European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 25, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday March 25, 1992 the stars and stripes c 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 in 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 free 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 Nas 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 a the Sellers have appropriated what is not  the advertising Agency s 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 Large category of related state Law actions protects Only the words and Melody of a song and not inc performance itself. A turned Down without comment an Appeal by the publisher of the Magazine Penthouse contending that former attorney general Edwin me Esco a commission on pornography had engaged in censorship by a a blacklisting when it pressured mass retailers including the 7-eleven Chain to Stop Selling such magazines. A voted without explanation to leave intact a lower court ruling that a prison inmates constitutional rights Are 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 a 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. 20years 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 a 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 Europe. 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 off 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  alzheimer victim identified Post Falls Idaho a an elderly Man abandoned at a dog track with a bag of diapers and a note identifying him As an alzheimer a victim was identified As a retired Auto company worker authorities said tuesday. Police chief Cliff Hayes said several people called his office after recognizing the Man whose picture was shown on a Portland ore., television news program monday. He is 84-year-old John Kingery who was taken by his daughter from the Lau re Hurst care Center in Portland to another Center three weeks ago Hayes and Laurel Hurst administrator Hal Elliott said. Elliott said doctors had advised against the Transfer to another Center because it had a lower level of care. It was not immediately Clear How Kingery got out of the second Home or who removed labels from his clothes and wrote the partially inaccurate note. Hayes said Kingery a not King As the note accompanying him said a was identified after the department received a a lot of leads called in overnight from All Over the country including Europe and  Hayes and Elliott both said a daughter checked out Kingery from Laurel Hurst and checked him into another Portland facility Regency care living Center. Only two weeks care was paid for at Regency Elliott said. Hayes said he still did not know however How Kingery got to Idaho. He said police plan to talk to the daughter sue Gifford. Gifford told the associated press a i put him in with Regency care Center. I done to understand what a going on  Post Falls Idaho police have identified this alzheimer a patient abandoned saturday at a greyhound Racetrack As John Kingery 84. She declined to elaborate. An administrator at the Regency Center who gave his name Only As John said he  comment until the Many a identity had been confirmed. An employee at the Coeur do Alene greyhound Park in Post Falls found Kingery sitting alone in a wheelchair near a restroom saturday night. A Small typewritten note pinned to the wheelchair identified the Man As a John King and said he suffers from alzheimer a disease. Kingery was dressed in a sweat suit bedroom slippers and a baseball Cap with the slogan proud to be  the labels had been Cut from his clothing and All identifying Marks had been re moved from the wheelchair police 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 t Able to get any meaningful information from  Dixon  allow reporters to interview the Man. 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. Wabash College votes to stay All male source 2194 Days of War. W h Smith put Fishers 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