European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 10, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                June 1985 the stars and stripes Page 17 modern living Buick Riviera tops car thieves list by Josef Hebert associated press automobile thieves Are a discriminating according to a government ranking of cars most Likely to be they turn their noses up at the mundane and but cant stay away from the sporty and luxurious cars even when some have sophisticated Antii heft a list made Public by the National Highway traffic safety administration ranked the Buick a top Otheline specially As the most Likely car to be it had a theft rate in 198384 of a Little More than 16 cars per vehicles toward the Bottom of the list of 130 cars were the Lincoln Mercury grand various Volvo the Honda civic and pm midsize cars such As the Pontiac Chevrolet Cavalier and Oldsmobile and an array of relatively rare including three versions of the the chances of these cars being stolen ranged from Zero for the since none was reported stolen during the two to just Over per vehicles for the the likelihood of a car being stolen was More than 10 times greater among the dozen cars at the top of the list than among those toward the although Auto theft experts warn that other factors such As geography and where a car is kept should be taken into the thieves Are going to steal what the general Public explained Richard a member of the Kentucky state police and recent presi Dent of the International association of Auto theft he said the rankings were no Surprise to the luxury Buick Riviera is popular with car Law enforcement what according to the government ranking and car theft Are automobiles that have a High Dollar value and great demand either As com plete cars or As in addition to the the top 10 cars in popularity among Auto thieves in 1983 and 1984 were the Toyota celica thefts per cars produced Cadillac Chevrolet Pontiac Chevrolet Ca Mazda porsche Oldsmobile and Pontiac grand fourteen of the top 20 cars came from general motors we have Over half of the pm spokesman David Hudgens people like our a pm Tom quickly rejected suggestions that pm cars might be easier to the Corvette Long has been among the most stolen although in recent years pm has offered a sophisticated ant theft alarm system As Standard equip Kelly your pro is going to be Able to get the car if he wants Mcquown the list is based on car theft statistics from the Bis National crime information it covers 1983 and 1984 Model cars stolen in those same years and ranks them on the basis of stolen vehicles compared with How Many of the cars were lower interest rates fuel Home buying Boom Bojoh Cunniff associated press f you have been looking for a Home lately you know How hot the Market can get when the Winter skies lift and dreams i All things seem possible under such even the formidable task of turning a derelict House into a thing of it is a time when buyers really believe that everything is possible with a Little tender Loving add in another and you can have a catalytic which is just what is lenders this year Are showering Money upon those albeit at an average interest rate Between 12 percent and 13 sales of existing houses Are running at the highest level in nearly according to the National association of and housing starts Are at their highest level in nearly a March activity in resale or used Homes tall them what you wish ran at an annual rate of million Erma Bombeck highest since november at the same time new Homes were rising at an annual rate of million some comparisons give you a better idea of the As recently As last for resale houses were Selling at Only million a and new Homes were going up at a rate of Only million units a since the Economys growth has slowed a bit in the past a logical question arises Why should housing be so hot housing people respond with a simple answer because interest rates have been falling the average effective interest rate on Loans closed on resale Homes fell nearly on Quarter of a percentage Point in just one from february to according to the Federal Home loan Bank that decline from percent in february to percent in March put the average at the lowest level recorded by the Bank Board since last when a Reading was according to the National association of the february March decline meant that As Many As More families were Able to buy houses in it estimates that a 1 percent interest rate decline makes it possible for an additional to families to buy realtor Jack Carlson said the february Tomarch period was the the first time since december 1983 that Mont to month increases occurred in All the biggest was in the followed by the West at the mid West at percent and the South at other show that weaknesses do especially in the Sale of condos in Southern and Western As expressed by mortgage brokers Lomas the Supply in the Sunbelt markets is at a record High just in time to meet a shrinking but in Many other especially in the buyers Are finding that houses listed in the morning have binders on them by an amazing contrast to just a few years ago when houses remained unsold for Many this is a tale of two Twentyfive years ago my husband bought our son his first the kid snapped it out of the Slid it on his wrist and its 5 Oclock my husband smiled his  smile and its on upside let daddy Tell you a thing or two about for the next three they hovered together Over the Kitchen table As they surgically dissected the to set you had to carefully pull the Stem out until you got it to the time you then push it if you wanted the watch to it was advisable to wind it the same being careful not to wind it too your instincts would develop with after the preliminary Wal through of All the my husband finally got Down to the basics How to Tell when the big hand pointed toward the refrigerator and the Small hand was toward the it was 6 Oclock and time to when the big hand was toward the mixer and the Little hand toward the portable it was time to go to if he went into a Home or building where the furniture was not positioned in the same spot As our he was to go to the nearest person and what time is it i dont think i will Ever forget those two huddled around the Kitchen table if i live to be a last our son bought my husband his first triathlon my husband snapped it out of the Slid it on his wrist and its i better get my son smiled his  smile and that not the that your Mem Lap 4 total let me show you How to use your he spread the instructions for the watch out on the Kitchen it took less paper to paper the by the end of there was he knew How to insert the batteries and set the it went off at 3 but he was on to by the first of he had mastered the which allowed him to View european and Mili tary he still didst know How to focus in on night but at least he knew what Day it there was a setback in his watch program the first of May As april has 30 this meant he had to go through the Calendar adjustment instructions to compensate for a month less than 30 this month he is up to the Multi Model Chronograph and Multi Mode countdown timer with a our son says by the end of july he should master the it Doest seem to be important my husband Hast had time to run since Hes been at the Kitchen table with his c los Angeles times Syndicate