European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 11, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes wednesday january 11,1989 dancers drag on and on the world s longest chinese dragon dance winds its Way Down a Honolulu Street during a Parade marking the 200th anniversary of the arrival of chinese immigrants in Hawaii. The dragon Mea Suring 617 feet 7 inches in length sur passes the guinness Book of world records figure for dancing dragons a 480-foot, 10-Inch monster that Parade Din Singapore last january. Bank . Reach $14 million pact in sex race Case Washington up the Labo department announced tuesday a re Cord $14 million settlement in its sex and race discrimination Case against the Harris Trust and savings Bank of Chi Cago. This settlement represents a major step Forward not Only for the present and former employees of the Harris ban who will Benefit from it but also for All women and minority group workers inthe american work Force solicitor of labor George Salem said. Under the settlement Harris agreed Topay $14 million into an escrow account at another Bank for distribution to cer Tain present and former female and minority employees. Eligible employees will be identified by the labor department based on a re View of Harris personnel records. A Harris statement said the Bank had made repeated attempts Over the past10 years to Settle this dispute. New talks were initiated by the Bank in october which culminated in tuesday s an  Harris chairman b. Kenneth West said the Bank sought a settlement to avoid the Cost of further litigation. West emphasized that All litigation inthe Case which began in 1975, has been confined to the labor department s administrative system. In the litigation and the settlement Harris has not acknowledged any wrong doing or violation of affirmative action regulations. It also has not been charged with any. West said the settlement will place Harris affirmative action plan in compliance with All affirmative action regulations. The labor department said Back  will be distributed to women and minority group members employed at the Bank Between May 1973 and dec. 31, 1988. It also said Harris will modify its affirmative action plan As needed to eliminate any effects of past disparate treat ment and will provide training to enable women and minorities to overcome problems that May limit their career advancement. The department said Harris will file periodic compliance reports with the labor department Over the next three years detailing its Progress with respect to affirmative  the labor department began administrative proceedings against Harris in december 1977, based on a 1975 complaint. In 1981, a labor department administrative Law judge found Harris engaged in unlawful discrimination. The finding however was remanded in 1983 by then labor Secretary Ray mond Donovan who said Harris was wrongly denied permission to introduce certain statistical evidence. The statistical portion of the Case was retried before chief administrative Law judge Nahum Litt. In a december 1986finding, Litt held that Harris engaged in unlawful race and sex discrimination saying women and minority group Mem Bers earned substantially less than comparably qualified White men at the Bank. Court restricts defendant lawyer consultations Washington a criminal defendants Haven constitutional right to talk to their lawyers during Brief trial recesses the supreme court ruled tuesday. By a 6-3 vote in a Case from South Carolina the justices said trial judges in the interest of furthering the search for truth May prevent a defendant about to undergo Cross examination from conferring with his other attorney. In other decisions the court ruled unanimously that states May tax All Tele phone Calls even interstate Calls charged to in state numbers. The court upheld a 5 percent tax imposed by Illinois which raises $10 million a month for the state. Clarified in an important decision for anyone suing a government worker for alleged civil rights Vio lations How to determine filing deadlines for such Law suits. The 9-0 decision said a Man who accused two police officers at the state University of new York of beating him did not wait too Long to sue. In the trial recess Case Justice John Paul Steven wrote for the court when a defendant becomes a witness he has no constitutional right to consult with his lawyer while he is  the truth More Likely May emerge if a defendant who has been testifying and is about to undergo Cross examination is not allowed to talk to his attorney Stevens said. The search for truth will be aided even if the defendant was not about to receive improper coaching from his lawyer during the break he continued. Permitting a witness. To consult with counsel after direct examination but before Cross examination Grants the witness an Opportunity to regroup and re gain a poise and sense of strategy that the unaided witness would not possess Stevens said. The court in 1976 ruled that a defendant s right to help from his lawyer was violated when he was barred from talking with the lawyer during an overnight re Cess. But Brief recesses Are different Stevens said be cause lawyer client talks during such Breaks would be limited to the defendant s own testimony. During an supreme court Roundup overnight recess the talks could encompass such broader matters As the availability of other witnesses trial tactics or even the possibility of negotiating a plea bargain he said. The constr Tufton guarantees a defendant will be Al Lowed to talk to his lawyer about such matters Stevens said. Justice Thurgood Marshall in a dissenting opinion said the ruling is a lapse in this court s commitment to fundamental fairness for criminal defendants Marshall said prosecution witnesses generally Carefree to Confer with the prosecutor during Brief recesses. Also he said the search for truth could be furthered by a few soothing words from counsel to the agitated or nervous defendant facing the awesome Power of  justices William j. Brennan and Harry a.  Marshall s dissent. Voting with Stevens were chief Justice William  and justices Byron r. White Sandra Day o Connor Antonin Scalia and Anthony m. Kennedy. The ruling upheld the conviction of Donald Ray Perry sentenced to life in prison for murder Kidnap Ping and criminal assault in the killing of Mary Heim Berger. Her body was found March 7, 1981, in a wooded area in Richland county . Perry confessed to police that he shot the victim but said it was an Accident. Heimberger had been raped shot in both Kneecaps and fatally shot in the Chest. Perry was barred from talking to his lawyer during a15-Mmute trial recess. He filed a Federal court Appeal in 1985 and a judge ruled that his rights had been violated. But the 4th . Circuit court of appeals reinstate the conviction in 1987. Broadcaster of 37 Hindenburg crash Dies Morgantown . A Herbert Morri filled account of the explosion the fire and Leonle ii Elf son who broadcast an emotional description of the falling from the sky. He cried of the human tvs for Moh ega/1 is a Nahum career in Fairmont crash of the German dirigible the Hindenburg 52 Vears All the Nasse neers i inn t a i i y aider graduating trom Scottdale High school in 1923. Herber a cd a cum i m explosion m n Cras with dirigible the g 5 years l the passengers. I Don t believe it ago died Early tuesday at a nursing Home. He was 83. Morris9n was a 31-year-old reporter for chicag radio station was on May 6, 1937, when he described the explosion of the Airship As it approached for a Landing in Lakehurst . Thirty six of the 97 people aboard died. A 4u i u j i., w  oui Maie Nurs Mynonie in cd As the Only broadcaster at the scene he became the because of a Long term illness said Sherry r eyes and ears of the world. Millions heard his tear administrator at the facility. We saw things falling out of the Hindenburg " he recalled in 1986. We had Only a few seconds to Haveit Dawn on you that it was a tragedy. Some of the things falling out were  Morrison a native of Scottdale pa., was admitted to Morgantown s Sundale nursing Home in september an y f a 1_ Vaai ilk Siwl All i 7fj�he then became a reporter for was before working in both radio and television in Pittsburgh. A a u if it in the army air corps during world War ii and later became the first news director at television station Tae in Pittsburgh. He retire Datter developing a radio and television Section for the University relations department at West Virginia University. _ Morrison is survived by his wife Mary Jane