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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 09, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10 the stars and stripes Friday september 9, 1977 cab urged to refuse Cut raters Washington a the civil aeronautics Board cab is being urged by the Justice department to turn Down propos als by six major airlines to offer Low Cost rates on new York London  department attorney Abbott b. Lipsky or. Told the Board wednesday that the citrate fares might Force charter air line carriers out of the North Atlantic Market. Lipsky and representatives of several charter and tour organizations contended that the fares filed by the six airlines May be predatory. They asserted that the lower rates could be a temporary method for destroying the highly competitive charter airlines that now provide the Only truly cd trate fares to Europe. The Iata carriers pan american trans world airlines British airways air India Iran air and Israel s Al Al have proposed a $256 new York London round trip fare saying they need it to compete with Britain s Laker airlines. Representatives of pan am Twa and British airways argued wednesday that their fares should be approved As being in the Best interest of the consumer. On sept. 26, Laker will inaugurate its sky train service offering $236 no frills roundtrip fares to passengers on a first come first served basis. Tickets will be sold at the Airport starting six hours before departure  the British and . Governments approved Laker s plan the six Iata Mem Bers said they would offer the $256 fare on 2.900 seats each week in both directions across the Atlantic. A Normal Economy roundtrip costs $636. Nobody can Stop Century i burglar and fhe roof Ros ouf Orlando Fla. Up at seven feet and 650 pounds he Means business. He s Century i a robot designed to function As an automated Security guard. He s bulletproof and equipped with ail sorts of restraining systems that can make things rough on burglars. Century i with a $75,000 Price tag is a big hit at the four Day annual seminar of the american society for Industrial Security which began tuesday. Most of the seminar s 1,100 participants dropped by to ask questions about the robot designed by quasar Indus tries inc. Of Rutherford . The organization also builds smaller five foot robots designed to run around outside stores to entice customers to come in. A $125,000 Century ii is planned. Century i made of Metal plastic and electronics has a single purpose to find and immobilize intruders. Sensors in the robot can detect move ment body heat or any noise and then it locks in on you said quasar robot expert Anthony j. Reichelt. Then the stalking begins. Century i can Roll along at 20 Miles per hour and he can keep at that Speed a lot longer than you can Rei Chelt said. This robot the Only one of its Model yet built runs on big batteries mounted in the Bottom of his Frame. When the robot gets within about eight feet of an intruder it orally instructs the intruder to Stop in his tracks. If disobeyed the robot gets Tough. Just How Tough depends on Avail Able options. Standard equipment includes a High frequency sound transmitter than can cause extreme pain in the inner  include a Strobe Light to temporarily Blind the intruder an electronic gun that delivers a powerful Shock and a mechanism that spurts laughing Gas. Reichelt said the Royal Bank of Canada plagued by robberies asked if a Century i could be programmed to kill. He said it could but added that his firm plans to use Only nonlethal restraint in the robot. The Century Model robots Are equipped with computers and detection systems so they can function on their own. Reichelt said quasar is designing a Century ii robot for the army that once he s put on program nobody can Stop  governors grumble about Energy but still Back president s programs Detroit up governors from the Northeast and Southwest grumbled about shortcomings in president Carter s Energy program thursday but apparently weren t ready to formally condemn it at their 69th annual National meeting. But except for the Energy Issue the National governors conference which has Only 12 Republican members among the 50 governors was a ringing endorsement of the administration s programs. The governors were especially Strong in their support for Carter s welfare Reform program which they want Congress to pass first thing next year. Unhappiness Over Energy surfaced at a closed meeting of democratic governors with Jack Watson Carter s chief Liaison with state and local government. Watson told them Carter was keeping his Promise to hold a White House Confer ence on Energy production and had scheduled it for mid november but the governors walked and said they wanted it Cari Nevillie from Anak Tevuk his fac full of contemplation leans against his whaling boat in Barrow Alaska where Uncertain future be lives during the whaling season to bunt Bowhead whales. Inv use s future May be in doubt As the International whaling commission has proposed Complete ban on the Bunting of Bow head whales. A photo held in october before Congress quits. While the governors agree generally with Carter s Energy conservation Mea sures they want More emphasis on Energy production. The Issue is of special concern to Energy producing states in the South West and Energy deficient states in the Northeast. After the Winter we went through last year this production plan should evolve As soon As possible said gov. Hugh Carey . There is Universal sentiment among the governors that production is so important it deserves equal consideration in the staffing of the new Energy depart ment. We want the conference soon enough so that Congress has a Chance to  Carey was joined by gov. Julian Carroll d-ky., head of the the conference s Natu ral resources and environmental management committee and gov. Dolph Briscoe a Tex. But rather than adopt a Resolution in the conference critical of the program Carey said he would Settle for a Resolution out of meeting of the coalition of Northeast governors which is also meeting. As Watson Felt the governors ire hew Secretary Joseph Califano found support for Carter s welfare Reform plan. I sense a new spirit of possibility about welfare Reform Califano told the opening session. Califano said the Public wants to scrap the present welfare system and to the extent possible Start anew in providing jobs for Low income citizens who can work and adequate Cash assistance for those who  Carey head of the conference welfare committee led the Praise saying we can t live without this bul for very  he said it would Lead the poor in the nation s cities out of their canyons of Dis  russian scientist defects during Helsinki conference Helsinki up soviet chromosome researcher Alexander Var Schatski 30, defected to the West during a scientific con Ference Here the newspaper he feud stad bladet , who received a special invitation to the conference was not on the train when the rest of the soviet scientific delegation returned to Moscow the news paper said.  said Varschak Skizas left Finland possibly for Britain where he is thought to have friends  
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