European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 6, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 c the stars and stripes wednesday May 6, 1992 american autos Don t rank As sour deals study says Tallahassee Fla. Up a american Auto manufacturers Are producing cars with fewer defects than european manufacturers and their work is on a Par with japanese competitors Florida a attorney general said monday. Using data collected Between Jan. 1, 1989, and dec. 31, 1991, Bob Butterworth said 6,535 consumer complaints covering 184 models of cars vans and Light trucks were Analysed in what he believes is the first study of its kind. A the study showed that of the 15 vehicle makes with the fewest reported chronic defects eight were produced by Domestic manufacturers and seven by japanese manufacturers a Butterworth said. A it appears that the . Firms Are holding their  Florida so Lemon Law a enacted in 1989, requires manufacturers to include a state issued Booklet of consumer rights with each car sold. Under the Law Consumers who have difficulty getting a Quot chronic problem repaired can Appeal to the state to arbitrate with the manufacturer. The study used a chronic defect Index cd to rank vehicles dividing the number of complaints about a Model by the vehicles Market share. The cd results were divided into eight categories subcompact cars compacts midsize full sized sports cars Utility four wheel drive vehicles vans and Light  charged in Lake deaths of wife 2 children Chicago up a the Driver of a car that plunged into Lake Michigan killing his pregnant wife and two of their children was freed on Bond monday on charges of Drunken driving driving on a revoked License and operating a car with faulty brakes. Three other children were in critical condition monday Hospital officials said. The Mother and her five children were pulled from the car by police scuba divers aided by members of a diving club who happened to be nearby cleaning the Lake Bottom. Clara Felder 25, died at Northwestern memorial Hospital after delivering a stillborn child. Also killed in the sunday Accident were Yakel Jones 3, and chartion Jones 20 months. The woman and children were trapped inside the submerged car for five to 10 minutes police sgt. Joe Delapaz said. All were unconscious when they were pulled out. Charles Jones 27, Chicago was charged with Drunken driving carrying open liquor in the car driving an unsafe vehicle and driving with a revoked License. He was released on Bond monday. Police who impounded the Auto said the brakes were not functioning properly. Neighbor Kelly Smith said Jones told him and other neighbors on saturday that his cards brakes were not working. Jones and his family were travelling South on Lake Shore drive past Grant Park when he lost control of the car As he tried to use the brakes he told police. The car rolled across the northbound land across a Grassy four models produced by general motors had the lowest or Best cd. The Buick Skylark and Buick Electra Park Avenue ranked Best in the compact and full sized categories respectively. The Cadillac Seville had the Best cd in midsize cars and the Oldsmobile Silhouette led the list for vans. Japanese manufacturers scored Best in the remaining four categories Utility vehicles Toyota runner land Cruiser Light trucks Toyota pickup subcompact Mitsubishi Mirage and sports cars Mazda mx6. Overall owners of the Cadillac Seville reported the fewest number of defects. Ranked by manufacturer Hyundai received the worst cd for All models and Toyota scored Best. The study also polled Consumers on complaint Resolution. Some 2,909 new car buyers responded to questions on How a manufacturer dealt with defects whether by rectifying them or through arbitration. Porsche recorded the highest Resolution rate with owners reporting 71.4 percent of problems solved without arbitration followed by Suzuki with 62.5 percent and Subaru at 60 percent. Of the 20 manufacturers rated by Consumers on How complaints were handled Chrysler placed 12th, with 39.7 percent of complaints rectified without arbitration. General motors placed 17th at 32 percent and Ford ranked 20th at 26 percent. Chicago firefighter Tom Misiewicz resuscitate Charles Jones jr., 4, who was pulled from a car submerged in Lake Michigan. Firefighters Dwight Wilson left and it. Gene Mcbride assist in the Rescue. Hill and into the Lake. Jones jumped from the car before it hit the water and was not Hurt police said. The distraught Man cried for help As he sat on a Concrete abutment looking at the Lake. Police said his car was travelling about 10 Mph As it went into Lake Michigan and no other vehicles were involved. The nearby divers who were having a Barbecue after finishing a Volunteer Aqua sphere project to clean up trash ran to the scene. A i saw the car hit the water and from then it was run Down and just get in the water and Mark the spot a said Tim Early director of the cleanup project. Rep. Mcdade indicted for bribery Philadelphia apr fifteen term . Rep. Joseph m. Mcdade was indicted tuesday on Federal charges of accepting bribes from defense contractors. Mcdade has represented the 10th congressional District in northeastern Pennsylvania since 1962. For the past decade he has been the ranking Republican on the House appropriations committee. Mcdade 61, is unopposed in his bid for a 16th term. The indictment charges him with racketeering conspiracy and accepting illegal gratuities. It alleges that from 1983 to 1988, Mcdade got bribes and illegal gratuities a in the form of free air plane trips a in return for his influence in obtaining and keeping government contracts. It put the value of the alleged bribes and gifts at $100,000. . Attorney Michael Baylson said in a statement that Mcdade a conspired with some of these same company officials or lobbyists to obtain bribes or gratuities and deprive the United states to its right to his honest Loyal and faithful  a Mcdade had issued a statement monday saying the Justice department was preparing to indict him. Mcdade acknowledged that his Campaign had received some improper contributions but said the Money was returned. Baylson said the investigation arose from the prosecution of executives of United chem con corp., a defunct defense contractor once based in Lancaster. In the late 1980s, the government accused chem con of cheating the Pentagon of $16 million on a contract and indicted a co founder and six other executives of the company. All eventually pleaded guilty the company went bankrupt in 1988. The indictment said Mcdade of Clarks Summit and Falls Church va., took bribes from chem con employees disguised As Campaign  fab airmen Honor 9 killed in c-130 crash from wire reports Pope fab . A about 1,000 fellow airmen paid tribute monday to nine Crew members who died last week when their c-130 transport plane crashed into a Lake. Sgt. William Burch a member of the 40th Airlift so to which the victims belonged said their colleagues Are taking the crash badly. A a we be kind of stopped flying in the past few Days a he said. The transport plane crashed into Blewett Falls Lake near the South Carolina line on april 28 during a Low level training Mission officials said. Officials done to know what caused the crash. The flight recorder has been located but not pulled from the wreckage said it. Jim Knotts a Pope fab spokesman. Knotts said searchers have recovered three tractor trailer loads of aircraft parts from the Lake but the bulk of the aircraft is believed to be in three sections on the Lake floor. Murky water has hampered recovery operations. Only three bodies have been recovered but the air Force has declared All nine  born on Bridge new York a a Newborn got an Early introduction to commuting monday she was born during Rush hour on the Brooklyn Bridge. Marabel Almodovar gave birth in a car on the Bridges westbound Lane As housing police officers tried to take her from her Home in Brooklyn to St. Vincent a Hospital on the other Side of the East River in Manhattan said Hospital spokeswoman Carol Ranaghan. The officers wanted to take Almodovar to a Hospital in Brooklyn but she insisted on going to St. Vincent a. When the Mother and child finally got to the Hospital they were declared in Good condition. Ariel Elyssa Delgado weighed in at 7 pounds 15 ounces Ranaghan  hits Central Idaho Challis Idaho a a minor earthquake monday Shook a sparsely populated area of Central Idaho that experienced a devastating temblor nearly a decade ago. Several residents reported feeling the quake at about 3 14 a.m., but there were no reports of injuries or damage said Dorothy Taylor a dispatcher for the Custer county sheriffs department. The National earthquake information Center in Golden colo., said the quake registered 4.5 on the Richter scale. Spokesman Waverly person said it appeared to be entered East of challis.5-Day-old Dolphin Dies Brookfield 111. A Brookfield zoo officials tuesday sought to determine Why a calf bom to a bottle nose Dolphin on loan from the new England aquarium died five Days after it was bom. A the death of a member of Brookfield zoos animal collection especially a Newborn saddens us All a said the zoos director George Rabb. Even acknowledging the High mortality rate of Young dolphins never fully prepares staff and volunteers emotionally for the sudden death of a healthy looking Dolphin  the 30-Pound calf was the first born to tape to 10, on loan from the aquarium in Boston As part a a Breed no loan program. It was born april 28 and had appeared Alert Active and nursing until it died sunday zoo officials said  attache Dies Tahlequah okla. A a James Carter Todd former . Military attache once detained by hungarian officers during the cold War died saturday. He was 85. It be  for 22 years and re i As colonel. He served in Europe with the 82nd airborne div during world War ii and commanded the 160th Field arty of the Oklahoma National guard after the War. Cd Sike the i itary attach in Hun yer Ater Todd was held and q stoned for five hours by hungarian soldiers