European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 05, 1980, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 6 the stars and stripes thursday june 5. 1980 stateside school s graduation party ends with dunking if soy my it members of .1 graduation p in Fitl in unc pc cd dunking when their parly pm tipped Over. No one wis reported in liar no when the Typl Drc Ker Friend hip list 30.900-mile bicycle ride from coast to coast 75-year-old Edward r. Delano peddled into Worcester to attend us 50lb College i p?1?i Fly "y"1 in cd Tam a i. Null to make ii to Worcester polytechnic Institute in time for thursday s reunion. Delano who made Ibe trip on is saw bicycle was tanned and wearing Beard. And Hal was his Only problem. I really Bale be said. They feel dirty. But i thought i had to grow one on Ihu trip to enhance by credibility. No one would Belleve me if i did t hate a Beard. They d figure i d been Riding i n Delano Rode Cosmo sinery for m 40th reunion and towed then he would do the same for hit soil. He Bald Hwai not making my prom Litt for Ibe 60th gel log Lucr. Main Library of Congress building gets name he less Tonja Congress Ned i. A Mich. A sponsor of inc Bill. Pre i Brav of Czart n thru Elf v"1 building not Bonc & a tiry 01 i in Gross after 1 Humai Jeff non. Vul in name today and voted to the former Jefferson Ini medi name the Library Mam building after him. Nime ally behind inc main building becomes the in h s a m Adan builtli"8 Jar he leg ". On he a j 0n in " approved by voice Vole in the House a father of the Library said rep i Ucich n cello president Carter pm pokes holes in air bags to use automatic belts Washington up general motors the nation s largest Auto builder announced tuesday it has decided against us ing air bags in its Large 1982 cars opting instead for automatic seat belts to meet fed eral crash Protection requirements. Joan Claybrook head of the National Highway traffic safety administration called the decision Short sighted and discouraging. Consumer activist Ralph Nader claimed inc decision will condemn tens of thou Sands of americans to death and injuries on the highways every Claybrook said air bags arc a real pub Lic health Opportunity that is being under mined by a company that controls 50 per cent of the . Nader who for years has advocated the use of air bags said pm s move is part of a calculated strategy to destroy this great life saving system undermine the air bag suppliers and further the anti Auto safety forces in air bag option the air bags Are installed in passenger compartments and pop out on collision Impact to shield the Driver and passengers from being crushed against dashboards windshields and steering wheels. Pm said its full sized 82 Model cars will have a scat Belt which automatically closes when the car door is shut a de vice similar to one offered As an option on pm s subcompact Chov Clec. In the 1983 Model year when the Auto malic crash Protection Rule will cover mid sized cars pm also will use automatic scat belts but will offer an air bag As an option the company said. Under a ruling by the transportation department the Industry must meet a Standard for automatic crash Protection in All cars by the 1984 Model year. Big can come first in 1982, and Small ones later. The Standard does not specify what Type of technology air bags or automatic belts must be used to fulfil the require ment. Nader said there is evidence the Auto Matic belts Are easier to disable than air bags. Only an estimated 11 percent of to toasts use seat belts. Claybrook said her Agency has been told by Mercedes it will begin offering air bags on cars sold in this country As Standard equipment with the 82 Model year. Mer cedes Sells about 52,000 cars per year in the . Market. She said the other Domestic manufacturers have not yet announced their intentions. Faa computer Breaks at traffic control Center Fremont Calif. A the Federal aviation administration s master computer Al an air traffic control Center Here broke Down for 16 minutes but Faa officials said there was no danger. Everything s Back to Normal said Ken Neth Lux assistant chief on duty at the Center which monitors air traffic in North Ern California and Nevada. Lux said the Center s computer system failed because of a bad card a faulty storage element. He said that because air traffic was relatively Light controllers had no trouble guid ing planes using the Center s backup radar system. Porno protest front re or join pro a in Harper Star of tvs a body aerie.w.\? a Zizys 3& i Ltd
