European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 13, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes tuesday december 13,1968 Tarkanian jolted As Mcaa receives added Power to discipline schools Washington a the supreme court in a setback for College basketball coach Jerry Tarkanian monday bolstered the Power of the Mcaa to discipline us member schools. The 5-4 ruling also could help the National Colic Gate athletic association in its Effort to police drug use by athletes at slate run member schools. The court said the Mcaa in disciplining Tarkanian did not violate the constitutional rights of the University of Nevada Las vegas coach because the athletic body acted As a private organization not one operating with governmental authority. Justice John Paul Stevens writing Tor the court said the University docs have governmental Power because it is a state run school. But sick cons said the Mcaa in seeking to discipline Tarkanian was acting independently of the University. The Mcaa and univ the University of Nevada Las vegas acted much More like adversaries than like partners engaged in a dispassionate search Tor the truth Iii investigating Tarkanian Stevens said. The Mcaa is More correctly characterized As an agent of its remaining members which As competitors of univ had an interest in the effective and even handed enforcement of Mcaa s recruitment Stan  lie said. Tarkanian a highly successful coach who has been at the University since 1973, was accused in 1976 of numerous Rule violations by the Mcaa. Mcaa officials said he arranged fora student to get a a Grade without attending class provided free air fare to a student athlete encouraged individuals to give the Mcaa false information to impede its probe falsely certified the University s program As being in compliance with Mcaa rules and tailed to comply with High ethical standards. The Mcaa placed the school s basketball program on  probation in 1977 for recruiting violations and ordered the University to suspend Tarkanian from coaching for two years. But Tarkanian obtained a court order blacking the suspension and continued coaching. The Nevada supreme court said the Mcaa had violated Tarkanian s constitutional rights by failing to supreme court Roundup afford him due process during its lengthy investigation. -. On monday however the supreme court Over turned the lower court order in ruling that the athletic organization lacking governmental authority was not required o adhere to constitutional standards in its probe. The Mcaa is a private organization representing nearly 1,000 colleges and universities More than half  run in other action the court barred the government from retroactively apply ing rules limiting reimbursement paid to hospitals treating medicare patients. Ruled that a government investigator s conclusions and opinions Are not hearsay and May be used As evidence in Federal trials. The justices reversed a Federal appeals court ruling that had ordered a new trial in a to Rongful Decalli Law suit against the makers of a Navy air plane in which two people crashed six years ago. Having already ruled that privacy rights do not extend to garbage left at curbside to be picked up refused to treat differently garbage discarded closer 10 Home. The justices without comment let stand a ruling that a convicted Fremont neb., Man had no privacy right in garbage cans left outside for collection four feet from his Home s Back door. Agreed to study a University s attempt to withhold confidential information from a faculty member who says her denial of tenure was due to illegal discrimination. The court said it will hear an Appeal by University of Pennsylvania officials accused of discriminating against a chinese woman denied promotion to full professor refused to reinstate a 14.5 million libel award won by a former prosecutor against the Philadelphia inquirer. The justices citing the Lack of a properly presented Federal question let stand a Pennsylvania supreme court ruling that requires a new trial for Richard Spra Guc s lawsuit against the newspaper rejected an Appeal by a family seeking damages for the death Ofa Marine helicopter co Pilot. The court without comment refused to order a new trial in a lawsuit stemming from a.l9b3 helicopter crash in the Atlantic Ocean near Virginia Beach va., the court previously used the Case to give military contractors sweeping immunity from beings cd. Buck Luck Barry Fantich of Midwest Money cd. In Jaylon mil., is Happy about a Federal printing Kouf that made this Dollar Bill hurl a Lut More than its face value. Knit la Blank space on i left Side of 198s Bill it ought to contain the Treasury Seal and some serial numbers. But it does t. A number of inc Laval Bank Nolis came from the Bureau of engraving and printing in Washington be fore anyone noticed and Mare than it Dacin May still be in circulation. Finl Teh who collects error currency says the Buck is Worth Atlee Sassoo. Chicago mayor Sawyer will seek to keep his Job Chicago mayor Eugene Sawyer has launched a bid to slay in office saying he kept our sky together in troubled times after the death of mayor Harold Washington. Sawyer announced his candidacy Sun Day for next year s special election As a new poll showed him trailing Cook county slate s attorney Richard a Daley in a one on one race for the democratic nomination _ i look Forward to the contest. I know it won t be easy Sawyer told Aboul too supporters at a rally at a downtown hotel. I need your help and your hard work and your  Sawyer 54, enters a Field of five other candidates who have announced they arc vying for his Job. The election will be for a two year Torrn the remainder of Washington s second four year term. The Field grew smaller monday with the withdrawal of Alderman Edward Burke who threw his support to Daley both Burke and Daley Are White Sawyer is Black. In the past 12 months 1 have been on the firing line Day in and Day out Sawyer told his supporters i be taken some shots fairly and unfairly but i have kept our City together and we be made great Progress through some very difficult  Sawyer was elected acting mayor by fellow aldermen during a raucous City Council meeting last december. After Washington the City s first Black mayor died of a heart attack. V the new mayoral poll published in sunday s Chicago Tribune showed Daley beating Sawyer by a margin of 59 percent to 30 percent. Daley is inc son of. Legendary mayor Richard j. Daley who ruled Chicago for More than 20 years until his death in 1976. ,., the Telephone Survey of 1.038 registered Chicago voters showed Daley beat ins Alderman Timothy Evans Sawyer s chief rival for the support of Black Vot ers by. A 56o4 margin. Evans also is Black. Jesse Jackson if he ran would give Daley the toughest opposition in the mayoral race garnering 40 percent to Daley s 52 percent according to the poll which was conducted dec. 2-5 and has a margin of error of plus or minus 3 percentage Points. Jackson on saturday said he was not a candidate. Political analysis said he Survey was very Early and did not mean much i Don t put much Stock in december polls when the election is the last Day of february said Paul Green a professor of political science at governors state University in suburban University Park. Last month the Illinois supreme court set april 4 As the Dale for a special elec Tion. The democratic primary is scheduled for feb. 28. _ Green said Sawyer has Between 12 million and s3 million in a Campaign War Chest. He s got a Large Kilty so obviously he s going to be Able to get his. Message across the analyst said. The democratic primary has generally been tantamount to winning the general election in Chicago s recent history. But that changed somewhat in 19s3 when a White. Republican candidate made a Strong showing in a losing Effort against Washington. -. The other announced democratic candidates arc aldermen Lawrence Bloom and Danny Davis and former slate sen. Jam Staylor ,. In withdrawing from the race. Burke said monday "1 can read the cards As. Well As anyone else.". He added i said i would not continue in this race if All indications did not Point to a successful result for me. They do not at this   former Chicago Park Supri Nln. Dent Edmund Kelly withdrew from the democratic Field the Day after Daley announced his candidacy. 1 Edward Hewlett son of  democratic Secretary of state is the Only announced gop candidate