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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 11, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Poge 6 the stars and stripes wednesday May 11, 1977 she s the one with the Tony actor Tony Curtis and nil wife Only floor of the new York discotheque have eyes Lor each other on the dance studio 54. A photo report by panel s new chief Safe car study had no useful results Washington  the National Highway traffic safety administration spent five years and $2.7 million trying to find out which cars Are most Likely to keep their occupants alive in a crash. But the new head of the Agency says the project yielded no useful results to the  Joan Claybrook a former associate of consumer advocate Ralph Nader told Ahouse Commerce subcommittee on monday the Agency has failed to carry out a 5-year-old Law with sufficient Diligence or  she said the Agency did a great Deal of work during the past 10 years which is Rel Evant to accomplishing the purposes of the 1972 Law. She noted that the Agency conducted tests on vehicle structures checked fuel systems and performed experiments with dummies inside cars. But Claybrook said the government did t release any results of its years of  also said the Agency s budget for the next fiscal year prepared before she joined the staff earlier this year contains no funds for the consumer information pro  said the budget Cut the authorized staff for the project from 10 to five positions. Only two of the jobs have been filled she  addition to crash worthiness the 1972 Law directed the study to include damage susceptibility ease of diagnosis and repair of cars. Subcommittee chairman Bob Eckhardt d-tex., noted that while the Agency has been conducting its tests the Cost of practically every maintenance and repair item has risen faster than the Overall inflation ale. Firms More biased than government stateside fired Over Pony Tail he gets Federal Job Back Denver a a Pony tailed attorney fired in a dispute Over his hair length has been reinstated in his Federal Job with full Back  Lafond went Back to his Job with the . Equal employment Opportunity commission on monday after Ethel Bent Walsh acting National director of the commission ruled that a hair length Rule would violate the employees Union con , who was fired last february after his supervisor warned that either he or his Pony Tail would have to go filed suit in . District court to get his Job Back. He claimed discrimination. Although the suit was disallowed by a District judge because it would add fuel to the fire of dissension the judge suggested that Lafond file a new complaint seeking damages from those responsible for his  claims he is entitled to a retroactive promotion and says he wont drop his Legal action against the commis Sion despite his reinstatement. The Pony Tail it s been growing he said of his five Inch mane. Man steals Cadillac and gets a tip besides Pittsburgh a the Young Man who offered to Park judge Hubert Tel Tel Baum s car seemed especially eager but the judge figured that was because of the up he gave him. He did t know the Man was going to appropriate his Cadillac. Teitelbaum a judge of the Federal District court Here had driven up to the Pitts cad Burgh athletic association encountered a Long line of can. This Young Man told me there was no need to wait and that be would Park the car the judge told a reporter after his la Happy experience. So be gave the attendant a up and got out. The attendant got in and drove off. Carter praises cancer stricken von Braun Dallas up president Carter praised or. Wernher von Braun in a letter to a National space Institute fund raising banquet saluting the rocket Pioneer. Because of him our nation was Able to Cross the final Frontier of space and take a giant step for scientific exploration and for the Good of All Mankind the president said. Von Braun Developer of the rockets that launched America s first satellite and Apollo Moo ships was unable to attend the 200-a-plate dinner because of illness. He is hospitalized in the Washington area for cancer. Plane s builder gave Lindy even Chance san Diego up aviation Pioneer t. Claude Ryan who built the spirit of St. Louis for Charles Lindbergh so Yean ago says he asked Lindbergh shortly before the historic flight from new York to Paris what he thought his chances were of making  turned the question around. Asking what percentage would you say Ryan writing in the san Diego Union says he did t think chances were More than so per cent but he wanted to be More optimistic and he told Lindbergh i think r cent  that is about what i you have about a 75 be cent  replied think  House votes to make shrine of mrs. For Home Washington a the House voted 337 to 43 monday to make a National historic site out of the former Home of Eleanor Roosevelt. The Secretary of the Interior would be authorized to buy the land at Val kill in Hyde Park n.y., and create the Public site. Eleanor Roosevelt the politically Active wife of president Franklin d. Roosevelt would be commemorated by studies lec Tures seminars and other activities there. The Bill authorizes $575.000 to buy the land and $420,000 to develop it. The House stipulated that a maximum of 50,000 of the development Money could be used to build a memorial to mrs. Roosevelt on the site. The Bill needs Senate approval before going to president Carter for his signature. Immigrant s daughter chosen Junior miss Mobile Ala. Up Christina Ellen Moller the blonde Blue eyed daughter of a hungarian immigrant was crowned America s Junior miss monday night an received a 115,000 scholarship. My head just hurts i can t even think Christina of Jonesboro ark., told reporters after the nationally televised finals. I never expected to make the finalists much leu Junior miss. It s the greatest Honor i have Ever had in my  .-Cuba airline flights to resume june 15 Miami a the first commercial airline flights Between the United states and Cuba since 1960 Are scheduled to begin from Miami next month. A Mexicana airlines flight will leave Miami on june 15. Stop in Merida Mexico and then proceed to Havana said Ben Lopez of evista travel which is handling the planned Tours of the communist con trolled Island. J of 8 Black College graduates works for . New York i a because it discriminates less than business firms the Federal government hires one out of every eight male Black College graduates according to the Carnegie commission on higher Edu cation. This comes to b i per cent of the Blacker. Overall however the Federal govern ment employs about one out of 20 College graduates and Only 3 per cent of All work ers in the  some professional Fields the percent age of Black males employed by the Feder Al government is even higher the report  government employs one out of four Black males who Are scientists or computer specialists and one out of five who Are engineers or accountants according to the Carnegie group. The author of the report. Harvard economics professor Richard Freeman said it s not a new phenomenon for so Many Biack professionals to work for the  Freeman said that traditionally government has been less discriminatory against Blacks but the extent of its hiring of Blacks is  Blacks with comparable education and experience earned considerably More in government work than in private business. Freeman said he based his study on data from the . Census Bureau the labor department and the civil service commit  
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