European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 18, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday june 18, 1987 the stars and stripes Page 7 re flogged ships will also get new names Washington a kuwaiti tankers re flagged under american colors will be renamed officials said tuesday with the new names including surf City Ocean City sea Isle City and Bridgton Alt towns in new Jersey. Other proposed names include Chesapeake City. Middleton Townsend Gas Queen Gas Princess Ca King and Gas Prince. The ships now have arabic names such . The plan to re Christen the persian Gulf ships with the names of new Jersey communities prompted one Garden stale congressman. Democrat William j. Hughes to Tell colleagues All of a sudden the kuwaiti flee reads like a Road map of Southern new  the Reagan administration has proposed a Flag Ging 11 kuwaiti tankers to protect them from attack in the Iran Iraq War. The proposal has drawn Sharp congressional criticism. According to a report by the House merchant Marine and fisheries committee ownership of the tankers originally held in Kuwait would he transferred to a Dover del., corporation Chesa Peake shipping co. . Law requires any ship under the american Flag to be owned by americans said coast guard spokesman Nicholas Sand her. He said the coast guard is awaiting Bills of Sale to prove ownership of the vessels have been transferred. The House merchant Marine committee which prepared an internal report on the proposal has scheduled hearings this week to Siudy the Impact of the proposed policy. So far How the new names were chosen remains a mystery. Gene Miller the Washington based lawyer for Chesapeake shipping said he docs not know who proposed the names. Hughes also said he has been unable to find out Why the new Jersey names were picked i Don t mind the added publicity and i m sure our communities won t either he added. Hut Hughes said he wondered if the publicity might turn sour the same risk some members of Congress have charged about the persian Gulf policy. Most 1983-86 Fords undergoing safety probes Washington up the government is investigating virtually every vehicle built by the Ford motor co. Be tween 1933 and 1986 because of safety concerns a consumer group said tues Day the Center for Auto safely an organization founded by Ralph Nader said the National Highway traffic safety administration s investigation involves More than 9 million cars Light trucks and vans manufactured by Ford during those Model Yean. The nation s no. 2 automaker sold about 9.3 million vehicles in the United states during those years. Molt of the investigations arc Low level preliminary probes. If you own a late Model Ford chances Are it is under some farm of fed eral scrutiny said Center spokesman Dan Howell. James Maidwell of Ford s technical and regulatory staff said we have been cooperating fully with Nitsa and its investigations and in analyses of Ford built vehicles. We will review Nitsa s information share our data with the Agency and take whatever action is called for by the facts As they  the Center disclosed tuesday he government began two new investigations and upgraded three others into reports of stalling steering and engine problems in More than 6 million late Model Ford cars and Light trucks. The group releasing documents made available by the transportation depart ment said one investigation covers 330,000 of the 1986 Taurus and Sable cars for steering problems. Another probe involves reports of Stal Ling in 2.8 million 1983-86 Ford Mer Cury autos with four Cylinder engines. The National Highway traffic safety administration an Agency of the transportation department upgraded to engineering analyses its lower level investigation into three cases. The Federal Agency is looking into engine fires in 300.000 i984-s6 Bronco ii pickup trucks 200,000 1986 Ranger pickups and 3.3 million 1984-86 Light trucks and vans. The Agency earlier investigated 1984 Tempo Topaz and 1981-84 escort Lynx autos for stalling but no action was Ulten and the investigations were closed last year without a recall being ordered. Ford recently announced a non safety recall of  million 1984-85 can with four Cylinder engines because of stalling and starting problems due to defective ignition. Those cars escort Lynx Tempo Topaz Merkur some Mustang can thunderbird Cougar Ltd and Marquis Are covered by the new probe. Last week the Federal safety Agency disclosed that it has reopened an investigation into sudden acceleration and Surg ing in 3.2 million 1983-86 Ford cars Fol lowing reports of six fatalities and 107 injuries. Citibank to leave South Africa sell subsidiary there new York a Citibank he United states largest banking concern announced tuesday that it is withdrawing from South Africa and will sell its subsidiary in the racially divided nation. The new York based concern said it had agreed to sell the subsidiary. Citibank a a. Ltd to the first National Bank of Southern Africa ltd., a former unit of Barclays Dank of Britain which pulled out of South Africa in november. The Sale for atom 564.5 million at current Exchange Rales is expected to be completed by the end of this month Citibank said. Citibank chairman John s. Reed said in a statement that he regretted terminating the corporation s pres ence in South Africa. Although Citibank s operations in South Africa Are relatively Small he said they have had a positive i text on the environment within that  the statement said Citibank Felt compelled to with draw because current constraints. Have made it increasingly difficult to meet the needs of its South african clients in a manner they have a right to sex  the company joins a list of targe . Corporations that have been leaving the White minority ruled nation at an accelerating Pace. More than 60 companies have left South Africa in the past two years most notably International Busi Ness machines corp. And general motors corp. Bees Are his business beekeeper David Hyatt of rom n.y., sweeps a swarm of bees into i portable hire from an Auto Mobile in the parking lot of a Rome shopping mall. Hyatt was called in by the fire department after the bees decided to take up residence in the Auto owned by Rome resident Janet Thomas Southern baptists re elect conservative president St. Louis a conservative Adrian Rogers was re elected president of the Southern Baptist convention on tuesday defeating a moderate after a committee warned two sides that they must end their years of hostilities Rogers who will serve his second one year term received 13,980 votes to 9,331 for the Rev Richard Jackson of North Phoeun Baptist Church a moderate mirroring the split in the 14.6 million member denomination. A controversial report by the Conven Tion s peace committee was passed by delegates to the convention tuesday night but observers indicated that inc divisions within the denomination would continue. While siding wit i conservatives on the Issue of biblical interpretation the com Mittee warned that the denomination would be torn apart unless opposing factions made peace if we insist on having our Way drawing tines which exclude from places of leadership and responsibility those who do not hold our specific viewpoint we can destroy what god has created in the Southern Baptist convention the committee said in its report on the dispute Between the two elements of the denomination. Surely there must be peace. That is there must be an end to hostility among us which is  at the same time the report included statements affirming the conservative Southern Baptist View that the Bible is incur and. The Issue of interpretation of the scriptures Hai been the focus of the two sides disagreement. We affirm that the narratives of scripture Are historically and factually accurate the 22-member committee wrote. Yaj