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Minneapolis Tribune Jan. 15, 1976 MCLU, other groups file suit to void state parochaid law The Minnesota Civil Liberties Un(MCLU) and other organizations filed a lawsuit Wednesday against the 1975 state law that authorizes public money for other instructional materials, equipment and auxiliary services in private schools. The bill was signed into law by Gov. Wendell R. Anderson last June.

Yesterday's lawsuit, which was filed in U.S. District Court in St. Paul, also attacks regulations the Minnesota Board of Education adopted in October to put the law into effect. The suit alleges that the law and the regulations violate First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which prohibits official "establishment of religion." This is the MCLU and Minnesota private schools.

By Gregor W. Pinney Staff Writer third major assault by other organizations on laws designed to help including religious "No sooner do we defeat one form of parochaid then religious leaders and their agents pressure the Legislature to adopt another one," said MCLU president Lynn Castner. "We are asking the courts to declare unequivocally that it makes no difference how money gets from the public treasury to the collection plate, government aid to religious institutions is unconstitutional and cannot be tolerated in a government based on separation of church and state." The plaintiffs want all types of aid in the law declared unconstitutional, even textbooks, which have been approved twice by the U.S. Supreme Court. The sections on equipment and auxiliary services also should be struck down, said the MCLU, even though those parts have not been put into effect.

"We want the legal authority to do it now or in the future taken away," said Castner. "I know that you will be well received in Great Britain and I think what you'll do will be a credit to you as well as to our country," he said. Vital statistics Hennepin County Marriage License Applications Ronald L. Collier, 25, 3244 Blaisdell Av. Dell E.

Lumbly, 25, 2012 Dupont Av. S. James M. Williams, 42, and Faye E. McGrath, 20, both 3636 Chicago Av.

S. Scott E. Robinson, 18, and Dawn A. Keller, 18, both 2756 Fremont Av. S.

Harvey D. Witherspoon 30, and Luna B. Cooper, 26, both 800 Sheridan Av. N. Gregory J.

Dahlgren, 23, 5209 34th PI. Crystal; Diana M. Anderson, 24, 4220 Winnetka Av. Eugene G. Karls, 23, 1339 Maryland Av.

St. Paul; Linda F. Berg, 20, 7204 Bass Lake Crystal. Stepnen C. Flagg, 25, and Mary L.

Henrickson, 25, both 2300 Milwaukee Av. S. Richard M. Bradshaw, 21, and Nancy J. Olson, 23, both 3438 Penn Av.

N. Roosevelt King, 29, and Judy A. Taylor, 20, both 1156 Emerson Av. N. John G.

-mitn 2. 5629 Woodcrest Edina; Dawn M. DeGroff, 20, 2216 28th Av. S. John R.

Hill, 21, 1511 S. Timber Ridge Fridley; Theresa A. Flaherty, 20, 3208 Rankin Rd. St. Anthony.

Kelly D. Ishaug, 25, 720 Old Hwy. 8, New Brighton; Jean M. Miller, 24, 6304 Dupont Av. Richfield.

Dave W. Williamson, 19, Austin, Denise L. Olson, 19, 3617 17th James S. Christie, 60, and Geraldine F. Campbell, 34, 2521 Garfield Av.

S. Births GIRLS Mr. and AREL, Marc 2017 Emerson Av. N. BELDEN, William 2113 54th Av.

Brooklyn Center. CHAR ES, Dennis 3726 Kipling Av. St. Louis Park. FOX, Curtis 6736 Scott Av.

Brooklyn Center. HAYES, Michael 3431 Yates Av. Crystal. HELM, Richard Osseo. JAKALA, John 1338 NE.

Jefferson St. MACH, Thomas 11697 67th PI. Maple Grove, NENSENSON, Harold 4435 234th Lane Bethel. PECKELS, Edward J. Peckels, 4307 Emerson Av.

N. SAGEHORN, Craig 7724 Perry Av. Brooklyn Park. SCHUMACHER, Paul 10999 101st Maple Grove. WEBBER, Dennis 1371 75th Av.

Fridley. CRITER, Gary 13503 Bellevue Minnetonka, GUEZ, 'Yan 5701 Quebec Av. New ANDRYCHOWICZ, Joel 4742 Heights Dr. Columbia Heights. BETKER.

Steven 550 37th Av. Columbia Heights. HAFNER, Mark 155 E. Little Canada St. Paul.

JOHNSON, Gregory 6866 133rd Apple Valley. KIMMES, Alois New Trier, Minn. MORAWIECKI, Chester 150 Peninsula Medicine Lake. NYLANDER, Gary 6624 Colfax Av. Brooklyn Center.

PERRINE, Timothy 5929 Penn Av. S. RUDIGER, Michael Lakeville. RYAN, John V. 5975 Hillendale Excelsior.

BOYS. KARP. William 15113 Williston Lane, Minnetanka. BOOTH, Dwaine 3819 N. 6th St.

CARLSON, Richard 8546 Mississippi Coon Rapids. COOPER, Allen 901 Oakview Lane, Anoka. ELVECROG, Eugene 6024 Leslee Lane, Edina. GLASS, Lee 7556 Kentucky Av. Brooklyn Park.

OPPE. Tabor 4414 Aldrich Av. N. KLITZKE, David 7601 Zane Av. Brooklyn Pork.

LEUTHNER, Ronald 9306 45th Av. New Hope. Equal rights amendment supporters to meet Supporters of the equal rights amendment will meet at 8 p.m. Friday at 25 University Av. SE.

Speakers will be Virginia Watkins, state coordinator of Minnesota National Organization for Women (NOW); Ramona Austin, coordinator of the Minority Women's Task Force on Minnesota NOW; Elaine Onasch, president of the Twin Cities Coalition of Labor Union Women, and Sue Welsh, president of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, Local 1164. There is a $1 admission. Inventor acknowledges criminals used dart gun Associated Press Washington, D.C. The inventor of an electric dart gun designed as an alternative to firearms and sold for self-defense said Wednesday the weapon has been used as much by criminals as by persons protecting themselves from attack. John H.

Cover, president of Taser Systems, said he has received reports that his controversial "Taser Public Defender" has been used at least 20 times, "one-half in selfdefense and one-half by crooks." The Taser, a hand-held device resembling a flashlight, fires 2-inchlong barbs connected to a battery by a 15-foot copper and stainless steel wire. The electric charge that pulses through the wires is sufficient to immobilize a person, but not cause permanent damage, Cover said. Cover met for 75 minutes with staff members of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission to review the medical and engineering tests performed on the device since he began developing it eight years ago. The device has law enforcement and other government officials puzzled.

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms has decided that it is not covered by the federal Gun Control Act of 1968. In California, where it was developed, it is termed a gun and must be registered and bear a serial number. New York City has ruled that carrying a Taser is a crime, as has Canada. "The risk of this potentially lethal weapon falling into the hands of criminals is too great to allow it to be sold, manufactured or imported into Canada," said Canadian Justice Minister Ron Basford earlier this week in announcing the decision to ban the Taser. In Blue Bell, Police Sgt.

Joseph Stemple said Tuesday that four men had used the weapon to terrorize a man and his wife into revealing where they kept their money and valuables. Stemple said the assailants tied up the couple and then shot them with the Taser. The shock from the weapon causes muscles to contract, incapacitating the victim for up to a minute. The barbs are charged with 50,000 volts of electricity. They can penetrate clothing, and the electrical charge is more than sufficient to jump from the clothing to the body.

The weapon is sold for $199.50. Cover told the product-safety commission representatives that he saw little likelihood that the Taser would come into wide use by criminals, because its range is only 15 feet and it only holds two cartridges, each containing two simultaneously fired barbs. Brand New Comedy "'UNDER PAPA'S PICTURE" Sat. 8:30 Sun. 7:30 ALL SEATS $4.50 SAT.

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Supreme Court also ruled out miscellaneous instructional material, but the board of education decided to try it anyway because the wording in Minnesota's law is slightly different from Pennsylvania's. If they had not put that section into effect, only the textbook part would have remained, and that part authorized relatively little money. The state government is expected to defend the law on the grounds that the aid is non-religious and benefits students rather than institutions. The law went into operation late last year. Private schools have asked the public schools for certain books and material.

In some cases the goods have been provided and the public schools have asked the state for reimbursement. No state money has been paid out yet, but it will be within a few weeks, said Deputy Education Commissioner Farley D. Bright. The plaintiffs in the lawsuit have asked the court for a preliminary injunction to prohibit the state from paying out any money while the case is being decided. The plaintiffs, in addition to the MCLU, are the Americans United for Separation of Church and State, the Minnesota Education Association, the Minnesota Federation of Teachers, the Minnesota Association of School Administrators, the Minnesota Association of Secondary School Principals and the Minnesota Congress of Parents, Teachers and Students.

Chippewa leader Don LeGarde has been named executive director of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe by the tribe's executive committee. He succeeds George Goodwin, who is the new area director of the Bureau of Indian Affairs office in Minneapolis. LeGarde, 43, is a former secretarytreasurer of the Grand Portage Chippewa band and has been in charge of the tribe's business de- Anne Armstrong nominated first woman U.S. envoy to Britain Washington, D.C. Anne Armstrong was nominated Wednesday as the first woman U.S.

ambassador to Great Britain and pledged to "work doubly hard to be a credit to this office and to American women in particular." In announcing her appointment, President Ford said he thought his administration was doing well in naming women to government posts and was "going to continue to do better." With Secretary of State Henry Kissinger and Mrs. Ford looking on, the president told Mrs Armstrong he was certain she would "do a superb job." MAENKE, Lorin 11108 Independence Champlin. MONSON, Gary 2012 Westview Hastings, PARKIN, Richard 4530 Kathrene Brooklyn Center. PENMAN, Thomas 4309 Oregon Av. New Hope.

RINDERKNECHT, Rodney 7204 Humboldt Av. Brooklyn Center. SAMUELSON, Wayne J. 505 120th Lane Coon Rapids. SPAETH, Charles 8009 Halifax Av.

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HANSON. Jan 2509 Nokomis St. Paul. HOLEVAS, Ronald 7899 University Av. Spring Lake Park.

KENDALL, Craig 620 Corman, Shakopee. LU. DIN, Mark 2751 Selkirk Burnsville. LYNCH, Robert 4304 29th Av. S.

MACK, David 2817 Columbus Av. S. MEADE, Michael 13701 Wentworth Av. Burnsville. MUTSCHLER, Michael 3523 Grand Av.

S. NELSON, Ronald 4736 Nicollet Av. S. PUDWILL, Raymond 4522 NE. Tyler Columbia Heights.

SKILLINGS, Thomas 3339 NE. Cleveland St. STULC, Theofil 12 104th Lane Coon Rapids. WILHOIT, John 5090 Suburban Excelsior. Deaths ALWIN, Frederick 38, 5005 Avon Mound.

ANDERSON, Minnie 87, 6832 Park Av. Richfield. ANDERSON, Olle, 3948 Harriet Av. S. ARMSTRONG, Peter 50, Si.

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18 Hopkins, BENTZIN, Alfred 70, 4507 Welcome Av. Crystal. BERGER, Ida 0., 7505 Country Club Golden Valley. BIEDERMAN, Harry 70, 309 1st Av. Osseo.

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Richfield. DISCHINGER, Herman 66, Hassan. DITTRICH, Raymond Joseph, 78, 859 St. Paul St. Paul.

DONNELLY, Elizabeth 72, 4004 11th Av. S. DUDGEON, Chalmer 73, Moose Lake, Minn. ERICKSON, Wayne 51, 7708 67th Av. Brooklyn Park.

GAINES, Helen 75, 4536 Oliver Av. N. HARKNESS, Roger 52, 4801 Overlook Bloomington. HOLASEK, William 87, 6401 Baker Eden Prairie. JERDE, Esther Anna, 77, 1601 44th Av.

N. JOHNSON, Regine 70, 3905 Yosemite Av. St. Louis Park. Mrs.

Armstrong, 48, a veteran of Texas Republican politics, was the first woman elected co-chairwoman of the Republican National Committee and was the highest-ranking woman in the Nixon administration as counselor to the president. But, she said, she considers her latest post the greatest honor of her life. Ford told her some of the credit for the appointment goes to Mrs. Ford, who he said "persistently keeps reminding me" about the qualifications of women to hold government posts. Mrs.

Armstrong still must be confirmed by the Senate before she succeeds Elliot L. Richardson, who is coming home to be secretary of commerce. The British have approved the appointment. In an interview earlier at the Armstrongs' Texas ranch, Mrs. Armstrong admitted, "I'll probably be nervous before I meet JUSTICE, David 79, Montevideo, Minn.

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MASON, William 72, 8100 Medicine Lake New Hope. MICHAEL, Joseph 60, 311 Lakeshore Glenwood. Nora 85, 7151 York Av. Edina. PATON, Mary 84, 510 S.

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SHARE, Albert 67, 7900 28th St. Louis Park. SLE110, Sander 81, 2630 Magnolia Lane Plymouth. SOPR, Michael Joseph, 95, 430 Althea Lane, Hopkins. SORTEBERG, Esther 0., 71, 6830 Meadowbrook Blvd St.

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HARRIS, Leo. 88, 4207 E. Lake Harriet Blvd. HAUGE, Martha 88, 4008 31 st Av. S.

HUDY, Joseph 80, 1210 NE. Jefferson St. KINDSTROM, Agnes 91, 3442 10th Av. S. LA BARGE, Katherine, 63, 1302 Linden Av.

LANDSKOV, Mary, 87, 2739 14th Av. S. LIVINGSTON, LaVera 54, Kenmare, N.D. MORAN, Joseph 63, 106 E. 14th St.

MYLES, Willie 31, 3617 3rd Av. S. PETERSON, Lou Ann, 44, 4754 Drew Av. S. REIDHEAD, David 82, 202 35th Av.NE.

SMILEY, Robert, 60, 4043 Sheridan Av. S. STEPHENSON, Kelsey 85, 950 40th Av. Columbia Heights. THIELE, staniey 75, 3439 5th Av.

S. TOLAAS, Patti 9, 1990 E. Ripley, St. Paul. TRAVIS, Joyce 64, 2820 1st Av.

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WILLIAMS, Lester J. 6 1, 2923 Upton Av. N. WINNIE, Harold 69, 1627 S. 6th St.

ZIERDEN, Raymond 67, W. 26th St. Marriage Dissolutions BALL, Nancy J. and Douglas L. BARTLETT, Barbara A.

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I can do it." Mrs. Armstrong told reporters yesterday that she has been to Britain only once, when she was a 21- year-old student at Vassar. Looking ahead to the social-diplomatic life, she said she'll "probably have to get more elegant things than I'm used to probably more evening dresses than I ever had in my whole life." To take on her new job, Mrs. Armstrong will be resigning from the boards of four big American firms: Union Carbide, Boise-Cascade, International Harvester and First City Bank Corp. of Texas.

Her husband, Tobin Armstrong, a wealthy Texas rancher, has arranged to go along with her. She expects her five children to go to school in England. Rural Mankato phone firm gets rate increase Associated Press Mankato, Minn. Mid-Communications, Mankato, said Wednesday the Minnesota Public Service Commission has approved a 14-percent rate increase for the firm's 7,000 telephone customers in rural Blue Earth County. A company spokesman said the increase would take effect with the Feb.

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