European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 25, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes thursday june 25,1987 race of Honor Constitution be Fec in Philly Philadelphia up five sailboats thai raced across the Allan in in Celebration of the 200li birthday of the . Constitution sailed into Penn s Landing amid fanfare and a Light rain. The 42-foot Das boats represent ing the United Stales the european common Market countries Luxem Bourg Portugal and Greece flew col Worful Spinnaker sails As they made their Way into the Harbor tuesday behind a escort of a Navy frigate and two Phila Delphia firc Boals. Slight rain failed to Dampen the festivities As hundreds of onlookers and the Jay symphonic band of Missouri greeted the Crew members who spent the next hour or so detailing the some times harrowing experiences of their month Long crossing. An especially Hearty round of applause greeted the Lut Bourg the representative of Luxembourg that finished first one Day ahead of the second place Europe representing the european common Market. When you have a very bad storm As we had you can break something and cause very big problems said winning skipper Paul Vantongerloo of Luxembourg. But we were not worried about the boats. They were Strong  the 3,500-mile Constitution trans Atlantic race began May 16 in nieu port Belgium and ended june 9 in Cape May . It honoured not Only the Constitution but also the Joth anniversary of the treaty of Rome which established the european common mar Ket race coordinator Andy Maggion said. The Philadelphia representing the United slates came in third despite a10-hour delay caused by a collision with a commercial boat at the Start of the race. The crash left a tire sized Hole on the Philadelphia s port Side. Ships representing Portugal and Greece came in fourth and fifth. The ships had been docked in new Jersey since the race finish re outfit Ting themselves and resting said John Kalish the Philadelphia skipper and  race. Kalish said the Roc results were Sec Ond to the honouring of the cons Titu lion. Most of us Benefit substantially from it said Kalish a Philadelphia native who now lives in Brussels. And every couple of Hundred years it Worth celebrating. I d like to think we be done our  the people 200" chairman Willard Rouse praised the Crews an the race laying i think the Symbol ism of this race honouring the Constitution and the treaty of Rome is mar Velous. We wanted 10 involve Europe in our  signed he treaty of Rome unified the original six member states of the european Community Wert Germany France Luxembourg Bel Gium the Netherlands and Italy in a trading partnership. The race was sponsored by we the people 200 As part of the summer Long Bicentennial festivities and by the european Community. It was organized by the sail for Europe association of Brussels boy Pilot 11, takes off to Cross ., Sef record los Angeles a an 1 year old boy who Hopes to become the youngest person Ever to Pilot a plane across the United Stales took off into the hazy Busy skies of Southern California wednesday saying the adventure was not a big  John Kevin Hill who is not old enough to have a Pilot s License or a Driver s License for that matter Sal atop two pillows with one behind him so that he could Sec out the cockpit of the Turbo charged single engine Cessna 210. I feel All right. It s not a big Deal to me i m used to flying Long distances the Arlington Texas boy said just before Takeoff. He was accompanied by instructor Mike Fields who will take aver in Case of emergency and a Texas news paper reporter. John said he would have of rely on the air plane instruments rather than control incr radar for his Safe passage out of the area. Whitman air Park in the san Fernando Valley has in control Tower. The first leg of the trip takes the boy to Cedar City Utah. He stops in love land. Colo., on Friday then it s onto Kansas City mo., and St. Louis fora Slop on sunday. On july i John is scheduled to reach Washington . He has had 150 hours of flying experience and plans to log plenty More. In two years he s going to Fly around the world said his father Johnny Hill. And he wants Nasato ice him ride on the next shuttle. Heck he has More flying time than those senators they sent  John started flying at age 9. When his father bought him a j20 introductory might. Soon he began asking his parents for More lessons. John s longest previous flight was a 7,000-mile trek with Fields across the Northwest United slates and Canada last year. John Kevin Hill jets comfortable behind the aircraft of Iii ols As two friends wish him Luck of his flight court upholds religious exemption to hiring Law Washington a religious employers Are free to hire Only members of their own Faith even for non religious jobs the supreme court ruled unanimously wednesday. The court said a 1972 anti Bias Law exempting such employment discrimination is constitutional. The decision reversed the ruling of a Federal judge in Utah that religious employers May refuse to hire peo ple outside their Faith for religious activities Only and not for secular or non religious jobs. Wednesday s decision was a Victory for officials of the Church of Jesus Christ of latter Day saints whose employment policies had been invalidated by the judge s earlier ruling. A Law is not unconstitutional simply because it allows churches to Advance religion which is their very purpose Justice Byron r. White wrote for the court. But the court s ruling left unanswered whether religious employers Are free to hire Only members of their Faith for jobs in profit making ventures. The decision said . District judge David k. Winder was wrong when he ordered mormon officials to reinstate Arthur Mayson. With Back pay As an Engi Neer responsible for maintaining the Deseret gymnasium the gymnasium is owned and operated As a non profit business in Salt Lake City by the mormon Church. Mayson is a mormon but was fired for not becom ing eligible for a Temple  signifying Observance of the Church s religious standards. Winder s ruling struck Down a 1972 amendment to the civil rights act of 1964. The 1964 Law generally bans discrimination in employment based on religion but it made an exception to allow religious employers to restrict employment to individuals of a particular religion to perform work connected with their religious  in the 1972 amendment Congress deleted the word religious from the exception thereby allowing Reid supreme court Roundup pious employers to hire Only members of their Faith whether or not the work is religious in nature. Judge Winder ruled that Congress unlawfully aided religious employers in passing the 1972 amendment. The mormon Church and the Reagan administration appealed Winder s ruling directly to tie supreme court which overturned it wednesday. White said the 1972 Law passes the three part test created by the justices to determine whether Aji unconstitutional establishment of religion has occurred. He said the Law does not have a religious purpose does not have the primary effect of advancing or inhibiting religion and does no unduly entangle govern ment and religion. About the test s first part. White said ii is a permissible legislative purpose to alleviate significant governmental interference with the ability of religious organizations to define and carry out their religious  joining while were chief Justice William h. Rochn Quill and justices Lewis f. Powell John paid Stevens and Antonin Scalia. Jul slices William j. Brennan Thurgood Marshall. Harry a. Blackmun and Sandra Day o Connor concurred in the result. In other action the court limited the scope of a Federal anti fraud Law throwing out the convictions of a former Kentucky slate official and a businessman accused in an insurance contract Kickback scheme. In a 7-2 decision involving a major scandal in the administration of former democratic gov. Julian m. Carroll the court said the Federal Law is designed to protect Money or properly rights. Ruled that a computer operator in the Houston Constable s office who said she hoped someone would assassinate president Ragaji was unlawfully fired. By a 5-4 vote the jul slices said the woman s free speech rights were violated