European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 22, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday june 22, 1991 the stars and stripes Page 5/sweeps of travellers of Dhigh court rules no warrants needed from wire reports a Washington a the supreme court ruled 6-3 thursday that police officers May Board air planes buses or trains at a terminal to look for drugs even if they have no reason to believe that any Are on Board. The decision giving constitutional approval to a new police tactic in the War on drugs came in a so called a bus sweep Case from Florida. But the majority made Clear that the ruling would apply As Well to a commercial plane or a train loaded with passengers and about to depart. A routine sweep of a bus by officers looking for drugs or other illegal items will not violate the const i. Tuition As Long As the officers ask permission to look into passengers bags or pockets and give the passengers some reason to believe they can refuse to consent. The officers should not threaten anyone into cooperating the court said. No warrant is needed for such a sweep  the decision written by Justice Sandra Day o Connor. And police do not have to Tell passengers that they Are free to leave the bus train or plane if they do not want to undergo questioning or a search the ruling stated. Justice Thurgood Marshall writing for the dissenters said. A . Dragnet style sweeps put passengers to the Choice of cooperating or of exiting their buses and possibly being stranded in unfamiliar  he added a it is exactly because this a choices is no a choices at All that police engage this  routine sweeps of buses and trains of terminals have become a widely used investigative technique for. Narcotics officers the court was told in the test Case from Florida. In such a sweep officers Board after passengers get on say they Are looking for drugs ask people to show their identification and tickets and ask to look. In their bags. It was three years ago that Terrance Bostick was lying Down in the rear seat of a bus in fort Lauderdale fla., bound for Atlanta when two police officers wearing raid jackets got on the bus saw him and came Back to talk. A a a.  Quot they were Broward county sheriffs deputies carrying out their department s a working the Hose so policy. A  tactic of making frequent sweeps of buses that Stop Over in the county. One officer blocked the aisle while another leaned  and. Questioned. Bostick about his identity and his destination telling him they were looking for drugs. Bostick answered and the officers then asked him if they could look into the two bags next to him. He insists that he did not consent they say he did and a state judge said he did. In the second bag they Lound cocaine. Bostick later pleaded guilty but pursued an Appeal to Challenge the use of the cocaine As evidence contending it was obtained unconstitutionally. The Florida supreme court s ruling that such a tac lie is unconstitutional was overturned by thursdays Quot supreme court decision. A was Long As the police do not convey a message that compliance with their requests is required Quot the majority said there is no violation of the fourth amendment ban on unreasonable police searches or seizures. Joining with o Connor in the majority in the Case of. Florida is. Bostick were chief Justice William ii. Rehnquist and justices Anthonym Kennedy David h. Souter Antonin Scalia and Byron r. White. In dissent w Ith marshal were justices Harry a. Blackmun and John Paul Stevens. The court expected to conclude its 1w0-�?~ i term next week also. A reinstated unanimously a $1.0 million libel lawsuit by a psychologist who accuses a staff writer for the new yorker Magazine of. Making up quotes attributed to him. But the decision provided considerable Legal Protection for writers and reporters who misquote someone either accidentally of intentionally. A ruled 6-3 in eases from Louisiana and Texas that a key provision of a Federal Law protecting minority voting Power applies to the election of state and local judges. Quot a. A ruled that Stales May Force their judges to retire at age 70. T he court by a 7-2 vote said slate ridges Are. Not protected by the Federal Law against age Bias. A revived by a h-3 vote a liquor company s bid to recover $2.4 million it paid in Georgia taxes under a Law later found to be unconstitutional. The decision could have enormous Impact on the treasuries of All 30 states. A investment adviser pleads guilty to fraud Trenton . Up a Jersey City investment adviser has admitted bilking lutheran ministers a pension fund a nursing Home and a Church sponsored scholarship fund of More than $1 million. Robert White pleaded guilty in Federal court in Trenton thursday to securities fraud and pension theft. White promised his victims their Money would be used to buy government securities paying 14 percent to 22.75 percent interest. Instead lie put the Cash in his own Bank accounts. In the stars and stripes it y y by a Quot a a or. A Tiv a \. A was it a yes a a it  ,.v a a. Quot a. S 10 years ago june 22,1981 a eleven Mountain climbers were buried under an Avalanche of ice on mount Rainier in what apparently was the worst Accident in the history of Washington s highest Mountain officials said. Rescuers found no signs of life. 20 years ago june 22, 1971 a former president Johnson said the so called. Pentagon papers present a distorted picture of his role in the Vietnam War buildup and that the leak of the papers to the new York times a comes close to  30 years ago june 22,1961 a soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev warned that his nation will resume nuclear weapons tests if the United states Breaks the current voluntary test moratorium. 40 years ago june 22, 1951 a in a letter to the speaker of the House president Truman said americans must act on the Assumption that the soviet Union has nuclear weapons and the Means to bomb . Cities. Gambling licenses for Trump Donald Trump glances Over at the Media in Atlantic City ., thursday As the new Jersey Casino control commission meets to decide on renewing his licenses for Trump Castle the Taj mahal and Trump Plaza. The commission approved the Taj mahal and Trump Plaza licenses but withheld final approval for the Castle the weakest financially of the three Trump Casino hotels that together account for a Quarter of the entire Atlantic City gambling Industry. The commission said it will meet next week to impose a strict timetable for creating and carrying out a Rescue plan at the Castle which defaulted monday on $41 million in Bond payments. Grand jury starts probe of sen. Robb by the new York times Norfolk a i. A a Federal grand jury convened thursday to look into allegations that  s. Robb eavesdropped on phone conversations of political rivals. The grand jury meeting at the Federal courthouse Here took testimony Rorn Steve i i a her an official in the Virginia Republican party who told reporters last week that he was threatened by a Robb aide who talked of having a a a damaging Telephone tape. Earlier this month gov. L. Douglas Wilder Robby a chief democratic rival in Virginia charged that the senator had obtained a tape of one of his private earphone conversations and had tried to pm Larrass him by making it Public. Robb has denied ordering any Telephone eavesdropping or leaking any tapes. But he has said an a Anonymous source gave him a tape of a conversation in which Wilder chortled about planting rumours that Robb attended wild parties after transcripts of the tape were pub shed in several newspapers Robb put three of his top aides on administrative leave and., said he would investigate whether they were guilty of any wrongdoing. Mary sue Terry the Virginia attorney general ordered the state police to look into whether any Telephone eavesdropping had taken place and requested the help of Federal officials. Last weekend Federal agents searched the Home of Robert w. Dunnington. A restaurant owner and acquaintance of Robb. Several months ago. Dunnington told reporters lie is a communications lobbyist and had equipment that could tape phone Calls. But he insisted he had never Seil it to tape Wilder or any other politician. Robb married to president Johnson a daughter Lynda Bird has been the subject of rumours and accusations that while serving As governor lie attended numerous parties in the Norfolk Virginia Beach area at which there were Many single women and ample supplies of drugs