European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 5, 1980, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 20 the stars and stripes thursday june 5, 1980 9 cents a shopping Center furniture store manager Lii he has not sold a stick in a  a labor Union offi Cial with 1,900 of his members Laid off net to tee a Good Omen in the Chrysler Plant calling nine Back to in his main Street office. President Conrad uitts of Kokomo s first National Bank gestures with his pipe ant says he must be an economic cheerleader. Kokomo s 16 percent jobless rate May be far above us Indiana average but it is not the state s worst uitts my yes. Chrysler and also general motors Delco punt there have been laying off. And Coffee shop talk in Kokomo is whether a local steel company can meet ill bed but it s not All chapter 11," uitts said. He cites t local factory not laying off workers. His pipe has Wun up. Now it glides Down. The banker says it is not just the big factories Tkel need attention. You hate to look at Ibe satellites a machine shops the suppliers. It s Tough for them to stay Alite. This is not the shining hour of Ami  banker uitts says retail business has to suffer. And it is  jobless benefits reaching retail Cash Register through Laid off workers have cushioned the blow so far.  breadwinner of Kokomo he says is just begin Ning to become frightened concerned. If he s working he s stopped buying. He s worried hell be the next fired. He s building up a nest  the banker says the employed Are paying off debts saving for a Rainy Day that May be near. Is he himself building a nest egg banker uitts nods yes. Halfway across the town of Frame and Brick houses of Shady streets and a style of life More typical of Mickey Rooney films of the 1930s than John Travolta movies of now the parking lot of United Auto workers local 685 does not have a foreign vehicle showing. The Chrysler Plant rises in the background and Bob Massey Union official says his Auto workers Are not too delighted when a member buys a japanese vehicle. When someone does say he s thinking of buying a cat sup Well we have some Friendly persuasion Maury said. The local Chrysler layoffs began in february 1979. Many of the jobless have run out of special payments from the Trade readjustment act set up by Congre to Case the lot of americans work less because of foreign Competition. Massey Points Down a Hall to the gymnasium sized meeting room. It is lined with women and file boxes so Long so severe is the joblessness that the Union has Given space for the Indiana state employment offices. Like the banker the Union official must see Sunshine comin. The banker talks warmly with businessmen. The Union official tells his mates of wonders Chrysler b Workin. A the a car he says talking of a Model Chrysler is developing for fall production. It s Ibe new family car with great mileage. For a change we. At Chrysler will be ahead of Ford by a country mile and ahead of general motors  Massey talks with the enthusiasm of a bettor with a almost sure thing. The a car is our Hope he says. The alternative Isth  Chapel in a barn a by Mary a. Dempsey United press International old barn became Chapel for immaculate heart of Mary nuns in Monroe Mich. The big White horse barn on one time farm land that is now near the heart of Monroe Mich.,has become a  be always had the barn. It s More than Hundred years old said sister Mary Lou Tyson of the immaculate heart of Mary nuns. Someone along the Way suggested it might make a Nice  a Spanish Vine and bread carrying Case Senes As the Tabernacle on the blur. The Hub of a Spanish of cart holds the Light at Ibe altar a seven branched candlestick made by a Gregorian tra Pilsl Monk graces one tide of Ibe Allie and a Isth Century icon hangs upon a Wall. Old loft ladders pulleys and Oil lamps arc placed As they were when the building housed horses. We Pride ourselves Here on having things As they were said sister Lois Logan a nun currently living in the Blacksmith shop turned House near the Chapel. The barn was turned into a Chapel for prayer and meditation in 1970 a time when the roman Catholic Church was going through major changes. It was a time when there were a lot of changes and the Sisters needed a place to go to Pray said sister Tyson. It tied in with a time when there was a movement to Sec we had come a Long Way in the Church but to remember that prayer was the real thing said sister Logan. The whole purpose and atmosphere Here is  the barn used As a stable for the horses Ridden by Young girls at St. Mary s Academy Many years ago. Was transformed into visitation House. Straw was cleared out heating and plumbing fixtures installed and Walls the original Wood beams and loft and architecture remained. Olive Green rugs cover the main floor the Chapel As Well As the loft which serves As a Library of religious writings. Natural Wood Walls and soft lights Are complemented by the natural Light that streams in Large windows on either end of the former barn. I l at " limes of the  a Sitter Logan. When you face away from the altar you see the morning Sun come in. And in the evening the Sunset comes in the windows above the