European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 5, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Friday february 5. 1988 the stars and stripes Page 7 waterfront property residents Are making the Best of a bad set Fulton i Imperial Beach Calif where nearly everyone now his Wulc front property. Some Cre Alvinr from roof lops while Ether were snorkelling and surfing. Impe rial Beach received More than four inches of rain Eailler this week san Jose Bills some Drivers for cops time san Jose Calif. Of police have billed accuse cd Drunken Drivers s100,000 in the first two weeks of program that a defense attorney Calls unconstitutional and the equivalent of an extortion cities around the country seeking to boost Revenue Sand reduce Drunken driving accidents Are watching to see How successful the program is in collecting on the Bills and withstanding Legal Challenge. I be Golien requests for a description of the pro Gram and details of inc Law from the new York and Florida Legislatures said police it. Steve d Arcy who is in charge of the program. I be also gotten Calls from the police in Denver. Cincinnati san Diego and Sanfrancisco. Even the Canadian parliament typical Bills were estimated Al about $155 before the program started but the first 1100,000 Worth aver aged about si30 each d Arcy said. The maximum charge allowed is ,000.those costs cover the police officers time Laboratory fees for blood tests and tire or ambulance charges in Case of an Accident. Police chief Joseph Mcnamara who has Lou cd the program on National television and radio shows said he s gotten a fantastically positive the Public is cheering this on he said. They refer up Wilh Drunken Drivers who arc killing children and program is the result of a 1987 amendment to a stale Law allowing cities to recover police fire an ambulance costs from Drunken Drivers regardless of whether icy arc convicted. Pilots Settle pan am discrimination suit for $17.2 i Ion san Francisco a nearly 100 pan Ameri can pilots buried from becoming flight engineers be cause of i hair age will share j17.2 million under settlement of a discrimination suit against inc airline. Federal officials said. Attorneys for the airline and the . Equal employment Opportunity commission signed the agreement wednesday As closing arguments m a of Cdr Albury trial in the suit were about to begin. To my knowledge this is Hie largest pre judgment settlement in an age discrimination Case under he Federal age discrimination statute said Sanfurd Jay Rosen adorn by for some of the former pilots. What this settlement docs beyond the payments tothe pilots is 10 Reform a major air Carrier in the . To make sure pilots presently in service get All their rights under the age discrimination acl Rosen said. Jct Kriendler. Vice president of corporate communications for pan american world airways said that despite the settlement the airline maintains it did not engage in age discrimination. Our belief at the Lime which has since changed i that we had safely considerations Kriendler said in a Telephone interview. The concern was that once a Pilot had been in command he might not do Well in the subordinate position of flight Engineer. The Leoc and the former pilots sued pan am be cause inc airline would not allow the fliers to work snight engineers past the age of 60, said Jonathan Peck supervisory trial attorney Tor the Agency. The Federal aviation administration forbids people no suck rcbulauul1 my Masv Uip %,i,6i.v�,-, sit in the cockpit and ate responsible for the plane s electrical other . Carriers except american airlines let qualified former pilots Over 60 work As flight Engi neers but pan am did not until 1983. Rosen said. Sales in lotto America get off to sluggish Start Des Moines. Iowa a retailer reported sluggish business wednesday As tickets for a new Multi stale lotto Amer Ica game went on Sale but lottery officials predicted heightened interest a players become accustomed to the game they re not going As fast As rethought they said Margie Bash Cit. Manager of Rex Heck news i Clarksburg w. Va., one of thai slate s lop five retail lottery outlets. She said she had sold just 19 Lott America tickets As of noon. It lakes a while she said. People Are scared of it. They Don t understand it. Million people living in the game s Juris diction could support far higher jackpots than Many states could afford individually. Officials said the Jackpot could climb As High As j25 million. Each play will Cost is and 45 percent of the sales will go into the prize state retains the profit for ticket sates in its jurisdiction officials said. Jack Osweiler manager of the Cit Slop shop in Des Monics said he was encouraged by the sales even though head Only sold 60 tickets after the tint five hours about half the number of Iowa lotto tickets sold during the same time. Launched on the Ihme of think big the lotto America Jackpot is going win bit lotto America is the first lot to hit Over is million on lie first draw. R n ,?,.?t. ?f7.1 .7, Roll Hal Vou a do Arlo your Penny of Lery involving noncontiguous states and officials Promise a minimum Jackpot ofj2 million when the game kicks off with a drawing held in pcs Monics on feb. 13. A join lottery involving Maine new Hampshire and Vermont has been operating for two years. In the new game players in Iowa Kansas. Missouri Rhode Island Oregon West Virginia and Washington. . Roust choose seven numbers from a Field of 40, giving them one Chance in about19 million to win. Lotto american officials say the 16.5 i l bet to a Dollar Luciler said. You be got to have conf told that Many other retailers were reporting sluggish sales Osweiler said they Aren t talking to pm right people arc coming in asking for them. We re not having any trouble. Wail til people get off work he said explaining most lottery sales Are in the afternoon and evening hours. Lotto America will broadcast its first drawing at 9 59 . Cost on feb. 1j.the one minute game will be beamed via satellite o the Stales involved. Poll finds atheists Gays have Little political future Washington a most americans would be willing to vol for a Catholic jew greek orthodox or Horn again Baptist for president but would have trouble supporting candidates who Are atheist or Homo sexual according to a new poll of religious altitudes. The poll also found thai about one fifth of All americans would be unwilling to vote for a candidate who has been a minister of a Church while support for a presidential candidate who is married but having of her love affairs is split nearly in half. The Survey was conducted in de Cember by the Center for communication dynamics a polling firm in Washington a total of 1,839 adults were inter viewed Al random by Telephone. The margin of error for the Survey is 2.4percentage Points. Some figures May not add up to exactly 100 percent be cause of founding. The Williamsburg charter foundation a non partisan and non sectarian group commissioned the Survey As pan of its Effort to increase Public awareness of the guarantee of religious Liberty in the first amendment 10 he Constitution. The Survey found Broad approval or acceptance of religion in Public life and a toleration of Mosi religious fails. However americans still draw a Clear line in their toleration of atheism and alternative lifestyles in political leaders according 10 Osguinn Ess executive director of the Williamsburg poll results should be Welcome news at Casl in part to the 13 presidential contenders in the 1988 8 Pyrc Cal of those surveyed would refuse to Vole for 3 Roma Catholic for president on the basis of religion. Republican Alexander Haagjr. And Democrat Bruce Babbitt Are 13 percent would refuse 10 support a greek orthodox candidate while the same percentage of those surveyed would not vote for a born again ten Perchm would not vote for a presidential candidate who was jewish. None of the 13 major party candidates is jewish. _ Democrat Michad Dukakis i greek orthodox while four other candidates democrats Jesse Jack son Richard Gephardt and Alber Gore and Republican pal Robertson Are baptists. Both Jackson an Robertson Are ordained ministers
