European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 12, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 6 the stars and stripes monday september 12, 1977 race is Over fhe Hump As problems Are solved Virginia City Nev. A snorting snapping camels sprinted Down streets of this famed Silver mining town in a week end revival of the annual Camel race aftera one year Layoff. There were some of the usual results. I preliminary contests a rider was tossed off and suffered a gashed head and bruised hip. A Century ago camels hauled Salt to the booming Silver mines Here. The rerun draws thousands of tourists and provide san economic Windfall for the merchants in this Queen of the Comstock town which now depends mostly on tourists. Sheriff Bob Del Carlo saying he anticipated about 30,000 persons before the races ended sunday predicted the event would run smoothly this year. Last year it was shifted to Sacramento calif., because of scheduling and organizational problems. Previous races also had been marred by incidents of drunkenness fighting Vandal ism and other offences. The Camel race shave been run at Virginia City since 1960, except for last year s shift in locale. Del Carlo brought in 20 extra deputies to control rowdies this year after Storey county commissioners appropriated up to $2,500 for extra Security. A total of $10,000 was appropriated for the guards were also on duty at local saloons lining the Board sidewalks in this legendary town which once boasted a population of 25,000 hardworking hard living miners. The sheriff said he was strictly enforcing an ordinance that bans drinking liquor in Public and roadblocks were set up at either end of town so officers could advise race goers of the ordinance and keep traffic jams from developing on the main Street. Local chamber of Commerce spokes Man Rudy Seeger has said the town tried for More of a family oriented weekend this year with hot air balloons hang gliders a dance and other events besides the Camel races sponsored by the International order of Camel jockeys. Cross country canoeist Stan Sroka rests after paddling on 22 Rivers from Massachusetts to Portland Ore. That s More Rivers than most canoeists no matter How eager want to travel. Though the trip was Tough on both Sroka and his Canoe will he take a similar voyage some time in the future his answer a photo decoders on sets would make words visible stateside House authorizes quake prediction program Washington up the House has voted to create a three year $210 million coordinated Federal program to predict earthquakes and attempt to reduce their damage. The Bill which now goes to the Senate would require the president to designate a Federal Agency to pull together for the firs time current scattered efforts in this area. It also Calls for implementation of a planto set yearly targets through at least 1980 for development of ways to prepare for earthquakes warning measures and comprehensive responses when they occur. Stu Csc on cars predicted for the future Ashland Ohio a chemical re searchers predict that by the mid-1980s about 85 per cent of the family Auto will be made of rubber or plastic stuck together the Way children build plastic models. Researchers at the Goodyear tire and rubber co. Adhesives Plant say cars coming out of Detroit in the next decade will have hoods fenders grills and some Load carrying structural parts stuck on with adhesives. Adhesives were used in the Early 1960s for plastics on sports cars Goodyear says but the material could t meet the Chal Lenge of the Assembly line because the plastic parts had to be prepared for Bond ing by shot blasting a costly time con suming process. Folger Coffee wholesale prices Cut again new York a Procter & Gamble co. Said it is making another Cut in the whole Sale Price of ground Coffee produced by its Folger Coffee Cincinnati based firm said it was reducing the wholesale Price of ground Coffee by 10 cents a Pound to $3.38 and the wholesale Price of instant Coffee by three cents an ounce to $4.95 for a 10-ounce Jar. Including the most recent Cut the wholesale Price of ground Coffee and instant coffe produced by Folger has been reduced by $1.05 a Pound since May 12. The cuts Are a result of declines in the Price of imported Green Coffee Beans the company said. Frosts in Brazil plus Adverse weather in Central America and political unrest in Africa had combined to triple Coffee prices Between 1975 and the beginning of this year. But consumer resistance to the High prices and increased supplies have resulted in Price reductions by Many companies in recent months. . Oks Russ Trade Union delegation s visit Washington up the Carter administration defying Al Cio wishes has approved the planned . Visit of a group of soviet Trade Union representatives. It will be the first time in More than 20 years the United states has officially permitted a soviet Trade Union delegation to enter the country. State department spokesman John Trattner said the government had authorized visas to these people in preparation for their trip to the . Later this month. Young says . Not throwing weight around san Francisco up the signing of the Panama canal treaty is proof the United states is not throwing its weight around like it did in Vietnam ambassador to the . Andrew Young said. Young speaking at the 125th anniversary ceremonies of the third Baptist Church of san Francisco said the . Had dealt with Panama As an equal and As a brother during the negotiations to turn control of the canal Over to the panamanians. Because the United states dealt with Panama this giant of a nation showed the world that it is not throwing its weight around like it did in Vietnam but is willing to search for the paths of Justice Youn said. In a 40-minute talk on a wide variety of foreign policy issues Young also said his talks with Black african leaders had con Vinced him they want to build a new society where race is not a plus or a Michigan fro escapes Whf Small Arsenal Lincoln Park Mich. A three men held up a gun store in this Detroit suburb and escaped with a Small Arsenal of weapons including several . Detective it. Robert Heyer said it was one of the biggest gun thefts in recent years and included 33 handguns a Thomp son sub machine gun a British Sten a German sub machine gun and a grease gun plus an unknown number of rifles and shotguns. He discounted the possibility the theft might have been engineered by a terrorist group. I think the perpetrators were Noth ing but common criminals he said. Closed caption to for deaf viewers is urged Washington up hew Secre tary Joseph a. Califano urged major american television companies saturday to bring television to deaf people by pro Viding widespread use of closed caption to. Addressing a National rehabilitation association meeting Califano said close captioning the use of decoders on television sets to make specially transmitted signals visible could open the world of television to millions of deaf said he has invited major television network presidents to a meeting oct. 28 to shape a plan that will Clear away the final obstacles and make the decoders available to All who need in Blunt language Califano said the wealthy television networks could afford the costs involved and were obligated by Public interest considerations to pay More attention to handicapped people. The Cost of this program for the net works when measured against their unprecedented profits will not be too great. I believe they can afford it Califano believe that just As other institutions Are facing up anew to the needs and rights of handicapped people the networks must face up to those needs and rights and to their obligations in the Public Califano noted some 100 stations Al ready present captioned news programs. But he said he was eager to extend captioning beyond the news to entertainment and other suitable Califano said because commercial broadcasters and advertisers feared other viewers would reject captioned programs As too visually distracting research on closed captioning was captioning becomes visible Only when a special device is attached to these he said. This decoder receives a signal sent out by the broadcasters on portion of the broadcast band called line 21, authorized for such use by the acc he said. Califano said research with Texas instruments is now Well enough along that we can envision widespread use of closed caption he said the american broadcasting company had been very supportive of this whole program. Others see continuing obstacles and
