European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 2, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes tuesday March 2,1993 a a. A some leads in new York apr investigation of the bombing that rattled new Yorac City a psyche is being hampered by the instability of the twisted rubble beneath the world Trade Center. But authorities say they have a number of leads a / r bomb sleuths examined tiny specks collected from the perimeter of the 100-foot-Widc Crater punched out by the explosion in a parking garage below the Center s signature twin towers. Five people were killed and More than 1,000 injured in the noontime blast Friday. One person was still missing sunday. Another missing person was safely accounted for sunday night far from the blast site. The towers will be closed for at least a week until safety and Security Are restored. Contractors welded steel beams and other supports into the Trade Center s underground area to make it More secure. The smoke damaged new York commodities Exchange Center housed in one of the centers smaller buildings got permission to open monday As the financial Center limped Back to work. Subway trains linking new Jersey to the Trade Center resumed running monday officials said. The bomb damaged ceiling Over the train platform has been removed they said. Law enforcement officials have said they found traces of nitrate an ingredient in dynamite at the blast site. A Federal official speaking on condition of anonymity told the new York times that the bomb apparently consisted of 500 to 1,500 pounds of conventional dynamite and not plastic explosive. The daily news quoting an intelligence source it did t identify reported monday that the bomb was made of an inexpensive mixture of fertilizer and fuel Oil. The combination of ammonium nitrate and fact Oil is known As info and has been used commercially since 1955, the news said. It Quot is not the signature of any one terror group Quot the news quoted the source As saying. T americans and foreigners were being sought by investigators for questioning a senior Law enforcement official told the  checks of License plate numbers or partial numbers recorded entering the garage on the Day of the blast have provided some significant leads James Fox head of the Fri s new York office told the times. Fox said witness accounts suggest a pattern of suspicious movements and indicate that conspirators May have used More than one vehicle in the operation the times reported. One theory being investigated was whether terrorists from the Middle East planted the bomb to avenge Iraq s loss to the United states and Allied forces in the persian Gulf War the new York Post reported monday. Determining what Type of explosive was used and How it was triggered will help investigators Trace its source. If it was a car bomb authorities will attempt to reconstruct the vehicle just As they do when jetliners Are bombed. Quot the work could take months Quot Fox said. Quot but we never give up. Whoever did this we will catch them even if it takes 20  More than 60 Telephone Calls a from people claim fog to represent everything from nationalists in the former yugoslav republics to colombian drug lords a have been received since the blast. Tapes from the Calls will be Analysed for accents and other clues that might Lead to those responsible. The explosion two floors underground was in a strategic location that knocked out Power communications and Security systems. Edward Mizlo Hawks to shirts printed with Quot i survived terror at the towers Quot outside the world Trade  court to review key sex Case Washington a the supreme court set the stage for a key ruling on sexual harassment on the Job As it agreed monday to decide whether workers who sue must prove they suffered a severe psychological  the justices said they will review a Case from Nashville tcnn., in which lower courts threw out a woman s lawsuit because she was Only offended not psychologically scarred by her Boss s crude conduct. The court s decision expected in 1994, will clarify the definition of illegal sexual harassment which is banned by a Federal Law called title Vii of the civil rights act of 1964. Teresa Harris worked As a rental manager at forklift systems inc. In Nashville for More than two years before she quit in october 19s7. She then sued forklifts president Charles Hardy Over alleged sexual harassment. Hardy repeatedly engaged in what a Federal judge said was sex based derogatory conduct Quot toward Harris. A a her lawsuit said Hardy made sexual comments about her clothing asked her to. Retrieve coins from his front pockets threw coins on the floor and asked her to Bend Down and retrieve them and once told her Quot you re a. Woman what do you know Quot Hardy also was accused of once saying to Harris Quot let s go to the Holiday inn to negotiate your raise Quot but lower courts concluded that Harris knew the comment was meant As a joke and took it As such at. The time. Hardy did not deny most of the conduct alleged. Quot i believe that Hardy is a vulgar Man and demeans the female employees at his workplace Quot . Magistrate Ken san Didge Iii said when recommending in 1990 that Harris suit be dismissed. But he added that Harris had not proved that Hardy s conduct made forklift systems a Quot hostile work environment Quot or that his conduct and word were Quot so be Verc As to be expected to seriously affect her psychological  Quot a reasonable woman manager under like circumstances would have been offended by Hardy but his conduct would not have risen to the level of interfering with that person s work performance the magistrate said. Based in that recommendation . District judge John t. Nixon threw out Harris suit. The dismissal was upheld by the 6th . Circuit court of appeals last  joke aboard plane boomerangs on woman Chicago Uit a suburban Chicago woman who made a joke about having a bomb on an air plane faced a charge of disorderly conduct monday. Police said Billie brigand 32, of mount Prospect allegedly made the remark saturday while boarding an America West airlines plane at of Hare International Airport that was bound for Las vegas a the woman said something to the effect of a will my bomb be of in the overhead compartment a Quot said Lisa Howard a spokeswoman for the Chicago aviation department. The woman was overheard by a flight attendant who notified the Cabin Crew. The plane s 111 passengers and Crew members were evacuated and taken to a Remote holding pad where a Chicago police department canine unit searched it police said. Passengers Luggage was a Rayed. No bomb was found. Briganti was arrested and charged with disorderly conduct. The flight was delayed three hours until 2 . Sunday an airline spokeswoman said. Service plan for students unveiled new Brunswick . A president Clinton on monday unveiled a modest Pilot of his Campaign Promise to allow students to pay for College with National service saying it would Quot make higher education available to More people in return for the service they give to their Community Quot Clinton discussed the Broad outlines of the program during a tour of the new Brunswick Public schools adult learning Center in new Jersey before heading to nearby Rutgers University for the formal announcement. The president said his program would allow students either to pay off College Loans with Public service or to do the service first and accrue credits to attend College later. Borrowers who did not want to do service work would pay a percentage of their income Back into the loan fund. By setting the repayment at a percentage of income instead of a set amount Clinton said he hoped to encourage graduates to take lower paying Public service positions such As police and Community health work. He linked the program to his Overall economic package saying a an economic investment is not just building an Airport or a Road or investing in new technology it is also investing in  Clinton s plan would gel off to a modest Start this summer with 1,000 or so summer Community service positions and then grow Over the next five years to More than 100,000 slots. After the Rutgers speech Clinton planned to promote the program in an interview for an mtg special that was to air monday night. Vice president a1 Gore his wife Tipper Gore and three Clinton Cabinet members were staging events to promote the National service plan As Well. Included in Clinton a economic stimulus package is a $15 million Pilot project to train Community service leaders the first stage of implementing the broader program. To an essay published sunday to the new York tunes Clinton said that Quot National service is an idea As old As  in addition to the peace corps he compared his plan to Lincoln s Homestead act which gave pioneers title to land they settled and Truman ski Bill Middle class voters squeezed by skyrocketing College tuition costs rallied behind the proposal during the Campaign. The economic package Clinton unveiled last month contains the first Money for the program $9,5 billion Oyer the next five years starting at just $98 million in year that begins oct. 1 and building to $3-4 billion m the fiscal year the begins oct. 1,1997. Critics say government should not try to Force service on youth in return for College Aid. Some labor unions Voity that service jobs will take away Public employee positions. R