European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 12, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday january 12, 1992 the stars and stripes c Page 5ban on Airport soliciting to be reviewed Washington apr the supreme court on Friday agreed to decide whether airports May ban All soliciting a and the distribution of political and religious literature As Well a from their terminals. The court said it will review a Case involving the new York City areas three major airports to decide whether an Airport terminal like a City Park or sidewalk is a Public forum where free speech rights Are Given enhanced Protection. The action was unusual because orders granting review to pending cases were released the same Day As the courts weekly closed door conference. Usually the justices wait until the following monday to make those orders Public. In other action the court agreed to decide whether the government May Kidnap people from a foreign country and prosecute them in the United states Over the foreign nations objection. The Justice department is challenging a lower court ruling that ordered the return to Mexico of a suspect in the 1985 killing of Enrique Camarena an agent of the . Drug enforcement administration. The suspect or. Humberto Alvarez Machain was abducted from his office in Guadalajara Mexico in 1990 and brought to the United states to stand trial. The supreme court also  to decide How far Congress May go in forcing states to find Safe ways to dispose of Low level radioactive waste. New York authorities challenged the constitutionality of a 1996 deadline set by Congress for each state to provide a disposal site for All such waste generated within its Borders. The order on Airport solicitation will assure that the Case will be argued before the justices in March no supreme court april. The 2nd . Circuit court of appeals had let the government operated John f. Kennedy la Guardia and Newark airports bar members of the Hare Krishna religion from soliciting donations in terminal concourses. Every other Federal appeals court to study the Issue had ruled that a government run Airport terminal is a Public forum where some soliciting must be allowed. The nations highest court has never said that but the justices came close in 1987, when they unanimously struck Down a sweeping ban on free speech at los Angeles International Airport. Saying officials at that Airport tried to create a a virtual first amendment free zone a the court declared that such regulation goes far beyond trying to ease congestion or disruption of travelling services. The justices in 1988 let stand a ruling that Lambert Airport in St. Louis could not ban ail demonstrations soliciting and distribution of political and religious literature from its terminal. The new York dispute dates Back to 1975, when the International society of Krishna consciousness inc. Challenged regulations imposed by the port authority of new York and new Jersey which runs the three airports. After 14 years of litigation a Federal trial judge ruled in 1989 that the Airport terminals were Quot the functional equivalent of Public streets a where some soliciting and distribution of literature had to be allowed. A three judge panel of the 2nd circuit court voting 21, reversed the trial judges ruling last february. The appeals court relied heavily on a 5-4 supreme court decision last june that allowed most of the nation s Post offices to ban All soliciting on their property. Quot the port authority a anti solicitation restriction serves precisely the same purpose As did the restriction upheld in the Post office Case the 2nd circuit court said. A persons using the passageways in terminals Are not take there primarily to meet a Friend for lunch window shop the air or engage purposes for which typical downtown streets Are used a engage in any of the multitude of other the appeals court said. Quot they Are there solely As air travellers persons connected with air travellers or employees of businesses serving air  in the stars and stripes10 year Sago Jan. 12,1902 nato allies agreed to impose sanctions to counter the military crackdown in Poland and warned that any direct soviet intervention in Poland Quot would have the most profound consequences for International relations."20 year Sago Jan. 12,1972 a a study by the office of the surgeon general found that violence in television programming does not have an Adverse effect on the majority of the nations youth. It also said that Quot fatalities declined and the proportion of leading characters engaged in violence or killing declined."30 year Sago Jan. 12,1962 a China hailed albanians anniversary As a communist nation and in a separate report comparing the economic expansion of Quot fraternal countries during 1961, put the soviet Union next to last. Only East Germany trailed the soviets in Industrial growth.40 years ago Jan. 12,1952 a american Sabre jets shot Down four communist Mig aircraft and damaged another As the enemy aircraft swept farther South than Ever before in the korean War to Challenge Allied planes less than 10 Miles North of the 38th parallel. Worl d War 50 years ago today 12 Jan.1 .9-4 .2 the japanese attack on Bataan gains ground on the Eastern Side of the Philippines Peninsula re establishing a Bridgehead across the Cal Gulman River. Japanese engineers begin building airbases at newly captured Tarakan and Manado to support the offensive in the dutch East indies. In North Africa Rommel begins planning a new offensive by the afrika Korps against the British. Religious signs May not be banned at redskins stadium judge rules Washington a displaying religious signs during football games is protected free speech a Federal judge said Friday in barring officials from removing such signs during sundays Washington Detroit playoff game. A the court cannot find that there is a compelling state interest in prohibiting religious speech at the stadium a . District judge Joyce hens Green said. A the Public clearly has an interest in free  the judge ordered the District of Columbia armory Board which operates Robert f. Kennedy memorial stadium not to remove religious signs displayed by fans. The lawsuit was brought by three men led by evangelist Rollen f. Stewart who said in the suit that his Quot primary ministry involves the widespread publication of Bible messages at Public  following a 1984 lawsuit Over the same Issue the armory Board adopted a policy in june 1990 saying banners could be exhibited at Frk stadium if the Content was related to the event was not commercial or vulgar and complied with a size limit. The plaintiffs contended that their religious signs were removed during the Jan. 4 redskins game with Atlanta while other signs ranging from Quot i to Kathy and done and "2 legit 2 quite were not. The government said it barred the religious signs in an Effort to avoid offending fans football team owners and the National football league which ordered the religious signs removed on Jan. 4. Quot there was at least a suggestion that plaintiffs signs were removed because defendants disagreed with the messages contained therein a Green wrote. A spokesman for the armory Board said he could not immediately comment on the ruling. Strike averted when refrigerator company backs away from Tough curbs on smoking Galesburg 111. Up fuming workers at a refrigerator Plant Are happier now that an agreement on smoking has been reached with management. Workers at Galesburg a largest Industrial employer a a Admiral co. A threatened to strike if policies limiting smoking to a few areas were not lifted. Admiral received a 30-Day strike notice from local 2063 of the International association of machinists and aerospace workers on dec. 9 after Union members in november voted 1,381-88 in favor of a strike authorization. The new agreement which takes effect monday and was reached late wednesday increased the number of smoking areas to 24 restrooms. Earlier Only 10 areas were allowed. Employees May smoke a any time it does no to interfere with work a said Admiral spokeswoman Carol Yeoman. Also disciplinary actions initiated under the stricter policies have been dismissed. A a in a not sure whether it was a Victory or not a it just depends on who you talk to a Yeoman said. The controversy started after officials of the . National Institute of occupational safety and health conducted a study at the Plant to determine whether High Levels of toxic chemicals were endangering workers. Yeoman said the officials found toxins were within recommended Levels but they informed Admiral that it could be dangerous for workers to smoke during production. Before the officials made their suggestions unlimited smoking was allowed. However strict policies put into effect april 1 permitted workers to smoke Only on scheduled Breaks and during lunch. Yeoman said Admiral instituted the regulations in the interest of worker safety. Union officials said the dispute went beyond smoking. They expressed that concern the company a actions might allow other policies to be changed without any contract negotiations. Yeoman estimated that 700 of 1,800 workers at the Plant smoke. Lawmaker May ask for release of Juk files source 2194 Days of War w. H. Smith a publishers inc world almanac Book of world War ii Bison books corp., 1981 Cleveland a rep. Louis Stokes who was chairman of the House select committee on assassinations says the controversy surrounding the movie Juk has caused him to consider a request to release files on president Kennedy a assassination. Stokes a Ohio led the committee that in the 1970s reviewed the slayings of Kennedy in 1963 and Martin Luther King or. In 1968. Stokes said that until Friday he had opposed releasing the Kennedy assassination records that had been sealed since 1979. But he said the conspiracy theory espoused by Oliver stones film caused him to reconsider. A since i know there is nothing that our committee did to in any Way cover up any government complicity in the assassination of a much beloved president i Amsco related Etory on Page 14 considering ways we could release that sealed information so that it will remove any and All doubts a Stokes was quoted As saying in the Plain dealer on Friday. The committee determined that it was Likely that two gunmen fired at Kennedy and blamed Lee Harvey Oswald for the fatal shot. It released 27 volumes of findings plus two volumes of legislative recommendations. Sealed records More than 800 boxes stored in a padlocked room at the National archives include staff reports and working papers committee personnel records and autopsy photos Stokes said. The records were sealed under a 1953 House Rule automatically closing House investigative records for 30 years in this Case until 2009. To open the records Stokes would need approval of the full House