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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Thursday, December 4, 1986

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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 4, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes thursday december 4,1986  apr 2 extradited the Hague Netherlands Dpi the Netherlands extradited two Irish Republican army prison escapees 10 Britain wednes Day dealing a blow to the Irish Republican cause the men s Law yer said. They were the first Ira men to be extradited from a european country other than the Irish re Public. The secret and heavily guarded Transfer by Royal air Force Jet ended Jilm Osl 11 months of Legal Battles by Brendan Mcfarlane and Gerard Kelly who escaped in 198 from Belfast Maze prison. Free speech ruling Boston a Boston University officials violated state Law and students rights to free speech by removing anti apartheid ban ners from dormitory windows and fire escapes a judge has ruled. Nowhere in our society is the Protection of the free flow of ideas More important than in the University Community the quintessential marketplace of ideas " probate judge Haskell c. Freed Man in Cambridge wrote tuesday. Within the University student dormitories play an important rot for students exercise of their free Dom of expression providing Stu dents with the Only area reserved exclusively for their personal  use includes the students rights of free speech he wrote. Temperatures 21 34 uni w u Abuzir Tequ 4f u lnml4 44 is 30 39 bmigt45 Elbow old 90 44 Baus o bnua4b bndq4 ttr1 31 37 but Llu 14 35 Abutog Toulio 35 a Tahr u 73 --k-1. 41 10 atm n�71 4 Muir u 40 mtalukm31 s3 mfg so plus 441 to motm43 4 in tuft it 41 a fort 47 h a Morlini 35 to in Yahr Miu m Norton 34 44 Oku wih sky 44 4a a Monoco 3j 41 a Moo 33 49 okm1u34 4t 434 41 4b i. Set i 49 pm Tail 47 to to u 71 utter gym 33 4017 35 j4 91n 41 Jimmu 4b u fu4toii42 02 Ric Moid 30 a rkm4w s a n 41 bl71 h 32 44 u h womb a g Sassy crack use not major problem among Europe gis experts say by Janet d Agositna medical writer crack the most addictive form of cocaine now sweeping America in epidemic proportions has not taken hold inthe . Military Community in Europe. But officials Are watching for signs that it May be lurking in the shadows. We re fairly sure there is crack Avail Able said a. Paul Biesemeier who irresponsible for drug and alcohol policies for the army in Europe. Hopefully it won t become a problem with our sol  while there have been a few isolate cases of crack use among the military in Europe use of he drug has not reached the High Levels it has in he unite states he said. Cocaine use among the military in Europe also does net compare to that among civilians in the United states where there Are estimates of 5,000 new users a Day said Gerald Garrett a pro Fessor of sociology at the University of Massachusetts. Of the 24,000 urine tests for cocaine and marijuana done for the army each month at the military drug testing lab in Wiesbaden less than 0.1 percent Are positive for cocaine Biesemeier said cocaine is not showing up As a big drug problem he said. Of 4,500 urine tests among air Force personnel in october less than 0.11 per cent were positive for cocaine said it. Col. Stephen Simpson director of social action for the . Air forces in Europe. Garrett said cocaine is the Only Bard drug on the increase in the United slates. But the amount of cocaine being seized annually in Germany by the army and air Force has decreased in the Pas five years from a High of 226 Grams in 1982 to 128 Grams in 1985, said maj. Carl Lane of the european Contd s Spe Cial assistant drug enforcement matters office in Wiesbaden. From january to september 1986, Only 49.i Grams were seized he said. However just because cocaine is not serious problem does not mean crack will not become one or that the guard against drugs can be relaxed he said. We re particularly concerned about crack and when it May hit Europe Sim son said we re keeping our Eye on it the military Community May be susceptible to crack because the drug is cheap convenient and easy to conceal Ganett told v corps education coordinators and personnel from the alcohol and drug abuse prevention and control program. Cocaine has not become the problem in the military that it has in the civilian population probably because it costs to much he said monday at a seminar at Wiesbaden a Germany. But crack one of the purest forms of cocaine is sold in Small vials or in tinfoil for s20 to 130 for two to four hits a bargain Tom red to cocaine which Tel for 1100 to j120  said. Garrett told the educators and coun Selor that prevention u the Best often against crack because Suchen rite for treatment of cocaine and crack emf Chi Are not  key he said it sopping people from using crack for the fir time you be got to warn people to � be sucked in by the wow of the , which he described As Reno lately deadly is made by heat Ftp a mix Ture of cocaine and baking soda or am Monia with  crystals formed by the process Are about the size of a Pencil Eraser he said and Are then smoked in cigarettes or pipes. It is a much More efficient Way fusing cocaine than inhaling the drug through the nostril or injecting it after beating in in a process known As flt Bat ing Garrett said. Its effects Are Felt much More quickly and the euphoria of the High in much More intense. But crack also cause peo ple to become violent or psychotic if Loo much in taken too fast he said. It creates a compulsive Ness like soother drug and creates such pleasure thai it is self reinforcing the More you Lake the More you want said Garrett calling it a Circle difficult to break. Dealers often give the drug away Loen courage first time users knowing its addictive nets will bring them bade for More he said. Army halts some civilian drug tests Savannah a. A a Federal judge has stopped the . Army from random drug testing of civilian police officers at fort Stewart and Hunter army Airfield. The police officers members of the american federation of government employees challenged the constitutionality of periodic drug testing that the de sense department is trying to impose for people in sensitive jobs at military installations nationally. In a 32-Page order filed tuesday . District judge b. Avant Edenfield said the government cannot put into effect urine testing for drugs of civilian police without reasonable suspicion that the employee has engaged ill drug  the drug problem in this country is real and it is dangerous the judge said. Bui the methods used to eradicate i must be implemented within constitutional limits,1 the injunction which applies Only to Stewart and Hunter will remain in effect unlit Edenfield can hear evidence on the Case. The judge indicated that he would make his injunction against the tests per manent unless the government can Snow that the officers duties Are different from those of City policemen or customs officials and that drug use by the officers might reasonably be expected to com Promise the National  in april 1985, the defense depart. Ment mandated periodic drug testing by urinalysis for civilian employees occupy ing critical positions with the army including Law enforcement officers. The police officer challenging the regulation Are among 40 civilian employees out of about 3,000 at Stewart and Hunter whose positions qualify Ai critical under the program. Four police officers were named As plaintiffs. The judge s order also banned the government from taking any action against an employee testing positive for drugs As a result of tests made without Tua Pickran of drug us on or after nov. 26. New film tells Story of Wii Veteran who organized .-soviet reunions Berlin a a documentary film about an american Veteran who organized reunions of . And soviet Soldier who met in Defeated Germany to the end of world War h opens today in Westerlin. Potowsky an american dreamer tells the Story of Joseph Polowik the Chicago taxi Driver who could never for get the East West camaraderie be experienced As part of the april 25, ims Al lied troop linkup on the Elbe River. Surviving . And soviet veterans held a 40th-anniversary reunion last year in Tongsu East Germany the Elbe River town where the Eastern and Western fronts merged to hasten the collapse of nazi Germany. Polowsky died in Chicago two Yea before that reunion but according to Bis wish he was buried in twin. A German film director Wou Kani Piti Flor but now put together the  hit life that Pocai it a Calm s film this is a Story of i i Moo everyday american dream Pfeifler told journalists. Monday during a diets Confer ence at Berlin s Academy of Art. The documentary Start with new reels of Joyful red army and american soldiers including Polowik celebrating their linkup on the Elbe in 1945. The film then Tucei Pojo Wuky i Post War Effort Home Tinea  de spite his lick of Money to Nune meet Ings of soviet and is. Veterans and preserve their Friendship in the midst of cold War tensions. The documentary includes interview with Polowsky and other veterans Fol Lowed by footage from hit funeral an burial to to Gnu and the 1985 reunion of More than 200 veterans there.  the documentary i october and a already shown it in Chi. A and it film Bettink a out to jut Dut Tonj we Germany Tod ,ea�tg5siury. He told report the documentary bid won Throe prize in old zif. The communist East Gamin  heavily promoted the 1985 naion an tent love moment speakers to the Ceredo ny-. Officials boycotted it became of the fatal Hunting. Of us. Army officer by a soviet Soldier in East cd nor month before. He Polowsky u  to realize nil dream of Bromma Yin the soviets despite in fact b i con stantly Short of Money us. Veteran  Laid monday Ana Ever dreamed to strongly Eil Aid Forrester 67, of Gnor  " to War 1945 in to Tau waa Ati sunt of Joy. We Alt knew few to i an but Over a he said. In Arlin Mem cwt Iommi til i 111 4mb j of reporter  
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