European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 15, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 6 the stars and stripes Friday. November 15.1985 Milo Street Usa record harvests in Nebraska and other farm Belt stain ban filled Grain storage space to capacity Causyn Aslet t Village of Elk Creek neb. Philadelphia police head resigns in Wake of move bombing Philadelphia a the City s police commissioner announced his resignation cd Csc a exactly six months after directing his department s disastrous attempt to evict members of the Radical move cult from their fortified Row House. Commissioner Gregore j. Sambor 57, told More than 200 officers at a meeting that he had sent a letter to mayor w. Wilson goods saying be would relinquish his duties nov. 30. He made no reference to the move confrontation. There will be Many who will second guess this Deci Sion and Many who will deny that it is mine but the simple truth of the matter is that it is time Sambor told the offic Cri who gave him a standing ovation when he arrived at the police Academy. Anibor who said two months ago he had no intention of quitting was amt radiated by Goode in testimony before a special comm Svon investigating the May 13 move tragedy in which 11 members of the cult were killed and 61 houses were de Stokl in a fire started by a police bomb dropped to Brek up a rooftop Bunker. Goode testified he had been misled and disobeyed by his subordinates the mayor s representative on the scene then managing director Leo Brooks resigned this summer citing personal reasons. Sambor f 23 months As commissioner were tainted by two widely criticized police operations. In operation cold Turkey police detained and searched about 1,000 people on Street Corners noted for drug dealing. The practice was stopped when the Ameri can civil liberties Union sued in Federal court claiming the searches were unconstitutional. When a police officer was killed in May police rounded up numerous residents of a hispanic Community for questioning. A Federal judge ordered police to Stop the repealed persistent pattern of unconstitutional stops detentions seizures and Sambor had 37 Yean of service in the department and will receive a pension of ss1.000, about s10.000 More than if he had been tired. Sambor will retire from the 7,000-member Force Jan. 29, according to Goode who said he would appoint Deputy com missioner Robert Armstrong As interim commissioner. It was a sad occasion Armstrong 55, said after the morning meeting. Anybody who has devoted 35 years of his life to the police department and 35 years of his life Toa career it s really Tough to other City officials said the move siege and fire were the reasons for Sambor s retirement. He was certainly marked for destruction since the beginning of the incident said Republican City coun Cilman Thacker Longstreth. I Don t think i could have thought of anything More Longsteth said Sambor was an easy target for blame after the confrontation you re obviously not going to get rid of the mayor so you go and Whang the next Guy in line. Bruce w. Kauffman a member of the move investigative commission said he was not surprised. I feel badly for a Man who i believe tried to do the right thing and unfortunately was not As successful i handling the matter As the Public has a right to demand Kauffman said. Stateside group of animal rights activists protests at posh restaurants Beverly Hills Calif. A animal rights 10 livsits led by author Cleveland Amory invaded several exclusive restaurants to protest veal production and con protesters wanted to Tell chefs and diners that veal production is inhumane and is also harmful to those who eat the meat but Amory Anil about 55 members of the veal ban coalition received a lukewarm reception Mon Day at la Scala the Rangoon Racquet club la Famiglio and Bistro was pushed out the door of la Scala said Lucy she Hon los Angeles area coordinator for people for etto Cal treatment of animals. The activists Are trying to eliminate the production of milk fed veal which they say involves Locking Day old calves in dark boxes and feeding them a chemical laced liquid diet that makes them anaemic. They cannot turn around Shellon said. They have no bedding no Contact with other the calves Are fattened on a liquid diet of milk product that is laced with antibiotics she said. The antibiotics can build up a tolerance in people who eat the veal nuking them More vulnerable to disease she said. Calk to the restaurants monday brought a string of no men bicycling around world satisfactory after Accident Little Rock Ark. Up two norwegian has than a week away from completing their dream of circling the world in 80 Days by bicycle were in satisfactory Condi Tion thursday after being struck from behind by a car. Knut lose sen who suffered a fractured hip was scheduled to undergo surgery at Baptist medical Center Hospi Tal spokeswoman Dana Dussing Berry said. Arnljot Mehl received a Skull fracture and a broken Collar Bone in the Accident near Conway Northwest of Little Rock. Both Are in satisfactory condition Berry said. The doctor was very optimistic about their the two were among six norwegian and two australian cyclists competing in a round the world race and research project to determine the effects of strenuous Long term athletic training on body fat and muscle tissue and Hor Mones. The other six cyclists including drs. Lasse Eskind Tad at. Johansen of the norwegian National Hospital at Oslo Norway were uninjured in the Accident. Ford to recall 252,000 cars for possible problems with bolts Detroit a Ford motor co. Announced the recall of about 252,000 1984 and 1985 Tempo and met Cury Topaz models for possible problems with rear suspension bolts. The cars will be inspected and if necessary bolts that attach the rear suspension control arms to the wheel spindles will be replaced said John p. King service manager of the company s parts and service division. The Heads of the bolts in about 1 percent of the recalled can May break permitting the spindles to disengage from control arms and possibly causing the can to go out of control. King said. He said there a been one report of an injury Accident possibly due to the defect. King said 227,000 of the Canare in the United states and 25,000 Are in Canada. 5,000 striking tank builders Back on the Job Detroit a most unionized Tan builders returned to work at general dynamics corp. Plants in three states wednes Day a Day after voting to end a seven wee strike that idled 5,000 workers. But about 500 employees will not be re called until the giant defense contractor reaches full production during the next few weeks company spokesman William Shell said. As various Assembly line tasks Are phased Back into the manufacturing pro Cess those employees not currently working will be recalled Sebeil said. General dynamics is the sole supplier of the army s my and m-1a Battle tanks. Sycil said the company met army orders for tanks in september but management and non Union personnel built Only 31 tanks in october falling Short of the 70 tanks built monthly on average. It s catchup from Here on out Sheil said adding that he had no estimate of How much Money the strike Cost the company. The United Auto workers Union Mem Bers voted 2.227 to 1,943 in favor of the pact a margin of 53-47 percent. Hourly employee began reporting to work tuesday night after the ratification vote on the three year pact. Sheil said there were some scattered no shows but the number was not significant. Law vice president Marc Stepp did three of the four Union locals voting on the pact approved it. Union officials said the contract was rejected by 80 percent of the members who voted at the 1,600-member local 1200 in the Detroit suburb of War Ren. The vote was a very Strong indication that the members did not want this agreement said local 1200 president Jama Coakley who led the opposition to two earlier tentative pacts that were rejected. The strike affected plants in Warren Center line and Sterling height and Intima Ohio and Scranton a. Coakley said Union bar gainers failed to meet a primary goal of wage parity with employees of Chrysler corp., which sold the Lank plants to general dynamics in 1982 to help the automaker through it financial crisis. When they were with Chrysler the workers never reacted this strongly against management Stepp said. Stepp who also led the Law Side in talks that concluded with a new three year contract with Chrysler last month and ended a nationwide walkout by 70,000 workers said he was pleased with the Gen eral dynamics agreement. Although the wage formula was the same As the Chrysler pact Stepp acknowledged that general dynamics Woiken would get less Money if the contracts Are compared the pact boosts wages 2.25 percent in the first year provides a 2.25 percent Lump sum payment in the second year and a 3 percent increase in the contract s final year. The agreement u effective retroactive to june 3, Stepp said. Pay raise Are effective immediately and a $2,000 Bonus for each of the workers includes pay retroactive to the starting Date of the pad which expire june 15,1988, he added. Jaw workers at general dynamics were making Between s7.49 and $11.50 a hour
