European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 9, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes Friday january 9,1967 judges Tell 2 firms to halt mandatory drug testing by the associated press judges have ordered 3m co. And Southwest airlines to Stop mandatory drug testing of employees but Rea sons cited in the rulings limited the cases implication for other workers around the nation. Superior court judge Allan Steele in Ventura calif., on tuesday issued a temporary restraining order against 3m co s drug testing program at its Camarillo calif., Plant. The company based in Maplewood minn., said testing would Stop immediately for 1,000 employees at the Plant. The ruling resulted from a lawsuit by Michael a. Mora a seven year 3m employee who seals Cartons. Mora was suspended without pay for two weeks last summer after refusing to take a company ordered drug test. Drug testing began in camarilla a year ago after managers said they had received reports of drug use at the Plant which makes computer tapes diskettes and Daut cartridges. Spokesmen for the firm said employees who tested positive were enrolled in a rehabilitation program but might be fired on a second offence. In. His ruling Steele cited a 1974 amendment to the stale Constitution that declares privacy an inalienable right. The judge said be might have ruled differently i company attorneys had shown the program increased worker safety or significantly reduced a major drug problem at the Plant. But i just Don t Sec it stole said in court. Pm has said it has no plans to Start drug tests at other company facilities. In Dallas tuesday a Federal judge ordered South West airlines to halt the testing of employees for Alco hol and drug use . District judge Jerry Buchmeyer said the pro Gram which went into effect Jan. I violated the com Pany s Union contract. He said the contract requires labor negotiations Between the company and its 5,000 employees before major changes. We fell glad that the court upheld our right to Bantam said Tom Burnette president of local 19 of the teamsters Union which sued Tail month. Buetle whose Union represents about 200 South West mechanics said we re in agreement on protect ing airline safety but we Felt we had the right to bar  the ruling halts All testing of Southwest  officials said no employees bad been tested during the six Days since the program was started. The ruling will be appealed however said Gary Barron the airline s vice president of corporate serv ices. Company work rules bar airline employees from working under the influence of alcohol or drugs. The program said employees could be required to provide Unne samples for testing if either alcohol or drugs was suspected in any on uie Job Accident or if management suspected they were abusing alcohol or drugs. It steel drugs suspect admitted shooting at let is it an fed Fri agent testifies Raleigh. . A the Man accused of shoot Rifle was Sauna Over his shoulder when it Accident i ing at a Jfe Iliner Landing Here last week first told investigators his gun discharged accidentally then admitted he aimed at the plane an Fri agent testified. A Federal grand jury on wednesday indicted Robert Raymond Proulx a 23-year-old unemployed construction worker from Raleigh on charges of intentionally firing at an air plane and using a firearm in the com Mission of a felony. . Magistrate Alexander b. Denson ordered Proult released on $20,000 Bond into the custody of Bis father Donald j. Proud Over the objections of us. Attorney Samuel Currin. My View a he was out there with a ram and what be did was very dangerous. Very reddest Currin said. I m not sure he s All that responsible. The complaint quoted an unidentified informant As telling the Fri that Proulx had been aiming for the Pilor when the United airlines Jet was hit new year seve. A passenger aboard the Boeing 737 was wounded. Tauf Ying at the Bond hearing Fri agent Stephen Drewes said Proux first told investigators his .30-30 Rifle a g accidentally discharged in the plane s direction. Proud later said he had cocked the Rifle and Acci dentally released the Hammer while trying to unlock it Dre Essaid the agent said Proulx changed his Story a second Lime after authorities told him his Girlfriend had said he was aiming at the plane. His response to that was yeah i reckon so Drews testified. Drewes said Mark current who was Hunting wit Proulx when the Jet was fired upon told authorities the defendant had admitted shooting at the aircraft. If convicted Proulx faces a maximum sentence of 25 years in prison and a $500,000 Fine. The Jet arriving from Wilmington with. 16 Passen Gers was one to two Miles from Raleigh Durham air port and 500 to 1,000 feet off the ground when it was hit by a .30-30 Bullet investigators said. The Bullet struck Barry Rollins of new York City in the thigh and jaw. Rollins 30, remained in satisfactory condition at Rex Hospital. Banks builders denounce plan to raise via Cha loan costs Washington up lenders and builder wednesday assailed the government s proposals to raise the Cost of obtaining Veteran and Federal housing Loans saying up to 300,000 families will have to delay it cancel Home buying plans. We have very practical reasons for opposing the budget proposals the Home buyer loses out said Dale Riordan executive vice resident of the Federal National mortgage association known As Fannie Mae. Warren Lasko executive vice president of the Mort Gage Bankers association of America said his group estimated the changes would add at least s 1,360 to the amount a typical family would have to bring to closing when it tried to buy its first Home with a loan from the Federal housing administration. That is about a third More than currently needed he said. People seeking a veterans administration loan would face an increase in the guarantee an amount based on the percentage of the loan that acts like Mort Gage insurance. Veterans wanting a 170,000 loan under the changes would have to pay an extra $3,000 Over the life of the mortgage Lasko said. The fiscal 1988 budget submitted monday by the Rea Gan administration also would limit the value of Mort gages that Fannie Mae can buy from individual Leaden and then bundle and sell to investors As securities. Laski was joined in the protest by representatives of the National Council of savings institutions the National association of Home bunders and Fannie Mae. The proposed Cha changes would raise the Cost of the mortgage insurance Premium to s percent up from3.8 percent refuse to include closing costs in calculating the mortgage amount needed and require a mini mum 5 percent Down payment for families earning More than $40,000 a year. In its budget message the government said the Gua Rantee rate for a Loans needs to Rise in order to cover the costs of future foreclosures. It said the Cha changes would Cut the administration s built in Edge Over private lenders. Lasko viewed the situation differently. It is Clear that the administration s budget is not aimed at helping people help themselves through Home ownership he said. U is a budget and a policy aimed at pulling the Rug out from under the few remaining Federal housing  state sic evacuees return Home after train derailment Taylor a. A Crew using cranes Puta derailed Tanker car of highly flammable Lique fied Gas bade on the tracks thursday and 2,700 people who were evacuated have been allowed to return Home. The car along with two Flatcar derailed wednesday at he Delaware and Hudson rail Way co. Yards in Taylor outside or Scranton Aulhorn tie said. Residents were allowed to re turn Home by 3 30 . Thursday Crews could not put the car Back on the tracks until a special Cap was brought in to secure tie opening used to nil the Tanker executive service gets 2-4% pay increase Washington not president Reagan signed an executive order on new year s eve that will result in automatic pay raises for More than 6,000 High level Federal employees. The pay raises Are distinct from those pro posed for top Federal employees this week id the president s budget package. The Nisei coveted by the executive order Range from 2 percent to 4 percent said Jama Lafferty a spokesman for the office of personnel manage ment. The raise Are for member of the senior executive service the upper Echelon of career civil service employees Hanerty Sejd. He added congressional approval was not Nec on executive orders truck turnover in Texas flips doughnuts into ditch Cleveland Texas a a truck carry ing 21 tons of Frozen doughnuts and other Bak Ery goods flipped into a water filled ditch tues Day officials mid. Driver Roy Lee Hyatt from Andeson fnd.,told department of Public safety troopers he swerved to avoid hitting an animal Bat  keep Bis Rig on the Road. Hyatt was slightly Hurt when the truck rolled and the trailer Doon broke open spilling the Frozen goodies authorities said. The track was hauling doughnuts and other sweets from Kentucky to a grocery Tore Ware House in Houston officials said. Wang to reduce salaries eliminate 1,000 jobs Lowell mass. A Wang laboratories inc. Said tuesday it would eliminate 1.000 jobs and Cut salaries by 6 percent As the office com ruler maker prepared to announce a quarterly res of More than $30 million. About 400 jobs Wilt be eliminated through attrition while 600 will involve layoffs resulting from the consolidation of the company Cus Tomer service and manufacturing distribution operations said Wang spokesman Michael for Rante. Wang employs about 30,000 people in addition Wang said it would immediately reduce the payoff Alf fits salaried . Worker by 6 percent the pay reduction will be in fora through june 34, it said and will be partially offset by Graoui of Wang Nock. The pay of hourly workers will not be Cut Ferrante said. Economic fast urged by anti apartheid group Washington a an  group has urged that americans undertake a four Day economic fast next month to protest South Africa s policy of racial separation. Apartheid is wrong apartheid is unjust. We must Jay it loud enough and Long enough to be heard said David u. Hopkins president of hands across the sea a group based in Plain Field no. Hopkins told a news conference on wednes Day thai organizers want americans to participate by spending no Money buying no products or services from feb. 2-i,