European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 15, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes monday. May 15. 1989 emigration from soviet Union soaring Washington aim thousands of armenians i cute costal and jews Are on their Way to new lives in other coun tries As emigration rom the soviet Union soars to new Heights in the first four months if this pc ,57.0011 i it permits Weie grunted while the soviets also moved closer to adopt ing Laws that will Case most of the restrictions of the past. Richard Schiller director of i he slate department s human rights office was shown drafts of some of the legislation in Moscow where he worked on the human rights Issue before and during the two Day visit last week of Secretary of state James a. Baker Iii. Beginning in september. Soviet Law yers and judges will be coming to the United slates for extended visits to study american Legal procedures an other sign of the changes brought about by soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev. Jewish emigration from the soviet Union reached an All time High in 1979, As superpower relations improved. That year. 51.320 left the country it visas for , but most of them wound up in the United states. Last month. 4.557 jews left the High est figure for any single month since october 1979. The Peak year. The issuance of 57.000 permits this Jan uary through april Points to a record Al though actual departure generally lags for a few months behind receipt of a permit. Schifter said the figures break Down this Way 27.000 ethnic germans were granted permits for departure to West Germany. 17,500 jews for Israel 3.500pentccostals for Israel 5,000 armenians for the United states and 4,000 others for the United slates and elsewhere. If past practice is a guide nearly 90 per cent of the jews with permits for Israel will revise their destinations once they have left the soviet Union and most of them will come to the United Stales. Pentecostals. Who also contend authorities severely restrict their religious practices arc invariably Given permits for Israel and also wind up elsewhere. Schifter was encouraged by the projected changes in soviet Taw As Well As by the Rise in emigration. While in Moscow he was shown a draft of a decree that would repeal a requirement that a would be Emigrant have an invitation from a close relative. The restriction had been applied to ethnic germans seeking permission to go to West Germany and to jews and pentecostals. Schifter also was shown a draft of an other Legal directive abolishing the right of parents to Block the departure of would be emigrants. The soviets he said also arc lowering another Barrier involvement in the past in sensitive work. All prospective emigrants who were engaged in Security related occupations will be eligible for permits five years after leaving the Job. There will be special exceptions but Only High level officials rather than bureaucrats in the Security agencies will have the Power to invoke them. The state department official said a new Law assuring Freedom of religion would leave the ukrainian Catholic Church As the Only  he said soviet authorities consider the Church a source of ukrainian nationalism. Blacks Bias against Blacks possible judge rules Atlanta a a . District judge has ruled that it s possible for Blacks to discriminate against other Blacks based on the color of their skin. Judge Charles a. Move or. Ruled that race and color Are not the same thing. It would take an ethnocentric and naive world View to suggest that we can Divide caucasians into Many Uhi to tips but somehow All Blacks Are part of the same  move said. There arc Sharp and distinctive contrasts amongst native Black african Peoples both in color and in physical  in his ruling. Move certified for trial a lawsuit by Tracy Walker of Union City a clerk typist for the internal Revenue service. She contended that her supervisor. Ruby Lewis singled her out for close scrutiny and reprimanded her for Many things that were false or  Walker has lighter skin than Lewis. Margaret Fernandez a spokeswoman for the equal employment Opportunity commission in washing ton said move s ruling May be a first. If this Issue had been raised everyone Here would have been aware of  she said. It is  Walker s suit said Lewis considered her to he Lardy Lazy and incompetent and recommended that she lie fired. Walker who disputed Lewis appraisal of her. Eventually lost her Job. The defendants in the Case including Lewis the internal Revenue service and the . Treasury Secre tary argued that people of the same race can t Dis Criminate against each other because color has Gener ally been interpreted to mean the same thing As  Moye disagreed citing a supreme court ruling that a White employer had discriminated against a naturalized american from Iraq because of his arabian ances try. There is evidence he said that Lewis might have harboured resentful feelings towards White people and therefore by inference possibly towards Light skinned Black  Lewis could not be reached for comment saturday. No trial Date for the lawsuit has been set. Of fest pays tribute to a literary wizard Civit Venango. . Us l mock cowardly Lions. Scarecrows and wicked witches strolled an rolled through the Center of town saturday As residents hailed the memory of the native son who wrote the wonderful Wiard of  the ill animal of lest celebrated the birth Day of Hometown author l. Frank Liam and the 50th anniversary of the movie that sprang from his Book. Haitin was born in Chile Rangoon May 15, 1856. The spirit of the wonderful Wiard of of printed in 1900, lives on in the Rural Village commemorated not Only by the of Parade and festival but also by the Emerald City bowl ing Center and the tinman construction co. Saturday s festival follow ing the theme of "50 years Over the Rainbow featured a Wiard of of costume contest for children and adults a Daylong carnival in lower Park and a Parade i which residents dressed Aso characters walked or Rode floats Down the Center of town. Citizens paraded As cowardly Lions wicked witches scarecrows and Dorothy the Little girl from Kansas who is protagonist of the Book and movie. Aunt pm s Kitchen a local restaurant served As an informal viewing area for Parade spectators. The festival also featured one memorable character from the classic film Minhardt Raabe 73, who played the Munchkin car once. Rabac is remembered for issuing the declaration that the wicked Witch of the East was really crouching apprehensively with Dorothy Judy Garland in a scene from the of film arc from left the cowardly lion Bert Lehr the tin woodsman Lack Haley and the scarecrow Ray Bolger. Most sincerely  Raabe. Dressed in a Coroner s costume Complete with a hat featuring a rolled up brim said he never thought the film would turn out to be As popular As it  1939 picture was competing for at Tention with a slew of Good movies such As gone with the wind he said. I watch it with As much enthusiasm every year As everyone else in the Pic Ture " Rabac said. It s a fantasy picture. There arc no old cars no old Streetcar. Nothing to Date  i-.-, sprucing up in a big Way the 660-f hit front porch of the grand hotel on Mackinac Island Mich is considered to be the world s longest. But each Spring it seems Eien longer for Jerry Tripp Henry Smith and James Tripp to spend three Days painting it. Luckily they have assistants to help them do the scraping and sweeping