European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 30, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Poge 4 the stars and stripes wednesday August 30, 1978 take Drivers blood samples cops use marijuana test Chicago when Illinois traffic cops Stop reckless Drivers with Glassy eyes strange smiles and wisps of smoke in their cars officials May be Able to prove they were driving under the influence of marijuana. For an ounce of blood the Illinois department of Public health will Tell the officials the Story. The department is offering a test that can detect marijuana in the bloodstream something never before offered for police use a department official said monday. The test which detects the presence of marijuana s Active chemical Delta-9-Tetra  or the was developed at the Imph s toxicology lab in Chicago said or. John spikes chief toxicologist for the department. It will enable police and coroners to de Termine whether a person was under the influence of marijuana at the time the blood Sample was taken. Spikes said. The test is open to any Law enforce ment Agency in Illinois on a service basis he said. They Are Welcome to Send in a i blood  other labs around the country Are using similar techniques but Only on a research basis. Previous detection methods were Able to determine Only if a person had used Mari Congress Rafes higher than Carter poll says new York up the latest Harris Survey indicates americans give neither the president nor Congress High Marks for performance but for Only the second time in 15 years. Congress has the Edge. In a National Harris Abc poll of 1.200 adults 63 percent said Congress was not getting the Job done while 34 percent Dis agreed. But 69 percent gave president car Ter a Low Grade with Only 30 percent dissenting. Not since the House of representatives conducted hearings in 1974 on the proposed impeachment of president Nixon has the legislative Branch enjoyed an Edge Over the executive in the Public s perception of its effectiveness according to the Harris organization. In both instances the congressional nod was based on americans disenchantment with the president rather than Strong approval of Congress. Congress present rating however does not dramatically change on the basis of whether it agrees with or challenges presi Dent Carter s recommendations. A 63 to 30 percent majority disapproves Congress ratification of the Panama Ca Nal treaties measures strongly urged by president Carter. On another Carter initiative the pack age Sale of . Fighter planes to Israel. It and saudi Arabia Congress receives a 57 to 30 percent negative rating for its passage of legislation authorizing the Sale. At the same time Congress receives a 67 to 23 negative rating for its failure to pass an Energy Bill despite an Energy situation demanding the moral equivalent of War according to president Carter. Calif legislature oks foreign physicians Bill Sacramento Calif. A out standing physicians from outside the United states could be allowed to practice Medicine in California without a state License under a Bill recently approved by the legis lature. The Bill was prompted by the Case of two soviet jewish doctors who fled Russia 2 years ago. Sen. Alan bobbins a Van Guys said he sponsored the Bill to cover the situation of drs. Vladimir Zelman and Vladimir Golov Chinsky who want to teach at Urcla but have no California medical licenses. Because of language difficulties the two doctors involved could not pass the califor Nia test Given Only in English. Robbin said. The state Senate sent the Bill to gov. Edmund Brownjr for approval. In direct contrast to their negative Opin Ion of Congress Overall performance those surveyed rate their individual representatives 49 to 43 percent positive. The poll concluded that such a turnabout indicates congressmen up for re election this fall May emphasize their personal re cords More than Congress As a whole and focus More on local than National or for eign issues. Juana sometime in the past spikes said. But the new tech unique. Which took about a year to develop tests the blood for the time the Sample is taken. Toxicologists use organic solvents to extract the and a few other chemicals from the blood Sample. The extract is then dried added to Ethyl alcohol and run through a Gas chromatograph to separate the the from the other substances. The suspected the is then bombarded with an ionic beam in a mass spectrometer and scientists can compare the Way the bombarded chemical Breaks up under the beam with the Way the is known to disintegrate. Spikes said. If they Are alike the test is positive. It s a Good Strong test he said. Or. Paul q. Peterson department director said Legal guidelines regulating search and detection procedures similar to guidelines for alcohol detection Are needed for the new test. The . Supreme court has upheld the right of police to have blood samples with drawn from persons under proper conditions. Spikes said his lab is now working on a test that could determine not Only if but to what extent a person was under he influence of the drug at the time the blood Sample was taken. That test could become necessary if Laws Are passed establishing acceptable limits of marijuana Levels in the blood for Drivers or others such As those Laws now for alcohol Levels. Spikes said. Laura Knicl 18, of Venice. Calif., goes through her routine at the world Kris be  in the Rose bowl at fancy flying Saucer Pasadena. She won the women s championship in the event which was at tended by Over 50.000. Al photo attorney to replace Costanza Washington up president do. Ter has chosen agriculture department counsel Sarah Weddington the Texas it yer who won the landmark supreme coot decision liberalizing abortion Toffli us White House Post vacated by Midge cot Tanza officials said tuesday. Agriculture department spokesman Tom Sand confirmed Carter had tapped Weddington 33. To succeed Cost Anotle outspoken feminist and minority rights advocate who resigned earlier this month at tar her authority and influence appeared to have been Down graded. It could t have been a better choke Sand said of the Weddington select a. But it leaves a definite Hole Here at to department of  it was not immediately known when Weddington would shift to the White How or exactly what her duties would be. Costanza originally performed aim with All Public interest and minority groups and represented their views to White House councils but her mandate was trimmed Back drastically and she concentrated chiefly on women s rights Issue toward the end of her service. Weddington is a Magna cum laude Grad uate of Mcmurry College in Abilene her Home town and holds a Law degree from the University of Texas. She was a democratic member of the Texas House of representatives from 1971 to 1977, when she became general counsel at the agriculture department a High Point of her Legal career came a 1973, when she twice appeared before the supreme court to argue in a clan action suit that Texas Laws restricting abortions were unconstitutional. In one of its most controversial Todal policy rulings of modern times the court ruled 7-2, that a woman and her doctor May decide the abortion question during the first three months of pregnancy and that some state regulation May occur Only after that period. Weddington later defended the re Holg from the criticism of those including then president Gerald Ford who said it went much too far and amounted to abortion do demand. Of i a. Governor s accuser called a phony Filer Oklahoma City up former Senate candidate Anthony Points of gained National headlines by Occam gov. David Boren of being a homosexual apparently filed for office under � Al Titus name and age the daily Oklahoma reported  newspaper said that Points re name is Anthony Flores Reyes and that is 22 instead of 31 As he had stated. The newspaper quoted Points Tab Tony c. Reyes 58, who claimed fail was using a fictitious name. Bews tired Federal employee also said i was born nov.1955, in Corpus Chris. The sex Senate candidate filed under Points surname and stated his birth Datto nov. 4, 1946. Us. Attorney Larry ration said that ing for Federal office under a Flatt if name could be a violation of Federal lion Laws. Points could not be reached for Merit. The newspaper reported he Rew to respond to messages and that be i from a newsman. Points considered a minor candid for the democratic nomination so the a ale. Did Little campaigning but gained tonal attention when he accused i Neil. Boren of being a homosexual