European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 13, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes wednesday january 13,1988 alaskans heated up Over logo change Seattle a the Parka hooded smiling Eskimo face emblazoned on be Tail of Alaska airlines planes May soon be replaced by a new Emblem handsome alaskans Are incensed. The Alaska legislature which went into session in monday will consider a Resolution asking the Scatch based airline not to junk the colourful logo Forone featuring a stylized Mountain said state sea. Tim Kelly of Anchorage. It May not be the Best representation of an est in. But it s our Eskimo he said. " alaskans feet an Affinity with the airline. Alaskans feel ii i  All 20 of Alaska stale senators have voiced sup port Tor the Resolution he said. The proposed new logo created by a consultant hired Tat year to develop a More Universal Emblem for he airline was unveiled in a recent Alaska air lines newsletter. The newsletter said some customers have trouble figuring out that the picture on the planes is an Eskimo and it is difficult to use inc logo in Small size on stationery. Also Alaska airlines flies to California and the Southwest and some potential customer May think the airline flies Only within Alaska said Bruce Ken Nedy Dairman of Alaska air group. Since the new logo was unveiled Many Alaska airline employees have opposed the change. Several Hundred of them signed a petition to Kennedy urging that the Eskimo Togo be kept we like our Happy face said Alaska airlines reservation agent Kim Como in  face is that of the late Chester Seveck a Reindeer Herder and a phenomenal Eskimo dancer who Tor years greeted tourists gelling off inc plane at Kalz buc Alaska said stale sen. Willie Kinsley on Eskimo from  radio station in Kotz buc above the Arctic Cir Cle Between Nome and Barrow did a five minute interview on the controversy with Alaska airlines spokesman Louis Cancelmi. Kennedy said the airline for years has gotten com ments hat the Eskimo face looks like killer Charles Manson libyan Leader Moa mar Qadhafi or Ling ers Johnny Cash or Willie Nelson. Ca Mcdian Jay Leno joked about in on inc Johnny Carson show. But alaskans Aren t laughing. The Eskimo is a Friendly human Symbol of the North of the Sparil of Alaska wrote saudi Carlson an Anchorage daily new columnist. Take him of the Alaska planes in favor of some abstract hip meaningless design you re taking one step closer to that impersonal austerity thai characterizes most other airlines  Cancelmi said the company has gotten at least on Tetter in support of he new logo. A graphic designer who is related la a Pilot thought in was  Kennedy says hell make a decision soon there s no thought of chanting inc name of alas a airlines,1 he said i lived in Alaska far is years and consider myself an alaskan there is an Independence and free Wheeling spirit in Alaska that we have claimed As our own corporate culture. The Las thing we want to do is lose  . Ruled powerless in child custody disputes Washington a Federal court have no authority to curb the growing phenomenon of Paren Tal kidnapping in child cd Siodo disputes the supreme court ruled tuesday. The 8-0 decision in a Case from California and Loui Siana said � 1980 Law the Federal parental Kidnap Ping prevention act docs not author we Federal courts to resolve conflicting custody rulings by courts in Dif . The attorneys general of four states California Hawaii. Nevada and Texas had warned the High court that such a ruling could spark even More Kidnap Ping the longer custody remains unresolved the greater. Inc Parent s fist ration increases and self help be comes an increasingly attractive alternative the attorneys general said. Hut writing for the court tuesday Justice Thurgood Marshall did Congress in 1980 meant Only to encourage More cooperation Between state courts and did not envision Federal court intervention. Instructing the Federal courts to play Solomon where two stale courts have issued conflicting custody orders would entangle them in traditional stale la questions that they rave Little expertise in Marshall said. This is a Cost that Congress made Clear it did not want the 1980 Law 10 carry he added. Marshall acknowledged that child snatching ii National problem citing congressional estimates that up id 00,000 children Are kidnapped each year by parents unable to obtain Legal custody. But Marshall said in is up o Congress to devise new solutions if stale courts refuse to cooperate As urged to supreme court Roundup do in the 1980 Law. Any More Radical approach to the problem will have to await further legislation he said. The decision was sparked by inc 1979 divorce i los Angeles of David a and Susan a. Thompson they initially were awarded joint custody of their son Matthew. In 1980, a California court presiding Over the fight for permanent custody of Matthew allowed mrs. Thompson to keep physical custody of the boy As the moved Lobaton Rouge la., to become head of the child neurology division of inc Louisiana state University school of Medicine mrs. Thompson began custody proceedings in Loui Siana courts and in Early 19si was awarded Perma nent sole custody of match cd. Shortly thereafter the. Vii  i ,1 " 4i- irs six if Vir Itti Center of attraction in Chuom us while Walchli a Flat to ret Edibe Rahv riot freighter a by Netty which tin ground it mitral Bach Jin. 5, Here Safken re More of this i Cairo to lighten the vessel. California court awarded permanent sole custody of Matthew to his father Thompson sued in Federal court seeking a ruling that California courts had the authority 10 Settle he Cut Lody Mailer. Now Thompson will have to continue hit custody Ballac in the Louisiana courts. In other decisions tuesday the court ruled that stale judges and. Presumably also fed eral judges May be sued for monetary damages Over their administrative decisions. The ruling reinstated lawsuit against an Illinois judge by a former employee who says she was fired because of sexual discrimination. Made it easier in a new Jersey Case for people Tofile Federal lawsuits stemming from pending stale Crim Inal investigations. Threw out a South Carolina Man s murder conviction freeing him for now from the slate s death Row. The justices also heard arguments about the Centra intelligence Agency s firing of an agent who told his superiors he is a homosexual. The court s a coition expected by july could sellout just How much discretion the Cia has in personnel matters. Government lawyers argued thai such Agency decisions Are nol subject to judicial review. Army contracts for copters Worth nearly $1 billion Stratford Conn. Ufi the army hrs awarded Sikorsky aircraft a nearly $1 billion older for 2s2 uh-60a Black Hawk helicopters Between 1988and 1s91, the company announced this represents a Strong expression of support for the Lack 1 Law especially in Light of cuts in defense spend  Sikorsky spokesman Martin Moore said  $983.2 million contract award Cane on he heels or layoffs Friday that affected 66  still anticipate that Sicre will be additional layoffs in 1988," Moore said adding Hal the new contract  reverse layoffs Ilia already were in effect earlier reports indicated up to 1,000 layoffs Are  contract is the third Mulley car award to Sikorsky from the army for Black Hawks and brings the total number of Black Hawks delivered and on order to the army to nearly 1,200, Moore  defense contractor also provides Black Hawk helicopters to the air Force army Reserve army National guard and customs service unit around the world. Black Hawks also have been purchased by Sev eral nations for military and civil use the contract comes despite inc fact Black Hawks have been grounded several times in recent years be cause of technical , a subsidiary of United technologies corp. Of Hartford employs 10,000 hourly employee and 6,000salaried workers including 12,500 in Connecticut. The company has two plants in West Palm beach.ma., and two in Alabama plus operations at a military facility in fort Rucker Ala