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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Sunday, October 23, 1988

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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 23, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday october 23, 1988 the stars and stripes rider Colls bus Driver s Buff gets behind wheel Anaheim. Calif. A a passenger who did t like inc Job a bus Driver was doing accepted the Driver s Challenge to gel behind the wheel Leav ing inc startled Driver behind and going More than a mile before police stopped him. It was something which i Felt was necessary and so did quite a few of her people on the bus. Said James g. Biddle 52. Biddle of behind the wheel of the Orange county transit District bus wednesday and Pul it in gear pulling away with 31 passengers and leaving the Driver at the Side of inc Road authorities said. Biddle s takeover of the bus was prompted by an argument with Driver Kim Dale Miller 36, police and transit officials said. Apparently one of the passengers did l have the proper fare and Biddle who is a Veteran rider on route 18, did l like inc Way the Driver was dealing with him said transit spokeswoman Claudia Keith. Biddle of Bucana Park said he became upset when Miller allegedly directed a racial slur at the Passen Ger. The Driver then allegedly dared Biddle to do a better Job and got off the bus. Biddle drove about i it Miles stopping several times to pick up and drop off passengers before police slopped the bus. He was cited for Joy Riding and driving bus without a proper License. It was really hilarious said Joe Stiglbauer who like Biddle is an Engineer with Hughes aircraft co. And a regular passenger. He was very courteous to the passengers. He slopped in most of inc right places made change for passengers gave them trans Fer tickets slopped Al the Railroad crossing and just looked like an old  Miller declined to comment on the incident. Keith said the i year Veteran was taking a couple of Days off with pay while transit officials investigate the incident. Labor department restricts use of lie detectors Washington a the labor asked to take a lie Detector test or top secret activities. Problem such As recurring inventory department issued regulations Friday bar ring most private employers from using polygraph or lie Detector tests to  and greatly restricting use of the devices to Tysl present employees. The regulations which Lake effect dec. 27, implement legislation passed by Congress and signed by president Rea Gan last june outlawing about 85 percent of inc current use of polygraph exam inn Lions and voice stress Analysers. The congressional office  assessment had estimated thai 2 Mil Jon polygraph examinations were con ducted last year 90 percent of them by private employers. Under the new regulations some 7,2million employers nationwide will be required to put up posters next month summarizing the prohibitions and exemptions and outlining the rights of any worker no Aske Tysl Fred Alvarez assistant labor Secretary for employment standards said inc pos ters will be mailed out in three or four weeks. Employers who keep requiring thai Job applicants or current employees take the tests except for the allowed exemptions or do not abide by other safeguards in the regulations can be fined up to $10,000 for each violation. The regulations also give anyone required to take the lest in violation of the new Law the right to sue employers in Federal and state courts for Relief such As employment reinstatement promotion and any payment of lost wages and Bene fits. Exempted from Protection under the ban Are employees of Federal state and local governments or Federal contractor engaged in National Security intelligence o also exempted from the ban arc pro sped Ive employees of armoured car Secu Rity alarm and Security guard companies hired to protect operations affecting health and safety National Security or Money. For example labor department officials said a Bank could use polygraphs to screen applicants for a guard s Job but an apartment House could not. Pharmaceutical concerns or Compa Nies manufacturing distributing or dispensing controlled substances also can require Job applicants to submit to a lie Detector test but Only for those positions which would have direct Access to the drugs. The regulations also allow use of poly graphs by private companies to investigate specific incidents of theft embezzle ment or sabotage but not a persistent problem i shortages. Any workers asked to Lake a polygraph lest under those conditions must be Given Al least 48 hours Advance notice and a statement in Advance telling the of their rights including the right to re fuse the lest or terminate it at any Lime. The pretest statement must also explain the specific incident or activity being investigated and inc basis for the employer s suspicion that the person asked to take the exam was involved Init. Results of a polygraph lest or refusal to submit to such an exam cannot be used alone As a basis for taking any action against an employee. The regulations also forbid disclosure of the test results to anyone of her than the employee without the employee s consent or Acourt order. Wreckage uncovered the remains of the bulk freighter . Stafford Are vessel Bull in 1886, was abandoned in 1925. It was risible off Shoreline Park in Sandusky Ohio. The uncovered recently when the water level dropped. Capone prosecutor Dies in Florida at 83 West Palm Beach Fla. A . District judge William j. Campbell who prosecuted gangster Al Capone and was the longest tenured Federal judge in the United Stales has died of complications from sur Gery. He was 83. Campbell who died wednesday was one of in prosecutors who got the notorious Chicago hoodlum convicted on lax evasion charges. Capone died in 1947. Campbell appointed to inc Federal Bench in 1940 by president Roosevelt Rose to become chief judge i Illinois Northern District and twice declined a seat on the 7th . Circuit court of appeals. He was consid ered fora position to the supreme court. As a judge he brought a dignity to the office that has Seldom been matched said Chicago attorney done. Reuben. When you were in his courtroom you knew you were in a  a new Deal Liberal he fought passionately against a Chicago social club thai refused to admit a Black Feder Al judge and for a Public defender program in the fed eral courts. During inc Stormy 1968 democratic National convention in Chicago Reuben said Campbell calmed a group of protesters in his courtroom with demands for proper courtroom  Campbell retired in 1970 but continued to hear fed eral cases in Illinois California and for the past nine years at the Federal courthouse in West Palm Beach. Funeral services were scheduled Friday. He is survived by his wife Marie a. Campbell five daughters and three sons. Deaf president installed by Gallaudet University Washington a the first deaf president in the history of 124-year-old Gal Laudel University the nation s Only University for the hearing impaired challenged the students in his inaugural address to try and do everything under the  today Gallaudet is not simply in stalling its eighth president said or. I. King Jordan who was selected As presi Dent Lasi March after a tumultuous week of protests Over the naming of a hearing woman to the Post. We Are recognizing the right of every disabled person to have unlimited goals and expectations Jordan told about 2,400 faculty staff and students jammed into the school s gym for his installation. The hearing woman who initially was named to the Post or. Elisabeth Ann Zinser eventually stepped aside. Jordan 43, who lost his hearing in a motorcycle Accident in 1 %8, is a 1973 Gal Laudel graduate who earned masters and doctorate degrees from the Unive Reily of Tennessee. He was Dean of Cal Laudel s school of arts and sciences before being chosen As president. He pledged to expand programs preparing Gateau Del s 2,200 undergraduate and graduate students for a larger place in the hearing world. "1 Challenge every prison in this room id take up his motivation and have inc Cour age to try and do anything under the Sun Jordan said i Challenge you to succeed urging the school to use the Energy generated during the week of protests to continue lobbying for the rights of the hearing impaired everywhere Jordan said Gal Laudel must become a working Model for open Access everywhere. Take the events of last March to your hearts and your hands to make the world responsive to deaf  Lawrence Newman president of the National association of the deaf told the crowd Hal Jordan s installation Marks the emancipation of deaf people from the shackles of   
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