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United Press International
WASHINGTON — The Sup-
eme Court Monday agreed to
ronsider what a father has to
arove to gain custody of his out-
wedlock child.
The justices will hear an
appeal man from a state court
ruling that a Nebraska man’s
custody of his baby daughter
vvas not in the child’s “best in-
:erest.’’
At issue is what a father must
ihow legally to avoid having a
unwed father case
child taken away by the state and
put up for adoption.
The case was brought to
court by the American Civil
Liberties Union on behalf of
Donald Kirkpatrick, whose re
lationship with a Texas woman
resulted in the birth of baby in
January 1981.
Kirkpatrick, offered to marry
the mother but she refused.
The mother opposed Kirk
patrick taking custody. Under
Texas law, a biological father of
a child born out of wedlock is not
a “legal” parent until a court en
ters a legitimization order. A
father m,ust prove that the legiti
mization would be in the child’s
“best interest.”
Kirkpatrick’s lawyers said the
court ruling was contrary to
state law which requires ending
a parent-child relationship only
when the father is found unfit.
Mothers of illegitimate chil
dren are not required to meet
the “best interest” test.
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PALO ALTO, Calif. — Two
young computer entrepreneurs
are marketing what they say is
the first software package enabl
ing the user to pick apart some
of life’s tougher problems, sort
through the choices and make
the best move.
“Rank Master,” which retails
for $ 195, was designed and mar
keted by Gary Retelny, 24, who
now lives in Nicaragua, and
Chuck Esserman, 23, of Bethes-
da, Md.
It takes into consideration in
tangibles like the quality of life
and the weather, along with
quantitative data like cost of liv
ing and proximity to business
centers, in deciding such things
as where to go to college or
where to start a new business.
“It lets you make qualitative
decisions — decisions based on
your gut feeling — and there’s
no other program on the market
that lets you do that,” says Re
telny.
“Suppose you have a home
computer and you’re trying to
decide where your children
Now you know
United Press International
Smoking a couple ofhigh-
nicotine cigarettes can depress
male sexual response.
In a study done by Florida
State University psychologist
Richard Hagen, male subjects
were tested after they had
smoked either two low or two
high-nicotine cigarettes, or, in a
control group after they had
eaten candy bars, Science Digest
reports.
The men were then shown
erotic movies. Sexual response,
as measured by penile diameter
or heart rate, decreased in those
who had smoked the high-
nicotine cigarettes. Hagen does
not presently know the basis of
this phenomenon but he is con
tinuing his studies. He is particu
larly interested in finding out
whether long-term smoking has
a similar effect.
should go to college,” he said.
“You consider where the school
is located, how the weather is,
what it costs, what kind of music
program it has. The program
compares schools based on the
criteria you have fed into it, and
it comes up with the decision you
would make.”
“Rank Master” is said to be
applicable to complex questions
that require consideration of
many factors and have many
possible solutions. It assembles
the user’s considerations in
order of priority.
“Most people who get to four
or five factors lose track of what
they’re doing and become very
inconsistent,” Retelny said.
“When you have 10 important
factors and 10 choices, there’s
nobody in this world who can
figure all that out.”
The software comes with a 30-
page step-by-step instruction
manual. The computer asks the
user to rank criteria in import
ance and the degree to which
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