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2The Daily Tar HeelTuesday, October 4, 1988 World: and Nation Supreme From Associated Press reports WASHINGTON The Supreme Court, beginning a new term Mon day, set the stage for an important church-state ruling in a Pittsburgh dispute over religious displays and expanded its study of drug testing in the workplace. The justices issued orders in some 1,000 cases as they returned to the bench after a three-month summer recess. They agreed to grant full review in 20 of them. Most significantly, the court said it will decide whether displays of a Christmas nativity scene and a menorah, symbolizing the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah, should be Candidates praise shuttle From Associated Press reports Presidential candidates George, Bush and Michael Dukakis hailed the success of the Discovery space shuttle mission on Monday, while their top campaign aides discussed how to salvage a second debate after the League of Women Voters abruptly withdrew as sponsor. "A great day for our country," proclaimed the Republican vice president, who was on hand at Edwards Air Force Base in Califor nia, to witness the landing of the , shuttle. Bush was driven to within a ; few feet of the space craft and shook the hands of the five-member crew as they emerged. Crowd' welcomes Discovery .'back to Earth From Associated Press reports EDWARDS AIR JORCE BASE, Calif. The shuttle Discovery returned to a star-spangled welcome from more than 400,000 people Monday after a post-Challegner shakedown mission that NASA called "an absolutely stunning success." "Discovery, welcome back," Mis sion Control told commander Fred Read all the art news in Omnibus 91 "SSSSJs,,. UNC Faculty, Staff and PS2 Model 25 PS2 Model 30 PS2 Model 50z PS2 Model 70 Proprinter II & Cable Proprinter X24 & Cable CAU systems Include Mouse, DOS IEAfS and PS2 are registered trademarks of the International Business Machines Corporation. Microsoft is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation. Prices suject to change and do not include NC sales tax. Offer expires October 26, 1988. Coyirt begios oew term allowed at two government buildings in Pittsburgh. Although such disputes are not new to the court, the case offers Justice Anthony Kennedy his first opportunity to consider how high a wall the Constitution requires between government and religion. The court Monday also agreed to consider, for the second time in two years, the authority of states to deny unemployment benefits to people who refuse to work on their Sabbath. Despite his 12 years as a federal appeals court judge before becoming a justice last February, Kennedy's views on the politically volatile issue of religious freedom largely are "America is back in space," Demo crat Dukakis told a rally in Hartford, Conn. uWe are proud and we are thrilled at its achievements and the courage of that crew." Meanwhile, aides to both candi dates predicted a second debate would occur despite the withdrawal of the League. James Baker III, chairman of the Bush campaign, and Paul Brountas, his counterpart on the Dukakis campaign, opened discussions to find an alternate sponsor for the forum scheduled to be held Oct. 13 or 14 in Los Angeles. The vice presidential candidates erick Hauck as he guided the ship to a picture-perfect landing after a four-day,. 1.6-million mile mission. The national anthem was playing as the white ship, with its stubby Delta-shaped wings, leveled out and rolled to a smooth stop on the center line painted on the hard-packed sand of this desert air base. It was precisely on time, at 9:37 a.m. PDT. This is a banner day for all of us," Get am IBM PS2 now and save. nz V ; ! - f Ike.? ssssj . i -4 ' - ' t 1 1 vtmi ( 1 2 ' f- ''' '; I . J i.- t " ft-" Sfv ' """" -r w l Mmc mI W 31 Ul 2 I r Y; ' For a limited time only. LIST PRICE; SALE PRICE; 3378.00 3774.00 5969.00 8664.00 594.00 844.00 4.0, Microsoft Windows 2.1 A Word 4.0; ml unknown. In a separate action, the justices said they will decide whether a railroad routinely may require its employees to take drug tests. The court already has under study, also to be decided sometime in 1989, whether constitutional privacy rights of railroad workers are violated by federal regulations requiring blood and urine tests for those involved in serious train accidents. The justices also will decide whether people applying for U.S. Customs drug-enforcement jobs may be subjected to drug tests. . In other action, the Court: a Agreed to decide in a case from Republican Dan Quayle and Demo crat Lloyd Bentsen were off the campaign trail, preparing for their debate Wednesday night in Omaha, Neb. Bentsen was doing his preparation in an Austin, Texas, hotel and during a quiet break he told reporters, "I think we're relaxed for it; I think we're ready'for it. . . . I'm not nervous." The league, which was to sponsor the second presidential debate, abruptly withdrew from that role and president Nancy Neuman said at a Washington news conference that "we have no intention of becoming an accessory to the hoodwinking of the American people." said NASA administrator James Fletcher. An absolutely stunning success," said shuttle chief Richard Truly. But Truly balked at a question that implied that with the new success, the trauma of the Challenger explosion had been overcome. "Even when weVe flown a few flights, we are not going to forget the Challenger accident," he said. "For the people who work in the program, that's going to be on their minds for a long time." Truly, a former astronaut, said from cursory inspection the ship J J v v "-zr f Students YOU SAVE; 1698.00 1762.00 2839.00 3974.00 249.00 352.00 1680.00 2012.00 3130.00 4690.00 345.00 492.00 Models 50Z & 70 Include Excel) Dallas whether communities may seek to protect young teenagers by barring anyone over 18 from dance halls or other establishments catering to minors. H Agreed to decide whether state colleges and universities may ban certain commercial activities from dormitories. The justices will review a ruling that a New York school violated students' rights by barring a cookware company from making its sales pitch in dorm rooms. i a Rejected the appeal of a Pennysl vania couple criminally convicted in their young son's death after trying to heal him through prayer rather than seeking medical care. flo Neuman said league officials objected to an agreement reached between the two campaigns which covered all details of the debate. "The issue is who's in control of the debate," Neuman said. The agreement between the' two cam paigns covered such details as the makeup of the panel of questioners, the time the candidates would have for responses, as well as where people, would sit in the hall and whether the debaters would sit or stand. The campaigns worked out similar details between themselves for the first debate and proclaimed all parties pleased with the arrangement. appeared to have suffered little damage from the rigors of launching and returning through the atmos phere: a few tiles suffered thumb sized nicks, he said. "We saw no problems I'm aware of in any system," said Arnold Aldrich, director of the shuttle program. For 55 minutes after landing, the crew was occupied with flipping switches and turning off systems while ground crews moved up giant vehicles to "safe" the vehicle and to remove any residual toxic gases. The flight was NASA's first since the Challenger mission ended trag ically 73 seconds after liftoff on Jan. 28, 1986. It was the 26th flight in the shuttle series. - come got WIN TWO SGOOPS OF TOPPINGS FREE WITH A CORRECT ANSWER IN THE CATEGORY OF YOUR CHOICE! Selected Compact Discs by UB40 U B 4 0 NClUKS "BREAKFAST IN BED (WITH A3 CHRISSIE HYNDE), "COME OUT TO PLAY -"T AND 1 WOULD DO IT FOR YOU. UD40CCCP LIVE IN MOSCOW Includes "I Got You Babe," "Smg Our Own Song. "Cherry Oh Baby." "Watchdogs" Sale New Soviet president named, in major leadership shakeup From Associated Press reports MOSCOW Politburo member Vitaly Vorotnikov was moved to the ceremonial job of president of the Russian republic Monday as the Kremlin capped the biggest leadership shake-up in Mikhail Gorbachev's three and a half years in power. The major beneficiary of the realignment of power was Gorba chev himself. The Communist Party's general secretary was elected Soviet president by the Supreme Soviet Parliament Sat urday to replace Andrei Gromyko, 79, who retired. At a Monday meeting, the legislature of the Russian republic, the largest of the 15 Soviet repub lics, elected Interior Minister Alexander Vlasov, who was named a candidate member of the ruling Politburo during a Central Committee meeting Friday, the republic's new premier to replace Vorotnikov. Vladmir Orlpv, the 67-year-old president of the republic, retired, and Vorotnikov was elected his successor. Gorbachev, who attended the meeting of the Russian republic's parliament in the Kremlin, recom mended the changes, and lauded Orlov and Vorotnikov in remarks later shown on state-run television. Last week, Gorbachev pushed a major shake-up through the Communist Party's policy-making Central Committee. He retired two full and two candidate Polit buro members, promoted four other, people and streamlined the Central Committee's apparatus. i Legislator testifies in trial RALEIGH A state represen tative who helped negotiate free dom for hostages at The Robe- Police In the first step of the University grievance process, the employee normally goes to his immediate supervisor to voice his grievance. In the second step, the employee meets with an employee relations represen tative, who investigates the matter and renders a decision. In Jackson's disciplinary hearing, Dan Burleson, assistant personnel try TRIVIA TUESDAYS Just 1 RECORDS prices in effect thru October EACH HI mint i mine a -. News in Brief sonian newspaper in February testified Monday that he suggested the surrender of hostage-takers to an FBI agent. Rep. Sidney Locks, D-' Robeson, said the FBI surrender scenario was suggested by a police officer at the siege command post. Locks said he also asked defend-" ant Eddie Hatcher if he wanted to add amnesty to his list of demands. ' Meanwhile, .the governor's chief -of staff testified that accused hostage-taker Hatcher had sought an appointment with the governor months before the hostage siege. Phil Kirk told a U.S. District Court jury that he checked to see whether Hatcher had ever called Gov. Jim Martin's office. The : check was made while Kirk was on the telephone with Hatcher on Feb.l. "A person in the scheduling office said he had called four or five months before seeking an appointment with the governor to discuss Lumbee recognition," Kirk said. "We asked him for some printed material so a decision could be made on whether art appointment was needed." Price of oil decreases NEW YORK Oil prices continued their dramatic march ; downward Monday, flirting with the $13-a-barrel level in a stiff test of lows not seen in two years. The November contract of West Texas Intermediate, the bench mark U.S. crude which plunged 55 cents a barrel Friday, skidded another 31 cents to settle at $13.06 a barrel on the New York Mer cantile Exchange. from page 1 director of UNC employee relations, joined Jackson's supervisors, thus interfering with the second step of the grievance process, Edwards said. In other words, she said, Jackson felt that filing a step two grievance would be futile because the person he would speak io in step two, Burleson, had already learned of the situation and formed an opinion. - 942-PUMP-106 W.Franklin St. (next to Pizza Hut) Now On Sale! UB40 Rat In The Kitchen M U eEfreiw Model) 0 13, 1988 iiinio i V
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