European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 3, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes saturday september 3,19s8safety Board will research Light vehicles rollover risk As part of Samurai Case Washington a the National Highway traffic safely administration ays it will conduct re search aimed at coming up with rules to protect the Drivers or Light vehicles from unreasonable risk of Roll Over. The Nitsa decision was announced thursday in else entering an inc Suzuki Samurai under attack from consumer groups for an alleged tendency to Roll Over in curves. The safely Board rejected a petition by the Center for Auto safely a Consumers group that wanted a re Call of the Samurai saying it is no More Likely to Roll than other comparable vehicles. The Agency however approved a petition from the Consumers Union to study the Light vehicle rollover problem in general. Suit Al responded to the decision by saying it showed that the allegations against the Samurai were unrounded. The Federal government s action supports Suzuki s claim that the Samurai is Safe and should put 10 rest the inaccurate and misleading attacks on the  said 3 statement from the japanese company s , american Suzuki motor corp. In urea Calif. About 169,000 samurais have been sold in the United slates Suzuki said. The Center for Auto safety which is often at Odds Wilh automakers and their regulators said inc decision skirted the Issue. If this were the Law then inc Justice department would refuse to prosecute one mass murderer because stateside in flight bomb threat forces Landing evacuation Romulus Mich. A a bomb threat prompted a North Sci airlines Jet bound for los Angeles to return to Detroit metropolitan Airport thursday authorities said. The do id carrying 255 people landed after inc Pilot informed the control Tower of the threat said Nancy Mauradian spokeswoman for inc Wayne county sheriffs department. The plane was evacuated so ii could be searched by explosive sniffing Dag and bomb squad officers the spokeswoman said Muradian said she did t know who made the threat or How it was relayed to the Crew. Athletic Gorilla makes an impossible escape Kansas City. To. A a 200-Pound Gorilla made an impossible escape from its enclosure at the Kansas City zoo by scaling Awall forcing inc evacuation of about 200 people authorities said. The 13-year-old Gorilla named Molly climbed the Wall clambered onto a roof and then jumped Down to walk into the ape hous Entrance normally used by humans. At the time there were no people nearby said too director Ralph Wain House. Workers at the zoo locked the ape House door Sand blocked them with Rucks and closed other openings with plywood. The Gorilla was then tranquil cd. Measles outbreaks Down following 3-year increase Atlanta a after three years on the increase measles is on its Way Down again but health experts say it s Loo Early to id if the disease might finally be on the decline for Good. The National centers for disease control said thursday that 3,652 cases of inc once common childhood disease were reported in 1987, down42 percent from inc previous year. It s the Firat drop in measles reporting since the record Low of 1,497 cases in 1983. There Are other mass murderers inc Center said citing reports of 113 rollovers 120 injuries and 25 deaths involving the Samurai. The Center said it would ask Nitsa to reconsider its decision. Nitsa said in granted the Consumers Union Peti Tion because that request did not specify a single cause of Samurai rollovers and acknowledged that factors other than the stability of the vehicles Lay behind som of the accidents. Many of the instances of rollover involving the Samurai happened when the Driver had been drinking was unfamiliar with the vehicle or was attempting risky Man Euver Nitsa said. Nitsa listed 10 research projects into vehicle stability in has completed or plans to Complete but said the research does not guarantee that new regulations will be issued. In rejecting the Center s request for a Samurai recall Nitsa said the Samurai s rollover rate based on study of 1966 and 1987-Modcl vehicles was six per 100,000 vehicles. In said the Ford Bronco a by com Parison had a rollover rate of about 19 per 100,000vehicles. The general motors Sio Blazer and s-15 Jimmy had rollover rates identical to the Samurai s. The Consumers Union in june urged a ban on the Samurai and in its Magazine consumer reports rated the vehicle not acceptable the first such rating Given an automobile in 10 years. The ensuing publicity Cut into Samurai sales an resulted in several lawsuits. Gator raiders three Brothers from left Howie Bryan and Norman Smith dec a homemade catch Pale la snare a 6-foot Alligator in Florida s Everglades. The state s first ally Gitar Hunt in 26 Yean began thursday and the Smiths of Ihal Eari Cauchy two with their device. They decided to return Friday for More state sanctioned Gator Hunting. Zaccaro s House arrest spurs ban of program for drug traffickers montpel1er, Al. A a controversial House arrest program in Vermont can t be used in the future by drug offenders like John Zaccaro jr., who served a cocaine trafficking term in a is Soo a month luxury apartment. Gov. Madeleine Kunin on thursday barred drug Sellers from the program. The state s corrections com missioner said the change was. Effective immediately for those not yet admitted but it will not affect Zaccaro or others already in the program. Kunin s move came after Public outcry Over the disclosure that Zaccaro the 24-year-old son of former vice presidential candidate Geraldine Ferraro was Liv ing in the posh apartment with maid service while in he program. It allows non violent criminals to find their own housing and live outside of prison while under strict supervision Zaccaro was convicted in april of Selling 125 Worth of cocaine loan undercover police officer. He was sentenced to four months in prison but spent 29 min utes in the Chil Tonden Community correctional can Ler i n j Uler before being moved to his new apartment. Rut Kunin defended the program Overall thursday saying it provided the necessary Clement of punish ment and helped to reduce overcrowding in Vermont prisons however she said the program must exclude drug dealers. We must have Confidence Public Confidence in the system she said at a news conference. "1 also fee that we have to Send a very Strong message in terms of Drugo tenders under changes Kunin announced drug offenders like Zaccara will be considered to be More serious criminals and thus not eligible for the program. The changes arc Toltec live immediately for those not yet admitted said corrections commissioner Joseph put Rissi. Instead of considering this to be a Low to moderate offence As it had been in the past in should be moved up because i think anyone who Sells drugs anywhere in the world in this country in the Stile of Vermont is serious offender Kunin said. Hallelujah said Addison county states attorney John Quinnon learning of Kunin s plan. Polluted shellfish Sellers arrested Apalachicola Flo. Not Federal and slate agents raided wholesale seafood houses in South Carolina Florida and Louisiana thursday in a move to curb inter stale Selling of oysters and clams from polluted Waters. At least nine people were arrested in South Carolina and other arrests Are expected in the other states according to Eugene f. Proulx an agent of the nation Al Marine fisheries service. The nine were charged with violations of slate and Federal sanitary regulations. Raw or undercooked shellfish from polluted Waters have been found to cause serious diseases including hepatitis. Taking oysters and clams from polluted areas or buying and Selling a inspected shellfish is Tanta mount to it potential catastrophe said a spokesman for the National Marine fisheries commission. The raids were conducted by 87 officers of the Marine fisheries service the food and drug administration the Florida Marine patrol the Florida depart ment of natural resources the South Carolina wildlife and Marine resources division the South Carolina department of health and environmental control and the Louisiana slate police. The size and nature of the problem inc National Marine fisheries service said in a statement Calls for a Complex yearlong undercover investigation. In South Carolina alone More than ii million Worth of illegally taken shellfish was sold in a single year the authorities said. Proulx said investigations in Florida and Louisiana had reached Only an intermediate stage where enough evidence was found to justify starch warrants but not enough to make arrests. He said in id eight weeks would be needed to Analyse the evidence seized thursday before charges could be filed. He added that the Marine and fisheries commission might present the evidence in a Federal grand jury in Florida for a possible indictment after that his service said in statement thou Sands of state charges would probably be riled by the states agencies. The Federal arrest warrants in sout Carolina the Agency said were based on felony violations of Federal Law with maximum penalties of live Yean in prison or s20.000 in fines or both