European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 28, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes saturday june 28, 1986 imports push deficit up in May Washington up an across the Board surge in import drove up the . Merchandise Trade deficit to ju.2hillion in May j2 billion Over the april level and . Farm Trade slipped into the red for the first Lime in at least 20 years the government said Friday. Imports were valued at s31.64 billion last month up from 130.04 billion i april inc Commerce department re ported. Manufactured imports Rose froms23.lt billion to j23.93 billion. The deficit in manufactured goods Rose from $10.5 billion to is 1.66 billion As exports slipped from 112.61 billion to $12.27 billion Petroleum i Pom. Depressed in re cent months by the collapse in Oil prices Rose from $1.23 billion 10 $1.73 billion in May. The deficit in crude imports also was 11.73 billion. The average Price of a barrel of imported Oil was j 14,27. Trade in agricultural foods in which the United slates has traditionally boasted a surplus posted u deficit for the first Lime in2u years Accord is to census Bureau analysis who said it was probably longer than thai but records were incomplete. The May deficit in agricultural Trade was 1349 million compared with a sur plus of 11 80 million in april they said. The average monthly deficit for the first five months of this year was $13.95 billion up from a $12.37 billion average in 1985, inc analysts said. The Trade shortfall came to is 48.48 billion last year inc highest on record. The deficit with Japan which reached a record s5.s2 billion in March was s4.99 billion last month. With Western Europe it was $2.69billion, Down from $2.73 billion in april. The shortfall with Canada Rose from $1.8 billion to s2.i8 billion. Exports for May continued a iwo month slide from a nigh of $18.96 billion in March to $17,96 billion in april and $17.4 billion last month. The Slack exports were particularly disappointing in Light of a 30 percent decline in the value of the Dollar since last fall. In theory inc Low Dollar should make . Exports More compel Ilive but the Price advantage has yet to have a significant Impact on the Sale of Ameri can goods in foreign ports. The figures compiled from custom Sand insurance information Are estimates based on data that lags behind the real flow of Irac by several weeks. They Are subject to future revision. If 1986 ends the Way it has begun the Trade deficit will reach a record 5167.52 billion by year end the analysts said. That would tend to confirm suspicions held by Reagan administration critics who charge the current policy of open markets and free Trade is bankrupt and insist upon legislative remedies to the Trade imbalance. A classic among classics this Pristine 1931 Bugatti a Oyier one or the world s most treasured classic cars ins put on the auction Block Fri Day in Reno Nen with expectations it could fetch a record Price of up to $14 million. Bidders for the Mugalli Hoyle which is being called probably the most desirable collector s car in the world were required to hint a con firmed credit line of $1 million. The pm belonged to the late Nevada Casino tycoon William Lutna. Handicapped Protection Laws Don t affect airlines justices Rule Washington up the supreme court ruled 6-3 Friday that com Mercial airlines arc not subject to Laws protecting the handicapped from discrimination because they do nol directly receive a single Penny of Federal funds. The court in an opinion by Justice Lewis Powell reversed an appeals court decision that said the airlines must com ply with the rehabilitation act of 1973 since they use federally supported air ports and the air traffic control system. The High court said Congress specifically lined the anti discrimination Law to direct recipients of Federal Money and not a single Penny of Federal Money is Given to the  the result of the decision is hat air ports will continue to be accessible to the handicapped with such devices As ramps and special restroom equipment but air planes themselves do nol have 10 be specially designed. Three dissenters led by Justice thur Good Marshall said the result seemed to be incongruous with the goals of anti discrimination Laws. When commercial airlines allow the handicapped to travel on airlines but unreasonably and solely because of their Handicap Force them to do so under conditions not substantially equal to those enjoyed by persons who arc not Handi capped i believe that there Loo inc air lines discriminator ily deny the Handi capped the benefits of federally funded programs or activities supporting the air port Marshall wrote. Also dissenting were justices William Brennan and Harry Blackmun. Lawyer douglas1 Parker who rep resents handicapped rights groups criticized the ruling it says the Protection against handicapped discrimination at least under this statute stops at the door of the aircraft he said. Gordon Mansfield an official of Par Al Zed veterans of America said his group probably will Appeal to Congress to change the Law to state that people with disabilities do have civil rights and they do include the right to  in other action the court unanimously held that the Ohio civil rights commission May investigate charges of sex discrimination at a fundamentalist Christian school in Day ton Ohio the court however ducked inc Issue of whether punitive action that might be taken against the school would violate the constitutional separation of Church and state. On a 6-3 vote upheld the constitutionality of a Federal food stamp Rule enacted to Cut Down on fraud. The Rule allows the department of agriculture to determine eligibility by household rather than by individual income. A lower court had struck Down the Rule As discriminatory against families. The handicapped rights Case was brought in october 1983 by the paralysed veterans of America the american coalition of citizens with disabilities inc. An the american Council of he Blind. The . Circuit court of appeals for the District of Columbia found that be cause airlines use airports that get Money from the government and enjoy the serv ices of inc federally operated air traffic control system they indirectly receive Federal financial assistance and must Fol Low the Law. But the High court disagreed saying Congress limited the scope of the Law to those who actually receive Federal financial assistance because it sought to impose coverage As a form of contractual Cost of the recipient s agreement to accept the  vulgar poetry about divorce spurs probe of judge new York a a judge who wrote vulgar poetry about a bitter divorce Case and ruled for the husband on almost every Issue has been overturned by an appeals court and reportedly is under investigation for his conduct. Judge Bruce Wright who attracted National attention during the 1970s when police nicknamed him turn pm Loose Bruce for Selling Low bail for defendants gave the couple a copy of his poem which contained vulgarities and depicted women As Gold diggers Bent on ripping off their husbands. In the 1982 Case Wright ruled that the woman was nol entitled to half of the Cou ple s 1650,000 co operative apartment and should gel Back Only 140,100 she contributed toward in with no Alimony. In overruling Wright the appellate court gave the woman 52 percent of the Coop saying Wright decided for the Hus band in almost every Issue bearing on  Wright s ruling came about two years after his own marriage ended in acrimony and he was ordered to pay $39,200 in Back child support. In his verse Wright noted that the woman had surreptitiously tape recorded their arguments the words on her tapes arc obscene. Intended to be rude and quite mean when All love is finished and both Are diminished there s nothing to savor but  in a quarrel Wright said the Man said the woman was just like her Mother not to mention her pot smoking  the couple s sex life was described in this Way she slept beside him in his bed but not As though they were still wed provoked and daily overwrought his income Sank to minus naught he signed one poem with a vulgarity printed  daily news reported thursday that Wright s actions were being investigated by the state commission on Judi Cial conduct. Commission administrator Gerald Stern would nol comment. A receptionist in Wright s office said thursday that Wright was of the Bench and unavailable for comment. The poems were obtained from the appellate division