European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 16, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 a a the stars and Stripe drug offenders facing suspension of Driver s licenses under new Law Washington apr states must suspend the Drivers licenses of All convicted drug offenders or risk losing part of their Federal Highway funds under newly approved legislation signed by president Bush. The measure applies to All states and All illegal drugs including the 10 states where Possession of Small amounts of marijuana has been decriminalized but is still considered an infraction of the Law. The legislation included in the transportation appropriations Bill for this fiscal year got Little attention during the flurry of activity As Congress rushed to leave town at the end of october. It Calls for withholding 5 percent of Federal Highway funds starting oct. 1, 1993, from states that fail to impose six month suspensions on Drivers convicted of a drug offence. The Cut would increase to 10 percent on oct. 1,1995. There is a lot of Money at stake. In this fiscal year for example the Federal Highway administration will distribute some $12.3 billion to the states. Of that total California will get the largest chunk some $1.1 billion. New York is to get $666 million. About half the states now allow suspension of drug offenders licenses but Only a few such As new Jersey have mandated such suspensions. Passed oct. 27 and signed by Bush on nov. 5, the measure accomplishes in Large part what National drug control policy director William a Bennett tried to impose More than a year ago. But administration sources said White House chief of staff John Sununu a former governor of new Hampshire blocked that Effort arguing that states should be allowed to decide such matters for themselves without Federal coercion. The new legislation however contains a provision for states that done to want to impose the new rules but still want their full share of Federal Highway funds their Legislatures must vote specifically against requiring the License suspensions Ana their governors must go on record in agreement with that position. A this forces the states to be accountable a said an administration source who spoke on condition of anonymity. A a we re not going to Force you but if you done to want to do it you la have to be Public about  in states where the leaders can to agree a for exam ple the governor wants to suspend licenses but at least one chamber of the state legislature does not a the Federal Highway funds would be Cut. Rep. Gerald . Solomon r-n.y., who pushed the amendment said his main targets were new York and California which have both decriminalized marijuana. Both also have splits in party control in California the democrats control the legislature and the governor is a Republican. In new York the governor is a Democrat and his party controls the state Assembly while republicans control the state Senate. A seventy five percent of the drug purchases in America Are done by casual drug users and that a White upper Middle class americans that drive their Pontiac firebirds into the ghetto and buy these killer drugs a Solomon said. A you done to see the murders take place out in the suburbs but its the casual drug user who supplies the demand for these drugs a he continued. A if you do away with the demand for drugs then the drugs will dry up in this country. When it starts to affect their livelihoods maybe then  Stop using these  Bevy of bugs a visit to Bostons Franklin Park zoo found Ladybug friends at the african could make your skin crawl a if you re tropical Forest exhibit. More than 9,000 bugged by bugs. Andre Wheaton of the of the insects were released this week to City a Hyde Park area displays his new control aphids and other pests there. . Tests nuclear weapon after removing protesters Las vegas apr scientists tested a nuclear weapon wednesday after Security guards removed four protesters from the Remote desert site. Department of Energy officials spotted the protesters near ground Zero minutes before they planned to detonate the weapon. The test was delayed while the protesters were taken from the site 105 Miles Northwest of Las vegas. The test controllers Are a obviously glad that it went and went without any prolonged delays because of the infiltrators a Energy department spokesman Jim Boyer said after the 11 17 . Test. City Hall workers in downtown Las vegas said the 10-Story building Shook slightly. Boyer at a control Point 30 Miles from ground Zero said he Felt a slight rolling motion. The protesters were arrested and taken to a base Camp at Mercury Nev. They were to be turned Over to Nye county authorities. Earlier wednesday the environmental group Greenpeace said four people had reached ground Zero wednesday morning in an attempt to halt the test of the British nuclear weapon. The Energy department initially disputed the claim. The four protesters were spotted by video cameras trained on the site As the countdown was about to resume with six minutes remaining. The four a three British women and an american Man a reached the area shortly after Dawn said Junior Bridge a spokeswoman for Greenpeace. The nuclear device is buried 1,900 feet deep in a Shaft filled with Concrete. Ground Zero is the ground level spot above where the underground explosion takes place. A they could Damn near be on top of it and it would just shake them up a lot a Boyer said of possible intruders. White powder discovered at Nasa was t cocaine Cape canaveral Fla. A a Small bag of White powder found under a desk in the space shuttle hangar was not cocaine As originally believed Nasa said wednesday. An initial analysis by the National aeronautics and space administration indicated the substance found in the building where shuttles Are prepared for launch was cocaine. An investigation was opened by Security officers from Nasa and the contractors responsible for shuttle preparation and Security at the Kennedy space Cen Ter. But a subsequent test by state official proved it was not cocaine said Nas spokesman Karl Kristofferson. Nas conducted another test that identified tto substance As Calcium Hydrogen phosphate which is used in High school Chern is try kits. Kristofferson said officials did no know How the bag got into the hangar. Inventor of intermittent wipers settles suit tm3tt1att / a to to f _ i.  a. Detroit apr the inventor of intermittent Windshield wipers agreed wednesday to Settle a 12 sear old lawsuit against Ford motor co. For $10.2 Mil on. Robert Kearns similar lawsuits against 19 other Domestic european and japanese automakers remain Active. He contends that each failed to pay him royalties for using his invention a a Windshield wiper that starts and stops at intervals when a continuous wiper motion Isnit needed. Originally Kearns sought $141 million from Ford and had rejected a $30 million settlement offer. Last july after one mistrial jurors ordered Ford to pay $5.2 Mil lion plus interest which pushed the award to Between it t1. $8.5 million and $11.5 million. State University m Detroit said he planned to use to . District judge Avem Cohn approved the settlement after spending most of a 20-minute hearing chatting with Kearns to be sure he understood its terms the other cases also Are pending before Cohn. A Bai Durkee a Arnsy attorney said the next target probably will be Chrysler corp. The nations no. 3 automaker has agreed not to argue about whether Kearns patents Are valid a Contention that was argued Durine the lawsuit against Ford. 8 Kearns 63, lives in a one bedroom rented apartment in Houston. The former engineering professor at Wayne Texas 0 Bills and perhaps buy a House i Ford attorney Malcolm Wheeler said the most Impo Tant thing was that the company had resolved All i Putes with Kearns. We to pleased to be done with the litigation a a said. We still believe that if we had another shot at i the patents would have been held invalid. We think this an extremely reasonable  by the end of this week a $10.2 million Check ?18 be put in an escrow account to which be said Kearns would have immediate Access