European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 07, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday september 7,1977 the stars and stripes Page 7 no fault would Benefit Low income Drivers As Well study concludes hats off to a hated Law a Parade of some 25,000 motorcyclists Many of them bareheaded Roll to Testate Capitol in Madison wis., during a protest against a state Law requiring cyclists to Wear helmets. Bikers from allover the country took part. A Washington a no fault insurance promises a substantial improve ment in automobile Accident reparation for All americans a Library of Congress study . Ralph Metcalfe d-i11., requested the study to determine How no fault would affect Low income Drivers. The researchers concluded that no fault would Benefit Low income Drivers along with  Bills pending in both the House and Senate states would have to replace the current system of Auto liability insurance which requires a Legal determination of who was at fault for an Accident. This system would be replaced by one allowing payment without determination of fault thereby avoiding Long and costly court cases. Swift benefits benefits for real out of pocket losses for medical expenses and lost work would be Swift and sure the report released monday by Metcalfe  is a co sponsor of pending no fault  _ report by the Library s congressional research service said Low income Drivers pay More for inferior coverage and less Chance of recovery for dam Ages than do other Drivers. This is because insurance companies charge higher premiums for groups deemed to be High  others in this group Are the Young an those with poor driving records. A Young Driver who lives in an intercity neighbourhood has to pay extraordinarily High rates even if he or she has a perfect driving record the report said. Many people Are charged High rate for reasons other than their own driving records. And the people who Are charge these unduly High rates Are usually those who can least afford to pay it said. Most shows filmed in the West Abc ends new York studio fours us new York a the Only fanfare marking the end of 44 years of Abc studio Tours was the applause accorded 12-year old Suzanne Lester when she dashed to catch the last elevator Down at the end of the last  held to its Promise that the guided Tours would end unceremoniously. There were no Abc dignitaries on hand and none of the stars who started show business an by guides came by. The final group of 25 tourists mostly new yorkers were ushered from Abc s Rockefeller Center Headquarters at 4 11p.m. Their guide a 24-year-old aspiring photographer named Joy Vitzhum had re Quested that she be allowed to Lead the final  joked about her approaching unemployed status after More than a year As a Page and in the Long and honoured tradition of Abc pages she toured with image  cancelled the Tours which began in 1933 during the heyday of radio partly be cause most of the network s programs have migrated to California. Besides news sports and soap operas the Only programs still produced in new York Are two Gam shows and saturday night  past guides have included Gregory Peck David Garroway Efram Zimbalist . Red Leader Gollan Dies London a John Gollan general Secretary of the British communist part from 1956 to 1975, died at his London Home a party announcement said. Jr., Eva Marie Saint and Bob Keeshan better known these Days As Captain Kan  monday the tour included videotape cutting rooms and the rooms where commercials Are inserted there were soap opera sets and a single unconverted old radio studio with panelled Walls and working fireplace. The rest was up to the Page who got to demonstrate How rubber bathroom Plung ers can be made to sound like a heartbeat and describe How the today show was produced the morning of july 14 despite a City wide Power failure. From behind a curtain in an abandoned studio on the 9th floor Vitzhum emerged with a five foot tall stand supporting Globe sized object. It was a radio Micro phone she said from the 30s."i have to remember to Tell someone to Morrow that this is Here she said. Jerry Lewis telethon nets nearly $27 million Las vegas a a television Audi ence estimated at 85 million people contributed toward a total of $26.8 million in the 22vfe-hour Jerry Lewis labor Day mus Cular dystrophy telethon. This fantastic result proves once again that until we find a cure for muscular Dys trophy the Public will never let us Down an elated Lewis said monday As the tote Board showed final Telephone pledges were$5.1 million ahead of last year. Last year s Telephone pledges were $21.7million, but a total of $22.5 Milivoi was collected the muscular dystrophy association  77" Lewis 12th telethon for muscular dystrophy was broadcast Over a network of 213 stations in the Continental United states Alaska Hawaii Guam puerto Rico and Canada. Singer Frank Sinatra appeared by him self this year unlike last year when he brought Dean Martin for the first Martin Lewis reunion since the comedy duo broke  Carson also appeared for the first time in several years along with sing ers Englebert Humperdinck Connie Ste Vens Eartha Kitt and the count Basic band which Lewis conducted. Actor Charlton Heston and other stars also gave videotaped  telethon was co hosted by actors Chad Everett David Hartman and Educ Mahon it s those wonderful people out there watching that pick up their phones. That make that final figure on the tote Board possible Lewis said. The report said a no fault system could also Benefit others by alleviating the court congestion caused by the current Auto Accident cases. Two previous studies by the department of transportation also have supported no fault Laws. The proposals have been pending in con Gress for years but this year have picked up White House support for the first  of the insurance Industry now sup port no fault while other companies remain opposed to it. The primary opposition comes from groups of trial lawyers. Legionnaires disease tied to weather Columbus Ohio a the appear Ance of legionnaires disease in Columb slate this summer has health officials speculating that a link May exist betwee weather and the infection that killed 29 persons in Philadelphia last . Ian Baird director of infectious Dis eases at Riverside Hospital where All four confirmed cases were admitted said the disease s recent history indicates it be comes Active in late summer. So far the disease has claimed the life of Catherine m. Mccoy 56, who died aug. 6. Three other women including one who re covered and was released Friday Are con firmed  said his research shows there were late summer outbreaks of pneumonia like deaths in Pontiac Michigan and Washington d.c., before the infection was isolated when 29 of about 180 persons stricken with the disease died during drafter an american legion convention in Philadelphia july 21-24,1976.he said blood samples saved by far sighted health officials in Michigan an Washington show an antibody that is the same As those found in the blood of the Philadelphia and Columbus victims. Governor leads yearly walk Over Mackinac Bridge St. Ignace Mich. Up thousands of people joined gov. William g. Milliken monday in his annual labor Day walk across the five mile Mackinac Bridge but dogs were banned for the first time in the 20-year history of the , now 55 and embarking on his ninth trek across the Bridge completed Itin a leisurely 64 minutes leading a crowd of 27,500 orderly Holiday  was nearly 20 minutes longer than the 46-minute, 50-second record he set in1971 when people still referred to him As Michigan s boy governor but still three minutes faster than last year. He had predicted he would set a record for slowness this year. Dogs were banned from the Bridge Wal for the first time As the result of com plaints from  year we might have had a couple of Hundred or More to clean up after one Ridge official said. We had to take some action this  official said the ban caused few problems though one Man who showed up with his poodle had to be sent Back to Mackinaw City by bus