European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 1, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday june 1, 1991 the stars and stripes pane .5by the los Angeles times of Washin g i o n a the supreme court ruled thursday that police officers who suspect drugs Are being hidden May search a car and any closed Container inside it without a warrant., tie 6-3 ruling in an Orange county Calif drug Case overturns earlier decisions requiring police to get a search warrant to open and examine a bag a locked Container or a Pii eee of  once police have probable cause to believe that a crime is being committed they have a free hand to seize the vehicle and search for evidence the justices said. A the. Court majority said that it wanted o Clear up confusion in Tho a by adopting a one Clear Cut Rule to govern automobile  a. The dissenters complained that the majority had sacrificed the. Fourth supreme court Roundup m c n d m e n t p to t e c t Ion. Fro m u n re a so n a b 1 e searches and seizures in the process. A this court has become. A Loval foot Soldier in the a ecu Dufey fight against crime a said Justice John Paol Stevens in dissent. 1 thursday s decision. Marks another in a series of recent rulings giving the police More leeway to search for criminal evidence. In  last week the court said that once a Motorist gives police permission to search his car officers May open bags or containers within the vehicle. A while none a of these fourth amendment decisions has changed the Law dramatically. Each has upheld the Powers of the police Over the rights of an individual. Prosecutors have Long argued that the right against a unreasonable searches and seizures Quot was intended to apply to Homes not vehicles on roadways. As a practical matter officers cannot always go to a courthouse to get a War rant to search a car because the vehicle May be gone when they return they say. But civil libertarians have countered that persons should not have to give up in the stars and stripes warrants not needed if police have probable cause 10 years ago june 1, 1981, a an estimated 250,000 to 300,000 people gathered near Warsaw a Victory Square for the funeral of Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski. L 20 years ago a june 1, 1971 a the. Navy joined the  air Force in adopting a program that would allow sailors who get hooked on narcotics in Vietnam to turn themselves in before they Are caught using drugs. 30 years ago june 1, 1961 .  the Indianapolis 500 by eight seconds beating out Eddie Sachs in the last seven Miles and setting a record by averaging 139.131 Mph. 40 years ago june 1.1951 a West Germany moved toward ending the implied state of War Between it and the a Western allies by removing the word enemy Quot from All pre-1945 Laws that referred to the allies As enemies. Their Quot right to privacy when they got in their cars.,. Thursday the justices adopted the prosecutor s View and returned the  where it was during the prohibition Era. In the 1925 Case of Carroll is. The United states former chief Justice William a Howard Taft said that officers who have a. Probable cause May Stop a an Auto Mobile engaged in the transportation of intoxicating liquor without a  in that Case Federal agents saw two men in a an Oldsmobile roadster leaving a House where liquor was sold Thev stopped the. Car and seized "6x quarts do bonded whiskey and  for the court thursday. Jus Tice Harry a. Blackmail cited this Deci Sion and said that the court was adopting tuft s simple Rule that  police the Power to search vehicles thoroughly once they have probable cause. Ain other rulings the Courta a ruled 5-4, that jurors in highly publicized crime cases heed not be closely questioned Hyce whether Thev already have concluded a defendant is guilty. Simple because jurors Hail read news accounts of How an inmate escaped a from a work release program m 19xx ail killed a shopkeeper does not mean that they cannot be impartial in deciding his -7 guilt. The Maionie said. In ans Vei to a trial judge s questions the court said priors in the ease had said that Thev had not made up their minds about the do.  s guilt Ami  is sufficient the court said. A said that prosecutors Nav be sued Tor giving bad Legal advice to the pole Burns is. Reed Sipps. Bui a a i. Tors Are immune trom liability Tor anything they say in court including giving false statements. The 9-0 decision revives1 an Indiana woman s suit against a prosecutor who advised police to hypnotize her to see if she shot her own  Justice judges court colleagues Chicago a retired supreme court Justice William j. Brennanjr. Says William 0. Douglas got Sloppy in. His later years and Sandra Day o Connor is More passion Tir than people think. V. In Var interview published in the july Playboy Magazine. Brennan both criticized and commended some of the justices he worked with during his 34-Vear tenure on the nations highest court. I be retired last july for health reasons. Brennan agreed that Douglas a Liberal ally who served on the court from 19.39 to 1975, had a Quick mind. But he said Douglas Quot last id years on the court we Are marked by the Slove Liness  and the mistakes that he constantly made. He seemed to have lost the interest that was so Paramount m everything lie did when he started on the court. Its too  Brennan said. Douglas retired after suffering a stroke that confined him to a wheelchair. He died in 19x0 at age i. Brennan said o  perceived As Cool and self contained a can Ami does get quite . He cited one Case a the United states is. James b. Stanley a m which soldiers who volunteered in i95x to test clothing and. Equipment designed Brennan of Connor 1 of protect against a chemical warfare sued the  dousing Vliem with Ltd. A hallucinatory drug without their knowledge. -0 i lie court s opinion favored the government. Writing Toi Valre majority Justice Antonin Scala. Said questioning the military s decision could disrupt the entire �mihtnrv.tcgimc.11 o Connor w Rote a Unous dissent m which she called the army a conduct tar beyond the Bounds of human de Tenev said Brennan w to also dissented. A some of us were so  it w Hen it came Down that we were thai till it Hail started a trend. But. Thank god it has t shown. Us head again not vet. An Vav. Brennan told the Chicago based Magazine. Brennan also praised Justice i Hargood Marshall a especially Marshall s work on issues such As. Racial Equality. 111 those areas 1 done to think there s anyone in the country who can match either his experience of his expression of his expert Brennan said. A a a a when he does put himself to it the resultant product is isl As Good As it used to be in his trial Davs when lie was regarded a and with until cation a As one of the Ablest trial lawyers in the  knee. Wis. Girl survives 90-minute Duel to capture National Soelling Bee Cox news service Washington a 13-year-old Wisconsin girl won the 64th, annual National spelling Bee on thursday alter an excruciating 90-Miriute Duel with her last opponent. _. Joanne Lagatta 13, of clinic Neville Defeated Maria Rossini Mathew 11. Of Sterling 111., by spelling a Antipyretic Quot a. A Medicine against fever in the Competition s 25th round. A under the rules. Joanne first had to spell Haj own word in the 24th round a a  Quot a drug that combats anxiety. A and then. Maria a missed word a in  or Lack of appetite a before clinching Victory. She won $5.00 1. A trophy and other  won $4,000. A total of 165 spellers survived the list. Three rounds where the words were taken from. A spelling guide provided to each contestant. But starting with the fourth round thursday morning the Bee turned to the huge Quot Webster s third new International dictionary a and the casualties were rapid. Another 111 spellers fell in that round. T a it i a. A a map Joanne  displays her National spelling Bee Tropin she won i thursday Quot. I he  round claimed 33 contestants and the sixth round 17. Leaving Only dour youngsters. All missed their seventh round words but two spellers were Eli i nut cd in the eighth Quot found setting up the Quot final Duel. I Heite Wen moments of humor. To a in the tension. Gin Vicker. 12, of Riverton Quot n.j., asked Kathr a ill Quot Tulop Loiry Quot asked the. Mode Valur every question allowed by the rules to repeat the word define in use it in a sentence and give its origin. Finally David asked a can i buy a Vowel Quot alter the daughter died Down lie spelled the . A i he contestants who Are sponsored nationally by Scripps Howard newspapers and locally by More than 200 papers Range it of i in to years old to 15. I he i 1 3 in is and 1 i i boys w to Stai Ted cd Neslav s rounds Weie All that in mauled of about 9 million oui ilsters w to competed m local bees nationwide. Jett Sellers. The i 5 Yeai old i Uio a an Repi Sental Ive Tom Alt 1 a  school m the Nellie lands did a not p Ogi a a is Pust the Tom 111 round. I be w As sponsor de by i he a is and stapes