European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 02, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes Friday september 2,1977 Abc female employees win hiring guarantees and Back pay awards new York a Abc has agreed Toan affirmative action hiring program and will give $540,000 in Back pay awards apart of the settlement of a discrimination suit by female  Back pay ranges from $1,336 to $35, 174 for the 16 women who originally brought the suit and either $1,000 or $500 each for 2,700 who became party to the Sui when it became a class action. Abc also agreed to set up a fund that will eventually provide $3 million in Merit pay to women promoted or Given Job re classifications. . District court judge Lloyd mama Honcho announced the settlement wednesday expressed the opinion that twas fair reasonable and adequate for the Protection of the  said the agreement would ensure that women employees at Abc will be Able to compete for jobs promotions Transfer Sand Merit salary increases on a Par with males Abc also agreed to hire women to fill 33 to 45 per cent of future vacancies in such Job Fields As television assistant news Fea Ture and desk assistant and  Back pay award will go to women on the staff in nonunion positions for three years before dec. 31,1972.those employees still at Abc last March 28 will get $1,000 each while other eligible women workers who left the company after five years of service Are to be paid $500 each. For divorcees Only this medallion was designed for Divor Cees who want the world to know they Are single and available once More. The two interlocking broken rings Symbol recalls delayed 5 years ize the end of a marriage. The medal lion is the latest creation of Jerry Connolly a jeweler who does business in Milltown . A photo Ford safety Hazard ignored paper says Detroit a Ford motor co. Engi neers knew of a serious safety Hazard on424,000 of its 1972 Model cars for five years before the Auto maker finally recalled them according to a Detroit newspaper. In a copyrighted article in thursday editions the Detroit free press quoted John Eckhold director of Ford s automotive safety office As saying we made a mis take. It was a serious error in  safety Hazard involved engine Cool ing fans on 1972 Ford Torino Mercury Montegot and lincolns which have air conditioning and 302-, 351-or 402-cubic-Inch in  announced the recall on june 3, after the National Highway traffic safety administration began an investigation. By that time the newspaper said broken fan Blades from those cars had killed one person and injured 11  with the results of a free press investigation the newspaper added Eckhold commented in retrospect we made a mistake when we did t recognize that this problem was going to develop to be dangerous. When we gathered the information needed to answer the Federal Agency in Quiry it became Clear to the company that these fans could be dangerous and needed to be  stateside actually it was t such a dead Celebration Nebraska City neb. A there was hardly a second glance from the mourners when the deceased took Aspin around the dance floor. It was part of Jack Chadwick s fourth annual Wake at the Nebraska City Ameri can legion club sunday night. We might As Well have fun while we Revere said the 56-year-old Chadwick As he greeted some of the 250 who came to hoist a Glass on his behalf. It started after Chadwick attended awake in Oklahoma returned Home and gave a Check to the legion for a couple of quarts of booze for my pallbearers and to hire a Post funeral band. Max Endelman one of the musicians suggested Chadwick celebrate while he still was around to enjoy it. A group of friends got together and presented him with a Wreath and sympathy cards. Mechanic 8j, recalls Lindbergh s plane Hillsboro. Ore. Up Danny Grecco who patched Charles Lindbergh s plane when Lucky Lindy landed at port land in 1927, was among the 300 persons who turned out tuesday to watch the arrival of a replica of Lindbergh s spirit of St.  Grecco now 81, recalled i did a Little repair work on the left elevator. By then the flight game was not new to me. It was just another air plane and Lindbergh was just another Pilot. We had great respect for Lindbergh s achievement but he was just another Good Pilot. The youth of America needed a hero and he was  referring to Lindbergh s feat in making the first Solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean Grecco said sure we All knew he had flown the Atlantic and that was quite a record Bat everyone was trying to set re cords in those Days Speed Altitude endurance distance All kinds of  Grecco was a Mechanic at Swan Island in the Willamette River in Portland when Lindbergh landed there sept. 14, 1927. While Lindbergh made a triumphal Tow through Portland Grecco fixed a Hole in the plane s elevator apparently torn by a stick kicked of by the Landing gear. Driver killed As truck injures 9 on sidewalk Boston up a delivery truck slowed onto a crowded downtown sidewalk and smashed into the Brick Wall of a department store killing the truck Driver and injuring nine  truck Driver Joseph l. Gregoria 42, suffered an apparent heart , of Boston was pronounced dead at the new England medical Center. Officials said they were unsure whether he suffered the fatal seizure before or after the Accident. One victim Arminta e. Bradley 72, of Auburndale mass., was in critical Condi Tion wednesday after undergoing surgery. Eight other injured pedestrians taken to nearby hospitals were reported in fair to Good condition or released. Berkowitz neighbors get address change Yonkers . Up the landlord of the building at 35 Pine St., has told the ten ants the address is being changed because of unfavourable  the publicity arose because the building was the Home of son of Sam suspect David Berkowitz. The 24-year-old former postal worker accused of shooting six persons and wounding seven others in a year Long reign of terror in new York City lived in a studio apartment at that address. Tuesday the owners of the building Pine Hill associates of Yonkers sent a notice to tenants which read in part dear tenant due to the unfavourable publicity which the building has received in the recent past we have decided to change the Street number to 42 Pine St. The Post office is aware of the change and will deliver All mail with the above Street number 35 Pine St to this  Mother charged with beating caging child when investigating officers arrived at the trailer deputies said the child was inside the Home. They said she had severe bruises Over her body could t walk with out staggering and could t  was no word on How Long the child had been in the Cage. The girl was turned Over to county Wel fare officials. Whitesel was free on Bond pending a grand jury investigation acted to begin next week. Ravenna Ohio a Portage county sheriffs deputies charged Mary Whitesel 36, with felonious assault on tuesday saying their investigation indicated she had beaten and caged her 5-year old  said the investigation stemmed from a neighbor s report that the child had been locked in a Chicken wire Cage 24 inches in diameter outside Whitesel Mobile Home in Randolph township. Sex refrigerator kids1 had been raped Bridgeport Conn. A two girls aged 2 and 5, suffocated after being raped and crammed into an abandoned refrigerator they reportedly had used As Adoll House officials said. I estimate it would take a Little Les than an hour for the girls to suffocate after being locked in the refrigerator the Cit medical examiner or. George Molnar said wednesday after autopsies were per formed. It is most unlikely that they locked themselves in the refrigerator he said. The children identified As Saimeri Croom and Michele South both of Bridge port were reported missing at 4 43 . Tuesday and the bodies were found at about 10 45 . The same Day police  said the bodies had been in the refrigerator for about five or six hours. Police would not comment on report that a suspect was being sought wednes Day night. Officers handling the Case police superintendent Joseph Walsh and inspector Anthony Fabrizi were unavailable for comment. Police first reported the deaths As homicides then changed the ruling to accidental. After the medical examiner s report police again said they were homicides. Police said the Accident theory was prompted by neighbors reports that the children had been playing near the refrigerator tuesday afternoon and that Chil Dren s toys were nearby. The refrigerator s shelves had not be re moved. The girls occasionally had used the nine cubic foot appliance As a Dollhouse neighbors said. The refrigerator believed loft by a pre Vious tenant was on the second floor porch of the Home of Michele s Mother Caroline South police said. A Friend of mrs. South found the bodies of the girls took them into an apartment tried to revive them and called fire depart ment rescuers who also failed to revive the children police said. ,i,ther0".family Nome is a the City West end in a neighbourhood of two and three family houses