European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 14, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes wednesday september 14, 19bb stateside Ford Nissan to team up in Ohio minivan venture Avon Lake. Ohio a Ford motor co. Said monday it plans to enter into a joint Ven Ture with Nissan to build minivans Al Ford s Ohio truck Plant. The is billion project which will result in the addition of 1,300 jobs will produce minivans o be sold in North America beginning in the 1992 Model year Philip e. Benton jr., president of Ford automotive group told a gathering or More than 800 workers and reporters. We believe this program will be beneficial to both Ford and Nissan and will allow us both id continue to build for the future in a Way and at a Pace that arc Correct for our companies Benton said in a statement Benton said the Ohio truck Plant is important to Ford because of its Union us work Force and the cooperation Ford has received from slate and local governments. Macmillan oks takeover  investment company new York Cap Macmillan inc. Agreed monday to a 12.36 billion takeover  Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & co., a private investment firm the publishing and information giant enlisted to help it elude other bidders. The sg5-a-share acquisition in Cash and securities if successful would conclude Macmillan s struggle to thwart unwelcome takeovers  Brit ish publisher Robert Maxwell and Texas investor Robert Bass. It also would Marl another null billion Dollar Deal for Kohlberg a specialist in buying big companies Wilh borrowed Money that is repaid through its Cam Ings Cash flow or asset sales Pigeon club to Purchase Marker for boy who died Baltimore a a Baltimore Pigeon club will buy a grave Marker for a 12-year-old boy killed As he fell Down an elevator Shaft while trying 1o catch pigeons Keith Shipley and other boys had been trying to trap pigeons on aug. 24 when the boy tripped on a Gate and plunged 12 stories Down the elevator Shaft of a downtown parking garage police said. Because of his love of pigeons and the whole unfortunate situation of his childhood the club would like to help out said Mike Fahey of the Hamilton homing Pigeon club. The 55-Mcmber group voted last week to pay for the Headstone he said. Jumbo Jet blows engine makes emergency Landing Pittsburgh a a British airways jumbo Jet carrying 77 people made an emergency Landing shortly after taking off from greater Pitts Burgh International Airport on monday. The l Fitl i took off about. 6 45 . And landed Aboul eight minutes later after it blew a Turbine said Mark Chamovitz Airport operations manager. No injuries were reported he said. Sixty one passengers and 16 Crew members were on the aircraft said Sandy Gardiner a British airways spokesman. The airline planned to Book All passengers on other flights. The flight originated at Dulles Airport near Washington ., and was scheduled to Fly to Philadelphia and London. Drug related bombing kills 2 Sisters in St. Louis St. Louis a a firebombing that killed two Young Sisters and critically injured a third was drug related authorities said monday. Police col. James Hackett said the sunday bombing which started a fire in inc Home where the children were left unattended was meant for another Man in the building. The attack resulted from an apparent drug Deal gone sour he said. Firefighters rescued the children from a Sec Ond floor window. Bui Erica Butler to and Ash icy Evans 4, died at children s Hospital Lenora Butler 5 months was in critical condition a Hospital spokeswoman said. Fire department battalion chief Frank Schaper said the Blaze caused extensive damage. 9mm s slide bolts cracking army halts pistol deliveries  Norman Black a military writer Washington the army and italian gun matter Cretia have reached an agreement to suspend deliveries of the military s new 9mm pistol for the next three months to Deal with a problem of unexpected cracking in the gun s slide mechanism the service said monday. The latest halt to deliveries the second in nine months will last from september through Decem Ber said i. Col. John Reily an army spokesman.  january the army expects  Rolta to resume production and deliveries of the 9mm pistol after making modifications to the slide mechanism. The Del?.y in deliveries was worked out during a meeting aug. 17 Between army and Bare la officials with the company accepting the move at no Cost to the government the spokesman said. The army first stopped accepting deliveries of the handgun last november because of an unexpected cracking problem with the pistol s Frame Bertla Usa a subsidiary of the italian arms maker Ami Beretta spa subsequently devised a manufacturing solution to mat problem earlier this year and resumed production. In the meantime though the army had started investigating Why slide bolts on the Beretta were crack ing. The first such incident occurred late last year. The army insisted on changes in the weapon s manufacture after an incident in july in which a pistol slide cracked unexpectedly during training firings and sent fragments Back toward the shooter s Chest. It was the fourth such cracking incident Over the past year. Bar Cotta and the army have now agreed the Metal pistol slides Tor the gun will have to be forged using an improved heal process to ensure their strength and the guns titled with a device to capture any slide that Doe crack. It was agreed that August production quantities would be accepted without the modified slide and components pending formal approval of inc Engi Neering change proposal Cilz said. Deliveries with the new slide mechanism will resume in january1989." the spokesman said Beretta also had agreed to retrofit the pistols already delivered with the new mechanisms after completing its production run. The company so far has delivered More than 140,000 pistols fan order for 316.000. The latest decision to halt deliveries was reported monday  the Trade publication defense week and subsequently confirmed  army officials. The Washington office of  Rolta declined immedi ate comment on the matter. Bar Cotta Usa which operates a manufacturing Plant in Maryland beat out seven competitors in 1985 for Uttke buying agent for All the services and awarded. Beretta an initial contract Worth s7s million. Official testifies Rowan broke Law when he shot backyard intruder Washington a a District of Columbia police inspector testified that syndicated columnist Carl t. Rowan broke a local gun control Law when he fired on a backyard intruder in june. Following a pc trial hearing monday that included testimony from police in Spector James r. Lee  Superior court judge Arthur Burnett said he would Rule  Friday on a motion that weapons charges against Rowan be Dis missed. Rowan 63, has been charged Wilh using an unregistered revolver to wound a teen Ager who was intruding in the backyard of his Home. He also has been charged with unlawful Possession of ammunition for the handgun. Rowan who has written and spoken frequently on behalf of gun control maintains that his son Carl jr., a. For Mer Fri agent was told  City officials he was not required to Register the weapon used in the june w shooting. Rowan testified that he had complained repeatedly to police about tres passers and said that death threats heightened his concern Over intruders. The columnist who contends the police knew he had a gun said he had warned a police officer that if anyone columnist Carl Rowan Center leaves court in Washington with his attorneys Joseph Digenova left and Raoul Carrol. Ever confronted him on his property late at night he would have to shoot the intruder and he did t want to do that. The officer Jasper l. Chalman contradicted Row weapon used in the shooting would normally be approved for use  Fri agents. Rowan jr., a lawyer testified monday that he spoke three times with police about whether the weapon an s testimony saying he never made a statement to should be registered and was told he need t re Giilck ,. Ahem a Minn a a in ,." a i but he said he never got a written Sla Lement on the matter. The senior Rowan shot Benjamin Smith 19, of sub Urban Chevy Chase md., on inc night of june 14 after he caught Smith and three other youths talking an unauthorized swim in his Pool. If convicted on the Misdemeanour weapon and am munition charges Rowan faces a possible maximum Penally of two years in prison and a s2.000 Fine. 4 the motion hearing offered a preview of testimony to come at a jury trial scheduled for sept. 22 but if Rowan s motion is carried and charges Are dismissed the full Story May never be told under oath. Of those present during the shooting Only Rowan and Chatman testified monday. Smith and his com Panion Laura a. Bachman 19, were not in the court room. Smith has previously denied Rowan s charge that he had advanced toward the sliding door to Row an s bedroom and ignored Rowan s warnings to halt. Me Aboul any action he was going to take. Said he d been to the Rowan House Between 10 and 20 limes in the last few years All on complaints about trespassers using the Pool. Lee who has worked in inc District s gun records division since 1976, Vici Rowan had broken the Law that prohibits anyone but the registered owner from using a weapon. He acknowledged that City police officers and Feder Al Taw enforcement agents arc not required to Register weapons but he insisted that Only those individuals arc allowed o use the weapons. Lee added that it is a violation of Law for other family members even to touch an agent s weapon. The Fri dots not require agents to Register with local authorities weapons used for official duties according to Ray Mcelhaney an Fri spokesman. He declined to say whether a ,22-Calibcr revolver the