European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 31, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse The stars and stripes july 1985 despite Energy Post nominee praised Washington a despite a record of Drunken driving and criticism for abusive behaviour As a congressional president reagans nominee for a lop Energy Post appears headed for a Quick Confirma Tion by the after a hearing monday into Charles Trabandt Public and private life Over the past 20 none of the 18 members of the Senate Energy and natural resources committee was willing to oppose his appointment to a scat on the Federal Energy regulatory youre highly competent and very Bennett Johnston of the committees rank ing told Trabandt on you on what appears to be a mean Johnston the committees James r one of Trabandt former said he Hopes the committee and the full Senate will vote in the next four Days on the at Trabandt appears to hold the credentials qualifying him for High government and last month he was nominated by Reagan for one of two vacant seats on the which regulates the electrical and natural Gas a graduate of the naval Academy at he was a nuclear submarine officer for six he served four years in the Over a he Rose from a Junior House committee aide on Energy issues to the Job of chief counsel for the Senate committee that must approve his but another Side of Chuck Trabandt was exposed during the confirmation that other Side concerned his dealings with House members and their As much As it did with his ruins with the Ive found difficulty at times in his devious and abrasive said Mark at times i was actually offended by his but Hatfield likened Trabandt to an army buddy you might not want to socialize with at the officers but who you would want by your Side in the trenches during the pluses outweigh the minuses in the Case of Chuck Hatfield ill opt for compe tence and intelligence Over cast in the role of a returning prodigal tra Bandt answered the questions of the most of whom addressed him by his first about a confidential Fri report on his Ive had embarrassing incidents connected with drinking and said John d calling the report a disservice to of president reagans if graded on a scale of one to this one would Grade pretty High on that Melcher the next person he appoints is Likely not to know anything about Energy or in a Deal with Howard conducted most of the questioning saying it was necessary in the collective judgment of the committee because of the speculation and innuendo about Trabandt Fri Trabandt acknowledged that he was arrested by Vir Ginia state police for Drunken driving in 1975 while he was a Republican aide to the House science and technology he pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of reckless driving and paid a six years after he had become the Senate committees chief Trabandt acknowledged getting into fight while drinking heavily at a staff party at a bar near the there was some shouting and some physical con he to the Best of my no blows were though there May have been several swings exchanged by both most troubling to the was tra bands arrest by National Park police in july 1981 on charges of Drunken i was quite intoxicated i recall very Little of the events while in custody of Park he the officer recalled that i was abusive and made in response to questions by Trabandt said he didst recall telling the i write your budget you cant do this to if i did act in that it is a matter of deep personal Trabandt needless to this incident is a Low Point in my personal and professional but he did acknowledge calling David a White House congressional that and Steve who was the Interior Secretary James Watts executive the next seeking a speedy release from Trabandt assured Mcclure that his problems with drinking Are in the stateside Sun Falls to dry up rain Days cheer a mayor Roy Huffman resigned himself to another year of jokes about his sunny tenure after this Pennsylvania Community found itself dry on a Day that usually is monday was rain Day in where rain had fallen on july 29 in 93 of the past 109 since not a drop has fallen on the earning Huffman the nickname an was elected mayor in you always have to take a Little bit of Good with the Huffman said just before Midnight his fourth straight Norain rain some people just say in full of Sunshine and it cant he in going to go Down in history As no rain although they carried umbrellas and prayed for residents of the town of didst let the Clear sky Dampen their they had just As much whether it rained or it didst it was just another festive Day for Huffman we but we still had a Good said resident Diane Stan a meteorologist at the National weather service station near greater Pittsburgh International air had said the Chance of rain in Waynesburg was pretty slim during the but a cold front could bring scattered showers to the area in the not even a Sprinkle much to the glee of Weatherman Willard of no tvs today Scott had wagered a hat in a bet with townspeople that it would not francis1 John carried on the traditional bet for years but be present this daily Lias won hats from such celebrities As Johnny Bing Bob Jack Dempsey and Arnold during rain several blocks of the town were closed to traffic for a Daylong Celebration that included sidewalk Flea Square Toad hopping Turtle races and its More of a festive Huffman its some thing else to look Forward to in the dog Days of respiratory illness hits times workers new York a at least six employees of the new York times contracted symptoms of legionnaires disease and another 23 reported respiratory prob lems before the outbreak company officials according to Howard the times medical 29 cases of respiratory illness have been diag nosed among workers in the Midtown Manhattan building since blood tests on 14 victims showed six had evidence of past infection with legion Ella the causative agent of legionnaires said City health commissioner David Senser in a letter to Brown on Senser and Brown said the six employees had and Only one of the 29 employees who complained of respiratory trouble is still the two doctors also agreed that the outbreak at the times is apparently legionnaires disease received its name during an out break that occurred at an american legion convention in Philadelphia in in which 29 people died and 162 others became but Senser it is a rather common occur rence treatable with Brown said the times had called in epidemiologists from the City health the National Institute for occupational safety and health and a private Indus trial Hygiene company to determine the cause of the out the cause remains Coin my Way a photo when Abe Rogers he knows he has to catch the Drivers using a huge fibreglass hand with an extended Rogers looks for a ride on Highway 101 in san Luis police chiefs better but study shows Washington a american police chiefs Are better educated today than 10 years with most hold ing College but they Are generally unsophisticated As to the political aspects of their a study the typical chief is 49 years based on 198283 surveys of 493 police chiefs heading departments with More than 75 the study was funded by the police executive research an organization of police chiefs devoted to modernizing police the study found that percent of the chiefs younger than age 41 had College compared to percent of those Over age Greenpeace unable of shop truck hauling radioactive waste a Greenpeace failed to halt the truck that absolutely had to be stopped As it hauled radioactive waste across the Columbia River Bridge to a storage authorities although the activists halted the truck with seven Bicy deflated its tires and blocked the interstate state troopers said the tires were re inflated and the truck was in route again about 90 minutes Greenpeace has begun a Campaign to Stop the disposal of radioactive wastes and plutonium production at the Hanford nuclear Al male Certoma organization to allow women As members Chicago a the Al male Certoma International organization has voted to allow women to join its Chap reacting to the threat of a spokesman the 73yearold service organization took the action during its annual club spokesman Patrick Burke said the which has members in the United Canada and was bowing to Legal thirty seven states have Public accommodation Laws that forbid Burke said after the we were going to be challenged in court in we eliminated that possibility and we were Able to avoid a lot of Legal costs by allowing new clubs in and each with women were admitted to the organization after the
