European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 25, 1981, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes january 1981 americans logging More time in autos Washington up if Miles logged arc any americas love affair with the automobile is a new government report the Commerce in its social indicators a massive statistical report on the Quality of american came up with these figures for the 10 years Between 1967 and 1977 travel on Urban streets was up 60 there was a 50 percent increase in Gas Price hikes in recent the mileage increases compared with Only a 33 percent Rise in the number of licensed National archives releases memos Haig pushed try to get watergate files Washington up while serv nations committee is expected to drop its ing As an aide to Richard Alex inquiry of Haigs watergate Ander Haig pushed a White House request the heavily censored 350 pages include for Access to internal files of the watergate internal memos from the watergate pros special prosecution newly released documents files released Friday by the National archives show that Nixon White House chief of made the request to Deputy attorney general Laurence Silber Man on april just Over three months before Nixon resigned the presiden but the files show that watergate prosecutors Leon Jaworski and Charles Ruff never had Haig under criminal investigation and never suspected him of criminal wrong in one Silberman wrote that Haig phoned him on april and indicated a potential very serious confrontation was possible Over release of the watergate prosecution teams files to the White Haig said that White House lawyer James Clair wanted memoranda on discussions Between watergate prosecutor Archibald Cox and Nixon aide John Dean that resulted in Deans changing his sworn Haig warned if Coxs Leon wants to get we will get Silberman Silberman said he replied that the de Mand would be an extraordinary matter in Normal prosecution in he said Haig sought attorney general William saxes support in the White houses request for the the released by the National archives under the Freedom of information were the first files concerning Haig to be made Public since he joined the Reagan on archivist Robert Warner upheld Nixon objections to releasing any of 338 tape recordings of Haigs conversations with the exp resident during the watergate without Access to the the Senate voted 936 wednesday to confirm Haig As Secretary of the Senate foreign re lawyer files 215 Mem hotel lawsuits los Angeles a a California attorney has filed 215 of More than 400 planned lawsuits seeking almost billion in damages for deaths and injuries in the Las vegas Mem grand hotel Harold an Inglewood attorney who also has an office in Mexico said that 303 of his 429 clients Are mexican nationals who were vacationing in Las vegas when the fire some of these people Are very he noting that one Man who died in the fire was had an annual in come of and left a wife and three the family is Sullivan said at a news conference that his investigators have turned up evidence of neglect and corruption on the part of Mem and possibly Public officials in the fire that sent choking smoke through the 26story the Blaze initially killed 84 hotel guests and but Sullivan said one of his Eduardo of weeks after the bringing the death toll to ecu tors not protected by Nixon claims of executive the internal memoranda also detailed Haigs role in asking the apparently on orders from the National Security Henry to conduct 17 wiretaps on government officials and journalists to Trace news first Day on the Job Secretary of state Alexander Haig is greeted warmly on his first Day on the Job in he had taken the total Miles covered by All types of the amount of passenger Miles driven was up 40 the increases came despite the huge leap in fuel costs caused by the Arab Oil Embar when americans travel Between go of the report does not cover the the report they overwhelmingly prefer private automobile which accounts for 85 to 90 percent of All intercity personal commercial air travel has the Lions share of intercity mileage by Public with 84 percent of that Market in by 70 percent of americans travelling on Public carriers 40 years ago chose to go by the latest available figures show less than 5 percent use the railroads transportation is the report from 1966 to persons lost their lives on the nations streets and highways because of motor vehicle Acci dents about persons per an average of one death every 10 the study noted a decline in the Highway deaths since adoption of the nationwide 55 Mph Speed limit from in 1973 to in about one Driver in five is involved in an Accident each the report from 1967 to there were close to 2 million disabling Auto accidents annually an average of one each 17 the cars americans drive Are getting old the report says the median age of Auto mobiles in use Rose from years in 1969 to years in automobiles on roads also Are get Ting better fuel the study average mileage had slipped from Miles per gallon in 1950 to mpg in but Rose to by new american built cars showed a sharper average mileage after dropping from mpg in 1950 to in the 1974 Model it climbed to in drive is under Way for hostage Dwyer a people All Over the United states Are joining the Peti Tion drive to free Cynthia a free Lance writer still imprisoned in Iran and accused of being a the 49yearold Mother of three flew to Iran in april to research stories she hoped to sell on her the iranian foreign ministry said revolutionary guards arrested Dwyer May 5 at her Tehran hotel and accused her of being a spy for the Cen trial intelligence a petition drive urging president Reagan to secure the Safe and Early release of Dwyer is being cosponsored by the Buffalo eve Ning news and television station a Kew Steve news director of the said he developed the petition idea to be sure that Dwyer wont get lost in the shuffle now that the 52 american hostages have been the woman John Dwy head of the English department at Buffalo state said the spy charges Are without oath of office in a private White House ceremony after his confirmation by the a photo strangled Atlanta youth is identified Atlanta up the body of a Young Black boy found strangled along a Road 25 Miles South of Atlanta was identified saturday As a 15yearold Atlanta the 17th Atlanta Black child to Dis appear or be found slain in the past 18 officials said the Terry was from the Northwest Section of most of the victims have been from the Southwest authorities refused to say whether they believe the Pue Case was linked to the other but like some of the other had been of the 16 Black children who previously 13 have been found Pue would be the 17th victim if police decide his Case is linked to the covered area along a Deaden he appeared to have been dead about 24 hours when his body was medical examiners said Pue was wearing unable to determine if the words refer to that nor have they determined who Kim might the children still unaccounted for in clude Jeffrey 11 Darron Young Mathis disappeared last Glass in september and Geter in december the Washington All of the children have been from High printed on ithe Back and a Blue wind Low income families Between 8 and i 15 breaker jacket with the word Kim print years and two were gods de in red letters across the in the cases where cause of death has been the children have been either strangled or stabbed c school 7 m Atlanta but officials have been