European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 4, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Paga 4 the stars and stripes wednesday March 4,1087 ruling on contagious diseases could cover aids Washington up the supreme court ruled tuesday that it person with a contagious disease May be handicapped and incr before protected by anti discrimination Laws in a Case thai could extend such Protection to aids  court on a 7.2 Vole held thai a Nailau county. Fla., teacher who suffered from tuberculous could be handicapped under the rehabilitation act of 1973 and protected from discrimination. We conclude that the tact that a person with a record of physical impairment is also Coni Aglious does not suffice to remove thai person from coverage under he act jus Tice William Brennan said Cor the majority. The Caw has been closely watched by groups fight ing Tor the rights of aids victims because tuberculosis like aids is infectious advocates have Aid a supreme court Victory for the teacher could eventually extend the rehabilitation act to aids , joined by Justice Byron while Thurgood Marshall Harry Blackmun Lewis Powell John Paul Stevens and Sandra Day o Connor wrote that before a person with a contagious disease is dismissed a Job hearing must be held to determine if the person to a danger and if so whether another position could be found for that person such hearing would Lake into account the nature of the risk the severity of the risk and the probabilities that the disease would be transmitted and would cause varying degree of harm. Bui chief Justice William Rehnquist. Joined by justic Antonin Scalia said the court s ruling goes beyond the intent of Congress in passing the rehabilitation  Kellogg staff attorney for the Lambda Legal defense and education fund a group fighting for homosexual rights Laid aids discrimination cases have been on hold pending tuesday s court ruling and no appear Likely o be resolved in favor of aids victims. "1 think this will Clear the  Kellogg  has been More or less holding their breath on both sides. This gives us a Clear Legal precedent Kellogg added that it should be easier for aids sufferers to prove they arc Able to work than those with More infectious diseases such As tuberculosis. If a person is in a contagious state with tuberculosis they can affect people by just being around he Roundup sup name said. That is certainly not the Case with aids. Behave a much stranger  in other action the court ruled 7-2 police did not need a search warrant Togo Over a Fence and peer inside an open barn As part of a narcotics investigation Al on a 6-3 vote ruled thai an Arizona police office investigating a shooting incident had no right to move stereo equipment so he could record serial numbers Tocheck to see if the equipment was stolen. The Florida cast began in 1978 when the school Board fired b third Grade teacher Gene Arline. Arline contracted tuberculosis in 1937, when shews 14. The disease went into remission and in 1966 she was hired As an elementary schoolteacher. However she suffered three relapses of tuberculosis during 1977 and 1978, and eventually she was fired. She brought suit charging thai she was discriminate against because of her Handicap tuberculosis in violation of the rehabilitation act the Law applies to any employer receiving Federal Rainey which Tea schools Darline argued thai she should not have been fire because the risk of infecting her student was minimal and even if there were a risk the school Board had duty to find her another position where there would be no risk of spreading the  Federal court found thai a contagious disease such As tuberculosis was not a Handicap Sod the school Board had no obligation to find her another Job. Bui the i Ith is. Circuit court of appeals in septem Ber 19b5, ruled her condition was a Handicap and or dered hearings to determine whether she could return no leaching or Mother position at the school District persons with contagious diseases  the coverage of the act the Appeal panel said a the record in this Case make Clear a person with tuberculosis is when afflicted with the disease one who has a physical or mental impairment which substantially limits. Major life  in appealing the decision to the supreme Coutt the school Board said the appeals court ruling we dra Matic expansion of the scope of the Federal rehabilitation act of 1973 beyond its literal  the ruling has far reaching implications insofar Uit constitutes a precedent that All individuals with any form of contagious disease including acquired immune deficiency syndrome and other fatal diseases Are protected by the act attorneys for the school boar said. The Case is the school Board of Nassau county Fin. And Craig March is. Gene h.  in mud Yalu my. Jull 9 ill Lush kw9 Wye ii univ sic was iiiii2u 119 Hii Cioll Lenuit it . Row go Sabiu pfc ingress act Erth coun 197. Fla. Mars 2 High school girls win top science contest prizes Washington a the lop two Lishing properties for making a three scholarship with a radio astronomy pro Maria Silveyra. 17, of Flushing a scholarship prizes in the country s pre color map with no adjacent faces having Jacci that involved collecting signals from and Michael Mossy 18, of Cincioni Micro student science Competition have the same color. Jupiter. Ohio. Canc to two Loh school bins. Ali urine nor worn  it a Linn Tia c 1 file Fiatt film a Jav warts in to tin if it in Metz Mal r  in the lop two Mingone to two Hig school girls. It was the first Ever female sweep of the one two spots contest officials say. Louise Chia Chang 17, of ,jll., who researched the genetics of can cer cells won the $20,000 first place scholarship prize in the Westinghouse science Talent search. The search is billed As the country s largest Competition for Young scientists. Elizabeth Lee Wilmer of Scarsdale,n.y., took the $15.000 second place award for a mathematics project Stab Lishin Colo the the winners were announced at a ban Quet monday night marking the end of the 46th annual Competition in which $140,000 in scholarships and awards went to 40 promising students the third place award of a $15,000college scholarship was awarded to Al Bert Wong 16, of Oak Ridge Tenn who created a mathematical Model concern ing pattern recognition in the human brain. Joseph Wang 17. Of Ocala Fla waste fourth place Winner of a $10,000 scholarship Jet Jupiter the $10,000, fifth place prize went to Daniel Bernstein. 15, of Bellport n.y.,for a mathematics project to compute various numbers to Many  Macunat 16, of new Ken Sington pa., won the sixth place 110,000scholarship. His research involved in creasing the accuracy in atomic scale measurements. Seventh to tenth place scholarships of$7,500 were awarded respectively to Maxwell Meng 16, of Columbia  Waldman 18, of Bethesda. My. Mari17, Rushing an Cincinnati Ohio the 30 other National finalists who won slate and regional competitions be fore coming to Washington for the final interviews were each awarded $1,000 in Cash. The judges also selected alternate from among the remaining students who would get scholarships in the event Tom of the lop winners were unable to accept their prizes. The first alternate is our Oshen 17, of Naperville iii., and the second alternate is Mason no. 16, of new York City. Stamp honors a memorable voice postmaster general Preston Tolsch left stands next id Enrico Caruso or. As a 22-cent commemorative Stamps snoring the great operatic Tenor Enri co Canso is displayed during a first Day of Issue ceremony at new York s metropolitan opera House. Carus performed at the met far 14 years. Dole Biden move toward All out White House bids Washington a Senate minority Leader Bob Dole the principal gop beneficiary of political fallout fro the Iran Contra affair on tuesday formed a presidential exploratory  sen Joseph Biden or. Of Delaware went a step farther and created Campaign committee. Dole s action put the Kansas senator firmly on track to Challenge vice presi Dent George Bush s front runner status in the race for the 1988 gop presiden tial nomination. Biden s official Campaign committees a technical step closer to a candidacy than an exploratory committee. As chair Man of the Senate judiciary committee and one of his party s Best speakers Biden is considered among the potentially strongest challengers to former  Hart of Colorado regarded As the Early front runner. Rep. Richard Gephardt of Missouri announced his candidacy last week for the democratic presidential  gov. Pell Dupont of Delaware is the Only announced candidate for the Republican nomination. The presidential Fields in both parties will soon grow. Former Secretary of state alexanders. Haig or. Plans to enter the Republican race on March 23, and rep. Jack Kemp of new York will join the Field on april 6. Bush has an exploratory com Mittee but aides say he won t declare his candidacy until next fall. On the democratic Side former  Babbitt of Arizona will enter the race on March 10, and Hart Wilt announce april 13. The ran Contra affair has tended to focus favourable attention on Dole said Robert f. Ellsworth chairman or the Dole committee. How to measure that i Don t  since the disclosure lale1 lost Yea of the secret arms sates to Iran and diver Sion of funds to the Contra forces fight ing to overthrow Nicaragua s govern ment. Bush s standing in polls has dropped while Dole s has improved. In addition. Dole is regarded As the likeliest beneficiary of Howard h. Bakerjr s decision to become White House chief of staff rather than run for presi  was Dole s predecessor As sen ate Republican Leader a Survey of Iowa republicans Early i february said Dole was favored by 33 percent while Bush had the backing of28 percent of those polled. A month ear Lier a similar Survey had Dole leading with 28 percent compared to 25 percent for Bush