European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 26, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday november 26, 1986 the stars and stripes Page 5 the needy have a new look this year by the associated press they Are the new poor. Across the country organizations that arc preparing thanksgiving meals for the needy say they arc struck by the increasing number of families and youngsters who Are calling for help. To Kansas City and Phoenix in Chicago and Ltd Lac Rock he gyms churches and armoires where the poor and lonely gainer for thanksgiving will be filled this year with the sounds of children. In the farm and Oil belts he problem is especially pronounced. The typical person we re working with now com pared o maybe a year or two ago arc the new unemployed said Jess l. Duih an of the salvation army in new Orleans. In Kansas City mo., the director of inc City Union Mission said people from farms and Rural towns Are Reagan drug testing order divides aides Washington not president Rea  s advisers arc divided Over How to carry out his order for drug testing of Federal employees in the Light of court decisions suggesting thai wide spread random to cols arc unconstitutional. Attorney general Edwin a desc Iii believes inc administration should go ahead with such tests and that inc drug screening program will be upheld in court. Justice department officials said monday. Officials at other agencies express reservations but say they have not spoken out publicly for fear of being seen As soft on drugs and one official said random testing would Vio late a social compact that binds political appointees and career civil servants in a common Enterprise with a sense of Mutual respect. Office of personnel management director Constance Horner and education Secretary Wil Liam j. Bennett expressed doubts about the need for random tests of civilian government employees a spokesman for Bennett said the Secretary Ian Ord enforcement of Lough drug policies but docs not feel routine drug testing is appropriate or  aides to labor Secretary Bill Brock said he believed that mandatory testing of government employees would be subject to Legal Challenge if it a Cal beyond employees responsible for National Security or Public health and safety. Sands of time in the stars and stripes 40 years ago foe a. Nov. 26, 1946 United mine workers Leader John l. Lewis was ordered to trial on contempt charges in Washington after he refused to obey a temporary order from a Federal judge to Call off the Coal mine walkout. 30 years ago today. Nov. 26, 1956 new York longshoremen re turned to work after a nine Day strike in compliance with a . Government court injunction. The walkout which had affected Atlantic and Gulf ports was halted by a 10-Day restraining order under the Taft Hartley Law. 20 years ago foe a. Nov 26. 1966 the department of defense announced ils plans 10 set up a computerized joint unt Fonn military pay system jumps by 1968 that would include new twice a month paydays Lor the army. 10 years ago foday. Nov 26, 1976 Billy Carter 39, brother of presi Dent elect Jimmy Carter announced his plans to run for mayor of Plains ga., population 683, increasingly among the homeless. I think it has to do with the farm  said the Rev. Maurice Vander Borg. Farms Don t require the manpower they used  in Little Rock ark., where restaurant owner Robert Mcl Losli gave away 500 baskets of food last year. More than 2,000 people signed up for the baskets this year. I have seen lots of hard times but this beats them  he said. In Phoenix ariz., the St. Vincent de Paul society is preparing 2.soo dinners up from 1.500 last year. People Are coming 10 i Hennix for the weather said spokeswoman Teresa Coury Davia. But Many people arrive and find out they Are not qualified for the work available. Southern states report i to same problem. Social agencies arc receiving an unusual number of Picas from families who came seeking work and found they did t have the right skills. The problem is not limited to the Sun Bell. In Chi Cago steel Plant closings boosted inc number of Hun  los Angeles 3,000 people Are Cipech cd Al the Union Rescue Mission. In new York City where 1.7 million people live below the official poverty level. Inc City welfare Agency and More than 20 religious and Community agencies will provide Lurecy dinners to about 26,000 homeless people living in City shelters. The salvation army Plani to serve More than 7.000. In the Cleveland suburb of Rocky River. Michael i Irakis is planning 10 serve free Turkey dinners at his restaurant the fourth year he has thrown open his doors. Assistant Interior department Secretary William Horn announces proposal to Lap Oil potential in Alaska. Agency says Arctic wildlife area should be opened to Oil drilling Washington up the Interior depart ment predicting discovery of vast amounts of Oil and natural  recommended monday that the govern ment open an environmentally sensitive Region in Alaska s Arctic National wildlife Refuge to Oil drilling. The Agency said in a report that inc  tract on the Beaufort sea coast is the most outstand ing Oil and  Frontier remaining in the United states and that Congress should relax bans on development there. That recommendation is sure to trigger widespread debate in Congress and in Oil Industry and Environ mental circles where emotions regarding Anwer s coastal Plain have been heated since the Refuge was created in i9so. But said William Horn assistant Secretary for fish and wildlife and Parks the estimates of massive re serves revealed in the report should make those who have been opposed to development in Anwer recon Sider. Identified in the i a million acc tract that was Stu died called Section 1002 were 26 subterranean structures that Horn said Are Likely to hold huge Oil deposits. The department said its research indicates a 9 5 per cent likelihood thai Anwer s coastal Plain contains More than 4.8 billion barrels of Oil and 11.5 trillion cubic of i of natural . Even More vast resources May lie under the fragile terrain Horn said. The department s surveyors concluded there is a 5 percent possibility thai More than 29.4 billion barrels of Oil and 64.5 trillion cubic feet of  lie beneath the Refuge s Lush Tundra and Parma frosted Earth. Horn said it s possible shut Oil strikes in Section 1002 May Dwarf others in the alaskan Arctic. You be got the prospects Here for another Prudhoe Bay Horn said. When production from Prudhoe Bay began in the Laic 1970s, the Oil Industry estimated there were 9.5 billion barrels of recoverable Oil and 26 trillion cubic feel of  in the Field he largest single discovery in North America. About 20 percent of inc nation s domestically produced crude Oil is now pumped from Prudhoe Bay which is about 75 Miles West of the Anwer area. Based on the report. Horn said he is recommending that Interior Secretary Donald Hodel suggest that con Gress authorize leasing the entire coastal Plain for Oil and  exploration and development. Before that can happen however the department will have to wait through a 60-Day Public comment period which will include three Public meetings. Hodel is unlikely to take any action until Early Spring 1987, Horn said. Despite the Region s High Petroleum potential there has been heavy lobbying by conservation group for years to keep the stunning wildlife habitat closed to Petroleum exploration and development. Their Battles have been matched by the Oil Industry which also has projected Anwer s coastal Plain holds America s Best prospects for Oil development As the 21 is Century approaches