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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 18, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 a a a stateside the stars and stripes wednesday july 18,1990 1 killed when car plows through store window Philadelphia apr a car crashed through the window of a crowded convenience store monday killing a Patron and injuring seven other people police said. Police done to know what caused the Accident. Witnesses said the car May have been trying to avoid other vehicles. Construction worker Joseph Dougherty said he was sitting at a table with three others at the Wawa Market when he saw a car coming through a Light a we All jumped up a he said. A three of the Guys went Down and i just kept on heading for the front door a Dougherty said a Man sitting at a counter was crushed to the Wall by the car. Police capt Edward Dimatto confirmed that the Man was killed but his identity was not immediately released. The car s occupants included a Man a woman and two children police said. It could not be immediately determined if they were among the seven injured. Two were admitted to hospitals and five were released after treatment authorities said. The Market at 38th and Spruce streets on the University of Pennsylvania Campus has seating for patrons in a restaurant Section. Drug company to Cut costs by trimming barbershops Kalamazoo Mich. Apr the Upjohn co. Is trimming its employee barbershops in a continuing Effort to clip corporate costs. Barbershops in the pharmaceutical company a main manufacturing Plant and its corporate Headquarters will close by dec. 31, company officials said monday. Upjohn has offered its employees subsidized haircuts since 1951. A Basic haircut costs $8. In recent year the shops five hair stylists gave about 14,000 haircuts a year to employees and retirees said Upjohn spokesman Robert Mcdonough. 4 in human Chain Rescue Man from burning Home Cheboygan Mich. Apr four people formed a human Chain by gripping each others Ankles to save a neighbor trapped in his burning House. Three neighbors and a Motorist Lay on their stomachs and crawled into the Home of Morris Fondaw after spotting flames. A the Guy was Yelling for help. A in a Here in a Here a a said Kenneth Cassibo who led the Chain into the House. Cassibo was forced to break the Chain momentarily to reach the last few feet and find the 63-year-old Man. Then the group backed out of the House. According to Jeannie Bauers another neighbor who helped form the Chain Fondaw said he had fallen asleep while smoking in bed and got lost in the heat and smoke while trying to escape. Fondaw a wife Margaret said her husband was treated for smoke inhalation. No one else was injured. Bauers said she did no to consider herself a hero. A i always figure if something like that happened to me id have neighbors to help me Quot she said. Cheboygan is on Lake Huron near the Northern tip of Michigan slower Peninsula. Hamilton Beach recalling 42,500 Coffee makers Washington apr Hamilton Beach inc is recalling 42,500 drip Coffee makers because of a potential fire Hazard. Hamilton Beach inc. Has said that it is recalling the under the Cabinet Coffee makers because a a defect in the analog clock May cause the appliance to catch fire during use a the consumer product safety commission said. The North Carolina based company has received 25 reports of Coffee makers catching fire with Consumers being burned in two instances. The recall is limited to models 816-2 and 8163 manufactured Between november 1987 and november 1988 and sold nationwide. Consumers May Contact Hamilton Beach at -800-334-2785. North Carolina residents should Call 1-800-672-5872. Mcdonnell cutting More jobs in urgent move to by the los Angeles times los Angeles a Mcdonnell Douglas will eliminate up to 17,000 jobs this year As part of a previously announced $700 million plan to urgently reduce costs and improve profits the company said  because the cutbacks include an earlier round of layoffs announced in april the additional reductions Are somewhat less than the worst expectations held by workers and securities analysts. _ if Mcdonnell succeeds in eliminating $700 million in costs without losing Revenue the company would reap huge profits. But investors were sceptical monday about the company a future. Mcdonnell Stock plummeted 2 Xhu to 42%, a drop that reflected disappointment that even More drastic action was not taken. The company a Douglas aircraft unit which will Bear the Brunt of the layoffs lost $222 million in 1989, suffering from production delays and technical prob Lens on its md-11 jetliner its do jetliner and its c-17 military transport Douglas is expected to close 1990 with an estimated loss of about $100 million. In a Telephone news conference from St Louis company chairman John Mcdonnell disputed that the massive management reorganization he undertook last year has been a failure. The restructuring was intended to motivate workers through teamwork. A i would not say that the reorganization did not work a Mcdonnell said speaking to reporters for the first time in months. A we made some mistakes and we Are in the process of correcting those mistakes. A Knowledg one apparent mistake was allowing employment to explode at Douglas aircraft during 1989. Mcdonnell knowledge that his management had allowed hiring and Overall costs to go a out of control a the Douglas unit began 1990 with about 53,000 workers thousands of whom had been hired last year. As of last Macon a. 300 in Melbourne Aik. 150 in Kim Dale Calif. And 1,800 in various locations around the world. Under the plan disclosed monday Mcdonnell Douglas will eliminate Between 14,000 and 17,000 jobs about 11 percent of its work Force the reductions include layoffs of 4,500 workers in St. Louis at the company a Headquarters and at its combat aircraft operation. Another 1,000 layoffs will be scattered at other locations in 25 states. Judas priest band member . Downing chats with fans monday in Reno nev., As the bands trial Geta started. Parents of 2 sue Rock band saying suicides Reno Nev apr subliminal messages such As a try suicide a Quot lets be dead Quot and Quot do in in a song by the heavy Metal band Judas priest led two Young men to shoot themselves in a suicide pact their parents lawyers say. Members of the British Rock group deny any such messages were hidden in their music. They and lbs records Are being sued by parents of the men Raymond Belknap and James Vance. The parents contend the Young men hatched the suicide plot As they drank smoked marijuana and listened to the album Quot stained class Quot a and particularly the song Quot better by you better than me Quot a in 1985. Quot what pushed the boys Over the Edge to eternity was the subliminal push Quot Vivian Lynch the Vance family a attorney said during opening arguments monday. A this was not a suicide. This was an adventure a journey to a better place. What they planned was Good because Judas priest said it was  1 Quot there is no subliminal Content on the a stained class album Quot countered defense attorney Suellen Fulstone. The non jury trial is being heard by state District judge Jerry Carr Whitehead. Previously in similar lawsuits across the country judges have dismissed cases after ruling that artistic messages Are protected by the first amendment. But those cases did not involve alleged subliminal Mes which arc said to influence people not even aware they heard  has ruled that Freedom of speech protections would not apply to subliminal messages. He said he convinced that the hidden messages actually exist is not on the album but he left the argument to attorneys. Theja suit is proceeding As a product liability Case with the band and record company accused of negligence and reckless conduct the plaintiffs Are seeking unspecified damages. Two Days before Christmas 1985, Belknap 18, held a sawed off Shotgun to his Chin and died instantly from i Mast. Vance 20, blew away the lower portion of his face. He died three Yean later of complications irom his injuries and a reaction to medication. Ken Mckenna the Belknap attorney said that Vance and Belknap were chanting Quot do it do it before be adm for the Church playground where the shooting took place and that Vance again chanted it moments before he pulled the trigger. The defense contends that the Young men shot themselves because they were deeply troubled and that alcohol Ana drug abuse contributed to their suicide pact. Fulstone said that the two Young men did not have time to listen to the album repeatedly As claimed and that Belknap initiated the shooting because he was depressed Over losing his Job. Judas priest Lead Singer Rob Halford was in court and later claimed m talking to reporters that the allegations Are completely false and  a he said he and other band members were disturbed by the deaths but could not be held responsible  
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