European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 7, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes monday july 7,19b6 parents suit says schools use anti Christian books , Tenn. Up Sily on years after the stale of Tennessee put John Scopes on trial for teaching evolution a group of parents is suing school official for leaching evolution and other anti Christian beliefs. Fundamentalist Christian parents say the Reading books used by Hawkins county schools Leach Witch Craft disrespect for parents worship of idols evolution and that Jesus was illiterate. The parents sued county school officials in . District court asking that children who find the books offensive be allowed to read from other books deemed acceptable by their parents. The Case goes to trial july civil liberties groups Call the lawsuit the most important censorship Case to come to trial in years. The suit will be argued in Greeneville a town about i to Miles Northeast of Dayton Tenn., where the Scopes trial began july 10,1925. This lawsuit is one of enormous National significance and could have a substantial effect on class rooms throughout the country said Anthony Podesta president of people for the american Way the citizens group co founded in 1980 by television producer nor Man Lear. Podesta said a Victory by the parents in the Haw Kins county Case could Force school districts across the nation to adopt a two track Public school sys tem one track for fundamentalist and one for everyone else the books causing the uproar in the Rural county Are readers for grades one through eight published in 1983 by Holt. Rhinehart & Winston known As the Holt Basic readers they Are used in school nationwide. Among the writings the parents object to Are Pas sages from the diary of Anne Frank and works by Margaret Mead Ray Bradbury and Jane Good All. In a court document parents said the books Leach that Jesus was illiterate. The books describe Jesus As being dependent upon jewish scribes whom he distrusted As being necessary to write his Story Down on paper. Implied in this i thai Jesus did not know How to read and write parents said. The Bible clearly teaches that Jesus could both read and write they said. The theory of evolution is Only one of Many Leach Ings in the Holt books to which the parents object. The lawsuit says the books present facts supporting evolution As a fact but the Bible teaches that god created Man in his own image on the sixth Day of the literal creation  the parents and their children Are serious about their opposition to the textbooks some student shave been suspended for refusing to read the books and one Parent Vicki Frost was arrested for marching into her daughter s elementary school and demanding that the girl be Given a substitute Reader. Frost sued the school Board in Federal court. Earlier this year a jury awarded her $70,000 in compensatory damages. Some of the students have enrolled in private Christian schools since the controversy erupted in1983. Hawkins county is a sparsely populated area of Northeast Tennessee that Borders Kentucky. Its Citi Zens by and targe vote Republican and go to Church on sundays. The parents led by a mild mannered insurance adjuster named Bob Mozert Point out in their suit that they Are not trying to ban any books. They say they Only want their children Given a Choice of readers. A of critical importance is the fact that the plaintiffs have never made any request to have the books re moved from the school curriculum. Rather their re Wiiest at All times has been to simply seek an Allema be textbook for their children the suit said. Podesta said Public education would be ruined if every religious group could demand a specialized curriculum. There would be the first Grade for these kids wit religious textbooks religious science religious history religious literature and next door there would Bethe first Grade non sectarian Grade. That is in essence the Only thing that would satisfy them Podesta said. People for the american Way plans to spend up to $ 125.000 to cover the expenses of sending a handful of Washington lawyers to Tennessee to help the count school Board defend itself the parents Case will be argued by attorneys for concerned women for America a Washington conservative group. 100 sky divers set linkup record Muskogee. Okla a one Hundred sky div ers linked arms and legs to form a human Snowflake Al 6,000 feet above the ground and floated together for More than seven seconds before peeling off organizer said. The sky divers jumped from three specially equipped do is flying wingtip lowing lip at about 15.000 feet said Tom Piras who took part in the event. The linkup with the parachutes already deployed took 61 seconds to Complete and lasted 7.67 seconds. About 1,800 people watched the attempt from the ground at Muskogee s Davis Field. It was the first time 100 sky divers had performed such a. Feat which has been attempted 22 other times in Florida Illinois and Vancouver Canada pins said. " the formation lakes a tremendous amount of work and organization Sherry Schrimsher one of three judges for the event. In 1983, 72 sky divers linked together in Deland fla., said Piras who helped organize that jump. Schrimsher said photographs of the jump would be sent to the federation aeronaut ique internationale in Paris which keeps aviation records. It was a great feeling being part of it said Bill Campbell of Muskogee the Only oklahoman to participate. We knew u would happen we just did t know when or  Many of the Iky divers were in Muskogee for the National sky diving championships while others arrived just to participate in the formation attempt Campbell said. The jumpers about one fourth of whom were women included residents of Canada France Den Mark and saudia Arabia. 3 pakistanis drown at Calif Beach Carmel Calif. Up three members Ofa pakistani family who had been posing for snapshots on a Pacific Beach were swept to their deaths saturday after a wave pulled one into the water and the others tried to save her. A Young girl survived the ordeal at monastery Beach South of Carmel but she was hospitalized in extremely critical condition the Monterey county sheriffs department said. Killed were a vacationing Man his wife and their Young son who were Louring the Beach with an Ameri can Friend deputies said. The victims identities were withheld until relatives could be notified deputies mid. The family of four was  by a Friend from Illinois who was acting As a translator and guide during a vacation Lour of the West coast deputies said. As the Friend took photographs of the family stand ing near the water a huge wave knocked the woman into the water and the rest jumped into the water in a Rescue attempt deputies said. Sheriffs sgt. John Darling said a second wave apparently earned All five beyond the Breakers but the family Friend was Able to struggle Back to the Beach. State Park Rangen recovered the body of the Mother and the father and rescued the couple s daughter about 11, deputies said. The body of the couple s so washed ashore about an hour later. The girl was reported in extremely critical condition at Community Hospital of Monterey Peninsula a hos Pital spokesman said. The unidentified Friend was treated at a Hospital and released deputies said. Stateside 4 aboard Small plane die in California crash South Lake Tahoe Calif. A a sin Gle engine plane slammed into a tree and plunged to the ground minutes after Takeoff from South Lake tape Airport killing All fou people aboard authorities said. Trie Small plane crashed Friday in a wooded Are next to a Road missing a parked truck by about 100 Yards and it ignited a one acre Forest lire said Eldorado county sheriffs Deputy warm Berg. The truck Driver who had been standing outside old investigators the plane had left the runway about 5 13 . When it attempted to make u turn flew upside Down and slammed into the tree then crashed about eight Miles sooth or the Airport said sheriff s sol Bob a Meyer. It appeared that it jul went full Power into a tree and exploded Laid Berg. Investigators said two men and two women were killed in the crash. Abduction robbery of executive probed Peekskill . A an investigation con Linued sunday into the Ewe of a Wall Street executive who was Abdoe froma shopping Center by a gunman who look her into a Forest tie her to a tree and robbed her stale police  Duncan 29, an assistant vice presi Dent of the first Boston corp., was shopping. Wednesday at the Cross country shopping Cen Ter in Yonkers when a Man forced her into bit car. Sgt. Richard Mooney said. The Man look her to a wooded area in Cort Landt tied her to a tree and stole her Money Mooney said. Duncan of Riverdale a finally Able to tree herself late thursday he said. She was taken to Yonkers general Hospital where she was treated for Shock Mooney said. She also suffered cuts and scratches state Policena Mooney said the stale police were seeking information about a Man wearing a hooded sweatshirt and a ski mask who was seen hitchhiking or walking near Cortland on wednesday afternoon. Former rep. Flood has Chest abdominal surgery Wilkes Barre a. Up former us rep. Daniel flood who served in Congress for 30 years before resigning am id a bribery scandal was unserious but stable condition saturday after having emergency Chest and abdominal surgery. Hood 81was admitted Friday afternoon complaining of Chest and abdominal pains said Margaret Evans a nursing supervisor Al mercy Hospital in Dukes Bam. Flood underwent emergency surgery during the night to repair Horn tried diaphragm and to remove a portion of his Small intestine As a precautionary measure said to Enlal spokesman Mark Stephens. Stephens said flood underwent extensive Abdo Minal surgery in 1962 because of cancer but there was no evidence the cancer had recurred and Doe tors said his prognosis for recovery is very ipod. Flood a Democrat resigned from co Agrem in1980 after serving 32 years As the congressman from Pennsylvania s Ullh District brought Down by i health and charges that he had accepted $65,000 to use his influence in Washington. 2 die 1 saved from fumes in paint thinner tank new York a  Tot Bur Glar alarm in a paint thinner storage tank on sat urday found three men overcome by fumes. Two of the men died and 25 police officers and Rescue workers were injured trying to Rescue them. The third Roan is in serious but stable condition at methodist Hospital said Jean Fraser a Hospital spokeswoman. Nineteen police officers and six emergency medi Cal service personnel suffered skin bum and rapt Malory irritation when they tried to Rescue Tesai along Island  they were in liable condition. Police u. De Leschuck did it was unclear what the men were doing in the link which measured 30 feet by 20 feet by t fee tone of the victims was found dead in the tank in Brooklyn while the other died Al methodist Hospital Taid police officer Tony Vallelong