European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 10, 1981, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10 the stars and stripes january 1981 Epa extends time on emission standards car makers get Welcome news by the associated press the environmental Protection citing the financially troubled condition of the automobile has said it will allow major car makers an extra two years for certain engines to meet Auto Mobile emission the government Agency has Given Gen eral Chrysler Ana american motors until 1983 for seven of their engine models to meet the 1981 Standard for car Bon monoxide emission of Grams per cars using these engines will be allowed to meet the Standard of seven Grams per the Epa granted the waivers to give the financially troubled companies flexibility to improve the competitiveness of these Agency officials said the cars Are particularly important both to the economic health of the companies and to the nations need for More fuel efficient the Epa pointed out in its official announce the cars affected by the waivers of the clean air act include Gas Fords escort and most Chrysler models and amps spirit and the Epa also granted waivers on Auto emission rules to two japanese automotive companies Nissan motor and Isuzu defense says he was exposed to it Gary oof trial told of agent Orange Camp a Marine Robert Garwood was exposed to agent Orange several times while a prisoner of War in Vietnam and saw five or six other pos die after eating food contaminated by the an air Force psychologist has testified in Gar Woods court Richard Wheatley said thurs left handed cop wins settlement after loss of Job a City officials have tentatively agreed to pay a out of court settlement to a former Reserve policeman who was fired allegedly for be ing Franklin Woody Winborn was Dis missed in april from his police Post in the Riverside Public safety department in a dispute Over the departments uniform City records show that Winborn was fired because he disobeyed an order from a Supe rior but in a suit filed in May in District court at said he was fired because he is left handed and be cause he refused to comply with an unwritten uniform code requiring a right handed the which sought dam claimed Winborn dismissal was discriminatory and damaging to his Winborn Case had drawn unusual Atten Tion and inspired a Topeka left handers International to Start a new fund to help pay costs of left handers Legal the tentatively approved tuesday night by the City Council in this Kansas City will pay Winborn plus court costs and reinstate him to the police in Winborn has agreed to resign from the police Force simultaneously with his Home mortgage rates Are expected to Rise Washington a the Federal Home loan Board says it Doest expect any Good news for prospective House buyers for a the Board reported that Home buyers paid an average of percent interest on mortgages in Early the fourth straight month in which the rate the average Price of houses purchased increased from in november to in Early the Board some further increase in mortgage commitment rates May be anticipated As Thrift institutions continue to be buffeted by in creases in their costs of the Board Day the symptoms Garwood described Dur ing extensive psychological examinations last year were compatible with those de scribed in air Force studies of the Herbi used As a chief of psychology in the neurological division of the school of Aero space Medicine at Brooks fab in san an was the third medical expert to testify for the Garwood is charged with desertion and collaboration with the enemy in the 34yearold Indiana native disappeared near Danang in september 1965 and re turned to the United states in March prosecution attorneys objected to wheat Leys testimony about agent which some veterans contend has caused cancer in them and birth defects in their the presiding Marine allowed the testimony after defense attorneys said they would not try to show the chemical had caused any mental disabilities in the defense said it was attempting to show the truthfulness of Gar Woods statements about his stay in Wheatley said Gar Woods symptoms after exposure to the substance severe skin irregular body functions lasted for about five he also testified that Garwood claimed to be one of two or three survivors of a b52 bombing raid on a prison Camp in May Garwood was unconscious for three Days and Blind and deaf for several weeks after the bombing Wheatley Wheatley said rays have shown bits of shrapnel in Gar Woods supporting the defendants account of the the air Force psychologist has examined about 200 former pos returning from Southeast Wheatley said the tests on Garwood provided psychological picture of an anxious person with extraordinary fears of while those tests showed that Garwood has a easily manipulated personal Wheatley said the Marine private also had mental problems dating Back to his motors the Auto Industry got Back to work after its Long Christmas shut with Assembly workers left on temporary Layoff to reduce stocks of unsold according to manufacturers the five major producers listed workers on indefinite Layoff this but Chrysler said its figure of is two weeks out of the car makers said thursday that temporary layoffs would be reduced to at Assembly plants next general motors reported that Lon term furloughs Are Down from just before the break to a total of an Industry journal said car production last week was up percent from the of the same week last automotive news said truck production was Down 24 percent at compared with the of the same 1980 for the weekly Auto makers turned out a 24 percent drop from the of truck output was put at for 46 percent below the of car production by the five major makers for 1980 broke Down this Way percent percent 10 percent 3 and no no music Kansas to up Union musicians for the Kansas City Phil Harmon who went on strike More than three months ago during a contract will not perform at All this the philharmonic association has walking in a Brooklyn wonderland the Skyline of lower Manhattan forms slogging along on the Brooklyn prime make for much of an routine for new a backdrop for Neil Estern and his but the six Inch snowfall didst yorkers driving to photo