European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 18, 1980, Darmstadt, Hesse Thursday september 18, 1980 the stars and stripes Page 5 Outlook for Winter Black Bleak cold woolly bears say St. Louis a the woolly bears Are Back and they re Black and that says Helen Wohlschlager tells a ble Kwinter. I m not very pleased or Happy she said. I m afraid we re going to have a bad Winter and ii s going to be an Wohlschlaeger claims 100 percent accuracy in the 12 years she has been fore casting Winters based on the color of the fuzzy Caterpillar. If a woolly Bear expects a severe win Ter he Black bands at either end grow thicker to better absorb heat. The thicker the bands the worse the Winter she says. Auto sales 20 percent behind 1979 Detroit a Auto sales in Early september lagged 20 percent behind the same 10-Day period of 1979, a better sales Pace than expected but still very bad according to analysts. The five major . Producers announced they delivered 139,803 cars com pared with 153,594 in the Strong 1979 sell ing period. Since there was one More Selling Day in this year s period the percentage comparison is based on sales per Day. General motors corp. Sales fell 13 per cent. Ford motor co. Was off 36 percent and Chrysler corp. Decreased almost 34percent. American motors corp. Sales dropped a estimated 13 percent. The estimate is Nec Essary because am like importers re ports Only monthly sales figures. Volkswagen of America was the Only on of the five producers to report an increase. Vow sales jumped almost 72 percent. The daily Industry Selling rate of 17,475was the lowest since the 14,814 in 1972. Analysts had expected sales to Trail the 1979 period by As much As 30 percent. But incentive programs at pm Chrysler and am boosted sales so that the annual sell ing rate came to 7.3 million. Arvid Jouppi an Industry analyst for John Muir & co., said firmer prices for customer Trade ins also contributed to bet Ter than expected sales. But it s still very bad he said. And of time in the stars and stripes. 30 years ago foday sept. 18,1950 Gen. Douglas Mac Arthur has called on korean communists to surrender or die a defense spokesman said. 20 years ago foday sept. 18,1960 the . Announced it will attempt to orbit a satellite around the Moon while soviet Premier Nikita s. A Hruschov is at the . 10 years ago foday sept. 18,1970 the chances of end ing the draft and switching to an All Volunteer army were boosted by Pentagon Fig ures showing Young men continue to enlist voluntarily even alter they no longer arc vulnerable to being drafted. . Supply of plutonium is Short of . Needs for future Brown says Assembly chief rued Lgth too Wethmar Baron and sex newsman was chosen tuesday As presi Dent of Ibe in. General Assembly. He b the first West German to be elected Assembly president in Lis 35 years. The Assembly also admitted its is4lh Mem Ber the former British Caribbean is lands of Saint Vincent and the Grena dines. The proposed Agenda expected to stir dissent includes controversial items on Cambodia and other asian areas the situation in Afghanistan and the Middle East and palestinian questions. A nickname changed Washington up defense Secretary Harold Brown said tuesday America docs not have enough plutonium to sup Lyall the nuclear programs envisioned for coming years and he indicated production May be increased. We have enough to make weapons now in the immediate future Brown told re porters. But he said we do not have enough stockpiled for needs that now exist and add More to it meaning the United states cannot carry out both existing program Sand those contemplated without some in crease in plutonium supplies. Plutonium a radioactive element Chemi Cally similar to uranium is a key ingredient in nuclear warheads. Under present plans the United state swill require 2.000 new warheads for my missiles 1,500 nuclear warheads for cruise missiles. 5,000 for Trident submarine mis Siles and 1 ,000 for aircraft bombs. Brown did nol say that plutonium production would be increased to meet those needs but he did say we have not said we Are willing to become a non nuclear president Carter decides to increase production of plutonium and other weapons Grade materials it will put the United slates in an awkward position particularly since it has not ratified Salt. The United Stales was criticized at recent review conference of the nuclear non Prol iteration treaty in Spain but the administration nevertheless appear to be moving toward a decision to increase production. Brown told reporters a decision May breached in november or december As plan Ning for the 1982 budget reaches a climaxing the executive Branch. He is reported to favor increasing production but he declined to discuss his recommendation after meeting with the Senate foreign relations committee. Secretary of state Edmund Muskie who accompanied Brown to the hearing on nuclear policy confirmed that the United tales is under pressure from he International Community to control its nuclear weapon. But he added we arc a nuclear Power and we have weapons procurement pro Grams and must meet our after the hearing. Sen. Frank Church a Idaho the panel chairman read a sum Mary of the 2v4-hour closed meeting Brown and Muskie attended. He said Muskie who was not briefed in Advance on a recent change in America s nuclear War strategy has been assured by Carter he will be included in future discussions. Officials found chink police believe in Pekin school s Armor Pekin Iii. A despite petition signed by More than 7,000 people demand ing to keep their High schools Long Tim nickname school officials Here say chinks is out dragons is chinks is no slur Lloyd Cottingham who attended Pekin High school in the1960s, protested to the school Board Mon Day night. To me All it Means is a Little spirit. We Don t live in any other country. We live in America. And it s time we stood up and acted like about 100 parents and students some of them dressed in red and White shirts saying Pekin chinks dragons stink attended the meeting to protest the dropping of the High school nickname after a decade of complaints that it was a racial slur against the chinese. The crowd presented a petition signed by More than 7,000 people. Board president Jack Lowman accepted the petitions an said afterwards the Board would take no action on the matter. School superintendent James l. Elliot called the evening an honest expression of opinion and scheduled a meeting wednes Day with leaders of the protest but said we Are the dragons and we will continue to school official adapted that name this year and bought a new red dragon outfit forthe Mascot sparking a class Boycott earlier this month by dozens of students upset a relinquishing chinks As the school Nick name. In recent years officials have been phas ing out the use of the word chink on school uniforms but a sign in front of the football Field declares that it is the Home of the what about the Spalding Irish a High school in nearby Peoria the Washington redskins and the new York Yankees asked Mary Provinzano a Pekin High senior. If we have to change our name Why Don t they have to change theirs and the protesters at the meeting pointed out that in 1974, following a visit by a chinese american delegation angered bythe nickname students voted overwhelmingly to keep chinks. Let s let the students vote on the Ssu again Cottingham urged the Board. Ninety percent of the school is for the chink. We be got the whole City and 20,000people can t be burglars take $400,000 in Stamps from dealer new York up More than$400.000 Worth of French colonial Stamps were stolen from a Manhattan stamp dealer while the store was shut for the night police said. Sgt. Robert Treuber said the thieves broke through a Wall and took 70 books of Stamps from a file Cabinet. Whoever too them knew where to look he said. They Aren t privy to All the facts Alexandria la. Up get me out of Here police heard As they approached an outhouse at a Public boat launch to find a naked Man stuck in the toilet waste Hole with Only his head and shoulders Visi ble. The 40-year-old Man whose identity was withheld told police in a Story arousing their disbelief that he was forced to undress and climb into the waste Hole by two husky hitchhikers. He said he spent 10hours in the toilet before he was rescued. Firefighters had to Cut into the Hole Metal Shaft monday to free him. Scratches and bruises were visible on the naked Man when he was freed and he appeared exhausted and disoriented once freed the Man was escorted into Kincaid Lake where he remained until an ambulance arrived to take him to a Hospital. The Man s clothes and boots were found neatly tucked under the front scat of his car which was parked nearby with the doors locked. Deputies James Rich and John Adam doubted the Story Given by the Man who said he did not resist the hitchhikers be cause i Don t fight can you picture anyone not pulling up fight Rich said. There s no Way they d have gotten me in that Hole. The Toile would have been he added that the Man is a retired air Force officer and his military training should have taught him enough to resist two unarmed people ordering him inc a toilet Justice Powell rejects delay of la. School integration Washington a supreme court Justice Lewis f. Powell or. Tuesday refused to postpone a racial desegregation order for a Louisiana school District where defiant parents have seized a grammar , without comment turned Down the rapids Parish school Board s request to postpone is. District judge Naum Anscott s desegregation order for one year to allow an orderly planned under the plan based on a desegregation order issued in 1970, Scott closed Forest Hill elementary and ordered widespread using of students in Rapides Parish. There Are 27,000 students in the Parish about one third of whom am Black. A group of parents took Over Forest Hill when classes began in the Parish sept. 9.they said it was not a protest against Inte Gration but an attempt to preserve a Community school. Clyde Holloway acting principal an group spokesman said 183 students at tended monday. Louis Berry a lawyer who filed the de segregation suit 15 Yean ago on behalf of a group of Blacks announced that he would ask Scott to bold the parents in contempt of court
