European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 20, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page the stars and stripes Friday june 20,1986 Leoc s sex harassment Standard upheld Washington a on the Job sexual harassment is illegal even if it docs not affect its victim economically Ifie supreme court ruled thursday. But the court stopped Short of deciding just when employ ers should be held legally liable when unknown to them their supervisors sexually harass workers. The justices upheld the Standard adopted previously by the Federal equal employ Cal Opportunity commission by unanimously concluding in a Case involving a District per olumpia Bank that a Federal Law Banning sex discrimination in i Mph Dyment applies 10 St Juial harassment that creates a hostile  in another decision the court ruled that state Andl Oeal governments May not withdraw i hair employees from the nation s social Security system the justices in a 9-0 ruling upheld a 1983 Federal Law designed to protect social Security s economic integrity by barring state and local governments from pulling out. That decision was a Victory for the Reagan administration which said More than s3 Hilli Ort could have been drained from social Security by 1990 if slate an local governments were allowed 10 withdraw. Writing for the court in inc sex harassment Case. Justice William h. Rich Nuisl said that nothing in the Federal Law known As Tilic Vii of the civil rights act of 1964, suggests that a hostile environment based on discriminatory sexual harassment should not be.  the decision clears the Way for new proceedings in lawsuit filed against men Lor savings Bank by Michelle Vinson a former assistant Bank manager. Vinson s suit contends that she was sexually harassed by her supervisor Sidney l. Taylor. Vinson was hired As u Eller traint a at the Bank in 1974. She said she consented to have sex with Taylor supreme court round in May 1975 for fear of losing her  the affair according to court documents continued for 2 i years but Vinson never told Taylor s superiors about it. Taylor denied Vinson s charges and said they were made in retaliation for a business related dispute be tween the two. A Federal trial judge threw out the suit after finding that Vinson was nol contending that the alleged harassment Hurt her economically. The . Circuit court of appeals Here reinstated the suit ruling that the judge was Reading the anti Bias Law too narrowly. Twin Brothers Mark Newman left and Jerry Levey share a laugh Al reunion in tin Lon palls n a Long separated Brothers get identical Shock at no. Reunion Paramus no. A two Volunteer fire men unaware they were twins separated at birth were reunited after a Friend of one spotted their resemblance during a firefighters convention. Jim Tudesco 32, a marketing representative for Public service electric & Gas co. Who works Here As a fire Captain with Mark Newman is credited with bringing the twins together after seeing new Man s brother Jerry Levey at the september convention in Wildwood. As Tedisco strolled with his wife. Rence she painted out a Man who looked like Newman. But Tedesso dismissed it because the Man Levey was standing Loo far away. The next Day the Tedesco were having a drink with a Friend when Levey walked into the bar. That s when i really got a close up look and i said that really looks like him " Tedisco recalled thursday. Tedisco said he knew Levey could not be new Man because Newman was in Paramus at the Lime. I Kepi looking at him and i listened id him talking and the voice was identical he said adding that he then introduced himself to Levey by saying "1 know u fellow that looks like  Levey s birth Dale seemed close to that of new Man and both had been adopted Tedesso said he gut Levey s phone number and headed Home to fit together the pieces of the Puzzle. Without telling Newman Tedesso confirmed that the bin dates of the men april 15, 1954, were identical and thai both had Betti Bora i Manhattan Hospital in the Bronx . Levey apparently never knew he had a brother although Newman knew of a brother bul not a twin Tedesso said. A Short Lime later Tedesso lured Newman to tin Lon Falls where Levey lives supposedly to look at a fire truck. At first nothing happened. None no reaction which was very Disney Arterine Tedesso said. Newman became impatient. What the Heck did you bring me Down Here for Tedisco recalled Newman saying. There s nothing special about this fire  after a few minutes Tedesso told Newman look at Jerry does l he look like someone you know bul it was t until Levey took off a Cap he was wearing and Newman saw that he and Levey had identical Bald spots on their Heads that he was con Vinced Levey was his brother that was the key. Mark said of my god Tedisco recalled. The twins went into the men s room stood Side by Side and gazed at their reflections in the Mirror Tedisco said. Newman called his adoptive Mother who con firmed it. There was a weird feeling that i could t explain. A i knew is that after i saw him i needed a Beer and he did too said Levey. Since last Fol the twins have visited regularly. Both Are single. Newman could not be reached for comment he has no Home listing and his brother said he was Ona business trip. The supreme court thursday agreed Wilh. The appeals court. For sexual harassment to be actionable it must be sufficiently severe or pervasive to alter the conditions of the victim s employment and create an abusive working environment,1 Rehnquist said. " Vinson s allegations in this Case which include not Only pervasive harassment but also criminal con duct of the most serious nature arc plainly sufficient to state a claim for hostile environment sexual harassment he said. But Rehnquist said the appeals court went too far when it ruled in Vinson s Case that employers always arc legally liable that hey May he sued Lor damages even if they did not know or could not have known about a supervisor s sexual harassment Congress surely intended to place some limits on the acts of pm ploy is for which employers under title vt1 arc " to he held responsible Rehnquist said but declined to Issue a definitive Rule on employer  four justices said in a concurring opinion thai they would go further in holding employers legally responsible for sexual harassment by supervisors. They Are justices Thurgood Marshall William j. Brennan Harry a. Blackmun and John Paul Stevens. Public warned against using excedrin capsules Washington a Consumers nationwide were warned wednesday night to Slop using extra strength exec Drin capsules after the food and drug administration found cyanide in a bottle of capsule that had reportedly been taken by a Seattle area Man who died earlier this month. Fua commissioner Frank e. Young said Consumers should immediately Slop using the product until further notice. Later Bristol Meyers co the capsules maker said it was withdrawing All extra strength excedrin capsules from Sale immediately. Army and air Force commissaries in Europe have been directed to remove extra length excedrin Cap Sules from store shelves and place them on medical hold until further notice said maj. Steven l. Auer Bach defense subsistence Region Europe Public affairs officer. The army and air Force exchanges re inc does nol Stock the capsules involved in the recall scientists at the Fra s Seattle Laboratory late wednesday identified cyanide in a capsule in a second bottle of the product Fra spokesman William Grigg said. The bottle was of the same lot number a that used by Katherine sue Snow 40, a Seattle area Bank manager who died june 11 of cyanide poisoning he  second bottle was examined because capsules from it were reportedly taken by a Seattle area Man in i Early 50s who was pronounced dead june s of natural causes Grigg said. His widow recently told police he had been using the same lot number of excedrin capsules As Snow an police asked for an analysis Grigg said. Bristol Myers had asked retailers to remove extra strength exec data esp utes from store shelves until further notice but Gingg said after the additional cyanide was found the company decided to order that All stocks of the product be sent Back or destroyed. Young said the finding of cyanide in a second bottle of capsules of extra strength excedrin warrants re moving in from Home Medicine cabinets until further notice to avoid their accidental consumption. We fully support commissioner Young and the Fra in this action and Are cooperating with the Fra the Fri and local authorities in their investigations Bristol Myers said in a statement issued in new York. Earlier officials had said Snow s death was apparently an isolated  believe the woman purchased the Cap i sulcs in the Seattle area a few Days before she died. I of the 56 capsules left inside the 60-capsule bottle in her Home three contained significant amounts of cyanide Fra officials said. The lot number of inc bottles in which it tainted capsules were found was s-h102, expiration Date a gust 1988, Grigg  least nine deaths have been linked to drug Tam Pering in the past four years including seven people in the Chicago area who died in 1982 after taking extra strength tylenol contaminated with cyanide. Bristol Myers asked All Consumers who have excedrin capsules to return those capsules in Exchange for exceed in tablets or a Cash  capsules should be sent to excedrin capsules . Box 1000, Baltimore. Md., 21268, it said