European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 16, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 32 the stars and stripes vow planning second . Auto Plant not Volkswagen now in third place behind two japanese companies in the race to sell foreign cars in the ., says it eventually will have open a second american Plant most Likely in the West to regain its leadership. The chairman of the company s manage ment Board. Ton Schmucker said in a interview at the company s Headquarters Here that Well go for the 5 per cent in the United Stales Market we used to enjoy when we were no. 1."but it will take five years at least to get Back up there he added. Volkswagen Erk a s first Assembly Plant in the . Is scheduled to begin operations next april in Westmorelan county a. It plans to turn out 50,000 to 70.000 cars in the first this Plant will be Able to manufacture 200,000 cars a year but Schmucker said that his Hopes of taking a 5 per cent Market share will entail build ing another United states Plant in addition to the Westmoreland he said n would have to be in the West although he added that the company had not yet started considering Sites. Such local Assembly he said will insulate Volkswagen against further increases in the West German Mark s value in terms of the . Dollar. German manufacturing costs Are already outrunning those in America he said. Schmucker said heals feared that the . Might increasingly discriminate against imported cars. What it All Means is that you can t sup ply a mass Market product like a popular Carlo the United Stales from abroad he said. Schmucker conceded that by his logic the japanese companies ought to Start building in the . As Well. He referred i Industry reports that they were looking at West coast he said he suspected they were in less of a hurry than he was because they have not suffered As much from the appreciation of their currency against the Dol his optimism Schmucker con ceded that dislodging the japanese won the easy. But the new chairman has some successes under his Belt to Back up his aggressive talk. Silting in his 13th floor office with a Pic Ture of a workers meeting on the Wall he Hind him and a View out Over the factory roofs Schmucker seems clearly a Man who thrives on challenges. In his two Yea sat the Helm he hits moved the company from a 514 million loss in 1974 to a profit of j43 million last year. In his drive to More than double Volkswagen s present 2.4 per cent share of the . Passenger car mar Ket the 57-year-old Schmucker is relying heavily on the company s new Rabbit line although Volkswagen also makes Audi Sand porsche. Thursday june 16, 1977 John f. Kennedyjr. And his sister Caroline arrive for the premiere of the Young Kennedy arrive urn a Bridge too far at new York City s Rivous theater. The opening performance was a fund Raiser for the new York University medical wafer pro Emfs hassle Byrd urges Congress to go for Compromise Washington api Senate demo cratic Leader Robert Byrd declared wednesday that Congress could not Over ride a veto of a Public works Bill and urged legislators to Compromise on 17 water projects president Carter wants to kill. Byrd said the narrow 218-1m House vote tuesday to continue funding the projects shows that a veto cannot be two thirds majority is needed to override a seems to me the Effort ought to go Forward to work out a Compromise be tween the executive and the Congress Byrd Carter vetoes the Bill As he has said he might we would have to do our work nil Over again and it would be a waste said. . Protocol chief t Nitko nations a a title Spanish Diplomat of distinguished ancestry has become u \ chief of protocol the United nations announced. Pedro do Chur Ruca Marquis of Aycinena and of Espinar do. Has already started work. 6 held As 2,000 Gays protest Anita Bryant show Chicago a six persons were take into police custody during a demonstration by an estimated 2,000 Gay rights support ers outside a performance by Singer Anita police spokesman said no charges had been filed against the six who allegedly were involved in a shoving match outside the Mermah Temple tuesday night. He said disorderly conduct charges would probably be brought against them. The demonstrators formed a picket line around the Temple where shrines staged fund raising event in Observance of Flag Day a spokesman for Bryant said her 45-min Ute concert along with a drum and Bugle corps and poetry readings by High school ers was arranged Long before she got involved in the Gay rights Issue and was strictly part of the Flag Day Observance. Bryant recently led a successful fight in Florida to repeal a Miami Dade county ordinance that barred discrimination against homosexuals in jobs and housing. No matter where she goes she won t liable to escape us said one of the protes ters outside. Gay people Are alive and Well and Anita Bryant or nobody else ingoing to put us asked Why the president should Compro Mise since the House vote appeared to have strengthened his position the West Virginia senator said i can t speak for him but Over the Long term it seems to me there is room for meanwhile a Senate subcommittee went behind closed doors today to discus the $10.2 billion Public works appropriation Bill which contains funds for the water pro . John Stennis d-miss., chairman of the subcommittee on Public works appropriations said the closed meeting was needed to Deal with highly sensitive issues affecting nuclear reactor develop ment and other matters. Stennis said another matter to be debated in the closed session would be a motion by sen James Sasser. D-tenn., to recommend a 5160 million appropriation for the Clinch River breeder reactor in Tennes Carter wants to Stop work on the breeder reactor program on grounds could contribute to the spread of nuclear weapons. The reactors produce can be used to make bombs. A House committee voted tuesday to proceed with the subcommittee also had before it a motion by sen. Mark o. Hatfield. R-ore.,to strike funds for production of an enhanced radiation nuclear warhead de signed to kill people rather than destroy military installations. Gen. Starry. Continued rom Page u control Over the bulk of the asian land , 52, has been commander of the . 5th corps in West Germany fur the last 16 months and has been regarded As a swiftly rising Star in the ranks of senior army leadership. Hill s remarks were his per Sonal opinion and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the Ray 6 others charged with escaping prison Huntsville term. Up James Earl Ray and six other convicts who made an unsuccessful attempt to flee Brushy Mountain state prison have been formally charged with escape a state correction department spokeswoman said wednes Day. Rebecca Cottrill said Ray and the other were served with warrants in their cells at the prison late Phillips assistant District attorney general said the crime of escaping a state Penitentiary while serving time for a Fel ony carries a sentence of one to five seven Are to be bound Over to the Morgan county grand jury and Phillips said the grand jury could hear the Case a Early As july 26. As of this moment 1 know of no other charges that will be tiled he said. I am not saying that Weill not charge them with anything else. What i am saying is that i Don t know Attis Point whether we will charge them with anything said the men would be entitled to a preliminary hearing which they mus attend unless they waive their right to the hearing. He said strict Security would be imposed if the convicts have to leave the prison for any kind of court proceeding. Rare beaked whale found on Calif Beach Sam Diego a a rare Beake whale that died after beaching itself apparently was infested with parasites preliminary autopsy has shown. The 5.000 Pound 15-foot-Iong mammal was found by bathers at Black s is an outstanding find the Type of thing that Only occurs once or twice in said or. Lanny Cornell vice president of research at Lubbs sea Worldie search Institute. Cornell was joined by four other expert for the autopsy at sea world. Findings showed the whale was infested with parasites that May have weakened her and forced her toward the Beach
