European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 31, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 b the stars and stripes . Sunday january 31,1993 court permit son Securi by Michael York the Washington Post Washington a a Federal appeals court Friday overturned a ruling that blocked the defense department from asking some civilian employees about their arrests financial status drug use and mental health before granting Security clearances. Quot Hie . Court of appeals said the Pentagon was free to ask such questions because responding to the Security clearance questionnaire was voluntary. The court noted that although defense employees who declined to answer the questions might not receive a a a secret clearance that was necessary to fulfil their Job requirements there was nothing unconstitutional about asking the questions. In the decision written by circuit judge a. Raymond Randolph the court said that the government has a valid and legitimate interest in asking employees about their arrest records their financial status and illegal drug use. A to paraphrase Jefferson if a Man cannot govern himself he cannot be entrusted with the government of others a Randolph wrote. Judges Harry t. Edwards and David b. Sentelle joined the opinion. Lawyers for the defense employees also had argued that asking the question about illegal drug use violated the employees fifth amendment right against self incrimination but the appeals court disagreed. The court said the question would be unconstitutional Only if answering would Lead to a criminal prosecution. In this Case the judges said an affirmative answer might Lead to the employees firing but they added a the Protection of Thenee form privilege extends Only to criminal prosecutions.�?�. Last april . District judge Harold h. Greene ruled that asking those questions violated the defense employees rights under the privacy act As Well As their first and fifth amendment rights of free speech association and due process. Government lawyers have agreed to drop a fourth question a asking employees if they had been a member of the communist party a a from the Security clearance questionnaire. Employees of army s armament munitions and chemical come in Rock Island iii., and the National federation of Federal employees Union challenged the questions in a lawsuit filed in 1991. The questionnaire at Issue known As form dd-398-2, is used As a basis for Security investigations. It also is used for department employees who Are assigned to sensitive positions such As guards and others with Access to arms but who Are not required to have a Security clearance. _ the ruling Means that the Pentagon again will be Able to ask employees to disclose a All arrests including those in which charges were dismissed where there was an acquittal or where the official record has been expunged. A any delinquent debt bankruptcy filing tax Lien wage garnishment or unsatisfied judgment. A any past or present drug use alcohol abuse or treatment for a mental emotional or psychological problem. Doctors transplant lung lobes from parents to ill daughter from wire reports los Angeles a a Young woman with cystic fibrosis a a lethal lung disease a and her parents were recovering saturday from Pioneer surgery in which the parents each donated portions of their lungs to give their child a Chance at a longer life. Doctors said All three were in improved condition at the us University Hospital following the first double Lobar lung transplant. Surgeons transplanted lung segments Friday from both parents into their 22-year-Olttdaughter, whose lungs were failing As a result of scarring from cystic fibrosis. Us University Hospital spokeswoman Sylvia Kelly said the parents James and Barbara Sewell were a awake and alerts saturday morning after the five hour transplant. A ,. Their daughter Stacy was reported in upgraded critical but stable condition at the Hospital. All three Are from Quartz Hill calif., North of los Angeles. Or. Vaughn a. Starnes said it was the first time a living donor has been used to treat a cystic fibrosis patient. Starnes performed the surgery which also was the first in which two donors were used in a lung transplant Starnes is a Long time Pioneer in lung transplants. At a Friday news conference the surgeon said the new procedure could have what he called an important Long term Impact because of the shortage of Organ donors. He took Only one of the five lung lobes from each Parent Starnes transplanted the lower left lung lobe of the father 55, and the lower right lobe of the Mother 49, and transplanted them into their daughter. Doctors said every breath has been a struggle for Stacy Sewell who had been in and out of hospitals for the past year. Lung transplants from cadavers have become common but not routine for cystic fibrosis patients said or. Robert Dresing president of the cystic fibrosis foundation. A but in be never heard of both parents doing it Quot he said. A this is certainly a . Dresing noted that the Success rate and the survival rate for single lung transplants is very High. Lung transplants a Are a wonderful procedure but they Are certainly not a  there have been More than 1,400 operations in which one or both lungs have been transplanted from cadavers but Only six prior transplants of single lobes three of them performed by Starnes Hospital officials said. One lobe was enough in those cases because All were infants suffering from congenital malformations. Two of the three patients treated by Starnes Are still alive. Stacy Sewell had been on a waiting list to receive whole lungs from cadavers but she wus not at the lop or. Vaughn a. Starnes discusses Friday s transplant of the list and recently took a turn for the worse said or. Richard Barbers a us internist and medical transplant director. Starnes said that she. Had Only a week to live and that the High risk transplant was the Only Chance for an Extension of her life. Starnes and his colleagues began the operation on the three family members about 7 30 . Friday and finished at 12 30 . Stacy Sewells diseased lungs were completely removed and replaced with her parents two lobes. Stacy Sewell is a a Petite person Quot weighing about 95 pounds and the operation has Given her More lung capacity than she had before Barbers said. The parents have enough the serve lung capacity that a they will not miss the lobes a he said. Cystic fibrosis affects about 30,000 americans. Its primary characteristic is the accumulation of mucus in the lungs that makes breathing difficult and promotes life threatening bacterial  Field s jumps on the recycling bandwagon from wire reports Chicago a Marshall Fields is going Green by going Brown. The distinctive dark Green shopping bags that for years have identified Fields shoppers Are being replaced monday with Plain Brown ones. A a we la save 25,000 Trees a said Fields president Daniel j. Skoda. A a that a a lot of Trees a the dark Green paper bags Are not recyclable because they Are covered with an Oil based Ink and Clay based coating that gives them their Sheen. The Brown bags a Fields Calls them beige Are not Only recyclable but made of at least 50 percent recycled paper and printed with water based Ink. The beige bag also will replace the White and Black bags used at Dayton a and Hudson a stores also owned by Fields Parent Dayton Hudson  19 million served Imperial a. A Pittsburgh International Airport set a record for passenger traffic in 1992. Some 18,748,884 passengers flew into or out of Pittsburgh International last year. That broke the record number of passengers set in 1988 by 4 percent passenger traffic in 1991 had dropped below 17 million for the first time in four years. Last years figures were a 12 percent increase Over 1991. The new Pittsburgh International Airport terminal opened last oct.  swallows Check Troy . A the evidence is missing in a Check forgery Case but its whereabouts Are no secret. Police say the suspect told them he gobbled it up. Frank Grasso 53, was arrested thursday after trying to Cash an $840 Check at a Bank. Officer Donald Backaus took Grasso to the police station where he was handcuffed to  the Check was left on a desk in the same room. Backaus said that when he returned after leaving Grasso alone the Check was missing. As he was searched Backaus said Grasso told him a you wont find it because i ate  Grasso was held on a forged Check charge. Bail was set at $5,000,another Home alone Case Pittsburgh a a Pittsburgh couple has been charged with leaving their two Young children Home alone in a filthy House. 1 police said Friday that William Tyler 24, and Ushiki Gomez 28, were arrested after police found their two daughters Ages 1 and 2, alone in the Home. Tyler had flagged Down police shortly after Midnight and said he was looking for his wife police said Gomez showed up a few minutes later and police took them Home. Police said that upon arrival at the House on Ritts Burgh a North Side they found the front door open Ana the 2-year-old girl crying. The a year old girl was asleep on a mattress police said the Home was filthy with broken Glass and knives on the floor and no electricity or food. The children were placed in the custody of the Allegheny county children and youth  find each other Manchester . Leslie and Mary Frank Learned something unexpected in their business Law class they re half Sisters. The two Hesser College students made the discovery Friday when their instructor George Adames asked if they were related. Mary Frank 20, asked Leslie Frank 30, what her fathers name was. The two women then realized they were half Sisters separated 15 years ago and broke into tears. Later they reunited with Leslie a sister and Mary a Hal sister Laurie Frank of Manchester. A i was so excited Quot said Mary Frank of Sanford Maine a i always knew about these people but Only saw them Oace when i was 5 years old Ever since then in be a Vays  Leslie Frank of new Boston said she moved away with her father when she was 15 and Mary was 5. She said she thought of Mary every Day but had no idea How to get in touch with her. A a in a really ecstatic a she said. A i feel at peace now hat this void is filled. I can Stop worrying Abou