European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 20, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse Monday june 20, 1977 the stars and stripes Page 27 Federal study says no fault works continued from Page 1 and wage Long expensive Legal Battle before any benefits Are paid out. The delay in payments inequitable Benefit awards and a Large buildup of court cases led to a movement to substitute no fault for the liability insurance system. Massachusetts was the first state to pass a no fault plan in 1970. Is other states have enacted comprehensive no fault plans and other states have adopted parts of the no fault concept. In the 16 states studied by the Dot no fault insurance had three common Fea Tures mandatory economic loss benefits were available to All victims regardless of fault these benefits replaced liability insurance for compensating the same loss and victims were restricted in their right to sue for damages for such intangibles As pain and the states studied Are Colorado Connecticut Florida Georgia Hawaii Kansas Kentucky Massachusetts Michi Gan Minnesota Nevada new Jersey new York North Dakota Pennsylvania and Utah. The report concluded that no fault plans provide More adequate and equitable benefits than the liability system especially for seriously injured Accident victims and for victims of single car accidents where no second person could be example a Colorado bicyclist who ran a Stop sign and was hit by a car Cov ered by liability insurance so far has run up $8,201 in medical Bills. None of those Bills would have been covered by liability insurance because the bicyclist could not have successfully sued the car s Driver who was not at fault. Under no fault the bicyclist s Bills Are covered because the system pays her med ical costs regardless of estimates that 25 per cent More Accident victims recover for eco nomic losses under no fault insurance than under fault. Kentucky said that of the 53 8 per cent increase in the losses incurred in its first year of no fault insurance about 16 per cent were persons who would not have gotten benefits under the tort system. Payments Are paid promptly for eco nomic losses under no fault insurance a marked improvement Over other plans the Dot said. Introduced by u.s., 3 other nations Osage is human rights Resolution St. Georges Grenada a the United states and three other countries introduced a Strong human rights Resolution saturday at the general Assembly of the organization of american states. It Calls for a strengthening of the inter american human rights commission and an end to torture summary execution and prolonged detention. The Resolution cosponsored by Venezuela Costa Rica and the dominican Republic also urges Oas members to provide the Anita Bryant May lose her $ 100,000 Citrus Job from press dispatches Lakeland Fla. Anita Bryant s Suc Cess As a spokesman against homosexual rights May Cost her the $ioo,000-a-year Job of pitching Florida Orange juice in television ads state officials say. The whole Anita thing is a mess says Arthur Darling director of publicity for the Florida department of Citrus. No matter what we decide we re Only going to lose. I wish she would just department officials say the filming of this fall s television Campaign has been suspended until they receive the results of a Survey studying her Market effective they say part of the problem is that the Singer has become More recognized for her outspoken religious opposition to homosexual rights than As a spokesman for the Citrus Industry. You can t be a commercial Star and an evangelist at the same time says Doug Las hotter the department s marketing i said the Survey will measure whether Consumers have come to identify Bryant with the homosexual Issue More than with was appearing saturday in new Orleans. Her husband Bob Green said backstage that he would not show her a copy of the comments by Florida officials and refused to let reporters talk to her. It would break her heart if she saw it he said. She will be in Church in the mom ing and Shell be Able to take it a lot better in s sad but if it s True then a person does t have the right to stand up for free speech. 1 personally Don t believe it. I would really have to hear this from the Citrus growers. We be had some Florida Citrus growers say their sales Are up. And that Means she s a Good salesperson. If it is True it s a big Victory for homosexuals in the United states and the homosexuals can be proud of their Boycott against Anita Bryant.". A crowd of 2,500, holding hands and sing ing we shall overcome marched six blocks through the rain dampened French Quarter saturday night to protest Bryant s stand against homosexuals. When Bryant helped form save our Chil Dren inc., the group that led the successful Campaign for the repeal of Dade county homosexual rights Campaign Darling said he hoped the juror Over Bryant s stand would die Down after the election. But in the week following the county referendum which repealed the Law personal appearances by the former Beauty Queenin Dallas new Orleans and Chicago have touched off demonstrations for and against her position. Hate mail reported Darling says the department has received a stack of Anita hate mail mostly from California homosexuals vowing to Boycott Florida Citrus products. We re concerned that she is making herself such a National figure on this Issue says Dan Richardson chairman of the slate Citrus commission. The commission will have the final say on whether Bryant s contract will be re say if the Survey shows Bryant who has been Selling Orange juice for 10 years is no longer an effective Salesman the Doc already has filmed Back up commercials using olympic skating Star Doro thy Hamill and Boston pops conductor Arthur Fiedler. But hotter says the department is not looking Forward to the final Anita he said who knows what kind of backlash Well get from he supporters bombs shells still killing in Vietnam news office says Bangkok ital land a bombs mines and shells have killed thousands of persons in Southern Vietnam since the end of the War there the official Vietnam news the dispatch said Many persons had died after stepping on the explosive de vices or in trying to defuse them. It said thousands of explosive charges were left in the Countryside after the War Agency said a deactivation Campaign has been under Way since May 1975. The most recent victim was a Saigon youngster Nguyen Cong Phuc who was Icilla after disturbing a Shell while collect ing scrap Metal the Agency said. It said several other persons were injured. Commission with documents on alleged human rights violations and to permit it to carry out investigations in All member countries. During his 48-hour stay Here Secretary of state Cyrus Vance called for a strength ening of the human rights commission. He said making human rights the Domi Nant Issue of the Oas meeting was the Only Way to make Progress in a hemisphere riddled with violators of personal liberties. The new Resolution has four major Points that the commission s resources be increased so that it can become More effective. That All member states fully Cooper ate with the commission by providing any documents requested and All other Mea sures required to facilitate the work of the commission including the Protection from retaliation of individuals who cooperate with the commission. That the commission organize a pro Gram of visits to All member states so that it May consult with governments and Pri vate groups on Means for the progressive promotion of human rights. That no state be permitted to suspend or interfere with the individual s Funda mental rights such As Security from Tor Ture summary execution and prolonged detention without Opportunity to test the charges in a fair judicial proceeding. Hie Resolution is the sixth and by far the strongest to be placed before the Oas juridical political committee. The five others Are Argentina asking the commission to Deal with human rights violations by terrorists the dominican Republic seeking a further study of terrorism Colombia requesting a strengthening of the commission s investigative Powers Venezuela urging continued monitoring by the commission of human rights in Chile and Al Salvador Guatemala and Nicaragua calling for an end to Oas investigations of human rights in Chile. Target of attack the commission has been under attack by the right Wing military governments of Chile Uruguay Paraguay and Argentina. They have demanded changes in its operating procedures and regulatory Stan argue that the Oas should recognize that terrorist groups Are responsible for the escalation of violence. Strong arguments Are expected to be heard by the committee which May then Advance one of the resolutions or a com Promise to the final plenary session of the Oas for a vote. In Brasilia foreign minister Antonio Azeredo Dasilveira said Brazil s military controlled government has nothing to hide in human rights but it would not permit any investigation by an outside Organiza Tion. He spoke to reporters after returning from the Oas meetings. Michigan said almost All Auto Accident claims Are settled within 30 Days. Colorado said 59 per cent of its no fault claims Are settled within three months and 91 per cent within six months. Massachusetts said 63.3 per cent of its no fault claims Are paid within 90 Days compared to Only 40.5 per cent for traditional liability claims. Insurance premiums can be lowered when no fault benefits Are coordinated with benefits from other net Premium savings appear to be available to policyholders in states which mandate the coordination of no fault Auto insurance with other Public and private insurance coverages the report said noting that new York new Jersey and Michigan have had particular Success. The Cost of administering no fault Auto insurance is probably lower the report said because claims Are simpler to make and fulfil. But the Dot study said it now has no Way to document this assume Tion. The backlog of court cases involving Auto Accident claims is substantially eased under a no fault system according to experience in Florida Massachusetts new Jersey and Michigan the report said. Seriously injured Auto Accident Vic Tims Are More Likely to seek effective rehabilitation under no fault systems because they Are More assured of being reimbursed for the enormously costly medical Normal litigation procedures the determination of whether there will be an reimbursement can take months or years and the needs of the injured Are neglected in the interim. Engineers work to erase bugs in shuttle test Edwards fab Calif. Up Engi neers sunday were working to eliminate some problems encountered in the first manned piggyback space shuttle test flight and announced the second in the series of four tests would be june 28. The shuttle orbiter Craft the first space ship Ever designed to be used More than once is to begin operations in the 1980s, ferrying men and cargo to deep space and first shuttle Craft named enter prise flew for 55 minutes saturday with two astronauts aboard but still hooked to the top of a Boeing 747 Mother ship. The astronauts after the flight around a Racetrack like Flightpath Over the Mojave desert said they had trouble with a valve and radio communications and experienced More surface noise than delay the flight had been delayed for 24 to ours from its scheduled test Friday when two of the 747 s five computers failed before take Gordon Fullerton said a vent valve regulating Cabin pressure in the shuttle failed to open and a backup system was used. At one Point data was lost momentarily when a ground radio transmit Ter interrupted communications Between the shuttle and Nasa s Mission control Center in Houston Tex. Fithugh Fulton or. Pilot of the 747, said there were no surprises from his Point of View and described it As a smooth flight. I Don t recall encountering even a bump he said. We re All looking Forward to the third phase he said referring to the free flight of the Enterprise scheduled later this summer. They re Good passengers but we would just As soon not have to bring them the Enterprise is scheduled to separate from the Mother ship in late july or Early August. The Enterprise will be blown away from the 747 by explosive bolts and Glide to a dry Lake runway Here
