European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 11, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday. February 11, 1990 the stars and stripes Page 5 language req Remeny on of sign criticized . Colo. A the sign said no Ingles. No Travato a mangled attempt Al the Spanish for no English. No  hut even if n had Boon spelled right no Ingles. No Trabajo the placard posted outside a construction site near Grec Lcy probably would have been illegal stale and Federal officials say. Jorge Amaya. Slate director of the league of United latin american Citi ens. Said he confronted the construction Foreman Al the Sand livestock systems construction trailer thursday alter he spotted inc sign. That sign was telling a whole group of people to gel lost and that s disc rim  he said. La s exactly the kind of thing we feared when Trie official English Amend ment passed in a 1988 referendum. I la Tell you. If we put up a sign saying no More while people we d get nailed in  the posting Marks the latest shul fired in the Battle Over official English stat utes which have been enacted in do ens of states in the past few years. They Are Iii tended to discourage bilingual Educa Tion and other concessions to non English speaking immigrants. On tuesday a Federal judge in Phoe Nix tossed out Ari Ona s official English Law. Saying it violated the right to tree speech. That Law required state and county governments in Arizona to conduct most of their business in English Only. Colorado s constitutional amendment is less specific it simply declares English to be the official state language without describing what that Means. To officials at a hog farm under construction for National farms in Kersey about if Miles cast of Grce Lcy in North Central Colorado the amendment meant that Spanish speakers could be discouraged from applying for work. We had some pretty poor communications around  said project us  Al Benson. We were get Ting so Many people who could t speak English. For example. I have a Cement finisher i can t even talk  the sign was posted last summer Benson said. He insisted that it was Legal. We  he said. Because of the eng ish Only Bill we know it s  but stale and Federal officials Dis agreed. De Gibbs. Regional officer for the Colorado civil rights commission in Greeley said the sign was definitely  no one had filed a complaint with his office but Gibbs said he would investigate the incident and the company could be ordered to pay damages to anyone who could prove they were discriminated against because of the sign. Joe Esquibil of the . Labor department said the sign is probably Ille Gal because the construction business in t one that requires English to be spoken. Another labor department official Loren Gilbert said that unless English is an occupational qualification As. For example for a disc jockey it is illegal to refuse to hire people because they Don t speak the language. You can t Tell me that English is a requirement for digging Post  he said. Amaya of the league of United latin american Citi cons said he in tends to file complaints with the labor department and the state civil rights commission. The local manager for National farms. Bill o Harc. Said he had been unaware of the subcontractor s sign. He said National farms allows All people to apply for jobs and we do not Dis Criminate in any  surgeon general nominee vows she will speak out for minorities w Ashing Donlap or. Antoniac. Novel Mosaid Friday thai if confirmed As surgeon general she would be a voice for those who i an l communicate for themselves. Notillo also said she would speak out against Tobac co companies that target minorities. I have always fell that i am Here to speak for peo ple who have never been Able to communicate for  Vosello Lold the Senate committee on 1 Thor and human resources. And. As a paediatrician. I have been the doctor of Little people who have no voice in  if confirmed. Novello would be the first woman. Hispanic and puerto rican to serve in Hal position. The 45-year-old native of Fajardo. Puerto Rico would succeed the outspoken c. Everett Koop. Who served Lor seven years come Clicc chairman Edward m. Kennedy. D mass. Said he supported inc confirmation. And was especially pleased at her answer when asked whether she would speak Oul against tobacco companies Hal  minorities As did health and human services Secretary Louis Sullivan. "  she said. I feel As irate As or. Sulli Van when advertising is used to make a target for peo ple who Lannon Lake care of  i Here was no mention of abortion during the Low key hearing when Novello s nomination was announced in november. The while House said she sup ported president Bush s stance on thai Issue. Bush opposes abortion except to pro decl inc life of the Mother or in cases of rape or incest. He opposes extending Federal funding to abortions in cases of rape or incest. Attending the hearing were Novello s husband psychiatrist and talk show Hosl or. Joseph Novello. And her first transplant patient. 24-year-old Prosper Sanchez of Silver Spring. My. Who received a kidney in 1977. Or. Antonia nou Llo testifies before Senate committee. Haze Wood Edge oks question no of traffic monitors Anchorage Al a judge cleared the Way Friday for Joseph a Elwood s lawyers to blame . Coast guard negligence rather than the skipper for the nation s largest Oil spill. Superior court judge Karl Johnston said he had decided to allow Cross examination of two coast guard traffic monitors on the role the Agency s vessel traffic system played in the March 24 grounding of the 987-foot Tanker Exxon Valde. Lla Elwood is being tried on a felony charge of Sec Ond degree criminal mischief and Misdemeanour charges of reckless endangerment. Negligent discharge of Oil and operating a vessel while intoxicated. The maximum Penally for conviction on All counts is seven years in prison and $61.000 in fines. Johns Lone said the monitors could be questioned about him closely they were watching radar and whether they had a duly to notify Lla Elwood thai his ship was approaching Rocky Bligh reef. However. Johnston refused for now to admit into evidence a blood alcohol test Given to one of the monitors 13 to 1 5 hours after the disaster Al sea. The test showed thai Bruce landlord had a blood alcohol Reading of .2 13. Blandford has said he had four drinks of Bourbon and water when lie resumed Home alter the Accident. Johns Lone also refused to admit the results of a urine lest showing thai inc second Monitor. Gregory Taylor tested positive for marijuana three Days after the Accident. Also on Friday the Alaska supreme court rejected Lla Elwood s request for immunity. A Elwood claimed he was inc first to report the spill and that stale and Federal Law Grants immunity from prosecution to those who make such reports. Sands of time Voa told to keep services scheduled to be dropped 40yearsagotoday.in the stars and stripes b the Washington Post Washington the United Stales information Agency has told the voice of America to continue the six for eign language broadcasting services scheduled Lor elimination Starling april i and to find budget savings elsewhere. V \ officials said Friday. Because Congress would have to agree to the plan however the Fate of the broadcasts and the 57 people whose jobs Are scheduled for elimination remains up in the air. According to Robert c Coonrod. Deputy director of the Voa. The Voa. Which is one of the Divi Sions of the information Agency announced on feb. I that in order to save about $2.9 million in 1991 it intended to eliminate broadcasts in greek. Turkish slovene the language of a province of Yugoslavia. A blk the language of the soviet Republic of a be Kislan. Laotian and swahili the language of a wide area of Eastern Africa. Coonrod Lold affected employees in a meeting Friday Hal  director Bruce Wielb wants to save the language services and has proposed that we Lake the Money from our radio construction  moving Money Between accounts re quires congressional author Alion. He said and congressional staff members have expressed opposition to the proposal. Chosen to Cut the six language broadcasts rather than to continue piecemeal slicing of parts of other broadcasts. Fcb ii 1950 Ingrid Bergman was granted a divorce in Mexico from or. Peter  on grounds of mental cruelty non support and incompatibility. Her Law yers charged that Lindstrom forced her to make films against her will. 30 years ago foday. Feb 11 i960 House speaker Sam Rayburn a Texas. Warned thai the United sales had nol made anywhere near the Progress we should have in military de sense against Russia. 20 years ago foday. Feb 11 1970 tons of fresh powder Snow rolling a half mile at express train Speed broke Over a vacation Camp in Val d Sere France killing 42 people and injuring 60 in the worst european Avalanche in this Century. 10 years ago today. Feb ii 1980 Secretary of state Cyrus Vance told the International olympic committee that the United slates would not Send a team to the Moscow summer olympic Iames. The decision was in retaliation for the soviet invasion of Afghani Stan