European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 1, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Pages the stars and stripes woj lasday. October 1,1986 suit filed to Force marines to remove Cross from base Honolulu not the american civil Liber lie Union and is individuals of various religious faiths have filed a lawsuit in Federal District court seek ing to Force the Marine corps to remove a huge Cross from the military base Here. The Case is expected to go to trial in Honolulu in november the litigation followed an unsuccessful Effort earlier this year by the jewish federation of Hawaii to Force the marines to dismantle the 65-foot-tall Cross at Camp Holland m. Smith. The Marine base in suburban Honolulu also hous the Headquarters of the . Pacific come currently headed by adm Ronald j. Named As defendants in the lawsuit Are the . Government and the commandant of the Marine corps Gen. Paul x. Kelley whose Headquarters is in Washington. In May Kelley reversed a decision by the commander of Camp Smith col. Gene Castagnetti of the Marine corps to have the Cross removed. The colonel decision came after a panel of Marine and Navy Legal officers ruled that the presence of the Emblem on the military base violated the first amendment of the Constitution which mandates Freedom of religion. In a later statement Kelley referred to the towering Cross As an ecumenical memorial to the marines and sailors who died in the Vietnam War adding that he intended the Cross to remain in place As a Nons clan an Symbol of our National resolve to obtain a full accounting of american servicemen still missing or Unac counted for in Southeast  Kulcy s stand aroused the Acle and members of other groups Here. They jointly filed a lawsuit on july31, demanding that the Cross be ordered removed on the grounds that it violates the first amendment which requires a separation Between Church and Slaw. The court action was filed in the names of Tim Kuniyuki and Kirk Cashmere two Honolulu lawyers for the Acle and 15 individual Hawaii residents listed As seven christians two buddhists four jews a unitarian and a  according to a july statement by the civil rights Broun the Cross at it present location trivializes religious Symbol makes outsiders of non christians and is maintained with taxpayer  if the military wants to erect a memorial we have no objection the head of the Acle in Hawaii Van Essa y. Chong declared. But it seems to us that using a Cross which the military now says is not a religious Symbol is both an insulting trivialization of a very religious Symbol and improperly Encl pcs non cons lians. We regret having to go to court on this matter she went on. We have notified the military that our objection was not to the Cross but to is location on pub Lic  the court complaint against the government and the Marine corps declares that the maintenance of the Camp Smith Cross on military land is objectionable in that it symbolizes governmental approval sponsorship preference and endorsement of a specific religion apparently a reference to christianity. Alluding to the Cross the complaint states that the plaintiffs further oppose the activity at the Mari Necamp on the grounds that Public funds arc being used to maintain and illuminate this religious Symbol on Public  _ certain of the plaintiffs who come within proximity of the Cross object to it As a religious Symbol reeled on government property the comp Tinl states. Displaying the Cross on Public property violates the provisions of the first amendment of the United states Constitution which prohibits the government from establishing any religion the complaint concludes. Pane wants postal service to try again to sell White elephant1 Jet Washington a a House committee wants the . Postal service to put the for Sale sign Back on a s1.9 million Emu live Jet used just 150 times since it was purchased 2w years ago. But when postal service officials tried to unload the seven passenger Jet last Spring the Best offer was Only  million or 1300,000 less than they were willing to Settle for. They pulled it off the Market. The report monday by the House government operations committee depicts the plane As a White elephant it criticized the role that assistant chief postal inspector . Nelson played in arranging the Pur Chase of the Cessna ii Jet. He wrote an analyst for then postmaster general William Bolger that concluded the plane would provide a Golden invest ment Opportunity with a resale value that never seems to Slop  Nelson s involvement reflects the need for an in dependent inspector general at the postal service reps. Glenn English d-olda., and Frank Horton . Said in a statement. Agency auditors cannot do their jobs properly if they Are involved in the actual operation of Agency programs they said. The postal service is apparently unable on its own to keep its auditors inde pendent of program Respo Sibil i  the Jet is five years old. Bolger decided to buy the used aircraft so postal executives could Fly to medium and Small cities with limited commercial airline service but the congressional report said. A typical trip at $820 per hour by the postal service Jet find Sone or two passengers jetting to a major City that is Well served by less costly commercial  the panel found that the Craft was flown empty on one leg of is different round trips and that i carried a single passenger on 58 trips with the majority of flights to Large cities including 21 trips to new York Bolger now head of the air transport association an airline Industry Trade group said in an interview monday that we never pretended the Jet would pay for itself. The House committee said Bolger made the Pur Chase without the  either a needs assess ment or Cost Benefit analysis Bolger said he asked Nelson for his analysis be cause Nelson was a Pilot and was familiar with the Industry. The report buying Blind and flying empty the postal service executive Jet is based on study by the government affairs subcommittee on government information Justice and agriculture chaired by English. Stateside ailing Monkey or. Mike mugged in Manhattan new York up a 2-year-old Monkey recovering from a stroke was mugged in front Ofa posh fifth Avenue department store the new York daily news reported monday. The Monkey known As or. Mike was with his owner Anthony Agnello 26, when the Inci Dent occurred. A to the Street the pair have managed to whittle the medical Bill Down to $500. Agnello said a girl passing by asked to hold or. Mike As he stood outside of Saks fifth ave nue at 4 . Sunday. A moment later a Man wielding a carving knife put the Blade to or. Mike s neck and demanded Money the paper reported. Agnello handed Over si00, then the mugger ripped the Monkey from the girl s hand and ran off with him dropping or. Mike on the sidewalk a few blocks away. Legion Ella bacteria found near mount St. Helens Olympia Wash