European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 6, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes . Wednesday july 6,1994workplace Bias complaints on Rise Boston a  agencies that fight work place discrimination Are struggling with a rapid Rise in complaints that necessitate More mediated settlements and Force More cases to be forwarded to the Federal government. Complaints Over sexual disability and racial Bias Are leading the Way accelerated by the . Supreme court nomination hearings for Clarence Thomas in 1991 and passage of the americans with disabilities act in 1990. Age discrimination cases Are increasing As Well with older workers complaining that they have been unfairly targeted during layoffs. Adding to the pressure is a new Federal policy that requires agencies to investigate housing discrimination complaints within 100 Days of filing and other new Laws including a revised . Civil rights act in 1991. As agencies that investigate Bias resolve More complaints More people Are encouraged to file them said Michael Duffy chairman of the Massachusetts commission against discrimination. Quot once people figure out that the commission is working More efficiently the word spreads and More complaints get filed so we re a victim of our own Success Quot Duffy said. The Massachusetts commission which investigates Bias complaints involving National origin sexual orientation and religion in addition to gender disability and race received More than 3,500 complaints last year. That a double the number filed in 1990. This year the Agency expects to surpass 4,200. Many of the state commissions were created to enforce compliance with civil rights Laws enacted in the 1960s. Today they Are clamouring for extra staff and seeking new methods to resolve disputes quickly. A a a we re just about at the saturation Point Quot said Laura Treaster information director for the Pennsylvania human relations commission. In 1978, Treaster a commission was faced with 2,034 complaints. In 1993, 5,504 complaints were filed. While the commissions budget has increased Over the years. It has not kept  the caseload. Some state commissions said the action is shifting to the equal Opportunity employment commission either because states Are sending excess complaints there or because individuals want to pursue redress under Federal civil rights Laws. The be oct a caseload increased by 37 percent Over the last four years from 110,000 in 1990 to 150,500 in 1994. The number of complaints Rose by 60 percent in the past two years. The Federal Agency expects the time Between the filing of a complaint and the investigation of the complaint to be 17 months by the end of this fiscal year said James Troy who oversees complaint Resolution for the Leoc. Accusations of sexual harassment filed with the Leoc jumped from 6,883 in 1991 to 10,532 in 1992. That was the year Anita Hill a University of Oklahoma Law professor accused Thomas the be oct a former chairman of sexual harassment. In 1993, the number of sexual harassment cases Rose to 11,908. In the stars and stripes 10 years ago july 6,1984 a the . Supreme court ruled that the government was hot inflicting unconstitutional punishment by denying Federal Aid to male College students who failed to Register for the draft. 20 years ago july 6,1974 a president Nixon said in key Biscayne Fla., that he Felt Well and was experiencing no leg pain from a blood clot that a Day before had led White House phys clans to briefly fear for the chief executives life. A 30 year Sago july 6,1964 a four Young refugees store an East German army truck and rammed it through the barricaded Berlin Border to safety in the West despite gunfire from communist Border guards. 40 years ago july 6,1954 a West German Border police re ported learn ing fro m czech officials that the communist regime was holding a . Captain and six soldiers missing from a weapons Carrier found abandoned near the Border. 50 years ago july 6, 1944 a ending a historic raid in Aerial warfare 8th air Force b-24s and their p-51 escorts returned to Britain after a 7,000-mile round trip via the soviet Union and a Italy hitting targets in France in their final leg a 50 years ago today july 6 1 a 9 a 4 4 . Marines Advance along a a Saipan seas coast to moan Pelos Xara the Island s japanese army and Navy commanders kill themselves. As therr troops prepare for a Finai. Banzai charge. Off new Guinea. American soldiers capture Yamoor. Airstrip on num foor Island after an amphibious Landing. Gen. Charles de Gaulle visits Washington seeking More Aid for Hus free French forces. Source. 2194 Days of War w. H. Smitn publishers inc the world almanac of world. War it. Bison books corp. 1981 a Cape canaveral Fla. A its nasal a Fis Hiest flight yet. When Columbia lifts off Friday on a two week Laboratory Mission the space shuttle will be brimming with goldfish killifish jellyfish newts baby sea urchins Newt eggs fish eggs and Toad eggs not to mention flies slime Mold a and sushi. Japan a first female astronaut Chiaki Mukai is taking enough sushi to feed the entire seven member Crew but the japanese Rice delicacies Are of the vegetarian variety because raw tuna and eel might present a health risk. Rest assured the rest of the cargo is strictly for scientific purposes. The countdown was to begin tuesday. Scientists want to know How the fish and other creatures develop behave and in some cases mate in weightlessness. The findings should provide clues As to How human embryos might develop in space essential information if astronauts Are Ever to colonize the Moon and other planets. Quot we re All made of cells and we have structures which Are similar a said Dorothy Spangenberg a developmental biologist at the Eastern Virginia medical school in Norfolk va., who is sending up 126 jellyfish. The Newt embryo resembles a human embryo in the Early stages of development said Michael wiederhold a researcher at the University of Texas health science Center in san Antonio. He and japanese scientists Are sending four female japanese red bellied newts and 144 Newt eggs up with Columbia. Fluid drive a stunt team from the Backwater gamblers  show performs a three person High jump Over the head of another Mississippi River skier in Moline i. The High flying daredevils Werc taking part sunday in the City a annual River fest on the Mississippi. Voice stress device claims to Analyse lies by Charles Mahtesian. Governing Magazine to Tell the truth Law enforcement agencies across the country Are divided Over How to Tell the truth a or More specifically How to Tell when somebody Isnit telling the truth. While traditionalists favor the polygraph machine a better known As the lie Detector a a growing number of. Police departments Are moving to a device known As the Quot computer voice stress analyser a or Casa. Cosas differ from polygraphs in several ways. For one thing the test takes Only about 35 minutes compared with about two hours for the polygraph version. And unlike the lie Detector the Casa does no to have to be hooked up to the body. Suspects simply speak into a microphone. The voice stress machine measures a Micro tremors Quot in the voice while a trained officer interprets the readings. Since the polygraph measures physical responses such As heart rate skin response and respiration critics say there Are a variety of ways a suspect could conceivably skew the results. A a there a still a lot of debate on lie detectors and whether they can be beat a said Dennis Martin executive director of the National association of police chiefs another reason that More than 100 Law enforcement agencies have purchased the Casa is its Low Cost. A voice stress machine and operator training run about 57,300, while a polygraph machine and training can Cost As much As 520,000. Cost Isnit the Only consideration for Law enforcement agencies. The company that makes the voice stress machine claims a 98 percent level of accuracy. A the Casa is so sure in its charting that there a absolutely no doubt if a person is lying a said Charles Humble director of the National Institute for truth verification. A nothing is 98 percent accurate Quot retorted Joseph Buckley spokesman for the american polygraph association. Polygraph operators contend their machines Are More trustworthy because they Monitor three different body responses while the voice stress machine measures Only one. They Point to reams of studies on their machines accuracy a and the dearth of studies on Cosas. Scripps Howard nows service