European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 21, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes thursday april 21, 1988 a May disqualify alcoholic vets from receiving benefits justices Rule Washington Lap the supreme court ruled sent the petitioners in these cases ask Only Hal their Federal appeals courts ruled against ban in ice wednesday the pm eminent in a disqualify military Sil Ual ions be Given individualized  rate Case. Veterans who Are alcoholic from receiving benefits by he was joined by justices William j. Brennan and the ease attracted widespread attention Wilh i map fat Neil a veterans a alcoholic fro receiving Benefit b icing their condition a wilful misconduct Raiher than an uncontrollable disease. By a 4-3 vote inc justices said the verse arts administration in denying benefits in two men did not Vio late a Federal Law protecting the right or the Handi capped. The court did not decide whether alcoholism is 3 dih ase but l said the a is not compelled to regard it As such. It is not our role to resolve this medical Issue on which the authorities remain sharply divided said Justice Byron r. A hic for the court. While said a Law known As Section 5 m of he rehabilitation act docs not require the a to treat alcohol ism a a Dishaw. The acl. Passed by Congress in 197. Barn Federal program or anyone receiving Federal Aid from discriminating against handicapped individuals solely because of their Handicap. In our View it is by no Means Clear Ilia Section 504 and the characterisation of primary alcoholism As a wilfully incurred disability Are in irreconcilable con hid White said. Those who believe there is a conflict should ask f on a rest to Cha net the Law he said. Three dissenters said the a should not be allowed to. Treat All alcoholics in the same Way and automatic Al 1 dismiss their Benefit claims on grounds the veterans Are guilty of misconduct. This is the very kind of Broad social generalization that Section 504 of the rehabilitation act is intended to eliminate said Justice Harry a. Blackmun in Dis sen t is evaluation h Thurgood Marshall. Joining while were chief Justice William h. Rehn quist Ana justices John Paul Stevens and Sandra Day o Connor justices Antonin Scalia and Anthony m. Kennedy did no take pan in the ruling. The a policy that regards alcoholism As misconduct was challenged Fay Eugene Traynor 46, a supervisor in a photography Laboratory in new York City and supreme court Roundup James p. Michel icy 42, an alcoholism Counselor in washing on . Both men who began drinking when they were Chil Dren received honorable discharges from the army in the late 1460s, they said they have abstained from drinking alcohol since lie Early 1970s, when titty wite hospitalized and treated for the condition. The a authorizes payment of education benefits to veterans within 10 years of their discharge. No benefits arc paid after 10 Yean unless a Veteran can show he or she was unable to pursue an education because of a physical or mental disability which was nol 1he Resi ill of such Veteran s own wilful  the a provides an exemption Froni the 10-year time limit for alcoholism Only when it is a secondary symptom of other psychological problems. Traynor and Mck Lvcy filed Federal lawsuits claim ing that the veterans administration was discriminating illegally against the handicapped. Federa appeals hem rate the Case attention the current renewed debate Over he nature . Many props Tave developed in recent Yean that treat alcoholics As victims of a disease rather Dun As social a Vianu or criminals. Nut tone Erinia rear the recent trend dangerously removes individual responsibility for Nicori behaviour As Drunken driving and spouse and child abuse. There arc an estimated 10 million alcoholics in the United slates including about i million who seek treatment annually in one form or another. In other action the court1. Ruled Iha Union May distribute handbills urging Consumers to Boycott Neutral employers again whom the unions have no grievance. Voting 8-0 in a Case from Florida Chr Justice said uial although Federal labor Law generally prohibit unions from engaging in secondary Boycott picket ing of Neutral employers it docs not ban non picketing activities aimed Al such businesses. In a separate decision the court ruled by a 6-2 vote in a California Case that employers May be forced to provide free internal mail delivery for labor Union literature aimed at organizing employees upheld a Law requiring municipal or slate Bonds issued after june 30,1983, to be registered before they can be Lai Che Mph. The justices by a 7-1 Vole ruled that the Federal Law enacted to discourage to evasion in the trading of municipal Bonds docs not violate any stale s Sovereign immunity. The alcoholism Case is Traynor is. To image 86-621. Farewell mayor Eastwood a photo ador turned it Ayr Clint Eastwood Shuwei Eft All resident a u be ends i Tern u Myor of Cir Mel by the Sta Calif tuesday at the slut it i mayoral term Eula used hid Sug Ges Ltd hat those i rending City Cna do meetings should have i Pis to prove thai they in resold thu of Connel Reagan asks americans to support space plans Washington a president Reagan on tuesday Book Issue with critics of administration space plans and asked Congress and the american people to join me in malting the Long term in vestment required to Advance . Leadership in  can we afford to Stop our exploration and wait for others to pass us Rea Gan asked in a speech at the annual government Industry dinner of the electronic industries association the space station is vital to our leadership in space and contributes to our pre Eminence in manned space flight the president said. Some say we can t afford the space station but he asked can we afford to Jetti son the next generation of technical spin offs tonight i ask Congress and ail the american people to join me in making the Long term investment required to and Vance . Leadership in space Reagan said. We must begin that investment by funding the increases i be proposed for our civil spate  Reagan also said it was administration policy to encourage private sector in vestment and involvement ill outer  we will help develop a Highway to space by using private launch service to tic greatest pm Cal feasible and we Are working to win legislation u limit liability for commercial launch providers he said. It s a future beyond the most Distant Star in our dreams thai beckons us Reagan old he electronics executives. And to i Host who say in can l be reached that it s impossible i d just Point toward your industries and ask if a few years ago they thought anal you arc doing today would Oiso be impossible the president also put in a plug for the strategic defense initiative or Star wars his proposal for a space based de sense against nuclear missiles. Five years ago i proposed sd1 and much to my satisfaction we have made tremendous Progress in thai research he said. We must not Stop dreaming because a few naysayers insist on limit ing our options for a Safe and secure fun  2 Ohio guardsmen s bodies Wash ashore from Lake Erie port Cunt on Ohio a the bodies of two Ohio a Tattnal guardsmen missing for two Days in lain Eric were discovered after a search for them had been called off. The bodies of spec. 4 Wayne c. Wing ale 30. Of . And sgt. Melvin Wise cup 31, of Waynesfield were found washed Shore a Short distance from each other tuesday morning said guard spokeswoman Sonya Elam. The men disappeared while on one of two 27-foot army patrol boats Dis patched from Camp Perry on Sonday to Clear an area of civilian boats prior to Iko Start of the 4th us army Rifle matches. The matches were later suspended. The boat has not been found and authorities were still investigating the deaths wednesday. A search by the . Coast guard was cancelled at Sunset monday after units from the u .5. And Canadian coast guards found no evidence of the men members the b37ihengrco