European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 11, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes Friday september 11,1987 Ford recalling 4.3 million vehicles i ref in. Mich. A Ford Mil car fit. Is recalling 4.3 million 19x6 88 can. I Rucks and vans including same of its most popular models to Correct problems Hal my be causing engine fires. The recall is inc largest since general motors corp. Brought Back 5,8 million 1978-81 cars in i w because or a Boll problem said Clarence Dillow. Executive director of the Center for Auto safety. We re glad Ford is recalling the cars. They re definitely a Hazard on inc Road Dirilo said wednesday Afler the no. 2 . Automaker announced the voluntary action. The recall cover 2.3 million can and in million Light Rucks with fuel injected engines across Ford s product Fine in Dud ing the popular Mercury Sable and Ford Taurus models As Well As Acostar vans company officials said. Another 200,000 econ line vans were recalled in a separate action so that a heat shield can be installed to prevent the fuel Lank from overheating causing gasoline to spurt out when opened. The Center for Auto safety a Washington based consumer group had raised concern about engine tires in some of the vehicles. The National Highway traffic safety administration began a formal investigation into the fuel line coupling problem last May after receiving numerous complaints about fires from Ford Ana Mercury owners. One Agency source speaking on Condi Tion he not be identified said Agency officials had urged Ford privately 10 re Call the cars although no formal Orvaill request had yet been made. The company said the recall follows 222 reports of engine fires caused by a failure of couplings used to connect fuel lines. The government said it also a received More than 90 complaints Stem Ming from the tank overheating problem in the econ line vans. Ford said the engine fires caused eight in urics but did Noi elaborate. According to Ford the ail Ion involving inc fuel line couplers covers the 1986-88 Ford escort. Taurus Mustang Thunder Bird and Ltd Crown Victoria the Mercury Lynx Sable. Capris Cougar and grand Marquis and the Lincoln Continental Mark Vii and town car other vehicles covered by the recall arc the of scrips and Ranger trucks the Bronco and the a Bronco and the acre Star and the econ Tinc vans. Ford officials said the owners if these ears should return them to their dealers so that a plastic retaining Elip can be installed Over the Coupler for Protection in Case the Coupler separates. The simple repair should nol Lake More than 30 min utes officials said. Roll out the shuttle a Phalli the space shuttle Columbia is rolled out of the vehicle Assembly building at the Kennedy space Center in Florida on wednesday it is a route to a new $16,5 million maintenance hangar. The Columbia is scheduled for liftoff late next year for what will be Nasa s third Post challenger Mission. Folwell plunges in Over his head to fulfil pledge fort Mill . A pal chairman Jerry Pii Hvall took the plunge thursday Flat on his Back keeping a Promise to ride the i to Village s 5j-fool High water slide if followers met his fund raising goal for the ministry. Twenty two million dollars. Was it Worth it fal Well asked before he was pushed Down the killer typhoon ride hands folded corps like across his Chest and fully dressed in a three piece suit. Just in Case he had any second thoughts a poster warned Don t backslide  his fall was fast three seconds. And it was carried live on pal s main television program the pal  before his ride the Baptist minister joked that the nightly news would have a split screen showing Pope Jonn Paul it arriving in Miami and Falwell splashing Down the water slide. As Falwell prepared to Lake the plunge the Rock Hill ., Rescue squad stood watch and lifeguards surrounded inc swimming Pool where the ride ends. Who put the piranhas there Falwell joked As he eyed the water slide. The slide fulfilled a Promise fahd cell made Earty this summer when pal began a drive for donations to recover from its $68 million debt. Falwell said then he would go Down the 163-foot-Long water slide at the heritage Jas religious resort pan if 1,000 people donated $ 1,000 each by labor Day. The donors came through and the ministry in All raised More than $20 million this summer. Reagan to meet Shevardnadze about arms talks Washington a president Reagan will meet with soviet foreign minister Eduard Shevardnadze next tuesday at the while House to discuss the Progress of arms control talks presidential spokesman Marlin Fitzwater said thursday. It is the first Day of Shevardnadze s visit and it will give the president the Opportunity to discuss the Progress of the arms control talks Fiu water told re porters travelling to Miami with presi Dent Reagan for a meeting with Pope John Paul ii. It la be a substantive meeting fizz Waitr said. Reagan wants to Welcome Shevardnadze to the United states prior o the foreign minister s talk with Secretary of state George Shutlz Fitzwater said. The president said wednesday he is hopeful an arms control agreement can be reached with the soviet Union on intermediate Range missiles and he thinks late november would be the Best time for a Summit meeting with soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev. We All feel there is grounds for great optimism about the arms talks in Geneva Reagan told reported at a state Din Ner for swedish prime minister Ingvar Carlsson. Some Points remain to be settled but we arc All working and Hope to reach an agreement the president said. Reagan said he had heard october and november suggested As dates for the Summit in the United Stales if there is to be one and added we would think talc november would probably be  8/ood seepage in Home of pair remains unsolved Atlanta a human blood seeping from the floors of an elderly Cou ple s Home has authorities puzzled. The blood which was found in the Bath room Kitchen living room bedroom and Halls Puthe six room Brick House belonging to William Winston and his wife Minnie was Idem if cd As human wednesday by the state crime Laboratory police la. Horace Wall said. Police spokesman Kevin Forier said investigators could not immediately solve the mystery but that it is unlikely they will tear up the floors to find the source of the blood. Winston undergoes kidney dialysis and May have other medical problems Forier said. In dialysis blood is run through a machine to cleanse it As a kid Ney normally does. But Winston said i m not bleeding. My wife s not bleed ing. Nobody else was  homicide detective Steve Cartwright said there is nothing to indicate any wrongdoing at the Home but it was declared a crime scene to keep reporters and curiosity sucker a away. The Winston who have been married for 4-1 years have lived in the House for 22 years iwo Jima figure Dies at 60 Winston Sajem . A Gene m. Marshall one of the . Marines who helped raise the first american Flag on iwo Jima during world War ii has died of bums he suffered in a fire at his Home. Marshall 60. Died tuesday night in the bum unit at Baptist Hospital. Marshall was a 19-year-old radio operator with the 5th Marine div when it landed on iwo Jima on feb. 19, 19-15. After the War Marshall insisted that the picture of marines raising the hag at mount Suribachi on iwo Jima actually was the second Flag raising. The Marine corps adopted he pulitzer prize winning photo by a photographer Joe Rosenthal As one of its symbols. But in 1979, after Yean of research Marshall proved his Point with the help of Gen. Robert bar Row who was then commandant of the Marine corps. Marshall found a photograph of the first nag raising. The picture showed him standing by with his radio equipment Marshall said his patrol had raised the Flag atop a Volcano to hearted troops fighting on the North Side of the Island. But about an hour Bier he said troops decided the first Flag was too Small and got a larger one. None of the men from the first patrol were in the picture when the second photo graph was taken