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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 22, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes tuesday april 22, 1986 muskets in Massachusetts a photo British soldiers fire into a group of minutemen at Meriam s Corner in Concord mass. Sunday s skirmish was actually a re enactment of the Battle Road Retreat of the British at the Start of the revolutionary War in 1775. More Battles were re enacted in Massachusetts on monday during Patriot s Day celebrations. Stateside retired general says shuttle program Hurt by faulty communication control t Huntsville Ala. A Nasa has lost control fits space shuttle program because of poor internal communication and shortcomings in Quality control says the former commander of the army s ballistic missile Agency. The Way they have structured their work nobody is really Able to have the clean lines of communication that we had and thereby pick up immediately anything that May be wrong said retired maj. Gen. John b. Medaris. He said National aeronautics and space administration Nia nagers at the Marshall space flight Center and other installations failed to share critical information with employees and the resulting communication problems contributed to the Jan. 28 explosion of the space shuttle challenger. Medaris also told the Birmingham news in a weekend interview during the army ballistic missile Agency s 30th reunion that Nasa has no real inspection system of its own to Monitor the Quality control of materials it Pur chases from contractors. What they Call Quality Assurance is shuffling a Bunch of papers reports from contractors but that in t Quality control that s nonsense he said. The people at Marshall Don t have control of that situation the space shuttle Nasa does t have control of it and that s the  the Marshall Center created in 1960 with 6,000 Engi neers and scientists transferred from the army ballistic missile Agency to Nasa is responsible for shuttle propulsion systems. Exp ans men say marines provided them with combat training uniforms Raleigh . A marines helped train Kun flux klansmen in combat techniques and weapons and supplied them with pistol belts and uniforms two sex klansmen say. The two unnamed men former members of the White Patriot party a klan associated group made their statements in 1984 to lawyers for the Southern poverty Law Center which monitors klan activity and is involved in a lawsuit against party members. Details from transcripts of the statements were published sunday by the news and observer of Raleigh. The two men said marines based at Camp Lejeune provided uniforms for the White supremacist group whose members usually Wear combat fatigues at rallies and other gatherings instead of the klan s traditional White sheets Morris Dees director of the Law Center asked whether there had been an Effort to keep the marines involvement with the klan a secret. Well they was trying to keep it when they first joined up trying to keep it secret but the sergeants their Marine sergeants got word of it and they was giving them a hard time about being members one of the former party members said. He said party Leader Stephen Miller went to Camp Lejeune to protest. A Camp Lejeune spokesman it. Col. David f. Toms by said in a Telephone interview that marines and other military personnel had first amendment rights to Assem ble with any group they chose during their free time of base and out of uniform. There Are 38,000 people Here he said. I imagine you d find a few marines that belonged to any group you like to  he said a Marine is a Marine 24 hours a Day but those aspects that do not interfere with his duty those Are matters of his private  but Dees contends that Active military personnel have lost their first amendment right of free Assembly to join the White Patriot party and similar klan groups because they espouse violence. He said his group asked defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger last week to ban Active duty members from joining the White Patriot party or similar groups. Center for infants born to addicts will get funds for expansion new York a Hale House a Center run by Mother Clara Hale to treat infants born to drug addicted mothers will receive $1.1 million in Federal funds for expansion two lawmakers have announced. Hale House could double in size thanks to these funds said sen. Alfonse d Amato r-n.y., who announced the funding along with rep. Charles Rangel . Hale House which was opened in 1969 in Harlem now has facilities to handle Only a few dozen infants. D Amato said the new funds will be used to renovate a new building Given to Hale by the City. Hale and her program attracted National attention last year when president Reagan invited her to the White House in recognition of her efforts. State dept. Urged to recognize 1915-23 massacre of armenians new York a the state department has been urged to acknowledge that 1 i million armenians were killed by the turkish ottoman Empire from 1915 to 1923 and to Stop referring to the event As an alleged massacre. We remain saddened that the administration in washing ton continues to question whether the systematic massacre of. Your grandparents actually occurred the City comptroller Harrison j. Goldin told a crowd of several thousand. An alleged massacre that is Slippery  the crowd including some 120 survivors of the Mas Sacre gathered in times Square to Mark the 71st anniversary of the outbreak of the killings. The gathering was called to urge passage of a Bill that would designate april 24 As a Day of remembrance As Well As to urge the . Officials to Stop referring to the alleged genocide. California panel urges penalties for violence against minorities san Francisco a a state commission on Vio Lence and bigotry against racial religious and sexual Minori ties has recommended criminal penalties for the use of Force or intimidation against people exercising their civil rights. We have Only to look at our newspapers to find that hatred and hate violence Are very much at Home in California California attorney general John Van de Kamp said. Van de Kamp who appointed the panel said his office would draft legislation making it a crime to Hurt or threaten anyone in the exercise of any state or Federal constitutional right. Violators would be punished by up to a year in jail. If the victim was injured the crime would be a felony punishable by up to 10 years in prison. Mazda recalls 100,000 cars for throttle emission problems Detroit a Mazda motor corp. Has issued two recalls for 1986-Model 626 cars citing uncontrolled acceleration and pollution control hoses that were installed backward. The recalls will affect More than 100,000 of the Japa Nese made cars and Are the third and fourth major recall by Mazda this year. The company said 64,688 cars might have the pollution Hose problem and that 36,671 May need replacement of a throttle sensor. Company spokesman John Jelinek said 1,224 cars could have both problems. The hoses were installed backward at the factory and could cause pollution problems Jelinek said. The second recall cites a throttle Rotor that May stick to a bushing in cold weather causing the car to think the throttle valve is closed when it s not closed Jelinek said. The result could be uncontrolled acceleration usually just after the car is started he said. Repairs if necessary will be performed by dealers free of charge Mazda said. Oil problem forces jetliner to make emergency Landing Amarillo Texas a an Oil pressure problem in a jetliner s engine forced a Continental airlines 737 with 69 people aboard to make an emergency Landing Here an airline spokesman said. Flight 428 was flying from Denver to Houston when it was diverted to Amarillo International Airport. Some of the 60 passengers aboard reported the air Craft s wings dipped slightly to the left and then stabilized. The Pilot Captain then announced that a precautionary Landing would be made in Amarillo. The aircraft remained in Amarillo and passengers were picked up by another Continental flight said Mike Cinelli an airline spokesman in Houston. The plane experienced Low Oil pressure in one of the aircraft s two engines Cinelli said  
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