European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 25, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                No bus so Blacks skip school Moore Haven Fla. A _ faced with the Prospect of walking to school the vast majority of Black students in the Glades county Public school system have boycotted classes for two Days. The Boycott was launched As a protest against a school Board decision to discontinue a bus route through Moore Haven Slack Community. The students remained out of school but there have been no problems what Soever said Jim Higgs of the county sheriffs department. Students began the Boycott monday the first scheduled Day of classes for the new school year. Called 99 percent successful it has been "99 percent successful according to Joyce Young president of the concerned citizens coalition organizers of the protest. She said the Boycott would continue until demands Are met just four of the county s 200 Black Stu dents were in the Junior senior High school classrooms monday school officials said. Protests began when the school Board approved a june recommendation by school superintendent . Galyon that some bus routes be eliminated and others consolidated. Assistant superintendent Sam  said. Galyon recommended cutting out one route entirely the route through Washington Park a mostly Black neighbourhood in this agricultural Community about 90 Miles East of fort Myers. Could no longer afford it the superintendent decided to eliminate the route because the county no longer could afford to pay the Cost of maintaining it according to . School districts receive state funds for routes which begin a minimum of two Miles from the school. Lee said. The entire Washington Park route runs within nine tenths of a mile of the High school. The coalition composed mostly of Washington Park parents presented petitions to the Board aug. 9 protesting its decision Young said. Tho Ligh the Board discussed repealing it no action was taken. Thais train malaysian cops Bangkok Thailand up Thailand has agreed to train about 65 malaysian Polk in parachuting to help Kuala Bumpur set up an elite unit of police paratroops. Thai officials said. The of time Friday August 25, 1978 the stars and stripes Page 5 cab Law judge favors airline bid for Cross country trips at Only $99  �2T" Way transcontinental coached a Cost about $220. While the cheapest Advance Purchase round trip discount fares Range from $242 to 286. World airways would offer the $99 one ?""0 bal More and Newark on i a As Jand from California Cit in o Oakland. Long Beach and los an Geles Ontario. The airline has been trying to sell the Cross country idea to the cab for 10 years. Its first application contemplating a one Way Faje of $79. Languished at the Hoard until 1973. When it was dismissed. Court Case Wen the Board dismissed a similar application in 1976. Saying the Law did not allow it to give a charter airline the authority to of Fer scheduled service at the same time. World took the Case to court and won. And the Board said last january it would hold hearings on the application. Several other airlines filed similar Low fare applications but the Law judge. Wil Liam h. Dapper narrowed the list to three. World. Capitol International airways and pan american world airways. Dapper in his recommendation wednes Day concluded that the transcontinental markets would have enough traffic in 1979 to support Only one new entrant on a prof Itable basis and he selected world. He recommended that the Board give world authority to serve the markets for five years. If the Board approves it would be the first time it has awarded a Carrier both charter and scheduled certificates. Inter ested parties have 30 Days to comment on Dapper s recommendation and it will be some time after that before the Board con siders the Case. Dapper said world proposed a new Type of High density no frill operation involving a marketing approach which he found More Likely to be successful against the relative modesty Singer Carlene Carter of Nashville says dial she wants to be known for her music and not for her relatives May Belle Carter june Carter Cash Carlsmith and Johnny Cash. So she left ten Nessee and travelled to London to recorder first album. Up photo Federal roster remains constant for last decade aug. 25, 1941 the three Western envoys meeting with Premier Joseph Stalin resulted la a decision continue be conferences and Cave new Hope for . Aug. 25, 19s8 preside James it Ufa of the teamsters Union saying i Mead to meet squarely charge Al corms Ttaha announced he creation of a Ell is group to weigh accusation made against some Al us associates by a Senate Back . Is iffy a Home armed serv ices subcommittee  that Theus. Had formulated no plan u win in Virt Aam. The War in Vietnam co god and Aoud have been woo Long ago by i Cleadel riven d-s.c-, and Chal Mab of it Zooie armed services committee Washington up state and local governments Are growing faster than the Federal bureaucracy the census Bureau said. The number of employees working for state county and municipal jurisdictions jumped 207 percent in the 25-year period ending in october 1977 from 4.1 million to 12.6 million f Ull and part Lime workers. The payroll for the larger number of Public employees was an 842 percent in crease Over 1953. Average non Federal pub Lic employees who earned 3.540 in 1953 enjoyed a 265 percent pay increase earning 12,936 based on an annual rate of earnings that october a $684 increase Over 1976. By contrast the Federal non military la Bor Force has remained largely stable since the Peak of Lyndon Johnson s great society in the mid 1960s, standing at about 2j million workers. Civilian Federal work ers now earn about 46.8 billion a year or an average of about 16,700. The report showed employment grew 3 3, percent Tuv state and local government for thevera ending last october while the fed if workforce increased 5.000 workers or of salaries for civilian govern in employees was 9.2 percent higher m october 1977 than the year before. The report made no mention of the tax rebellion sweeping the nation at the fornia were 16,320. The highest in the Continental . Last october. Only in Alaska did state and local workers earn More an average of $20,652 a year. The National average for Public non Federal employees was 12,936 a year. Public employees in Mississippi were the poorest paid at 9,192. The growth in employment at the state and local level averaged 4 percent Between 1957 and 1977, while annual salary increases averaged 10.2 percent. Three major transcontinental airlines in those markets american United an Twa. The judge also said that world would provide More flights and carry More Pas sengers than either Capitol or pan am and that world s operation would be More fuel efficient. Detroit says sales dip in mid August Detroit up the by four Auto makers Hurt by dwindling supplies of some 1978 models. Wednesday reported car sales slipped nearly 5 percent in mid August Only tiny american Moton corp. Posted improved sales Over last year s aug. 1040sales period As the Domestic car firms re ported combined sales of 199. Iso units com pared with 235.854 a year ago. There were eight Selling Days in this year s period and nine a year  reported sales of 3,605 units at a rate of 451 cars per Day up 8.4 percent from last year s Pace. The report fuelled Industry speculation that amps struggling passenger car business is gradually grow ing stronger. General motors corp. Reported sales declined 3.2 percent compared with last year s figures. Pm s sales totalled 117.128 units or 14,641 cars per Day. A year ago pm s daily sales rate was 15.131. Ford polls decline Ford motor co. Posted a decline of nearly 3.3 percent on sales of 54.629 units and Chrysler corp. Reported a 16.5 percent drop on total sales of 23.818 units. So far this year the big four automakers Are 2.3 percent ahead of last year s Strong sales Pace. Combined sales of Domestic cars since Jan. 1 totalled 6,027,273 compared with 5,922.837 in the 1977 period. Ford sales were held below demand Levels due to Short supplies of some Large and midsize cars As a result of Model changeover said Gordon b. Mackenzie. Sales vice president. However the Outlook for the 1979 Model year is excellent with Early orders for the new models running Well ahead of Las year s  Mackenzie said. Robert d. Burger pm marketing vice president said pm dealers continue to report Strong  for cars an trucks despite the sales decline for the period National pan am airlines to merge newspaper reports adopt promo Simon Miami i i National airlines and pan american world airways will merge thwarting a take Over of the Miami based National by Texas International airlines and giving pan am its Long sought domes in routes. The Miami news reported  for National and pan am re fused to comment on the report although National said it would have a statement following a Board of directors meeting. The news said it Learned from informed sources that National chairman . Bud Maytag or. Decided on the merger to prevent Houston based t1a from Aquia ing control of National through Stock Pur chases. La had acquired 9.2 per cent of nation Al Stock on the open Market through Mon Day but National was granted a halt to trading of its shares on the new York Stock Exchange pending an announce ment of  National and pan am reportedly Dis cussed a merger several months ago. And pan am decided against it. But pan am reversed its decision be cause of president Carter s open skies policy the news said. That policy gives foreign carriers such Asel Al. The israeli airline routes to additional . Cities. Other carriers Are expected to win approval of additional routes if they agree to Cut fares. The new routes would erode p an am s business unless it obtained a Domestic sys tem that would feed travellers to its Over seas routes. A merger would link pan am s Miami operations with National s heavily travelled North South routes to new York and Chicago