European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 16, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes tuesday May 16,1989 officials Given wide Power to limit inmates Reading material visitors Washington a the supreme court on disabled children to win Federal welfare Benefit the supreme court ruling is a Victory for the . It nor us i  limit refused to hear an Appeal by two Sioux Indian department,.which urged the High court to overturn Washington a the supreme court on monday gave prison officials sweeping Power to limit what inmates May read and who May visit them. Voting 6-3 in a Case from Kentucky the justices said officials Are not required to explain Why they bar an inmate from having visitors. The court rejected arguments that the state by establishing a system permitting visits endowed inmate with a new right to Sec outsiders. Prisoners do not have a right in such cases to due process for example hearing or an explanation when they Are denied a visit by someone the court  the same 6-3 split the justices overturned a ruling by a Federal appeals court in Washington that limited officials authority to censor Reading material behind bars. Where the regulations at Issue concern the entry of materials into the prison. A regulation which gives prison authorities Broad discretion is appropriate Lustick hairy a. Blackmun said for the court. Blackmun said regulations must be upheld As Long a they arc reasonably related to legitimate penological  court upheld wardens Power to ban any publication at Federal prisons they believe is detrimental tothe Security Good order or discipline of the institution or. Might facilitate criminal  other actions monday the court ruled that people who sue Over alleged police brutality must prove Only that the officers involved acted unreasonably not maliciously and  court unanimously reinstated a Charlotte n.c., Man s allegations that he was the victim of excessive Force by five City police officers in 1984. Agreed to review a ruling that makes it easier for disable l Welfar Benefit l tribes seeking land they surrendered to the Federal government 121 years ago. The court without comment rejected arguments that the tribes were forced illegally in 1987 to accept financial compensation for the land Given up in 1868. The tribes contend that the 1987settlement was agreed to by a lawyer who no longer represented  the ruling on prison Reading material the supreme court ordered further hearings to determine supreme court Roundup whether inmates should be allowed to read any of 46publications that officials want to ban. But the justices said officials do not have to prov that the publications threaten Security order or rehabilitation at the  in the listed publications for example was an Issue of the Call a left Wing newspaper that included an article charging inhumane treatment. By racist guards in Federal  the prisoners who challenged the Rule on publications is Jack Henry Abbott a convicted Mur Derer and Bank robber who achieved notoriety after he was befriended by Norman Mailer and other prominent writers and editors. Six weeks after Abbott was freed in a work release program in 1981, he stabbed an aspiring actor to death outside a new York City restaurant where the victim was working As a waiter. Abbott s Book on prison life in the belly of the beast was critically acclaimed. The supreme court ruling is a Victory for the Justice department which urged the High court to overturn a ruling by the . Circuit court of appeals in  officials cited uprisings in 1987 by in mates from Cuba in two . Prisons As evidence that information from the outside can have grave consequences in a  government said that from sept. 1, 1986, to aug. 31, 1987, some 1,700 publications were withheld out of 1.8 million sent to Federal inmates. In the Kentucky Case on prison visits the justices Over turned a ruling by the 6th . Circuit court of appeals. Most states joined in urging reversal of the appeals court ruling. State officials said numerous regulations ranging from Job assignments to Telephone privileges could be jeopardized if the court restrained the Power of officials to regulate outside  Kentucky Case arose from a lawsuit by inmates at a state reformatory in la  state settled the suit by agreeing in 1980 to continue an open visitation policy at the  1985. An inmate s Mother was denied the right to visit him because she had brought a Man previously barred for smuggling contraband. There were other similar instances As  s rulings were in line with several recent High court decisions that buttress the Power of prison officials to enforce various rules. In both rulings monday Blackmun was joined by chief Justice William h. Rehnquist and justices Byron r. White. Sandra Day o Connor Antonin Scala and Anthony m. Kennedy. .,.,dissenting were justices Thurgood Marshall Wil Liam j. Brennan and John Paul Stevens. Tower of Power be nibble Are All built in the Earl that blasting experts Nave bet n Able to Theodore Roose,�u�auiimii.-,, wring from this old Concrete Grain Eleva fuses to topple despite a barrage or in fort Worth Texas. The elevator explosives set off around it. Dust smoke and a Little in y 1900s during president hav Bee e Roosevelt s administration re Ledi Sil of stud ends arrive of offend japanese school in . Sweetwater Tenn. A som students were a Little bleary eyed after their Long flight from Japan but classes started on schedule monday at the first fully accredited japanese High school inthe United states. The school in the Eastern Tennessee Hills is intended for the children of Japa Nese executives in the United states Butalla but one of the first class of 24 Stu dents came from families in Japan. School opened with half an hour of Christian values teaching and then classes started promptly at 8 40 a.m.,said Hiroshi to director of Tennessee Meiji Akuin High school. I think they re doing of. Some of the kids have Jet tag to said. Last year Meiji Akuin University i Tokyo bought the former Tennessee Mil itary Institute in Sweetwater for use As japanese school. The school is for Stu dents in grades 10-12. Japanese executives in this country have said their children sometimes find it difficult to get into their native coun try s colleges after getting their High school diplomas in the United states. There Are 71 japanese owned operations in Tennessee including a Nissan Auto Plant in Smyrna in Central Tennes see and an Auto parts Plant Nippo Dinso manufacturing Usa in Mary Villa not far from Sec Alwater. So far however the school is attract ing students from families in Japan who want their children to have the experience of living abroad to said. He said he expects that to change and that most of the students eventually will be from Jap anese families in the United states. Boys take a Back seat to girls in composition Albany . A girls arc bet Ter in the Art of writing than boys not because of any genetic differences but because they get More encouragement to develop such skills researchers say. Writing samples from 43,563 student son five continents indicate girls Are bet Ter at expressing their ideas on paper said the International association for the evaluation of educational achievement which Analysed the writing. The 1ea, based in Stockholm is a net work of research institutions in nearly 40 countries. Alan Purvis Iea chairman and director of the new York state University at Albany s Center for writing and literacy said the differences in the five year 14-nation study have to do with How the two sexes arc taught. Sexual stereotypes Are very Strong in the classroom Purvis said. Girls in most societies get More encouragement to develop their writing just As boys arc More often encouraged to Excel inmate and science Purves said. Girls Are encouraged to do More literary things at Home he said. The study also noted that most High school language teachers arc women and Purvis said youngsters Are More Likely to emulate a teacher of the same sex. The study which Analysed various types of writing such As expository and narrative found that sex differences in writing ability were not As great in the United states As in countries such As new zealand and swe Den. The United Stales relatively Good show ing is a reflection of More Liberal attitudes held by Many educators and parents Here Purvis said