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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Thursday, June 27, 1985

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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 27, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes june the an experimental wind powered with its distinctive making a splash in Virginia a photo draws a curious crowd at the waterfront in Ocean explorer Jacques Cousteau arrived in nor Folk aboard his new ship closer scrutiny of airline baggage May cause some delay for travellers Washington a airline trav going out of Frankfurt on time despite the risk of terrorism is especially those flying might increased Security e i find that catching an air plane will take the Faa has told airlines to representatives of Pilot and airline longer s the government orders closer scr i p vhf to v u groups told con8ress on tuesday they of tiny of Carryon and checked baggage to prohibit the acceptance of baggage at pose the use of sky marshals because of thwart possible Mckei counter from other than a potential dangers involved in anyone carry to a i a a i j ticketed passenger and eliminate curbside Ine a weapon aboard an aircraft the Federal aviation administration i g reeled airlines tuesday to tighten the inspection of Carryon checked freight and mail on certain flights travelling in regions of the world where hijacking or other terrorism is a Cray match checked in bags with Passen f most Maior 11s airline front actually boarding the aircraft to deter issus Ssiss want Swaw managers from Twa and Delta in Frankfurt said with the increased be it would be advisable to budget even More time for the checking so the two airlines have not lost any passengers to the Security but some have been said Terry manager for Delta ing a weapon is moving ahead on several pieces of legislation aimed at forc ing foreign governments to improve Security at airports that officials consider below minimum order airlines to Boycott any Airport that does not meet standards after having been Wilven to meet the the Senate aviation subcommittee was require that freight or mail be held for 24 hours at a terminal unless it can be scanned by xray or physically be was the transportation department said the scheduled to hear testimony on a variety of Faa will determine which flights will be antiterrorism measures include selected for the More intense baggage m8 proposals by the Reagan administration officials declined to say where that it be Given authority to suspend at a the procedures will be saying moments notice air service Between the that would Lessen their United states and an Airport considered not marshals on j i Audla i uni in Secretary including a proposal to put armed Elizabeth Dole has suggested increased be sky marshals aboard some flights where the purity training for airline Sabbath can be work justices Rule Washington up the supreme court wednesday declared unconstitutional a state Law protecting people from being forced to work on their the voting struck Down a Connecticut Sabbath Observance saying its unyielding weighing in favor of Sabbath observers Over All other interests results in an unconstitutional mingling of Church and the ruling was a defeat for the Reagan Connecticut and several state and City organizations that argued no employee should have to choose Between practising his Faith and working at a particular writing for the chief Justice Warren Burger the Connecticut statute imposes on employers and employees an absolute duty to conform their Busi Ness practices to the particular religious practices of the the state thus commands that Sabbath religious concerns automatically control All secular interests at the work Burger As the statute goes beyond having an incidental or Remote effect of advancing Justice William Rehnquist demotion challenged the Case was brought by the estate of a Man demoted for refusing to work on Sun Donald Thornton had challenged his demotion because Connecticut Law requires employers to give workers one Day a week off to practice their the Law since has been amended to allow All workers at least one Day of at Calder successfully challenged his winning reimbursement for lost pay and fringe but the state supreme court said the Sabbath Law had religious overtones and advanced religion because it allowed religious people to designate their Day off while denying that same right to those who do not observe a Day of a worked from 1975 until March As a depart ment manager for Caldor a Large new England department store when Thornton took the Caldor and other Connecticut stores were subject to Sun Day closing Laws and were required to keep their doors shut the first Day of the after the Law was Caldor scheduled Thornton and other supervisors to work one sunday a in he refused to work on sunday because it was his Day of Caldor offered him a Transfer to a Massachusetts store that was closed on sunday or a demotion to a no supervisory Job with nearly a 50percent pay Thornton died in february but his Case was appealed by his which urged the nations highest court to overturn the state High supporting his the Justice depart ment said the ruling conflicted with provi Sions in the 1964 civil rights act prohibit ing employers from punishing workers on the basis of their religious observances or prac plane that nearly hit jetliner May never be identified Chicago a a Pilot who put his jetliner into a dive sunday to avoid a Colli Sion radioed air controllers moments when my heart starts beating you might Check and see whats of crating in our according to tapes re leased the Federal aviation administration played the flight control tape of the Ameri can airlines pilots conversation for report investigators Are still trying to identify the smaller plane that came within so feet of american airlines flight 803 Over Mich Igan with 70 people Faa officials said the twin engine Pri vate plane might never be identified be cause it was flying on visual flight which do not require the filing of flight american 803 near miss at this said the pilots voice on the tape played for Faa investigator Fred Rathke said the transmission came As the Boeing 727 reached feet on its de scent from in not showing any if instrument flight rules traffic in your the Tower replied on the and show no traffic at when my heart starts beating you might Check and see whats operating in our the Pilot the Tower later responded that a Small plane operating on visual flight rules had been spotted six Miles behind the american the Tower that the radar image of the smaller plane was weak and was Only showing up every five or six the signal on the radar was too and its possible they never will find the other Marjorie Kriz of the Faas Chicago office Charlene general manager of american airlines at the Kent county International the final destination of flight 803 from said the planes passed so closely that the jetliners pilots could see the faces of the people in its three flight attendants and a passenger aboard the jetliner received minor injuries in the incident 30 Miles South Southwest of grand  
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