European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 29, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes tuesday november 29,1988 Congress pay raise system left intact Washington a the supreme court Mon Day declined to change he current system Tor giving members of Congress pay raises. The court without comment rejected arguments that the process which produced a 512,000 congressional pay raise last year gives too much Power 10 he president to determine salary Levels. The justices also declined to use the Case to examine what Power members of Congress have to Challenge the constitutionality of Federal taws. The system for approving congressional pay hikes established by a 1967 Law was challenged by sen. Gor Don Humphrey ., and five Republican House members after congressional pay was raised $12,000 last year to $89.500. The . Circuit court of appeals Here upheld the pay raise system last May 31. The system also controls salary increase for Federal judges and High ranking executive Branch officials. But the challengers to the Law did not attack those provisions. The appeals court said the by Stern is constitutional because it allows Congress to override salary increases granted by the president. From the founding of the nation until 1967, con Gress passed legislation to set its salary scale. Seeking to share the responsibility forgiving itself pay raises Congress passed the Federal salary act in 1967, the Law Calls for convening every four years a salary study commission appointed by All three branches of government. The commission makes a recommendation to the president who then submits his pay plan to confess the president s recommendations become effective unless Congress disapproves them within 30 Days of receiving them. The act a amended in 1985 to require action by both houses to override the president s recommendations. The original Law permitted either House to veto a pay hike. But the so called legislative veto was declared unconstitutional by the supreme court in 1983, the appeals court Here said the elimination of the legislative Vela causes marginally increased practical id difficulty for Congress to . A presidential rec but the fact remains the appeals court said con supreme court Roundup Gross is afforded the Opportunity explicitly to reject or modify any or All of the president s recommendations before they go into effect the Appeal court also rejected the Challenge to the pay hike statute on Independent grounds. It said Feder Al courts have an obligation not to Rule in dispute where Congre has the Power to remedy the problem. The court also rejected an argument thai delegating a role to the president in setting congressional salaries violates the constitutional separation of Powers Amon the three branches of government. Challenging the Law along with Humphrey were reps. Robert Doman a Calif. Bob Smith  Beau Boulter a Toms Jack Davis a Ali. And Clyde Holloway a la they were joined by consumer advocate Ralph Nader and the National taxpayers onion. The Reagan administration urged the supreme commodities trader Cargill tops Forbes list of largest private firms new York. Up Cargill he Minneapolis marketer and trader of commodities with annual reve Nues of j38.2 billion. Monday topped Forbes mag Azine s list of the 400 largest private companies for the fourth consecutive year. The commodity company s sales Rose $6 billion in the latest fiscal year. Cargill s revenues were More than twice those of Koch industries inc., the natural Gas and Petroleum company that was ranked second. Koch headquartered in Wichita kan., had sales of $ 16 billion last year. Another commodities trader Continental Grain of new York claimed the third spot on the list,.with $13billion in annual sales. Oakland  Safeway stores inc. Was fourth dropping two positions from 1987. The super Market Chain went private Over the last year through ascribes of regional management led buyouts. Three other companies in the top 10 have been Pri vate less than 10 years including the Dallas base Southland corp. Convenience store Chain no. 6 Groc Ery retailer supermarkets general corp. In Carteret n.j., no. 8 and new York based . Maey & co. Department stores no. 9,rounding out the top 10 were United parcel service of Greenwich conn., no. 5 Mclean  Candy maker Mars inc., no 7 and construction concern Peter Kiewit sons inc. In Omaha neb. No. 10. Total revenues for the 400 biggest private Compa Nies increased almost 17 percent last year to $449 Oil  comparison total sales for the largest Public corporations Rose by just under 8 percent to $2.6trillion. Business facts business travel Cost selected International Chles in dollars per Day Lor first Quarter of1966 includes meals lodging tips and axes Frankfurt West Germany 1231 Chicago Tribune graphic by Rick Tuma Sauna  International court to uphold the pay raise  other action the court refused to let a jewish organization display menorah symbolizing the hanukah Holiday on the Steps of a Pittsburgh government building next month. The Justice by it a turned Down an emergency re quest aimed at allowing the 18-foot menorah. Agreed to referee an important Railroad Industry dispute affecting the ability of railroads to sell off their lines and reduce their won  court said it will use appeals involving the Small Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad co. In Pennsylvania end Ohio to resolve issues troubling railroads and thei labor unions nationwide for the second time this month refused to Grant husbands Legal Power to prevent their wives from big Ingan  court without comment rejected an Appeal by a Michigan Man who sought unsuccessfully last sum Mer to Stop his then estranged wife from ending her pregnancy. The justices also turned Down a companion Appeal by a court appointed guardian of the fetus. Allowed prosecutors investigating Union corruption in new York to use subpoenaed membership lists obtained from four carpenters Union locals. The court without comment let stand a ruling that the rights of the Union and its members were not Vio lated Fay forcing the locals to turn Over the lists. Left intact a North Dakota Law that requires Par ends who teach their children at Home to be certified by Testate. The court without comment rejected on Appeal by parents who said the Law violate their right to practice their religion freely. More rain Snow forecast for . Drought areas Washington a extra rain and Snow Are expected in drought plagued areas of the mid West Appalachia Ana the Northwest this Winter the National weather service said  Winter. Forecast covering december through february said the extra precipitation could help those areas in recovering from the  last Spring and summer. Continued dryness is Likely however along the Southern Edge of the country. The forecast Calls for a mild Winter in the Southeast and Southwest while saying that parts of the Northern Plains and upper Midwest can expect unusually cold conditions. Below Normal temperatures Are considered Likely in upper Michigan Wisconsin Minnesota and neighbor ing parts of Iowa and the  where warmer than Normal Winter weather is Likely Range from the Ohio River and Central Pennsylvania to Florida and the Gulf coast and West through Arkansas Louisiana Southern Texas new Mexico Arizona and Utah. Areas with the Best Chance for a wet Winter Are Michigan Indiana and the upper Ohio Valley Washington Oregon Idaho and the Northern Rocky mountains. A Wel Winter also is Likely from Wisconsin and Illinois to upstate new York Penn Sylvania Maryland and the appalachian regions of Virginia North Carolina and Tennessee. S group turns to Man for Louisville by. A Jim new Lin says some men Are shocked when they learn he is the president of the Ken Tucky National organization for women but women tend to take it in stride because they Don t keep score the Way men do.". -. Nowlin 56, was  in october. He is the second Man to serve As president of a slate chapter of now joining lawyer John Katz who Heads Whit is called the 51st state chapter in Washington  \ Nowlin an administrative assistant for a Large Louisville firm joined now in9s5. .,./ now has everything 1 he said it s peace and economic Justice. It s civil rights for everybody women children Gays lesbians. All of the things i really just automatically believed in because that s the Way 1 grew  Nowlin who is married and has two grown children grew up during the de pression. We weren t Rich by any Means he said but when people came to h is Home his Mother would feed them. A was t a big Deal. You just did it. It was just the people next door did t have As much As you had and so you helped them out he said. Nowlin got his Start in the women s movement in the Early 80s, when fear ing the world was just going to Whiz right by me he decided to join an organization he said he jumped at the Opportunity to work with a presbyterian Church women s concerns group simply because it was the first organization he encountered. Nowlin considers himself a feminist but said he won t speak for women. I will speaker behalf of women the same As i would any other group who is  he said. He said he was concerned that win Ning the presidency would make it appear that he was trying 10 bully his Way into a leadership position. Nowlin s now colleagues like Bis  goes out of his Way not to even participate in a lot of discussions at our Board meetings and things said Surcey Jarbeau president of the Jefferson coun. To chapter. / v he s tried very hard to not let anyone think he s trying  in and take  Patricia Ireland now s. Executive vice president said Nowlin s presidency is a craps a reflection of the maturing of the organization and of our movement that some women and the men who remembers can look at this Man and say be Hai a valuable skill and he s a Strong Fem Inist and we want to icam from him and want him to be our Leader and we Are not threatened by