European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 16, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes Friday december 16,1968 stateside nurse s Quick thinking saves 9 from Poison Gas Baltimore my. A an emergency room nurse was credited by fire officials wednesday far helping to save nine people overcome by Carbon men oxide poisoning. Robert Beyers 76, was taken in is. Agnes Hospital by his wife Nola 67, who thought he was having Aheart attack. Fire capt. Pat Flynn said. When nurse Joan Briggs realized thai Beyers and his wire too had been overcome by Carbon monoxide Tutics she called the tire department. Firefighters went to the Beyers Home where they bund seven other people who were in bed and had been overcome by the fumes. All the victims were expected to recover and May very Well owe their lives to Briggs Flynn said. A clogged Chimney prevented the Gas Furnace fumes from escaping Flynn said. Baby arrives before medics with help of officer on phone fond do Lac wis a Candy Jones was alone when she gave birth to a healthy girl whose delivery Goi a Lon distance boost by a 9h police communications officer. Jones 26, called the emergency number Early tues Day and was on inc line Wii i officer Laurie Matthew for about 10 minutes before giving birth to her full Terni daughter. Paramedics arrived moments later. I m having my baby. I m Al Home Jones told Matthews. Jones said she was alone but that her parents were on their Way to her apartment according to a tape of Mccall. An ambulance was dispatched and Matthews told Jones to stay on the Telephone line. She then calmed the pregnant woman As Jones screamed Wajih each con traction. The delivery went just Fine however said a Param edic who took the Mother and daughter to is. Agne Hospital. Pepsi Kitten finds Way to beat Michigan s cold Battle Creek Mich. Api a cold Kitten squeezed inside a soft drink machine outside an Ani Mal shelter and frustrated efforts to free it until a Pepsi cola distributor made a special rip o open lie machine. Humane society Calhoun area shelter officials named the Black and White Kitten Pepsi after its or Deal. The Kitten apparently icel outside the shelter Fri Day climbed inside the machine drawn by the warmth of its motor. Shelter manager Pat Early heard the kit ten mewing White Al the shelter for a night meeting. The next Day another cat Lover came and tried to 00.11 the Kitten out by slipping food on a stick inside inc machine the Killen munched the food but did t Budge.  after trying for several hours to coax the Kitten to leave its warm spot the humane society people called the distributor who freed the feline. Back seat Bossie three year old Sarnie to Dezotelle and her pal the family cow wait impatiently or  to s dad to return from an errand in Bare i. Gordon Dezo Telle who was tit route to his Small farm near River ton used he 1919 Plymouth Sedan to transport the Loistein cow from nearby Hardwrick. Random drug test plan set up for 8,600 employees of has Washington a approximately 8,600 employees of the department of health and human serv ices will be subject to random drug testing under a plan announced wednesday by has Secretary Olis r. Bowen. That comes to roughly 7 percent of the 118,000 Momber work Force of the sprawling department that includes such agencies As the food and drug administration the National institutes of health and the so Cial Security administration. This department As the nation s Leader in drug abuse prevention education research and treatment should take the initiative to deter illegal drug use and to assist in the rehabilitation of drug using employees Bowen said in a memo to All employees. The has plan adopted in response to an executive order by president Reagan in 1986 requiring drug test ing at All Federal agencies identifies 80 Job categories subject to random testing. Most of the categories involve employees in health care and medical research including those who pro vide direct patient care or who handle hazardous or sensitive materials. Security personnel and those operating potentially hazardous equipment also Are included. The plan also makes the department Secretary and undersecretary and other senior officials. Subject to testing. .-.-. The decision to go Forward with random testing was made Only after months of careful review and consideration of the privacy concerns of our employees Bowen said in his memo. The has plan Calls for at least 10 percent of ihe8,600 employees subject to testing to be screened for marijuana and cocaine use annually. The testing technically could begin As quickly As 50 Days after publication of wednesday s memo but department officials said it probably will Lake longer. Each of the employees listed As subject to testing will be notified of this in writing at least 3d Days before an testing is carried out the memo said. In addition to random testing for current employees the plan Calls for drug tests to be administered to applicants for jobs in the covered positions. Orders a Fife to posed a Frankfort by. A a Large creche the slate erected in front of the Capitol Tan remain despite objections thai it amounts to slate sponsorship of religion a Federal judge ruled we docs Day.  Bui the state was ordered to meet Sev eral conditions by week s end or remove the barn like Structure with its Manger and animal statues. . District judge William.  said inc state must come up with private fund ing and Post a Large disclaimer slating that it is not endorsing any religion. The american civil. Liberties Union had sought to Force the slate to remove the or acne which is without figurines of. The infant Jesus and other humans. Its request for an injunction was turned Down. Suzy Post director of the Kentucky Acle said from her Louisville office that she had not read the opinion. What we would have liked obviously is for the thing 10 be Laken Down right now. On the other hand what the judge has done is acknowledge that there has id be a separation Between Church and  she said Bertelsman s first condition was that Ali past and future expenditures of pub Lic funds. Be defrayed by private  a i -. Stale officials have said that materials for the landscaped creche Cost about $ ,200, bul that did not include the Sala Ries of the state workers who reeled it. Kevin Haboc a lawyer for gov Wal lace Wilkinson said he believed the state already had been offered enough Money to recover what had been spent on in creche to Date and o pay for its continued maintenance  bar Tilsman s second condition was thai inc stale erect a prominent disclaimer readable by anyone passing in a car. He dictated this wording this Dis play was not constructed with Public funds and docs not constitute fan endorsement by the Commonwealth of an religion or religious  also ordered the state to Post a Public notice that the area around in creche is a Public forum. Available to All responsible citizens and civic and religious groups for Holiday ceremonies pageants or  finally Bertelsman said the stale must adopt a policy on the creche s use. Pal Abell another of Wilkinson s Law yers said he believed Bertelsman s conditions were just and equitable an thai he would recommend the state accept them. Attorneys for Wilk Inson  creche was Only part of a general Christmas display a reminder of the hol iday s religious significance and there fore constitutional. The 30-foot slate Christmas tree was about 100 Yards behind the creche. Elsewhere on inc Capitol grounds Trees and lampposts have been decorated with lights ribbons and Holly and the stale s Large Floral clock behind the Capi Iol was decorated As a huge Snowflake. But the Acle said the creche was. The dominant Structure the first thing a visitor would Sec and had the primary of acct of sponsoring.  the creche although without traditional human figurines for Legal reasons we staffed on some nights by members of area churches As a living