European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 14, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes july 1985 group Calls for new probe of alleged defects in Fords Washington a an Auto safety group has vowed to go to court to Force the reopening of an investigation into alleged transmission defects in some 196680 Ford cars after the Reagan administration decided no further examination was the controversy involves numerous reports of transmissions in he Ford cars suddenly shifting from Park to the government acknowledges More than 100 deaths were reported in connection with the alleged prob Lem since Ford contends the accidents Are a result of Driver mistakes and not because of a mechanical the National Highway traffic safety administration on Friday refused to reopen the which had been settled in 1980 through an agreement Between the govern ment and Ford motor warning the car owners not to leave the vehicles running Diane the Agency said the Case would not be because of an absence of new information suggesting the presence of a safety related defect and the Uncertain prospects for the effectiveness of proposed mechanical Helen Ford vice president for environmental and safety said Nitsas ruling was the right thing to do because there is no defect in the cars design or but the Center for Auto along with 20 Consumers groups and individuals had sought reopening of the said Friday it would file suit in District court Here seeking to Force reconsideration by the depart ment of Clarence executive director of the Auto safety said the decision makes a mockery of the Auto recall Laws because the transportation department has chosen not to intervene in a Case that has resulted in More deaths than any other Auto defect problem in the Center claims the cars failure to hold in Park has led to 117 deaths since december when the depart ment of transportation agreed not to make Ford recall the the transmission part reverse Issue has been the subject of numerous civil suits against Ford motor in recent years and has resulted in claims against Ford of More than according to papers filed with the securities and Exchange Ford has All along claimed there is no mechanical defect in the cars and the problem stemmed from Drivers not properly putting the vehicles into Park and failing to engage the emergency Nitsa in late 1980 agreed not to Force Ford to recall the and instead allowed the automaker to Send out dashboard warning labels to car advising Drivers to shut off their put the transmissions in Park and engage their emergency brakes before leaving the before the there had been 199 Park Tore verse deaths connected with the Ford automatic trans Mission cars in since there have been 106 such according to Nitsa Thoreau would pay foday for Walden Pond Cabin a the Cost of building a replica of Henry David Thoreau Cabin on Walden Pond May have shocked the 19thcentury philosopher who observed that my greatest skill has been to want but who noted that the original Cost him was remembered on his 168th birthday Fri Day when the state dedicated a replica of his Home for the thousands of travellers who visit the the in pain Ted with detached is furnished with a three chairs and a Low the Brick fireplace includes one Stone from the original and the Pond can be seen from one 1 never fastened my door night or Thoreau wrote in his published in the tired rambler could rest and warm himself by my the literary amuse himself with the few books on my or the by opening my closet see what was left of my the 10by15 single room minus the is spare and it stands in a Grove of Pines and Oaks Between a parking lot and route convenient for the curious but still about half a mile from the spot where Thoreau actually on land borrowed from his Friend Ralph Waldo James commissioner of the states department of environmental explained apologetically that a replica on the real site would have been too Remote and vulnerable to vandals and souvenir the dedication was attended by state tour two Buddhist monks and Mary presi Dent of the Walden forever wild its pretty said the atmosphere is said Roland Wells Rob the Man who is primarily responsible for the replicas it was from nearby who located the Lon lost spot where Thoreau lived from july 1845 to september and he did much of the Actu Al carpentry on the Robbins said he took Many of his clues about the building from Thoreau i have thus a tight shingled and plastered 10 feet wide by 15 feet and 8feet with a Garret and a a Large window on each two one door at the and a Brick fireplace Thoreau he said he did not need More than while civilization has been improving our it has not equally improved the men who Are to inhabit Black takes oath As Justice up1 the first Black Man to become a Justice on South Carolinas supreme court since reconstruction says he Hopes his election will inspire poor children to believe they can be what they want to this is a it is a Celebration of a dream whose time has Ernest Finney said after taking the oath of office 1 am indeed overwhelmed by the response of the citizens of South Carolina to my selection to this said he is the first Black on the court since Jonathan jaspers Wright resigned in Finney said he Hopes his tenure will have a Ripple so that not Only Black children but All children from difficult circumstances can grow up believing they can be what they want to about 200 people including Ernest and Dick Riley crowded into the main courtroom of the supreme court for the the group also included the Dequincey new the first Black elected to the state Senate since and Leevy the first Black to be president of the South Carolina Riley said the event marked a historic Day for South South Carolina will Benefit from the kind of wis integrity and humanity that Finney has brought to every Endeavor in his Riley the which chooses judges in South Caroli elected Finney unanimously in he had run twice finishing second in a Field of three in 1980 and withdrawing in in Finney became one of the first Blacks to be elected to the state legislature since four years later he became the states first Black circuit judge and held that office until taking the supreme court stateside two two Parachute to safety As copter crashes Stow Creek a a helicopter being tested by Boeing Vertol for use by the army crashed in a marshy area near Delaware killing two of the four people aboard authorities killed were Donald a Copilot from Walling and Raymond a flight test Engineer from Boeing Vertol spokesman Bob Torger son the Albert of and a flight test Charles of Drexel parachuted from the helicopter As it went they were taken to Salem county memorial where Schluck was examined and released and Freisner was treated for a Cut on his Chin and woman suffers minor injury after jumping in front of subway new York a a woman with a history of emotional problems escaped with Only a head injury after leaping in front of a subway train which stopped after two cars passed Over police Laura was held for observation As an involuntary mental patient at Roosevelt Hospital following the said a Gash in her head required seven but she suffered no other police said Marino was running and screaming on the platform before she jumped in front of the the Motorman tried to but was unable to do so until two cars passed Over the who fell Between the she actually got up and pulled herself up Between two cars onto the subway said a transit police Gunther 49 aids related deaths reported during june in san Francisco san Francisco a san Francisco had 49 aids related deaths in More than double the 23 deaths reported in the same month last year and the High est mortality rate for the disease in a single month in the the department of Public health also reported 54 newly diagnosed cases of aids in san Francisco in a slight drop in the rate of such the Peak month for newly reported cases was last when there were the figure dropped to 67 in the 54 new cases in june represented a 65 percent increase from the 33 cases reported during the same month last the vast majority of aids cases continued to involve no intravenous drug using Gay and bisexual the departments aids activity office said in a two men killed when helicopter crashes into Canyon Bridge Lees a divers searched the col Orado River for the body of a Pilot along with a member of an italian film when a helicopter struck a Bridge during filming of a science fiction authorities identified the victims of the crash As Dan owner of Ramsey helicopters in and a 47yearold Man from the name of the italian whose body was recovered from the wreckage was withheld until relatives could be the Bell Long Ranger helicopter fell about 400 feet into the River after hitting Navajo which spans a por Tion of Marble Canyon about 15 Miles South of Glen can Yon dam Ner the arizon Utah said Coconino county sheriffs faulty Jet lands safely after raining debris on neighbourhood a a Boeing 727 jetliner with engine trouble landed safely at Miami International air port after raining about 100 bits of debris on a neighbor hitting cars and Homes but causing no officials Eastern airlines flight a three engine Jet in route to took off and developed engine causing the Captain to shut Down the engine and radio the Miami Tower that he was returning to said Federal aviation administration spokesman Roger Myers in p Normal engine shutdown and Safe Myers residents of a several lock area picked up pieces of Metal Thev said had dropped from the said Miami police spokesman Mike