European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 5, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 6 the stars and stripes sunday june 5.1988 new Angle on Home sport Dallas offers i variety at recreational opportunities to its resident but fishing in the streets in t usually one of Lam. Here Lee Milbrath tosses Back i latest catch one of six fish he was Able to pull from a hooded City Strati near i Home after recent heavy Rains caused nearby White Rock Crnek to overflow. Car plows into schoolchildren killing 1, injuring 8 classmates Detroit a a teen Ager was killed and at least eight classmates were injured when a car hurdles a curb and slowed into them leaving bloodied bodies and school papers on the ground. Everybody was screaming running around. No body knew what to do sixth grader Lakeisha Alexan Der said after the Accident Friday afternoon. Two witnesses said they heard the Driver Tell police the children had thrown a bottle at his car. Police sgt. Martin Joseph said he could not confirm the report. Six students with various injuries were in fair Condi Tion saturday at two hospitals officials said. Two who were less seriously Hurt said they would seek private Driver Johnnie person 66, was being held in a police jail and was to be arraigned saturday said offi cer enc Gensley. No charges had been filed Gensley said. The Accident occurred around 2 30 . Friday two blocks from Rosa Parks Middle school As students 11 to 14 years old walked Home from the school. Coming at me but Lucky for me he curved at the after the late Model Cadillac hit the students it struck a parked car and came to rest by a fire hydrant Joseph said. Police arrived three minutes later said principal Raymond who had been following the children Home. The scene was chaotic Joseph said there were injured students lying on the grass and there were adults and children trying to bloodstained school papers were scattered on the sidewalk. Ernest Powell 14, died shortly after arriving at Hospital spokeswoman Dorothy Colombo said. Demetrius Garten 13, who witnessed the Accident said he overheard the Driver s conversation with police. He said they threw a bottle at his car so he drove up on the curb and started hitting kids Demetrius said. Rose Robertson a nurse at Henry Ford Hospital who helped injured students at the scene also said she heard the Driver Tell police the Slu dents threw a bottle at his car. Stateside hebrew Book publisher pleads guilty to fraud new York a a publisher of hebrew books pleaded guilty to charges he sold and tried to sell counterfeit copies of the first printed passover haggadah of which there is Only one known edition. The defendant Raphael podded 45, of Woodmere entered the plea during the first Day of his trial in . District court in Brooklyn. He admitted in court to being the architect of he fraud and said he had lured his brother in Law and co defendant into the scheme As an unwitting accomplice. Podded pleaded guilty to All four counts of an indict ment charging him with conspiracy to commit wire fraud and free counts of wire fraud. He fares up to 20 years in jail and a $ 1 million Fine when sentenced aug. Boeing to probe for cause of Plant workers ailments Auburn Wash. Up state health officials say they will investigate ailments among Boeing co. Employees that include dizziness nausea rashes irritability and in some cases blood in the urine. A chemical compound called phenolic resin con Taining the suspected Carcinogen formaldehyde and used to manufacture air plane Interior parts could be responsible officials say. Health officials and the Union representing about 7,000 Plant employees arc investigating the illnesses of dozens of workers including pregnant women and single parents who worked in an aging postwar Structure known As the no. 2 building. It s the most serious situation i be Ever seen involving a group of employees said or. Gordon Baker a physician knowledgeable in chemical poisoning and to whom the International association of machinists ref ers its ailing members. Kerr Mcgee criticized for fuel storage methods Henderson Nev. A a fire report cites More than a dozen violations in storing a volatile rocket fuel oxidizer at a Kerr Mcgeo chemical corp. Plant according to an Clark county fire department report. The report obtained by the Las vegas review Jour Nal cites violations in the storage of ammonium Perch Lorale and imprudent handling of flammable toxic chemicals and gases used in its production. It is this department s opinion that Many of the chemicals including ammonium perchlorate stored and or handled at the Kerr my acc facility Are not being stored and or handled in compliance with nationally recognized standards said the report quoted Friday by the newspaper. A High ranking fire department source told the newspaper the department will lobby against renewed production of ammonium per chlorate until Kerr Mcgee reduces safely risks. Four wheel drive samurais target of suit Chicago up a suit seeking to Force Suzuki motor co. To buy Backan estimated 150,000 four wheel drive samurais from . Customers was filed Friday in a Chicago court. The suit came one Day after the Samurai was Given the first not accept Able vehicle rating in a decade by consumer reports Magazine. The plaintiffs in the Chicago suit Are a Missouri couple and an Illinois woman who claim the american Suzuki motor corp. Knows the Samurai is Overly susceptible to rolling Over but has done nothing to Correct the prob Lem. The suit cites the uniform Commer Cial code along with Legal and warranty questions and asks thai Suzuki buyback the estimated 150,000 samurais sold in the United states Between 1986 and 1988. Punitive damages from the company also arc being sought but the amount has been left up to the court. For now the suit represents Only Linda and Ste Ven Newark of Missouri and Lynn Romanck of Illinois who own samurais. The next step in the Legal process is for the plaintiffs to ask that the suit be class certified which would allow the suit to represent All . Samurai own ers said attorney Aron Robinson this certification process could Lake be tween three months and a year Robin son said. Consumers Union which publishes consumer reports Magazine released the results of tests thursday in new York indicating that the Samurai Rolls Over easily and presents an unreason Able risk of harm1 to occupants. The consumer group said the Only Way to protect current owners is for Suzuki to buy Back the 150,000 Samu Rais sold in the United slates Back to 1935, when the vehicle was first introduced there. Another consumer group the Center for Auto safety in Washington petitioned Iii Federal government feb. 23 10 order a Samurai recall. A Center spokesman cited reports of 26 Saia Urai rollover accidents causing 28 injuries and seven deaths. A spokesman for Suzuki s . Sub Widiaty said police reports showed most of the Samurai accidents involved serious Driver error stemming from Al Cohol and drug use. A Suzuki spokesman in Japan said the Samurai s . Problems Are a sur Suzuki Japan s no. 8 Aulo maker is limited to exporting 60,000 passenger cars to the United states under Japan s voluntary Export quota. To improve its exports to the United states Suzuki has turned to the Samu Rai which is classified As a truck and is therefore not subject to import restrictions. Once in the United slates the Samu Rai is equipped with rear seals making in a Utility vehicle. R. David Pittle technical director of the consumer Union said the Samu Rai although intended As a Utility vehicle is clearly promoted and Pur chased As a passenger vehicle
