European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 22, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes . Tuesday december 22, 1992 doctor who pointed to gets Federal Job Protection by the new York times Oak Ridge Tenn. A a doctor who says toxic releases from Federal weapons plants in Oak Ridge have harmed his patients has won Protection from Job discrimination under the Federal whistle blowers act. Whistle Blower status gives the doctor William k. Reid the right to take his Case to a Federal administrative Law judge and to win damages if he can prove a hospitals action against him was discriminatory. Reid an oncologist at methodist medical Center of Oak Ridge says 40 of his patients have High Levels of toxic heavy metals that Are used in nuclear weapons production. The High Levels he says have caused increased rates of autoimmune deficiencies and cancer. In a complaint to the labor department Reid contended that the contractor who manages the weapons plants for the Energy department conspired with the methodist medical Center to prevent him from linking his patients problems to the releases from the Federal racism alleged in leadership of Rose Parade Pasadena Calif. Apr Black leaders have denounced officials of the Rose Parade for saying their overwhelmingly White male group would never use affirmative action to Advance minorities. A a it a the old boy network again Quot Developer Jim Morris said. The controversy arose after Parade officials including president Gary Hayward were quoted As saying that promoting minorities who do not have seniority would destroy the groups morale. Black attorney Joe Hopkins said Friday that the remarks were racist. Officials of the Century old pageant said they re just following the organization s strict seniority system which requires people to Volunteer for years before being promoted to leadership positions. All nine members of the executive committee and 28 of 29 committee chairmen arc White men. The next seven presidents already picked Are White men. The groups leaders said few Blacks or hispanics have moved into leadership positions because few have volunteered. But one Black Volunteer Daniel Towler said he has volunteered for almost 30 years without a promotion. A a in be worked on 15 different committees a said Towler a chaplain at California state University los Angeles who was a los Angeles rams fullback Between 1950 and 1955. Assistant executive director William Flinn said he could not comment on Towler a failure to Advance. A there Are hundreds of volunteers who have been Here for 30 years and never chaired a committee Quot he said. Organizers said they would form an a ethnic diversity Quot committee in january to recruit minority volunteers and to reach out to Community leaders. Plants. To quiet him he said the Hospital began a medical peer review of his treatments. The Hospital says the peer review was begun because of concern Over Reid a treatments which involve filtering the blood of compounds like heavy metals. In a ruling released saturday the labor departments District director George Friday said he saw no evidence that the hospitals review was related to the doctors assertions about the nuclear plants. But Friday did Rule that Reid was considered a whistle Blower under the Safe water drinking act and the comprehensive environmental response compensation and liability act. The labor department ruling did not evaluate the Merit of Reid a assertion of harm to his patients. When asked about the accusations the Energy department which operates the weapons plants said releases of toxic substances Over the years had been too Small to be harmful Man suspended from school Job after sex report fond do Lac wis. Apr sex abuse accusations at a roman Catholic prep school have led to the suspension of an instructor fired and rehired in 1988 amid similar allegations the orders provincial Leader said sunday. The Rev. Kenneth Reinhart head of the Detroit based Capuchin province said the brother was one of at least six priests and Brothers accused by eight former students of sexual assault in a Story sunday in the Milwaukee journal. The former students told the newspaper that instructors at St. Lawrence Seminary preparatory school sexually molested them gave them alcohol and showed them erotic magazines. The school with about 200 students and 30 friars is at mount Calvary cast of fond do Lac and has operated since 1857, the Rev. Joseph Dicroc ice Rector of the school said the county sheriffs department is investigating. Sheriffs it. De Sheppard said no charges have been filed. Most of the sex students said incidents in the 1970s were reported to school authorities. But one of them related an incident As recently As 1987, the newspaper said. An unidentified former student now 21, told the paper that a teacher tried to remove his swimming trunks in 1987, wrote him love letters and showed up uninvited at his Milwaukee area Home where he pinned him against a Wall and accused him of betrayal for reporting the incidents. Reinhart said the Capuchin brother involved in the incident was fired in 1988. But while Reinhart was in Rome that year the dismissal was reversed by the provincial Council on the basis of a psychological evaluation and professional advice. A when new information was revealed last week the brother was suspended from his duties a Reinhart said. The journal said it interviewed eight men who attended the  says cuts in Aid to increase homelessness from wire reports Washington a demand for shelter has risen dramatically since the recession began in 1990, and the problem of homelessness in the United states will be worsened by cuts in Federal Aid a report says. A until More realistic proposals for permanent solutions Are forthcoming cuts in emergency programs will Only mean More misery pain and deaths on americans streets a says the report by the National coalition for the homeless. The report released sunday examined trends in 18 states and the District of Columbia but did not attempt to assess How Many people were homeless. That would be impossible to ascertain it said since Many homeless people rely on friends and family rather than Public  o Connor honoured new York a a National Legal newspaper has chosen . Supreme court Justice Sandra Day of Connor As its first a lawyer of the year a saying she has assembled a a new Center on the  the National Law journal said of Connor 62, appointed by president Ronald Reagan in 1981, now occupies the courts a a lawyer a seat a traditionally one that puts Case facts and existing Law ahead of political ideology. A though she remains much the conservative this year she firmly took the leadership role in assembling a new Center on the court a and consequently in american Law and society a the newspaper said. It said that role had been open since Justice Lewis f. Powell or. Retired in 1987. Donor gives poor 500 hats san Diego a firefighters at station 14 Are used to people dropping off presents for the needy during the holidays but they were floored by a mysterious donor who apparently worked All year to provide 500 gifts. The donor who appeared to be in his 70s and had difficulty walking even with crutches showed up at the station with 10 bags containing 500 hand knit Wool hats of All colors for the homeless said fire Engineer Nick Sheridan. The Man accompanied by an elderly woman would not give his name Sheridan said a it made us Stop for a moment to reflect on what the spirit of Christmas really Means a Sheridan said. It s neat that somebody would take the time to make 100 hats let alone 500. He said he worked on them All year.�?�4 Sisters Settle lottery fight West Palm Beach Fla. A a $31.5 million lottery Jackpot finally has been divided after years of lawsuits among four Sisters their Mother and an a husband. I Don t think there will Ever be peace and happiness in this family a said Fletcher Baldwin attorney for Maxine Johnson and her husband Bill. Initially Johnson and her sister Mary Ellen Burke agreed to share some of their 20 annual instalments of nearly $1.6 million with their Sisters Martha Howard and Barbara Rhonda in and their Mother Cleo Burke. But Mary Ellen burkes sex husband Lewis Bopes won a lawsuit claiming part of the 1988 a let it Jinni no a cause he pm red the numbers and bought the ticket for the Sisters. Nrfsi1ktn0w gets$325>000 a year but his share set rest among the Sisters about How to Divide the i inn non fonday Settle ment each will get at least out Yea a ush 2007, when the Money runs most children Don t need chickenpox drug doctors so Chicago apr most children criticized the Academy a statement. Nort Sam. Chicago apr most children with chickenpox done to need treatment with a drug the government approved this year for use against the infection a paediatrician so group said sunday. The american Academy of Pedi atries said the marginal benefits of taking the drug acyclovir plus the time and Money involved in getting a prescription make it a needless expense in most cases. Two paediatricians not associated with the Academy a opinion agreed. But the drugs maker Burroughs wellcome co., criticized the Academy a statement. A because of the impossibility of predicting who will have serious disease and who will not it is a Well established modern medical paediatric practice to treat and vaccinate Many children for certain diseases a spokeswoman Kathy Bartlett said. Nearly every american child gets Chie Ken pox with about 4 million youngsters infected annually. Only a few suffer complications and fewer than 100 deaths occur each year in children with no other apparent ailments the paediatrician so re port said. Some children May suffer complications because of impaired immune systems that make them especially vulnerable to the virus that causes chickenpox and also causes shingles in adults. Chickenpox usually makes children sick for several Days with a rash on the trunk arms and face and possibly a mild fever adults often get much sicker. The 45,000-member Academy based in suburban Chicago said physicians should use acyclovir for chickenpox patients older than 12 who Are not pregnant those with impaired immune systems. Acyclovir was approved for Trei chickenpox by the . Food and i administration last february after search showed the drug sold As nov can hasten recovery by about a Day relieve some symptoms. I the approval came seven years i the i a authorized acyclovir for Tret genial herpes which afflicts 5 Milliou million americans and is caused irus similar to the one that causes cd Enox