European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 27, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                April 1977 Carter reverses decision Toon picked for Moscow Washington a president Carter reversed an earlier decision and chose career Diplomat Malcolm Toon to be the ambassador to Toons first announced by the president Gerald Ford after Carter was was withdrawn by the Carter administration along with other pending but the White House announcement on monday that Toons nomination was being reinstated indicated the administration wanted a Diplomat with a reputation of taking a hard line in relations in the Moscow in other ambassadorial nominations an Speed signs going metric next year Washington a Speed signs along the nations roads and highways will be converted to the metric system next year under regulations being drawn up by the Federal Highway there is no plan to print both metric and English figures on signs to ease the famil a Highway administration offi Cial instead of 40 for a sign will read 64 Kilometres per under the the conversion of All Speed limit signs will take place in a 90day period ending vertical Clear Ance signs for overpasses also will be changed Over to metric by that Auto makers already arc planning to in stall metric speedometers and odometers in new speedometers in old models can be changed with a simple pastern Lay Over the official said the plan Calls for converting warning and regulatory signs by and Milepost and guide such As those designating distances to by warning signs provide information on such things As divided highways and rail Road and pedestrian regulatory signs Are those with messages such As do not no u and no Park Highway administration regulations in this Case will apply to the size of the signs and rarely will numbers be the new regulations will be published in the Federal Register on and the Public will then have 45 Days to make written bounced by the White House Mabel smythe was nominated As the ambassador to Lowell Langen was chosen As the envoy to and Donald Norland was picked As the ambassador to Botswana Lesotho is a specialist in Eastern euro Pean affairs who has been serving in Moscow under the Ford appointment made during the last recess of the Senate when the original appointment could not be con he replaced ambassador Walter shoes Toon was the ambassador to Israel in 1975 and the Fondd of time april 1947 two constellations flying together broke the week old record for a transatlantic crossing Roro Newfoundland to the a British touched at Shannon with a Mark of 5 28 april the has agreed to accept Egypt proposal on a Suez plan on a provisional until it has been the plan Calls for egyptian april 1967 the first Man known to have died in space flight Wai buried today in red cosmonaut Vladimir Komarov died last week when the new soviet soyuz among those who had reportedly been considered for the Moscow Job was Sar gent the 1972 democratic vice presidential Mabel is vice president of the Phelps Stokes fund in new York and has done research in Black history and is a career Diplomat like was appointed to his position during the Senate recess at the end of last is also a career Diplomat who has been serving in the three african nations Ford administration appointment made at the end of the last the stars and stripes Page s mid april car sales set record asks purge of racism women task Force catholics Washington up the roman Catholic Church needs to Puree itself of sexism and related forms of idolatry and ordain women and married men to the a task Force of the National organization for women said in a mock pastoral following the form of pronouncements made by Bishops to the the now task Force on women and religion we admonish you to develop a self critical ability with which to combat the Blind idol atry of self which has resulted in racism and classism within the and has contributed to these great evils in society at the task Force singled out the Detroit Call to action conference of the Bish Ops As having delivered a prophetic Mes Sage to the Church for its Call that they petition the Vatican to Rule that marriage or sex is not a Barrier to the it said the Detroit conference has called the Church away from its historic position of which has had destructive consequences or the whole but which has led in particular to the oppression of women both within the Church and in the larger the National conference of Catholic Bishops and its action the Catho Lic meet in Chicago May 3 to make a preliminary response to 180 rec irrigation setup powered by Sun a Northwestern Mutual life insurance monday opened what it claims is the worlds larg est Sola powered irrigation the developed by Bat clue me Morial Institute of includes a 50horsepower pump capable of delivering up to Gallons per parabolic collectors covering Square feet follow the Sun across the sky during the concentrating the suns heat on lubes filled with circulating the heated water vaporizes which spins a Turbine to run pumps to deliver the irrigation an automatic sensing device which tracks the Sun also rotates the collectors loan off position during to protect the sensitive and polished in when the Sun shines the system can deliver up to 5 6 million Gallons of water Over 9i there is no provi Sion for storage of Energy but officials said this feature can be the system can be converted to crop heating livestock shelters and officials Omic nations that came from the Detroit that response is Likely to be in the form of a Short statement rather than adoption or rejection of the in addition to the Call for ordination of married men and the now task Force urged the Bishops to petition Rome to authorize the ordination of qualified candidates who publicly own their Homo sex the hour is it if the roman Catholic Church in the United states cannot purge itself of sexism and re lated forms of the Church will become increasingly unable to mediate the love of god in american and will forfeit its right to a serious hearing of the great social and moral issues of our Detroit up Domestic automakers said monday new car tales were up 3 per cent and the highest in history in mid the 10day sales period just before president Carter announced his Energy conservation the four automakers sold cars in More than most analysts had predicted and enough to erase a 12yearold truck sales of vehicles topped last year by 17 per cent and also were a record for a mid april general motors Auto sales were up nearly 6 per cent to Post a record on the basis of its Large cars Lille Ford reported a 9 per cent sales slipped 9 per cent and american complaining that its Small car sales will slump even further be cause buyers Are waiting for re Bates to Down 32 per proposal effects still unclear u was the 19th consecutive 10day period in which am sales have failed to match a Yea earlier Industry analysts and executives said they would not really begin to see the effects of the Carter proposals for taxes on fuel hogs and rebates on fuel efficient models until the april 2130 sales results arc compiled in Early mid april was a Good sales Ford sales vice president Bennett bid Well As for the next few there is Little question about the underlying strength of the Market and sales should continue it remains to be seen what effect the uncertainties of the administrations proposed Energy legislation will have on the Bidwell Obi we Hope it will neither slow Down the Over All Market nor distort the shape of the Doggone delicious a 6iyearold old English sheep dog in Rolls her Ai she digs into a Aston lung favorite Vanilla ice Cream