European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 20, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday december 20, 1986 the stars and stripes Page s Massachusetts drunk Drivers facing Tough new penalties Boston a gov. Michael  on thursday signed one of the nation s toughest Drunken driving Laws which includes a provision allowing some licenses to be suspended without trial. This Law will help ensure that families stay intact and ii will ensure that we move swiftly against Drivers who have tragically shattered the lives or so Many men women and children in this Commonwealth Dukakis said. The Law effective immediately mean Drunken driven especially repeat of fenders will be hit with much harsher penalties and will find it harder to avoid punishment. Ii also allows a judge to sus Pend a Driver s License without a trial i the Motorist registers .10 percent blood alcohol Content on a breathalyzer machine. Simitar taws Are in effect in 41 others tales. Nobody has the right to get behind the wheel of a car when thai person is intoxicated the governor said. An automobile in the wrong hands is a lethal weapon. It kills people it maims them and no one has the Ngallo do that. This kind of conduct just won t be  legislative critics argued that the jaw threatens the due process rights of suspects and would not withstand a constitutional Challenge. Critics also said that breathalyzer tests Are unreliable and that the penalty for refusing to Lake a breath lest 120days suspension was weak enough to encourage motorists to refuse the examination in order to boost their chances of winning an acquittal some critics Are vowing to mount a repeal Campaign similar to the drive that eliminated the state s mandatory seat Belt Law. Pennsylvania officials guilty in bribe scheme w1lliamsport, Paap slate treasurer r. Budd Dwyer and former state Republican chairman Robert  were convicted thursday of conspiring to accept bribes in awarding a no bid computer contract. A Federal jury found Dwyer and Asher guilty of five counts of mail fraud four counts of interstate transportation in Zaidof racketeering one count of perjury and one count of conspiracy to commit bribery. Dwyer 47, a Republican who won re election to a four year term in 1984, did not say he was resigning although the stale Constitution requires convicted officials to  and Asher will be sentenced next month. Each count carries a Maxi mum five year prison term. The charges Stem from the state s Deci Sion to award a $4.6 million no bid con tract to a California firm compute technology associates. Mental patient loses plea saves a life Napa Calif. Api a 37-year-Oldmenial patient has been credited with saving the life of a mental health worker who was choking on some food at a res Tauran the patient identified Only As mar shall by Napa state Hospital officials. Was at the restaurant with Solano count mental health worker Virginia Mabry Potts after a Superior court hearing on tuesday. At the hearing Marshall failed to persuade a judge to release him from involuntary custody. Mabry Potts said she was eating barbecued ribs when she began choking an Marshall used the Sci Mich Man Euver to dislodge the  at his Ward on wednesday Marshall said he had Learned the Maneu ver by watching staff members use it on choking patients. Laser toy Nof harmful Agency says Washington a Thot Elater toy shaped five Fuji Tod promoted for playing electronic Tig May look dangerous but hem to be harmless the consume product safety commission Laid. The commission said it hat had flood of inquiries in recent a Tiki about the Tow which arc being head ily promoted Ai Christmas gifts. Sold under a Riou Trade name the games consist of Light emitting gum and targets a Fitch a child wean. The target Light or Beepi when hit by the beam of Light fro the gun. John Preston of the safety com Miuki says seven Model of the toys were tested by the safety Agency and the Multi showed that emissions from the products tested do not nose any known biological  guns Emit either visible or infrared Light he explained not laser beam. The Light la produced by an electronic device within the gun in some cases the Light came from a simple flashlight bulb he said. Rizzo joins gop says hell beat Goode Philadelphia a former mayor Frank l Ruzzo switched his voter registration to Republican thursday an boosted he will defeat democratic mayor w. Wilson Goode next novem Ber. For the 66-year-old Rizzo it was return to the party of his past As he signed the forms with a flourish an proudly posed with his new registration card. He predicted thousands Man thousands of other democrats also will switch to help him win the cop mayoral nomination in the Spring. A Tew who crowded the lobby of the Sands of term in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. Dec 20, 1946 former prime min ister Winston Churchill said in London he planned to cat for a parliamentary Vale of censure against the labor government on charges of tyranny conceit and  30 years ago today. Dec. 20, 1956 the Fri uncovered an underworld ring that tried to Cash in on top secret Oil exploration maps stole from Gulf Oil co. 20 years ago today. Dec. 20, 1966 the United state asked . Secretary general u Thant to Lake necessary Steps to arrange cease fire in Vietnam. 10 years ago today. Dec 20, 1976 operation pus director let a Jackson said in Chicago that Blacks wit put pressure  Jimmy Cater if he jailed w anoint a Mack Secretary of health Edu Catoo and welfare. Carter had pledged to Typo us two Blacks to Cabinet Posi Tion. Registration commission joined Rizzoni turning to the gop including Khmer Ine Fox 36, who said she became a re publican for the first time in her life be cause i believe in him he s my  More than 25 years ago Rizzo said designed on As a Democrat just before he became police commissioner. He twice was elected mayor As a Democrat in a City fifth largest in the nation where republicans Are outnumbered nearly 4 "to-1. Rizzo prohibited by the City charter from seeking a third term in 1979, tried for a political comeback in 1983 but Lostin he primary to Goode who became Philadelphia s first Black mayor. I can t wait to meet Goode in no vember head to head " said Rizzo exuding Confidence that be would easily get the gop nomination with or without the party s endorsement which he is actively seeking. Two other republicans have indicate they will seek the nomination Stock broker John Egan who faced Goode in19b3, and City councilman Thacher Longstreth who faced Rizzo in 1971. At to to Cut 27,400 jobs new York not the american Telephone and Telegraph co. Said thursday that it would eliminate 27,400jobs and take a $3.2 billion charge against earnings in a program to make itself More competitive. The Job cuts which Are to be completed by 1988, will reduce at to work Force by 8.5  charge a bib will cover Early retirement and Severance value write Downs of assets and the expenses for consolidation will be recorded in the current Quarter. At to warned Wall Street to expect loss for the three months ending dec. 31. Sofa gets Federal nod for annual flight Washington up Federal aviation authorities citing the vital and specialized transportation serv ice rendered by Santa Claus have is sued him a 24-hour certificate for air travel. The transportation department said wednesday in order no. 86-12-600 that it acted on the application of Kris Cringle doing business As Santa Claus. Santa asked to be Given a Federal certificate for air travel to various Points across the United states on the night of dec. 24-25. Officials said the applicant generally asserts thai he performs a vital and specialized transportation service said the order signed by assistant transportation Secretary Matthew  said Santa used a miniature Sleigh powered by eight tiny Reindeer and pos Sibly a ninth who is equipped with a special sir navigation warning Light units nose to detect fog and Snow. The order said the Federal aviation administration an am of the transportation department has not certified the aircraft but noted it has operated for centuries without any incident and obviously must be  zip a Dee Doo Dah Christmas