European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 12, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 6 a a a the stars and stripes thursday july 12, 1990 upheld by appeals court san Francisco apr a Federal appeals court tuesday upheld the random drug testing of an estimated 538,000 airline employees and air traffic controllers saying Public safety needs outweigh the employees privacy rights. The ruling by the 9th . Circuit court of appeals is one of several appellate decisions in the last year allowing random testing in safety related and other sensitive jobs. The supreme court has denied hearings to employee groups appealing the earlier rulings and has not yet ruled in a random drug testing Case. But the High courts decision last year upholding drug testing of customs service employees seeking promotions to certain jobs that involve drug enforcement or guns was the basis of tuesdays appellate ruling. A the government interest in preventing drug use by persons holding safety sensitive positions in the aviation Industry is at least As compelling As the interest in preventing drug use by customs officers a wrote judge William Norris in the 3-0 decision. He also said the Federal aviation administration provided evidence of some drug use by commercial airline employees including treatment of a number of flight Crew members for cocaine overdoses or addiction and the presence of drugs in the bodies of two pilots after crashes. No similar evidence was offered by customs officials who justified their testing program As a deterrent to future drug use Norris said. Bob Marx spokesman for the . Department of transportation said the department was particularly pleased with the ruling because two other major drug testing cases involving truckers and pipeline workers Are before the 9th circuit. A we consider random drug testing to be most effective Way of keeping the transportation Industry drug free a Marx said. The Faass program implemented at the end of 1988, requires random urine testing of at least half the employees each year in safety related jobs in commercial who test positive for illegal drugs after a confirming retest and medical review Are removed from their jobs. Comedian Clay denies claims his routine is racist sexist los Angeles apr a defiant Andrew Dice Clay tossed off criticism that his comedy is racist and sexist tearfully telling Arsenio Halls audience that his foul mouthed routine is a deep expression of belief in himself. Clay appeared on a the Arsenio Hall show tuesday night to promote his new film a the adventures of Ford he faced a walkout by a member of the syndicated television talk shows band and Blunt questions from Hall about his Brand of Shock comic routine. Keyboardist Starr Parodi said she exercised her right to disagree with clays humor by not performing during the show. Clay shrugged off the Boycott saying a people do what they got to then squaring his shoulders like Elvis Presley Clay suddenly broke into tears As he faced the studio audience. He said his routine is the product of Long hard work to discover what is funny and True. A i broke my ass for 12 years. And tomorrow when they go to see that movie they re All going to laugh a he declared his voice cracking with emotion. 4 if you want to be a doctor or if you want to be a lawyer you done to listen to nobody and you believe in yourself. That a what its All Clay is known for expletive Laden routines that contain vulgar references to women homosexuals and minorities. But he said he is misunderstood by critics including Many fellow entertainers who say his Brand of humor is offensive and hateful. He said his ethnic put a to re a or a a Down style is a just a Andrew Dice Clay a a this is the greatest country in the world a he added. A we let everybody in and that gives me More comedic Calif nutrition Given a myth tag san Bruno Calif. Apr the image of the health and dict conscious californian was debunked tuesday by a new study that shows two thirds of state residents done to eat enough fruits and vegetables. A it s part of the myth of California a state health director Kenneth Kizer said. A people Are just not aware of the link Between diet and cancer. If people make the link their consumption of fruits and vegetables does go up. No they re eating too Many froot loops and not enough fruit with the produce Section of a supermarket As a backdrop Kizer re leased the 1989 California dietary practices sur vey two years after the state launched a a five Servings a Day educational program. Health officials say people should increase their consumption of dietary fiber which helps prevent cancer by eating at least five Servings of fruits or vegetables each Day. But the Survey found that fewer than two out of three californians actually do so. One out of five did no to eat any fruit during an average Day the report found and 27 percent eat no vegetables. A californians Are really not much belter than the rest of the nation when it comes to their diets Quot said Karen Bunch director of the Survey research team. A we do eat More fruit than the rest of the nation but not More nationwide 45 percent of americans done to eat fruit or drink juice during the Day and 22 percent done to eat vegetables or salads Bunch said. Californians also appear to be less informed than the rest of the nation about the importance of eating fruits and vegetables As part of a healthy diet the Survey found. Forty percent of californians surveyed said they done to believe that what a person cats can affect their chances of getting cancer compared to 33 percent in a nationwide Survey in 1987. The report concluded that fruit and vegetable consumption increased with education income and knowledge about the link Between diet and health. A too Many californians Are not aware of the link Between diet and cancer Quot Kizer said adding that 150,000 californians die each year from diseases related to a poor diet. He said 35 percent of cancers can be prevented by eating More fruits and vegetables As can 20 percent of heart diseases. Even when californians do eat fruits and vegetables they done to show much imagination their diets done to normally include some of the More exotic varieties now available in supermarkets. Of those who eat fruits and vegetables the no. I Choice was Orange juice 28.3 percent and Green salad 28.6 percent the Survey found. In order of popularity the top 10 fruits consumed included Orange juice bananas apples peaches oranges cantaloupes plums Watermelon Apple juice and nectarines. For vegetables the top 10 list in order of popularity. Included Green salad potatoes tomatoes lettuce mixed vegetables com carrots Broccoli Green Beans and onions. Stateside officials seeking cause Offish kill in Texas River Channelview Texas apr state water offi. Vials Are searching for the cause of a fish kill in a River behind an Arco chemical co. Plant where 17 workers died last week in an explosion and fire. Although an exact count had not been completed Texas water commission spokesman bm1 Colbert said a quite a few fish were noticed Drifting in the water or along the Shore near Bear Lake an Inlet of that Colbert said monday the commission was awaiting test results of water samples from the san Jacinto River to determine the cause of the fish kill. But preliminary tests pointed to a combination of factors including a sudden change in water temperatures and the possibility of caustic substances such As firefighting foam in the water. First reports of the kill came several hours after the fire and explosion late thursday devastated an area the size of a City Block at the Plant Colbert said and a Field evaluation was initiated the next Day. Route 66 designated As historic to. Highway Springfield to. Apr gov. John Ashcroft got his kicks by Riding in a 1961 Corvette and signing legislation designating a 307-mile stretch of nostalgic route 66 in Missouri As a historic Highway. A route 66 was never an Ordinary Road. From the time it was commissioned in 1926, it was something special to those who drove it and those living along it Ashcroft said at a Bill signing ceremony tuesday making Missouri the first state to give route 66 historic status. . 66, known As a a american a main Street a was made famous by the 1960s television show a route 66�?� and the song of the same name performed by the rolling stones. The Highway stretched 2,400 Miles across eight states from Chicago to Santa Monica Calif. But the Federal interstate system doomed route 66, and the last portions of the Highway were erased from the nations Road maps in 1984. Fire that levelled Gilleyn a was arson authorities say Pasadena Texas apr the fire that destroyed the landmark Gilleyn a nightclub has been ruled arson authorities said. N Pasadena fire marshal Bill yearout declined to reveal How or where thursdays fire broke out. He said arson investigators have several leads and done to want to release details while the investigation continues. Gilleyn a had been closed since March 1989 because of a Legaj dispute Between country Western Singer Gilley and his one time partner in the nightclub Sherwood cider. Fire officials said souvenir Hunters Are taking pieces from the ruins of the building where the movie a Urban Cowboy was filmed. Law requires professors in a. Be fluent in English Harrisburg a. Apr gov. Robert p. Casey has signed a Law intended to help College students better understand their instructors. The Law signed monday requires colleges and universities to certify to the state that their instructors Are fluent in English. Sen. Vincent Fumo who sponsored the measure has said that students have been complaining that they cannot understand some of their College instructors 3-year-old found working in California onion Field san Francisco apr children As Young As 3 Vears old were found working in violation of child labor Laws the . Department of labor said tuesday. The department said it had documented 238 cases of minors working illegally in Northern California including one 3-year-old and two 4-year-Olds found working in an onion Field near Fresno during a june 6 sweep. The children were putting yellow onions in a bucket after their parents had Cut Oft the tops the department said in a statement. The operator of a labor service was fined $ 1,200 for four violations of child labor Laws the department said. The parents and farm owner were not cited. Investigators from the departments wage and hour division found most of the 238 alleged violations during a March 12-14 sting and in follow up investigations. Most of the violations were in fast food restaurants. The employers were fined almost $75,000
