European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 20, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday february 20, 1987 the stars and stripes Page 5 . Tourism feeling effects of cheap Dollar Washington up More than 22 Mil lion foreigner1 Visi cd lie United Stales in 1986, cutting americas tourism Trade deficit by 11 percent and making tourism one of the first industries to Benefit from the cheaper Dollar. Those 22 million visitors represent a 5 percent increase and came despite a 1 percent increase in visitors from Canada where the Dollar held steady and a 14 percent drop in tourists from Mexico where the Dollar Rose against the peso. Tourism is the nation s second largest Indus try with annual revenues of ovcrs26 billion. Japan led the Way among nations outside North America sending 1.65 million people for a 10 percent increase the government reported. The United kingdom was next at 1.14 million up 33 percent followed by West Germany with 650.000 visitors up 30 percent and France with 443.000 visitors for a 32 percent Rise. The tourists spent $15.5 billion during their stay. The tourism account is virtually the first account in the balance of payments to go Down As a result of the Dollar said Don Wyngar director Forth . Travel and tourism administration. Dod has no answers yet to polygraph s usefulness Chicago api a two year study by the depart ment of defense has found no evidence so far that lie detectors would he useful in screening employees in sensitive positions a congressional report says. The department of defense which was authorized to screen 7,000 people during the last two years As part of the  scope polygraph test pro Gram has screened 3,993 people and has not collected the information needed to know whether the tests were accurate said Denise Dougherty of the congressional office of technology assessment Dougherty said wednesday at the annual meeting of the american association for the advancement of Sci ence that the report was done not Only to determine the effectiveness of screening of defense personnel but also to find out whether lie Detector screening might have any value in private Industry. It s obvious that those questions have not been answered by the defense department she said. Of the 3,993 people screened 13 were judged to have been deceiving the lie Detector examiners and 3,966 were said not to be deceptive in their responses a decision could not be reached in eight cases and six people refused the lest Dougherty said. The problem is there has been no follow up to de Termine whether the test results were accurate she said. The Crux of it is we Don t know whether those 3,966 people judged honest were telling the  Glenn Rood a Dod spokesman said he had not seen the report and could not comment on it. He said the failure to test 7,000 subjects during the first two years of the study was caused by a shortage of qualified examiners. Nevertheless flood said we Are committed to the program the department expects to meet its target of testing 7,000 people this year he said. Dougherty said the congressional report is being re viewed by the defense department now and probably will be released within a few weeks. The office of technology assessment first looked into the Issue in 1983, when it issued a report saying there was no scientific justification for lie Detector screening of employees. For that reason. Congress authorized the defense department research program Dougherty said. Leonard sane a psychologist at Boston University and the principal author of the 1983 report said wednesday that theory and research continue to Sug Gest that polygraph tests arc neither reliable nor valid for protecting National  easily Learned  make it possible to de Teal a Lic dec ctr test Sac said and Many honest people Are Likely to be judged deceptive. We re going to miss a number of True spies and we re going to catch people who arc concerned about the test but Are not being deceptive on the questions asked he said. Meese pledges action against drug pushers i m sure that is the Case but we re confident and we re optimistic and if i were discouraged i d be in another line of work said . Attorney Edward Dennis or. The indictments announced by Mcnese follow drug charges brought against 28 people in the neighbourhood in june with most of hem accused of Selling bags of cocaine to passers by for $10 and $20 each. Three remain fugitives and 23 were convicted. The latest defendants Are accused of Selling hair ounces for about j700, ounces at �1,500 and kilograms 2.2 pounds for $27,000. More than half of those Jusi indicted Are accused of Selling drugs within 1,000 Feci of a school which doubles the penal by on conviction. Me Csc s Lour came after police in los Angeles announced a two Day crackdown that netted 1,145 arrests and new York police said 25 people were arrested in a drug eradication program in Washington Square Park a landmark of Greenwich Vil Lage. Philadelphia Jap . Attorney general Edwin Mccase on wednes Day announced the cocaine indictments of 56 people then toured the neighbor Hood where the dealers operated and pledged government would push Traffick ers off the streets. Drug dealers who think they can in Vade and occupy entire neighbourhoods had belter think  Mccase said in the North Philadelphia neighbourhood de scribed As an open air supermarket for illegal narcotics. We will push the drug traffickers from the streets of our cities and make them Safe places to live work and play said Melesc. While acknowledging the Roundup and Federal indictments had t nabbed any major drug distributors. It s going to Cul Down on the Street sales and particularly the harassment of peo ple in the neighbourhood Meuse said. Some residents were sceptical it s Nice that they try but no sooner you All leave business will be the same said Alyn Jacobs who lives near a Corner where drugs Are openly sold. Sands of time in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. Feb. 20, 1947 russian Delegate Andrei Gromyko handed the . Security Council proposals for nine changes in the United slates atomic control plan. He also indicated Russia was closer than Ever 10 accepting some of the plan s major provi Sions. 30 years ago today. Feb. 20, 1957 president Eisenhower conferred on the Middle East crisis with congressional leaders who Are overwhelmingly opposed to suggested United nations sanctions against Israel in order to pressure that country into withdrawing from the Gaza strip and the Gulf of Aqaba. The . General Assembly will meet later this week to discuss Israel s refusal to withdraw its troops from the territory claimed by Egypt. 20 years ago today. Feb. 20, 1967 District attorney Jim Garrison said the plot to assassinate president John f. Kennedy originated in new Orleans and arrests would be made. He said the Warren commission report was wrong in stating that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone in Kennedy s assassination ?0 years ago today. Feb. 20, 1977 president Carter said he wanted to protect the nation s endangered historical and natural features by buying them with government Money. Additions to Mona a necklace and a Mountain Range Are added to Mona Lisa in a computerized version or Leonardo Dave incl s masterpiece. The additions were made after a computerized analysis revealed thai a Mountain Range and beads had originally existed in the painting but were removed. Former a executive Koehler accepts White House Post Washington a former associated press executive John o. Koehler said he accepted an offer from president Reagan on wednesday to become White House communications director effective March i. The White House said it was not ready to announce a Choice for the Post being vacated by the resignation of Patrick j. Buchanan. White House officials speaking on condition they not be identified con firmed that Kot her met with the presi Dent. Although Buchanan has frequently used the position As a forum to speak out on Public issues Kochler said i am going to be As Low key As t  Kochler 56, has been a consultant in International Public affairs since he re tired from the a in 1985. The . In formation Agency has been one of the clients of his firm Koehler International of Stamford Conn Koehlor said he was approached about the Job in a roundabout Way on feb. 6, which was the president s 76th birthday. He said he later had meetings with several a copy and Mei on wednesday with the president for about 15 minutes in talking to the president we talked about things that need to be  he said. We agreed that the director of communications should Sei guidelines on information policy and strategy. To enable the administration to speak with one  Kochler said he met Reagan casually when the president was governor of Cali fornia in the 1960s. He sail met him again in the Early 1970s at a meeting in Atlantic City