European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 28, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes wednesday january 28, 1987 former sen. Howard Bakerjr. A Pho Howard Baker declines offer Fod ref Cia knoxv1lle, Tenn a former  biker or. Has turned Down president Reagan s offer to become director of the Cia saying he in t really interested in the Job it newspaper reported tuesday. Baker said in an interview with the Knoxville news Sentinel that he turned Down the presi Dent after Reagan s chief of staff Donald Regan asked him to succeed the Cia s director Wil Liam Casey. Casey is recuperating from brain surgery. I just Don t want 10 do that i be got other things i can do with my life and i m not sur How Good i would be As head of the Central intelligence Agency biker told the paper. Baker said Reagan was disappointed but understood the decision. White House spokesman Larry Speaks has said previously that Regan discussed the Cia Post with Baker. Baker a three term Republican senator from Tennessee returned to private Law practice after serving five years As Senate majority Leader. He was an unsuccessful candidate for the of nomination for president in 1980 and is consid ering another run in 1988. Justices will study no. Law allowing moments of silence Washington a the supreme court tues Day agreed to study the Validity of a new Jersey Law providing daily moments of silence Tor Public school students. The court if ii finds ii has the proper jurisdiction will decide whether the Law violates the constitutionally requited separation of Church and stale. The Taw tells school official to let students use the silent moments for quiet and private contemplation or Intro  two lower courts said the new Jersey Law represents an unconstitutional Back door attempt to return organized prayer sessions to Public schools. The supreme court in 1985 strongly reaffirmed its 1962 ban on organized prayer in Public schools by outlawing daily moments of silence if students Are encouraged to Pray during that time. In that ruling the court voted 6-310 strike Down a Alabama Law that allowed such periods for meditation or voluntary  but the justices did not say in the Alabama Case that supreme court Roundup All moment of silence Laws Are invalid. They indicated that if a Law does not mention prayer and if state legislators did not intend the Law to endorse or pro Mote school prayer it is valid. The moment of silence Issue Hai been a Profitt Caldy charged one. Numerous political candidates in 1984,including president Reagan called for a return of organized prayer in Public schools. The Reagan administration told the justices in the Case decided in 1985 that moment of silence Law Lik Alabama s enhance the Opportunity for students to include silent prayers As part of their activities at  Reagan favors a constitutional amendment that would in effect overturn the supreme court s 1962 decision. The 1962 ruling did not outlaw silent prayers i Public schools. As one pro prayer advocate explained you can hardly engage in thought  Bui the ruling 25 years ago Drew the line at official sponsorship of prayer sessions. In other action the court said police May continue to question suspects who agree to talk but say they want to see a lawyer before making a written statement. By a 7-2 vote the justices reinstated the sexual As Sault and drug conviction of William Barrett of Connecticut in connection with a 1980 attack on a former High school classmate. Ruled that judges May Tell jurors not 10 consider sympathy and other emotional factors in deciding whether to sentence a convicted killer to death or life in prison. By a 5-4 vote he justices reinstated the deals sen Ince of a California Man convicted of murdering a 15-year-old girl in Riverside seven years ago. Ruled thai police before questioning suspects arc not required to Tell them of All crimes Lor which they May be under suspicion. The court in a 7-2 decision reinstated the murder conviction of John Troy Spring in the killing of a Hunting partner in Colorado. Agreed to decide whether parents May turn to the  to help resolve conflicting child custody rulings by courts in different slates. The justices granted the Appeal of a Man awarded custody of his son in California court proceeding shortly after his sex wife won custody of the boy in Louisiana court proceedings. Granted an Appeal by the Church of scientology agreeing to examine the internal Revenue service s duty to disclose confidential information on request. The court said it will review a ruling that makes i easier for the irs to withhold material sought under the Federal Freedom of information act. Let stand a ruling that san Francisco International Airport officials acted unlawfully when in 1984, they refused to rent space for a Christian science read ing room. The court without comment rejected arguments thai the Airport should be free to deny terminal space teases for All religious activities. Let stand a ruling that limits How slates May try to hold Down medicaid reimbursement Rales for nursing Homes. The court without comment rejected arguments by Nebraska officials aimed at allowing the stale to place a 3.75 percent Cap on the annual jump in Rales. The new Jersey Law on moments of silence pasted by the stale legislature in 1982 Over the veto Oronov. Thomas Kean does not mention prayer. But from 1968 to 1976, the stale legislature pasted Bills that would have allowed teachers to open every school Day with a Brief period of silent prayer or meditation the Bills were vetoed. . District judge Dickinson do Bevise struck Down the Law in 1983, and the 3rd . Circuit court of appeals upheld thai ruling by a 2-1 vote. The appeals court said the new Jersey Taw rep resented an impermissible establishment of religion Shultz reports on final talks with Iran about arms Washington a Secretary of slate George p. Shuttz told Congress tues Day that the Reagan administration stopped talking to Iran Aboul . Arms after a meeting last month in Germany but that it has other ways to discuss Mutual interests in containing so vie expansion. Shultz testified that the dec. 13 ses Sion in Frankfurt was authorized by president Reagan to underscore to Tehran thai any thought on their pan that there were going to be further sales of arms was  he assured the Senate foreign relations committee Ai an open bearing thai there no longer was any Contact in that  but Shultz said there Are other Points of Contact including a Tribu Nal in the Hague Netherlands which is considering claims stemming from the takeover of Iran by followers of the Aya Zollah Ruhollah Khomeini in 1979. Shutlz did not identify the other ways the two countries could remain i touch although he did furnish new de tails about the Frankfurt meeting be tween a two Man . Delegation and iranian representatives. That session was held after Reagan declared that the United states had broken off All talks with Iran about american weapons. Shultz said the Central intelligence Agency had notified him about the meet ing after it was scheduled and i decided and the president concurred that we should proceed Shultz said be designated Charles Dunbar a parti speaking foreign serv ice officer to participate with George Cave of the Cia and to take charge of the discussion using set talking Points prepared in Washington afterword Shultz said. Cave remained in Europe to visit a relative. We later found Hal an iranian interlocutor called the Cia official to request another meeting to transmit an iranian response to the earlier session Shuttz said they met without the state depart ment authorization Shultz said. White be thought that was inappropriate Shuttz said the substance of the Dis Cuoio provided no problem. He told the committee he did not want to imply Tome evil or underhanded motive to the Cia Shutlz also repeated us policy that . Attempt to embargo inn to Iran investigator thinks Pilot saw a Anete Nof ufos new York