint against the the committee had sent about solicitations in letters that said from con Gressman the name of the recipients con the committee has received about contributions since in the agree ment 11 said it would never use the fund raising lactic the postal service filed a complaint against committee after complaints from recipients of the letters and from Congress members who said their names were being some of the repro whose names were used an supporters of gun control Laws that us committee lobbies Abzug beaten in bid for Kochs seat m Robert said in an interview people All Over the United states were misled by it is Gross and Wanton fraud to use my name in a Way that implies that i favor new York of manhattans democratic committee selected former City councilman Carter Burden Over former Bella Abzug on sunday As the demo cratic nominee for the congressional seat vacated by mayor Edward l the committee chairman said ballots that were declared ineligible some be cause they were the wrong would have made Abzug and she pledged to take the result to the no Law committee of a county commit tee can deny a candidate election when theres been a dear she How deprive these people of their the nominee jul enter a special elec Tion h to fill the vacancy in manhat tans silk stocking the Republican party has named s William former regional director of housing and Urban As its Burden won on the third ballot with percent of the vote to Abzug fifty percent was required or the first two ballots Eli i rated four of the eight and two More withdrew after the second county committee chair told the delegates that it ballots had been disputed an ruled ineligible by the Law he said a would have gone giving her the nominate Mira com when this thine outrage dozens of us in commit teen up Kesman and it was a mistake in the first the company that handled the mailings id milled out it Wai just never us ugh in could not be reached Tor Viguerie maintains a computer cd direct Majl operation that serves Many conservative in the consent the commit tee agreed with the allegations in Pustal service complaint without admit Ting any Law