European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 23, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday july 23, 1978 the stars and stripes Page 5 mrs. Dorothy Johnson of Chicago cuddles 8-year-old triplets Lisa Dawn and John after a judge gave her permission will adopt triplets to adopt them. Johnson has cared for the children using her own Money an welfare funds since their Mother left them when they were Only a few months old. Their father had disappeared when they were born. A photo paper claims tank defects found in Vega Detroit up the National High Way traffic safety administration report edly has found tha pm s subcompact Vega poses a fire Hazard in us fuel tank during rear end collisions similar to Ford s Pinto and Mercury Bobcat models the Detroit news said. The Agency discovered the potential defect in the Chevrolet vegas during testing in March the report said. Ford was warned thursday by Nitsa that its proposed modifications on 1.5 Mil lion pintos and bobcats were not adequate and the Agency May go to  weren t looking at the Vega at the time of the Pinto tests the news quote Dan Agency spokesman As saying. The problem we found in the Pinto was so much greater than in any other vehicle we encountered that we decided to concentration the  14 killed in Vega crashes fifty six persons have died in crashes involving the Ford vehicles since 1965 be cause the tanks exploded when the car were struck in the rear. At least 14 persons have been killed in fire related Vega  newspaper said Nitsa conducted crash tests on 13 pintos and six vegas at Phoenix proving ground last March. A number of Trie 1971-72 Model Pinto and Vega fuel tanks flunked the 30 Mph rear end and Roll Over Impact tests the newspaper said. Chevrolet dropped the Vega and its Sis Ter car the Pontiac Astre at the end of the 1977 Model year after manufacturing 1.867,-257 units. An estimated 1.3 million vegas Are still on the  Bloch an Auto safety consultant based in los Angeles said the filler tube of1971-73 vegas is vulnerable to rear Impact damage because it protrudes rearward just below the bumper. It cops not Fri handle Bank thefts says Gao Washington up Back in the130s, when John Dillinger a Barker id Bonnie and Clyde were knocking Over iks across the Midwest Congress gave in Fri authority to investigate Bank Rob Ries. Now the general accounting office says 1 s a waste of time that local police can do in As Well at chasing Crooks and the Fabii could concentrate instead on solving More sophisticated  analysis of 230 cases in seven cities last year snowed that Bank robberies do not represent a unique problem for Law enforcement and local jurisdictions generally could assume a greater investigative and prosecute be Burden said Victor Lowe director of the Gao s general government  testified thursday before the n fhe a free where they live True love is catching Woodland Calif. A perhaps it s Jie water but something on Mckinley Venoe is conducive to Long marriages. Five couples on the Street have stayed to Gether Tor a total of 251 years. F it s an out standing neighbourhood Kays Nola Christensen who celebrated her Boto wedding anniversary wednesday. F such Nice family people live Here. It s like b big family Bat we re not in each other s her husband Chris Laid he thought i help Long marriage was due to Good Wall a Good liquor and we behave  the Christensen have lived for 24 years a the Street which used to be lovers i Lane in this town of 27,000 about 20 Miles i Kirt lowest of  door to them Are George and Vida Aly who will have been married 40 years orae next sept. 4 and who moved to the Block in 1952.next to the Dalys Are Harry and Sena Gravink whose Mth anniversary was july 11 and who have lived on the Street since 1958.across the Street Are Tom and Hilda Wallace who will Mark their 49th anniversary sept. I. Their next door neighbors Are Sam and Jennie Harding who had their 52nd anniversary june 18 and who moved to the Block in 1963."we have wonderful neighbors said  Don t see them As neighbors but As family his wife added. "1 May not seethed every Day but i consider them to be like  Dalys had no children Bat the other Lour couples have 11 children and 12 grand children among them. All the couples Are retired. House civil and constitutional rights sub committee on the Gao report which has not been published pending an Fri re  Public information officer Homer Boynton said in a statement while the Fri docs have other higher priorities Steps have been taken to reduce manpower and resources devoted to Bank  he said the Fri and local police working together solved about 71 forcible crimes against financial institutions last year. Although the Gao has concluded that the Federal role in Bank robberies should be substantially reduced the Fri is concerned Over the Impact of increased work toads on stale and local authorities at time when they face tighter budgetary restrictions Boynton said. Lowe said Congress gave the Fri Juris diction in Bank robberies because of the interstate nature of the crime when it was at its Peak in 1934. But the study said local police believe Bank robberies now Are not much different from other robberies and most bandits Are unsophisticated criminals who operate within the Borders of one state. Still. Lowe said the Fri attaches High priority to solving Bank robberies. As a re sult local police Are Able to use their re sources in other areas although the study showed solutions were universally accomplished through straightforward that is to say. Routine investigative techniques the state or City police could per form. Reducing the Federal role in Bank robberies would permit the Fri to devote More resources to investigative priorities such As organized crime while Collar crime and foreign  he  Gao Analysed Bank robberies in Charlotte . Cleveland Dallas de troit Houston los Angeles and Philadel phia. Of time july 23, 1948 guided Only by i sex Tant and a Wristwatch 29 fugitives fro behind the Iron curtain arrived in Provincetown mass., in quest of a Homeland after a 43-Day crossing of the Atlantic in a 84 foot  23,1958 German police were experimenting with helicopters in an attempt to reduce accidents on the suicide stretch of the Frankfurt Karlsruhe Auto Bahn which bad claimed 58 lives that  helicopter was outfitted with giant loudspeakers which police used to warn Drivers who had parked on the Edge of the Road. Also pictures were taken of Drivers who broke the Law doing such things As making a i turn on the  23, 1988 demonstrators in Lon Don denouncing the Vietnam War failed in attempts to storm Ibe . Embassy but went on to Battle police outside such Amer ican establishments at the Hilton hotel and the Playboy club