European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 11, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Poge 6 the stars and stripes saturday june 11, 1977 Detroit will introduce less Bulky spare tire Detroit a Many of Detroit s smaller size cars for 1978 will debut this fall with a new space saving spare tire that is smaller lighter and 40 to so per cent less Bulky than conventional tires. According to Industry sources the compact spare tire initially will be offered on All of general motors intermediate cars. Later in the Model year it will come with Chrysler s compacts and  motors is considering using the tire As a mid Model year of Fering but has not come to a final Deci Sion. Ford is the Only major . Car maker with no current plans to use the  compact spare is a High pressure tire inflated to 60 pounds per Square Inch about double the pressure of a conventional tire. Its main advantage for the car makers is that it takes up one to 1.5 fewer cubic feet of trunk space. Space is a Premium commodity for designers who Are trying to make cars smaller and lighter on the outside to improve fuel Economy while preserving As much passenger and trunk space As possible. The tire which will be labelled for temporary use Only received safety approval from the Federal government a few months ago. But tire makers say a car with the spare should be driven no More than 50 Miles an hour or for More than 2.000 to 3.000 Miles without replacing it with a regular size  the average the tire including the Metal wheel is some four inches Shorter in diameter and Throe inches less thick across the tread then a conventional tire. Cities counties states will share $4 billion Washington up Commerce Secretary Juaiita Kreps has a $4 billion Dollar pie to slice 10.000  Money appropriated by Congress As part of president Carter s economic stimulus package was divided among10,000 counties cities and school districts plus state  was intended to create 300,000 construction jobs in new Public buildings water and sewer lines Industrial Sites and roads. Era doomed for this year in Louisiana Baton Rouge la. A the Loui Siana House has refused to override an unfavourable committee report on the proposed equal rights amendment kill ing Era in the legislature this year. The 62-19 vote against an override of the committee report thursday was the firs test of the lower chamber s sentiments on the Issue since last summer when a House committee rejected the  legislature has rejected the propos Al each year since 1972.opponents this year argued that the stale s Constitution already protects women from arbitrary and capricious discrimination and one. Rep. Peppi Bruneau of new Orleans said ratification would allow the Federal government to intervene in local Laws on property rights divorce and child  far 35 states have ratified the Mea sure a total of 38 must ratify it by March 1979 in order for it to become a part of the .  in several states have voted to rescind previous ratification votes but the Legal effect of such Turna bouts is in doubt. On the Money president Carter has nominated Azie t. Morton a native of Dale tex., to be treasurer of the United states. She has held positions with the democratic National committee and the House District committee. A foils pol fusion standards Baltimore must close waste disposal Plant Kreps has published an Inch thick Book let listing exactly How much Money has been allocated for each eligible municipal  announced May 16 the Overall amount to be allocated within each state. The Commerce department retains the right to approve each project but Murld patties Are free to fit their programs to the amount allocated. Kreps said the depart ment will begin approving specific projects later this month. Ref turned to sender via very special delivery Philadelphia a of sept 11, an Mary Hegarty Flim wrote to her Cousin in Ireland. The letter a dually de 11 a Rcd this Spring Bat i guess it does t Natter now said the 13-year-old Philadelphia woman. Cousin Denis has been dead these past Baltimore a the City s $21 Mil lion waste disposal Plant hailed As the answer to solid waste disposal problems in Urban areas was shut Down thursday be cause it cannot meet state and Federal air pollution standards. Or. Neil Solomon. Maryland s health Secretary denied Baltimore City a permit to operate the experimental Plant the Only one of its kind in the country. He cited extensive pollution from the facility. A recent Survey showed the trouble plagued garbage treatment Plant which uses heat to Force rapid decomposition of garbage emitted seven times More pollution than state clean air standards allow according to the Federal environmental Protection  several years now the City has been warned about air pollution from the Plant although it has been allowed to operate with temporary permits and without them. The letter had Ridden around in the body of a 19� Pierce Arrow automobile Tor 46 years dropped there by a careless chaff an antique car specialist in Pocomoke City my food i letter addressed rodents Leahy in a window partition when he began restoring the car last april. He gave the letter to the son of John l. Graham jr., who owned the  younger Graham wrote on the Enve Lope please Forward to a relative or Parish priest and sent the letter of a ire land where it was routed to Leahy s Niece. She happened to know Flynn s Philadel phia address. Cox compares Nixon to French English Kings my York a former watergate prosecutor Archibald Cox has compared Rich Ard m. Nixon to King Louis Xiv of France and James i of England. Cox honoured by the a act Here said the Kings contended they were not bound to the same Laws As their subjects much As the former president did in recent televised inter Cox said one positive effect of watergate was a reaffirmation of the principle that the Constitution is stronger than any  said during the series of televised interviews with David Frost that a president could break the Law when he was acting in the interests of National Security. Williamson s furn of remember Greer Garson Williamson . A though it s been 36 years since she visited movie actress Greer Garson remembers the town of Williamson. When she Beard about the recent South Ern West Virginia floods that caused Mil Lions of dollars Worth of damages Here Garson sent mayor Roy m. Taylor a letter and a $400 Check. Her Only instructions were to throw a Little cheery Brunch party for the children any age 1-100 at a popu Lar neighbourhood cafe. A colonel Sand ers or a Mcdonald  she also asked Taylor to pass on a Mes Sage to Williamson with love bom Greer  Garson 69, an Oscar winning actress for her role in mrs. Miniver during the 1940s, said she can vividly recall a warm Day in 1941 when she visited Williamson while giving Pep talks to those working for the world War u Effort. Georgia reports midwives gaining popularity Atlanta a pregnant women who want an alternative to traditional childbirth practices Are turning to a modern Well trained version of the mid wife of yesteryear. The department of human resources reports nurse midwives successors to the Granny midwife of colonial Days delivered More than 1.600 of the 73,000 babies bom in Georgia last year. Hackman sues for $ 1 million because of horse the facility began operating in january 1975 but has Only been used sporadically because of numerous breakdowns and the need to install new or improved equip ment. Us longest continuous run was 25  Plant s potential advantage Over conventional incineration is that it reduces garbage to a combustible Gas which can be burned to produce steam which can be sold to utilities for generating  the Plant operates it uses the 800 tons of unprocessed garbage the City dumps in landfills each Day and steam produced from the decomposing garbage is sold to the Baltimore Gas and electric  s order gives the City until june 30 to present a schedule of compliance with air pollution standards. Meanwhile the Plant must stay closed until the plan is approved. Los Angeles up actor Gene Hackman is suing Loor British Hun firms of two fronts for $1 million Over a hostile  said that during filming of March or die la Morocco last novem Ber the horse threw him. Injuring his leg and  insult to injury he charged the movie makers docked his pay while be was recovering from the spill caused by their horse. Hackman wants the $1 million i breach of contract suit Over the pay col and filed a second suit seeking in seedbed damages for personal injury. The act to was brought against transcontinental film productions of London Independent television corp. And two unidentified production firms. Pair in Hawaii admits freeing dolphins Honolulu up two former employees have admitted setting free a pair of valuable Pacific bottle nose dolphins missing from the University of Hawaii s Marine Mamma research facilities Steve Sipman and Ken Levasseur. Who had lived at Kowalo Basin and cared for the mammals said they did it out of a moral and philosophical commitment to the idea that Man has no right to capture or hold in Captivity intelligent feeling  noisy kids drive her to decide a bus rouf out Roanoke a. A school bus Driver Betty Gregory put her foot Down. On the Brake. Fed up with the noise of her unruly your riders she turned the bus around took them Back to school us let them out. Gregory said it was bedlam when is children from Monterey elementary Schori boarded the bus. We got about a Block. The Uttich Racket kept on. I turned around Aid let them All off she said. Friends and relatives had to come Jet the children