European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 1, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 a a the stars and stripes thursday March 1,1990 . Agents Given Power to conduct drug searches in foreign Washington apr the supreme court wednesday bolstered the fight against International drug trafficking and terrorism by giving . Law enforcement agents More Power to conduct searches in foreign countries. In another decision it gave police Broad new Power to conduct sweeping searches after making arrests in private Homes. And. In a third ruling the court upheld Pennsylvania s death penalty Laws removing a threat to similar Laws in 13 other states. By a 6-3 vote the justices said . Agents did not need a court warrant to search the Home of a suspected mexican drug smuggler later convicted in the killing of a Federal drug agent. The ruling gives . Law enforcement officials Broad authority to conduct warrant less searches abroad of non-. Citizens. The Constitution s fourth amendment ban on Ille Al searches docs not apply to non citizens outside . Borders. Chief Justice William h. Rehnquist wrote for the court. A situations threatening to important american interests May arise Halfway around the Globe. That require an american response with armed Force a Rehnquist said. A if there Are to be restrictions on searches and seizures which occur incident to such american action they must be imposed by the political branches through diplomatic understanding treaty or  the dissenters said the ruling May cause disrespect Here and abroad for . Laws and constitutional protections. A when we Tell the world that we expect All people wherever they May be to abide by our Laws we canno Barge with a Hole in it leaks heating Oil in . Bayonne . Apr about 24,000 Gallons of Healing Oil poured into a Busy waterway near Exxon corp s Bayonne terminal wednesday morning As it was being loaded on a Barge with a Hole in it the coast guard said. The heating Oil was discovered leaking about 4 20 . Into the kill Van Kull a major route for Barge and Tanker traffic that separates Bayonne from Staten Island n.y., the coast guard said. It. Jeff Crawley a coast guard spokesman said the Oil poured through a l2-Inch-by-6-Inch Hole forcing the waterway to be dosed. Crawley said he did no to know what caused the Hole in the Barge. A the Barge has numerous tanks six or seven and the Oil is pumped from the facility to the Barge Quot said Crawley. The coast guard said the heating Oil was an Exxon product but Louis Jung a spokesman for Exxon a Bayway refinery in Linden said he did not know who owned the Oil. Jung said the Barge was not owned by Exxon but he did not know who owned it. The coast guard and an Oil Industry cooperative Are attempting to keep the Oil from spreading. The spill is located within Miles of the Confluence of the Kull and Arthur kill Waterways the scene of the january spill that leaked 367,000 Gallons of heating Oil from a pipe that connects Exxon co. Usas terminal in Bayonne with the Bayway refinery. Exxon is under investigation by the state department of environmental Protection and the . Environmental Protection Agency for the january spill. In the same breath Tell the world that our Law enforcement officers need not do the same a said Justice William j. Brennan in a dissent joined by Justice thur Good Marshall. Justice Harry a. Blackmun also dissented. In the Domestic search Case the justices ruled 7-2 that the police May use evidence seized when they arrested a Maryland Man accused of armed robbery. The ruling reinstated Jerome buies conviction and 35-year prison sentence. Justice Byron r. White writing for the court said police May search throughout a House when they have supreme court Roundup reasonable suspicion there is a hidden danger to the arresting officers a even if the authorities Lack a search warrant and probable cause to believe there is a danger. In the death penalty Case the justices ruled that Pennsylvania a Laws do not limit improperly the discretion of sentencing juries and Are not impermissible mandatory. The decision removes a threat that existed for similar death penalty Laws in Arizona California Connecticut Idaho Illinois Maryland Montana new Jersey Ohio Oregon Tennessee Texas and Washington. Rehnquist writing for the court said states enjoy wide latitude in drawing capital punishment Laws. A the fact that other states have enacted different forms of death penalty statutes which also satisfy constitutional requirements casts no doubt on Pennsylvania a Choice a Rehnquist said. The International search ruling could have a bearing on the governments prosecution of Manuel Antonio Noriega the ousted panamanian Leader who faces drug trafficking and Money laundering charges from a 12-count indictment handed Down in february 1988. After . Troops invaded Panama in december to capture Noriega he surrendered and was brought to the United states to stand trial in Florida. There has been speculation that Noriega a lawyers might argue that . Armed forces illegally seized evidence in the invasion. The decision was hailed by attorney general Dick Thornburgh who said it a recognizes the right and need of Law enforcement officers to have lawful practical Means of dealing with International drug trafficking operations. A this decision will clarify and assist our International cooperative Law enforcement efforts particularly in overseas drug cases. Drug traffickers and terrorists will take no cheer from the courts opinion a Thornburgh said. The . Military is seeking to become More involved in fighting drug smuggling by using spy satellites and other surveillance techniques to track suspects in foreign countries. The suspected drug smuggler in wednesdays ruling Rene Verdugo Urquidez was convicted in California in 1988 of taking part in the 1985 kidnapping torture and murder of drug enforcement administration agent Enrique Camarena and his Pilot Alfredo Zavala a Velar. Verdugo identified As a top lieutenant to reputed mexican drug Kingpin Rafael Caro Quintero is serving a sentence of 240 years plus life. He is not eligible for parole for 59 years when he would be 96. Verdugo a drug conviction and sentence in the killings were not at Issue in the Case decided wednesday. Judicial decisions judge Thomas crush ponders which items in his a pipe tuesday in the ceiling of his Chambers. The water filled desk drawer Are Worth retrieving. His umbrella protects the common pleas court judge from Cincinnati Salvage operation followed the bursting of water still trickling from the  prank unravels at Conn. University Middletown Conn. Apr a College freshman was shocked when he resumed to his dorm room and found his bed had been occupied by someone who had been dead for a Long Long time. The body was a 2,500-year-old unwrapped egyptian Mummy. The Mummy had been swiped from its Wesleyan University hiding place and slipped into Tim Atelus bed As a practical joke Campus Public safety officials and Abel said tuesday. Abel said he had returned to his dorm room sat urday night to find a crowd gathering and a prankster trying to spirit a body away. Abel grabbed the body to Sec if it was real and was disgusted to find flakes chipped off in his hand. The prankster whom Abel declined to identify fled clutching the body. A it was one of the most putrid things in be Ever seen a said Abel of Wilmington Del. A i looked at my bed and there were All these skin chips and Little chips in it. It was pretty  the episode is being investigated by Middletown police and Campus Security officers. Wesleyan president William m. Chace promises to make sure the Mummy receives proper care and respect a school spokesman said. A Wesleyan classics professor bought the Mummy in Athens in the 1880s, a time when pilfering egyptian tombs was popular. The 5-foot, 2-Inch Boay was displayed at the University a natural history museum until the 1950s, when interest in mummies waned and it was stored in a Library attic. University scholars decided in 1978 to study the Mummy further. An a Ray showed it was a Young Man with four mysterious tubes in his Tummy. The Mummy was unwrapped and sliced open a year later in the University a archaeology lab. The tubes showed traces of organic matter leading the scholars to conclude that bits of organs removed from the body during mummification had been sewn Back in to be reunited with the body in the afterlife. Inscriptions on the bandages and other evidence led to the conclusion that the Mummy had been a scholar and a member of Egypt a priestly class who died in his Early 20s. Since then the Mummy had been wrapped in plastic and stored in a wooden crate. After its Surprise appearance in Abeles room it was returned to its climate controlled resting place in a Campus building