European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 25, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday March 25, 1992 the stars and stripes a Page 5court to review animal sacrifice ban from wire reports Washington a accepting a Case it could use to redefine the constitutional limits of government interference with religious practice the supreme court agreed monday to decide the Validity of a Florida City a ban on animal sacrifice. The Case is an Appeal by followers of santeria an ancient african religion practice by thousands of Caribbean immigrants to the United states in which animal sacrifice plays a Central ceremonial role. The Hialeah City Council enacted the ban in 1987 after a group of santeria followers leased a used car lot and announced a plan to build a Church in which they would sacrifice chickens doves ducks goats pigeons sheep and turtles. The group known As the Church of the Fukumi a Balu Aye inc., sued the City on the ground that the ban violated the first amendment right to free exercise of religion. Two lower Federal courts upheld the prohibition. Though animal sacrifice is an exotic practice far from the mainstream of american religion the potential implications of this Case Are much broader at a time when the supreme court is actively re examining its approach to Church state issues. In a Case involving prayer at Public school graduation ceremonies the justices Are already reviewing their approach to the first amendments establishment clause which prohibits official actions that amount to an a a establishment of religion. The court May Well be planning to use the new Case to conduct a similar review of its interpretation of the other religion clause of the first amendment the fryc exercise clause. At the least this Case is Likely to clarify the courts last major pronouncement in the free exercise area supreme court much disputed 1990 decision holding that the first amendment offered no Protection against state drug Laws to people who use the Hallucinogen peyote in religious ceremonies. Federal Law and the Laws of 23 states allow the sacramental use of peyote which is part of the ritual of the native american Church and has been used by some american indians for centuries. There were also these developments monday As the court returned from a two week recess. A the court let stand a $400,000 jury award that the Singer Bette Midler won in a lawsuit against an advertising Agency that hired one of her former backup singers to imitate her in a Ford commercial. Midler who had declined to participate in the com Mercial herself sued Young amp Rubicam inc., a new York based advertising Agency for the a a misappropriation of her voice. Last year the 9th . Circuit court of appeals in san Francisco upheld the award finding that under California Law Quot the Sellers have appropriated what is not  the advertising Agency a Appeal. Young amp Rubicam is. Midler argued that the suit should have been dismissed because Midler would not have had a claim under Federal copyright Law. The Federal Law which preempts a Lares category of related state Law actions protects Only the words and Melody of a song and not the performance itself. A turned Down without comment an Appeal by the publisher of the Magazine Penthouse contending that former attorney general Edwin Meesey a commission on pornography had engaged in censorship by Quot blacklisting when it pressured mass retailers including the 7-Elcvcn Chain to Stop Selling such magazines. A voted without explanation to leave intact a lower court ruling that a prison inmates constitutional rights arc violated if a prison guard repeatedly and unnecessarily searches the prisoners cell As a form of retaliation. In a Missouri Case a guard ransacked an inmates cell several times after that inmate had told officials of another guards violation of prison rules. In the stars and stripes10 years ago March 25,1982 All open houses and air shows scheduled for . Air forces Europe bases in Germany for the year were cancelled. Base Security the Cost of the shows and their diminished Community relations value were Given As reasons for the cancellation.20 years ago March 25,1972 a Britain ended 51 years of unbroken protestant Rule in Northern Ireland As it decided to impose direct government from London in a last ditch Gamble to Stem the bloodshed which had brought the province to the Brink of civil War.30 years ago March 25,1962 a labourers and Peoples police began new work to strengthen the communist Wall through Berlin. West Berlin police counted about 70 men working on the Job particularly at the four crossing Points for berliners and West germans.40 years ago March 25,1952 president Truman asked Congress to open americans doors to 100,000 additional europeans each year for the next three years to Aid those fleeing communism and to help overpopulated areas of Western  s victim found alone at track Post Falls Idaho apr he was dressed in a sweat suit bedroom slippers and a baseball Cap with the slogan a proud to be  but authorities had few other clues monday about an elderly alzheimer a patient who was abandoned at a greyhound Racetrack left sitting in a wheelchair with a Brief note and a bag of diapers. A we keep running into dead end after dead end a police it. Mike Anderson said of attempts to find the Many a relatives. A a it a kind of got a lot of people up in arms Here. People can to believe someone would treat someone else like  All labels had been Cut from the Many a clothing and All identifying Marks had been removed from the chair police detective Harlen Fritsche said. A Small typewritten note pinned to the wheelchair identified the Man As a John King and said he suffers from alzheimer a disease. Authorities said it was possible the name was false. Criminal charges of abandonment could be filed if relatives Are found Fritsche said. A but right now we re just trying to find out who he is and where he a from a Fritsche said. An employee of the Coeur do Alene greyhound Park in Post Falls found the Man sitting alone near a restroom saturday night. The tracks director of Security Bill Morgan said one of his attendants recalled seeing a Man in his 40s and another male pushing the elderly Man in his wheelchair. The note said the Man was an 84-year-old retired and widowed Spokane wash., Farmer with no income or savings Post Falls Idaho police arc seeking clues to the identity of this alzheimer a patient abandoned saturday at a greyhound Racetrack. Fritsche said. It said the Man was incontinent and requires 24-hour care but that he could walk and be fed the detective said. Or. Mike Dixon a Kootenai medical Center physician confirmed the Man has alzheimer a. The Man was in Good condition monday. A the does no to know where he a from. He even has trouble remembering his first name a Dixon said. A we weren table to get any meaningful information from  Dixon  allow reporters to interview the Man. Whether or not relatives Are found the Man will require 24-hour care in a Nurs ing Home shelter care Center or guardian Home Dixon said. Dixon said the Man told him he had been taken to the track by a daughter and her husband. The Man originally told track officials the names of a brother and sister who could not be located. He later told police he went to the track with three other people but could not remember their names. Anderson said it is possible the Many a name is not John King. A we have to be a Little bit concerned we May not have the right name a he said. A i was kind of hoping after the Story broke we might Start getting some Calls from people who knew  world War ii 50 years ago today 25 march1 a 9 �4 2 soviet troops break into the suburbs of Stalin on the Southern soviet front touching Oft desperate Street fighting As German soldiers defend the City House by House. In Burma Britain s 1st Burma corps concentrates its forces Between prime and Allan Myo along the Irrawaddy River. A regiment of american soldiers lands on Bora Bora in the society islands. Wabash College votes to stay All male source 2194 Days of War w h Smith publishers inc a Crawfordsville ind. A the trustees of one of the nations three All male Liberal arts colleges have reaffirmed their opposition to admitting women to the Western Indiana school. Wabash colleges 25 trustees voted unanimously sunday against admitting women saying the 160-year-old school remains a place where a tradition is More highly valued than  the other All male Liberal arts colleges in the nation Are Hampden Sydney College in Hampden Sydney va., and Morehouse College in Atlanta. A there is no doubt in our minds that one of the main reasons for the personal and professional Success of the. Wabash graduates throughout a Century and a half is the All male atmosphere a the trustees said in a statement released after the vote. A Young men who study Here Are Given a Fuller Opportunity to explore a wide Range of academic  the approximately 650 Wabash students who crowded into the colleges Chapel cheered after the trustees announcement College spokeswoman Susan Cantrell said. Last week the student Senate had voted unanimously to recommend against admitting women because Many of them said they chose the school specifically because it was single sex. A a women provide a temptation for Guys not to study a said Steve Marcou president of the student Senate. A women Arentt Here so that a not an option on a weeknight or even usually on weekends. We re Here to  the trustees vote was the result of a two year study into converting the College situated 40 Miles Northwest of Indianapolis into a coeducational school. Wabash president f. Sheldon Wettack created a committee to study the idea after his inauguration in 1989. The faculty organization voted earlier this month in favor of admitting women As insurance against a dwindling Pool of College applicants