I Page 2 -The Michigan Daily-Wednesday, December 2, 1987 Court rejects moment of s11ence In schools WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court yesterday refused to let New Jersey provide moments of silence for public school students, but gave no hint whether similar laws in other states impermissibly promote school prayer. The court ruled unanimously that the New Jersey legislators w h o sought to press the controversy in court no longer have the proper legal standing. The ruling therefore said nothing about the constitutionality of a 1982 New Jersey law that said students may use the daily silent moments "for quiet and private contemplation or introspection." About half the states have similar laws. A federal appeals court struck down the New Jersey law, ruling that it violated the constitutionally required separation of church and state. The issue has always been politi- cally charged. And it is likely that a case testing the validity ofanother state's moment-of-silence law will reach the high court. "The constitutional issue is still a live question," said Steven McDow- ejl of the Milwaukee-based Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights, which had urged the court to uphold the New Jersey law. "I expect that some other state's law will be reviewed by the high court. With a new justice joining the court, I believe we will see that law being upheld." -Associated Press Crack attack Detroit police narcotics officers conduct a raid yesterday as part of Mayor Coleman Young's war against crack cocaine trafficking. Man charged inWIVIU murder to undergo psychiatric exams IN BRIEF Compiled from Associated Press reports U.S. blames Haitian army for terrorizing, dissolving elections PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - U.S. observers yesterday blamed the ar- my for the terror campaign that thwarted elections, and some leading presidential candidates vowed to boycott any balloting supervised by the military-led junta. Calls increased for multinational intervention to oversee national elec- tions, which the government claims it still intends to hold before a Feb. 7 deadline. Most Haitians distrust the government, which dissolved the au- tonomous Provisional Electoral Council Sunday after voter-targeted vio- lence forced it to call off the nation's first free elections in 30 years. Meanwhile, the streets of this impoverished capital of one million be- gan to show signs of life yesterday, although schools and some busi- nesses stayed closed. Talks with Cuban inmates progress, hostages still held C~an C1 ATLANTA - Negotiators for 1,110 Cuban inmates holding hostages at a federal prison reached "substantial agreement" with government representatives yesterday on a number of issues, a government spokesper- son said. A one-hour negotiating session was "considerably more encouraging than others we have had over the last few days," the department said in a statement. The inmate leaders took the proposals back to the detainees, who are fighting plans to deport them back to Cuba, and another bargaining ses- sion was scheduled for later, the department said. Patrick Korten, deputy director of public affairs for the U.S. Justice Department, said the "very businesslike" bargains with four inmate repre- sentatives seemed to indicate that the negotiations were losing ground. Senate discusses drug charges LANSING - Worried Senate leaders huddled behind closed doors yesterday with a colleague who pleaded guilty to drug charges the day before, but agreed to delay any action while Michigan's senior senator decides his next step. Sen. Basil Brown (D-Highland Park), who faces up to 20 years in prison after pleading guilty to delivery of cocaine and marijuana, has agreed to skip Senate session for the rest of this week, said Senate Majority Leader John Engler (R-Mount Pleasant), and Minority Leader Arthur Miller (D-Warren). Sen. Brown is expected to decide what action to take after meeting with his attorneys, family and majority Republicans in the Senate. NASA awards space contracts WASHINGTON - NASA named four companies yesterday as win- ners of billions of dollars in contracts for construction of a space station, the next major site for U.S. exploration and use of space. The contracts may eventually be valued at $6.5 billion and could pro- vide about 12,000 jobs, officials said. The contractors selected for the space station hardware design and de- velopment included Boeing Aerospace of Huntsville, Ala.; McDonnell Douglas Astronautics Co. of Huntington Beach, Calif, and Houston; and General Electric Co., Astro-Space Division, Valley Forge, Pa. "The best minds in the nation went to work on this project and all of the proposals we received were outstanding," said James Fletcher, the ad- ministrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. EXTRAS 4 I ' KALAMAZOO (AP) - A man charged in the slaying of a Western Michigan University student was ordered by a district judge yesterday to undergo psychiatric evaluation. Judge James Coyle of the 9th District Court sent Timothy Berg- man to the State Forensic Center in Ypsilanti for testing that will de- termine whether Bergman is fit to stand trial. "He (Bergman) will be evaluated for competency and criminal respon- sibility," said David Westol, a Ka- lamazoo County assistant prose- cutor. Bergman is accused of the rape and strangulation of 18-year-old Julie Cunningham, a Western Michigan first-year student. She was killed Nov. 14 and her body was found the next day at the university's track. Bergman was arrested Nov. 24 and arraigned the next day. The psychiatric testing forced Bergman's preliminary hearing to be postponed from tomorrow to Feb. 11, 1988, said Charlene Goodpaster, a 9th District Court official. The results of Bergman's psychi- atric tests should be known at that time, she added. Meanwhile, two people who knew Bergman told the Kalamazoo Gazette that Michigan's correctional and mental health systems are partly to blame if he is convicted. HEALTH & FITNESS What's (4 Hap pe ning Recreational Sports . 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He served there until 1978 when he returned to China to serve as Vice-Foreign Minister. As a youth, Han took an active part in the Communist revolution. He fought the Japanese and Chinese Nationalist forces in Mao Tse- Tung's 8th Route Aimy. He became active in Chinese foreign policy when he attended the Chinese Mission to Moscow in the 1960s during China's break-off with U.S.S.R. Political Science Prof. Leonard Woodcock, the first American ambassador to the People's Republic of China following the Shanghai Communique and full normalization of relations in 1978, introduced Ambassador Han. Woodcock first met Han in China during the late 1970s, and the two became friends. Han is currently a guest of the University and the Center for Chinese Studies. He has toured the University, met with the faculty of the Center for Chinese Studies and talked with students. CLASSIFIED ADS; Call 764-0557 Vault Opening in Detroit upstages Geraldo Rivera DETROIT - At least they didn't make a televison show out of it. Jack Bates and John Caswell of the Redford Safe and Lock Co. in November cracked open a half-ton safe, circa early 1900s, that carpenters discovered at Orchestra Hall. Inside the safe was another safe. Inside that was a safety deposit box key, a 1956 penny and a roll of theatre tickets, said Jeff Montgomery, Orchestra Hall spokesperson. "We didn't have grand illusions, but at least we have a lucky penny and a key to the future," Montgomery said. Earlier, Montgomery joked that he hoped the safe contained $7.5 million to cover the remainder of Orchestra Hall's $12 million capital improvement fund drive. If you see news happen, call 76-DAILY. 1 01~ he Mihigan BaI Vol. XCVIII - No. 58 The Michigan Daily (ISSN 0745-967 X) published Monday through Friday during the fall and winter terms. 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