European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 10, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes August 1985 Bill proposed to save Auto Gray market7 by Clint Swift Washington Bureau Washington a Bill to save the Gray Market in foreign cars probably will require Auto shops in the United states to prove that they can and will stand behind their the measure also could require Auto conversion shops to provide car owners with warranties and to keep re cords so owners could be notified in Case of according to Capitol Hill staff members involved in devel Oping a those arc the lines along which an agreement is being drawn Between John chairman of the House Energy and Commerce and representatives who dont want to Sec the imports barred by the National transportation and Highway safety administration authorization the Bill is to be marked up in full committee next month when Congress returns from its summer a similar ban Effort is before the Senate Commerce one Section of the House Bill would permit Only manufacturers to certify that an Auto meets safety Stan that would amount to a ban on direct which arc certified by the conversion the department of transportation has objected to technical provisions of the authorization including bumper testing that would mean destroying the the office of management and budget has objected that the approach is Over Road and could Lead to higher prices for the foreign cars if the direct import Competition were Thomas complained about the Impact on american a Topo theline Mer cedes has a declared value of for customs Pur poses at the port of he but the same car on a dealers floor in that City will have a Price the environmental Protection Agency estimates that vehicles will be imported directly during the next Bliley said american Consumers could save to per or up to according to the automobile importers compliance about 800 Small businesses employing people a million Industry could be shut Down by a ban on direct the association apparently has won the support of John chairman of the Senate Commerce with its proposal for self policing of modification shops funded through a fee that would be passed on to buyers who Purchase cars through member a sen ate aide in congressional supporters of a ban have couched their arguments in terms of a need to ensure compliance with safety and clean air manufacturers cite surveys of whose repair shops testify that Only a Small percentage of modified cars really meet safety or emission the compliance association responds that the repairmen often dont know what to look for under the the modifications May involve stronger sealed beam catalytic converters and steel reinforcement in an aide to Bliley theres no question that under present Law its too easy for car owners to walk away from their the Law requires owners to Post of one to three times the value of their cars to guarantee that the autos will be made to comply with american but the Bonds can be bought As insurance with a payment that May be Small in comparison to the value of the service members normally do not have to Post a Bond to drive their cars away from the port if All they need is a catalytic converter to meet Epa they Are Given five Days to mail Back a card on which an inspection station has certified that the emission equipment has been service members who bring Back cars that do not meet safety standards have to Post a Bond and then have 120 Days to make the cars a spokes Man for the military traffic management come two of the manufacturers hardest hit Are Bow and Mercedes in a Mercedes official said his firm sold about cars through authorized distributors last while Gray Market imports of the cars were estimated at during the same the firms also complain that their reputations Are Hurt when Auto performance is Cut by emission control devices and the weight of heavy Metal girders placed in door companies such As those have an ally in the National automobile dealers the Only thing the association fears More than the threat from imports is the threat from bargain one congressional staff member the question is not whether a qualified american business can install a safety bumper on an Bliley said on the House the question is whether we have some method of ensuring that the Job is done prop an amendment offered by Bliley forms the framework for the Compromise being sought in the a Bliley aide it would require modifiers to Register with the department of transportation and keep records so owners could be found in the event of a demonstrate technical ability to make cars meet obtain insurance to cover claims of owners who could prove they were harmed by work done in modifiers provide Lightyear warranties on their it also would establish a program of inspections of modification shops and fund it through fees to be paid by the conversion the House measure to ban the imports was introduced by Matthew r where Mercedes Benz of North America has head independents blamed for abduction news update Nicaragua a an american peace group says 29 activists and 18 reporters were freed after a Day of Captivity by Independent anticommunist re Bels and not by the second largest Contra guerrilla which it had originally Patricia Manning of the witness for peace group said the american activists and the reporters accompanying them arrived thursday night at Al Castillo after spending the Day sailing Down the san Juan River that divides Nicaragua and Costa the group arrived without any Accident and in a Good Manning adding she could not learn More about the situation because of poor radio the activists Are in Nicaragua to protest the Reagan administrations support for the rebels and to Campaign for peace Between the United states and the groups Washington office the peace group had blamed wednes Days abduction on the revolutionary democratic an anti sandinista rebel group commonly known As the rebel groups Eden had threatened that his guerrillas would shoot at the activists if they made their but witness for peace released a Tran script of a radio conversation to the associated press late thursday in which an activist aboard the boat said the abductors identified themselves As Independent anti communists rather than members of Pas Toras arde consistently has denied any involvement in the saying it took place in territory held by the and that it was a show put on by the sandinista to discredit the Pastora and Many of his men fought with the sandinista front to oust former right Wing dictator Anastasio but later broke with the new leftist government and began rebel actions from bases in Costa on another witness Sharon said the activists had radioed that nicaraguan re Bels were firing on their boat from Costa and had ordered them to get off on the Costa rican the incident reportedly occurred As the group was returning from la an abandoned arde Camp in Nicaragua along the River where they had gone tues Day for a prayer Vigil and spent the in state department spokesman Bernard Kalb said americans had been cautioned for two years to avoid travel in the nicaraguan and said the United states was not responsible for the Pope ordains 11 new togolese priests Togo up Pope John Paul 11 ordained 11 new priests for the roman Catholic Church in Togo urging them to go out As missionaries to a nation still two thirds Pagan and carry the Chris Tian message even beyond its during an open air mass celebrated in French and seven tribal the Pope said he hoped the priests would serve As missionaries away from their Homes and that the faithful will know How to accept priests from different ethnic he told the new your horizon As missionaries is not confined to your coun you must carry the Good news to the sons and daughters of All and to the whole the Pope flew 320 Miles Inland from the coastal capital of lome to the rolling Green Highlands of a nation of million people wedged Between Benin and Ghana on the West coast of one in five of the population is but two out of every three togolese Are animists or voodoo the on the first leg of a Sevenna 12day tour of his third since becoming pontiff seven years drove first to the mar bled Palace of president gassing be the 50yearold former army commander who seized Power in a coup 18 years John Paul was greeted by about Many of them wearing shirts and dresses bearing printed portraits of the Pope and some additionally adorned with Feath ers and hats crowned with Buffalo and Ante Lope they Sang in polish we Greet and they rattled banged Tom Toms and steel Drums and blew into a Jazzy High life band competed with the sound of Gregorian chant booming out of the Pope entered the Palace past an Honor guard of troops wearing French style Epis and Green baggy pants tucked into Black the Pope told the a that the roman Catholic Church stands ready at All times to smooth new paths toward peace and you know that the authorities can count at All times on the Loy Alty of christians toward their native he Eya Dema then took the Pope to a mausoleum in the palaces Multi Faith Chapel where his Mother lies buried and where a Tomb has been reserved for the president As since we Are in the spiritual presence of your let us Pray the Pope the two men then Knelt beside the Tomb while the pontiff recited the lords prayer in the Pope and head of state then appeared on a Palace Balcony to Greet the standing beneath a multicoloured the Pope the to Golese Are very Good they Are Good they express the Joy that Faith brings to women replied with shrill the Pope then drove in an open topped Mercedes limousine along lightly guarded bus Driver charged Italy a the Driver of a bus of pilgrims that plunged off a Mountain Road in Northern Italy killing nine people has been charged with multiple officials Roberto who suffered minor injuries in the Accident near this town close to the Western Alps and the French was served an arrest warrant in his Hospital state attorney Sebastiano Campisi decided to charge the Driver after questioning Origlia and rail line cleared Italy a the Brenner railway line linking Italy to Austria and West Germany has been reopened to traffic As workers cleared the tracks after a huge land workers earlier had cleared the Brenner Highway and the state also struck by landslides at Mezza near the town of re utilization offices announce Sale schedule by the stars and stripes Small cassette re cameras and microwave ovens Are among items being offered for Sale by de sense re utilization and marketing service offices in Europe this the main Kastel office will hold a retail Sale from 10 to 1 in building terms Are Cash and with payment in for More Call Townsend or any sales person at main Kastel military 2356403 or civilian the Meckenheim office will be closed 1216 for turning of usable and scrap officials the office will resume Normal operating hours for additional Contact Jim Cornelius at military 2131 ets 380