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ge 8 THE BATTALION WEDNESDAY, APRIL 9, 1980 Couple wants Bible studies out of school United Press International LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — In the dst of the Ozark mountains, where spect for the Bible is as strong as strust for outsiders, David and 'dia Burns are fighting an admit- dly unpopular battle to take Bible 5Sons out of the schools. They have made little progress th the school officials in the tiny svn of Mountain View where they ive lived for the past six years and here their son is a second-grader, lie school principal ignored them, the school superintendent hung up on them and a “good American group” of 400 people cheered as school board members reaffirmed the Bible lessons. But with the help of the American Civil Liberties Union they hope to do better in a federal courtroom to day in Little Rock. The Burnses — he grew up a Bap tist and she was raised a Catholic — say they do not object to the Bible lessons because they want their son to learn some other religion. “I just feel the place for religion is Anderson undecided m switch United Press International | Amid indications the speculation jbout an independent race may be mrting his Republican presidential campaign, Rep. John Anderson says t will be several weeks before he decides whether to bolt the GOP. “I believe it’s such an important decision that I have to consult a oroader spectrum of opinion than I jiave had time to reach,” Anderson told a news conference Monday in Los Angeles, while campaigning on flonald Reagan’s home turf. 4 Anderson said last week he would Aise the long weekend to “sit under a eucalyptus tree” and consider the ^options. His remarks Monday were |in the nature of an explanation for .why his decision was not forth coming. All of the candidates were asked |for reaction to President Carter’s ^announcement that he was breaking ^diplomatic relations with Iran and ^imposing stern sanctions on U.S. ex- sports — including even some food ^and medicines. ® Reagan called it “more of the same ^and it’s been wrong from the first,” gbut Sen. Edward Kennedy, Ander- ^son and former U.N. Ambassador ? George Bush supported it with some 5 reservations. Bush, however, accused Carter of j playing politics with the issue. $ Bush was in Washington to speak fj to the American Society of Newspap- er Editors, and was persuaded to do ^ something he has sworn not to do — $ discuss his political fortunes. ^ He said he will do nothing to tear .down Reagan, but he ruled out accepting the vice presidential spot $ on a Reagan ticket. Reagan calls for coalition United Press International WASHINGTON — Tuesday, in a speech prepared for the American Society of Newspaper Editors, Ronald Reagan outlined his plan for success in the November election — “a coalition of shared values” by Re publican, independent and Demo cratic middle Americans. The GOP presidential frontrunner blasted President Carter’s anti inflation plan as a “recipe for reces sion” and scoffed at Carter’s conten tion that productivity is lessening be cause Americans are losing confi dence. “Americans aren’t losing their confidence. They’re losing their shirts,” Reagan said. He said his coalition will draw in dependents and Democrats to the Republican Party. “This is a new coalition of shared values and I believe its time has come,” Reagan said. “For too long your values — the values of the family, neighborhood, work, peace through strength and freedom through vigilance — have been mocked and ignored and ex ploited.” Reagan proposed a 30 percent in come tax cut over three years, an adjustment of corporate tax rates for inflation, “indexing” income tax rates for inflation, abolishment of federal gift and estate taxes and res toration of a sound dollar at home and abroad. White denies defense fee for officials United Press International AUSTIN — Potter County cannot legally pay the attorney fees for the defense of the sheriff and county attorney in suits filed to oust them from office, Attorney General Mark White said Tuesday. The district attorney filed the suits to remove the sheriff and county attorney, and both the officeholders hired private attorneys to defend against the suit. White said state laws were not in tended to require counties to pay for private attorneys hired to defend public officials against suits to re move them from office. in the church of my choosing or in our home,” Mrs. Bums said. At the hearing Wednesday the Burnses will ask federal judge Elsi- jane Trimble Roy for a temporary restraining order blocking the Bible lessons until a decision is reached on their request to stop the practice permanently. “I feel very secure going to court on this issue, ” said Sandra Kurjiaka, director of the American Civil Liber ties Union in Little Rock, which is handling the suit. “There’s no way the Supreme Court is going to say it’s okay to have this practice going on. The rulings have always been very strong for separation of church and state, parti cularly any time it deals with school children, who are a captive audi ence.” School Superintendent Bill Rosa is equally adamant about continuing the practice. Rosa points to the school handbook that says students should “develop an appreciation for spiritual values. “I really don’t know how you’re going to influence youngsters in a spiritual way without some form of biblical reference,” he said. He also claims the overwhelming support of the 1,800 people of Moun tain View, the county seat of Stone County. Mrs. Bums said her son’s teacher reads from a book of Bible stories written for children during the class’s quiet time each day. Two women from the community also visit each elementary school class once a month to tell Bible stories and lead religious songs. The Burnses started their cam paign against the Bible lessons last fall by writing a letter to the school principal. Next, they talked to Rosa. “He hung up on me,” Mrs. Bums said. “He said they’d done it for 20 years and they weren’t going to change it. He told me if I had a lot of money to waste, to take it to court. “I was pretty upset, and I looked up the number of the ACLU,” she said. “They were interested in the case.” The ACLU first entered the case by writing letters, too. “We trust,” said a letter to the school board, “that you will not con tinue to condone illegal activities within the classrooms of the dis trict.” Rosa responded with a letter to the board, in which he said it was his “personal feeling” the board should "fight this and take a definite stand against the intrusion on a school board responsibility.” In January, the board voted to affirm the practice at a meeting attended by 400 vocal citizens, most of whom supported the board’s ac tion. ter' I rou Coi the; mis Airj A ish SCOTCH BUY PRICE FREEZE SAFEWAY OPEN 24 HOURS Safeway “EXTENDS” Price Freeze On All Scotch Buy Products For 30 More Days! 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