European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 18, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse Troubles Yonks dealing with furniture firm complain of grossly unfair dealings by Bui Walker projects editor serious trouble that s what several americans have experienced with one company marketing furniture in Ger Many. Arnsburg Mubel is not dealing fairly with customers several service members have complained. And at least one service family has taken Arnsburg to court in the past makes Catalon and sales to . Forces members. The company marketed about $4 million Worth of furniture to americans last year manage Herbert Ryttel said. Unhappy customers claim the firm lie about delivery times and often delivers furniture that is not customers Call the company to complain they have difficulty reaching Ryttel they Are told he is not in several unhappy families nearly two dozen phone Calls by stars and stripes reporters it was usually Only after forceful language with an assistant that Ryttel came to the Telephone. In four instances the reporter was first told Ryttel was not there. After insistence he came to poignant plea Mike Brod 8, holds a poster outside theoffice of Chancellor Helmut Schmidt i Bonn which reads Herr bund Eskanzi Ler i want to have my Mommy Back his Mother was one of the hostage being held on a Lufthansa Airliner by terrorists threatening to kill All aboard unless Bonn met their demands. A the phone and promised to Deal with prob lems referred to the newspaper by upset families have Given up in frustration. But one couple spec. 5 Deborah Cartwright and her husband . Lionel Cartwright hired a lawyer. Deborah Cartwright sat in her living room in Frank Furt and explained the problems with Arns Burg. Behind her two sections of a three piece Wall unit supported some Dusty connecting boards which have never been in did t Ever bring the third Sec Tion she said. They ordered the furniture in the Spring of 1976, and a partial deliver was made that summer. When the com Pany failed to deliver the rest of the order we hired a lawyer she said. A year later the couple has won one court decision against the firm and is now battling Arns Burg in appeals court. But they still Don thave their Complete order. Arnsburg delivered a chair i did order and they did t deliver a third Sec Tion of the Wall unit we ordered she guess they expected we would take the chair without saying anything. But i m not i continued on Page 2, col. I authorized unofficial publication for the us. Armed forces vol. 36, no. 183 is doily and sunday tuesday october 18, 1977 if 21855 a Early storm dumps a foot of Snow in a by United press International an Early Bird snowstorm striking with the Lustines of a midwinter storm monday marooned hundreds of motorists and knocked out Power to thousands of per sons in Pennsylvania. Sightseers in search of Brilliant autumn foliage were stranded by Snow and ice from upstate new York to great Smoky National Park in Tennessee and North a foot of Snow fell in some mountainous areas of Pennsylvania. Up to 6 inches fell in the smokes the earliest significant snowfall in the area in years. The Snow forced officials to close the entire 105-mile length of the Skyline drive in Virginia and . 441 across great Smoky National Park Between Gatlinburg term., and Cherokee . Leaf watchers flooded motels hotels and campgrounds. On the Pennsylvania Turnpike near Somerset the wife and daughter of Cleve land indians first baseman Andre Thorn ton were killed when Thornton s car went out of control and overturned on icy pave ment. Thornton and his son were injured. A rash of fender Bender accidents was reported As far North As Rochester n. Pennsylvania state police officer called it a midwinter storm in , no Here we go again exclaimed a Deputy sheriff in Livingston county . What a Way to Start the cars backed up for eight Miles Andino plows were wheeled out to Clear inter state 80 and 81 near Hazleton a. Both highways were closed but state police said continued on Page 28, col. I Reno Nev. Up one Dollar dropped into a Harold s club Slot machine got a return of a $236,756 Jackpot Early monday for a retired pastry shop owner from Sacramento s club spokeswoman Susan Harris said it was the biggest Jackpot payoff in Nevada history. The Lucky lady was Lorice Hart zog who had put about $40 into the machine before it yielded the record payoff. She and her husband John a retired civil service worker have come to Reno frequently to Gamble for More than 20 years according to Harris. Hijackers kill Pilot extend deadline by United press International four air pirates aboard a hijacked West German Airliner killed the plane s Pilot and forced it to land in Somalia before extending their massacre deadline by a few More hours monday. The hijackers relaxed a 3 . Be deadline for blowing up the Lufthansa Boeing 737 and the remaining 86 hostages on Board by 10 first said they would wait until 8 before deciding whether to destroy the plane then stretched the deadline to 1 30 . Tuesday Somalia s radio Mogadishu reported. The West German government confirmed the new deadline the associated press reported from Tel Aviv that according to an israeli radio Monitor a mystery plane landed monday evening at Mogadishu Gurdus a reporter for Israel television said he intercepted a conversation be tween the unidentified Boeing 707 and Frankfurt that the plane was Landing a Mogadishu with Only part of the Landing lights turned i believe this plane i carrying commandos of some sort Gurdus said the hijackers Are seeking the release of 13 terrorists held in German and turkish continued on Page 28, col. 2
