European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 13, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                ?. A Page 6 the stars and stripes . Thursday january 13.1994 new yorker favored for drug Post by new Day new York new York state s police superintendent will be named administrator of the Federal drug enforcement administration today Justice depart ment sources say. Thomas Constantino s appointment expected to be announced by vice president Al Gore and attorney general Janet Reno was made final after he passed an obligatory background Check the officials said. Stuart o. Simms a state prosecutor in Maryland andean Early contender for the Job reportedly fell out of favor after his office s handling of drug cases came under investigation Constantino 54, could not be reached tuesday no could his spokesman James Atkins. Carl Stern a Reno spokesman confirmed Only that an announcement would be made today. But the superintendent report edly was planning to travel to Washington on wednes Day with his family. Top Justice department officials reportedly Settle Don Constantine at the Strong urging of Fri director Louis Freeh who has expressed interest in taking Amore Active role in National drug enforcement policy. Freeh and Constantine have maintained a close professional relationship since the Fri director was a fed eral prosecutor and judge in new York City. One senior Justice department official said Constantino s Edge was the Louis Freeh  if confirmed by the Senate Constantine will fill thelast major opening in the Justice department following a search for a new Dea administrator that has consumed nearly a year. Since oct. 31, the Agency has been run by Stephen Greene the former chief assistant. He replaced Robert Bonner a Bush appointee who re signed to return to private Law practice in los Angeles. Constantine a Buffalo native and father of six took Over As new York state police superintendent in 1987, 25 years after he joined it As a trooper. While winning Praise in some quarters for his stewardship he has also presided Over one of the worst scandals in its history. In the past year several troopers have confessed to falsify ing fingerprints a development that has forced administrators to impose strict new rules governing the handling of evidence. The new Dea Boss will inherit an International drug fighting Force of about 3,600 agents and a $720 million budget for the fiscal year that began oct. 1. The Job pays about $130,000. In the stars and stripes 10 years ago Jan. 13,1984 the United states demanded an explanation from Nicaragua for the reckless and unprovoked killing of an Amer ican helicopter Pilot whose Craft came under fire from nicaraguan troops and was forced Down just in Side Honduras. 20 years ago Jan. 13,1974 Libya and Tuni Sia two Arab states with divergent policies on Israel announced that they would unite into a single coun try with one president. 30 years ago Jan. 13,1964-theunited states agreed to a demand by pres ident Roberto Chiari that american and panamanian flags should Fly jointly at . Schools in the canal zone. 40 years ago Jan. 13,1954 hundreds of avalanches crashing Down in the aus Trian Alps Over a 24-hour period killed or left missing at least 131 per sons buried a train and wiped out much of one Village. 50 years ago Jan. 13,1944 american bomb ers dealt Germany s fighter plane production a major blow in what was called the greatest air Battle Over the heart of Germany resulting in 59 . Aircraft missing the second highest loss Ever. World War ii 50 years ago today Jan. 13 1�9 44 american soldiers Advance on Monte Trocchio the last German stronghold on the Road to the rapid River on Italy s Western front. The red army captures korets on the Southern soviet front. . Leaders set a timetable for landings in the Central Pacific the Marshall islands on May 1, the Carolines on aug. 1 and the Marianas on nov. 1. Source 2194 Days of War w. H. Smith publishers inc. World almanac Book of world War ii Bison books corp. 1981 a Parkwood jokes about his plans sen. Bob Packwood on a tour of Oregon discusses swimming Pool accessories with Robert Sigler head of or. Smith inc. In Canby. Portland Ore. A sen. Bob Packwood looking past his Legal troubles told business leaders tuesday that he would run for re election in 1998. Then said later he was Only joking. I would Hope All my predictions come True when i run for re election in 1998," Packwood said in concluding a speech on Trade issues. The audience greeted the comment with mild applause. In an interview afterwards Packwood said he would t decide whether to seek re election until no vember 1997. It was a remark i made purely in humor he said. The Senate ethics committee is investigating whether Packwood made unwanted sexual advances toward More than two dozen women. Information disclosed during that inquiry also led to a criminal investigation into the senator s dealings with lobbyists. Several of Packwood s Senate colleagues including fellow Republican Nancy Kassebaum of Kansas have said he should resign. Betty Roberts a member of oregonians for ethical representation which has sought Packwood s dismissal from the Senate said she was t sure his re election re Marks were a joke. I think he s putting out a flare. I think he s trying to see How people react she said of Packwood who was first elected to the Senate in 1968. After the speech Packwood avoided 20 to 30 protes ters by slipping out through a hotel parking garage and into a waiting Van. The speech was part of his 10-Day tour of Oregon. Scientists to review radiation data Washington a president Clinton will name a civilian panel of scientists to independently review human radiation test data uncovered by a gov Erna entwine search and determine whether ethical standards were violated officials said tuesday. At the same time the Energy depart ment said it had completed Telephone interviews with about 4,000 people who have called a department hot line and that about one fifth had complained of being victims of some radiation experiments. In All More than 10,000 callers have gotten through to a Bank of 36 operators. About half of them were veterans and were referred to the department of vet Erans affairs. Thousands More people have been unable to get through with the hot line receiving As Many As 700 Calls an hour department spokesmen said. The civilian advisory panel expected to be named later this month will exam Ine hundreds of thousands of documents on reported radiation tests conducted on humans during the cold War. It also May interview some of the victims and in some cases recommend possible compensation officials said. We Felt it was important to choose a nongovernmental body to make these de terminations said Energy department spokesman Michael Gauldin. He said the civilian panel is going to be Given Broad Range in analysing the data once it is assembled. It will also be Given wide latitude to judge whether the experiments were within proper ethical Bounds As they existed at the time Andy today s standards. Gauldin emphasized that it would be we re looking for cases in which the government deliberately exposed people to radiation or deliberately released radiation. We re very concerned about being Able to manage this task. It s an immense Job Michael Gauldin Energy department spokesman up to Congress to determine actual compensation. He said it had not been determine who would be on the advisory panel which will consist of health physicists experts on radiology and specialists in med ical ethics. Meanwhile there Are signs that the massive record search and the intense Public reaction from thousands of people who claim to have been victims Are threatening to overwhelm officials trying to manage the program. Gauldin said an inter Agency working group formed a week ago to coordinate the search of records in eight agencies and departments is trying to More clearly define exactly what experiments should be included in the sweep for document Sand files. We re looking for cases in which the government deliberately exposed people to radiation or deliberately released radiation Gauldin said tuesday. We re very concerned about being Able to Man age this task. It s an immense  Gauldin said the search of documents will not include cases of accidental expo sure including some involving accidental releases of radiation at government nuclear weapons plants. The task Force also has not yet clearly determined what medical experiments might be subject to the search. Officials acknowledged for example that some radiation experiments conducted on humans were Well within medical standards with proper medical  in som cases May have had therapeutic effect. In addition to the Energy department record searches on human radiation tests have been directed at the departments of defense veterans affairs and health and human services As Well As at the Central intelligence Agency and Nasa. I