European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 16, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 6 the stars and stripes saturday november 16, 1985 Volkswagen Rolls out Millionth Auto after 7 years new Stanton a. A seven years after open ing an Assembly Plant intended to produce 500,000 can per year Volkswagen rolled out its Millionth vehicle in a Milestone tainted by slow sales. Volkswagen of America the . Subsidiary of the Ger Man automaker set up shop in southwestern Pennsylvania in 1978, saying it intended to capture 5 percent of the . Car Market. Had the projections held the Millionth car would have been built in 1980. Unfortunately the Market changed and they had production Auto Industry analyst Joe Phillippi of . Hut Lon said thursday. Hoping to relive the glory year of 1970, when vow s sales in the United states peaked at 560,000 subcompact beetles Volkswagen opened its Westmoreland county Plant to build the Rabbit successor to the ubiquitous but Rabbit sales peaked in 1980 at fewer than294,000 cars. Sales of Volkswagen s cars have been slug Gish mainly because of Price and Quality Competition from the japanese. Through nov. 10, vow has sold fewer than 66,700 of its new subcompact Golf Model an increase of less than 1 percent from severely depressed sales of 66,600 rabbits and golfs at the same Point in 1984. If the rate holds vow will sell fewer than 80,000 golfs this year less than half the number the factory is equipped to produce. The sprawling Assembly Plant purchased from Chrysler corp. And outfitted with financial backing from Pennsyl Vania was retooled last year to produce the Golf whose git Model was motor trend s 1985 car of the year. While virtually every part of the new Model was changed from the Rabbit the car looks like its predecessor Phillippi said. The Market has moved away from that econ Box look he said. Hatchback cars do Well in economically Uncertain limes. There s just something about the design that tends to Appeal to people who Are buying a car for utilitarian vehicle. You can Call it a Golf you can Call it what you want. The car still looks like a Rabbit he said. The Volks Wagen Delta does very Well and that s nothing More than a Rabbit with a trunk. It does t have that econ Box company spokesman Chet Bahn said when the Plant was retooled last year some changes were made to Accomac photo Pennsylvania got Dick Thornburg thursday helps celebrate the Millionth Volkswagen. Modaty production of the Delta. But months of additional work would be needed to prepare for production of the Sedan and no decision has been made to do so Bahn said. Vow s disappointment in the subcompact car Market contributed to its recent announcement that it will begin importing a minibar in 1987 from Brazil where labor and operating Cosu Are lower than in the United slates. Volkswagen Hopes the brazilian import will compete successfully with Economy car imports from Japan South Korea and Yugoslavia. The picture could be further complicated by projections that 1986 will be a slower year for new car sales in the United states. Domestic producers used Low interest Loans As incentives this year boosting sales. Unescorted kids face Rock concern curbs san Antonio Texas a the City Council passed an ordinance thursday night barring unescorted Young children from attending Rock concerts at a City Arena if the performers depict certain sexual acts in their songs or on stage. What we Are saying with this is that we As a Council do not approve of blatantly and purposely obscene performances where children Are present said mayor Henry Cisneros a member of the Council. The new Rule passed 7-3 after three hours of debate would restrict the attendance of those 13 and under at Rock concerts Al the City owned convention Center Arena if those concerts contained songs with lyrics that refer to sadistic or masochistic sex rape incest bestiality and exhibitionism. Also affected would be concerts that depict any of those acts on stage. Your foresight and concern for decency will set a precedent in America Nancy Myers a local representative of concerned women of America told the Council members. She also urged them to raise the age limit to 18. We re not against All Rock v Roll said Bobbie Muel Ler another proponent of the Rule. She said she was against the kind of concerts that May contribute to teen age pregnancy drug abuse and but Michael Courtney an opponent of the plan said "1 like heavy Metal quite a bit. This kind of music does t affect the Way a person acts or thinks. If the music is what causes this Why does t it affect everyone the same Jack Orbin a local Rock promoter opposed to the Ordi Nance told the Council members that what they were legis lating against docs not go on at Rock concerts. I Don t think there s one person in this room that wants children harmed by music or other stimuli Orbin said. You Are imposing moral values because of what you hearts going stateside 18 injured As Miami bus slams into disabled parked car Miami a a metro Dade bus veered off a interstate Highway and slammed into a disabled car parked on the emergency strip in Rush hour traffic injuring at least 18 people including the two in the Auto officials said the bus Driver was looking at a schedule just before the Accident on interstate 95, said Lynn Aspi Nal a spokeswoman for metro dad fire and Rescue. About 20 people were on the bus and 16 of them we retaken to hospitals. Two women in the car were taken to Parkway regional Hospital in serious condition for treat ment of internal injuries Aspinall said. Maryland morticians can t refuse bodies of aids victims Baltimore a funeral directors May refuse to embalm the bodies of aids victims but must offer imme Diate burial or cremation or face the loss or suspension of i hair licenses the state Board of morticians has ruled. The Issue was raised two months ago by a Baltimore Man with acquired immune deficiency syndrome who was trying to arrange his own funeral. Don Miller 49, surveyed 98 establishments and discovered 56 would either refuse service to aids victims or would Only handle a funeral with an empty casket. The policy statement released by Doris k. Mccully president of the tjards of morticians also applies to other infectious diseases. Niagara Falls stuntman has birthday dangling from Bridge san Francisco a a stuntman who survived a172-foot plunge Over Niagara Falls last summer celebrated his 23rd birthday wednesday by dangling from the Center of the Golden Gate Bridge on a rope authorities said. Steven t. Trotter of Harrington r.i., was tethered to rope about 50 feet above san Francisco Bay and dangled about 45 minutes before jumping into the water officials said he was picked up by a coast guard ship and taken to Letterman army Hospital where he was treated for rope Burns on his leg said coast guard spokesman Jeff Mclnnis. Trotter and his manager who remained on the Bridge deck would be cited for trespassing the Highway patrol said. In August Trotter became the sixth person to Success fully plummet Over Niagara Falls. He suffered Only a scraped knee after shooting the Falls in a , the first american to go Over the Falls sine 1 96 1was fined 1370 by Canadian authorities. 2 children to get watches for recovering stolen gems a City Lowa a two cell Ildron who found$10,000 in stolen diamonds will be rewarded with engraved watches for returning the gems to a jewelry children discovered the diamonds under a Rock Aaron Wright 8. Found a bundle of envelopes and without looking inside gave them to his Friend and next door neighbor Heather Nobbe ii. She looked inside and saw diamonds. I thought the were fake she said. They weren t. The envelop Cor tamed 37 unset diamonds two Diamond rings and Sale receipts from Zalacs jewellers in the Southern Hills mall. Zalacs manager Steve Dewald said he became manage the Day the diamonds were found and did t re Althany merchandise was missing s3id former "ore.�., Touar l values of t hear police Cam Ron p,. A r you t an concer t a proc i on t r 3 orm Ore employee � was a suspect in inc thefts wholesale prices up 0.9 percent in october Washington a wholesale prices reflecting most of those incentives were discontinued last month the costs of Dai ithe end of Cut rate automobile financing and a big gain in with the introduction of 1986 models causing a big 5 i were also off products and fruits and vegetable food prices registered a 0.9 percent jump in october the percent jump in new car prices. The increase followed a nor trim. I biggest increase in More than four years the labor de 3.8 percent drop in september which had been mainly creases be t d t8 Howells mid the a i Parl men reported Friday. Accounted for by the most attractive financing Rales in a i following. i. "t"0 "h5"1. � Hort sup Washington a wholesale prices reflecting i food prices registered a 0.9 percent jump in october the biggest increase in More than four years the labor apartment reported Friday. The increase came despite fresh declines in gasoline prices. Even with the big october increase the largest since a1.0 percent gain in april 1981, the producer Price Index for finished goods was still rising at a modest 0.9 percent rate for the first 10 months of 1985. Indeed analysts cautioned against Reading Loo much into the october increase As it mostly reflected the turn around in new car costs. Wholesale prices had dropped a Sharp 0.6 percent i september the third decline in four months As automakers discounted financing charges to Spur sales at the end of the Model year. Mos wit of5.1 percen d a3. Perce which d Bee account thy ears. Prices for Light trucks Rose 4.4 percent last month after a 2.0 percent decline in the preceding is Only a correction for the 0.6 percent drop in september. If you look at the two months together we arc still showing a Flat wholesale Price Index said David Wyss an economist with data resources inc., an economic forecasting firm. After two months of declines food prices shot up 1.4percent in october the steepest gain in More than a year. Pacing the Way were an 11.8 percent jump in beef Price Sand a 9.9 percent Rise in pork prices. Poultry prices were up 3.1 percent but fish prices were off 1.9 percent. Ime period percent
