European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 25, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday january 25.1990 the stars and stripes pages Fri searching for typewriter linked to mail bomb killings Enterprise Ala. A a junk denier offered prayers and cooperation tuesday As Fri agents searched his warehouse for an old typewriter that could provide evidence in the investigation of the mail bomb killings of a judge and a civil rights lawyer. Wayne o for Roll ate lunch with Fri agents and accompanied them to his warehouse tuesday one Day after 100 agents scoured Oterrell s Home warehouse and abandoned store about 75 Miles from Montgomery in South Eastern Alabama. O for Roll. 46. A one time Rural preacher said he asked several members of his Church to Pray for my family that we can get through this thing. And i be asked them to Pray for the Fri to find whatever they arc looking  Fri agent Chuck Archer said there have been no arrest Sand that three search warrants have been approved for property other than that of o for Roll. He did not identify the property. Agents uncovered the top of the o Ferrell Home s septic tank tuesday and began pumping it out. Authorities also plan to dig up a septic tank at the warehouse. Archer refused to say what investigators were looking for in the septic tanks. Archer declined to describe o for Roll As a suspect. He is one of Many people we have interviewed said the Fri agent. Court records show o Ferrell lost a lawsuit heard on Appeal by . Circuit judge Robert Vance. The judge was killed dec. 16 when a package bomb sent through the mail exploded Al his suburban Birmingham Home. Robert Robinson a Black civil rights lawyer in Savan nah ga., was killed two Days later by another exploding package. Similar mail bombs were defused at the 11th . Circuit court of appeals in Atlanta where Vance served and at the a act Headquarters in Jacksonville a. Fri sources who spoke on condition of anonymity confirmed published reports that typewritten correspondence in o Ferreh s court Case appears to match typewritten correspondence allegedly sent by the mail bomber. Archer asked about the typewriter said Only that a news report this month mentioned that agents arc looking for a typewriter used by the mail bomber. They were looking for a typewriter that we May have  o Ferrell said tuesday As Fri agents reviewed the results of their search of the junk dealer s warehouse and other family property. It s possible we could have had the typewriter in the last two years he told radio station a Kex in enter prise. But we Don t know what typewriter they re talking about. You Don t keep a record of everything you sell. I Don t know anything about any of it. I Don t have anything to hide. When it s All Over with i la be glad to get with the Media and go into  he said the Fri asked him not to talk to the Media until they get what they want  junk dealer Wayne o Ferrell Center leaves his Ware House with two Fri agents. O Ferrell had sued Gulf life insurance co. Of Jackson Ville for firing him challenging the company s claim that he held licenses with other insurance companies. O Fer Rell also claimed Gulf life owed him commissions. The lawsuit was dismissed by a Federal judge in Mont Gomery in june 1988. Last april. Vance and two other judges on the 1 Ith . Circuit court of appeals upheld the lower court ruling in a one Page unsigned decision. O Ferrell described by a neighbor As a former Baptist preacher who took up the junk business about three years ago was questioned by investigators monday. He joined them in a Brief trip to the warehouse tuesday. The mail bomb investigation team has since saturday been inter viewing people and searching various locales in the enter prise Vicinity. Brandley freed from Texas death Row h Uston not Clarence i be Brand lev a Man who twice came within Das of possible execution was freed on Bond tuesday six weeks after an appeals court ruled he had been wrongly convicted of rape and murder in a possibly racist Case. After his lawyer posted the Bond $75,000.Brandley left death Row at the state prison in Huntsville nearly 10 years after he was arrested. Just outside the prison Gates Brandley told reporters this is a great moment. I feel real  whether his release vindicated the judicial Anslem he said "1would t say it vindicates the s Stem just because this Day has come. It took 10  Peter c. Up cars. The District attorney in Montgomery county where Brandley was tried announced tucs a he would ask the . Supreme court to review the appellate court decision which he said was flawed. In an Brandle interview he said he would not seek a retrial of the Case if he loses before the supreme c ourt. Many Blacks in the Houston area have depicted Brandley. Who is Black As a victim of racism in con Roc a Small overwhelmingly White Rural town 40 Miles North of Here. Brandley was convicted and sentenced to death for the murder of Cheryl Dee Furgeson. A 16-year-old White student Al con Roc High school. Brandley. Now 38, worked As a janitor at the school. Brandley said tuesday that he held no bitter Ness toward the people of con Roc. "1 just want to pick up the pieces and get on with my  he said. But As he headed toward a reunion with his Famich. He added that he would now live any where but con Roc. The Texas c ourt of criminal appeals set aside Randley s conviction on dec. 13. Finding that the actions of the police and prosecutors had been potentially racist and a subversion of Justice that violated the defendant s constitutional right to due process. Sands of time in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. Jan. 25, 1950 High commissioner John j. Mccloy said that the dangers of a possible Western German Alliance wit Russia is More fearful than the danger that German nationalistic elements might reassert themselves. 30 years ago today. Jan. 25, 1960 the algerian government declared a state of siege for Al Giers putting the capital City under mar tial Law. The order was issued less than two hours after a bloody clash Between police and about 20.000 demonstrators. 20 years ago foday. Jan. 25, 1970 As Navy it. Everett Alvarez jr., 32. Spent his 2,000th Day in Captivity in North Vietnam he set a re Cord in american history for the longest Lime spent As a prisoner of War. ?0 years ago today. Jan. 25. 1980 a powerful Earth quake Shook much of Northern califor Nia for More than 20 seconds causing numerous injuries and cracking Side walks and damaging buildings in several cities. Suburban Chicago school starts drug tests Chicago a fourteen High school athletes donned Hospital gowns tuesday and provided urine samples for the Start of a random drug testing pro Gram that Drew Little opposition from most students and parents. It was t that bad said Megan mul Cahey an 18-year-old member of the girls basketball team who was among the first tested. Only 305 students involved in Winter sports at suburban Homewood Flossmoor High school initially will undergo urine tests but officials Hope to expand the program to All 1,500 athletes at the 2,000-Studcnt school in the mid dle class mostly White suburb Southwest of Chicago. I Don t think it s fair that just us Are being tested Mulcahy said. If they re going to go ahead and have that it should be  Mulcahey a senior said she s sure Shell pass but she and several other Stu dents said they consider the tests a Viola Tion of privacy that unfairly singles out athletes. Nevertheless students involved in such Winter sports As swimming Basket Ball wrestling and gymnastics and their parents signed consent forms allowing the tests. We really Don t fed that we have As much of a drug problem As most schools but we feel that even if we have one or two it s a problem we will address athletic director Ken Schultz said. The Homewood Flossmoor Board of education approved the testing program in september at the suggestion of the High school s football coach John Wrynn who suspected drug use by a Cou ple of students Schultz said. A few members of the football team voluntarily sought treatment for sub stance abuse after the program was announced but before the testing began he said. Some parents expressed concerns about privacy to the school Board but the program has generated no student protests or organized opposition from parents Schultz said. Amanda  a 17-year-old senior and president of the school s Stu Dent government said the tests May help students resist peer pressure. But she opposes them on Constitution Al grounds. I was expecting a lot More friction from the student body. People Are com plying and they re not complaining  said. I think it won t hit kids until they have to go Pec in a cup for someone to test  the Winter athletes were assigned numbers earlier this year and Schultz picked the first 15 to be tested in a ran Dom drawing. All but one student who was absent tuesday were tested in a school athletic building. Schultz said. The tests detect the presence of Alco hol steroids and several other drugs including marijuana and cocaine. They will be Given once a week but students won t know when until the Day of the tests. Students and their parents will be notified of the results within 48 hours of the tests principal Charles Smith said. Those who test positive must see a drug Counselor within 48 hours. Students determined by the Counselor to be drug abusers or chemically dependent will be suspended from sports and required to undergo treatment. They will be tested again after 30 Days and May return to athletics if they pass. Smith said. More treatment is ordered for those who Don t pass