European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 31, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes Friday March 31,1989 new Beretta won t reach troops until next month b Norman Black Apro utry writer Washington an Effort by the army and the italian gun maker her Cotta to Correct a fault in the Mili tary new 9mm pistol has taken twice As Long As expected and deliveries of the handgun won l resume until May army officials say. We have 3 design approved but the production did t gel up ind running As quickly As we had hoped says i col John Ritj. An army spokesman at the Pentagon. We Don t expect deliveries with the new design to begin until May Clu said. Meanwhile the army has decided to reduce 1hc number of times the gun already in use May be fired before replacing the chamber slide mechanism the defective part noting an Accident earlier this year in which a chamber slide shattered the army reduced from 3,000 to 1,000 the number of firings allowed before the slide should replaced. The change is expected to have Little effect at this time because most personnel fire inc pistol fewer Tolian 100 times per year Keit said. Re cola Usa which operates a manufacturing Plant in acco kick md., beat out seven competitors in 1985 for he right to provide 9mm guns to replace the Mili tary s venerable Colt .45.tnc army which has designated the 9mm pistol the m9, is serving Ai inc executive buying agent for All Fie services and awarded Cretta an initial contract Worth 175 million Tor 315,000 pistols. Beretta Usa. I subsidiary of ins italian arms maker Arm by Rolta spa has delivered More than 140,000 pistols. It agreed last August to suspend deliveries starting in september until it corrected he problem of cracking slides. Company and army officials announced the gun maker had agreed to change the Way it made the Metal slides by forging them with an improved heat process to ensure their strength. The company also agreed to fit each gun including those already produced with a pin device to capture any slide that did crack. Should the slide shatter inc pin device would keep fragments from being thrown Back into tic shooters Chest or face. When that agreement was hammered out last sum Mer Beretta and army officials said deliveries of inc improved gun would begin in january. It Eliz said the delay was not having much of an Impact on the services because the troops still have Iligir older weapons there s no  on wednesday Ralph Cole a spokesman for Berel Tausa said the company would be delivering in april the new slides and safely pin devices for guns already in use. He agreed with reit that deliveries of com plete pistols would not resume until May but declined to discuss the delay. The january Accident was inc fifth in which a Cham Ber slide on a bar Cotta cracked sending fragments Fly ing toward the shooter. In this Case Reid said the Accident left a Marine Only slightly injured but prompted the army to establish the new safety Stan Dard Lor the gun s Mage. The slide Bolt on the in Rolta is thrown backward after a shot is fired As part of the process of loading a new round into the gun s chamber chess defector gala Karasky 14, a two time strict National Junior chess Champion who asked for political by Lum in new York tuesday has the Talent to be. Come world Champion someday say chess experts who have observed his play. New Cense slashes costs for beginning pilots Washington a the Federal aviation  announced wednesday a new Pilot s License that it said will lower the Cost of learning to Fly a plane for sport by up to $ 1,850. The new recreational certification for lying Basic aircraft. Including Home built and experimental models will re. Quirk less training and experience than a private Pilot certificate but will restrict flying to certain local areas. The Faa said the new rules will save a would be Pilot Between ,200 and $1,850 from what in would take to get a private Pilot s License. The Cost of train ing for a Lull private License is Between $3,100 and 14,750, depending on hourly fees charged said spokesman John Ley Den. Pilots who get the hew License will not have to know How to use sophisticated navigational or radio equipment which is required of other private pilots the Faa said it said they will have to under govt in Sivc training in Basic flying skills however. The resulting lower training costs Are expected to Appeal to pilots desiring to Fly Basic Home built or experimental air Craft in their local areas and away from congested airspace the Faa said. At the same Lime the Agency imposed new testing requirements on student pilots and new annual reviews for inexperienced pilots who Are not rated 1o Fly with instruments. The new Rule limits recreational pilots to single Ingine aircraft with no More than ibo horse Power engines a fixed Landing gear and no More than four seats. These pilots will be. Allowed 16 carry Only one passenger and May not Fly for hire. Pilots also will be limited to daytime flights within a 50-mile radius of the air port1 where they trained ensuring that pilots Fly Only Over familiar territory where the risks of becoming lost or disoriented will be greatly reduced the Faa said. Flights will be prohibited however from airports or in airspace where communication with air traffic control is required the Faa also increased the flight visibility requirement for student pilots from one mile to three Miles and required that they pass n written test be fore their first Solo flight. Baby food firm warns fat conscious parents by the los and cat times Wastila nation America s largest baby food manufacturer warned weight conscious parents wednesday against carrying Trie lean diets of babies too far in Al Lernpas to keep them from growing up to. Be come fat adults. The Ger two products co said that parents should not Overly restrict fat in infant diets and should not give infant Intorn milk the company offered the cautionary advice As part of a Campaign to counter a trend in which Many parents concerned about preventing obesity in their children believe that they should put infants on a much leaner diet than adults. The advice is included in a new did brochure for parents with babies under 2 years old. Tic Rbar will begin to distribute More than a million co pies of us brochure across the United states next week babies need to be fed like babies not like adults said Guy Johnson Gerber s director of infant nutrition a major difference Between adult and infant diet needs is that infant diets until age.2, should be one half fat. Although increasingly shunned by adults fit is critical for Normal infant growth and helps the body. Absorb a variety of essential vitamins and min craps lie said. Based on reports from the Ameri can Academy of paediatrics nutrition committee the brochure lists seven recommendations on infant nutrition. Chief among them skim milk should not be Given to babies below age 2. It recommends breast milk whose Ca Loric Content is one half fat. Second Best is baby formula whose fat and caloric Content is close to that of breast milk. When breast milk or baby formula is discontinued whole cow s milk should be used the brochure recommend the american Academy of paediatrics praised Gerber s information Campaign. I think it is a Public serv ice which will provide Good and accurate information to  said or. James e. Strain the Academy s Csc utile  adds 101 Sites to superfund eligible Washington a the environmental Protection Agency thursday added 101 Sites in j3 Stales to its list of hazardous waste dumps that pose the greatest Long term threat to Public health and the environment. The additions bring to 1,16 3 the num Ber of waste Sites eligible for Federal funds under the  billion superfund cleanup program. Epa identifies and ranks the sics on its list according to health threats to nearby populations through contamination of ground water surface water or air Money for the cleanup fund mainly comes from i incs on the chemical Industry. The latest additions to the superfund list include garbage dumps refineries dry cleaners chemical dumps and a Vari Ety of manufacturing plants including a steel company tanning company paint works and a Forest products Corpany. Pennsylvania had the most sues 12, followed by new York with 10 and Michigan with seven of the total  so far new Jersey s 107 is the most for any stale Pennsylvania is second with 94, followed by California with 88. The list was started in 19k3. Trie Epa has been under attack for years because of the slow Pace of cleanup under the superfund program,.which was created by Congress in response to a series of dra Matic toxic waste problems Hal surfaced in tic late 1970s and Early 19scs. Various congressional reports criticized inc program last year resulting in Congress cutting inc cleanup budget by $175 million. Lit a slalom Cut accompanying thurs Day s announcement thai id Sites had been added to the superfund list Epa administrator William k. Really said he was trying to Speed up the process. The latest additions to inc cleanup priority list include eight Federal facilities although superfund Money cannot be used for cleanup on Federal Sites thee a said it had decided to put eligible Sites on the list regardless of their Regula tory status. Federal agencies and the Mil-1 itary services Are required to pay for hazardous waste site cleanups out of their own  Epa said that in addition to the eight Federal Sites added to the super fund list it has decided to extend be site area of the Rocky Mountain Arsenal near Denver which already was on the list