European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 8, 1981, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10 the stars and stripes january 1981 car prices up Chrysler Breaks refuses to follow pm and Ford in putting boosts into effect Detroit a just As automakers were announcing the figures on what May be one of their most dismal sales Ford motor said it is joining general motors in raising Chrysler broke with traditional Auto Industry practice by not Fol lowing the Price boost Lead of its two major the financially troubled company was to begin bargaining with the United Auto workers wednesday on a million wage freeze it has proposed As part of its plan to win an additional million in Federal loan on pm and Volkswagen 9f America became the first major Domestic Auto companies to report final 1980 sales for pm it was the worst year since the 1 automaker sold cars in a 16 percent decline from the 281 sold in vow sold cars in a per cent gain from its first full year of Domestic based on the pattern set by december Domestic makers will finish the year with about million cars while imports will set a record with million units or about 26 percent of the in Domestic automakers sold million in that importers sold about Ford said tuesday it was raising prices an average of a or about 1 Ford said it would hold prices steady for its new Ford Granada and Mercury Cougar compacts and the cheapest of the new is dad held in sheff of from son a a 56 year old Man has been charged with steal ing the his teenage son won in an out court settlement after being Par Al Zed in a sporting Robert an unemployed computer allegedly used the settlement in the negligence suit to buy a Sailboat and electronic the office of Suffolk county District attorney Patrick Henry said Steen was arrested monday on an indict everything you need to know to have a luxurious and problem free indoor Garden now available at bookstores ment charging him with grand who is separated from his wife and lives in Lloyds was held in the Suffolk county jail pending Steens 19yearold of Huntington was injured in july 1977 in a Lacrosse game sponsored by the town of a neck injury left him with movement Only in his he sued the town for million in a settlement in August the teenager received after Legal fees and other Young Steen received the District attorneys office said Peter Steen told his father to Deposit the award Check in a the father allegedly took off with the Money two weeks Henry Steen allegedly used the Money to Pur Chase a Sailboat and thousands of dollars Worth of electronic the son has already filed a civil suit and recovered asks reduce Aid Cort subcompact and would slash from the cheapest escort station wag on pm said it was raising prices an average of percent or per pm Cut prices on the sub compact Chevetta and held the line on its popular compact cars directly competing with Chrysler new car Industry observers connected Chrysler decision not to raise prices with the wage freeze negotiations with the Chrys which also is asking its suppliers for a yearlong Price did not attribute its decision not to raise prices to the Law Chrysler currently is offering 7 percent a figure that May change with movements in the prevailing prime interest rate charged by the rebate program is to end program working Well John Chrysler executive vice president for sales and said Chrysler rebate program is working very with both sales and penetration up substantially Over previous it is Clear that customers appreciate a Good bar following introduction of the rebates on Chrysler share of the Market for Domestic makes Rose from 10 percent in november to percent in mid Decem All because of improvements in sales of its Small for the 1120 sales of Small cars were up 42 percent from the same period of 1979 while larger cars were off Chrysler lost billion in the first nine months of 1980 and expects to lose about million for the fourth clergy group claims Israel violates rights new York a about 400 Amer ican including several Bishops and some Are calling for the United states to reduce its Aid to Israel because of alleged violations of human in a statement released the clergymen also said the United states and Israel should each open talks with the pal Estine liberation the whose signers included some previous critics of was to be delivered to the israeli embassy in Wash and sent to president presi Dent elect Ronald Reagan and other offi it charges Israel with violations of Var ious principles of the United nations Decla ration of human rights on the occupied West Bank and in including annexation of property seizure and arbitrary arrests and collective Israel has denied such charges in the noting that Congress in 1975 prohibited economic Aid to any country engaging consistently in Gross violations of human the statement said we Call upon our government to reduce Aid to Israel until she recognizes the human rights of the palestinian signers of the statement included four United methodist two of them re a retired episcopal also Antio Chian orthodox metropolitan Philip Catholic Antiwar the Daniel his Empriest Phil lip and civil rights Leader the Jesse who have previously criticized israeli other prominent signers included har Vard University theologian Harvey Cox the Philip Dean of Wesley theological Seminary in Washington the William human rights official of the National Council of and the Simon executive Secretary of Jesuit one jew was among the signers rabbi Elmer Leader of a former anti Zion is jewish the signatures were collected by search for Justice and Equality in an organization which says it seeks human rights both for palestinians and israeli we urge the israeli and american governments to recognize the right of palestini ans to including an inde pendent state in the West Bank and Gaza if they so the statement it says Mutual accommodation Between israeli jews and palestinian arabs can Only result from negotiations Between the chosen leadership of both parties and called for negotiations Between the United states and the Plo and also Between Israel and the 6 80 injured by grenade in crowd Thailand a six peo ple were killed and 80 others wounded when a Man hurled a hand grenade into a crowd of about persons watching a folksinger performing at a Temple fair in Southeast Ern a provincial police officer police said Sarachan a Well known thai was the target of the killer but escaped death or injury be cause the grenade fell some distance from