NEWS Affording the best is not the question„,finding the best is, Aussie High Court Upholds Legislation A first ... Apartment living in a Skilled Nursing Facility For the discriminating person requiring an elegant environment Bortz Health Care Family owned and operated for over 33 years Medicare approved CALL 363-4121 For our limousine to pick you up for a personal tour of our facility 6470 Alden Drive, Orchard Lake DON'T LET HOUSEHOLD PESTS HOLD YOU HOSTAGE! &ern- FURNITURE CALL THE ERADICO PROFESSIONALS! Eradico's safe and proven methods keep your home free of insects, rodents and other pests. Trust Eradico for an honest assessment of your needs and dependable, affordable service. Cockroaches • Ants • Fleas • Bees • Hornets • Wasps • Rats • Mice and any other pests., For a FREE inspection and estimate, Call Today! 1111115 Mak MIL AL= MIN - WAN Nalp ■•■ CONTROL Eradicate With Eradico Michigan's Largest Independent Pest Control Company For Service Throughout Southeastern Michigan Call: (313) 546 - 6200 26 FRIDAY, AUGUST 23, 1991 338-7716 ■ Ib. AMP AM, MIL.. ULM/MI IM luau- r,- IMM ■ 1914 Telegraph Rd Bloomfield Hills 1/2 Mile North of Square Lake Just North of Carl's Golfland CLASSIFIED GET RESULTS' Call The Jewish News 354.5959 Sidney, Australia (JTA) — The Australian High Court narrowly upheld the government's war-crimes legislation clearing the way for trials against alleged Nazi war criminals. The full seven-member bench of the High Court, which sits in Canberra, heard an appeal by lawyers for Ivan Polyukhovich, the only person charged under Australia's war-crimes legislation. Chief Justice Anthony Mason pointed to Australia's Paternal Affairs Powers sec- tion of the Constitution, which permits Australia to be involved in legislation based on the country's par- ticipation in World War II. Thus, reasoned the court, conduct outside of Australia's territory may be judged and Parliament may pass judgments as to what Australia's legitimate inter- ests are. Australia's second-most senior judge, Justice Gerard Brennan, supported the ap- peal against the war-crimes legislation, saying that "criminal laws should not operate retrospectively." The War Crimes Amend- ment Act has been con- troversial since it was pass- ed by Parliament in December 1988. Passage of the act followed a long campaign by the Ex- ecutive Council of Australian Jews to amend Australian law so that Nazi war criminals found living in Australia could be brought to justice. Canada adopted a similar act in 1987 and Britain finally passed- its own ver- sion of the law this year. Mr. Polyukhovich will stand trial in Adelaide. David Stokes, the lawyer representing Mr. Polyukhovich, refused to comment on his client's fitness to stand trial. Ques- tions have been raised con- cerning his physical strength and mental state, following a series of in- cidents which police believe were attempts by the defen- dant to take his own life. Mr. Polyukhovich, 74, a resident of Adelaide, was formally charged in January by the director of public prosecutions with complicity in the murders of more than 850 people in the Nazi- oc- cupied Ukraine from 1941 to 1942. He is alleged to have been "knowingly concerned" in the murders of Jews in the Serniki Ghetto and the murders of 24 other people, including five children from the villages of Serniki, Alexandrove and Brodnitsa. He has denied any in- volvement in the crimes. Mr. Stokes said he believes there will now almost cer- tainly be charges against other alleged war criminals. Government sources in- dicate there could be as many as six additional ar- rests of alleged Nazi war criminals made this year. Growth Of Neo-Nazis Hits Germany Bonn (JTA) — The German government has promised to beef up its internal security machinery in eastern Ger- many to keep violence-prone neo-Nazis under tight sur- veillance and deal with their propaganda and other ac- tivities. Interior Minister Wolfgang Schaueble, speak- ing at a news conference, ex- pressed grave concern over the sharp increase in the membership of neo-Nazi groups in what was formerly East Germany. But he could not confirm news reports that their strength there has reached 15,000. On Aug. 19, 100 neo-Nazis were arrested in the Bavarian towns -of Wun- siedel and Bayreuth, where they marked the fourth an- niversary of the death of Rudolf Hess, Hitler's one- time deputy. Despite the presence of police and other security agencies poised to crack down on possible extremist violence in the small Bavarian town, dozens of neo-Nazis defied a court- ordered ban and demon- strated near the town's cemetery, where Hess is buried. A bigger demonstration took place in the nearby town of Bayreuth, the center of a yearly music festival dedicated to composer Richard Wagner, an ultranationalist and anti- Semite. A much larger counterdemonstration was held by more than 2,000 left- wing protesters. Police managed to separate the two groups, and no violent clashes were reported.