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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 31, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday july 31, 1988 the stars and stripes Page 7 ruling halts Justice drug testing program Washington a a Federal judge issued a permanent injunction Fri Day against the Justice department s drug testing program under which the Agency would test 1,800 employees who Are in sensitive Law enforcement posts. . District judge George rever comb initially issued a preliminary in Junction saying mandatory random drug testing cannot be justified because the department does not consider drug use to be widespread at the Agency. It is impossible to argue that Manda tory random urinalysis drug testing serves the purpose of deterring illegal drug use by trusted and apparently Law abiding employees Revercomb said in a 14-Page opinion granting the preliminary injunction. Dewillers mom won t help police Miami a Maria Dewillers refused Friday to give her fingerprints to police who said they have new evidence in the investigation of How she handled donations for her dying son s liver transplants. Dade county prosecutors have been looking into Dewillers handling of More than $689,000 donated for her 7-year old son Ronnie who died in april 1987 awaiting his fourth liver transplant. Fort Lauderdale police chief Joseph Gerwens said new developments from the investigation prompted his depart ment to Issue a search warrant for the fingerprints and Palm prints of Dewillers and several  refused to elaborate on the information saying Only that no arrests have been  Miami attorney Roy Black filed a motion in Dade circuit court Fri Day saying issuance of a search warrant for the woman s fingerprints is an inva Sion of her  Ralph person scheduled an Emer gency hearing on the matter monday. Repeated Telephone Calls to Dewillers Home by the associated press resulted in a Busy signal. Fred Kerstein who is handling the Dade county investigation re fused to , born with defective liver ducts first attracted National attention after a february 1987 robbery at St. An Thony s roman Catholic school in fort Lauderdale in which $4,000 collected by schoolmates was  of the incident prompted a nationwide outpouring of donations for Ronnie s medical care including a $1,000 gift from president Reagan. Gerwens refused to say whether the fingerprints Are related to the robbery. Dewillers has refused to pay $262,000 in medical Bills to children s has pita in Pittsburgh saying her son received improper  court appointed caretaker of the donated funds said Dewillers improperly used $200,000 of the Money on luxury items ranging from jewelry to a Bow sports car. The judge said the 42 Justice employees who sued in an attempt to Block the program show a Strong likelihood of Success on their claim that compulsory random urinalysis drug testing is an unreasonable search and seizure that Vio lates the fourth amendment. The government had asserted a critical interest in the Security of sensitive and classified Law enforcement information and in the integrity and Public image of the department. Yet Given the absence of a drug prob Lem at the department it is difficult to see How Security of sensitive information or the integrity and Public image of the department would be much served by testing the judge said. Revercomb noted that employees also might embezzle obstruct Justice or accept bribes but that no one could seriously argue that absent any grounds to suspect misconduct the Justice depart ment would be justified in tapping the employee s Telephone censoring his mail or searching his House. Something More than unfounded fears must justify an intrusive search Revercomb said. Even though a relaxed reasonableness Standard applies to a search by the government As an employer such a search must be for a non investigatory and work related  under the Justice department plan announced late last month the Agency would have started testing in As soon As 60 Days. Seven percent of a group of 1,800 employees in positions deemed sensitive would be tested annually. After issuing the preliminary injunction the Justice department sought and was granted a permanent injunction. The government will ask the . Circuit court of appeals next week for a stay of the permanent injunction so that the department can proceed with the program said Justice department spokeswoman Amy Brown. It can be More difficult to obtain a stay of a preliminary injunction because the Legal question presented in that in stance is whether a District judge abused his discretion which is quite Broad. The review of a permanent injunction would examine the merits of the constitutional arguments in the Case a Prospect favored by the Justice department. They Andy my Parrot is missing firefighter Tara Johnson of Dickson tenn., fights a fire Friday near Grant Village in Yellowstone National Park. S. Dakota fire nearly contained rapid City . A higher humidity Friday gave firefighters the upper hand against a 3,000-acre Forest fire that had destroyed 15 Homes on the Western Edge of the City but it remained the top priority fire in the nation. Firefighters said they hoped to con Tain the arson Blaze by Early saturday and control it by sunday. That was the first time since the fire started tuesday that firefighters had Given an estimate of when they might get a handle on the Blaze in the forested Black Hills. Fire Crews in Yellowstone National Park where about 93,000 acres of Forest has burned took the calculated risk Fri Day of setting their own fires in dead Timber and Brush to Rob major fires of fuel paths to building complexes. Park officials said the South in trance to the Park was to reopen Sun Day because the danger of fire reaching buildings around the old faithful Gey ser had been significantly reduced. Fires fed by drought dried Fields and forests also blackened regions of alas a Montana Idaho California Washington and Wisconsin. But All of Utah s fires had been tamed by Friday officials said. Elsewhere 10 families driven from their Cabins in two developments in a mountainous area Northeast of Boise Idaho because of the 4,600-acre Willis Gulch fire were allowed to return Home Friday night. More Crews joined firefighters on the lines Friday raising the number of firefighters to More than 970. Jasper Ala. A Sidney Hicks wants to hear from anyone who hears a Parrot whistling the theme from the Andy Griffith  it s a very unique Bird Hicks said of Arthur a Blue fronted Amazon Par rot stolen from his front porch. What makes him special is his talking sing ing and whistling. He s the smartest Bird i be Ever  Hicks has about 200 Birds. He said that 3-year-old Arthur who Learned to whistle the Andy Griffith theme from a tape was something of a celebrity in his neighbourhood in this City about 30 Miles Northwest of Bir  lord this has just about put me in the Hospital Hicks said Friday. I could have sold him for $1,000 to a Man last week but i would t sell  is offering $250 for information leading to the conviction of the Bird Napper. Police have no suspects said sgt. Jeff  think it s somebody trying to turn a fast Buck Hicks said. He has contacted most pet stores in Alabama to Tell them about the theft of Arthur a mostly Green Parrot with splashes of yellow and red at the top of his wings. Vivid patches of yellow and Blue Mark his  said whoever stole Arthur tried to take another Parrot from a sep Arate Cage but probably became discouraged when the Bird began biting. The untamed Parrot Worth Only about $600 because it is not yet talking was found Loose on the porch  
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