European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 14, 1980, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Pogo 28 the stars and stripes saturday june 14, 1980 dragnet payoff Hanau leaders pleased with results of conf suing drive lit Rick Wasser Slaff Urwiler Hanau. Germany is just after dusk on a payday Friday traffic fairly crawls through the Gate at Pioneer Cavern Here. Soldiers Are checking car trunks for illegal drugs. Tonight there is no drug detection dog but there has been before and there will be again. Nearby similar checks Are being con ducted at a Utica Lessen Homburg and Francois caverns. Situated adjacent to the Well known Lam boy District these three caverns arc Home to the bulk of Hanau s 15,000 . Troops. On this night few drugs Are discovered but investigators say the searches arc use Ful for their deterrent value. It s part of a continuing operation that has followed in the Wake of one of Usa eur s most no table drug suppression efforts. It began Here in october 1978 when the drug climate was described by Community officials As very permissive and  a 45-Day drug sweep called Snow White uncovered si.2 million in drugs and accounted for 103 Soldier arrests by late de Cember. When the arrests stopped and the courts martial were settled a continuing operation emerged to fight a drug problem that ranks Hanau High on the list of Trou bled military communities in Europe. From december 1978 to March 1980, american and German Law enforcement agencies seized some Sis million in illicit drugs in Hanau and arrested 286 people including 181 . Forces personnel. Then from april to june of this year police conducted an undercover operation Snow White ii during which 89 . Ser ice members and 13 Ger Man third country nationals were apprehended. Nearly $2 million in drugs were confiscated on that raid. On the judicial Side More than a Hun dred Hanau soldiers were court Martiale or separated from the army by administrative action in 1979. Hundreds More were punished under article 15 action. Community commander Brig. Gen. John Crosby said a key element in the enforcement Success in Hanau has been the close working relationship Between Senate of debate measure housing Bill facing fight Washington a House passed fair housing legislation which president Carter Calls perhaps the most important civil rights legislation in a decade is head ing to a badly divided Senate beset with timetable troubles caused by the approach ing political conventions. The fair housing Bill the Only major civil rights legislation before Congress this year is designed to strengthen enforcement of the landmark 1968 fair housing Law. The legislation approved thursday would allow the department of housing and Urban development to file complaints of housing discrimination with an administrative Law judge in the Justice department. The Law judge would have authority to set the the cases and order appropriate reme Dies including fines up to si0,000. The Justice department also would have greater latitude in prosecuting cases of alleged discrimination. The Bill allows the department to pursue cases of general inter est rather than Only those showing a pattern or practice of discrimination. Under current Law Hud can Only medi ate complaints alleging housing discrimination cases and has no Power to actually set the them. The Justice department can bring suit in housing discrimination cases Only when there is pattern or practice of discrimination. The legislation would also Grant to Handi capped people the same protections against housing discrimination granted by the 1968 fair housing Law which prohibits discrimination based on race color sex National origin or religion. Iranian mob fired on 2 reported dead by the associated press Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini s revolution plunged deeper into chaos Friday after his guardsmen opened fire on tens of thousands of leftists in one of the bloodiest clashes since the Shah was ousted 17 months ago. Moslem militants blasted the brawling crowd with tear Gas and automatic weapons when it a card the Iron Gates of the occupied . Embassy in to run where at least some of the american hostages arc still believed held. The official pars news Agency said shots fired in the air during thursday s fighting left two dead and 10 injured. Leftists claimed about 300 persons were Hurt and at least one killed during the three hour Battle Between Khomeini loyalists and italian terrorists going in for recruitment Milan. Italy a red brigades terrorists Hung a six Yard Long red band from Iron Gates of a Large italian steel fac tory on the outskirts of Milan. The band calling workers to join the armed party was removed by police be fore arrival of the first shift of workers atthe Lulck plants. Central Europe saturday i to Ken win m dlr u Curtly Cloudy in in touch tall. To on Ali no North Wail Melton m oar Manv we a motrin it oud with halal my rain Howart and Hernoon Thunder Lonni. High Lampar turn we bail it mid 70l to Tow it and Towt Hiim me Sci very hum Chang Unlue kit sunday or Urey monday than Nipa cd Infra Atung loud Lam with Kiln and motor  Sumal saturday my do. Kun pm sunday at s la am  it corded Friday. 4am 4pm members of the people s Mujahid can or warriors Iran s largest leftist opposition group. Meanwhile foreign minister Sadigh Holb Zach told an austrian to team that interviewed him in Oslo Norway that the deadlock Over the captives has taught me not to make statements about the freeing of the  he was visibly irritated Over the Media s interest in the Fate of the captives and got so furious during the interview that he said to hell with the american hos tages some Davis passengers put on different flights Adana i Alhani. I Atlanto 19 a Trull. I Brumall i copa Hagan cd u is u n44 n u 77 u � 44 � Frankfurt p London i Madrid cd Munich. I Park Roma i 4am 4pmu n u no u u ii 77 u of Lair in log. Cd Cloudy. A partly Cloudy. -7th waa mtr so Ichii Linurd from Page ii spokesman for Braniff however said Davis lost its scats because the agreement Between the Agency and the airline did t gel the necessary approval from the Ger Man government. Davis said his Agency is trying to con tact Davis customers booked on Braniff flights june 18 and june 23 to Boston and Dallas to Tell them of the change. The Agency s Frankfurt office is trying to Call some passengers who have scheduled flights. Others Are being sent letters telling them to Contact the Agency he said. Passengers on june 4 and on june ii Braniff night also had to be moved to other airlines Davis said. About 800 per sons Are involved for All the nights a Davis spokesperson said. A spokesperson in Frankfurt said the Agency attempted to notify All passengers on the two earlier june flights. Some Pas sengers weren t notified before they got to the Airport because Davis did t have a phone number for them the spokesperson said. All the passengers were transported across the Atlantic she added. Passengers scheduled on wednesday flights june 18 and june 25 to Boston and Dallas should Contact the Agency Davis said. In explaining the problem Davis said the agreement was for so Many hundreds of scats per month. It s not like saying Well take 22 scats today. We just look for the space and put the passengers on it. When Braniff changed their schedule on the first of june two flights a week were cancelled. That put us in a position of mov in some  the Braniff spokesman said their flights had been booked for months and when the Davis agreement did t get the necessary government approval Braniff got the scats Back from the Davis Agency. Davis Agency numbers for offices in Germany which can provide information on the flights Are Frankfurt 0611-230281,  0631-54092 and Stuttgart 0711-871093. Inspector general named for education department Washington a president Carter announced he will nominate James Bert Thomas jr., of Mclean va., to a new position As inspector general of the Educa Tion department. Thomas 45, has been director of the Bureau of accounts at the interstate com Merce commission since 1977. Us. And German Law enforcement i vials. A Cid spokesman added thei situation is not just a Law enforcement i cent. A total Community Effort it i to whip the drug  Hanau officials said they con Dacci 3 More health and welfare inspections to flu a Barracks and at Cavern entrances been up the drug suppression team and increased emphasis on drug and training sessions As part of die com War on drugs. Additionally alternatives to drags i emphasized. The Community Dorti More than 100 area organizations would accept american members vials said outdoor recreation eau and programs were expanded Ana i Tion centers were upgraded. But one Effort which remains Unsung is individual persuasion what drug specialist called positive peer j sure. One drug and alcohol education in is. Spec. 4 Victor Coleman of thu 559th engr in describes his style As i piously aggressive and says it works. O Man an avowed born again Christian he was involved with drugs before into the army. -4js i used to sell drugs i know what Tim can do. But now i m saved and running big   Coleman does t particularly like die term peer pressure. He prefers Enron Ira  he visits newly arrived peonies in the unit during duty hours and and after work. I consider being the Daes a 24-.1 hour Job he said. I try to get people 40 go off Post and see All the. Things to Europe try to keep them from falling to with the wrong  sgt. . Frank Stewart a platoon ser Grant in cob 122nd Maint co reports that positive peer pressure in his unit u Subtle but effective. A lot of people in my platoon Don t want anything to do with drugs so indirectly they influence Poten tial drug users Stewart said. The sergeant said he maintains frequent Contact with his troops and holds regular counselling sessions. One of the most important things we do is show the men that we  another platoon sergeant in the 122nd, sgt . Robert wait said we try to show a new Man coming into the unit that we want and need him. And we do. That s my Backbone the Young troop. If i can get him off on the right foot As soon As he gets in country i be got so percent of the drug problem licked. Wait holds monthly platoon rap sessions and encourages his squad leaders to have weekly or biweekly Pep talks. He said he also tries to visit his soldiers living off Post at least once a month. Alex Figueroa who is one of two specialist 4s in a leadership position in his Hanau unit believes the Barracks itself u the cause drugs Are Only a result. If you stay in the Barracks it will really mess you up.1 Figueroa of cod 45th Mcd in cited two cases where he used positive peer pres sure to steer newly arrived soldiers away from drugs. In both examples the soldiers came up with positive urinalysis tests. Fig Uchoa invited them to go with him and his Girlfriend to get out and see Germany. Now they re both off drugs and go out by themselves. They re away from the negative influences of the Barracks where you have a lot of alcohol and drugs Figueroa said. Crosby pointed out that Gate searches at Cavern entrances have been an effective tool in keeping drugs off of the installation. We want people to know that ran Dom inspections can take place anytime Day or night the general said. The drug problem in Hanau is far from Over Crosby said but he cited the cleaned up areas near Lamboy and John f. Kennedy streets As evidence of Progress. This is not 1975 Hanau anymore Crosby said