European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 8, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday August 8, 1987 the stars and stripes Page 7 dept. Of transportation plans drug tests Washington a an estimated 30.000 transportation department employees have been sen notices that they Are subject to random drug tests in 30 Day. Transportation Secretary Elizabeth Dole said thursday. With the notices the department becomes the firs Cabinet Agency to implement president Reagan s executive Uinci Iii september  random tests far government workers in sen Silicic or safety route jobs. We have Given 30-Day notices to those civilian employees whose jobs involve significant responsibilities affecting Public safety and Security Dole said. The american federation of government employed said it would seek a preliminary injunction in . District court Here to Slop the testing program As soon at in confirms that workers have received the notices. Calling the testing program unconstitutional the Union asked the court for injunctive Relief last Moath after dote announced her intention to go ahead with the program and outlined ill features to workers in her department in june. The program was t far enough along then to gel an injunction to Slop  said Joe Goldberg an attorney Lor the Union. This makes the Case More Ripe. Well file Tor a preliminary  u auth m  Hal Paris a spokesman of the department said the notices were hand delivered to Many employees thursday. Aji 30,000 subject to the random tests will get the notice by the weekend he said. Dote said employees selected at random for the Uri Nolys Ursu will be notified verbally and privately by their supervisors when and where they Are 10 report for the testing. Any employee who refuses to provide a urine specimen wit be removed she said. I must be Able to look the american people in the Eye and say unequivocally that our goal is to give them what hey expect and deserve a drug free transportation system she said. Subject to the random tests Are air traffic control lers flight test pilots electronic technicians firefight ers Civit aviation Security specialists and safely inspectors motor vehicle operators Railroad safely inspectors coast guard drug enforcement personnel and All department employees with a Security clearance of lop secret or higher. The Union contended in its suit last month that the testing plan violates the fourth and fifth amendments to the Constitution protecting individuals from unreasonable searches Ana guaranteeing them due process. Newlyweds on target Christiaa us Michael Ashcroft Nestle in Ibe grass during break in Rifle shoot Init practice at the pan american Vulant to taxi Upolu. The a Juull Sample who were married last week in Kitchener Waterloo Ontario an pending their honeymoon in separate quarters daring the pan am genes Slaty of a 26. Both it not Benof the Canadian Rifle Leara. Police to backpedal from 3-child theft ring Waterloo. Iowa a the county Allotey on thursday dismissed a criminal charge against a 7-year-old boy arrested for stealing tricycles from a Day care Center with 3 and 4-year-old part ners saying police had belter things Todo. Black Hawk county attorney Jimmel calf who last week dismissed a traffic citation written on a 6-year-old boy who violated the Iowa scat Belt Law said he was sending a letter to county la officers thai states children under 7 years of age should not be charged. I know Law enforcement has More Todo than this Metcalf said. We All have More to do than arrest  a Large body flaw indicates thai Chil Dren arc presumed to be incapable of committing crimes said Mccalf. They Haven reached the age where they re culpable or responsible for their acts. He said. Metcalf said thai even though he believed the officers cited in Good Faith there arc other Way of gelling the child s  on saturday Waterloo police charged the 7-year-old boy with delinquency by second degree burglary after he and two accomplices Ages 3 and 4, broke Inlo the Lity Furgerson child development Cen Ter and allegedly took three tricycles. They Ihen peddled to the boys girls club of Waterloo and threw a Brick through a window police said. Someone saw the youths throw the Brick and called police. The 3 and 4-Ycar-old were no charged. Soviets give . Swimmer of to attempt icy Bering Strait Nome Alaska a a Californi endurance swimmer said thursday she has received Moscow s Blessing to try to swim from . To soviet territory in inc . Lynn Cox said her sponsors in Newyork had received a Call from the soviets who said visa requirement would be waived and indicated they Are willing to assist her Citon to make the 2.7-Milc swim. The timing now depends on How won Cox can get to the american Island of Little Dom cd. To was foggy thursday along the Northwestern coast of Alaska. Little Diomede can be reached Only by boat or helicopter because it is too Small for a Landing strip. Residents of the Island reported earlier thai two Tenis had been set up on the soviet Island of big Dom cd and several soviet naval vessels were seen in die area. Co said the soviets offered to escort her from the International Date line to big Diomede. Cox 3d. Has been training in Nome for several weeks to acclimatize herself o the cold water. She expects to encounter water As cold As 34 degrees. She says the swim should take 2v hours. The Effort is part adventure and part research. Accompanying physicians Hope to learn More about the effect of hypothermia during her swim Cox set a record for crossing the English Channel and has made several other pioneering swims around the world. Congressman millionaire in Runoff for mayor s Post Nashville. To fun. A . Rep. Dill Boner and millionaire businessman Phil bred Csc led a held of eight mayoral candidates thursday to gain Runoff berths while voters apparently rejected parimutuel Belling on horse races. With 162 of 16 precincts reporting. Boner a Democrat garnered 67.174 votes or 46 percent and Brede sen received 34,282 Vole or 24 percent. Without one candidate receiving More than so percent of the total ballot cast the lop two candidates meet in a sept. 17 Runoff metro councilwoman Betty Niton 5, conceded the race coming in third with 22.078 votes or 16 percent and former general sessions judge Gale Rob Inson 55, was a Misiani fourth with 18,600 Voles or 14 percent. A pledge to you Over the Neil sin weeks to have a reel Deal of work and dedication Boner told sup porters Ai a hotel. I never thought i could be quite so Happy coming in second bred sen 43, told a jubilant crowd of sup porters in a downtown ballroom. He then challenged Boner to a debate. Vav no All of 163 precincts reporting unofficial re turns showed voters split 50-50 Over inc horse racing referendum with 62.imo votes again ,1 gambling on horse races and 62,145 Voles in favor of wagering. Bui Ann Alexander metro election registrar at targe said her office would not have remits from one polling place until Friday because an election official left his ally Sheet in the polling place and was locked out of the building Whitt he went Back to retrieve i. The expense mayoral Campaign which set Nail Ville records with $4 million spent by the eight Candi dates is the tint in 12 years in which there ii no incumbent. Mayor Richard Fulton. 60, is barred by metro Char Ter from seeking his fourth Bur car term. Ako running were Chafic Daniels. 41, owner of a wrecking service and not the country music Star Mel Vin Gill an architect rent Schuil 40, a dentist and Bobby Watts a physician. None of them garnered More than i percent of the ballots. Boner 42, Long considered the front runner to succeed full on won or Clellion to Congress easily in no vember. He was scrutinized by a Federal grand jury after allegations that he used his office for financial gain. The grand jury announced in March in found non Wiit for an indictment but allegations of misconduct Are pending before a House ethics panel lie has denied any misconduct. Fulton represented the same congressional District from 1962 until his election As mayor in 197$. The part Muruel gambling i be helped draw Al Mosi to percent turnout of the cily i 266.000 voters. We be had them lined up plumb Down the Side walk said Roberta Whiddon a poll worker