European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 15, 1980, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Poge 6 the stars and stripes sunday june 15, 1980 up Ewt Constance Bartholomew with her son Jordan. Tot s disease linked to Gearbox Accident Washington up a woman whose Ford built Lincoln Continental jumped out of control in 1976 says she thinks the crash triggered a rare disease in her year-old son. A prominent doctor said he sympathizes with her View. Constance Bartholomew of Falls Church va., whose son Jordan was Only 5 weeks old when the Accident occurred said she found in november he has a disorder in which tissues around the Muscles turn into Bone if they Are injured. Bartholomew who helped research similar automobile accidents for a con Sumer group that brought the problem to the government s attention was on of thousands of cases that led the government to conclude that 16 million Ford vehicles May be defective and potentially dangerous. On oct. 22.1976, Bartholomew s Lin Coln Continental slipped from Park into reverse while she was loading groceries in a supermarket parking lot. She said she started running with the car but it knocked her Down and ran Over her. The baby was thrown to the floor and suffered a cracked Collarbone. The National Highway traffic safety administration has tentatively concluded that 16 million Ford cars and trucks with automatic transmissions can slip into reverse when the gear indicator is left in Park with the engine running. The cars in question were built be tween 1972 and 1979. The safety administration said it had reports of 6,000 Park to reverse Acci dents including 98 fatalities and 1,170 injuries. Altogether the Agency has received More than 23,000 complaints from Ford owners. It scheduled a Public hearing july 21 for comments on whether to make the findings final which would Force a for recall. Bartholomew s Story is partly corroborated by an investigator with the National institutes of health who is study ing the disease called myosotis Ossi Picans progressive. It s very difficult to say categorically that this incident that occurred during his first few months of life has led to the disability he has now said or. Michae Zasloff. But frankly you re hard pressed notto believe it did not  Ford fran Erniss on differ to tiers Washington up Ralph Nader Friday challenged claims by the Ford motor co. That its automatic transmissions Are different from those of other Auto manufacturers. The consumer activist produced internal reports be said were obtained from general motors corp. And Chrysler corp. In which both automakers contend the alleged Ford defects could not occur Rith their designs. The memoranda support that the re ported difficulties with your design could not occur with their design Nader wrote Ford chairman Philip Caldwell. Roger Maugh Ford s Auto safety director. Thursday accused the government of unfairly singling out the company for a problem he said was common to most vehicles with automatic transmissions. This is a condition that is common to vehicles of All manufacture he said. The pm confidential memo dated sept. 19, 1978. Says the pressure on a particular Spring that helps keep the transmission from shifting from Park into reverse is no sufficient in Ford vehicles. In the pm Hydra malic and Chrysler transmissions the Detent Spring exerts enough Load to prevent this  the memo said. In the Ford the Detent Spring does not exert enough Load to prevent this shift. In View of this. Ford s reported difficulty with undo sired Park to reverse shifts does not in any Way suggest the possibility of a similar problem with  the Chrysler memo came to a similar conclusion. Our analysis of Ford automatics would indicate that the excess of Park Detent action Over Spring Load u relatively  Saida memo dated sept. 6,1973. Stateside Texas House speaker three others Are indicted Houston up a Federal grand jury has indicted Texas House speaker Bill Clayton and three other men on charges they arranged or accepted bribes to influence stale Purchase of a multimillion Dollar state employees insurance contract the six count indictment the first in the government s Briab investigation on bribery in labor unions accused the three term speaker. Deer Park Union official . Moore and Austin lawyers Randall Wood and Donald Ray of fraud conspiracy rack. Clearing and extortion in a scheme to de fraud the state of Texas and its citizens Clayton aide Rusty Kelley was named u in indicted co conspirator in the scheme it which Clayton allegedly took $5,000 and was promised $600,000 More by Joseph Hauser an Fri undercover agent posing u a Prudential insurance co. Representative seeking the Texas employees retirement system insurance Deal. Strong anti abortion Sfax Emend urged or baptists St. Louis up the Southern Baptist Contention the urges protestant denomination in the country thursday urged the adoption of � constitutional amendment outlawing abortions Larry Lewis a Delegate from Missouri said on Lite final Day of the denomination s annual meeting that Southern baptists need to make Strong and explicit statement that could not be misinterpreted by the news Media or our own  Lewis said the Baptist position adopted at last year s Contention i Houston was ambiguous and allowed some groups to interpret it As a pro abortion statement for example be said recent pro Abor Tion advertisement in a so Louis newspaper listed the 13.4 minion member South Ern Baptist convention among rebel Oak groups supporting abortions on demand. It is intolerable that 1.5 million babies Are taken every year by abortion Lewis said. We must speak out strongly against  loan program in debt students fail to pay Washington up a Federal Law enforcement education loan program has lost millions of dollars because an estimated 84 percent of the students did not pay Back their Loans a general accounting office audit report says. The Gao report said the Law enforcement assistance administration s Law education program is in serious financial disarray and is without adequate management  the Loans and Grants Are made to persons enrolled in College and University Law enforce ment or criminal Justice courses. Repayment is dismissed if the recipient goes into Public Law enforcement work but repayment is required for those who do not go into that line of work. The Agency said most of the program s participants were billed less than they owe handsome were not billed at All. To rep. Jen Reffe indicted in a scam investigation Washington a a Federal grand Jon Friday indicted rep. John w. Jes veme or  charges he took bribe from Fri undercover agents posing As representatives of an Arab businessmen who needed legislative favor. The indictment said Jenrette and a Richmond a businessman John Stowe received $50,000 after the congressman agreed to sponsor an immigration bin that would allow the fictitious Arab business Man to remain in the United states. A Penny cart be Worth Pittsburgh up and a Penny pick it up a saying says you la have Goodluck. So it seems for Lorraine Nolan a cashier at a giant Eagle supermarket who split open a new Roll of pennies last week to find what appeared to be a dime shining among closer inspection showed it was indeed a Silver coloured Coin but it bore a Lincoln s head on one Side and a Roosevelt s head imprinted with the stamp of the Lincoln Stowe was the Contact who arranged meetings last december Between Jenrette and the agents the indictment said. The meetings took place at a Washington Bouse rented by the Fri. Jenrette is the third House member Tobe indicted As n result of the political corruption investigation known As a scam. Previous indictments were returned against reps. Raymond Lederer and Michael Ozzle Myers a a. Five others Are still under investigation. More than one expects memorial on the other. A com dealer told her it is definitely  although it would have to be certified by the american numismatic association. The Coin probably started out As a dime got mixed in with pennies at the mint and was stamped Over with the Penny design com dealer George Huber said. Its value he added will depend on the publicity it gets and How much interested collectors Are willing to spend. I major Banks lower prime lending rat new York up c v a in non lending rate to 12 percent of m1?"" by. America s t. ?1 w"8" guaranty. Irving Trust Bankers Trust and chemical Bank All among the 20 largest Commerce a percent and while still very High by historic standards the 12 Percin trate Bihe lowest since August 1979. Baik of America and Citibank lowered Belr rates to 12w percent thursday. Nuclear Plant repaired restarted by the associated press Day wedncsday7hcn"a  tin a backup we Punj in a Fri a. Esl .-? a Pum ? a Fost Jon you a been Jug Delsi the reactor Power a Asp a u Florida has been restarted Pfent officials said w Light co., which owns the Plant a. . A . No radioactive material was retailed Wolverton said. The Vermont. E repaire an the Reah Asbe Plant n i fck1  Lant in  shut Down thursday when a a Chocian hit a wrong switch while testing depend Fri """"110" is reopened Friday a spokesman said. Near Stuart fla., meanwhile the is Lucie nuclear Plant was shut Down for 10 a a Iam Tec Plant was close wednesday to repair the valve which had been leaking Between one and two Gallons of radioactive water a minute into Enecon Tain Cut area for nearly two weeks officials said