European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 17, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday september 17, 1978 the stars and stripes Page 7 High court to consider Bias claim Washington up in a major followup to the Allan Bakke decision the government is asking the supreme court to Block a lower court order it said could chill voluntary affirmative action pro Grams by the nation s employers. The Justice department s petition argued that a company should not be required to prove it engaged in past Dis Crimi i nation before setting up such a program i for minorities. Having to comply with such a require 1 ment would leave employers open to Law suits for Back pay and other damages the department said. And the petition said there would be less compliance with Federal executive or Ders conditioning government contracts on efforts to improve minority Job opportunities. Factory worker the test Case involves Brian Weber a White factory worker at the Kaiser alumni num and chemical corp. Plant in Gram Ercy  sued when he was denied a spot in an on the Job Craft training program be cause openings went to Blacks under a voluntary affirmative action program. The program was set up in a collective bar gaining agreement Between Kaiser and the United steelworkers  rulings before the supreme court s Bakke decision a District judge and the 5th . Circuit court of appeals sided with Weber. The company and the Union appealed to the supreme court. The Justice department said the High court should Send the decision Back to lower courts in Light of the Bakke decision which held that while race can be a Factor in University admissions it must not be the Only one. The government said the appeals court in the Weber Case was unduly restrictive in ruling an employer and Union can not agree on such programs unless they can prove that the employer engaged in unlawful  we believe that this ruling is incorrect the petition said. Moreover if permitted to stand the decision can be expected to chill voluntary affirmative action programs not Only in the 5th circuit but throughout the  Justice department contended that the 1964 civil rights Law permits voluntary affirmative action programs where an employer and Union have a reasonable factual basis for concluding that a plaintiff could establish employment discrimination. Where did if come from Green mystery Coats . Washington a the Green slime has come and gone from about a six Block area of the . Capital leaving wilted Flowers sick animals angered residents and a mystery in its  health officials said Friday they know what was in the Green chemical that descended on the foggy Bottom area of downtown Washington near the state department last week but they Are still unable to identify its  found the substance de scribed As a Green liquid coating Garden plants and causing them to Wilt. Dogs and cats in the area became Nau seated after apparently eating grass which had been exposed to the slime Resi dents  number of residents even found their car windshields covered by the  was it it was an inorganic material Saidur. Herbert t. Wood chief of the City s Bureau of occupational and institutional Hygiene. The material was a mixture of Nickel Iron and manganese sulfite which is very strongly acidic and the acidity appears Tobe what made some dogs and cats sick Wood said. Mysterious Green substances found in other areas of the country have proven to be waste accidentally discharged from air planes flying overhead but Wood Dis counted that possibility in this Case. However the material apparently did fall from the sky because the roof of a 12 Story building being constructed in the area was coated too. The Green slime has been identified and now the question is from whence it came. Wood said it seemed to come from some sort of combustion process but the City air pollution people might have a Dif Ferent  a Little look into a big Light this is not a giant traffic Light. Just a installation in Sandusky Ohio. Non Kim Laws who got a Chance to give it a Light that was on the ground waiting for eth Eless it seemed big to four year old close up inspection. Up no violence or problems reported la. Ends first week of court ordered busing los Angeles up the busing body count continued Friday As a complicated court ordered integration pro Gram peacefully ended its first week in the nation s second largest school District. For the fourth straight Day there were no reports of violence by those opposed to the plan which Calls for the mandatory busing of 30,000 of the District s anticipated enrolment of 570,000 pupils and involves . Consulate car bombed Turin Italy up a group protest ing what it called american support for the regime of nicaraguan Leader Anastasio so Moza fire bombed a car belonging to the american consulate police  bomb exploded under the limousine parked in front of the consulate and debris from the blast damaged a Van parked nearby officers said. About 85,000 of them in mandatory and voluntary integration programs. There were also no major problems along the 2,200 bus routes More than half of them carrying fourth through eighth Grade pupils to new schools across town. Howard Miller president of the City school Board insisted that the program was a Success regardless of the exact number of pupils now participating be cause it has brought together thousands of Anglo mexican american and Black pupils who otherwise would be separated. But those opposed to the plan said it was a failure one opponent called it a Flop and a Boondoggle because so Many pupils were not participating. The District announced thursday after noon that 87,604 pupils had shown up for classes at schools involved in mandatory programs. That was 8,415 More than on tuesday and 2,301 More than on wednes Day but still 16,950 less than expected. Officials also disclosed that attendance at those schools had reached approximately 82 percent up from an estimated 73 percent on tuesday and was More than that anticipated at schools involved in voluntary integration programs. Boycott organizers however noted that those numbers included pupils of All races and All grades. They said private checks indicated that at least three fourths of the White pupils and one fourth of the minority pupils Given mandatory busing assign ments had ignored them. Bus top attorney Tom Bartman a Leader of the group trying to get the plan stopped through the courts predicted that two thirds of the Anglo children assigned to be bused May have left the District for Good. Miller promised More exact figures this week but insisted that the actual numbers Are irrelevant. I Don t think it s a pretty picture to see those who oppose this plan circling like vultures Over a mythical body count which they themselves Are producing he said. I think in All decency it is time to lend support to those thousands of people who have attempted to make this work. The real Story now is what s going on in these classrooms with these Low student teacher ratios with kids learning in an integrated environment with racial isolation broken Down. That s the real Story of what s happen ing in los Angeles and it s a Story that All who took part can be proud  japanese orbit satellite Tokyo a space scientists of to Kyo University said they have successfully orbited a scientific satellite to probe atmospheric magnetic Fields