European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 27, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday septembers 1989 the stars and stripes Page 7 Airport Security remains inadequate Gao and congressional witnesses say by the Baltimore Sun Washington stronger airline Security measures incorporated since the december bombing of pan am flight 103 that kilted 270 people Over locker Bie. Scotland Are inadequate Security experts told a congressional panel Mon  the same time a study by the Gen eral accounting office found thai the Federal aviation administration cannot say whether airlines Are carrying out the new Security measures imposed after plastic explosives concealed in a portable radio destroyed the pan am plane. The current . Civil aviation Secu Rity system is seriously  said Billic h. Vincent former director of civil aviation Security for the Faa. It did not prevent the pan am 103 tragedy from happening and More important what has been done since dec. 21, 1988, will not prevent another similar  Vincent s comments before the House subcommittee on government activities and transportation echoed a report from the Gao Congress watchdog Agency. The Gao report found that the Faa cannot assure itself that required Security procedures Are being carried out by the  said rep. Vardiss collins.d-lll., subcommittee chairwoman. Recent Faa inspections detected breakdowns in the training of airline Security personnel according to the re Isaac be feel israeli airline Security expert criticizes Security at . Air polls. Port largely because the Federal Agency has not established minimum training  Collins said. The report will not be publicly re leased because the Faa considers information in the report  she said. Other witnesses also criticized . Airport Security. American airline Security does very Little  said Isaac Teffel. Former director of Security for Israel s Al Al air lines. Earlier this year Yeffet said he took part in a Security Survey of major airports and found the level of Security and the Quality of personnel extremely  pc fact recommended better training and pay for Security personnel More Law enforcement personnel in terminal areas and greater care in the Matching Passen Gers with their Luggage. We have taken a variety of Steps to improve Security said Monte Belger the Faa s associate administrator for aviation standards. For example airlines must now a Ray or physically inspect All checked hags and passengers must Noi have Access to checked baggage after Security inspection. The Faa is also hiring More Security inspectors and working to develop improved weapons detection capabilities he said. Vincent said the United states must develop a comprehensive Security system similar to the one used by Al Al that will detect sophisticated sabotage bombs requiring belter trained person Nel and More advanced detection equip ment. Faa officials noted that Al Al is a Small airline and applying those Stan Dards to . Carriers would be costly and burdensome a Point dismissed by  Call this the we can to do Thal be cause. Syndrome he said. We have raised this to a High Art form in the . Government and some . Air  plan would add $900 million in drug War funds Washington a Senate democrats reached tentative agreement with the White House monday on an so billion package to wage the nation s War on drugs including an across the Board Cut in other pro Grams to pay for it. The agreement provides $900 million More than president Bush sought in his nationally televised anti drug speech sept. 5. The Compromise figure went a Little less than half Way toward the $2.2 billion increase that had been proposed by sen. Robert c. Byrd do. Va., chairman of the Senate appropriations com Mitch. But nearly All the increase $800 million is to be devoted to drug treatment education and Preven Tion programs that democrats said were most seriously underfunded in Bush s proposal. The american people wanted More than the presi Dent requested and this gets More Byrd told report ers. It s not a final solution but it s a Good first step toward fighting the War on  sen. Mark o. Half iced. R-orc., the chief negotiator for Senate republicans sought to minimize any democratic advantage from the Accord by pointing to Bush s leadership in proposing the anti drug package in the first place. Half iced said the White House has agreed to the general terms and that the White House and Republican Senate leaders were expected to take up final approval tuesday. Bush was travelling monday and had not Analy Edthe details of the proposed agreement said White House spokesman roman Popadiuk. Left unresolved were several legislative initiatives Rush had proposed on Hareas Corpus and the death penalty to strengthen the prosecution of drug dealers. Those awaited talks with sen. Joseph Biden decl. The Senate judiciary committee chairman who was out of town on monday. Discussions aimed at finding a Compromise had broken off on Friday after an apparent stalemate was reached. But Hatfield said Byrd telephoned him Friday night and the two met on saturday to begin putting the talks Back on track. The agreement if finalized on the return of key senators to Washington was expected to free four major Money Bills needed to keep programs running after the fiscal year ends sept. 30 transportation. Foreign Aid. Veterans housing and space. Labor health and education. 6fh-graders using coca be wee by Junior High drug use up Survey says Washington a some sixth graders say they use cocaine As often As every week according to a Survey re leased monday that shows an alarming trend of drug use among Junior High school students. At the same time illicit use of drugs and alcohol declined among High school students according to the non scientific Survey of almost 400,000 secondary school students by the National parents resource Institute for drug education. Whereas we have seen some drops at the upper grades at the lower grades there is an alarming trend of More use said Doug Hall Pride vice president. Or. Thomas j. Glraton jr., president of the Atlanta based drug prevention organization that has been conducting the nationwide surveys since 1982, said the study detected weekly cocaine use in the sixth  of the 29,116 sixth graders who responded to the question about cocaine use about 233 said they used cocaine weekly or daily according to the report. About 58 sixth graders said they used cocaine once or twice a month and 87 others said they used cocaine one to six times a year the Survey found. The Survey covered 392,003 students in grades six to 12 who answered the Anonymous questionnaire Given in 958 schools in 38 states according to Pride. Overall for Junior High students of the 161,907 who responded to the question on cocaine use 0.7 percent or 1,133 said they used it weekly or daily an equal number used it infrequently and 648 said they used it once or twice a month. The study showed 24.9 percent of Junior High school students said they had drunk an alcoholic beverage this year. Two years ago 26.3 percent said they had done so. And in 1984-85, 21.2 percent said they had. In senior High school grades 9-12 the use of cocaine marijuana Beer and liquor declined from the Levels of two and four years ago the study found. A total of 4.6 percent of the 223,036 students in grades 9-12 who responded to the question on cocaine use said they used the drug this year compared with5.7 percent Lour years ago and 6.4 per cent two years ago. The Pride Survey found. Of the 10,260 this year who said they used cocaine 2,900 said they used it weekly or daily according to the report. The National High school senior Survey released in february also found that drug abuse among High school seniors declined last Vear reaching its Low est level since 1975. That Survey by the University of Michigan s Institute for social research found that the proportion of seniors who have used cocaine a least once in their lifetime dropped from 15 percent in 1987 to 12 percent in 1988. Glraton said Only 22 percent of the senior class of 1989 was drug free with the other 78 percent saying they had used a drug or alcoholic beverage in the previous year. It is a matter of grave concern to the nation that thousands of Young and promising brains arc being impaired daily said or. Gabriel g. Nahas of co Lumbia University s College of physicians and surgeons who is Pride medical adviser. 2 books printed by Ben Franklin reported stolen Philadelphia a two books printed by Benjamin Frank Lin and Worth As much As $60,000 have been stolen from the univer sity of Pennsylvania Library. One of the books is a 1744 Cata log Franklin printed to advertise second hand and imported books he wanted to sell Daniel traister assistant director of libraries said. He said the volume a Cata Logue of books to be sold is the Only one known to exist and is Worth $25,000 to $50,000. The other which traister said is Worth at least $ 10,000, contains two 1751 essays. The books have been missing since aug. 16, when a Library Patron using the name Greg Williams and giving a new York address checked them out to study in the Library s rare Book Reading room