European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 10, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday december 10, 1994 . The stars and stripes Page 7 inmates counterfeit plan half baked officials say from wire report Philadelphia the inmates at the prison print shop had lofty goals what they lacked officials said were the skills and equipment to reproduce top notch counterfeit $10 Bills. The secret service is investigating a crude counterfeit operation uncovered at the maximum Security Holm Esburg prison. Robert Eskind said. No Back plate and no finished counterfeit Bills were found. The secret service responsible for guarding the nation s Money Supply does t believe any of the phony Money made its Way into the prison population. There have been no arrests and it is not Clear How the prisoners went about their criminal activity undetected. Thirty two inmates work at the print shop which is now temporarily shut Down. The shop prints stationery and booklets for the City of Philadelphia and the prison system. Package shuts Avenue Washington Pennsylvania Avenue was shut Down for about an hour thursday night As secret service officers investigated a suspicious package near the old executive office building next door to the White House. The package turned out to be a shaving kit. The kit was discovered about 7 15 . Propped up against a Fence by a tourist said secret service spokesman Eric  secret service shut off the area to pedestrian traffic and minutes later diverted cars of Pennsylvania before calling in the police department s bomb squad. About an hour later the secret service determined the package was harmless. Man can t be forced to pay Detroit if youve a bad Gambler the Odds Are in your favor if you live in Michigan. Michigan Law prohibits the courts from enforcing collection of gambling debts an appeals court said. I ruled that a collection Agency can t Force a Michigan Man to pay a $5,000 debt to a Las vegas ,had gone to court to Force John h. Gabler 47, to pay a 1986 debt to the Sands hotel and Casino that now stands at $10,770 with interest v.  signed four markers a form of Check for$5,000 Worth of chips at the Sands. The markers bounced and International recovery bought the debt.  a h it sued in Nevada and won. But circuit judg Barry Howard refused to enforce the Nevada order in Michigan because it involved gambling. The appeals court upheld his ruling tuesday. Urine free area7 enforced Pittsburgh when you be gotta go you be gotta go. Just not near Brian Cummings apartment. Residents of the City s South Side neighbourhood have been complaining about people urinating in alleys As they patronize the numerous bars an restaurants there. Cummings has rigged the Alley beside his apartment with a video camera and a powerful spotlight. He Waits for his prey in his House before activating the camera turning on the Light and playing a tape of his booming voice saying please Stop urinating immediately this is a urine free area. The enjoyment is watching them run Cummings said thursday. Police say they have increased efforts to curtail Public urination in the neighbourhood. Authorities Nave charged 16 men and one woman with open lewdness since october. Rule causes confusion Washington much confusion abounds Over a new regulation that allows Federal workers to use sick leave to care for sick or injured relatives for adoptions or for family funerals. Although the regulation pm 103-388, became effective dec. 2, some Federal agencies won t implement it until dec. 22. They can do that but they should t be misleading workers by telling the they can t make any changes before dec. 22. The Clinton administration made it effective dec.2 to Benefit workers Well before the holidays. Seen in men s sex harassment cases a " a by newday a. New York in the american corporate Jungle y no one worries whether the lion is feeling oppressed. After All in countless cases it s been Power wielding men who be proved to be the beasts brigands and butt Pinchers of the fluorescent lighted world of 9 to 5. Still Meh As victim stories have been percolating lately with Fellows saying that turnabout is not fair play and that harassment and discrimination Hurt regardless of gender. Are we witnessing the blossoming of a bonafide societal problem Here probably not most experts say. No Way is there a trend said Sharon Hoahing director of the Long Island Branch of 9 to 5, a National Job discrimination hot line. I be been handling the hotline for five years and Only four men Ever have called to complain about sexual  and Susan Jennik executive director of the watch dog labor group association for Union democracy said male sexual harassment in t even in the same Ballpark As the harassment of  she adds in 25 years i have not heard any complaints from men    u. " but others have been hearing of such accounts last week eight Jenny Craig inc. Male employees filed claims saying women supervisors and co workers denied them promotions because of their sex and embarrassed them with demeaning sex tinged remarks on thursday a California Man who is suing his former female employers for alleged emasculating remarks about his genitals made an emotional appear Ance on Donahue. And on Friday disclosure a movie about woman who sexually harasses her male employees was to open across the country about 10 percent of the 450 to 600 sexual harassment complaints registered annually by the office of sexual harassment issues of the new York state division of human rights Are filed by men said office director Virginia Vida. The figure has t changed in 12yearsof -. Nationally the Federal equal employment Opportunity commission reports that last year 9 percent of the 11,900 sexual harassment cases filed were initiated by men a proportion that has remained relatively con Stant Over the past four years. In both state and National complaints it s impossible to discern whether the men were claiming to have been harassed by women or by other men. Some have said that there would be More cases of women harassing men if More women were in corporate Power slots. But recent studies by women s Busi Ness associations show that women owned companies Are often friendlier and More people oriented than male run shops offering flextime Job sharing and tuition reimbursement for example creating an atmosphere that would make harassment seem less Likely. Wrapped up in the Holiday spirit army 1st it. Eric Brauman takes a Bow off of his new truck after returning Home to Manhattan Kan., on thursday from duty in Cuba. The truck was Christmas gift from the lieutenant s wife who had the truck decorated by volunteers at a gift wrapping Booth to Benefit the Manhattan aids project and crisis Center. Brauman is assigned to the 1st my co at fort Riley Kan. Firefighter to Malibu Calif. A a wind whipped fire erupted in Brushy mountains above the Mashbu Shore line thursday charring 100 acres before firefighters ought the flames Back from expensive beachfront Homes. Firefighting air planes and helicopters bucked and twisted in fierce wind As they attacked the flames Burn ing toward the sea in the latigo Canyon Region a few Miles West of the area devastated by a fall 1993 fires torm. About 300 firefighters battled thursday s flames which were fanned by gusts up to 60 Mph. Now there so much smoke i can t even see the flames said Elizabeth Seaman who lives on the  were pretty  the area is dotted with 60 Homes and an apartment building with 104 units. Some residents donned rain Coats and grabbed Garden hoses to Spray Down their lawns. As the Sun set behind the Pacific much of the fire was extinguished. Crews fought hot spots and finished laying a containment line around the area. No Homes were damaged. A transient suffered smoke inhalation officials said. The cause of the fire was under investigation but officials said it May have been sparked by a downed Power line. The Pacific coast Highway was shut Down  stretch Between Kanan Dume and Malibu Canyon roads. At one Point residents were told to pre pare to evacuate. Resident Diane Giaquinta remembering last year ablaze took the warning seriously we probably will pack up she said. That fire which erupted nov. 2, 1993, killed three people and destroyed 323 Homes As it blackened More than 16,500 acres Over nine Days