European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 16, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page6 the stars and stripes saturday May 16,1987 suit backs teacher s right to Wear islamic Headpiece Washington a the a Dent govern ment has filed a religious discrimination lawsuit to support a former Philadelphia school teacher who says she was denied a substitute teaching Job because she wore an islamic Headpiece the Justice department said  lawsuit accuses the Philadelphia Board of education and the slate of Pennsylvania of barring from Public school employment people who Wear garb that is related to their religion. The lawsuit say the state is continuing to enforce a 92-year-old  Tion of the Pennsylvania Public school code that prohibits wearing religious clothing Delores Reardon a former teacher in the Philadelphia Public school system says she was denied teaching assignments in 1984 because she wore a Headpiece which she believes was required by her islamic Faith. Hawaiians buy american As . Cars outsell imports Honolulu up for the first time i several years .-made cars Are outselling Jap anese imports in Hawaii the Hawaii Auto Mobile dealers association  the first Quarter of this year new car registrations gathered for the association thursday showed 58 percent of the buyers purchased american made cars compared with 39 percent for japanese imports. European car tiles accounted for about 3  trend appeared to u moving upward according to tie association. In March Domestic had a 60 percent share of the total mar Ket with japanese sales at 35  automobile  provided by the association Chevrolet Ted All safes Over the first three month with 2,471 Ford followed with 1,919 units Toyota 15, Nissan 1,291, and Honda 1,059. Ritz Carlton hotel Blaze forces evacuation of 150 Boston a a Smoky fire at the Plush Ralz Carlton hotel forced the evacuation of 150guests and inflicted about $500,000 in damage authorities  one was injured thursday afternoon in the fire which was contained in a basement electrical vault said fire department spokesman capt Matthew Corbeit. Southern Baptist Leader declines meeting with Pope Columbia . A the head of the largest protestant denomination in the unite states the Southern baptists says he won t meet with the Pope in september became of a hectic schedule and to avoid any  the Rev. Adrian Rogers National president of the Southern Batir. Convention and a Leader Inita fundamentalist Wing said thursday that be had declined an invitation to meet with Pope John Paul  this Point 1 do not intend to come to Colum Bia Taid Rogers pastor of Bellevue Baptist Churchin Memphis Tenn. Tint because of a horrendous  full and. Off Natl m avoid any Kizk of misunderstandings he declined to elaborate the Pope who win be Louring the United states u scheduled to meet sept-11 wiui27chrutiaalad-er from across the country at the Home of univer sity of South Carolina president James Kouerman big blast in the desert tests military Materiel structures White Sands missile Range . A billed As the biggest non nuclear blast in the free world the desert detonation of More than 4,600 tons of explosives kicked up 2 million cubic feet of dust in Shook spectators six Miles away. The lest thursday dubbed misty picture will give scientists realistic studies of what happens o military equipment and structures dose to a Large explosion said Tom Kennedy chief of the defense nuclear Agency s test division in Washington . The explosive 4,685 tons of ammonium nitrate an fuel Oil sealed in an 88-foot-wide fibreglass dome was detonated at a permanent test site near where the first nuclear bomb was tested in 1945. The Experiment simulated a blast equivalent Loans Kiloton nuclear device less than half the Force of the first nuclear bomb. Nevertheless the Force was enough to lift an estimated 2million cubic feet of Gray Brown dust from the desert floor according to officials. Then came a visible Shock wave semicircular Shadow moving across the Cloudy sky. Twenty seconds later the Boom Shook spectators on bleachers six Miles away. Kennedy battened Down two Miles from ground Zero inthe closest manned observation Post said the explosion came off perfectly but knocked a Coffee pot on top of him and broke the rear window in his car parked nearby. Trie defense nuclear Agency sponsor of the test an military representatives from Norway Sweden Canada and Britain set up nearly 170 experiments to test the combined effects of blast and heal on military equipment Bun kers specially Cle signed Bouses Aid even Trees. Within a minute of the detonation 24 rockets we tired into the Cloud to lest the effect of dust and panic ulate. High Speed cameras and pressure gauge re corded the blast and in  began reviewing the information almost immediately and those involved will meet in about 60 Days to discuss preliminary results Kennedy said. Kennedy said the lest Cost $10 million to $10 Mil lion and the various agencies conducted another $ 10 million to $20 million Worth of experiments. The United states Irsle the air wast and Shock effects on two Navy a-7 air planes one parked and the other suspended from a giant a Frame. The test also was designed to Check the effects on foreign military equipment using a soviet tank armoured car and a Mored personnel  test Atso included a mock Forest of 86 45-foot Pine and Douglas fir Trees to find out How vulnerable military equipment parked in a Forest would be during a nuclear explosion. Misty Picl Urc was inc fifth Tesi in a series that began in 1976. Officials said a sixth test Midas Gold is expected in about two years. Man indicted for allegedly causing wedding Day crash that killed 3 m1neola, . A a 20-year.old Man was arrested and charged with manslaughter thursday for allegedly causing a wedding Day automobile Accident that killed a Bride and Groom and the Groom s brother. The accused Vincent Laezza of Sci Dan was allegedly driving lop Mph and weaving in and out of traffic lanes an april 3. His car slammed into the Bride and Groom s limousine an hour after the ceremony. The carwash trying to enter the parking lot of a Lido Beach club where the reception was to be held. The Groom Peter Phillips 27, of North Massage qua and his brother John Phillips 29, of Islip who was the Best Man were killed immediately. The Bride Carol Zagorski Phillips 24 of North Massapequa died two weeks later of test injuries with out Ever being told that her husband had died. Her Sisler and maid of Honor Deborah  critically injured she attended her sister s funeral in a wheelchair. The funerals were held at the tame Church As the wedding. Laezza was seriously injured in the crash but recovered. The limousine Driver Thomas quirk29, was also seriously injured but recovered. Laezza was indicted on three counts of second de Gree manslaughter three counts of criminally Negligee homicide two counts of second degree assault and oat count of reckless driving Nassau county District attorney Denis Dillon said Laezza could face a sentence of five to is years imprison if convicted of the most serious Chongc Man Slaughter. At his arraignment Lazza pleaded innocent but said nothing else. Nassau county court judge Richard Delia ordered Laezza held on $75,000 bail or 425,000 Cash denying a request from his attorney that Laezza be released on his own recognizance without bail. Dot chief won t join Dole s Campaign Topeka. Kmap . Transportation Secre tary Elizabeth Dole said thursday she has no plans to leave her Job to help her husband. Sen. Bob Dole Campaign Tor the Republican presidential nomination i told my employees that i m no going to be tame Duck. 1 have no plans to leave right now mrs. Dole said before a speech to the 100th anniversary convention of the Kansas Bankers association. She also told reporters that she has no plans herself to seek National office if Dole who represents Kansas is unsuccessful in his expected bid for the presidency. Her husband has created a Campaign exploratory com Mittee and is apparently bidding for the cop nomination in 1988 but has not nonnally declared his candidacy. Mrs. Dole said she s prepared for the Media scrutiny that comes with the Teni Lory for relatives of people who seek the presidency. A major topic at her news conference and in he speech to delegates attending the convention was drug abuse and the random testing of 27,000 Federal department of transportation employees which she announced in january. Of 800 Railroad employees tested follow Rig Acci dents last year she said 3.6 percent had drugs in their system and 5.7 percent tested positive either for drugs or alcohol. That s All i needed 10 know before i took the next step toward random testing she said. Are in safety or Security related jobs. Dorothy Toto have new adventures in land of aids Iowa City Iowa a the characters were the same Dorothy tin Man the cowardly lion an the i Cfred Witch but they definitely were not in the land of of when a student group put on the  in the original Story Dorothy tries to find her payback to Kansas but in the version depicted in the outdoor play at us University of Iowa Dorothy an friends spend 25 minutes in the land of aids spread ing the Wurl thai practice ice Safe sex is the Way to prevent the spread of the deadly disease. R j ing the performance Dorothy distributed Litera Ture on Safe sex to other characters and dispelled myths about sexually transmitted diseases. She eventually killed the wicked Witch by suffocating her with giant condom. We were sitting around brainstorming and improvising trying to come up with ideas to convey the need to practice Safe sex said Michael Bono the play director and one of its authors. We slay very close to the original Story line he said. The play was performed by members of a student group calling itself aware individuals deserving survival. The cast members performed in costume and attracted a crowd of about 100 students and curious passers by wednesday. In the play Dorothy and her dog Tolo run away from Home to look for a cure for acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. Dorothy s House lands on and kills a Witch who spreads aids by sharing Needle during drug use. Dorothy then Battles the wicked Wilch of unsafe sex. At the play s conclusion cast members handed out Safe sex literature and condoms to members of the audience who stood and cheered their approval. We be gotten a Good response to it Barto said of the play which has been performed twice previously in Iowa City. People know the movie so Well they get a kick out of seeing the play. It s a serious message and people understand that he said