European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 9, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes june head of Faa denies fliers playing russian Roulette stateside Washington up the head of the Federal aviation administration assured travellers Friday they Are not playing russian Roulette when flying despite a re Cord number of near at the same Faa administrator Donald Engen said he will appoint an Independent auditor to make sure the Agency is compiling a Complete record of the he acknowledged there have been flaws in the govern ments reporting system but said they Are being a consumer group said it will seek a congressional probe into the Engin also disclosed he is considering changing the official definition of a near he said it is defined As when two air planes come within a mile of each other or when either Pilot perceives a safety but an Faa spokesman said later that Engen had erred and that a near miss actually is defined As when either Pilot perceives a safety threat regardless of separation under the proposed Engen a 500foot Bubble would be drawn around an and Penetra Tion by another plane would be considered a near midair the Faa said earlier last week the number of re ported near collisions Rose to a record 592 in an increase of 114 Over the previous the previous record was set in i would like to say to people out there that youre not playing russian Engen told a news you have every dedicated Pilot in the system out there trying to prevent midair the Faa had reported a smaller figure for near midair collisions in and when the numbers were revised last week some critics asked for a congressional investigation into the governments safety reporting i will appoint very shortly a person to audit the Faas method of reporting near midair Engen told there have been discrepancies in our he we have found some cracks but i would certainly deny any attempt to defuse the Issue or confuse the Engen said every incident will be reported to and proc Essed by Headquarters to make sure they Are logged but Christopher executive director of the aviation consumer action our group wants a congressional investigation to determine whether there is a coverup by the Faa to minimize safety con said he finds it hard to believe so Many reports of near midair collisions have fallen through the 2 Are closed in Tennessee a two Tennessee savings and loan associations have been declared insolvent and closed by the Federal Home loan Bank in separate actions the Federal savings and loan insurance was appointed receiver of Community Federal savings and loan association in Nashville and Magnolia savings and loan association in said Angelo spokesman for the Federal Home loan Bank he declined comment on Community federals insole saying folic officials were conducting an Andrea spokeswoman for the Agency in said some unsound lending practices led to the closing of but declined to the Board decided to close the associations when attempts to find merger partners for both Dimarzio the folic will cover All insured accounts up to the he Community with had assets of million and liabilities of Dimarzio with had assets of million and liabilities of Johnson magnolias insured deposits were transferred to charter Federal savings and loan association of which also has offices in Johnson said charter will operate Magnolia As a Branch depositors at Community Federal will receive direct payment from the Dimarzio 300 help search for abducted girl Mellssa Ackerman up photo a More than 300 searchers Cut through Waist High weeds and checked abandoned farm buildings and Road culverts Friday As the search for an abducted 7yearold girl continued for a sixth volunteers and police from neighbouring communities covered 600 Square Miles of Farmland and Woods As they looked for Melissa who was abducted a week ago by a Lone Man in a said Dekalb county sheriffs Jim there is nothing solid at this Laben said at the search command Center in this Northern Illinois comm he weve had a 150 percent Effort from everyone with All this something has to come Robert an Fri said the Agency had about 60 agents working on the Case and had la handful of we do not know where she and we do not have a suspect in Long we have Good information on potential but that All lean Tell we dont have that much information on the Laben said the searchers were becoming frustrated by the enormous task of searching hundreds of potential hid ing places especially since much of the area already had been scoured earlier in the everybody thinks theres something we Are said that Why were going Over the same two Brothers who joined fridays search said hey found what appeared to be a recently occupied we found what had been a said Jeff of nearby who was joined by his 18yearold there were some new footprints and some eggshells in the Law enforcement officers planned to Check that area More said about 150 horses were to be used by search parties to cover areas that were inaccessible by cars and other Lehi Laben up photo refugee describes hit list a guatemalan identified Only As being Given Sanctuary in tells reporters How she discovered that her second husbands name was on a hit list in she said she married her second husband two years after her father and first husband were killed by soldiers in Israel could have nuke arms on Short Carter says new York a Israel May deny but it has Access to nuclear former president Carter said in a broadcast a ctr aired a program on nuclear Power that in part focused on nuclear in transcripts provided by the Carter was quoted As Israel either has nuclear weapons or has the capability of having them on very Short the report said Israel has developed a 26megawatt reactor in the Negev desert that is capable of producing enough plutonium to make one bomb a the report that israeli officials have continued to deny that they have a f a assesses million in fines against firm san Francisco a the million in fines proposed by the environmental Protection Agency against a Central California hazardous waste processor would be the highest Ever levied in the Western United in assessing the the Epa cited chemical waste management of Gross noncompliance with Federal including failure to Monitor ground keep Ade quate records and properly treat dangerous a spokesman for the located near Kettleman City about 50 Miles South of said the company would Reserve comment pending review of the Epa coast guard settlement allows orchestra to sail great lakes Pittsburgh a attorneys for the american wind symphony and the coast guard have reached an out court settlement that will allow the orchestras floating stage to travel the great lakes freely in route to concert the agreement settles a lawsuit filed by the orchestra in an Effort to Block coast guard officials from carrying out their threat to seize the vessel and jail the t the coast guard had reclassified the symphony motorized Point counterpoint from a yacht to a passenger making it subject to penalties for not meeting loading and licensing the coast guard agreed to allow the vessel to travel the lakes As Long As the orchestra does not charge passengers to come aboard to View its