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Tuesday IWmWr 13 1983 Bennington Banner age 3 Supreme Court enter Baby Doe case WASHINGTON (UPI) The Supreme Court refused Monday to enter a raging legal battle over whether 2-month-old Baby Jane Doe a severely handicapped infant who is now critically ill should have life-prolonging surgery The justices without comment let stand a New York court ruling upholding the decision against surgery made by the parents despite Reagan adminstration legal efforts to have a rede in deciding her fate The baby girl was listed in critical condition Monday with pneumonia at a Stony Brook NY hospital State officials applauded the action with Richard Rffkin an assistant state attorney general saying is victory for the parents and a sign that we are coming close to the end Of their But William Weber the former court-appointed guardian who brought the appeal to the justices vowed to carry on the fight should I give up when defending an innocent he asked On a seasonal note the court which recessed Monday until Jan 9 apparently has decided to pass up ruling before Christmas on the controversial question of whether communities may display Nativity scenes The failure to act in the case from Pawtucket RI leaves open the question whether creches may be exhibited along with other traditional yuletide decorations Mr plays Santa at the White House WASHINGTON (UPI) Nancy Reagan put the White House Christmas decorations on display Monday sat on the lap of who played Santa Claus and said her special yuletide wish is that has peace" While the burly Mr star of the television program handed out gifts and homespun philosophy Mrs Reagan guided photographers and repeaters on the annual tour of the holiday trimmings When the first lady took her turn perching on lap be growled Reynolds eat your heart The actor who said he was giving the Reagans my love" for Christmas wore a sleeveless Santa costume and 23 pounds of gold and diamond jewelry for his White House appearance Later in the day Mr had a chance to meet President Reagan in the Oval office and told reporters talked about God and how honored we were to meet each other" Mrs Reagan launched the Christmas party season by inviting as her first guests the children from the embassy corps in Washington The youngsters some in native dress were entertained by the Shirt Tales a song and dance group and by NBC-TV weatherman Willard Scott who appeared as Santa Claus Mrs Reagan dressed in a black-and-red striped knit dress with black patent pumps decorated with pom poms led the tour The rooms were festooned with green garlands Wreaths hung in the big windows from long wide red ribbons Workmen were still putting up the tiny white lights on the north portico Highlighting the theme were 1200 antique dolls and dollhouse furniture from the Strong Museum in Rochester NY on the 20-foot Christmas tree The noble fir tree touched the ceiling in the Blue Room and was so heavy with dolls and other toys gold chains and sparkling ornaments that its branches bent The White House tree also was decorated with 100 balls representing the states of the union and hundreds of glass balls that are part of the White House collection dating back to the Eisenhower administration The Strong Museum also provided about 40 teddy bears in various playful poses that decorate the Grand Hallway and the state rooms But there were no cabbage dolls since as Mrs Reagan pointed out fall in the 19th Asked what the president who flew to New York Monday to give a speech thought of the decorations she said he loved parents react to the court's decision Page 7 UPI First lady Nancy Reagan kisses Mr who played Santa Claus at a White House Christmas party on Monday Reagan: Days of weakness are over The court also removed what seems to be the final ostacle to the Jan 1 court-ordered breakup of the Bell telephone system The Justices in a one-line order rejected challenges by New York and California to a key element of the breakup of the largest private company American Telephone Telegraph supported by the federal government urged the court to stay out of the case Under the plan the states said the new regional telephone companies will be saddled with billions of dollars in installation and maintenance costs for wiring in customers' homes and offices costs that will be passed on to telephone users Before beginning its month-long holiday the court also: 6-3 reversed a lower court ruling that Black Panther Party member Johnny Spain was entitled to a new trial for the deaths of three guards slain in a bloody 1971 jailbreak at San Quentin prison to decide in an Arkansas case if a state prosecutor is bound by a plea bargain mistakenly offered a murder suspect for argument a dispute over whether the system of choosing federal grand jury foremen in North Carolina is racially discriminatory The case involves a former AFL-CIO official convicted of defrauding the government Despite the rejection of plea in the Baby Jane case the well-publicized suit to examine the medical records is still pending in federal court Government lawyers want the records to determine if she is receiving proper care or is a victim of illegal discrimination merely because she is handicapped Combat troops exit Grenada Joe Foss the former governor of South Dakota and Bob Kerry the current governor of Nebraska Medal of Honor recipients wore their gold medals around their necks hung on light blue ribons Reagan used his speech to American war heroes to defend the use of US military power as an appropriate respoqpe to the global spread of communism price of freedom is high but never so costly as the loss of he said generation must do whatever is necessary to preserve it and then pass it on to the History Reagan said offers a lesson on the part of those who cherish freedom inevitably brings on a threat to that He added America that is militarily and economically strong is not enough The world must see an America that is morally strong with a creed and a It was third speech in a week in which he stressed military themes and said are no words to express how I feel here Receiving the patriotism award Reagan said haltingly he felt guilty because so easy to love America I know if entitled to a medal for doing The group applauded when he announced that 950 members of the 82nd Airborne Division last of the combat troops in Grenada" had been withdrawn He said a force of several hundred troops Seabees medical personnel and military police will stay4 long enough to that country get back on its always we deplore acts of terrorist violence and certainly extend our sympathy to those who lost their lives or were White House spokesman Lariy Speakes told reporters aboard Air Force One after the Kuwait bombings The banquet hall where Reagan spoke was dotted with the military elite including Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman John Vessey Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger and Medal of Honor winners NEW YORK (UPI) President Reagan speaking amid stringent security on the same day a US embassy was bombed half a world away told Medal of Honor winners Monday that era of weakness is over are by weakness the p'resident declared the best of intentions we have tried turning our swords into plowshares hoping others would follow" he said our days of weakness are Citing the invasion of Grenada and US forces in the field in places ranging from Korea to Beirut he said forces are back on their feet and standing Reagan addressed the 1983 convention of Medal of Honor winners those awarded by Congress the highest military honor for risk of life in combat beyond the call of duty: He trumpeted a theme of through just days after the bodies of the latest American casualties in Lebanon arrived home His voice choked at times with emotion as he lauded the war heroes ceremony near the flight line of Pope Air Force Base of the 82nd Airborne welcome Shannon shouted as the crowd cheered Saying he had fancy Shannon praised the 82nd Airborne Division one of the first-strike units good to have you home you did a great he said The combat infantry badge which signifies service under hostile fire was given to three members of the 82nd during the ceremony All of the paratroopers eventually will get the badge Lt Col KM Nightingale commander of the 2nd Battalion presented a letter to Shannon which he described as a letter of thanks from the people of Grenada assure you that the president of the United States will read Shannon told the paratroopers UPI President Reagan addresses Congressional Medal of Honor winners in New York US facilities go on the defensive FORT BRAGG NC (UPI) C-141 transport planes landed in a steady rain Monday beginning the final withdrawal of American paratroopers from Grenada in time 1 for the Christmas deadline set by President Reagan About 700 members of the 82nd Airborne Division wearing camouflage fatigues and jungle netting on their helmets arrived about noon aboard five planes at nearby Pope Air Force Base A sixth plane had a flat tire in Grenada and was scheduled to land later in the day Several hundred wives children and friends many waving American flags and wearing yellow ribbons greeted the paratroopers who headed for Grenada Oct 26 the day after lightly armed Marines and Army rangers invaded the island Several people held a large bed-sheet on which the words were printed Cynthia Salazar wife of Sgt Pedro Salazar of Toledo Ohio held a sign that said love you Sgt Salazar "Welcome home Charlie have been waiting for this day for Mrs Salazar said The Pentagon said all but about 300 will be flown out of Grenada this week fulfilling a pledge by Reagan to have combat 1 soldiers out of Grenada by Christmas At one time 6000 US troops were on the island remaining in Grenada include military police medics civic action logistical and administrative support a Pentagon statement said No timetable has been set for the withdrawal of the remaining American personnel John Shannon deputy undersecretary of the Army greeted the paratroopers during a brief tree each year and deliver a brief holiday message Butonce again Thursday Reagan will press a button to light the tree from inside the White House Aides say large crowds in the dark make protecting him difficult When Reagan traveled to New York to make a speech Monday cars were parked sideways to block intersections his motorcade Passed Ironically however most US Embassies abroad do httle more than run metal detectors and search handbags hardly the kind of security to stop terrorists bent on commiting suicide to kill Westerners in the name of Islam The watchdog the General Accounting Office warned as long as a year ago that inadequate planning and coordination had caused delays in implementing security measures at US Embassies abroad including the embassy in Kuwait 41 are admitted one Western diplomat in Madrid All you have to do is take a look at our embassies in Europe to see we are In Madrid for instance the US Embassy is a steel-and-glass structure located on a main street in the fashionable Salamanca district separated from the street by a 10-foot-high black iron gate a mere 10 yards from the building The embassy in London is similarly vulnerable as are embassies in Vienna and the Hague In Paris Tel Aviv and Washingtpn security has recently been tightened because of fears of retaliation after the US French and Israeli air strikes on Palestinian and Iranian guerrilla camps and Syrian missile positions inside Lebanon "United Press International Terrorism in the Middle East is prompting new security at the White House supertight protection for the president on the road and increased security measures at embassies around the world Sources confirm anti-aircraft missiles are part of the defensive arsenals at the White House where new concrete barriers are being built to prevent the kind of suicide truck bombings that have occurred in Lebanon and now Kuwait Barriers leading to the back gates of the executive mansion have been cosmetically filled with plants and presidential counselor Edwin Meese predicted are going to see them for a long Each new incident of terrorism overseas has sparked added protection steps at home In August new stronger White House gates were built and metal detectors were installed at the entrance to the West Wing which houses presidential offices Guests at White House parties are screened and purses checked More recently a White House order went out for vehicles often carrying heavy television equipment to be checked by bomb-sniffing dogs Food brought into the White House is X-rayed along with mail and packages and passes are scrutinized with extra care There is a bomb shelter in the mansion and there have been indications in recent months of new construction in that area The once fairly open White House is not yet a fortress but there is no question President activities are severely curtailed by increasing security needs it nas been traditional for the president to light the 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