European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 29, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 a a a the stars and stripes thursday november 29,1990 stateside new York City Law bans Public cigarette machines new York apr new York City has moved to take cigarettes out of the hands of youngsters by taking cigarette machines out of most Public places. A Law Banning the vending machines in All Public places but taverns and hotel bars where minors Arentt allowed anyway was passed 33-1 by the City Council on tuesday and signed by mayor David Dinkins. A today we have achieved an important pro child pro health Law that will save lives a said Dinkins who quit smoking 28 years ago. A each year in new York 32,000 children begin a habit that will Lead to the death of 10,000 of  the Law which orders the machines removed by Jan. 31,1992, is similar to measures already in effect in Minneapolis and Salt Lake City. Councilman Jerome of Donovan who cast the Only vote against it complained it amounts to too much regulation and is unenforceable. Man who slandered cop bitten by his own Teeth Livingston Mont. A a 7-foot, 275-Pound sheriffs Deputy was awarded $5,000 in slander damages because the Motorist who accused him of brutality still had his Teeth. Judge Byron Robb ruled monday that Patrick Edgmon at 5-foot-10 and 175 pounds would have suffered far More than a split lip and chipped tooth if Deputy Hank Tashjian had belted him As Edgmon claimed. Edgmon a in All probability would have had no Teeth at All a the judge said. Edgmon 36, claimed the Deputy had punched him during an arrest for Drunken driving in july. Lack of Money closing makeshift jail in armory Springfield mass. Apr a sheriff who commandeered a National guard armory nine months ago after running out of jail space says a Lack of Money has forced a Retreat. Sheriff Michael j. Ashe or. Said tuesday that prisoners in the Holyoke armory will be out by Friday after gov. Michael s. Dukakis rejected his plea for $450,000 to keep the operation going. The 19 prisoners in the armory which has housed up to 68 inmates will probably be released said Hampden county jail spokesman Richard Mccarthy. A we done to have the Money a said Tripp Jones a spokesman for l. Edward Lashman the governors top financial aide. Ashe seized an Active armory in Springfield in february. He ended up with permission to use the vacant armory in nearby Holyoke after reaching a Compromise with state officials. Initially neighbors objected to the makeshift jail but Many were won Over after inmates began Patching streets and cleaning Parks. Bulletproof clothes added to Dinkins wardrobe new York apr mayor David Dinkins said he has added bulletproof duds to his wardrobe. He confirmed that he had been fitted for an armoured Raincoat and a Vest that he could Wear under his shirt. He said he had been measured about six months ago but Hasni to worn the protective garments. A a it a More comfortable without them a he said. Dinkins said no particular threat has prompted the extra Protection which he called a a routine precaution the police department  he said previous mayors also had bulletproof clothing. It. Joe d. Hanna or. In a photo snapped by a Crew member shortly after the b-17 slowed into Greenland a Icecap. Wii Pilot s widow Given part of bomber bearing her name Chamblee a. Apr a piece of a b-17 bomber buried for 48 years in Greenland a Icecap was Given to the woman whose name was painted on the piece of Metal by her Pilot husband before he flew off to fight the nazis. In return Phyllis Arlene Hanna of St. Louis gave the explorers who tunnelled to the bomber the keys to the plane on tuesday. The Exchange of the Metal piece for the keys was pursued by a group of explorers who set out nine years ago to locate eight american warplanes that crash landed in Greenland in july 1942, while in route to England. The two b-17s and six p-38 lightning fighters ran out of fuel after receiving false radio transmissions from German submarines. The Crews camped on the Icecap for nine Days until rescuers arrived by dog sled. One of those rescued was Hannah a husband Joe d. Hanna jr., who had painted her name under his cockpit window. Hanna died in 1981, the year the Greenland expedition society was formed to find and maybe even Fly the planes out. A a they be been in my basement 48 years a Hanna said of the keys. A a in a much rather have a piece of the plane with my name on  the expedition which raised donations located the bomber with radar in 1988 and used a Borer to Cut a 3 i foot wide Hole and take the piece with Hannah a name on it. Last summer the explorers Cut a much larger Cavern 20 feet Long on one Side. The bombers fuselage was found to have collapsed under the weight of 250 feet of ice. Movement within the Glacier had broken it apart. A it was of course a disappointment a said Pat Epps co founder of the expedition. Explorers removed the top Turret of the b-17 and two machine guns ammunition instruments and other Memorabilia. A the b-17 is certainly not flyable a said Epps. A we expect when the p-38s Are excavated they will not be flyable from the  because of technical problems such As water from the Glacier filling their Hole As fast As they could pump it out the expedition did no to get to a fighter before the Onset of bad weather. A next year we Are giving our full attention to the p-38,�?� Epps said. Toyota Plant in by. To boost production Georgetown by. A Toyota motor corp. Announced tuesday it will nearly double production at its Kentucky Plant indicating a demand for japanese nameplate cars at a time when the big three automakers sales Are suffering. Toyota officials said $800 million will be invested to expand production by 200,000 cars per year. The expansion will add 1,500 jobs at the company a Only wholly owned . Plant. The expansion is an indication of the Strong american appetite for Toyota cars and furthers the company a desire to grab an even larger chunk of the . Market said Bob Mccurry executive vice president for sales in North America. . Sales of Toyota cars and Light trucks in 1990 numbered 1.19 million through oct. 31, up 31 percent from the same period last year Industry figures show. By comparison the big three . Automakers a general motors corp. Ford motor co. And Chrysler corp. A sold 8.3 million cars and Light trucks through oct. 31, a drop of 6.9 percent. The american automakers have been Hurt by a growing consumer preference for japanese models partly because of their trouble free reputation and efficient gasoline mileage r the Impact has been aggravated by signs of general economic sluggishness in much of the country which has made Consumers More selective about purchases of major items such As automobiles. Toyota expects to build 217,000 camry models this year at its Plant in Scott county about 15 Miles Northwest of Lexington. The company has 3,450 workers there and an investment of $1.2 billion in the camry Assembly and engine production operation. Mccurry said even the additional capacity will not keep up with demand for the camry declared the most trouble free american made Auto in a Survey of 1990 car buyers by . Power and  however will not sell All the camry in this country. Fujio Cho president and chief executive officer of Toyota motor manufacturing Usa the japanese automakers american subsidiary said the company already exports some camry models to Taiwan and will soon begin production of right hand drive models for Export to Japan. Forty thousand of those models and up to 100,000 engines produced in Georgetown will be shipped to Japan. Kaneyoshi Kusunoki chairman of Toyota a North american operations said the company could expand its engine production at Georgetown if Quality Ana demand remain High. Alex Warren a senior company vice president said the percentage of .-produced parts that go into each camry is slowly increasing. Now about 65 percent or each vehicle is produced in the United states and that figure will reach 75 percent. Toyota produces vehicles at two other North american locations. Toyota corollas and Geo prizes Are produced in a joint venture with general motors corp. At Fremont Calif. The company recently announced it will add production of Small pickup trucks at the California Plant. Toyota also produces its Corolla Model at a Plant in Ontario Canada