Terror Attacks at Two Airports Leave 16 Dead
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1 MANCHESTER HERALD. Thuraday, Pec. 26,1985 COVENTRY SPORTS FOCUS Auto consultant sees brave new world for Industry f % Automakers should shorten de trott for being too vertically product front to back and wl» ^ S. Howts a consulting firm. He was one of vehicle, all that will need to be done marry that knowledge the Shoppers flock ASMdotMl P rtn five partners in the original New is buy or rent a substitute module. sign cycles and pay more attention integrated with each department Retiring agent Whale tops Isles to the entirety of their cars, notjust producing a specific item without needs of the marketplace. Directions, Another of the partners "You’ve got a two-wheel-drive While these changes are takW car and you want to take a vacation their substructures; should make considering lu relationship to NORWAUC - In IS yean, was Pincbot, place, Pellman said, they m w leaves a void thanks to Weeks to the ‘day after’ Anerleaii Mtomobilea will oonaiit At Ford, Pellman was principal in the mountains?" Pellman , better efforts to understand their other components in a vMiicle. markets; should be nnore forgiving As an example, be cited a happening quickly enough to ol InterdianfMbte module* that engineer for the company's ad asked. "Bring H in Friday morn keep American carmakers even ... page 13 ffw|ly can be inapfwd or bolted vanced vehicle concepts depart ing. It’ll be four-wheel-drive by of mistakes and allow their crea Lincoln Continental that has five ... page 3 ... page 9 tive workforces the freedom to fail vacuum egnisters, each powering with other* that ore taking advan tef eUiir to form nearly any bind of ment and, as a consultant, one of afternoon. You want a longer tage of new technologies and «bucle a caatomer deairei, ac- his last Jobs at New Directions was wheelbase? Put a spacer in it.” once in a while, he said. a separate system. His departure from Ford was out “One (canister) would have management stratMies.’’ to a conaultant to U.8. working with Ford on design Pellman warned, however, that As a consultant, he said. It s t o approaches for the year 2000, the before U.S. automakers can reach of frustration that “mistake* wer done,” be said, but each design anlbinaken. team was afraid to make the Job "to push thoe changes through, .Sbowroonu of the future won't carmaker’s 100th anniversaiy. that level of sophistication they en’t tolerated," be said. to shorten the time frame. bai flUed with can, he lays, The modular cars, he said, will will have to improve their struc “The only way I knowhow not to performance of its system reliant make m ist^es is not to take any on someone rise’s system. "The world is still looking for the riatead, they'll contain computer- contain components — front and tures and strat^ies, particularly evangelist wfth the answer, to say, d m ea Blmulaton in which buyen rear axle assemblies, dashboards, as they relate to employee risks. When you get into a culture “The industry has to take a where mistakes are not tolerated, systems approach,” Pellman said. ‘Do it this way,”’ Pellman sai^ artn be able to "drive” under a seating and cargo areas and creativity. "That’s why this is sudi a hard variety of conditioni, teat a wide engine auemblies — that will be '.‘There are too many organisa you’re in a culture that doesn’t "You need people who are intimate with the product, not with its message to sell. At the level I’m at, airay of option* and, when aatia- replaced, not repaired, when they tional blocks between getting progress very quickly.” there is no solution like that. It s all technology from the design table to subfunctions. There aren’t many flied, punch in their choice*. break. done with people.” . An order will be electronically If a motorist wants to alter his you and I,” be said. PELLMAN CRTTICIZED De- guys around who understand the Mmxdmtn HrralJi ■hipped to Detroit and the car will ) Manchester — A City ol Village Charm he delivered aeveral weeks later. That scenario is described by Ronald C. Pellman, a self- daecribed "certified car nut” who Friday, Dec. 27,1985 Single copy: 25S until last month was chairman of The New Directions Group Inc., a Norwalk-based consuHant that has worked on more than 15 projects for Ford Motor Co. GROSsm Rn 's H ousing Pellman, dissatisfied with the Terror attacks "new direction New Directions was headed in” as it tended more toward venture capital and less strategy toward consulting, recently left the ' company. at two airports He took a Job with Gifford Pincbot III, author of the popular m ulled book, "Intrapreneuring,” at Pin- Your Store for Holiday Fix-Up chot's New Haven management By Alex Glrelll consulting firm, Pinchot It Co., Herald Reporter leave 16 dead Where Pellman plans to continue with automotive consulting. Democratic town Director Peter DiRosa said today he is optimistic Pellman's parting with New By Samuel Koo Directions was not smooth. Al that the town can build housing for though he still speaks highly of the elderly people on North Elm The Associated Press IWo ‘terrorist Attacks company, he left with no money — Street, despite the fact that an Project Savings architect’s cost estimate for the ROME — Terrorists threw hand On El Al Israel AMInes despite having founded New Direc grenades and fired submachine 'fetTocsli taunchad naatty iXnuKanaout tions using his borne as collateral project came in higher than I altacltt in lha wailing t n m al R o n ia rt — and only a 12 percent interest in H expected. guns at holiday travelers in Laonanlo da Vinci Aicpoft and Vlanna't a Norwalk electronics firm New “It appears we can go forward,” simultaneous attacks on Israel’s Sdiwadux Aupoft. Directions recently helped start. said DiRosa, who is trying to airline El Al at Rome and Vienna He was forced to take an equity determine what methods are avail airports today, killing 16 people loan on the house to carry him able to finance construction of the and wounding up to 100, authorities between Jobs. 24 apartments planned on town- said. ‘"Those are the risks,” he said in ow n^ land. Although El Al was a target in a recent interview. ii ir ,’j V DiRosa said that while planning both instances, witnesses at Viji!! I',ii f for the financing is at an early Rome’s Leonardo da Vinci Airport A MECHANICAL engineer and stage, he is optimistic that the said the terrorists, Jumping and screaming, fired indiscriminately race-car driver, Pellman spent I, units can be built and rented out at five years at Ford before mov ing to an affordable rate. But he said the at passengers checking in TWA, an electric company and, later, to rate would probably exceed the Pan American and El Al. 9375 per month contemplated In all, eight terrorists were k j i'l4 '* earlier this year. known to be involved at Rome and The Board of Directors aban at Vienna’s Schweehat airport, I doned plans to ask voters to and all were reported killed or Recovery approve a 9750,000 bond issue for captured. project in the Nov. 5 election after Among those killed at Leonardo Alan Lamson, the architect who da Vinci was an American girl, questions ■ ' ''y ^ drew preliminary plans for the Natasha Simpson, the 11-year-old housing, estimated the cost of daughter of Victor Simpson, The shooting “ seemed to go on building the housing at 91,257,000. Associated Press news editor in forever,” she said. A committee that studied the Rome. Also killed were Gen. Flights accepting passengers' still loom project earlier had estimated the Donato Miranda, the Mexican baggage at the time of the attack cost at 9824,000. military attache in Rome, and his were TWA 841 to New York, Pan NEW YORK (AP) - Here is a DiRosa said today that he secretary, Genoveva Jaime'. Am 111 to New York and El Al 386 true-false test whose answers expects the town to be able to Simpson and his son, Michael, to Tel Aviv , I . m i^ t be surprising and edifying. decide by late spring or early were hospitalized with injuries. Some witnesses said the shoot Statement: Adjustable rate summer whether to proceed with An Italian Interior Ministry ing, involving airport security nnortgages, which generally carry 2 Gallon Reg. 12.99 ':''i 24” Lauan-Reg. 39.99 the project. spokesman said five terrorists forces, lasted two or three minutes ■TEIIMNMWIT DiRosa said it appears that even were involved in the Rome attack or more. lower Initial interest rates, are TEXnWEPMITS and that 13 people were killed and much more popular than fixed- 'Ruff-Cote'. Wall or ceiling. Casino, passage set extra. if the town decides not to subsidize The attack coincided with one • S3 OH Reg. Price Other Strxrk Sires about 60 injured. Italian news rate mortgages, which initially Flat white, latex finish. the rents, it will be possible to build against El Al in Vienna. Austria. carry higher interest rates. the units and keep rents within U P I p h o to agencies said the number of The attacks came after Dutch Answer: False. reason. injured might reach 77. police reported an Interpol warn A survey of closings during The 1.8-acre site on North Elm A policeman strikes an unidentified Israel on El Al Israel Airlines. A Three terrorists were involved in ing that a civilian airport might be September and Qctober, con Street where the units would be Arab suspect during an arrest at Rome’s simultaneous attack with machine guns the attack at Austria, police there a terrorist target during the built was given to the town as a said, and all fled in a comman Christmas holidays.