European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 14, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse Log 4 the stars and stripes . Companies plan Small tar Challenge by he associated . Automobile manufacturers Are reported to be moving into an Era of smaller cars. Chairman Roy d. Chapin the american motors corp. Said in Washington monday that his firm is prepared to Chal Lenge foreign car makers for the affections of America s Economy minded new York times said in a Story from Detroit tuesday that the Auto Industry is preparing a Long Island commuters still sardines new York a Long is land rail Road commuters suffered through their eighth Day of inconvenience tuesday due to an alleged slowdown by car inspectors. As 32 trains were dropped from the morning Rush hour schedule a spokesman for Thelong Island said things could get worse before they get the trains that did run were jammed and some trains enter ing Penn station had broke windows and seats. Liar officials tallied 53 trains cancelled monday or about 25 per cent of the Normal service for its 90,000 daily commuters who jammed the aisles of remaining trains or took private cars buses or subways to get to work. Meanwhile the 1.000-Membersubway supervisors association rejected a mediator s recommendations for settling a con tract dispute and threatened slowdown on the City s subway Tedesco president of the Union declared his me would follow the Book on work rules and carry out Job action just like the Long Island rail Road Carmen s fact the liar Carmen have repeatedly denied that the were engaged in a slowdown. Officials of Lodge 886, brother Hood of railway Carmen claim the aging equipment necessitates increased repair time. An liar spokesman said about 300 of the line s 1,200 cars were Laid up in maintenance Yards. Normally there Are 60 to 64 cars out of service daily for maintenance according to the line. New class of cars smaller an cheaper than any built in this country now but still bigger than the tiny imports. The times said the first of these new cars is set for production by the Ford motor co. As a1970 Model and will go on Sale in eight months. Others Are in the design or tooling stage it said. For Detroit the times said these cars represent a major Effort by the Industry to combatant invasion of foreign products built by Low paid German an japanese workers. Other car makers Are working to catch up with Ford the Story said adding in part that Gener Al motors corp. Is working on a car closer in size to the tiny european imports. The Chrysler corp. Is not now planning to build a smaller cheaper car in Washington Chapin told newsmen at a dinner meeting and preview of his firm s new models monday that american motors is developing a new cat not necessarily conventional in terms of today s accepted automotive Chapin declined to expand the statement but he had said ear Lier i believe that the 900,000foreign car sales this year will be a High water Mark and one of the reasons is that we a american motors Are turning More of our efforts toward the growing segment of the . Sad Market to which the import the Public by its Purcha of imported cars has mad Clear that the on of still More por tation is her there were no compacts Ever included among the models for Public display Day. A spokesman said the Era Oto 1 1 by in july be re koreans reject talk on Pueblo Washington a state department spokesman indicated tuesday that North Korea has rebuffed a . Re quest for a meeting at Panmunjom on the release of the Cap tured . Intelligence ship Pueblo and its 82 surviving Crew members. Press officer Carl Bartch said this is the longest interval be tween meetings. The last .-North korean session on the Pueblo was held on july 9, 35days ago. That was the 19th meeting since the Pueblo was seized last Jan. 24. When pressed by newsmen about what efforts the United states is making with North Korea to obtain the release of the men Barch said it is apparent we want another there has been no reply fro North Korea. Hip hippie s Hooray sen. Eugene Mccarthy gets a psyche Delic Welcome from to Maverick 72-year-old hippie and self proclaimed mayor of san Francisco s Haight Ashbury District As the presidential campaigner flew into Sacramento calif., to address state democratic delegates. Up photo 2, to Iii Plung the space object e is russian Colorado Springs Colo a the rocket body of rus Sia s Cosmos 222 satellite Madea fiery plunge Back to Earth tuesday the North american air defense command reported. It was the 2,000th Man mad object to return to Earth since the soviets launched sputnik Ion oct. 4, 1957, according to no Rad which keeps constant track of Man made objects or biting in s space defense Cen Ter located deep under nearby Cheyenne Mountain said the Cosmos 222 payload launched last May 30, is expected to fall from orbit next november. Visual sightings Orbital analysis said the rocket body flashed across the skies on a path Over new Jersey Toi the Indian Ocean and made its fiery return about 5 . Force weathermen at Pease air Force base n.h., made vis Ual sightings about half an hour before the plunge Norad said the Center makes about 12,000 observations daily using sen sors located around the world. It keeps a computerized tally of orbiting objects and predicts Hurricane Dolly s at Seascape Hatteras . Up Hurricane Dolly kicked up rough seas far out in the Atlantic tues Day posing no immediate threat to any land areas. When they will Burn up or decays they return to the Earth s at the 1,292 objects still orbit ing tuesday the Center Classi fies 949 As space junk and 343 As satellite payloads. The . Has270 payloads still orbiting rus Sia 63, the United kingdom an Canada 2 each France 5 and the european space research organization 1. A total of 3,344 objects have been lofted into space since sputnik i Norad said. The oldest still orbiting satellites Are explorer i launched by the .feb. 7, 1958, and Vanguard i orbited March 17, 1958, by . War blamed surcharge might be extended huh advised Washington a the income tax surcharge recently enacted May have to be extended unless a major de escalation of the Vietnam War is underway by mid-1969, a panel of eco nomic advisers to vice presi Dent Humphrey said tuesday. The special tax now is due to expire next june 30, but there have been other suggestion that an Extension will be Neces sary. Charles l. Schultze former director of the budget Bureau and a co chairman of the advisory group said also that with out an end to the War Roo for added social programs will be quite advisers designated the vice president s task Force on the Post Vietnam budget met with Humphrey on their report. 32 panels this is one of 32 groups of specialists helping Humphrey a candidate for the democratic nomination for president on Domestic and International is sues. A major conclusion of the pane was that with an end to the War strict controls on military spending combined with continuing economic growth would make available nearly $30 Bil lion More in revenues than the Normal amount of budget growth and inflation by the1972-73 fiscal year. Walter Heller a former chair Man of the Council of economic advisers said the panel had estimated that those conditions would provide an additional 64billion by the 1972-73 fiscal year. Of that he explained about$34 billion would go to expected increases in social Security pay ments Federal Aid higher government payrolls and various programs. The remainder would be available for discretionary use he said. The calculations were base Don a cease fire by next Jan. 1 and reduction of . Combat forces in Vietnam shortly after. But Schultze stressed that these were arbitrary assumptions for purpose of the study and were not based on any in. Side information or prediction of what might happen in the
