European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 10, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse Friday april 10, 1992 the stars and stripes a Page 9court to Rule on libyan Call to halt penalty the Hague Netherlands apr the International court of Justice will Rule tuesday on libyans request for emergency Protection from . Sanctions scheduled to Talce effect the next Day a court official announced thursday. The . Security Council voted last week to impose the sanctions Over libyans refusal to surrender suspects in the 1988 bombing of pan am flight 103 and in the 1989 Downing of a French Airliner. The announcement came a Day after the Arab league reported receiving a new libyan proposal to turn the two suspects in the flight 103 attack Over for trial to a nation not involved in the dispute Between Libya and the West. The two men Are sought by Britain and the United states. Four others Are wanted by France in the bombing of Uta Airliner Over niger. A total of 441 people died in the bombings. The Security Council voted to hit Libya next wednesday with a Trade arms and airline embargo As Well As diplomatic sanctions unless it turns Over the six. It is also insisting that Libya prove it has renounced terrorism. Libya went to the court on March 4, seeking to prohibit Washington and London from any action aimed at gaining custody of the flight 103 suspects. Hearings were held March 25-27 on Tripoli a request for an emergency ruling to be in Force until the court decides whether it has jurisdiction in the Case. Libya said it had been threatened repeatedly with Force by the United states and Britain and said its own investigation of the Lockerbie bombing produced no convincing evidence that the two libyans were responsible. London and Washington denied making threats and detailed alleged libyan links to Lockerbie and other terror attacks in Western go that away a first graders from the St Peters inter Parish school in president Bush played Host wednesday morning to the Washington seem to be pressuring their tour guide to youngsters who had been invited to join in a the great take them to another part of the White House Lawn. American read aloud Bush read them a Story sister school suggested for All male Institute Richmond a. Fuji a Federal appeals court judge hearing arguments about whether the government can Force Virginia military Institute to admit women suggested Virginia create a a sister school for females. Judge Paul Niemeyer of the 4th circuit court of appeals on wednesday also questioned whether the All male state supported school could resolve the sex discrimination Case by adopting a two track system for women. A separate but equal facility a would not violate the 14th amendment a said Jessica Silver a Justice department attorney who also conceded that single sex education by itself does not violate the Constitution. However Vii should not be allowed to exclude women just because most women cannot meet the demanding physical regimen she argued. Evidence at the trial indicated Only about 15 percent of women applicants could pass the physical training she noted. A the real question is. Whether two tracks Are mandated and whether the 14th amendment prohibits the establishment of a a sister school a said Niemeyer. The government filed its lawsuit against Vii in March 1990, contending the state supported schools All male policy violated the Constitution and the civil rights act. The suit was filed after a Virginia woman complained she could not attend. Vii admits women for its summer classes but does not accept women for the regular fall through Spring school year. Last june a Federal judge in Roanoke sided with the school and upheld its 153-year-old policy deciding that Vii provides Virginia with educational diversity and that its Mission of preparing citizen soldiers would be fundamentally changed by admitting women. A a Vii truly marches to the beat of a different drummer and i will permit it to continue to do so a said . District judge Jackson Kiser in ruling for the school and the Vii alumni association last june. The Citadel in Charleston s.c., is the Only other state supported military school in the United states that refuses to admit women. The Justice department will wait to see a Vii ruling before deciding whether to take action against the Citadel. Silver argued a min a Mission would not be altered by the admission of women students. The Only changes the school would have to make would be to provide separate Baths and areas to change clothes she said. In addition women cadets would have to be scrutinized by other women Silver said. Niemeyer disagreed saying greater changes would be needed to set up a two track system at the Lexington Campus a because it be Robert Patterson representing Vii said Virginia women who desire the same Type of education As the Institute provides May attend Virginia tech and join that schools Cadet corps. But another Vii lawyer former attorney general Griffin Bell said a if you admit women you change a min to Virginia tech. Vii would lose its distinctiveness if it is forced to change Patterson argued. Judge j. Dickson Phillips said the Issue is whether a state can maintain an institution dedicated to a preserving the male a decision by the three judge panel is expected in six to eight weeks but both sides expect the Case to ultimately reach the . Supreme court. . Crash site May be radioactive report says Albuquerque . A a nuclear armed b-36 bomber crashed near Albuquerque in 1956, a government report has disclosed. The report suggests the crash site May be contaminated with radioactivity. The study suggests plutonium enriched uranium or tritium might be present at the crash site near Kirtland fab but does no to say How much the Albuquerque journal reported thursday. The study says the Jan. 9, 1956, crash involved a b-36 bomber carrying a nuclear weapon or weapons. The air Force provided no information wednesday. Kirtland fab which is just South of Albuquerque has no relevant records George Pearce base Public information officer said wednesday. The strategic air come at Offutt fab in Omaha neb., also said it had no information. The air Force historical research Agency at Maxwell fab ala., and the air Force safety Cooter at Norton fab calif., declined to comment wednesday. The study commissioned by the environmental Protection Agency lists 45,361 locations in the United states including hospitals and factories that could be contaminated by radioactivity. Pony who swam to Israel returns with peace plea Jerusalem a a petulant Polo Pony that threw its jordanian Trainer and swam to Israel was returned on thursday to Jordan carrying a letter from schoolchildren seeking peace. The army transported the Gray gelding to Yot Vata about 24 Miles North of the israeli port of Eilat and turned him Over at the Border to a . Officer. The officer then led the horse to waiting jordanian troops. The horse owned by Crown Prince Hassan the brother of King Hussein fled the kingdom on tuesday and swam ashore in Eilat. He quickly became a Star in israeli newspapers. The wayward horse was stabled during his visit to Israel at the collective farm of elot just North of Eilat. Israeli radio said he was befriended by Elotis children who combed fed and Rode the Pony. A we were Happy to meet his horse a Yair an elot Schoolboy told the radio thursday. He said his class sent a letter Back with the horse to King Hussein. A we wrote that we wanted peace Between us a Yair said
