European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 8, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes saturday August 8,1987 Dod probing charges faulty m-16s delivered Washington up the Pentagon says its investigators Are probing allegations the maker of the military s Basic combat Rifle has delivered faulty weapons bul spokesmen deny the problems pose a Hazard to .  can say that the department of defense inspector general has an ongoing investigation run by the defense criminal investigative service the investigative Arm of the inspector general Pentagon spokes Man Jim Turner said thursday. But Turner raid the Pentagon has no information that any Hazard or potential Hazard exists in the m-16" Rine. The focus centers on the m-16a2. A newer Model. It is Buzil by Colt industries inc.1 firearms division in Hartford conn., for use by the marines and a my troops. The defects apparently include a problem with elec Tion of Bullet cartridges from the Rifle s chamber when the gun is fired leaving the operator vulnerable while the gun l Jam is cleared. A second concern centers around defects in the mechanism that allows the gun to fire three shots at a time the three round bunt control mechanism said Pooch Smooch Asp Kos Pappy lore Cuk carried too a state dts. Thinks 2-year-old Kelly marshal of Sumitr , As she gels a Surprise Kin Tod m Over Friendly Cocker Spaniel. Kelly was helping her parents my pippin on a downtown i Lect Comer. La. Col. John chaps an army spokesman. Pentagon confirmation of the probe came after rep. Richard Baker r-la., disclosed the existence of an investigation in a letter wednesday to defense Secre tary Caspar Weinberger. The allegations of faulty weapons originally were made by employees at Coll s firearms division. Mem Bers of United Auto workers have been on san pc at Colt s Hartford Plant since january 1986. And the Union charges non Union replacement workers Are producing inferior products. Peter Williamson spokesman for Colt industries in new York said the company s contract with the Pentagon ban Public comment on the weapon. Chapla said tests conducted on the army s m-16a2 since last Spring revealed problems with some of the about 33,000 of the weapons have been delivered to army units in the United slates Chapla said. He said he did not know How Many have been delivered to troops overseas. Colt industries has been making inc m-e6 since the Early 1960s, Williamson Laid. Man arrested for bogus tickets pleads innocent Portland Ore. A a 25-year-old Man has pleaded innocent to Federal charges that he possessed about 5,000 counterfeit dutch bus and Tram tickets Chris Leopaul Kame Boom was arrested in Marc by Fri agents who said inc counterfeit tickets were found in his  said the tickets were counterfeit copies of Public transportation tickets issued by the nether lands ministry of traffic and Waler works. The investigation began after an informant told the Fri that Karsseboom had asked him to print he counterfeit tickets according loan affidavit by Fri special agent Thomas f.  informant said Karsseboom old him he had the tickets primed in the past but the Printer was gelling greedy Durham  informant added that Karsseboom said he would order 10,000 tickets a week if the tickets were usable in the  january the informant said he provided five counterfeit licked to Karsseboom. Who told him that he would mail them to the Netherlands to determine if they could be used  said in february he d been told by Tele phone that he tickets had worked and he ordered 10,000 tickets from the informant in March according to Durham  was arrested after he picked up about 5,000 of the counterfeit licked and told the informant that be intended to Send them to the Netherlands the affidavit said. Karsseboom is free pending trial Sei for sept. 2 8. Stateside doctor says new Pill May step up sex drive Cleveland a a drug designed to Pep up people with Low sexual desire 11 being idled it 15 medial Center nationwide re searchers mid thursday the Pill has been letter on rats mice dogs and Tome primates and now researcher we seeking Al least 400 human Guinea pigs. We May have drug thai. Increases sex Ual appetite said or. Stephen b. Levine. Pay Cha list heading la study at University hopi tals of Cleveland. Funding is being provided by a pharmaceutical company according to Levine who would not reveal in name. The test require a yearlong commitment and participant mint have limited then dec to one sexual partner Tor the  year Levine said. Man fatally shoots son 4 thought he was intruder los Angeles a a nun taby shot nil 4-year-old son thursday when he mistook the Bovi in wow for that of m intruder Polk said. The family s apartment was burglarized about two months ago the Parent told investigators. When the Mother and father were awakened Early thursday by the opening and closing of their bedroom door the woman told her Hus band Here they come police detective Kevin Hurley Laid the father jumped out of bed grabbed a handgun and opened the bedroom floor he told detectives. He said he saw a Shadow and fired downward to avoid seriously hurting anyone Harley said but the Shadow turned out to be that of his son who had apparently gotten out of he bed in his Parent room. Lawyers average income tops $ 120,000, Aba says san Francisco a lawyer in the United states have an average household in come of 1120,015, and the tuning Law firm salary has jumped to s3j.ooo, says the american bar association. A Survey for the Aba journal released at the organization s annual meeting also said the aver age lawyer had a net Worth of More than s 500,000 and had a Home Worth 212,330. One out of 9.7 lawyer households has a net Worth of $1 million or More the Survey said. It Alto said the average Law firm billed ill clients $7.77 million in 1986, up 14.4 percent from 1985. The Survey was based on data from almost 500 subscribers to the Aba Magazine the group said. Peace activists Mark 42nd Hiroshima anniversary Washington up peace a to Viii in the United slates marked the 42nd anniversary of the Hiroshima bombing with protests and prayer vigils thursday blocking escalator Al the Pentagon breaking into military bases and painting eerie human shadows on sidewalks. More than 100 anti nuclear demonstrators were cited for trespassing at inc Nevada lest site and dozens of others were arrested for cts of civil disobedience across the country. In har Ruburg pa., site of the three mile Island nuclear Accident Demon Stanton released a dozen helium bal loons bearing the slogan. No More nuclear  peace activist Philip Durrigan and nine others were Arr sled thursday for blocking Esca Tori at a subway nation near the Pentagon while some 50 demonstrators chanted to Rush hour com Muters no More Hiroshima and let the children live please go  earlier in the morning the Pentagon demonstrators marched around the five sided military Headquarters across the Potomac River from Washington carrying banners and pictures of Hiro Shima victims. Three people were arrested Early thursday Al the Weymouth Nas Nea Boston and were charged with trespass ing. Security guards found them inside a hangar. Navy personnel said a helicopter was found covered with a red substance the protesters said was blood and a p-3 Orion plane had Bun denied with a Hammer. Officials said the three tunnelled underneath a Chain link Fence before Dawn to gel into the air base. In Washington state 10 peace activists were arrested at the Han Ford nuclear reservation after scaling a bar bed wire Fence and proceeding toward several plutonium processing plan ii on the site. The Prtrt Fattori f i Uclair re Lar i housed for making weapons Grade plutonium until in was shut Down for a safely overhaul. As Many As eight demonstrators stood outside the Gates of a nuclear weapons pm no in Rocky flan. Colo., Northwest of Denver officials said.  Alio Nickelet two de sense contractors in los Angeles and staged a Hiroshima memorial rally near the Rand corp., a Pentagon think tank in Santa Monica Calif. In Oak Ridge tenn., about 100 pro testers marched from the american museum of science and Energy to the Gates of the Energy department s Al 2 plan where uranium for the Hiroshima Bombi was produced. One Marcher carried a sign that read. Remember Hiroshima resist atomic  several new Jersey towns hosted peace walks picnics and candlelight vigils thursday to commemorate the . Atomic bombing of Hiroshima 42 years ago. The South Dakota peace and Justice Center of Wal Cowo organized a 41 mile caravan to a military communications site near Cark for a prayer serv ice thursday night