European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 10, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday. January 10, 1986 the stars and stripes Page 5 Faa says pilots must take blood alcohol tests Washington a the Federal aviation and  announced n new Rule wednesday Ilia will require pilots Anil Crews 10 submit o blood alcohol tests and another regulation that will Force airlines to carry kits for major medical emergencies such As heart attacks. The ult idol Tesi Rule will require pilots and Crews 10 submit to checks when asked la do so by local or Italy police officers. If they refuse. The Faa could revoke or suspend their certificates and ratings and the offender could face civil penalties. The alcohol test Rule which lakes effect april �. Applies 10 Alt airline cargo and private flyers. Faa officials say that in is in general aviation mainly private planes and company air Craft where the drinking problem is worst in 1971, alcohol use wus a Factor in 12.6 percent of All fatal general aviation accidents according to the Faa. In 1584,  figure Hail dropped to 4.8 percent. Although Sinnif Scartt Progress a been made in recent years in reducing tie number of ale Hiil raied general aviation accidents we believe additional gains Are possible through continued education and More stringent enforce ment  Secretary of transportation i Abele ii. Dole said in a written statement. Faa regu Utkus forbid people to Fly planes if they have consumed any alcohol within the previous a Iyll hours. In addition pilots and Crew members Are considered legally drunk if they have n blood alcohol consent above 0.04 percent. In Many Stales automobile Drivers Are considered legally drunk if their blood alcohol Content is above  per cent. Spokesman ilm unil Pinio of the aircraft owners and pilots association which represents general aviation pilots said lie believed the group s members would favor the new Rule. We Jim Aren t expecting pilots to be upset about  Pinto Siisi. We Dnn i  in Fly with  the Uther f a Rule which takes effect up 1. Would require the Nalion s airlines to carry medical kits Wilh equipment and prescription drugs to croat  , insulin shuck ii ulc allergic reactions and Oiher a mermen pics. This would he in addition to the first Aid kits airlines now carry. The aviation consumer action project founded by Ralph Nader asked the i a in Iuchi to requite lilt medi Cal kits on airliners. The Faa refused. Mating thai it did not have the authority id do so. And the project brought a Legal suit in 19k2. The . Court of appeals ruled for the project in i9s3. Army pleased with result of special Reserve Muster b Norman Black Washington a last week end 145 years since Ilic last such exercise More than duo normally inactive army reservists turned Oul for it special Muster in Cincinnati and new Haven Conn. This weekend another 1,500 Ore expected in Oakland calif., Springfield muss. Ill Indianapolis. By the last week end of the month if All goes according to plan More than 5.uuo reservists in 13 cities will have answered a voluntary Call to show up for one Day of Active duty. The musters this month Are expected to help the army and the other services gauge the Sie of the problem they have with the  ready Reserve before the stari of mandatory Call  next fall while army officials Are making no claims far the future based on last week end s Muster they express satisfaction with the results. In new Haven the army had projected 420 reservists would appear but 353 actually showed up. In Cincinnati however 481 showed up compared with a projected Defio including 65 who never received notices but heard about the Muster through the news Media. The individual ready Reserve consists of men and women who have been trained and served in the military but who upon leaving Active duty did not move into a regular Reserve or National guard unit. About 457, 100 men and women Are in the Irr compared with 2.1 million on Active duty und  million in Llie selected re serve which consists of the regular re serve and National guard units. In the event of a War he selected re serve units would move Oul with their Active duty counterparts leaving the individual ready Reserve us the country s Only source of trained manpower to re place combat casual pics. The men and women responding to the army s musters this month arc being screened  to their general physical condition and Les cd to determine if they be retained the skills they Learned in the Mili tary the information gleaned will be used in preparing for next fall s round of notices when the orders won t be voluntary. Under a recent directive signed by Deputy de sense Secretary William ii. Tuft in. All Irr members will be required to serve a minimum of one Day on Active duly every year starting in fiscal 19x7. According to James Webb assistant de sense Secretary for Reserve affairs the irk has been allowed to languish at u time when the Active duty forces Are no longer growing in Sie. More than 10 per cent of the Irr members can no longer be contacted by mail. Thousands More were assigned to the Irr because of hardship or disciplinary problems. Indeed to attract the 5.000 or so reservists to musters this month the army had to Send out 25.000 notices in novem Ber. Lust year in a bid to gauge the serious Ness of the problem. Congress ordered the army to Ilage the voluntary musters. Be fore they could begin however Taft and Webb decided voluntary experiments would t be enough and in was Lime to go Loa mandatory system. Despite the official pessimism Peter h. Shugert a spokesman for the army re serve said his service was pleased with last weekend s musters because my. Or almost 20 percent of the reservists who appeared expressed a serious interest in drilling regularly with a selected Reserve unit. While the army is still grading the skill tests the officials monitoring this came Awny encouraged Shugert said. They were impressed Wilh the reservists their appearance and their attitude. And when you look at the fact that this was a voluntary test things went very  Sands of time in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. Jan 10 1946 demonstrations against inc slowing Down of redeployment w the United states reached a that Ernide basis when More than 4.000 soldiers and was Bredat us Mill Aryh quart win Frankfurt meanwhile More than 3,500enlisted men and officers on Guam hav stated a hunger strike to protest the slowdown. 30 years ago today. Jan 10 1956 in Monte Carlo Paul Noghes. Chief of Prince Ralius private Cabinet said Tot the Vic dding of the Prince to or acc Kelly will take place in Monaco a apr.1. 20 years ago foe a. Ian 10 1966 new York City s multimillion Dollar transit strike entered its second week with 6,500 subway cars and 4,000 buses still Idle. 10 years ago today. Ian in 1976 Cincinnati s Pete Rose the Mort valuable player in the 1975 Prid Serit was named Winner of the Hickok professional athlete of the year award new York a kiss fit for a Bishop Paul Sloe key of the music group Pelcer nil system wednesday led a peaceful Paul and Mary kisses Bishop Desmond rally near the South african embassy turn at in anti apartheid rally in Wash and accepted a petition or support Ringlon , tulu calling apartheid an signed by 1 million americans. Authorities ran chop shops to end rash of vehicle thefts Franklin Tenn. A a 13 month undercover sting operation in which stale and Federal agents opened chop shops and bought 346 stolen motor vehicles ended with arrests in four Stales according to the Fri. Suspects in Tennessee. Arkansas missis Sippi and Kentucky were arrested wednes Day in a sweep by Law enforcement officials who ran the investigation from automobile repair centers in this Nashville suburb and in Memphis said Fri special agent Verne Gauby. In both instance they were operating As automobile repair businesses Ana were in the business of buying stolen vehicles Gauby said adding that the shops were staffed by Fri agents and representatives of the motor vehicles division of the Suic department of safety. He said the investigation began in an Effort to Stem Auto theft in the Region. Commercial Aulo theft in the Southeast Ern United slates has been big business for Many years he said. He said the investigation was aimed essentially at the stolen automobile business in Tennessee and it ended up lobbing Over into some surrounding Stales to some Cal Cal this was organised like when somebody was wars of where to gel rid of a stolen ear and would Tell their  said maj. Waller Tucker of the Mississippi patrol s investigative division. Chap shops refer to businesses that buy stolen vehicles and break them Down into unidentifiable parts for resale