European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 3, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday. January 3, 1986 the stars and stripes Page 5 unicorns Hope to say Farewell to yuppies Sault St. Marie Mich. A if the uni Corn Hunters have their Way yuppies looking for something fun buy before doing lunch would become As rare us lie one horned horse which is the word watching group s namesake. Asil does every new year s Day the group based at Lake Superior slate College wednesday released its Dishonour list of words banished from he Queen s English. In addition to yuppies fun and doing Tunch the list includes linguistic hybrids infotainment and communicable a and certain uses of explicit the Lisl came from More than 3.000 words and phrases nominated for mis Mal and Over use and general  the language watchdog group said. And the nominee were Well dispersed. This year everybody seemed lot taking pot shots at everything said professor Peter Thomas the chief Herald of the group which claims writers poets and artists among its 40,000 members. Nominators ranged from an so year old retired battleship Captain to a Trainer who talks to dolphins Tor a living. Dolphin chatter makes about As much sense As some phrases the group said. For example done in Good  is in nude photos was nominated by Sandra Lauder of Pittsburgh. This Means Only one of something is showing or maybe All of something but in poor lighting or perhaps Ihal which  showing is too Small to be considered in poor taste she wrote. The group s annual redundancy repetitive award citation went to James v. Healion of new Haven conn., for nominating our patrols will have to take a visual View a phrase used by United illuminating co. In connection with Hurricane Gloria. Michael o Connor of Marine City Mich., complained that the connotation of explicit is getting lost especially when it s hooked to other words such Asly pics movie or  will this ride and cd Pressic word have its meaning narrowed and inextricably Cal wind with pcs violence and drugs he asked. In a few years when you ask a Young lady to be explicit will she slap you in the face yuppies usually used to refer to Young Urban professionals was died by Larry Wilso i of Toronto. He said the term was used when the person using in wishes to discriminate Ngn inst Young adults who Lite to Wear clean  Nickie Mcwhin or a columnist for the Detroit free press nominated fun As an adjective thai leads to deception. It is a conniving impostor of u word she Drolc. " fun fur Means fake f silly or useless " fur fun can also mean Bob Clark of Palm Springs calif., was Blunt in his nomination of u popular luncheon invitation. " Lei s do lunch makes me want to throw up he said. Critics Call pm transmissions defective costly Washington a an Auto safety group charged wednesday that automatic overdrive transmission. In Many general motors cars and trucks have defects which drive up repair Bills. Pm s new generation of automatic transmissions beginning in 1982 and later Model Large cars and trucks Are plagued with problems rivalling pm s infamous Type thm-200 automatic of the late 1970s," said the Center for Auto safety an analysis o of service bulletins and Consumers complaints shows a pattern of repealed breakdowns at Low mileage on a myriad of defects of the automatic Over drive transmissions from 1982 through 1985, the group  Dan Howell a spokesman for the Center Campha Stiert that the transmissions arc not a major safety Hazard. These Are not the kind of grave safety dangers that Are typical of recalls Howell said in an interview but they cause a lot of headaches a lot of trips Back to the Deal in and after the warranty expires they can Cost you a lot of Money because they Are significant repairs he said the typical Cost of repairs ranges from s700 toil,000. Pm spokesman David he Dicris said the company stands behind its  any consumer who has had a problem should bring it to our attention Hudgins said. They should go 10 any authorized of dealer. We Welcome  in a Telephone interview from pm s Headquarters in Detroit Hudgins suld vehicles which have the automatic overdrive transmission arc Safe to drive. The Center is a consumer group established in 1970 by Ralph Nader and con Sumers Union. In is Independent of its founders however. In its news release and in a letter to pm chairman Roger Smith the Center urged of to Stop making your customers sweat the defects and provide free repairs for known defects far up to 50.000 Miles Howell said lie troubled transmission include the 700-r4 installed in the Chevrolet Impala Caprice and Camaro the Pon Tiac firebirds and pm Light pickup trucks frequent problems listed by the Center in clude Oil teals no drive no reverse no Sec Ond or fourth gears no up shift unit delayed downshift. Also cited As part of the new Lemon crop was the 440-t4 transmission put into the luxury front wheel drive Olds 98, the Cadillac do vice and feel wed and the Buick Elc Clra. The Center Sakl that pm has Long had problems Wilh its automatic transmissions chiefly the Type 200, a Chevetta sized transmission installed in full sized cars starting in the late 1970s." today. Pm s Type 200 has been largely replaced with four Speed or automatic overdrive  the group said but. Pm s transmission troubles have not gone  frequent tiler sues United to regain bonuses Glen Rock . A a tire Salesman bounced from United airlines frequent flier program after he and his family accumulated enough Bonus Miles to make three round trips to the Moon a suing the Carrier which claims be violated provisions of its program. Howard Unrau 42, accumulated about 400,000 Bonus Miles in United s frequent flier program beginning in 1981, while his wife and three grown children each earned 250,000 to 350,000 Bonus Miles that brought the family s total to about 1.54 million Miles equivalent to three round trips to the Moon or almost 200 trips around the world. We flew up More than that Landau said noting that 1.54 million Bonus Miles was the Tola when United Eul off his family s credit in november 19s4, Landau said his family spent s7j.ooo for United tick ets but received More than si00,000 Worth of free tickets and other awards through the  sued the airline in september seeking full reinstate ment in the program or compensatory damages. The suit is pending. United removed the Landau from the program when discrepancies in his family s accounts were discovered. Landau admitted that he often instructed his children to Fly with tickets in his name thus crediting his account for the mileage. But he said the airline did not specifically prohibit that practice until after it bumped him from its Bonus program. United spokesman Charles Novak acknowledged wednesday that the Rule had been changed but said there had always been a similar restriction. He said the airline was not challenging the bulk of the family s accumulated mileage and that Landau was bumped from the program for violating its provisions. We do have our rules. And we will stand by those he said although he refused to discuss specifics of the Case because u is in court. Landau said he tried to Channel mileage into one account to accrue prizes More quickly. An account with 150,000 Miles of credit for instance wins two first class tickets anywhere in the world. My attitude was what difference docs it make " he said. I was thrown out for accumulating too Many  Landau said he had embarked on earning a year s Worth of free first class travel by flying to 50 Stales in 50 Days when United indicated Ihal it was having second thoughts he said he offered to give up 25 pc cent of the mileage credit accumulated by his family in trying to Settle with the airline but inc offer was rejected. "1 said switch around the Miles among the accounts however you want " Landau said of his discussions with United. I detailed it All for them but they still did t talk to  Landau who owns giant tire service in Hawthorne has a second name in Escondido Calif and new travels on american airlines which has a similar frequent flier in Gram. Sands of time to the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. Jan 3 1946 the War department docs not consider h necessary that Gen. Koustas Macarthur Allied supreme commander in Japan be advised m Advance of the big three oct Spauone policies for Japan according to a statement made by Robert Patterson Secre tary of War 30 years ago today. Ian i i95s leaders of the three pro German parties in the Saar agreed on a Jusn government u be headed by Hubes Ney As Premier. Nay 63, to  of the Christian democratic Union. 20 years ago today. Ian i Ufiufi the United Stales has intensified its peace offensive hoping to avoid Blo fkr and More a Rock Vietnam conflict it 1966 while president Johnson cont med the suspension of bombing raids on North Vietnam. 10 years ago today. Jam 1976 a Federal communications commission ruling has cleared the Way for the Beer Menf to Tele at to to court As a monopoly in the largest antitrust suit a the jillion i history. 2 lose Cave Home in Park after Man is hospitalized new York a a homeless Cou ple lived in a Cav like outpost in a Park for six months giving it up Only when the Man required medical care for a drug overdose authorities said. The dwelling carved into an isolated Hill Side at fort Tryon Park in upper manhat Tan was discovered monday night when Lucille Gendron. 34, called police from a nearby subway station said police sgt. Robert Lucena. She said that William Christen. 30, had taken an overdose of her epilepsy Medicine and needed help. Christen was taken to presbyterian hos Pital where he was in fair condition wednesday. The dwelling was about 16 feel in Diame Ter and 6 feet High. In had been furnished with a table and chairs Lucena said. The Parks department quickly scaled the Cave which apparently had been built years ago As an outpost in the Park he said. It was built of Concrete und Brick with a Small opening for an Entrance. The Park is Best known for the Cloisters museum a medieval monastery brought Over from France. The museum is visited by thousands each year. But there is Little or no pedestrian traffic near the outpost and it could not be seen from any paths or streets in the area. You could t see it unless you knew it was there the sergeant said. When Gendron was asked Why she and Christen had taken up residence there she said in was the Best place to live be cause they did t want to live in the Street Lucena said