European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 8, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday november 8, 1991 the stars and stripes a Page 7 justices urged to relax school prayer restriction by the los Angeles times Washington a Bush administration attorneys urged the supreme court on wednesday to relax its three decade ban on prayer in Public schools and to permit a the acknowledgement of god during graduation ceremonies. The invocation of god during ceremonies is a was old and As enduring As the Republic itself Quot solicitor general Kenneth w. Starr told the justices. While organized prayers in the classroom should remain unconstitutional the supreme court should allow a cleric to Pray at school ceremonies he said. A we believe ourselves to be one nation under god a said Starr the governments top courtroom lawyer. The arguments in a Providence . School prayer Case come at a time when the supreme court seems ready to abandon the strict a separation of Church and state doctrine. Joseph Hautmann a acrylic painting of a spectacled Eider has been chosen to Grace next years Federal Duck Hunting stamp. Hautman follows in the footsteps of his brother Jim who submitted the winning painting two years ago. Another brother Robert placed fourth this Midland Texas apr a Dallas Developer and three co defendants were convicted wednesday of looting $165 million from five savings and Loans by inflating the value of a condominium Empire. A jury ordered them to pay Back tens of millions of dollars. The so called 1-30 Condo scandal involving . A Danny Quot Faulkner was blamed for the $284 million failure of Empire savings and loan in Mesquite in 1984, the largest Thrift bailout at that time. Faulkner who claims to be illiterate was convicted on 42 of 45 counts including operating a criminal Enterprise. Also convicted were former Garland mayor James Toler on 41 of 46 counts banker Spencer Blain or. On 34 of 35 counts and appraiser Arthur Formann on 21 of 22 counts. The government claimed Faulkner and Toler arranged illegally inflated appraisals for hundreds of condominium developments along the interstate 30 corridor near Dallas in the Early 1980s. Prosecutors said the two then paid off Bankers like Blain to give them Mas Pital emergency room Edwin l. Leet 70, of Plum was pronounced dead at citizens general Hospital on tuesday morning said . Rusiewicz chief Deputy Coroner. The death came about two hours after Leet a son Marshall Leet died. Chief Justice William a Rehnquist has Long argued for permitting a greater role for religion in Public life including the Public schools. Two years ago three other conservatives a justices Byron r. White. Antonin Scalia and Anthony m. Kennedy a said they favored a a substantial revision Quot in the supreme court s Church state rulings. With the addition of two new Bush appointees justices David h. Souter and Clarence Thomas the chief Justice May have a majority ready to rewrite the Law on  wednesday Starr and the school District s attorney Charles  Cooper a former Rehnquist Law clerk ran into Sharp questions from the justices. Their comments during the hour Long arguments suggested the justices were still wrestling among themselves Over devising a new formula to determine when the government crosses the line that violates the first amendment s ban on a Laws respecting an establishment of  year. Joseph Hautman a physicist who lives in Jackson ., had entered the contest four times before but never got past the first of three eliminations. Every Duck Hunter is required to buy one of the $15 Federal Stamps in addition to his states licenses. Sive construction Loans which they pocketed. Prosecutors said the defendants lavished themselves with private jets expensive watches and a $4 million mansion with the Money they borrowed ostensibly to buy land and condominiums. After a 5 /2-week trial the . District court jury deliberated 41/ Days before returning the verdicts. After an additional two hours of deliberation the jury ordered Faulkner to return $40 million Toler $38 million and Blain $22 million. Formann was t required to pay Back Money . District judge Lucius Bunton who presided Over the trial has the final say on How much the defendants must return. Bunton set sentencing for Jan. 15. Faulkner faces a 201-year prison sentence and a $250,000 Fine. Toler faces 196 years in prison and a $250,000 Fine. Blain faces 188 years in prison and a $208,000 Fine. Formann s Penally could be 54 years in prison and $102,000 in fines. Edwin Leet collapsed As he and his wife rushed to see their son. Who would have been 35 t thursday. An autopsy showed that Marshall Leet of Allegheny had a previously undetected heart ailment. Edwin  had been under a doctor s care for heart disease. A it s sad. It s the first time in the 14 years i be been Here that something like this happened Quot Rusiewicz said.  of Deer Slaughter exaggerated probe finds f rom wire reports Riverside Wash. A a probe into reports that Hunters trapped a Herd of Deer in a fenced Field and slaughtered Many of them turned up Only one potential violation of Hunting Laws a state official said wednesday Quot the original reports that came into us clearly were More exuberant than what went on  said Doug Zinmer. Spokesman for the state department of wildlife. A i am delighted to find we did t have the Type of massacre that was first  Zimmer said the three week investigation is closed. Officials interviewed 23 witnesses All tit them Hunters said Jim Mccolgin a department enforcement agent. The probe began after witnesses reported that Hunters illegally shot As Many 20 Deer out of a Herd of about 100 near this North Washington town on oct. 12, the first Day of Hunting season. Initial reports indicated As Many As 12 Hunters May have been  admits to sodomy Ogden Utah a t he purported Leader of a Northern Utah polygamist group pleaded guilty wednesday to sexually abusing four girls younger than 14. Arvin shr eve. A pleaded guilty Ito two counts of sodomy on a child and two counts of sexual abuse of a child. Under a plea bargain the state agreed not to file additional charges. Each sodomy count carries a maximum Penally of life in prison each sexual abuse count carries a maximum of 15 years. Shreeve was ordered to appear for a sentencing hearing dec. 23. Lie remains at Home with an electronic ankle Bracelet so police can Monitor his whereabouts. On aug. 2. Police raided seven North Ogden Homes believed occupied by Shreeves 50 to 00 followers and took nine children into custody Shreeve was t there at the time lie surrendered to police in Southern Utah on aug. 9.police officer acquitted Newark . A a jury wednesday acquitted a police officer of using excessive Force against a drug suspect he arrested in an incident videotaped by a passer by. Jurors deliberated for two Days in the ease against officer Mark ausby 23, who was charged with assault and official misconduct in arresting Joanne Turner in september 1990. Turner faces charges of cocaine Possession and resisting arrest. Quot this is one for the Good Guys Quot defense attorney Anthony Fusco or. Said after the verdict. Ausby was indicted based on a copy of 1 he videotape made by John Wheeler an insurance agent. On the Grainy Jerky videotape ausby is seen shoving Turner by the neck against a House and holding her there. The two struggle until ausby a partner separates them and locks the Handcuffs on Turner. The jury took a half hour to Sequil ausby of assault and spent two Days discussing the official misconduct charge said jury Foreman Victor  supports Kemp Washington a a group of conservative business leaders has urged that i Treasury Secretary Nicholas Brady be replaced by Jack Kemp the housing Secretary saying he would be better at arguing the Case for tax cuts. Quot we Don t have anything against Brady but we need a Guy who lives eats and breathes economic growth a Guy like Jack Kemp Quot said John Cre Gan president of the . Business Industrial Council. T he Council is a group of 1.5 h Small and medium sized businesses irom across the nation. At a news conference wednesday Cregan was joined in his Call by leaders of several other conservative groups including the conservative Victory committee United conservatives of America americans for tax Reform conservative caucus. Citizens United and the conservative Campaign fund. 1992 Duck stamp 4 found guilty in $165 million scam father son die of heart attacks hours apart new Kensington a. Apr a father and son died of heart attacks two hours apart in the same hos