European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 16, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes monday september 16, 1985 . Vets to meet with world War ii foes reunion with Watten is faces protests new York not veterans of an american in Fantry division and the German Waffen is soldiers they battled in world War ii More than 40 years ago have been exchanging visits for a decade and plan to meet again in a few weeks according to members of the american group. The organizer of this year s reunion said Friday that the recent disclosure of the meeting had drawn protests and a warning from a . Army spokesman and that the Veter ans would cancel their traditional get together in a Ceme Tery in France and meet instead in a Small bavarian spa. We Don t want to cause another Pitburg said Floyd Freeman a Veteran of the 70th inf div alluding to presi Dent Reagan s divisive Wreath laying in May at a German military cemetery tha has Waffen is Graves. Freeman who is a travel agent in South Gate in the los Angeles area arranged this year s trip by 25 veterans and their wives. He said the Exchange began after the brother of a 70th inf Soldier who was lulled in the War met the German veterans on a visit to Germany in 1975. The next year the germans were invited to attend the Ameri can group s convention in Toledo Ohio. Since 1977, members of both groups have gathered every other year for a reunion at a cemetery in St. Avoid France where the two sides battled in the closing months of the War. On one trip Freeman said some veterans even found their old Foxholes. He said the group of 48 going to Europe this year planned to leave Minneapolis for Frankfurt next saturday for the two week trip which costs each participant about $3,000. Because of threatened protests in France Freeman said meeting the Challenge agric Altot Secretary John Block left and White Thaoe communications director Patrick Buchanan a Whitte in the capital Challenge a three mile Benefit race in Washington. Block captained the agriculture department team while Buchanan fielded team calling itself Reagan s  the americans will meet the German veterans this year in bad winds Cim West of Nuernberg. He said the Ger mans who had belonged to the sixth is Mountain div had been cleared of involvement in any atrocities. The Waffen is was the combat Arm of the is the nazi elite guard an organization that was found guilty of War crimes in the Nuernberg trials after the War. Delyle Omholt a Wisconsin lawyer who is president of the 1,500-Mcmber 70th division association said the meetings with the German veterans were an individual decision and not part of the group s official itinerary. Some feel we ought to be Able to do what president Reagan did he said. Others he said avoid the meetings out of regard for those persecuted by the nazis. The 70th inf activated in 1943, was disbanded after the War. The army has taken a dim View of the visit but it said through a spokesman that it was powerless to prevent it. The army is not providing any support to this reunion at All said maj. Peter Fisher an army spokesman in the Pentagon. He said he Learned of the trip More than a week ago in a query from the Public affairs office of the is. Army s european come in Heidelberg which apparently had heard of a protest in France. The spokesman said he then called a member of the american group to warn of an Adverse Public  protests have already begun. Harvey s. Friedman National commander of the jewish War veterans of the .a., said it was the first time he had heard of reunions Between americans and veterans of the Waffen is which he described As the people who killed our boys in Malme by referring to a massacre of american War prisoners in the belgian town of Almedy in world War ii. We can Only assume this is the direct result of presi Dent Reagan s trip to Pitburg which we protested Fried Man said. Simon pics Anthal the Vienna based Hunter of nazis appealed to the american group to cancel the visit which he called an offence against millions of victims of the is rabbi Marvin hic. Dean of the Simon pics Anthal Center in los Angeles called the visit an outrage and said the sixth is Mountain div had contained two regi ments of is death s head units which supplied guards for concentration Camps and killing squads. Freeman said the american veterans had initially been kind of leery of meeting the German veterans and had asked the is. Government for information. Our government made a Check he said and came Back saying that they were  Freeman said he did not know who had provided this information. Another division Veteran Edmund Arnold of Richmond va., who is a College journalism instructor said he was not going on the trip. But he defended the exchanges. The idea that these people Are political criminals is ridiculous he said. We believe in letting bygones be  referring to the protests he said i assume it is a jewish group. They Are always the most vociferous when protesting against germans coming Over Here. If anyone should protest it should be the Lof Dicks who fought in the War. If the soldiers who fought want to kiss and make up Why should people two Steps removed have the right to criticize number of unmarried couples living together tripled since 70 Washington a the number of unmarried couples living together has More than tripled since 1970. Climbing to nearly 2 million As Young americans continue to postpone marriage the census Bureau reported Sun Day. There were 1,988,000 unmarried couple households As of March 1984, the census Bureau said in a study of marital us. And living arrangements. The report also found that Young people Are postponing marriage with median age at tying the knot higher than at any time since the turn of the Century. And it noted that just since the 1980 census Young people have shown less inclination to set up housekeeping on their own and that those who Are unmarried or Coha biting Are More often remaining with their parents. A number of factors May be contributing to the change in the living arrangements of Young men and women including the postponement of marriage Rise in divorce emphasis on advanced education employment problems and High housing costs the report said. The total of 1.9 million unmarried couples in 1984 was up from 523,000 such couples in 1970 and 1.6 million in the 1980 census the Agency said. And besides increasing in number the couples Are considerably different from those counted in 1970 being younger and More Likely to have a Man As Householder. The term Householder has replaced the older head of household which feminist groups found objectionable. Householder is the person contacted by census takers and other members of the Home arc defined in relationship to that individual. The 1984 figures show that in 77.6 percent of unmarried couples the Householder was under age 45, compared to 27.2 percent in 1970. In fact in 3 out of 5 unmarried couples in 1984, both partners were less than 35 years of age the report added. The changes in number and makeup of unmarried Cou Ples occurred in parallel with the increasing tendency of Young americans to postpone marriage a trend also reflected by an increase in the number of Young people who continued to live with their parents. The report found that in 1984, the median age for people getting married for the first Lime was 25.4 years for men and 23 years for women. That was the highest age at first marriage for women Ever recorded and the top for men since 25.9 in 1900. Marriage age records were begun in 1890, when the median for women was 22 and for men 26.1. Marriage age had been dropping steadily in this Cen Tury falling to a Low of 22.5 for men and 20.1 Yean for women by 1956, after which the median age began riling again As Young people increasingly chose to pursue Educa Tion and careers and delay marriage and children. The proportion of people Between aged 25 and 35 who have never married has approximately doubled since 1970,the report observed. The study also found that Between 1970 and 1984, the divorce ratio increased from 47 divorced persons per 1,000 married to 121, and the number of children living in one Parent situations increased by 6 million to 12.6 million Tate same period. Springer car fops list with 55-mpg rating Washington up Chevrolet s japanese made sprinter a min compact automobile with a fuel Economy rating of 55 Miles per gallon was ranked by the government sunday As the most Gas efficient car in the United states. Only one american car Ford s diesel powered escort is with a rating of 41 Miles per gallon ranked among the highest mileage vehicles according to the annual fuel Economy list compiled by the Environ mental Protection Agency. The figures Are for City driving. The list is dominated by four models of the sprint manufactured for Chevrolet in Japan by Suzuki and three versions of the Suzuki Forsa. All seven models have 1.0-liter, three Cylinder engines the Only three Cylinder cars sold in the United states. The top mileage sprinter which tested at 60 Miles per gallon in Highway driving will not be on the Market until january. It unsealed the Honda civic Coupe of As the most Gas efficient car in America bettering the civic s 1985 rating of 49 mpg in City drive. Ing and 54 mpg on the Highway and its 1986 rating of 52 mpg in the City and 57 mpg on highways. At the Low end of the fuel Economy scale is the Rolls Royce Silver Spur limousine which tested at Only 8 Miles per gallon in City driving Aad 10 Miles on the Highway. Using statistics for City driving the Best fuel Economy cars on the Epa list Are the Chevrolet sprinter 55 mpg Honda civic Coupe of with a 1.5-liter, four Cylinder engine feedback fuel system52 mpg Honda civic Coupe of with a 1.5-liter, four Cylinder engine 45 mpg Nissan sen tra 45 mpg Chevrolet sprint 44 mpg Suzuki Forsa 44  Chevrolet sprint plus with five Speed manual transmission 44 mpg Suzuki Forsan with five Speed manual transmission 44 mpg Chevrolet spent plus with automatic trans Mission 41 mpg and Suzuki Forsa v Witk automatic transmission 41 mpg. All cars Are gasoline fuelled except the to Sel powered Nissan sentry and Ford escort vehicles with the lowest ratings Are Rolls Royce Silver Spur limousine 8 mpg Rolls Royce corniche ii contine Nul 1 mpg Rolls Royce Ca Margue 8 mpg Rolv Royce Silver spirit Spur mul Sanne 9 mpg Jaguar xes 13 mpg Mercedes beat s60sl, 14 mpg Mercedes Benz 560 Sec 14 mpg Mercedes Benz 560 Sel 14 mpg Mercedes Benz 420 Sel 15 mpg Jaguar xj6, 15 mpg and Chevrolet Caprice and Pontiac Pansi Enne wagons 15 mpg