European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 2, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday october 2, 1986 the stars and stripes Page 7 8 states face loss of Highway funds Washington up the government win cutoff millions of dollars in Federal Highway funds during the new fiscal year or slate that have not raised their minimum drinking age to 21. A transportation department spokesman said tuesday thai eight stain do not meet the age 21 Law that was enacted by Congress in 1981. The minimum drinking age Law was enacted to reduce the number or alcohol related Highway deaths involving Young people the spokesman said. Under the Law states would lose 5 percent or their Federal Highway Money during fiscal 1987 that began wednesday and another 10 percent if they still Don Tobey the Law by pet 1, 1987. The funds would be restored upon raising the drinking age. Colorado is expected to lose $9 million Idaho $4.5 million Louisiana si5.6 million Montana s5.5 Mil lion Ohio s16 million. South Dakota $4 million ten Nessee j8.6 million and Wyoming j4.4 million. Tennessee does have a 21 drinking age but it Exempla military personnel. It appears that the District of Columbia which raised the drinking age to 21 last week will be in compliance with the Federal Law even though it left in provision that permits those who Are 18 before oct. 1 to continue a ruling Beer and wine. The minimum drinking age Issue is on the novem Ber general election ballot in Montana. South Dakota s legislature refused to boost it drinking age during a 35-Day session earlier this year. The lawmakers Are not scheduled to meet again until january. Because of the congressional appropriation process it is not Likely that any of the eight states would actually lose any Federal Highway funds in the immediate future. Last year about 44,000 people were killed in Auto accidents. About half of those accidents were alcohol Rel Ltd. The Law was enacted to prevent Young people from crossing blood lines adjoining states or the District of Columbia when drinking under the age of 21 is permitted. Transportation Secretary Elizabeth Dole called Drunken driving a leading health and safety risk and expressed Hope the new Law Wilt reduce fatalities. Trial for Donovan 8 others Orlov to share accused of fraud opens in . New York not the prosecution tuesday gave its opening arguments in the fraud trial of former labor Secretary Raymond j. Donovan and eight other men. Prosecutor Stephen r. Bookin told the jury that the defendants had conceived a carefully thought outplay and conspiracy to steal Money a lot of  Donovan who resigned As labor Secretary last year and the co defendants were indicted on stale charges of participating in a scheme to defraud the new York City Tran. 4 sit authority of $7.4 million on i construction of a subway Tunnel in Manhattan. A key element in the charges Bookin told the jury was the fanning of a company in new York that misrepresented itself a being a minority controlled construction subcontractor. The 137-Counl indictment involves executives of two com-1 paics the Joel trucking and Donovan contracting co. Of the Bronx which Bookin described As a Sham minority business Enterprise and the Schiavone construction co. Of Secaucus . Dono Van was executive vice president and no. 2 official inthe Schiavone company before being appointed labor Secretary in 1981.Bookin stressed donovan1 role in the fraud. He said Donovan personally signed checks totalling si.7 million in payments to Joel in 1979 and 1980. The payments Bookin contended were for a bogus equip ment rental  opening argument for the defense was made by Theodore v. Wells who is representing Joseph a. Dicarolis president and chief operating officer of the Schravone company. Wells said Dicarolis had save the transit authority at least 16 million on the subway project he explained that the project s Cost of 1186million was $6 million less than the transit authority s lowest  contended that the conspiracy took place from 1979 to 1984, the evidence he said include court authorized wiretaps and bugs that secretly re corded conversations of same of the defendants in consistent statements Given by defendants to investigative agencies and business documents filed with the transit authority. A Central figure in the conspiracy Bookin said was William p. Mass cult a partner in Joel with another defendant stale sen. Joseph l. Caliper d-. Before the jury Bookin made no reference to Mas Selli s criminal record. Masselli has served two prison terms for robbery and hijacking. Masselli according to Bookin look Over a trucking company in 1978 and began getting subcontracts fro the Schiavone company. Bookin said the Federal Bureau of investigation secretly recorded Masselli s conversations with business associates in 1979, although he did not Tell the jury that Masselli was under investigation in 1979 for suspected organized crime Active  electronic eavesdropping Bookin said the prosecution Learned How Masselli and Caliper created Sham minority business the Joel company. Caliper who is Black was falsely listed in record submitted to the transit authority As having a control Ting interest in the company. In reality Bookin said Caliper did not put one Penny into the company and was used As a front for Joel to qualify As a minority business Enterprise. Rights award with latin group Atlanta a Yuri Orlov the soviet dissident who Wilt be allowed to leave for the United state Sunder an agreement announced tuesday will share the first Carter Menil human rights prize with an organization in Guatemala. Of met president Jimmy Carter and Dominique de Menil founders of the group thai awards the prize announced the recipients tuesday at the new Carter presidential Center Orlov 62, was a founder of the Moscow Helsinki group a committee set up in 1976 to Monitor soviet compliance with the Helsinki accords on human rights Security and cooperation in Europe. In 1978, because of his activities he was sentenced to seven Yeara in a labor Camp and then to five years in exile. His release was announced after american reporter Nicholas Dan loft was freed from the soviet Union and after United nations employee Gennady Altha Rov pleaded no contest to espionage charges in new York. The other recipient of the Carter Menil prize is the group for Mutual support which was founded in Guatemala by Nineth Montenegro de Garcia and Isa Bel Choxom de Castanon in 1984. The group organizes families of those who have been kidnapped or have disappeared in Guatemala and works id intervene with authorities on their be half. Orlov and the group for Mutual support will be awarded the ii 00,000 Carter Menil human rights Artoe on dec. 10, International human rights Day. Flier fired for coverup gets Navy Security Job by the los Angela times san Diego two Days after hand three other Navy fliers were Dis charged for trying to cover up the Caus of a midair collision former it. Arthur Flynn was hired by the Navy on sept. 2to a civilian Job in charge of training a top secret Security unit the los Angel Stimes a Learned. Two of the former aviators who can not find work in the military say Flynn,32, received special treatment because he had connections in the Navy and was the Only officer involved in the incident who did not Tell hit Story to the Media. Flynn was the flight team Leader on March 17, 1985, during warfare training 25,000 feet above the Pacific when he motioned for the Pilot of an f-14 Tom cat fighter to Fly close to his aircraft so he could soap personal photographs. The two jets bumped into each other Knock ing a $300,000 Phoenix missile into the Ocean. The four aviators concocted a Story for their commanding officer to make the collision seem like an Accident. But when they returned to the aircraft Carrie Constellation and Learned their conversations in the cockpit had been recorded two of the officers one of them Flynn arranged to throw the tape overboard. Outraged by the botched cover up Navy officials sought last year to fire the four aviators. Three of fliers went to the press in March to complain that the Navy was being too harsh particularly since it Cost $1,5 million per Man to train fighter pilots. Navy officials were furious when they found out we talked to you formerly. Donald Cults told a times reporter last week. We were dead meal eve though we were just trying to support our own  at the Lime vice adm. James a serv ice commander of the Pacific reel naval air Force said the Navy had no room for the four aviators service said last week that he stood by his statement but to comment further on Flynn s hiring would be inappropriate. All four pilots were discharged fro Mihe Navy on aug. 31, and a Navy spokes Man in Washington said the four received the same treatment but Navy officials at Point Mug Nas in Oxnard. Calif immediately hire Flynn As the Security training adminis Trator for the crisis response team unit that provide Protection for air Force one when president Reagan visits his Santa Barbara calif., ranch. Flynn would not comment in his Case. Limited vat use found not to boost miscarriages Ann Arbor Mich a pregnant women working at video display terminals less than 20 hours a week face no increased risk of miscarriages according to the preliminary results of a University of Michigan Survey. More research is needed to determine whether preg Nant women who work More than 20 hours have higher rate of problem pregnancies scientists said tuesday. The University studied 728 state employees in Mich Igan and results were released tuesday at the annual meeting of the american Public health association inlay vegas these findings should relieve the concern for Man women who currently use dts at their jobs said professor William j. Butler who teamed with professor Kelley Ann brix of the study paid for by the March of dimes. Of 697 pregnancies reported by part Lime employee there were 145 miscarriages about what would be expected the study said. But of thu 120 pregnancies reported by women working More than 20 hours per week 26 resulted in miscarriages about 5 percent More than expected the study showed toe study looked at the women from the Yean 1980to 1983, during which Lime some of them became preg Nant Marc than. Once. The results of our study make it very unlikely that dts have a Large effect on the outcomes of pregnancies " Butler said in a statement issued by the University Here. Bui we cannot Rule out the Chance that working with dts 11 or More hours a week will increase the risk of miscarriages by j per cent