European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 11, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes saturday april 11, 19b7 air carriers Rush to hike prices on Many tickets by the associated pres Hurt by losses from the Max Saver super discount fora they introduced this past i incr major , airlines were raising fares on first class and coach tick ets Start ing saturday. The Faro increases which Range from $5 of a military personnel ticket 10 $15 for first class on one Way lights were initiated by United airlines one of the country s biggest carriers. Industry analysts said they saw the in creases As a Way to recoup Revenue by making business travellers and other fut far passengers compensate for the popu Larity of Max Savera which give Dis counts of up to 80 percent off regular coach fares and require Only a two Day Advance Purchase. More fare increases could be in the offing or the Max Saver fares could even be scrapped next month by the airlines observers believe. Other big airlines Are fallowing United s Lead including no. 1 Texas air corp., which owns Eastern airlines Continental airlines and other carriers american airlines Delta air lines Northwest airlines and trans world airlines. Most airlines have found that the Dis counted fare Levels have not compensated for the Cost of providing scats for passengers said Robert Gibbons a spokesman for Minneapolis based Northwest. I think it s overdue i think it s Nee Cussary said Louis March Cusano an air line analyst for the investment firm Jan nay Montgomery Scott inc. In Philadelphia. The Max Saver fares have taken away the Prospect for a record year for the Industry this  Marckesano said the deep discounts have Lopo cd about $300 million off the major airlines combined profits since they were introduced on Jan. 29, the airlines often urn to discounting in the first Quarter to raise Slack Passen Ger traffic and the Max Saver discounts could be saddled with More restrictions or even abolished in the near future suggested Edward Starkman an analyst for Payne Webber inc. In new York. The initial period for the Max savers is due to expire on May 20, although the carriers have the right to renew them. If the special discounts Are retained then there is the probability that there would be More regular fare increases said Marckesano the new fare increases All applied to one Way tickets Are $15 for first class $10 for coach $5 for military personnel and $10 for discount unrestricted fares available at off Peak hours. Break from a trying experience Amy Carter lakes a lunch break with Mike Antonuci a Friend from Brown University during her trill on charges of ires Passler and disorderly conduct. Carter is being tried in Northampton mass., on charges stemming from a 1986 demonstration in Aro Herst muss., against Cia recruitment an the University of Massachusetts Cam pus. Ads by Ama urge Safe sex for teens Chicago a the traditionally conservative american medical association has taken the plunge into the Alps of Deucalion controversy with a series of television ads urging teens to abstain from sex or use condoms. The ads Are 30-second Public service announcements featuring actor Tony Danza and arc offered free of charge to television stations Trilling to run hem Ama executive vice presi Dent or James Sammons said thursday. The Ama decided to take this initiative be cause of concerns that teen agers who Are More sexually Active than Ever before could be the next generation at risk for contracting aids or acquired immune deficiency syndrome Sam Mons said thursday. He said the ads produced in consultation with the Abc and lbs television networks rep resent the first time the medical profession has teamed up with the broadcast Industry to advise teens about Safe sex. The ads Lake the straight talk approach with Dania advising teens to postpone having sex. But if they Are going to go have sex Danza advises them to play it Safe and use a condom Sammons said. General who directed training of Black pilots in Wii buried Washington Dpi retired air Force Brig. Gen. Noel Parrish. 77, a White officer who guided the Black american fliers of world War it through flight training and into combat amid segregation and prejudice was buried Friday with full military honors. Former Black officers and enlisted men members of the Tuskegee airmen s association from throughout the ignited states came to Washington for a memorial service at fort myer in nearby Virginia followed by Parrish s burial at Arlington National cemetery. Parrish 77, died april 7. He May have been the Only while person who believed that Blacks could learn to Fly  said retired air Force it. Gen. Benjamin Davis or. Davis was in the first Small class of Black fliers that graduated from the army air corps base at Tuskegee ala., where Parrish look Over an ailing training pro Gram and directed it throughout world War ii. When Parrish first arrived at Tuskegee the so called army air corps Experiment in Black aviation was in its beginning stages and Parrish had a single vitally important crucial Job to do Davis said. He had to prove that Black people could ily air planes and not Only Fly them but have the same Stan Dard that the army air corps demanded of its White Pilot  to 1941, Davis said the military services and the town of Tuskegee were segregated and prejudice was prevalent. Few Ollie cd Blacks could Fly planes or even be officers. The program at Tuskegee was lagging badly before Parrish arrived dec. A 1941, two Days before the Japa Nese attacked Pearl Harbor. Parrish had to move across the line Between his while subordinates and the Black students and he was carefully watched by the National Black press. The Job probably gave him fits but he did a Brilliant Job Davis said. The Black fliers under Davis s command fought in the italian Campaign and later escorted . Bombers on Long Range missions All Over Europe winning Many medals. The fighter group was Well known within the army air corps for never losing a bomber on escort duty Parrish a graduate of Rice University Al age in but out of work during the depression joined the army in 1930 and moved from horse cavalry to flight school and later became a flying instructor and administrator. Raised in the South Parrish said he Learned from his parents that there was no superiority or inferiority of the races. Ford replacing engines in some 86, 87 cars Detroit up1 Ford Mower co. Friday said it has been replacing v-6 engines in some i486 and l9b7-Model Ford Taurus and Mercury Sable can and across tar vans because of a Piston problem. The automaker said the entire three liter v-6 motors Are being replaced be cause customers have complained of engine noises which Ford said arc caused by a Piston Knock. The condition happens when the Pis ton is exposed to cold weather before the engine is run or broken in company spokesman Charles Scarly said. It does not affect its reliability or durability and will last just As Long As an engine without the  the problem is said to affect fewer than i percent of the v-6-Cquippcd cars and vans most of those being in cold weather areas. All Sable and Aerostat models come with v-6 engines Only and the majority of Taurus is Are sold with the v-6 instead of the four Cylinder engine. If the Knock develops it will usually do so before 5,000 Miles Scarly said. If it has t developed by then it won t later on snearly acknowledged the program which began in february when Ford notified dealers of the problem will be very costly because the entire engine including components like the fuel injection system starter and water pump is being replaced. This is More of a customer satisfaction  in carry said noting the Complete replacement is cheaper and More reliable than going through the in Tensive labor process of replacing pistons and reassembling the motor. Replacing a Piston is a fairly High skilled thing he said. It s easier on the customer and easier on us to replace the whole  the engines will be changed at no Cost to the owners under Ford s warranty pro Gram. Owners with vehicles having Marc than 12,000 Miles Are subject to a $100 deductible fee but Scarly said Ford has instructed dealers to evaluate each cose and possibly waive the fee in the inter ests of customer satisfaction. We have told our dealers that we Are going out of our Way and urge that they Don t gel Hung up on a technicality Scarly said. The old engines will enter Ford s it manuf Arturd pans programs he said