European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 20, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                July 1985 the stars and stripes Page 5 automakers car mileage Standard May or Washington up the government said thursday it plans to relax the Federal Economy fuel Stan Dard for 1986 car models to 26 Miles per gallon to save t Ford motor hailed the decision As a commonsense Victory for but consumer activist Ralph Nader said the move would destroy the most effective Energy conservation program in America the National Highway traffic safety administration said it wants to Cut the corporate average fuel Economy Standard from mpg to 26 mpg for the upcoming Model the cafe Standard is the average fuel econ omy level for an automakers the Public will have 30 Days to comment on the promo the Agency said the fuel mileage Standard does not meet the statutory test of economic it said two of the automakers general motors and Ford were not expected to meet the present Standard and this would have forced Plant closings unless the Stan Dard was the Commerce department estimated Auto Industry and related jobs would be lost if the Standard is not the governments proposal to adjust the car mileage Standard for 1986 is a commonsense Victory for Consumers who need and want to buy family sedans and station said Helen a Ford vice Nader this decision is expensive to Consumers and unfair to Chrysler which invested and met the Chrysler chairman Lee Iacocca said he is a Little More than unhappy with the we were pretty Damn stupid to spend Over a billion dollars to meet the he charging that pm and Ford did not make the suitable investments to meet the mpg we Are about to put up a Tombstone Here lies americas Energy Iacocca pm and Ford filed petitions March 1 requesting a reduction in the passenger car Standard to 26 mpg for 1986 and the government said it anticipates respond ing to the petitions for changes in the 1987 and 1988 Kentucky chemical blast kills 2 a a storage tank at a chemical Plant ignited and ruptured setting off a series of explosions that killed two people and forced about 100 people to flee their the flames spread to three other tanks at the Borden chemical a subsidiary of Borden but firefight ers extinguished them and no other tanks Plant officials believe Sparks from welding flew up and ignited the which was filled with a phenol Formale Hyde lifting it off a Threefoot tipping it on its Side and spilling the two men died and one Man was burned Over 98 percent of his they were employees of Browneagle of Baton a maintenance company that has been working at the Borden Plant for at least a Plant manager Chuck Stevens the three were building catwalks Over a Field of 2025 outdoor storage tanks when the explosion one was operating a the tank was on its Side 20 feet from where it was supposed to the Crane was totally Stevens about 100 including residents of four nearby streets in southwestern Jefferson were said Charles Cook of the Jefferson county police de about 20 gathered at a nearby Baptist where red Cross volunteers served food and the resin is used to saturate strengthening it for use As a building it is often used in Stevens Borden also manufactures formaldehyde and ure formaldehyde resin used in adhesives and Stevens said about 40 people were inside the main manufacturing Plant on the 97acre site when the Accident second shift employees were on standby thurs Day night in Case production police chaplain Mike Greenwell identified the victims As Lee Ijames of Louisville and Walter Blank of Ages were Albert Lysinger was hospitalized with Greenwell he suffered third degree Burns Over 98 percent of his said Robert a Jefferson county police Apple loses million in 3rd Quarter san Francisco not Apple computer thursday said it lost million in its third fiscal quart the first quarterly loss for the personal computer Pioneer since it incorporated in the loss resulted from a onetime charge against earn Ings of owing to the recently announced consolidation of the company that includes the closing of three of the company six factories and the dismissal of of its Apple said its pretax profits from operations for the which ended june were in the third fiscal Quarter a year Apple had pretax operating profit of million and net income of Revenue for the Quarter dropped to from million a year Apple has been suffering from a general slowdown in Sands of time the personal computer As Well As from specific problems with its own internal turmoil led to the reorganization in late May that relieved Steven the of his Day today operating respond apples John said that the recent moves by Apple had swiftly lowered the breakeven Point for the Michele computer Industry analyst at estimated that Apple can now break even with million to million in quarterly compared to million required at the beginning of the despite the quarterly apples balance Sheet is Strong its Cash reserves grew to million in the inventories also Model years by requesting Public comment on a Range of alternatives at the time it issues a final decision for the Edward head of the House subcommittee on Energy conservation and said the decision would give open a shot in the Arm at a time when it is weakening and it signals a major Retreat from serious fuel conservation in this general the nations largest said the governments decision to revise the Standard is a Job not an Energy the amendment proposed today covers far too Short a period of time to avoid the possibility that pm and other manufacturers May have to curtail laying off employees and limiting consumer Choice in order to comply with the current pm because it would make no sense to Lay off the people who Are making the big cars Consumers want to pm will continue to seek a reduction in the Standard for Model years beyond films of death Are latest fad in video Market Detroit a faces of death and its films made up of scene after graphic scene of actual human and animal have become hot items on the video rental Market around the distributors it is said Dennis Peters of Curtis a this entertainment one of the nations leading videotape rental it is also immensely according to who described the demand for the faces of death videocassettes As people like the Boodan guts he despite their common subject the faces of death films differ in one crucial respect from Standard Hollywood horror fare the killings they show Are basically its a said Jeff Robin manager of a videotape rental store in Ann it covers everything from the elec tric chair to the the films also show a tribal a Bridge jump several autopsies and the kill ing of monkeys in a restaurant where fresh Monkey brains Are a specially of the Robinson its really he it kind of leaves you Robinson said customers rent out the films As quickly As he puts them on the it just kind of caught he Jaffer a of Valjack productions of Oak exclusive distributor of the faces of death said they have developed a Strong following despite Lack of advertising and virtually no theatrical the company has sold copies of the two he in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today july 1945 the Navy department revealed that the aircraft Carrier Ticonderoga was crippled when a japanese plane plunged into its flight deck and another hit the the Carrier suffered 337 casualties and extensive damage 21 in the 30 years ago today july 1955 the nations first atomic electricity for commercial purposes coursed through transmission lines of the Niagara Mohawk Power company to Homes and industries in northeastern new 20 years ago foday july House Republican Leader Gerald Ford urged president John son to deliver a state of the emergency message on Vietnam to Calm growing uneasiness and unrest in the 70 years ago foday july in the army disclosed that nearly soldiers and civilians were Given Ltd in tests that continued until no that my not a says woman a a woman is suing a sporting goods store for charging she was accused of shoplifting a basketball when she actually was Betsy of a Washington entered the irvings sports store at a shopping mall in neighbouring Falls to look for exercise equipment in february when she was nine months according to her lawsuit filed in Arling ton circuit court last a cashier told one of the stores managers that Nelson had stolen a basketball and put it under her the suit said Nelson was detained at the store for an hour and was Given the option of opening her dress or going to the police i had to disrobe in front of six male Security guards and police officers in the Nelson said in a Telephone interview i had to take off my sweater and lift up my in the Nelson claims she was falsely accused of shoplifting and subjected to great mental pain and humiliation and serious emotional a woman who answered the Telephone at the stores offices said no one wished to comment about the greek Jet crashes Greece a a greek air Force f4 Jet crashed South of this North Western greek City while on a training and both its pilots were the air Force