European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 24, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Monday. Augu5 2 1, 19b7 the stars and stripes or pa9� officials say rifles pose no danger Dod identifies defective m-16a2s b no Cavin h Washington defects fourth infantry s new m-i6a2 rifles in not present a safety Hazard and arc limited to a Small number of weapons that have not been shipped to and me seas units officials said Friday. Maj. Phil Soucy. An army spokesman in the i Anta gon said the defects were found during Rolinc tests ill the Colt firearms division in Hartford conn., and Anniston army depot in Alabama. First All the defective weapons we be identified were sent to con ils units Soucy s far As we can Tell none was sent to or the Pacific. And second the pose no danger to soldiers using he said 3,4j a 3,too weapons out of about thai have been Dison ruled to army personnel since october i98fi, were found to contain defective Cartel dec Csc ctr mechanisms a problem that Soucy Wisd a so minuscule that it s like teas on an it fire selection so Vnti the problem Wifler born this the Lam of have la in the position to lire a j41ujs1, it Wilt sometimes lire four " thai s Alt ill and was absolutely no safely ha/3 ensure can be taken quickly and easily by unit armorer at the local Levy. Soucy said already in the Field with stateside units will he fixed As the problems occur White Coll has Aken corrective Steps at us Plant with no Cost to the government he said. Coll has agreed to replace defective pans relist. Repackage and Reship any weapons found to be defective in the Curren Hocks at their factory1 Oral Atinis strike delays flights into out of Spain Barcelona Spain a a 24 hour strike by air traffic controllers in Barcelona on saturday delayed hundreds of Charier flights to and from Palms de Majorca and Spain s Mediterranean coast airline officials said. Relatively few delays were reported however for regularly scheduled flights from Barcelona. The strike began at 8 . The Barce Lona controllers Are demanding that the civilian aviation authority pay them a special supplement. A spokeswoman for Iberia Spain s National airline said Only eight International flights linking Barcelona s Al Prat air port to London Paris and Milan Italy. Were cancelled. Delays were less than 30 minutes for other scheduled National and International flights. But spokesmen for British and Ger Man charter companies at Palma s son san Juan Airport said inc action caused serious delays. Delays of four to five hours arc building up from the United kingdom southbound said Brian Devall station manager in Palma for the charter company Dan air. A civil aviation spokesman at son san Juan said regular flights were experienc ing delays of Only 10 to 15 minutes and everything is per Cully controllers have scheduled two More 24-hour strikes aug. 29 and sept. 5, so coincide with the end of the summer hol iday period. The to Barcelona air traffic control lers arc responsible for a third of Spain s airspace including the Balearic islands the Mediterranean coast and flights Leav ing French airspace and flying Over the Mediterranean he said. The list thing we want 3 Confidence problem Wjt smrt Lam tilt saucy said. " a re trying i reassure people thai there is nothing wrong with the m-kva2. If inc Ihrck a Nim Hurst Wirch does t work Mac in i your armorer and hell Lix earlier Elliis Mimah Pentagon olt Iciak confirmed in Are conducting a probe of allegations that c Oll has a Nowc Polis the prove is Hiing carried out by the cfensetln4rtqvesiigalive service the investigative of the defense Raj Umann inspector Gener Al. Pentagon officials will not comment on the probe. C Oll officials will not comment on any aspect of the Issue involving defective m-Lty-\2 rifles saying their contract Wilh inc Pentagon bars item from doing so. Coll has delivered Ghoul 300,000 m-lda2s to the government in the last three years a Nat diver in los a Dolphin captured for scientists on Cape Henry Vul. The scientists an1 it Llly blood pimples lit dolphins in danger find jul Liy a Cuin Mun Ocean Hue imn has killed Ninov Iutin 200 of the animals from Virginia i new Jersch. Kor an Ujiki mown i Sun ilil1 Ilii thins i systems Haie nut been i and Injo inlitiuril1 off the South african Gold mine fires 2,000 strikers Johannesburg. South Africa a a Gold mine saturday dismissed 2,000 workers for refusing to defy the 13 Day old National mine sprite and return to work and mine officials said a non striking Coal Miner died from poisoning. The National Union of mineworkers which Sayi 345,000 Liick miners Are strik ing at 45 of the nation s major Gold and Coal mines reported that sinkers at the Randy Omen slates Gold mine South West of Johannesburg were waiting for buses to take them Home saturday Aller they wen1 locked out of Loci Romels. The Union said 10.000 sinkers faced possible dismissal ill the mini bin Jolian Nesburg invevlincnt1, said it had it n an ultimatum i Only 3, Kkt. The company said it red Ghoul 2.cxhi of them Hen they did not him up for work saturday. The san pc for to percent wage increases Lingher death k Nevils and Dinjer pay is the biggest Legal strike Ever in South Annc. Hui there is no Law presents from dismissing striker Lor failure in re Pon to Vork. So far. 4.0ikt sunken have been i Sims de Al unprofitable mines by three of i lie Siv liar cled mining houses and unit Sci 41, x 0 Are Ibric Alcied a till dismiss Al or disciplinary lican tvs. I i is n it in t our \ a i Jinni minced in lost All Ibe i Nalii cd s in ils Sliv t of licit s. The unit n and at Ilie ii Iii irl Ilic Sisinio ill to civil i is ,l holding in i Wii i n. The pin Minnii Liro night ilk Nuciol or t \ Tuinei Milci Kiln a Poitie since the Sunke lie in Anil 4 i liner. Bill Mil one Lus Heen directly connected to Hie National i num of mineworkers strike. Thai death involved a striker tilled when mine Sci unto offi oals fired 0 1 work ers 1 Hurst lev Niy Lii it t Molcil tells of South attic a s link Imus mine 411 Miles South Wisiol Johannesburg. Old jul is said Moi her 20 mine cup Louis a Ltd mimed m the clash. Vuille the Uminn pm Hie ii usher of .1 Ohio it St nos list ers ire Stenkin i imply ii in Ier of mines which rep inny in discs. Save Annit nil him Slact Nim i he miring1 to Siisi son july i pa1, rinses Miu-ini1 from is to 23 Perchem. My Raj ill Ali i1u the Mobil ill priv of the ii Verjie mme i my
