European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 14, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday. May 14,1989 the stars and stripes Page random drug tests of Boston police of d Union vows to Appeal Case Boston a a Federal appeals court has ruled the Boston police department can conduct random drug testing of its officers in a Case that could have repercussions for police departments across the country. The 1st . Circuit court of appeals ruled Fri Day in favor of a police department regulation is sued in 1986 that requires random drug testing of officers and All other police department employees. I am deeply concerned for the health and safety of our police officers said Boston police commissioner Francis m. Roache in a statement prepared after the decision. They Are human and engaged in perhaps the most stressful profession in our society. Therefore 1believe that this drug testing policy is beneficial to the Public As Well As to the police officers in this City and in the  the 1,600-Mcmbcr Boston police patrolmen s association which filed suit against the policy in 1986, promised to Appeal the Case to the supreme court. The department has agreed not to impose the testing until All appeals arc exhausted. The two Page decision by the appeals court cited two . Supreme court rulings in March that upheld the government s right to require drug and alcohol tests for customs service workers involved in drug interdiction and for Railroad workers involved in accidents. The supreme court ruled that Public safety out weighs constitutional guarantees against unreason Able searches. The Boston suit is one of three filed by police unions around the country against proposed drug detection programs. Cases involving drug testing in the Detroit and Chattanooga. Tenn., police depart ments arc still under review. In the Boston Case . District judge Robert  ruled in 1988 to uphold urine tests of police officers in cases where drug use was suspected but he also ruled that imposing random testing without such suspicion an unreasonable search and seizure of an officer s body fluids. Drug testing of police officers has been a controversial Issue in police departments across the coun try. Most police departments have attempted to lest Only those officers under suspicion or involved with drug interdiction. In March the Nassau county police department in new York began random drug testing of Mem Bers of certain narcotics squads. In new York City random testing for drugs was started last october among the estimated 1,000 offi cers assigned to the organized crime control Bureau. In 1986, the Maryland state police began a ran Dom mandatory testing program for its members. The program was suspended after eight months when the state attorney general advised it May be an unconstitutional invasion of privacy. Miami police officers have asked that an annual mandatory drug screening exam be written into their contracts. Approximately 5 million americans arc subject to drug testing each year usually As a condition of employment. Tests virtually confirm Young fathered child by the in s Angeles times Detroit in the latest development of one of Detroit s hottest Sto Ries. Mayor Coltman a. Young has found out he is almost certainly the father of the 6-year-old son of the director of Public works for Fontana Calif. Young a 70-year-old Bachelor with no other children is the target of a paternity suit filed by an Ivory Calvert a 34-year old former Detroit assistant director of Public works who recently moved to Fontana to accept her current Post. Calvert claims she had a Long running affair with Young and gave birth to his son while she worked for the City of de troit. Young has so far refused to acknowledge the child. But Friday the results of two blood tests including one commissioned by Young and his attorneys virtually confirmed that Young is the father focal Vert soon. One of the tests conducted by spar Row Hospital in Lansing mich., deter mined the Odds that Young was not the father were "75 million to  the lest results were released at a news Confer Colinan Young ence by Noel Kean attorney for Cal Vert. Who filed the paternity suit in Jan uary. Since the suit was filed. Young has become the subject of countless fatherhood jokes especially since canc released photos showing the mayor dressed in pyjamas holding the child. Still few political leaders in Detroit where Young has held an Iron grip on City Hall for an unprecedented four terms wanted to comment Friday. Have no idea How it will play with the people of the Community i just prefer to leave it Between the two parties involved said Mel Kavitz a City Council member. The Case has come in the Wake of a series of political setbacks for Young and in the midst of his most difficult re elec Tion contest since he first took office in1973. Detroit s epidemic of drug related crime along with a mass loss of jobs and population from the City to the suburbs have left Young increasingly vulnerable to challengers. At least three people now plan to run against him in this fall s Clec but Young s potential opponents hesitated Friday to exploit the paternity Case. I really feel the major issues facing the City Are More important said City Council president Erma Henderson who plans to run against Young. Ill let the citizens decide How they want to feel about  i Don t know that it will have any Impact on How the Vole will go said Tom Barrow a Detroit businessman who also has announced his candidacy. I Don t want to pass  Young s attorneys said the mayor who is on vacation would wait until the results from a third blood lest Are Avail Able before announcing whether he accepts the child As his. The paternity suit has been on hold in court pending the results of the blood tests canc said he and Calvert now plan to wait for Young s attorneys to open negotiations on a possible out of court settlement. Calvert who would not speak to re porters Friday is seeking Young s acknowledgement of paternity and unspecified child support payments. Nasa shuffling space shuttle Mission schedule Cape canaveral Fla. A the space Agency is juggling the launch schedule for five space shuttle flights including postponement until 1990 of the Hubble space Telescope Mission Long awaited by scientists. The schedule changes announced Friday be came necessary when Nasa decided last month that the shuttle Columbia could not be readied in time for a july launch because of modifications that must be made. Because of Columbia s lag officials said they could not support two missions in the july August time period and still preserve an october launch period for the High priority Galileo flight to Jupi Ter. The National aeronautics and space administration said in april that it was moving the co Lumbia flight a classified defense department Mission to August and was shifting a discovery military Mission set for August until sometime after the Galileo launch on Atlantis which is Setfor oct. 12, Nasa announced this new sequence Friday for Post Galileo missions discovery on the military Mission that had been scheduled in August. Columbia to dispatch a communications satellite and retrieve a science satellite orbiting since 1984. Officials want to recover the 10.7-ton satellite before it can re enter the atmosphere and Burn up late this year or in Early 1990. Atlantis on a defense department Mission. Discovery with the Hubble space Telescope which is to study the universe far beyond the Sun and its planets. Under a previous schedule the Telescope had been scheduled for launch in de Cember. The earliest now is february. Columbia with the Alro a payload a pack age of ultraviolet and a Ray telescopes to observe deep space. Nasa said it would announce dates for these flights within a few weeks. It appears there will be three or four More launches this year with the others slated for 1990. Two missions have flown so far in 1989. Bell announces layoffs due to scrapped Osprey fort Worth Texas up Bell helicopter text Ron officials have announced pending layoffs due to the fed eral budget Cut of the company s v-22 Osprey lilt Rotor helicopter program. Bell officials said earlier As Many As 2,500 employees might be Laid off because of defense Secretary Dick Cheney s Deci Sion to cancel Bell s v-22 and army Heli copter improvement program projects. In the memo posted Friday announcing layoffs within the next few weeks. Bell said it remains supportive of continuing development of the v-22. However in View of the government s propose actions the direction of the v-22 pro Gram is Uncertain at this time. For the present we remain encouraged by Strong bipartisan congressional support and we continue to work on the project the memo added. There Are ongoing reviews to determine manpower requirements for ill Bell helicopter pro Grams. Some layoffs will occur Over a period of coming  Bell officials said no Date for any pos sible layoffs has been announced. The Osprey designed to Combine  of a helicopter with the flight Speed of a fixed Wing aircraft was being developed by Bell helicopter Tex tron and Boeing helicopters of Phila Delphia. In flight tests began last month on the aircraft but Cheney told a congressional committee that funding for the Osprey would be eliminated for fiscal 1990, which begins oct. 1, because of congressional demands for defense department budget cuts