European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 30, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Faa proposes replacement of Jet engine part Washington Ai l the Federal  administration is proposing the replacement of a Jet in pm part used in Power hundreds of jetliners the part  been linked to More than a do in incidents in which Ilie a names have broken up the part a spacer found in about i,h4 Pratt & Whit Ney a Ted engines has been blamed for the engine failure that led to inc crash sept. It of a Midwest repress jetliner in Milwaukee in which .11 people were killed. The i a s proposed Rule to be formally announced this week Calls for inc spacer which currently is removable to be replaced by one of a different design. Faa spokesman 1 red i array said that under inc Rule air lines would have up to two years to replace the spacers. Mean while they also would be required to conduct special inspections of inc spacers  cracks arc not developing. The National transportation safety Board has urged the Faa to require that the removable spacers be re placed saying inc design has been involved in More than a dozen incidents in which engines broke apart. Nosb investigators have concluded Hal a spacer failure led to he breakup of the right engine of the Midwest express dc-9 at Milwaukee. The breakup occurred seconds after inc plane lifted off and the Pilot could nol regain control. Officials later found some of the spacers strewn along the runway. Kennedy Home loan gets Quick of from new England Bank Boston a the Bank of new  gave Swift approval to a 5170,000 Toan to Joseph Kennedy ii to buy a House in the District where he is running fur con Gress Bank officials said. Kennedy also was allowed to put Down Only 4.5 percent of his own Money for the loan instead of the usually required 5 percent because he had pledged to make 538,000 in improvements to the property the Bankers said. Kennedy announced dec. 4 that he was moving from his Marshfield Horn to the Sih congressional District to be a candidate next year for the seat being vacated by House speaker Thomas p. O Neill even though congressional candidates under slate Law. Arc not required to live in the Dis Ricl where they run. Kennedy applied for the loan and signed a Purchase and Sale agreement to buy a $178,000 House in the City s Brighton Section the Day he announced for Congress the Boston Herald reported. The loan was approved iwo weeks Lacr and the Bank secured it with a mortgage Lien the newspaper said. Custom cars seeking conventional residential mortgages arc told by the Bank of new England that applications take five weeks to be processed although in some cases the time can be shortened to three weeks if the customer pays the attorney fees up front the Herald reported. Bank officials said Kennedy s loan took less time be cause he was seeking a personal loan nol a mortgage. Some Short term Loans like this can be done in 24 monday december 30, 1985 the stars and stripes fm5 Page 7 Snow going in Erie  in , trudge through the downtown area after the City receded Fite More inches of Snow Joseph Kennedy it hours said Tim Kilduff the Bank s vice president in charge of Public affairs. Kamuf said the fad that the Kennedy arc Guod custom ers of the Bank and that Joseph Kennedy s c Iti cons finer corp had a business relationship with the Bank played a role in Clearing the Way for the loan approval. Friday night. Trie received a record setting 57 inches of Snow in december and More Snow � s forecast. Fasting Veteran says president won t see him Fiat Lii at1 a Vietnam Veteran who fasted for 51 clays on behalf of american servicemen missing in Southeast Asia says he Lias been notified thai president Reagan will not meet with him next month. Chino Casanova said lie got a letter from i Rederick j. Ryan jr., director of presidential appointments and sched uling in the a White 1 Louse in response to u Dee \5 Tele Gram requesting a meeting on Jan. 27. They said they d Check out his schedule for the possibility of a meeting later Casanova said. Since when does the president of the United states nut have the ability to set up a meeting without checking with his staff first1 " Casanova .14, had said he honed a meeting with Reagan would Lead to the formation of a presidential or congressional commission to investigate the pow Mia Issue me said he would resume his fast Jan s. This time Vii shout water unless Reagan responds to his Requam Casanova said he would announce his plans sunday after conferring w Ith other veterans who planned to join him in Washington. Casanova s fast in a Bamboo hut in a cow pasture near Kent attracted National attention. The former Marine  about 40 pounds before taking a personal Telephone Call from Reagan on Dee. 5. The next Day he ended his fast originally intended to last 61 Days one for each person he said was missing in Southeast Asia from Washington stale. Police crimes blamed on relaxed standards Miami a the arrests of Miami police officers last week on drug trafficking and murder charges is the latest scandal to hit whal Law enforcement officials Call the department s Maricl generation officers hired a a time when standards were relaxed. The officers were accepted during the Effort to strengthen the Force after the i9so Freedom flotilla Boa lift brought 125,000 cuban refugees from Maricl. Cuba including More than 5.000 criminals pm plied from the Island s prisons. In All a do in current and former Miami optic cars re Cruz cd to fight the ensuing crime wave in South Morida Hove been arrested suspended or fired this year for crimes Ranning from drug Possession to first degree murder. More officers arc under investigation for a series of Home  in which armed men seeking drugs or Cash enter Homes and terrorize the occupants said Lew Wilson assistant chief of the Southern Region for the Florida department of Law enforcement. Police officials say that rapid expansion of the Force coupled with pressure to increase minority hiring in the Early 1980s, led the department to relax its standards Lei Ting candidates in who might otherwise have been rejected. But Reginald Rounder cd. A department spokesman pm phase de Hal most of the Mariel generation arc very i xxx. Competent police  Wilson a 27-year Veteran said increased Tom Pillion also is to blame for the scandals in the nation s no i entry Point for smuggled drugs. Last week s arrests and charges were the most serious to hit inc department this year. Three officers were arrested Friday and charged with the first degree murder of three suspected drug dealers on july 28. The victims s bodies w Cre found floating in the Miami River. The officers charged with murder and iwo other offi cers including one who recently resigned also Are charged with trafficking in 660 to 880 pounds of cocaine allegedly Laken fro a the victims. The cd officer is Sull a Large. In an Urc Laluc Case thursday iwo officers were in rested and charged with trafficking in almost j2 million Worth of cocaine they allegedly diverted from the department. Two other Miami officers were arrested earlier this month on cocaine charges. Two More were relieved of duly in connection with the investigation of the Oci. 9 theft of is 50.000 from a police Safe. Roundtree said one was Lacr reinstated. An officer and a retired officer were arrested in a gust and accused of Selling weapons to undercover agents. They also allegedly offered to sell police badges and other equipment. The corruption cases also extend outside the City of Miami. A Melro dad officer was arrested or. October on charges of Home invasion robbery kidnapping and attempted first degree murder