European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 6, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes saturday August 6,1988 Fri director strongly favors random testing for drugs stateside Washington a Fri director William ses Sions said thursday he strongly supports random drug testing at his Agency despite court challenges by other Federal employees Over the Issue. I think random testing has a significant role to playing the  sessions said at a news conference. I think the Bureau must be perceived As being a Law enforcement  the Fri does not now randomly test employees for drug use although officials have drawn up a plan to initiate such testing in the future. The entire plan has yet to be Given final approval by officials at the Justice department the Fri s Parent organization sessions said. If approval is granted ran Dom drug testing could begin within three months. Sessions said the Fri s plan also would allow employees to submit voluntarily to the tests to Demon Strate their commitment against drugs. But he said he does not know what effect a court ruling last week on a Justice department drug testing program will have on the Fri s plans. . District court judge George h. Revercomb pre vented the department from forcing about 1,800 employees in sensitive positions to submit to the random mandatory urine tests. Revercomb said the tests could infringe on the constitutional rights of the employees. Forty two department lawyers have filed suit against the plan. Two other drug testing cases one involving . Customs service employees and another involving Railroad workers Are to be heard by the supreme court next week. Meantime the Fri has a program to test new recruits probationary employees and those workers suspected of using drugs sessions said. As a result 13people who worked at the Agency or had applied for jobs have been terminated he said. In other areas sessions said one Fri agent in each of the Bureau s 58 Field William sessions offices has been assigned to work with local state school and business officials to educate the Public about the dangers of drugs. He will discuss with members of Congress Early next month a report on the Fri s investigation of a group opposed to president Reagan s Central America policies. Reagan s spokesman Marlin Fitzwater said in february that he was confident that the Fri did not conduct a massive spying Campaign into the committee in Solidarity with the people of Al Salvador. Members of Congress have complained that the investigation was mishandled. ., soviet inspectors prepare for first joint nuclear weapons test Pattii p \4p1a mat Aptt q on/1 Dowiot of Ain a a is so to us sj-k4�,/. ,i paiute Mesa Nev. A . And soviet scientists checked elaborate detection equipment atop picturesque Mesa thursday As the countdown continued for a historic joint nuclear weapons test aug. 17. I never thought i would see the Day the soviets were involved with us Here test director Joe Behne said As he and other officials stood at ground Zero thursday. Officials talked to reporters while standing on a plat form atop a 2,200-foot Shaft containing a nuclear device nearly 12 times As powerful As the bomb that destroyed Hiroshima 43 years ago saturday. The device will have an explosive punch of up to 150 Kilotons. About three dozen soviet scientists will be on Han for the blast code named Kearsarge after a ghost town in the Sierra Nevada. The soviet scientists who have been on the Nevada site since Spring were not allowed to see the device itself Behne said. But the soviets were allowed to examine the canister holding the device once the Container painted red White and Blue was sealed. The steel canister is 8 feet tall 88 inches in diameter and weighs 7 a tons. . Ambassador c. Paul Robinson who helped forge the agreement with the soviet Union called the test unprecedented and a breakthrough in negotiations on the Sticky Issue of nuclear testing by the two superpowers. President Reagan named Robinson As chief . Negotiator at the nuclear test talks in Geneva last february. The joint verification experiments at the 1,350-Square-mile Nevada test site this month and the soviet site in Semipalatinsk next month Are designed to measure each country s ability to Monitor the size of the other s tests. . Scientists now in the soviet Union will Monitor the Semipalatinsk test. The verification could Lead to ratification of treaties which were signed in 1974 and 1976 but never ratified limiting the size of nuclear tests. The two countries had accused each other of cheating on the size of their tests. 407-Carat yellow Diamond being offered for Sale Washington a a Gigantic yellow Diamond known As the incomparable has gone on Public display at the smithsonian institution but the Chance to see it May not last Long it s for Sale. The Stone weighing More than 407 carats Ison temporary loan to the museum of natural history where it will be on display until sept. 8. The owners Are offering the Gem for Sale Al though no Price has been set officials said. It is owned by Diamond merchants Louis Click mar Vin Samuels and the Zale corp. The Diamond was Cut from a rough 890-Caratstone that came on the Market in 1984. The display also includes several smaller diamonds carved from that Stone. They Range from 1.3 to 15.6 carats. According to the museum the incomparable is the world s largest fancy coloured Diamond and the second largest flawless Stone bowing Only Toone in the Tower of London. Irs reminding taxpayers about gifts to Charity Rule Washington a the internal reve nue service said thursday it was asking charities for help in reminding contributors that the can t claim a full tax deduction for a gift if they get something in return. Under irs rules for example a taxpayer claiming a deduction for the Purchase of girl scout cookies would have to subtract the value of the cookies from the amount they paid in order to arrive at the proper deduction. In his notice to 400,000 tax exempt charities irs commissioner Lawrence b. Gibbs said he was concerned that sponsors of fund Raisin events have often failed to provide written information on deductibility. The irs said the Rule applies to fund Raisin activities such As Charity balls bazaars ban Quets auctions concerts athletic events and solicitations for membership or contributions when merchandise or another Benefit is receive Din return. Sports illustrated plans Magazine for children new York a sports illustrated announced thursday it is launching a new mag Azine for children with the first edition planned for january. Sports illustrated for kids will be targeted a children age 8 and older and has two Aims the announcement said. The editorial purpose will be to emphasize the enjoyment that exists in All sports whether the Reader is a participant or Spectator said Mark Mulvoy managing editor. In the process it will improve Reading learning and socialization  the Magazine s initial circulation of 500,000will be equally divided Between paid Home subscriptions and distribution to 2,500 schools participating in the sports illustrated for kids liter Acy program the announcement said. Walden Pond office project faces hurdles Boston a under pressure from conservationists the developers of a proposed office comple near Henry David Thoreau s inspirational Walden Pond agreed thursday to submit their plans to stat environmental review. That at least will delay the project near the con Cord Pond where the author of civil disobedience with its opening Credo that government is est which governs least lived in the mid-1800s and established a writers Colony. Boston properties a development company owned by publisher Mortimer Zuckerman has pro posed a 14/,000-Square-foot office Complex and 518-car parking lot on a site within 700 Yards of Walden Pond. The developers agreed to a review after conservationists asked the state to invoke a Little used Tew requiring one. The project s design Falls just under criteria that would have automatically prompted a study. We Are confident that the information we submit will clearly demonstrate that All potential Environ mental impacts have already been adequately Stu died Edward h. Linde president of Boston prop erties said in a statement. Boston properties plans will be subject to Public comment after which the state will decide whether a full environmental Impact report is needed. We Are very pleased and we believe it to be Avery considerable Victory said Paul a Gupta at Torney for the Thoreau country conservation Alli Ance. He said the group will press for a full study which could take months to Complete. Given the significance of Walden Pond any project like this demands the most exhaustive Environ mental review that we can undertake said Environ mental affairs Secretary James Hoyte. We want to take a close look at the project s Impact on traffic inthe area and any Impact on ground  Boston properties contends it has no intention of disturbing Walden Pond it said the office Park would be separated from the Pond by a Forest and Highway. The Thoreau country conservation Alliance group formed recently after town officials approved the office Complex argue it will create traffic an sewage problems and detract from the site s historical significance. One of Zuckerman s magazines the Atlantic posthumously published Thoreau s journals in the Early 1900s