European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 7, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                1985 the stars and stripes Page 7 Florida police use profile of drug couriers Daytona a Florida Highway patrol troopers cracking Down on drug smugglers Are advised to watch for lat Model cars with tinted radar detectors and lots of radio a Highway patrol drug courier profile also says officers should be Alert for motorists who May be Wear ing lots of take a Long time to Stop and appear extremely drugged or the list of common characteristics of drug smugglers on state roads was released by the patrol this week at the order of a circuit judge Mcferrin Smith denied a request by the state to prevent defense lawyer Dan Warren of Daytona Beach from obtaining training manuals and documents used in an Ftp drug interdiction Warren had argued the program is racially biased because it targets Blacks and other minorities who Wear Gold jewelry and drive rental cars with out state he said the profile encourages state troopers to randomly Stop motorists who fit the specified the Florida Highway patrol Bobby said tuesday the profile constitutes Only a set of guide lines to help troopers recognize potential drug transport Highway patrol commanders have denied the pro Gram authorizes random stops of motorists merely be cause they fit a particular they say its just another Law enforcement tool used to help spot possible troopers Are told to be Alert if the car Doest belong to the the Motorist Doest know the name of the person on the registration and if the name on credit cards Doest correspond to the one on the Drivers i Warren raised the Issue in the Case of Charles of and his Linwood of they were charged with carrying seven pounds of marijuana in a car on interstate 95 South of port Orange on april troopers said the car was stopped because it was Burkett said similar guidelines have been used for years by Law officers to recognize Drunken Drivers and stolen although the Highway patrols drug courier program started in january the Agency has had the author Ity to seize contraband on state highways since he training guidelines say troopers need Only a Well founded suspicion that the person is involved in wrong doing to Stop a Burkett said the profile can be a valuable Aid in helping Stem the tide of illegal drugs in the House overwhelmingly oks South Africa sanctions Washington a democrats have overcome objections by the Reagan administration and won overwhelming House approval of economic sanctions against South Africa in an attempt to pres sure the White minority regime to end its racial segregation the 295127 vote coming on the heels of approval of a similar Bill by the Senate foreign relations enhanced the chances that Congress will agree on a package to limit Trade and in vestment with South the House Bill would ban new Bank Loans to the South african new commercial investments in South african new imports of Krugerrand Gold coins into the United computer sales to the South african sales of nuclear equipment and technology to South House minority Leader Robert read letters from Secretary of state George Shultz and other members of presi Dent reagans Cabinet opposing the sanctions As harming business interests and the Black South africans they Are intended to a photo Democrat Stephen William Gray and Howard Wolpe after anti apartheid measures Are approved by the the Issue of apartheid is one on which there is no doubt that All americans speak with one Shultz it is morally repugnant to our social values and is a system which must be ended As quickly As the sanctions would remove one of the levers of influence for change that the United states has been Able to use most effectively in South where Ameri can companies employ about Shults letter Michel endorsed a Republican substitute to defer action and set up a three year study to determine the Best Way to end this was Mark sponsor of the said he agreed that americans have an obligation to destroy apart Heid but that his approach was a positive rather than a punitive among the substitutes provisions would be a requirement for firms in South Africa to comply with equal employment a second Republican attempt to weaken the by delaying them for two was rejected the also rejected 345 77 a More stringent calling for withdrawal of investments already in South june declared girls traded favors for police say youth suicide prevention month six men arrested in child sex ring Oklahoma a noting that suicide is the third leading cause of death among Young presi Dent Reagan has declared this month youth suicide prevention reagans issued in Oklahoma City wednesday As he stumped for his tax overhaul Calls upon the nations governors and local officials to schedule appropriate observances and during the past 20 the suicide rate has tripled among people aged 1524 and has become the third leading cause of death among that age the presidents Procla mation it said More than Young americans took their lives last year when a Young person commits it is a personal tragedy As Well As a source of deep anguish for friends and neigh Reagan said in the but it is also a tragedy for which must Cope not Only with the loss of human potential that is the result of the death of any but also with its responsibility to identify the causes of Sui cide and develop strategies to reduce its Reagan the president said that successful preventive action requires the combined efforts of organizations and governments at All Texas a the unravelling Story of a child sex ring and the arrest of six men have stunned this Small East Texas Many of the 200 residents congregate daily at the unincorporated subdivisions Only grocery store to hear All they can about the its a dirty said Joe a retired this place has got to be cleaned six men were charged last week with aggravated sexual assault of four girls Ages 9 to including three arrest War rants have been issued for two other investigators say the girls were Given gifts for sexual activity including film for their cameras and a trip to Astroworld aim sement Park in about 90 Miles the girls have Given videotaped authorities fear five or six other Young girls May also be it was like but they didst know said Houston police vice officer Steve who was asked to assist in the i get the impression they thought that was the Way life the Way to get Nice he told the Houston chronicle in a Story published Liberty county Constable Paul Lognion said authorities Learned of the child sex ring May 8 when the four girls called and said they wanted to Tell the whole Story of what was going one of the age was found living in a camper of a pickup truck with a his wife and three Young authorities Robert a 47yearold construction worker from was charged with sexual abuse and held in the Liberty county jail on Ziriax contends the girl was Only a baby Sitter and that he was trying to get her out of a bad said Liberty county team probing outbreak of legionnaires disease England a two physicians and a microbiologist have an official inquiry into the worlds worst outbreak of legionnaires which has claimed 39 lives the inquiry team arrived at the Stafford District general Hospital in Central eng land and talked to nurses and health legion Ella bacteria have been found in a Cooling Tower at the Hospi sheriff Sonny also charged Are William Ralph Lonnie James both of Hootan holler Thomas Van of sour Armando Alvarez of Houston and Valentine of All Are jailed on Bonds ranging from to Applebe the three Sisters parents told investigators that they knew nothing about the Lognion but the father has checked into a mental Hospital for evaluation since he Learned about what had happened to his he the girls Are now in Foster authorities Many residents say they Are relieved authorities Are investigating complaints of sexual Ive got three teenage girls and i dont allow them out of the House without Ive seen Young girls getting into cars with older men and drugs being its a said Barbara a 41yearold a subdivision of the town of developed from the wooded area in East Texas about 15 years houses along the dirt roads vary from two Story Frame houses to a renovated old school bus and a shanty made of garbage