European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 15, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes tuesday december 15,1987 Illinois Law limiting abortion rights struck Down by court in even split Washington a an evenly divided supreme court monday struck Down an Illinois a that could have limited Llie right of some teen aged girls to have abortions. By 4-4 Voic rim with no accompanying opinion the court upheld a ruling Thill the challenged Illinois Law impermissible interferes with abortion rights. The Law required some girls under in who seek abortions to Wail 24 hours 10 have the operation after telling their parents or a judge about their decision. The even split raises the possibility that the court at some future Date could reconsider the Issue with nine members participating. The Illinois Law enacted by the state general As Sembly Over gov. James r. Thompson s veto required that unmarried girls under is and still financially de pendent on their parents notify both parents 24 hours before having an abortion. The Law allowed a girl to avoid notifying her parents if she could prove to a slate judge that she was mature enough and Well informed enough to make the Deci Sion on her own and that notifying her parents would not be in her Best interest. Doctors who failed to comply with the Law s require ments faced criminal prosecution. A Federal trial judge struck Down the Taw and was upheld in part by the 7th . Circuit court of appeals. The appeals court ruled that the 24-hour waiting period was an impermissible infringement on the right id have an Atonic but it left intact the part of the Law requiring parental notification or judicial permission. The court s landmark 1973 decision legalizing Abor Tion was based on a woman s constitutional Echt to Loniro her body. In the Case acted on monday the appeals court left it to the slate supreme court to decide whether the Law sufficiently protected the confidentiality and anonymity of girls who Appeal when a judge denies permission for an abortion. The stale court has not yet ruled on that Issue Lead supreme court Roundup ing some Legal experts to predict that the justices might throw out the Case on procedural grounds. That did not happen. Monday s 4-4 vote upholds the 7th circuit court ruling on the merits of the Taw. There was no indication which justices voted for or against the Illinois Law. In other action the court made it easier for mining companies to Block the award of Black lung disease disability benefits to min ers. Agreed to review the Way Ohio promotes through lax credits the use of gasohol a motor vehicle fuel less environmentally troublesome than gasoline. Ruled that labor disputes settled informally by the National labor relations Board s chief lawyer May not be appealed to a Federal court. Justice William j. Brennan writing for the court nothing Hurt but his Pride Pilot John Noble stands on a sidewalk in Buena Park Calif and contemplates what might have been. Noble was forced to nuke an emergency Tandler in his rented plane after it lost Power Over Breiu Park Industrial re. He walked away unhurt and the Only damage was bruised Street sign. Calling himself the Luckiest Guy in own. Noble said he made his first Solo Light just two weeks ago. Said in Allcie Federal court review in such cases would involve lentil by judicial proceeding1 in precisely the Errn we arc c Ong , was  Iii a Speed of Reso Lution is most  rejected an Appeal by a Kentucky Public High school teacher fired Cor showing Hir class " Ink Royd the Wall an a Ralpd movie Ahmit a Iron Hlad Rock Star. The justices without comment let stand a ruling that the teacher s free expression rights were not Vio lated. Agreed to decide whether a 1 Solal service letter Carrier from Garden City n.y., who was fired for failing to deliver More than 3.500 pieces of mail should be reinstated refused o resolve what fees my be paid to Law yers who successfully sue the government Over Viola Lions of their clients civil rights. The justices Over one dissenting vote in stand a ruling thai such lawyers May be paid More than their customary hourly rates if lawyers in heir communities with comparable ski and experience generally charge higher rates indicated it might some Day decide whether Stales May bar publication or broadcast of a rape victim s name reporters get from Law enforcement officials. The justices asked the Florida supreme court to answer a procedural query about a Case involving a weekly newspaper ordered to pay $97,500 to a rape victim for what the paper said was inadvertent publication of her name. Reagan naming arms control chief official discloses Washington a or Zsidi a Reagan will Nomi Nate army maj. Gen. William nuts. Who now holds a lop state department Posl. To succeed Kenneth l. Adel Man a the director of the . Arms control and disarmament Agency a . Official said monday. The selection of Burns who served As the Penta gon s representative for four years in .-soviet negotiations to ban medium Range nuclear missiles culminates a search of Moret Lian four months. Burns 55, is currently the principal Deputy assistant Secretary for Politico military affairs in the stale department. The Bureau deals with the diplomatic effects of i ii military issues As arms control weapons sales military buses and the conflict in the persian Gulf. He has held the Post since last Soring after serving four years in Geneva on the . Delegation in arms control Tingoi Slinns with he soviets on Nii i urn Range missiles. A treaty Banning . And soviet rockets was signed last week at the Washington Summit. Adelman announced his resignation july 30, but he volunteered to stay on through Iho Summit. Subsequently several candidates were considered to succeed him including Edward l. Rowny the senior arms control adviser to Cagan. And Paul h. Nilze who holds a similar Post advising Secretary of state George Shultz. The arms control director Heads an Agency of about 190 permanent officers supplemented by some 60 specialists assigned temporarily from the Pentagon the slate department the . Information Agency and other government offices. American wines experiencing Boom in exports Washington a americans Are not Only drinking More wine these Days compared with liquor they Are hav ing some Success in persuading other countries to do the same. . Exports of wine Are booming helped by the drop in the value of the Dollar and some government support according to the latest reports from the department of agriculture. There were exports Worth $43 million in the first nine months of this year compared with $35.3 million for All of 1986 and $27.8 million in 1985, Leslie Berger of us a s horticulture and tropical products division said that in the first nine months of 1986, . Wine sales to Taiwan totalled $1.7 Mil lion compared with Only $142,000 for the same period last year she said. In Japan sales of . Still wines Dou bled from $4 million to $8 million in the same nine month period. She said bigger . Exports Are expected to Japan de cause under a new tax system due to go into effect Jan. 1, Japan has promised that taxes on foreign beverages will no longer of heavier than on local products. But inc japanese Ray set some limits because of additives in . Wines. American ways of making wine also cause some trouble with the european economic Community. European experts May object to fun Maric acid which is otherwise used in making plastics and to the process of Ion Exchange which helps prevent cloudiness. One american expert said both fun Maric acid and Ion Exchange Are harm less to the wine Drinker and Kumaric acid is Little used. The 12 countries of the dec include France. Ecsi Germany Italy. Luxem Bourg Portugal Spain and Greece ail wine producers. The area has huge sur plus stocks. By the end of the year the governments Are expected to Nave on hand 130 million Gallons of alcohol Dis tilled from what europeans Call their wine Lake bar Ger said. Another american practice thai the europeans dislike is naming american wines for those traditionally made on the continent. The Community bans imports of any labelled As Champagne Burgundy or other Well known european names. Despite inc problems . Wines also sell in Europe and especially in Britain where Little is made locally. In the first four months of this year the British bought $2.2 million Worth from the United Stales compared with to million in the same period of 1986