European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 7, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes tuesday. June 7,198bjustices quash 6-year limit on suing for child support Washington a the supreme court Man Day unanimously struck Down a former Pennsylvania deadline allowing mothers of illegitimate children a maximum of six years to sue alleged fathers Tor child support. Six years docs not necessarily provide a reasonable Opportunity to assert a claim on behalf of an illegitimate child Justice Sandra Day o Connor wrote for the supreme court Roundup court which held that the deadline once imposed by Pennsylvania for paternity lawsuit is unconstitutional. The justices in 1982 unanimously struck Down a state Law s ban on paternity suits not hied within one year of the child s birth. In 1983, the court unanimously struck Down a two year deadline for such suits. That 1983 decision hinted that the court might frown on state Laws preventing mothers from suing on behalf of any minor child in effect condoning an 18 year deadline for paternity suits. Monday s decision again offered such hindu but the court stopped Short of saying so explicitly. In other action monday the High court ruled unanimously that states May not prohibit groups from paying those who gather petition Signa Tures necessary to place a referendum on state ballots. Decided unanimously in a Case from Illinois that states May give Protection to workers beyond that provided by Federal labor Law As Long As it does t Force courts o interpret collective bargaining agreements. Agreed to decide whether railroads May require All employees involved in serious Accident to submit to drug testing let stand the rape conviction of an Illinois Man who wanted a judge to examine privately the conversations his victim had with rape crisis Counselor. Refused 6-3, to order states to give refunds to businesses when a state lax it invalidated As a violation of interstate Commerce. On the Issue of paternity suit deadlines. Congress called for such 18-year deadlines in the child support enforcement amendments of 1984, but the Justice passed up the Chance to Rule whether the 1964 Federal Law is binding on the slates. Instead the court ruled that Pennsylvania s former six year deadline violated constitutional rights of equal Protection under the Law because legitimate children May sue for parental support at any time. The Case involved in monday s ruling stemmed from the 1973 birth in Pittsburgh of Tiffany Clark. Tiffany s Mother Cherlyn Clark sued Gene Jeter in 1983 after he stopped making voluntary intermittent contributions to Tiffany s support according to court documents blood tests showed a 99.3 percent probability that Jeter was Tiffany s father. Jeter defending himself against the paternity suit cited the six year statute of limitations then in effect for such  the litigation was pending Pennsylvania changed the relevant statute of limitations to 18 years. A stale appeals court upheld the six year deadline and the Pennsylvania supreme court refused to hear Clark s Appeal. Teens show up Well in Survey Chicago a teen agers often Are belter at adjusting to life than their parents believe says a Doc Tor who led a study of 6,000 Middle class High school students in the u United states and nine other countries. Or. Daniel offer director of the Center for the study of adolescents at Chicago s Michael Reese hos Pital said in an interview that he s optimistic about who will inherit the  i Don t think we re leaving the world in the hands of groups that Are going to go off the deep end. And they might even do a belter Job of it offer said. The results of his research conducted mostly in 1984 and 1985, Are the subject of a new Book the teenage world published by plenum medical books of new York. The teens surveyed were from Australia Bangladesh Hungary Israel Italy Japan Taiwan Turkey West Germany and the United Stales. Offer conceded the results might be skewed because they covered Only Middle class teen agers. And one psychiatrist cautioned that psychological profiles based on the Survey May be superficial. For the study Between 500 and 1,000 teen agers in each country completed a psychological self image questionnaire of 130 items translated into heir own languages. At least 100 boys and 100 girls in the 13-15 and 16 19 age groups were surveyed by local researchers in each country offer said. The Survey found that at least 73 percent of the youths in the 10 countries have a healthy image of themselves it found them to be generally self confident optimistic about their career goals with realistic social concerns. And More than 90 percent of the Len agree in each country said they fell Good about their parents. Only 12 percent fell they would not be Able to Lake care of themselves in the future. Offer said that contrasts with the image of teen agers As floundering impulse Ridden and oriented Only to immediate gratification what impressed 4is is. That the majority of teen agers Are optimistic about their future and their Mam concern is economic getting a Job that pays a Good living offer said there Are differences but there is the concept of a global Village and kids Are becoming More  he said the Survey found similar differences be tween the sexes in each country for example he said girls had a higher degree of social awareness and commitment to others while boys coped better with solving problems and showed More control of their emotions. The Survey also turned up some distinct National characteristics. Israeli and american teens for exam ple were the most confident while taiwanese were most Likely to be confused american teens tended to have More difficulties with relationships among families and friends than icons in other countries offer said. Iron Contra defense plea denied Washington a the judge in the Iran Contra Case monday rejected a defense request for lop secret government documents but again questioned whether Oliver l North and three co defendants could get a fair trial on conspiracy charges. . District judge Gerhard a. Gesell handed inde pendent counsel Lawrence e. Walsh a significant pre trial Victory by rejecting the defense s wide ranging request for documents relating to such operations As . Intelligence gathering in Iran and efforts to free american hostages in Lebanon. But Ihen Edge again expressed reservations about whether the defendants could get a fair trial on changes they conspired to defraud the government by diverting profits from the .-Lran arms sales to the nicaraguan rebels. The prosecution s conspiracy Case relates to a wide course of conduct that has to explain Why each individual was involved what got him into it what he was doing before Goeselt said. North a retired Marine lieutenant colonel who was fired from the National Security Council staff former National Security adviser John m. Poin Denler and arms dealers Albert Hakim and retired air Force maj. Gen. Richard v. Accord arc charged together in three counts of the 23-count indictment returned in March. What causes the problem Here is the conspiracy counts the judge said repeating a reservation he voiced May 26 during a hearing on the Legal problems posed by limited immunity that North Pom Dexter and Hakim received from Congress for their testimony last year before the Iran Contra hearings on Capitol Hill the judge suggested that the prosecution try other counts which include charges that North and poin Dexter made false statements and obstructed congressional inquiries into Covert Aid the administration gave to the nicaraguan rebels. But Walsh argued that the conspiracy counts Are really vital As a unifying function in the indictment. The evidence in those counts is going to be really  cleanup drive on the Campaign Trail vice president George Bush fills � ear with a Cabanot fuel in downtown to Angeles sunday after advocating i deity in the controversial offshore drilling project in Cali fornia. The Leniec station Only recently was Able to make available the new cleaner Metal Uriol fuel la he Public. Dukakis sure Jackson will Back ticket Woodland Hills Calif. A demo cratic front runner Michael Dukakis said Mon Day he is confident that rival Jesse Jackson will support the party ticket in the fall Campaign be cause he understands the importance of a Democrat in the while House next  Dukakis said he talked with Jackson sunday night by Telephone but did not disclose any de tails of their conversation. Jackson has been pressing Dukakis on some issues including his belief that Dukakis should Call South Africa a terrorist state. Jackson made it Clear monday that Dukakis must change his position on South Africa or face the Prospect of a floor fight at the democratic National convention next month. Jackson s threat of an embarrassing Conven Tion fight comes As Dukakis closes in on the 2,081 delegates needed to Clinch the nomination a Mark he is certain to reach tuesday night in the final four primaries. Dukakis asked about Jackson s role if the Massachusetts governor is the nominee said if the tables were reversed and he was on his Way to the nomination and i were the runner up i d expect to be deeply involved. I d try to bring my people into this. I d be As serviceable to the ticket As i possibly could. I m confident he will be that kind of person. I know How strongly he feels about the importance of a Democrat in the while House next january Dukakis said he would turn his focus to choosing a vice presidential candidate after tuesday. Dukakis said his priority will be choosing someone who would be qualified to be president if needed and that Only after thai qualification is met would he look at political considerations such As the person s geographic Region and expertise