European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 05, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday june 5, 1977 import surge continues car sales hit 4-year High Detroit a americans bought record number of fuel stingy imports for a third straight month to push new car sales in May to the highest Levels in nearly fou years. Auto Industry analysts said the unprecedented demand for Low priced fuel efficient foreign cars was further evidence of heightened Energy consciousness and a move toward voluntary fuel , president Carter s Energy message is snaking up a lot of people said one company analyst. Sales of Domestic new cars remained a near record Levels but failed to match the imports record setting performance be cause of continued relatively sluggish sales of  Small  retail deliveries in May were 1,052, 993, up 14.5 per cent from the same period year ago. The daily Selling rate of 42,120 was the highest since june 1973 and third est for any month Ever. The All time monthly Selling rate of 43,935 was set in May 1973.the Dally rate is Detroit s yardstick for comparing sales  sales during May jumped to 219. 600, a 74 per cent gain from May 1976, to easily surpass the previous any month record of 206.200 set in april. The total nearly 20,000 units higher than expected people on Earth won peace foreigners told United nations up people in outer space in whatever shape or Dimen Sion they May exist have been told in 12languages that humans on planet Earth want peace and cooperation in the uni verse. The message spoken by delegates fro every Comer of the Globe was recorded and capsules in a basement conference room of the United nations last week to be floated in the vast area beyond Earth s solar system by two . Spacecraft voyager i and ii. They will be launched by the National aeronautics and space administration from Cape canaveral on aug. 20 and sept.1 to explore Jupiter and Saturn and from there to uranus and , the two Craft will escape the solar  asked the . S committee for the peaceful uses of outer space to record messages from its members in their native languages to be put aboard the voyage son the Chance that they May reach other intelligent  representative Timothy Ferris said at the meeting that the message would be recorded on Copper discs which will last up to a billion years in outer space. He said they would not be broadcast and could Only reach intelligent life if intercepted by other  is like a note in a bottle for the extra terrestrials if they exist and if they Hance upon it Ferris said at the informal meeting of the committee. Its. Chairman ambassador Peter Janko Witsch of Austria then called the Delegate sin alphabetical order to speak out two minute messages from their countries tothe space beings. Friends i speak to you from plane Earth said the first Delegate. Australian ambassador Ralph Harry. I represent the country Australia the Island country in the Southern hemisphere of our planet. We seek to live in peace with the Peoples of the whole world of the whole universe and to cooperate with them for the common Wel fare of All living  gave imports a record 21 per cent share of the Market for May. Domestic sales for the month were 833,-393, up s per cent from a year ago. The daily rate of 33,338 was the third highest for a  motors corp. And Ford motor co., the Industry s leading big car makers ported 9 and 6 per cent sales gains respectively Over May 1976. Sales by Chrysler corp. And american motors corp., which concentrate on the Small car Market Hereof f 5 and 22 per cent respectively. The May sales pattern has been repeated All year Long. Big. Expensive Domestic cars and Small Low priced imports Mostof them from Japan Are in Peak demand while Domestic Small cars Are Selling a moderate Levels. Analysts say the imports Are outselling Domestic Small cars because of Lowe prices better fuel Economy and greater variety of models. Second Best year for the year to Date americans have bought 4,698,884 new cars up 12 per cent from a year ago. To keep the Industry on track toward its second Best year Ever. Record 11.4 million cars were sold in 1973. And analysts expect to come within 200,000 of that for 1.977.Domestic sales for the year so far were 3,817,984, up 6 per cent from the Sam period of 1976, while import sates were a record 880,900, up 54 per  Domestic makers pm sales for the year were up 9 per cent and Ford Sale sup 13 per cent while Chrysler deliveries were off 9 per cent and am Down 28 per cent. The stars and stripes Page 23 Atlantic of r i of Rowboat try ends new York up Steve Karachi the Young Texas adventurer who vowed to Cross the Atlantic Ocean in a Rowboat. Was picked up Friday some 360 Miles Northeast of Bermuda by a japanese  coast guard spokesman said the 25 year old Sailor was in Good shape although he had spent an unknown number of hours floating in a life  embarked on the Solo Rowboat journey april 15 from Wrightsville beachwear Wilmington  and had planned on spending three to five months rowing to England. Friday at 5 30 a.m., the japanese Mer chant vessel Sweet Flag rescued Kurachi from hit yellow life raft. The coast guard said Kurachi had Bee floating in the Small raft since at least thursday afternoon when a commercial aircraft flying near Bermuda picked up an electronic locating transmission from him. The spokesman said no one knew yet what had happened to Kurachi s Home made yellow plywood and fibreglass boat Kurachi spent three years building his specially designed fibreglass and plywood boat which he dubbed a.  Craft had a sealed 9-by-4 foot Cabin with oars protruding from  his provisions were an emergency radio 70 Gallons of water dried beef Beans fruit Honey raw sugar whole wheat assorted seeds to be eaten a sprouts sundries vitamins minerals pro Tein tablets and copies of the Bible and Chebook of mormon. Pakistan Leader to free jailed foes Islamabad. Pakistan a prime minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto agreed Friday to free thousands of pakistanis jailed during widespread rioting Over his party Victory in a parliamentary election. Meeting with opposition leaders Bhutto also said he would lift a six week old censorship imposed on Pakistan s press to help curb the unrest. He also would consider ending martial Law in Pakistan s three largest  return the opposition leaders agreed to suspend their antigovernment demonstrations which had resulted in More than 300 deaths paralysed much of the coun try s activities and threatened Bhutto s five year old Rule. Manned space shuttle trip delayed for second time Washington a the first manned flight of the space shuttle while strapped to the Back of a Boeing 747 jumbo Jet has been delayed a second time until at least june 16, the space Agency said  National aeronautics and space administration said additional time is needed to Complete ground checks of the new generation spaceship which when operation Al will take off like a rocket and land Back on Earth like an  first captive manned test on the minuteman Iii launched Vandenberg fab Calif. Up combat Crew from . Warren air Force base Wyo. Successfully launched an air Force minuteman Iii intercontinental bal Listic missile. The air Force said the launch was part of a series to test the reliability of the minuteman missiles. Back of the Boeing 747 originally had Bee scheduled May 26 at Edwards fab Calif., but was postponed until june 9.four such captive tests Are planned. These will be followed by eight tests i which the shuttle will be kicked off the Back of the 747 and flown to a Landing on desert dry Lake to test flying characteristics. Earlier this year five successful unmanned captive tests were flown at Edwards. Two two Man astronaut Crews will alter Nate flying the shuttle-747 missions. Crew no. 1 is Fred w. Haise or. And Charles Gordon Fullerton. No. 2 is Joe Henry Engle and Richard h.  first of six shuttle Orbital test flights is scheduled from Cape canaveral. Fla., i March 1979. The vehicle is scheduled to become operational in 1980. Each shuttle will be capable of making 100 or More round rips into space. The nine party Pakistan National Alli Ance orchestrated the protests claiming that Bhutto s Pakistan Peoples party stole the March 7 National Assembly  Alliance is demanding that Bhutto Dis new Hampshire moves to outlaw a waste storage Concord. . A the new Hampshire Senate has approved a Bill to ban the permanent storage of High level nuclear wastes in the  measure which earlier passed the House was sent Back to the House for agreement on a minor amendment. The Bill is designed to prevent the per manent storage in the state of High level nuclear wastes generated from the reprocessing of wastes from nuclear plants. Scientists consider these wastes the most dangerous because of their High level of fission radioactivity and High heat level generated by the  Bill would permit the temporary storage of spent nuclear fuel at nuclear Power plants and it would allow Compa Nies and laboratories to continue working with Low level nuclear  Bill was proposed to guarantee that new Hampshire not be designated by the Federal government As a storage area for the disposal of nuclear wastes. Some legislators were concerned because the Federal government is looking for stable land areas to store the wastes and the Granite White mountains might be one of the areas chosen. . Nobel laureate Dies Cambridge. England a prof. Archibald Vivian Hill Winner of the Nobel prize for physiology and Medicine in 1922. Died Here at the age of 90. Solve the Assembly resign and Call a new election under  and court super i  Friday s first session of the talks which were held at the prime minister office in Rawalpindi and lasted 2" 4 hours. Bhutto made a number of secondary con Cessions that a government spokesman said were designed to create a pleasant atmosphere for the  the spokesman said All opposition sup porters arrested for violating a postelection ban on political rallies and anti government demonstrations would be re leased. The opposition said More than 35,000have been so detained but the figure could not be confirmed from the government sources. Moroccan royalists win parliament vote Rabat Morocco up the pro Roy Alist Independent candidates won a solid majority of 81 out of the 176 seats in moroc co s parliament moroccan Interior minis Ter Mohamed Bentura announced after the vote count in Morocco s general elections. Benjima said the Independent Candi dates were elected to is seals the Mem Bers of the Istiklal party which was act vein fighting for moroccan Independence from France in 1956, won 45 seats. The other seats went to the popular movement with 29 seats the socialist Union of popu Lar forces with 16 seats the popular movement for a constitutional democracy2 seats the action party 2 seats and the communist party one  Interior ministry estimated that 81,63 per cent of the 6.5 million voters registered cast their ballots in these general elections the first in Morocco since 1972 when King Hassan ii dissolved parliament after an attempted military coup