European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 22, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page6 a a a the stars and stripes saturday september 22,1990 . Probing complaints of pm Brake problems Washington apr the government said thursday it was opening an investigation of reported Brake problems in As Many As 1.2 million general motors cars marketed in the 1987 Model year and part of 1988. The National Highway traffic safety administration said the probe would cover the Chevrolet Corsica Pontiac sunbird Cadillac Cimarron Buick skyhawk Oldsmobile firenza Pontiac grand am Buick Skylark Buick Somerset and Oldsmobile Cutlass Calais. The Federal Agency and pm have received 1,372 complaints of brakes not working unless excessive pressure is applied to the pedal Nitsa spokesman Tim Hurd said. Consumers have blamed the problem for 189 accidents and 75 injuries he said. An estimated 1.2 million of the cars Are on the Road. Pm changed its braking system design installing a new master Cylinder and new formulation for Brake pads with the 1987 Model year Hurd said. It was changed again Midway through the 1988 Model year. The investigation covers the period Between the two alterations. The government is starting the probe As an engineering analysis in which engineers study whether the parts in question have a safety defect. Pm spokesman Tom Pyden said the company had not received formal notification of the investigation. A was soon As we do hear from them we will cooperate fully a he said. He added a an engineering analysis does not necessarily mean that there is any safety defect with our  the government also announced an engineering analysis of reports of slipping parking Brake levers in the Mercedes Benz 190 from the 1984 through 1987 Model years. Emmaus a. Apr Robert Rodale who built a publishing Empire from his father s magazines prevention and organic gardening was killed thursday in a car Accident in Moscow the company said. He was 60. Rodale was in the soviet Union to set up a russian language edition of the new Farmer one of numerous publications of the Rodale press inc. Devoted to Calth fitness organic gardening and woodworking. Rodale and the soviet publisher of the new venture were killed on their Way to the Moscow Airport Kae Tienstra a spokeswoman said from the company a Headquarters 40 Miles North of Philadelphia. Rodale a former olympic sect shooter had devoted his last years to the Rodale Institute spreading his doctrine of regenerative agriculture aimed at saving and rebuilding soils worn out by conventional farming. The Rodale press has become a publishing giant known for its sophisticated direct marketing techniques. The company which publishes runner St shirts ruled not Palm Beach gardens Fla. Apr school officials have reversed a ban on to shirts depicting the Rev. Martin Luther King or. And other Black leaders saying the shirts Arentt racist. A from what i see of these particular shirts there s nothing wrong with them Quot Palm Beach county schools superintendent Tom Mills said this week. Palm Beach gardens High school student Terrell Rainey said he was told last week he  Wear the shirts because they violated the school dress code and could cause racial tension. The code forbids clothes displaying obscene or inappropriate cartoons slogans or racial overtones. A a in a Happy with the decision and ill still Wear it there have been three complaints blaming the problem on two accidents. There Are an estimated 69,775 of the cars on the Road. Upgraded from a paperwork preliminary evaluation to an engineering analysis was a probe of the Ford Taurus from the 1986 through 1989 Model years. There have been 78 complaints of sticking throttles in the cars of which 1.3 million Are on the Road. The problem has been blamed for six accidents and four injuries. The traffic safety Agency also said it had opened the following preliminary evaluations a Ford Tempo and Mercury Topaz 1985-90 models 1.5 million on the Road eight complaints of tie Rod failure causing front end noise tire Wear and loss of control. The problem is blamed for seven accidents. A Toyota vans 1984-90 models one complaint of rear and Middle seats disengaging after collisions in which three people died and seven were injured. A Toyota Supra 1987-88 models two complaints of steering apparatus problems. A Chrysler voyager caravan 1984-85 models 330.000 on the Road 72 complaints of front Coil suspension Springs breaking puncturing tires. The Agency investigated this problem before but is reopening the probe because of continued complaints. A Ford Taurus 1990 Model 217,000 on the Road four complaints of seat Belt buckles failing to release. A Chevrolet Beretta and Corsica 1990 models 350.000 on the Road complaint of Loose fuel tank straps in 18 of the cars bought for government Fleet. A Chrysler vehicles with three liter v-6 engines from 1987-90 Model years up to 930,000 on the Road four complaints of fuel injector Seal failure allowing fuel to Spray into engine compartment two fires reported. World bicycling Backpacker and practical Homeowner among numerous others had $214 million in Revenue last year. Despite his wealth Rodale remained a quiet self effacing Man living in a modest Brick Home surrounded predictably by gardens. His passion was the Rodale Institute whose base is a 305-acre experimental farm in Maxatawny. Techniques developed there by a staff of agronomists have been used around the world. A that set of plots has literally changed american agriculture a Rodale said in a recent interview. A it has proven that Farmers can get the same yield with much less use of fertilizers and pesticides. And sometimes in a dry year we be even had better  a this is an example of a group of science writers who said a we be got a different View of science we re going to publish these magazines make some Money and be Able to hire and fund our own scientific  a Rodale recently visited China where he said he tried to persuade officials to return to their ancient organic farming methods. He is survived by his wife Ardath his Mother Anna three daughters Heather Stoneback Heidi Rodale and Maria Rodale a son Anthony Rodale seven grandchildren and two Sisters. His father . Rodale who started the company in 1918, die Din 1971.racist, ban lifted on a regular basis a said Rainey a 15-year-old Junior. One of the shirts bears an outline of Africa and the names of Black leaders. Another has a picture of King in the Center of a $50 Bill surrounded by other Black leaders. The statement a none of my heroes done to appear on no zeros Quot appears above the pictures. Mills said this is not the first time there has been controversy Over a students clothes. The local school Board won a lawsuit in 1981 against a student who wanted to Wear a Confederate Flag on his Belt buckle. Mills said the buckle offended Black students at Atlantic High school in Delray Beach. Stateside parents suing school Over student work program Philadelphia apr a group of parents is suing a school system Over its new program requiring students to perform 60 hours of Volunteer work. A i done to want my son being told what to do a said Thomas Moralis one of the plaintiffs whose son David is in the Bethlehem area school District. A i went to school in a free America and i want the same for my  Moralis and his wife and two other parents have filed suit in . District court against the school Board which approved the program last Spring. The lawsuit seeks to end the program and asks that the defendants pay for Legal costs. Students Are required to work 60 hours which can be spread Over four years. They choose where they will work from a list approved last week by the school Board. School Board members defended the program. A i think it is Good for our kids a said Board member John Spirk adding that the City solicitor told the Board the program was  s pizza expands delivery to school kitchens Washington apr Domino s pizza will be on the menu at schools in More than 200 districts around the country following an agreement the giant pizza delivery company signed thursday with Marriott corp. A subsidiary of Bethesda  Marriott manages school lunch programs at More than 200 . School districts serving 120 million meals per year. Under the agreement with Ann Arbor  Domino a local dominoes outlets will deliver pizzas to school kitchens As part of mar Riotto a dining program. It will also allow students at Marriott serviced campuses to deduct the Price of a dominoes pizza delivered to their dorm from their meal service account balance. Marriott food and services management provides dining services to 450 colleges and universities around the  accused of stealing $1 million Worth of cels los Angeles apr a Man stole $ 1 million Worth of animation cels from a Warner Bros storage area including pictures of bugs Bunny Daffy Duck and Elmer Fudd prosecutors have said. A Federal grand Juty indicted Billy Carmen on charges of interstate transportation of stolen goods. Carmen 31, of studio City was accused of shipping 233 cels to out of state dealers. He faces up to 30 years in prison and $750,000 in fines. Cels Are the plastic painted overlays used by the thousands to create an animated film. Carmen stole tens of thousands of cels from the storage area in Burbank assistant . Attorney Melinda Haag said. Carmen had a chocolate shop in the same building Winch he left in 1988 without paying rent about the same time the cels disappeared Haag  women warned on overstaying in hot tub Boston apr pregnant women who enjoy relaxing in the hot tub  stay in More than 10 minutes says a study published incur Day. Too much tub time can raise a woman s body temperature enough to cause malformations in the fetus said the study appearing As a letter in the new England journal of Medicine. According to the latest research pregnant women should not spend any More than 10 minutes in a tub when the water is 104 degrees. To reach this conclusion the researchers conducted an Experiment on 24 Young non pregnant women to see How Long it takes for their Mner body temperature to reach 102, the Point that can be hazardous to the fetus. They found that some people heat up twice As fast As others. In a 104-degree tub some women s bodies reached 102 in As Little As 12 minutes while others took 23 minutes. The study was conducted in Australia by  of the University of Western Sydney Macarthur and or. Grahame m. Budd Institute of occupational health and safety m Sydney. Publishing tycoon Rodale 60, killed in Moscow Auto Accident