European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 24, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday june 24, 1988 the stars and stripes Page 7 alive in the shambles the face of Gregory Stevens can a seen just below the figure of a Rescue worker amid inc wreckage of a multiple car crash on a new Orleans free Way. Stevens was reported in stable condition alter being extricated from the pileup which resulted from a truck blowing into a line of slow moving can. Seven other people were injured but none seriously. Civil service to Stop using written exam in hiring of recruits Washington a the Reagan administration is abandoning its use of written examination for civil service hiring and plans instead to use College grades and Job related skills tests inc read of inc government s personnel of fice said thursday. Constance Homer director of the of fice of personnel management said inc shift will allow government recruiters to pursue High Quality candidates aggressively Ana be Able to ofter jobs on the spot. The Agency announced in will drop the written examination requirement and allow College graduates whose grades meet a minimum average still to be determined within the Range of 1.0 and 3.25 on a 4.0 scale to be hired on the spa by recruiters. Other graduates could be hired after passing a new individual achievement record skills lest which 0pm said Mea sures the full Range of relevant personal qualities required Tor successful Job per  we want the strongest possible civil service and we re going to gel in under this plan Homer said. She said current testing procedures Are so slow and cumbersome that Many of the Best candidates Tor jobs go elsewhere. Homer said she hoped inc relink of the plan could be worked out so the government could begin using the new Hir ing system by nest april. Homer told a conference attended by government recruiters that the new approach to selecting entry level workers will allow the government Access to the most intellectually Strong academically accomplished candidates and still ensure a work place reflective of american racial and ethnic  but Robert m. Tobias president of the National Treasury employees Union told inc Washington Post which divulged the changes in thursday s editions thai he had a lot of concern about Horner s  hiring on the basis of Cofas Grade Point average is contrary to congressional intent that hiring be done through a competitive exam that is nationwide in scope he said. Homer s proposal also was criticized by her pm predecessor Donald de Vine As a sad Day for the civil service when in can t have an objective civil service  government has had n9 Entrance lest for More than 100 jobs since 1982, when the professional and administrative career examination was discarded after in was deemed to be racially discriminatory. Faa grounds cargo Carrier Washington a the Federal aviation administration grounded ame no Light inc., a California based cargo car Rier wednesday because of a Broad Range of alleged safely violations. A Mckinight which has us Headquarters in Burbank calif., operates about 90 aircraft most of them propeller planes in cargo service. It has Branch offices in Salt Lake City and Seattle according to the Faa. The Faa said it has revoked Macri flight s operating certificate because of violations of Federal air safety regulations thai Agency inspectors found in a review in March and april. The Faa said it found amen flight had used pilots who had not had timely proficiency checks improperly converted passenger compartments to cargo use in 17 planes failed to comply with airworthiness directives on six aircraft and failed to make checks to determine if maintenance work had been done. 3 bomb smugglers sentenced former patrolman guilty of Murde Burlington it. A three lebanese bom canadians who the government alleged were members of a Middle East terrorist group were sentenced wednesday to up to 16 years in prison for smuggling a bomb into tin United states. . District court judge Albert Coffrin sentenced Georgc Younan and co defendant Walid Kabbani to 16 years each in Federal prison. Walid Mourad who pleaded guilty before the others went to trial was sentenced to eight years in prison. Defense attorneys claimed Victory with the sentences saying they were less than 20-year terms that the government had offered in a plea bargain that the defendants rejected. The attorneys had described their clients As bungles rather than terrorists but even they say they have no idea what the men were planning to do with the bomb. . Attorney George tar Williger Iii said the sen tence was appropriate. The three were arrested last october and charged with smuggling a homemade bomb into the United states from Canada. The . Government claimed the men were Mem Bers of the syrian social nationalist party which was founded in Jne 1930s and was devoted to the forma Tion of greater Syria which would have United Leb anon and what was then Palestine but is now Israel under syrian domination. Floyd Clarke an assistant director of the Fri s Crim Inal investigative division said members of the group have claimed responsibility for the 1982 Assas Nalion of lebanese president elect Bashi r Jemayel last month Justice department spokesman John Russell said the men were believed to be the first alleged Middle Eastern terrorists arrested in the United Stales carrying explosives. Attorneys for Kabbani and Mourad have denied Iligir clients were members of the a sep. A Cousin of Younan s said Younan belonged to the party but de Nied that it was a terrorist group. None of the three  addressed the judge wednesday. Their attorneys said the government s allegations of their political affiliations were greatly exaggerated. $400,000 building in path of Highway Jacksonville Fla. A a change in plans for the expansion of interstate 95 will result in the razing of a new 5400,000 City warehouse Orady Greene District director of production for inc depart ment of transportation said. The warehouse was built on land that will be used  right of Way for an expansion of 1-95. The City is hoping the state will buy the building. Then scrap it at state taxpayers expense. Salem a. Salem City Public works director said no single Peru n or Agency was to blame but Greene said the City knew the stale was in inc proc sri of expanding -95 in the Vicinity of the warehouse. Salem said his department has created a new depart ment head who will be in charge of attending All Dot planning discussions. San Diego a a former California Highway patrol officer was convicted wednesday of first degree murder in the death of a 20-year-old Motorist who prosecutors said was ordered Down an isolated freeway ramp and strangled. Craig pc scr. 38, of Poway a 13-Ycar cd i Veteran was the second officer in inc 58-year history of the Agency to be charged with killing a Motorist while on duty. Peytr was accused of strangling Cara Knott of Al Giljon a san Diego state University student after pulling her car Over dec. 27, 1986.1 Eyer s first trial ended in a mistrial feb. 25 when jurors deadlocked 7-5 in favor of conviction. Superior court judge Richard Huffman scheduled sentencing for july 20. We recognize the extraordinary courage of inc wit Nesses who came Forward and through their soul searching revealed the truth said knot Staihr Samuel. It s a Relief said Joyce knot the victim s Molher. But she called Peytr s conviction just one More step in coming to grips with the pain of her daughter s death. Jurors received the Case june 4. Knoll s abandoned car was found in a Cul de Sac and her body was found in a Creek bed beneath an old Highway Bridge nearby. She had been strangled before being thrown off the 65-foal Bridge. Several witnesses testified they saw facial scratches on pc scr Loward the end of his night shift shortly after authorities say knit died. Regarded As an exemplary officer be foil his Jan. 15, 1981. Arrest i Cyer was fired after an internal investigation. He is appealing the firing