European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 2, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes tuesday october 2,1990sentencing factors to be review Dat Issue is victim Impact evidence on juries Washington apr the supreme court opened its new term monday by agreeing to review its recent decisions that bar sentencing juries from considering the character of the defendants victim or the grief of the victims family. There were Only eight justices on the Bench As the court issued some 1,000 orders after returning from a three month summer recess. It denied review in the vast majority of the cases. David h. Souter is expected to receive Senate confirmation tuesday As the nations 105th Justice of the supreme court. In the Ohio sentencing Case Ediberto Huertas fatally stabbed Ralph Harris or. In Lorain Ohio on june 7, 1986. He now is serving a life prison term for the crime. On leave from the air Force Harris was spending the night with Elba Ortiz. Huertas who had fathered two children with Ortiz allegedly warned Harris he would Quot waste him a if he continued to see the woman. A state jury imposed the death sentence after hearing evidence that Harris parents wanted Huertas to die for his crime. Elizabeth Harris the victims Mother also testified that she was proud of her churchgoing son and that his death had devastated her grandson. The supreme court in 1987 ruled that such a victim Impact a evidence should not be considered by sentence injuries. In other action the court a asked the Bush administration whether employers Ever May bar their workers from joining or serving in the military reserves. The court wants to hear Justice department lawyers views on a ruling that struck Down the Baltimore police departments policy of limiting the number of employees allowed to be in Active Reserve units. A agreed to decide whether lawyers in non criminal cases May bar potential jurors because of their race. The justices said they will use the Case of an injured Black construction worker in Louisiana to decide whether such racially motivated exclusions Are prohibited in civil As Well As criminal trials. A agreed to decide whether . Businesses Are lawbreakers if they discriminate against americans they employ outside the country. The justices setting the Case for an important ruling supreme court Roundup said they will decide whether Congress intended a major anti Bias Law to reach beyond the nations Borders. A rejected an Appeal by an Ohio woman who gave birth to a healthy boy after she underwent an unsuccessful abortion. The court without comment let stand a ruling that barred the woman from suing a doctor and Hospital for the costs of rearing her child a said it will try to clarify what authority police have to pursue and detain people who run away after seeing Polce. The justices agreed to consider reinstating the cocaine conviction and 68-month sentence of an Oakland Calif., youth who a state court said was chased and caught unlawfully by police. P in a agreed to use a dispute Over the settlement of a strike by Continental air lines pilots to set new guidelines on the duties of unions to represent their members. The court said it will consider killing a lawsuit against the air line pilots association by striking pilots who said the Union denied them fair representation. A permitted the random drug testing of new Yurt City a 10,000 jail guards. The court without comment rejected an Appeal by the guards labor Union which said the tests violate the corrections officers privacy rights. A let stand a ruling that Church run schools must pay employees the Federal minimum wage and May not p a women teachers less than men. The court without comment rejected an Appeal by officials of a Baptist Church in Virginia who said forcing the Church to abide by Federal labor Law violates its religious Freedom and other constitutional rights. A rejected the Appeal of three White men from new York City convicted in the a Howard Beach incident of 1986, a racially motivated attack in which a Black Man died. The justices without comment let stand the manslaughter and assault convictions of Jon Lester Scott Kern and Jason Ladone. Lawyers for the three men had argued they wrongly were limited in excluding Blacks As trial jurors. A agreed to consider letting states outlaw All bar room style pude dancing As it voted to hear an Effort to reinstate such an Indiana . Lemay father of Sac Dies at 83 March fab Calif. Up a air Force Gen. Curtis Lemay who commanded the . Nuclear deterrent during the height of the cold War died monday. He was 83. Lemay died at 8 08 . Of cardiac arrest at the 22nd strategic Hospital air Force spokesman tech. Sgt. Steve Mahnke said. Regarded As the father of the strategic air come Lemay had for a number of years been living at air Force Village West a retirement Community for air Force officers located about six Miles from the air base Mahnke said. The Cigar chomping Lemay a four Star general who ran the air Force strategic air come when its nuclear armed bombers were aloft around the clock in the 1950s and �?T60s, was regarded As a super Hawk and was proud of it. A after 35 years of distinguished military service Lemay in 1968 took the unprecedented step for a Man in his position of signing on As the vice presidential running mate to George Wallace in their unsuccessful third party bid. Lemay a role As commander of Sac was a part of one of the most Brilliant careers of any american Soldier. The Gruff Stocky Lemay was a colonel a commander of the 395th bomber div in England in the Early Days of the Aerial War against Germany. It was in this Post that he acquired a reputation for cold courage and absolute dedication to military results. Lemay decided that his b-17 flying fortresses could wreak More damage on German cities if they flew a straight course a regardless of anti aircraft fire a instead of flying the Zigzag pattern that was considered Gen. Curtis Lemay file photo necessary to minimize losses. Characteristically Lemay piloted the Lead bomber in the first test of his theory. It was thereafter adopted generally by . Air units in Europe. Lemay was transferred to the Pacific after the fighting ended in Europe and played a major part in the climactic b-29 raids against Japan. After the War he became . Air Force commander in Europe and in that capacity was an architect of the 1948-49 Berlin Airlift. Shortly thereafter he became commander of Sac air Force vice chief of staff and in 1961, air Force chief of staff. He remained in that Job until his retirement on feb. 1,1965. Lemay went to work for networks electronics corp. Of Chatsworth Calif., As a High paid consultant but in 1968 he gave up the Job to run As vice president on the Wallace ticket. He was uncomfortable in the role of politician on the speaking platform but would not or could not abandon his candid style of speaking his mind. He complained of a National a a phobia about nuclear bombs and said they were a just another weapon in the  he said he could understand conditions under which the nuclear bomb could be used in Vietnam. A if you re in a poker game with a Bunch of card Sharps and you Tell them you never Bluff and you never draw to an inside straight i guarantee you you re not going to do very Well in that poker game a he said. Lemay was born nov. 15, 1906, in Columbus Ohio. He received an engineering degree from Ohio state University and won his wings in 1932 after he signed up As a Cadet in what was then the army air corps. In later years Lemay lived quietly in a retirement Community in Newport Beach Calif., where he said he was a was retired As i can be although he was still called upon for consulting jobs and travelled occasionally. A one thing i have Learned is never to talk to news reporters a he said in 1974. Budget crunch closes 8 historic Philly Sites putt and Dilia i Philadelphia up eight historic Sites closed to the Public monday victims of a Federal budget crunch amid expressions of a disappointment Shock and outrage from tourists. The eight Sites out of a total of 19 historic buildings open to the Public at Independence National historical Park will remain locked until Congress decides How much Money to allocate to the National Park service which operates the landmarks. While the Liberty Bell and Independence Hall the City a most popular tourist attractions will remain open the second Bank of the United states which hosted 140,036 visitors last year was among those shuttered until further notice. Quot the out of town tourist probably is going to find out the hard Way unfortunately a said Bernie Goodman assistant Park superintendent. A a we re receiving feedback of disappointment Shock outrage nothing in any formal ways but As comments to the  Goodman expected the Sites to remain closed from one to three months a until we at least know what finances Are there to work with. Congressional leaders have agreed to Complete the Federal budget by oct. 19. The Park service needs $8.4 million to staff and maintain the buildings. Antic a Pating a $483,000 budget shortfall Park officials decided to close the buildings that Are the least popular after the Bush summer tourist season. Other buildings including Independence Hall where the declaration of Independence and the Constitution were signed Are badly in need of repair. Rep. Thomas Foglietta a Philadelphia has been lobbying in Congress for $400,000 to repair the Halls roof. Besides the second Bank of the United states the buildings that Are closed As of monday and their 1989 attendance figures Are old City Hall 77,271 Graff House 36,931 Pemberton House army Navy museum102,286 new Hall Marine corps memorial museum83,255 Todd House 15,941 Bishop White House 12,869 and an architectural exhibit at 318 Market st., 93,658