European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 03, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10 the stars and stripes Friday june 3, 1977 pm Grants Extension of warrant Detroit a general motors said wednesday it is extending indefinitely its offer of a special Long term warranty Cov ering 87,000 current Model bulks Olds mobiles and Pontiac that came equipped with Chevrolet engines. But pm said its offer to take Back the cars and refund the Purchase Price less 8 cents a mile for usage As credit on anew vehicle would not be extended beyond wednesday s Cut off Dale except in Newyork state. A new York judge tuesday ordered that both offers be extended 10 Days to june ii to give customers More time to exercise one of the two options. The order affects about 5,000 new yorkers. The engine switch controversy surface Din March when Consumers Learned that Chevy engines were being substituted another pm cars. Pm divisions had been sharing engines for Many years and they continue to do so when shortages of certain engine models occur. Company officials have argued that an engine assembled by Chevrolet is Compa Rable to one assembled by any other Divi Sion. However dozens of suits were file against the Auto maker charging custom ers were defrauded because they had nothern informed of the switch. 1-isl april 25. In a move to combat the bad publicity and its mounting Legal prob lems. Pm made the dual offer which was h i until june 1 on cars delivered through april i. Pm said wednesday it has dropped he cutoff Date for getting the extended warranty. Pm also has begun a Campaign to inform customers about what engine Power their cars. But Law suits against the firm continue to  than 70 suits have been filed including 16 by stale attorneys general in Al Obama Arkansas. California. Connecticut. Illinois Kentucky. Louisiana Maryland Massachusetts Minnesota. North Carolina. Ohio. Rhode Island. South Carolina. Vermont and  has reached settlements with attorneys general in four states Florida mis Souri. New York and Texas. Pot penalty Cut rejected Washington a a special House committee on narcotics has declined to adopt a Carter administration recommendation that Federal penalties for Possession of Small amounts of marijuana be repealed. In a report released wednesday the select committee on narcotics abuse and control said it is making no conclusions or recommendations with respect to what Congress should or should not do regard ing reduction of marijuana Possession pen  it s about what i expected said Keit Stroup director of the National Organiza Tion Lor Reform of marijuana Laws. Idin t expect much from the report and apparently we re not getting . Peter Bourne director of the office of drug abuse policy told the committee at hearings in March that the Carter administration favors the substitution of civil fines Tor Seldom used Federal criminal penalties for Possession of marijuana for private  said Stales should decide what to do about their Laws under which virtually All marijuana arrests Are  has been introduced in both houses which would remove criminal penalties for the Possession use and Transfer i As Long As it is not for profit of up to on ounce of marijuana. The Bills would substitute a civil Fine of up to $100. The cur rent penalty is up to a year in prison a Dup to $5.000 in fines. According to testimony at the hearing there have been no prosecutions under the Law in the last two years. Both Bills arc still in committee with no action scheduled. Son. Birch Bayh d-lnd., has said he will offer an amendment to decriminalize the Possession of Small amounts of marijuana when a Bill to extend the drug enforce ment administration comes up on the Senate floor probably later this month. In addition there is a decriminalization Section in an Overall Reform of Federal criminal Laws which is being considered by the Senate judiciary committee. Photos of slaves found at Harvard these photographs of three american slaves were discovered in the basement of a museum at Harvard University among a number of previously unpublished daguerreotypes. At left is a Congo slave named Renly in the Center is Jack a slave from the Guinea coast. The Man in the right photo Wai not identified. Up Chicago pupils below sixth Grade Standard 678 poor Reading eighth graders held Back Chicago i a More than half of thei eighth graders in an inner City school District Are being held Back from graduation because their superintendent insists that they be Able to read Al the sixth Grade  Albert a Briggs of District 9 said 678 of the 1,289 eighth graders in 16 schools failed to score at least 6.5, the High school cutoff level he  said wednesday that there had been virtually no Adverse reaction fro parents to his edict of a year ago. The District includes Many High poverty neighbor hoods. Officials say the National Norm is 98 on the Reading comprehension portion of the Iowa test of Basic skills. Las year the average for eighth graders throughout Chica go was 6.8. Briggs said he originally announced his Wood preservative tied to ill cows i Ansing. Mich. Api the toxic chemical found in a sickly Herd of cows in Michigan May have come from a common Wood preservative and state officials Are worried that it could represent a National health Hazard state agriculture officials said wednes Day that federally funded tests on liver samples from the sickly Herd turned up what appear to be significant amounts  Are chemical contaminants pre sent in the widely used Wood  or pc. Some scientists believe the dioxins May be dangerous even in tiny doses. Cows from the Herd probably ingested dioxins by Licking Penta located barn Wood or eating feed from treated troughs they  this year another Michigan Dairy Herd showed significant Levels of dioxins Many cows from the Herd had Sud Denly dropped dead or became , about 150 cows remaining in the Herd were destroyed by the  were done by Wright state univer sity in Dayton Ohio under a contract wit the . Department of agriculture. The University also plans to test about 300 randomly selected cows from Michigan and 18 other Stales. Donald Isleib. Deputy stale agriculture director said wednesday the finding of dioxin in the second Herd leads officials to believe the widespread use of pc May Bea bigger problem than they thought. Two other Michigan herds thai showed pc in their blood however were found to be free of dioxins. Tests Are still underway on four others. Pc has been marketed for about Hiye ars and is registered by the . Environmental Protection Agency. H is used to prevent rolling in Wood Hal is exposed to moisture including barn Wood feed troughs Telephone poles and Patio Furni Ture Reading score Standard after examining Reading Levels at Crane High school the largest in District 9.he said he was shocked to find that none could read at the High school freshman level and Only 18 per cent had scores at the seventh or eighth Grade Levels. Man could not read Well enough to function in daily life he said. I have been talking with parents Al year. I did t just Spring All this on them Briggs said. They were overwhelmingly with me we have project higher achievement going and Are gelling More Parent involve Mon. The parents Are trying to  Briggs said those pupils who will graduate have made substantial Progress be cause their parents have become involved in their education and the pupils have Bee encouraged to feel worthwhile the theme we want our teachers tos Ressis youcandoil.1 he said. Briggs has Sel up a cell or where a eighth graders Are getting special work to raise their Reading Levels. These pupils willbe Lested after 10 weeks of school this fall and those with 6.5 Reading scores will Besent to Crane in the Middle of the term