European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 05, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday october 5, 1985 the stars and stripes Page 7 school prayer amendment goes to Senate Washington a a proposed constitutional amendment that would allow i in Cal individual or group prayer in Public schools has been cleared for full Senate consideration. The Senate judiciary committee voted 12-6 thursday fur the measure which much pass each House by a two thirds vote and be ratified by 38 states. The proposal says nothing in this Constitution shall be construed to prohibit individual or group silent prayer or reflection in Public schools. Neither the United states nor any slate shall require any person to participate in such prayer or reflection nor shall they encourage any particular form of prayer or  the proposal would reverse a 6-3 ruling of the supreme court last june 4. The  Sion said Public schools May nol set aside daily moments of silence if students arc told that prayer is one possible activity during the silence. The justices ruled that an Alabama Law allowing such periods for meditation or voluntary prayer by Public school students violated the constitutionally requiring Sepa ration of Church and state. The court ruling did not however outlaw All periods of silent meditation in Public schools. Voting for the amendment proposal were republicans Strom Thurmond of South Carolina Paul Laxalt of Nevada Orrin g. Hatch of Utah Alan k. Simpson of Wyom ing John last of North Carolina Charles e. Grassly of Iowa. Jeremiah Denton of Alabama and Mitch Mcconnell of Ken Tucky and democrats Josco. R. Biden or. Of Delaware. Robert Byrd i West Virginia. Dennis Deconcini of Arizona and Rowcli Heflin of Alabama. Opposing inc legislation were republicans Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania and Charles Mathias of Maryland and democrats Edward m. Kennedy of Massachusetts. Howard m. Mei a Baum of Ohio Patrick j. Leahy of Vermont and Paul Simon of Illinois. The committee also approved by voice vote a Bill to outlaw designer  these drugs Are slight modifications of con trolled substances and at present carry no criminal penalties for Possession or distribution. The Bill includes a maximum $250.000 Fine and 15 years in prison fur manufacture with intent to distribute Possession with intent to distribute or actual distribution. Possession would carry a maximum Fine of $25,000 and a year in prison. Music Bootlegger facing 4 years in prison Hauppauge . A a Man authorities called the leading . Bootleg album entrepreneur with a Cata log including Bruce Springsteen and the beatles has been convicted of 21 counts of in author cd recordings. Michael Rascio. 40, of new York City faces up to four years in prison. He was convicted thursday of All counts after a three week Lri in before Suffolk county court judge Kenneth Rohl said John Williams a spokesman for the Suffolk District attorney s office. Rascio had been indicted in april on charges of illegally mass producing and Selling  original albums by performers such As the beatles. Springsteen and Hob Dylan. The albums sold As collector s items in hundreds of record stores nationwide for As much As $30 each were manufactured at an illegal recording Plant in Wyandanch prosecutors said. Rascio also Vas convicted thursday of five mis Demea nor counts of failure to reveal the origin of the records Williams said. Authorities said Rascio was the leading Bootlegger in the country. When Rascio was arrested last october the District Edward Bauman chairman and chief executive officer of Blue Bell inc., a clothing manufacturer addresses a crowd on the Steps of the capital standing in front of big pants to fill a 40-foot-Tong pair of Blue jeans. The jeans were signed by 16,000 petitioners who want president Rea Gan to support Trade legislation favored by Blue Bell. Attorney s office Sci cd about 10.000 records including volumes called rarer than rare by the beatles live in Paris by the rolling stones and Back to inc roots by Bob Dylan. In 1980, he pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful recording and was fined $75,000, authorities said. Most of the confiscated records consisted of illicit recordings of live concerts and outtakes from studio record ing sessions an illegal Industry that prosecutors say makes $300 million a year. 2 teachers deaths linked to aids in . Suburbs Rockville. My. A two secondary school teachers in Montgomery county an affluent suburb of Washington ., have died from aids Over the past year school officials confirmed. School officials said n. Alfred Brown a teacher Al Takoma Park intermediate school who died june 28, had been suffering from aids acquired immune deficiency syndrome. Superintendent Wilmer Cody said the teacher s disease was not known until wednesday when a routine insurance review disclosed that aids was listed among three causes of Brown s death. The disclosure sparked a Quick Check of All employee death certificates Over the past four years. This turned up evidence that a Richard Montgomery senior High teacher. Melvin Davis had died of aids in september 1984, according to Montgomery county schools spokesman William Henry. In both cases. Henry said official Wen told Only that the teachers were on sick leave with cancer. No mass screening of other teachers or students who had been instructed by Brown or Davis is planned but the school system will ask employees to gel checked for the disease if there is reasonable cause to suspect aids based on Mcd Icil  Henry said. Cody said he will place staff members with aids in non classroom assignments and students suffering from the disease on Home instruction pending the adoption of a school system policy. Aids attacks the body s immune system making it unable to resist disease. The most common victims of aids arc homosexuals intravenous drug users and Haemophiliacs. The disease is believed to be spread through sexual Contact contaminated Needles and blood transfusions. There have been More than 13,000 reported cases of aids in the United Stales and More than half of the victims have died according to the Center for disease control. Student taken for a ride after loss of Driver s License Chicago up since he lost his Driver s License 2� years ago Moses Guiragossian has been in court More than 30 times for crimes he did t commit. The Northwestern University medical school student notified the Secretary of state s office when he lost his License and he received a duplicate. However someone else found the original and has been on a one Man crime spree Ever since. Since Jan. 6, 1983, Guiragossian 24, a native of Jordan has been in court on a variety of traffic and criminal charges including eight charges of shoplifting six of minor theft and 11 traffic violations. Each time Guiragossian dutifully responded to each charge making each court appearance and explaining his problem. I was very upset this was All happening. 1 wanted to cooperate As much As possible. But 1 did t get much cooperation he said. Just before Guiragossian was to be Hon ored for five years of excellent service at a grocery store where he worked part time he was mistakenly arrested for shoplifting. "1 still received the award but 1 was very worried people might believe 1 did some thing wrong he said. Guiragossian contacted attorney Gener Al Neil Hartigan s office and was advised to return his duplicate License to the Secretary of state and give up his driving privileges in Illinois. He did so but then was told by the Secre tary of state s office a Slop could nol be put on the License. The License could be can celeb but that meant the next time the impostor is arrested Guiragossian could be charged with a crime and with a ing a can celeb License