European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 11, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday. February 11, 1993 . 3 the stars and stripes d Page 5 Abc apologizes to pm for crash stunt. A a huh he new York a Abc news has settled a defamation lawsuit brought by general motors corp. That said dateline Abc had used toy rocket motors to Rig demonstration of a fiery truck crash. We acknowledge and take responsibility for the problems pm has identified in the demonstration crash Stone Phil lips the program s co Anchor said tues Day. We deeply regret we included the in appropriate demonstration in our Date line report. We apologize to our View ers and to general  in a statement from pm executive vice president Harry Pearce the Auto maker said Abc had agreed to pay the costs of the pm investigation. In View of Abc s announcement an because it is our business to design and manufacture great cars and trucks and not to be preoccupied with litigation we in the stars and stripes 10 years ago feb. 11,1983 israeli prime minister Menachem begin s Cabinet voted 16-1 to accept the recommendation of investigators who called for the ouster of defense minister Ariel Sharon following a massacre of palestinians in Beirut Lebanon. 20 years ago feb. 11,1973 an empty liquid Gas storage tank exploded in new York City trapping 43 workers in Side. Authorities held Little Hope that the men could survive. 30 years ago feb. 11,1963 the United states asked the soviet Union to disclose the Date on which it plans to withdraw its forces from Cuba. 40 years ago feb. 11,1953 West German police smashed an underground paramilitary Neo nazi organization accused of plotting an armed revolt to seize Power. Four once prominent nazis were arrested As ring leaders. 50 years ago feb. 11,1943 the germans have been driven out of Egypt and Rubya British commander Gen Harold Alexander said in Cairo Egypt predicting they would next try to make a stand along Tunisia s a Rethline. World War ii 50 years ago today feb. German troops abandon Lozovaya an important Railroad Junction outside Kram torsk on the Southern soviet front forced out by the red army s unrelenting Winter offensive South of Kharkov. Bombers of Britain s Royal air Force devastate the North sea port of Wilholm shaven in Northwestern Germany with a heavy nighttime attack source. 2 94 djs of Iva. W h Smith  inc.  Book of world War ii b son books a cup. 1981 a Are. Dismissing the defamation suit that we brought monday pc acc said. With this matter behind us we Trust that the safety record of our 1973-87 full size pickup trucks will be fairly and objectively examined. We re confident our position that these vehicles arc Safe will be. Upheld when the ongoing investigation is  pm also filed a lawsuit separately on Jan. 20 against the Gaithersburg  Institute for safety analysis which staged the crash. Abc s report which aired nov. 17, explored allegations that pm s sidesaddle tank design is prone to fires in Side Impact crashes. Last week an Atlanta jury awarded $105.2 million to the parents of a teen age boy killed when his pm pickup exploded during a crash. Pm denies its de sign is unsafe. Dateline Abc correspondent Michelle Gillen s 15-minute report surveyed the safety record of the trucks and cited internal pm reports that suggested the automaker might be aware of a problem with the sidesaddle tanks. Abc showed a 40 Irish Side Impact car crash in which there was no tank leakage and no explosion. Then in a 30 Mph crash the truck tank was crushed and fuel gushing from it ignited in an Orange fireball. Abc reported that the fuel was ignited by the headlight filament of the crash car. It did t disclose that the testing Institute also had triggered Remote controlled toy rocket motors on the truck s under Side. Earlier some news Media watchers said Abc news had made a mistake in not telling viewers that it had rigged the truck. Stone Phillips issues an apology tuesday night on dateline  pakistani sought in Cia shootings ak-47 found in apartment of Man hunted in 2 killings Fairfax a. A a worldwide search is under Way for a 28-year-old Man charged in a Rush hour shooting spree that left two Cia employees dead in their cars outside the spy Agency s Headquarters. The Man Mir animal Kanji a pakistani National Dis appeared three Days after the Jan.25 shooting on a Busy Fairfax count Street police said. Authorities said search of Kanji s apartment turned up an ak-47 As Kanji Sault Rifle believed to have been used inthe shootings. We have no reason to believe he s left the country but we have no reason to Catlike animal gives army base Case of jitters fort Sheridan 111. Up Mil itary and civilian police and an Illinois National guard helicopter searched fort Sheridan on tuesday for a Large Nondo Mystic  we be had Deer on the base in the past but nothing like this before said capt David Zinck the base Public affairs officer. Zinck said the helicopter conducted Aerial sweeps tuesday after tracks were found in a Ravine on the sprawling army base about 25 Miles North of Chicago. Base commander col Harold Fritz or dered the search after a noncommissioned officer reported seeing a Black cat or dog weighing 80 to 100 pounds As he walked his dog in the South Lake Deach area about 7 30 . Monday. It was a Large Catlike animal with a Long Tail Zinck said. He the Soldier said it was like a Panther or a Puma. Larger than the Normal House  four humane traps with bait were put out in the area overnight but no animals were caught he said. A bulletin was issued warning about 100 families in the area to take precautions and to keep children away from the Beach and Woods until the animal is found. Believe he has to Fairfax county police capt. David Franklin said tuesday. Kanji whose last known address Wasan apartment in Reston va., was charged tuesday with capital murder inthe deaths of Lansing h. Bennett 66, and Frank Darling 28, both Cia employees. Two other Agency employees and a third Man were wounded in the attack. Officers found the ak-47 in the res ton apartment monday night and Ballis tics tests indicated it was used in the at tack said Fairfax county s police chief Michael Young. He said there was no known motive for the Point Blank shootings into cars that were waiting at a traffic signal to turn into the Agency s Headquarters in Mclean. There Are still aspects of the Case that we arc looking at he said. Fairfax Commonwealth attorney Rob Ert Horan said that Kanji was a Legal pakistani immigrant living in the United states and that he legally purchased the weapon at a gun store in Chantilly three Days before the shootings. He said Kanji a courier was not a pre sent or former employee of the  added that he knew of no connection Between Kanji and the slain victims. Cia officials also confirmed that kans did not work for the Agency. Kanji s room Mac filed a missing per son s report on him Jan. 28, Young said. Fri special agent Robert Ryan said that the suspect was considered to be a top 10 fugitive and that a Federal War rant was being sought charging Kanji with unlawful flight to avoid prosecution. A Cia official speaking on condition of anonymity said the Agency would use its resources abroad to help locate kans if he had fled the country. Neighbors described Kanji As a quiet and unremarkable. Birds do it and 3 zoos Boston a three zoos caregiving lovers the Chance to study Mon key business with the pros this Valen Tine s Day weekend. The zoos in Boston san Francisco and Brookfield iii., plan adults Only lectures Tours and videotape shows about sex in the animal kingdom. The message there Are parallel Between animal and human sexual be Havior for example the male dance Fly gives the female food in return formatting privileges. The bigger the gift the longer she will copulate with him. It s kind of like the difference be tween dinner at the Ritz and takeout from pfc said de Marshall spokes Man for Boston s Franklin Park zoo we be been wanting to do this and we were trying to decide where it would fit in and somebody suggested Valen Tine s Day Marshall said. You could come to this thing at 6 or 8 and then go out for dinner and you d have some thing to talk about  the Brookfield. Zoo near chicag plans a similar weekend for lovers starting Friday with a lecture on the sex lives of plants and animals followed by a wine and cheese reception. The Sanfrancisco zoo s third annual sex tour bees do will Tell All is scheduled for saturday and  is preceded by a Champagne break  Sells said Jane Tollini a pen Guin keeper who runs the tour at Sanfrancisco s zoo. People learn some thing a Little different something Little Kinky. There s a lot of  such events also allow zoos to attract adults instead of mostly children. It s a different audience people that for one reason or another May not think about the zoo said Nanc Hotchkiss education director at the american association of zoological Parks. We will get that message totem any was we  among other facts one can learn foreplay for rhinoceroses lasts More than a month. A male lion May mate As Many As 50 times in 24 hours while koalas Doit for about 40 seconds just three times a year. Male snakes have two sex organs giving them a better Chance to mat successfully. The male Black and White asked Hornbill seals his mate into a nest Soshe can t Fly away. Orangutans can have sex upside Down