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Commissioners want psychological testing See below Commission: Lucas investigation OK See Page 2A Arab League rejects sanctions against U.S. See Page 6A White, Hance denounce 'nerd' comments, See Page 10A New Braunfels New BraunftIt, Texas Friday January 31,1986 25 Cents 22 Pages-2 Sections aitian PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) Soldiers were deployed In Haiti's capital city "every few blocks" today after the government of President-for-Life Jean-Claude Duvalier collapsed, according to the U.S. Embassy. White- House spokesman Larry Spcakes, accompanying President Reagan aboard Air Force One to Houston, announced that Duvaller had fled the country. He said his information was based on a report from the U.S.

Embassy in Haiti. An. embassy spokesman, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said he did not know whether stores had been closed, or whether a curfew had been called. He said there were fewer people in the streets and Port-au- Prince, the capital, seemed "relatively normal and quiet." He said in an interview with AP Radio there were "soldiers posted every few blocks" In the capital. Speakes said there were reports that a military-civilian government has taken control of the impoverished Caribbean island.

No further details were available immediately. The reports followed a 30-day nationwide state of siege declaration signed by Duvalier and read over national television and radio today at 7 a.m. The declaration came after the most sustained anti-government protest in Haiti since the Duvalier dynasty was established in 1957. Jean-Claude, also known as "Baby Doc," assumed the presidency upon the death of his father, Francois "Papa Doc" Duvalier, in 1971. Six people have been reported killed and at least30 injured since anti-Duvalier demonstrations began Sunday in Cap Haitien, Haiti's second-largest city of (iO.OOO people collapses on the north coast.

Maggie Steber, a freelance photographer in Cap Hai- tien, said the army called a curfew this morning and used clubs and tear gas to get people off the streets. "I saw several Incidents of the army hitting people with clubs to get them inside," she said in a telephone call to The Associated Press in New York. Duvallcr's communique also ordered three radio stations to go off the air including Radio Soleil, a Roman Catholic Church station that broadcasts in Creole arid is one of the few stations that can be heard in most parts of the Maryland-sixed nation. It has been closed several times before for reporting on anti-government demonstrations. The two other stations See HAITI, Page 12A Specialists study pieces of fuselage CAPE CANAVERAL, Fia.

Specialists examined at leas! five large chunks ol shattered Challenger's fuselage today, and studied the possibility that a blowtorch of (lame from a solid-luel booster rocket triggered the explosion that destroyed the shuttle and its crew. Officials of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration were surprised that so many large pieces survived Tuesday's fireball. -possibility the pressurixecl module in which the seven astronauts rode might have survived the explosion and is intact at the bottom of the Atlantic. Sonar detected a very large metal object on the ocean floor, 140 feet down, in the area where the fuselage parts wore discovered, divers were prepared to go down to look al it. Aware of the possibility human, remains might be- found.

NASA today issued this statement: "No comment will be made by NASA officials today on anything concerning personal effects or human remains out of respect for the astronauts' families." The families were attending a memorial service today in Houston. Some observers suggested that the cabin might have burst during the explosion and that the remains of the astronauts would not be found. A NASA videotape of the unloading of debris from search search showed the Challenger's nose and part of the cabin, parts of a cargo bay door, and sections of wing and tail. The largest piece of the latest find was about 20 by 8 feet. Ironically, on the side of the cabin area was a yellow ar- low.

with the word "rescue" pointing to an unit that rescuers would open in case the shuttle ditched at sea and was intact. Inside the unit are switches that would per mil a rescue team to shut down the ship's electronic and blow the top off the cabin. A member of one ol the investigation team panels who did not want to be identified said. "The investigation was significantly helped by the amount ol spacecraft parts recovered. We had worried that we would riot come up with as many pieces as we have, and we're anxious to learn what the big object is on the bottom." The wreckage was spotted floating about Go miles northeast of Cape Canaveral and it was hoisted aboard the.

Coast Guard cutter Dallas. Doctors at Patrick Air Force Base, meanwhile, examined a fragment of bone and tissue that floated ashore 35 miles south of Cape Canaveral to determine if it belonged to one of the seven astronauts. It was attached to a blue sock, and police said it probably was a foot bone. The focus of the disaster shifted today to the Johnson Space Center in Houston where President and Mrs. Reagan were to attend a memorial service for the Atlantic Ocean Cape Canaveral Debris found astronauts.

Those killed were Christa McAuliffe, a teacher from Concord. N.H., who was selected to fly as the first "common citizen" in NASA's citizen-in-space program; Francis Scobee, 40, the commander; Michael Smith. 40, the pilot; Judith A. Resnik, 30; Ronald E. Mc.Nair.

35; Ellison S. Onizuka, 39. and Gregory B.Jai vis, 41. The president planned to meet privately with their families, five of whom live in the Houston area. Members of an interim investigation board were to attend the ceremony and then meet with members of the Mission Control Center team.

They will return here Saturday to continue the investigation. A source told The Associated Press that the board spent much time Thursday studying different films of the rising shuttle in the final seconds before it erupted 8.9 miles above and 8 miles southeast of the launch pad. Television footage released by NASA showed a sudden flicker of flame along the side of the ship, between one of the two booster rockets and the huge external tank that contained more than gallons of volatile liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen propellant. In thai film, taken from south of the launch area, the source of the fire could not be pinpointed. Since then.

NASA has impounded film from cameras photographing the shuttle from several angles and from tracking aircraft. Commissioners writer Comal County commissioners wanted their support of the psychological testing of all new law enforcement personnel on the record in Thursday's meeting. They also pledged to fund the testing. A law that went into effect September 1985 required all those certified as peace officers after that date to go through psychological testing, but the mechanism has not formally been put into place to assure it on the state level, Chief Deputy Brian John said. "Comal County Sheriff's Department began using psychological testing by an outside firm on all new candidates for deputy or jailer positions in July 1985," John said.

So far the psychological screening which takes about four hours has eliminated two candidates and has successfully predicted problems for some who were hired, John said. "For instance, they told us one would be with us until things, got tough and then he would quit, and he did," the chief deputy said. "At the seminars I went to on county liability they recommended commissioners' making recommendations in the strongest language to all ol the county law enforcement departments to use psychological testing to screen applicants for jobs and making the funds available for the testing, but commissioners do not have the legal authority to make a policy or order it," County Attorney Bill Reimer said. Reimer pointed out the idea behind psychological testing was to give the pport psychological testing Inside law enforcement agency some protection from lawsuits in case a peace officer reacted in a situation with actions that could open the county to a lawsuit. "Then you have something to show that the county did everything possible to pick a responsible person for that position," Reimer said.

Commissioner J.L. "Jumbo" Evans said commissioners put $3.000 in the sheriff's budget for testing. If constables needed anyone tested commissioners would provide the funds, he The new law also addresses drug testing, but again the mechanism has not been set up yet to insure that it is done. The sheriff's department here requires the hiring candidate to supply a recent medical exam which includes drug testing the chief deputy said. Soon all newly elected law enforcement officers taking office after a certain date will also have to have full certification as'peace officers, the new law also requires.

In other business, commissioners also began work on an autopsy policy with justices of the peace, the county- attorney and district attorney. A new law opened the door for wider use of autopsies, commissioners were told. In the past "suspicious circumstances were the reason for ordering an autopsy by either the justice of the peace or the district attorney. Under the current law, no specific- reason is given and allows an investigator to order the autopsy. District Attorney Bill Schroeder said his office would continue to operate as it has, urderrng autopsies any time criminal activity was suspected.

The county attorney recommended all fatalities in auto or boating accidents have autopsies ordered. He said that he has had to prosecute negligent homicide cases where no autopsy was ordered. In these cases, the defendant could claim that the person died immediately before the wreck, or if the victim was the driver of the other car, that the driver was more intoxicated that the defendant and had caused the wreck. "Sometimes blood samples are enough," the county attorney said. Reimer also defends the county in civil suits.

In this capacity he said the county has been sued in numerous accidents where survivors try to See COMMISSIONERS, Page 12A Today's Weather Skies over Comal County will be partly cloudy today, and the high temperature will be in the mid 70s. Tonight's low will be in the tower 60s. It will be cloudy Saturday morning, but the clouds will break up by early afternoon, and the high will once again be in the 70s. CLASSIFIED COMICS CROSSWORD DEAR ABBY ENTERTAINMENT HOROSCOPE OPINIONS RELIGIOUS FOCUS SPORTS WEATHER 2138 SA 3A 28 18 3A 4A SA 74A 2A.