European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 28, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes tuesday october 28,1986 bulletin urges changes in design of Jet engines East Hartford Conn a Pratt & Whit Ney has sen an Alert service bulletin urging design changes on four of its engines following four in flight failures Over the past 16 months a company official said sunday. The problem involves cracks on and in four cases ruptures of a Metal air Seal on the a d1, e and e1engines in the jt9d-7r4 series said Sandra Ahearn spokeswoman for the engine maker a division of Hart Ford based United technologies corp. The four engines Are used on 32 Airbus twin Jet a 310 aircraft and 67 twin Jet Boeing 767s operated in the United slates and abroad she said. It s a problem we be been looking at for the better part of the summer. We be come up with a new design. That in essence eliminates the pan hat has been experiencing the cracks and  Ahearn said. The bulletin was sent saturday following approval of the design changes by the Federal aviation administration an thursday Ahearn said. The Faa has begun drafting a proposed new Rule that would make it mandatory for the three . Airlines using the engine Model to carry out the design changes. Those airlines Are pan american world airways United airlines and trans world airlines. Sixteen for eign airlines would also be expected to make the changes. All four in flight failures occurred on a-310 flights hut inspections have also turned up potentially danger Ous cracks on four or five other a-310 engines and on three 767 engines. Akcam said. The last in flight fail ure occurred in late september Shi said. The pilots were Able to make Safe emergency land Ings with the remaining Good engines in All four Inci dents despite cd to Sivc engine damage. Company officials believe the problem involves the Seal design itself and the Batch of Metal used to make the group of scats involved. Akcam said. Pratt 4 Whitney will pay for the repair work to be done by the airlines own mechanics Akcam said. It will Lake two to three weeks to remove the engine from the Wing work on it and put it Back on the Wing she  said it was premature to estimate How much the work will Cost. The airlines should be Able to avoid having their aircraft out of service for very Long by using leased or spare engines while the work is per formed she said. Off the runway a Piedmont airlines 737 ites with its nose resting on Railroad tracks after it Slid off u runway at Charlotte Douglas  Airport in Charlotte . The plane in route from Newark nah id Myrtle Beach , reportedly made a Normal Landing Dur ing a Stopover when it skidded off the we runway saturday. Twenty six or the 113 passengers were reported injured. California woman 24, gives birth to child from a Frozen embryo Walnut Creek Calif. A a couple who had been trying for five years to have a baby became parents for the first time when the woman gave birth to a son from a Frozen embryo. The birth sunday of 6-Pound, 15-Ounct Travis Cody Mcculia is believed to be the second in the United states from a Frozen embryo said officials at John Muir Hospital i m very pleased and Happy said the father Bill Mcculia. I just Hope that Down the line there arc other couples who can go through this expert  the Mother Tami Mcculia 24, and the baby arc doing Fine and were expected Home tuesday said the father who is a Gardener. This is an obviously exciting Day for us said l r Arnold Jacobson who delivered the baby. It s a personal fulfilment to the Mccullars. It Means a lot to the people at John Muir Hospital. It Means a lot to infertile couples All Over the . Mcculia who works at a photo processing store became pregnant after the couple s egg and sperm were fertilized in the Laboratory and Frozen then thawed and implanted in her womb. Under the procedure the embryo develops Only eight to 16 cells when it is Frozen in liquid nitrogen at 384 degrees below Zero. It is implanted three to four Days after the Mother ovulate a when the uterus is most  said collection of the eggs and freezing them Cost $5,000, and each implant costs is 500. The first baby born in the United slates As result of a Frozen embryo implantation was also a boy bom june 4 to a 36-year-old los Angeles area woman identified Only As Monique who tried for 13 years to have a  first Frozen embryo birth a in february 1985, when a woman gave birth to twin girls in Melbourne Australia. Stateside lbs Leader says networks face Tough years ahead Washington a to networks face More Low profit or no profit years to make up for a spending Binge in the Early 1980s, the chief executive of lbs inc., said  have a couple of Tough years ahead of them Laurence a. Tisch told editors of broadcasting Magazine in a copyrighted interview. But he added lbs network profits can t decline much  when the networks started to do Well they never controlled their costs so their costs went May. They just weren t running Good businesses he said lbs profits will be Down in 1987 from 1986, Tisch said adding that the network Hopes to make it up in other areas. Teen killed by Bullet while helping Friend Ann Arbor Mich. A a teen Ager died of a gunshot wound after a Rifle he was using to pull a companion from a Creek bed discharged Gregory a. Or Roan 16, of Wyandotte was hurting with two other teens saturday in Washtenaw county when a 14-year-old companion became stuck in a Creek bed sheriffs dispatcher . French said sunday. Orman grabbed the Friend s Rifle and tried to free him when the gun went off French said. Orman was struck in the neck by a Bullet and was pronounced dead on arrival at Chelsea Hospital. The shooting was determined to be accidental French said. Council plans to bar group if group doses the Only bar Lenhartsville a. A when the Pennsylva Nia dutch Folk culture society decided to close the Only bar in town Borough official those to strike Back. The Borough Council has decided 10 evict the society from a Borough owned building a restored one room schoolhouse used As a museum which has attracted 60,000 visitor in the past 20 years. The non profit historical society owns the Lenhartsville hotel which has the Only Legal tap in the Berks count town of 200. The person who leases the hotel has the liquor License but she s leaving when her lease runs Cut in february and is Selling the License to the society. Florence Baver president of the society said her group wants to open a family restaurant sell the liquor License and keep drunk Drivers off the  policeman kills own  after it attacked him Kansas City to. A a police officer shot and killed his Pel  after it attacked him during a fight with the officer s police . Sol. James Harmon a member of the police depart ment s canine unit said he was pulling his police . Tor into a Kennel behind his Home when his pet do Bemon Jei bolted from the Bouse and attacked the polks . Harmon threw water on them in an unsuccessful attempt to break up the fight and when he tried to pull them apart Jet attacked him said sol. Mike  personal Dobert Nan ate him up. He had deep penetrating wounds into his right Arm Harmon shot Jet twice with his .38-caliber service revolver Chase said. The fight continued briefly and ended in the Kitchen when Jel  was treated at a Hospital and released. Boston to open Center for Young aids victims Boston a officials hoping to give children who Are aids victims a Loving environment Ilion open a Center with live in space for four of Audro an Day care space for up to Lix children. The Center in a renovated Ward at Boston City hos Pital will allow parents to stay in private rooms with their children and will include a common area Kitchen and dining room. The state department of Public health has allocatedsi74 000 for a program coordinator part time social worker part time nurse practitioner and 10. People u handle in Wren i needs. Doctors and nurses from Catt Dren s Hospital in Boston also a Fol be on Call Linetty Loebling aids coordinator for the City told the Boston Globe newspaper it will be the Only pro Gram of its kind in the country. New York and Mam have residential programs for children with acquire immune deficiency syndrome but As part of a medical unit she said