European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 15, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes Friday August 15,1986 Auto safety groups decry negative seat Belt report by untied press tale National the National safety Council and the american automobile association took Issue with a government report thai said Back seat Lap safely belts might do More harm than Good maintain a Lap Belt is still better than no Belt Al air the two organizations in separate statements wednesday criticized the National transportation safety Board for announcing the results of a study they said was founded on Flimsy statistic based exclusively on head on collisions and would confuse the Public about the effectiveness of Lap belts. The safety Council and aaa reasserted their Posi Tion thai the Bells reduce the chances of death or tenses injury in various types of car Accident. In Washington the aaa said budding up even with Judi a Lap Belt is the single most important Factor in surviving a crash  the Nosb report based on a study of 26 head on con Toai Taid there were More fatal and serious injuries Imong passengers using up bits especially in rear seals than among passengers using no restraints at All. The Nosb acknowledged that the Small number of crashes cited in the study released monday led to no statistically valid conclusion. The Agency said further that it was unable to state with Confidence whether passenger vehicle occupants should be advised to use rear Seal Lap belts or  the Nosb report said Lap Belt induced injuries to rear seat passengers in head on collisions May include a ruptured spleen damaged kidneys or other abdominal injuries. Safety Council president . Cil Chrisl said in u statement issued at Chicago Headquarters we Are deeply concerned that the Nosb s report which is based on Only 26 crash investigations will confuse the Public by its implication that rear teat Lap Bells might do More harm than Good. White three paint Lap and shoulder harnesses pro vide the Best Protection and should be used when available this does not mean that rear Lap Only seat belts should not be used Gilchrist said. When belted property most people Are better off Waring a Lap Belt than no Bell at  the aaa s statement criticized the Nosb report because it conflicts with National Highway traffic safety administration studies and with other research that show Lap Belt use an important Factor in reducing fatalities and serious injuries in different types of  the aaa noted the limited scope of the Nosb re port saying it offered no data on the effects of Roll Over tide rear or other types of vehicle  evidence also exists which shows that restraints including rear Seal Lap belts protect Young children from non crash accidents caused by sudden swerves stops or children opening car doors while the vehicle is in motion the aaa said. Gilchrist said Lap Only belts provide Protection not Only to the wearer but to fellow passengers during a collision. Unrestrained passengers risk serious injury both to them solves and to fellow passengers he said. The Chance of being ejected colliding with fellow Passen Gers or crushing children who Are in the vehicle during crash is magnified when a safety Belt is not used he said. Wholesale gasoline prices Rise up to Ioc a gallon East of Rockies new York a open s decision to reduce Oil production and shrink the global Oil surplus has been followed by a Rise in wholesale gasoline prices of As much As 10 cents a gallon East of the Rockies a Survey shows. Analysis said the increases should soon be reflected at the pump and May stick if the organization of Petroleum exporting countries adheres to its aug. 5 agreement to lower production by More than 3 million barrels to around 16.8 million barrels a Day in septem Ber and october . Refiners moved swiftly to boost wholesale Gaso line prices last week after open announced its Deci Sion to rein in production. The Pace has slackened a bit but we be still seen a steady increase this week Bruce Cha font an editor at Oil Price information service said wednesday. The Bricktown n.j., group follows gasoline and other Petroleum markets the service which conducted a Survey of wholesale prices for regular leaded gasoline in . Cities Between Juk 31 and aug. 11, found Price jumped by As  beaut Tuton in Denver and As Little As 0.48 cent a gallon in Phoenix. The West coast has been a laggard and is Only beginning to move up now Chalfont said. He also pointed out that Oil companies have been pulling through heftier wholesale Price increases on regular leaded gasoline than on unleaded grades. Lasi summer the environmental Protection Agency reduced the allowable Lead Content in gasoline in an Effort to discourage fuel switching by narrowing the Price Gap Between cheaper leaded fuel and the More expensive unleaded gasoline. In addition the Market share of leaded gasoline is dwindling because of the new car sales Boom Chal font said. During the Survey period prices for regular leaded gasoline at the wholesale level ruse by b.44 cents to 44.75 cents a gallon in Boston by 5.75 cents to 53,15 cents in new York by 7.2 cents to 44,63 cents in Baltimore by 9.30 cents to 45.63 cents in Chicago by9.54 cents to 48,32 cents in St Paul minnea Sofii by 9.26 cents to 45.37 cents in Tuha by 8.71 a cols to42.85 cents in Houston by 10.11 cents to 46,66 cents in Denver and by 0.48 cent to 44.59 cents in Phoenix. Retail prices which include All taxes and the dealer profit margins generally Are about 25 cents to 30 cents a gallon More than wholesale prices. Domestic new car sales Rise despite surprising pm decline by the los Angeles times Detroit sales of Domestic new cars Rose 7.4 percent in Early August even though Industry Leader general motors was Down 4.3 percent the companies reported wednesday. . Automakers sold 152,029 cars or an average of 19,003 daily in the aug. 1-10 period compared to 159,238, or 17,693 daily m the same period last year. Since there were eight Selling Days in the period this Vear and nine in 1985, percentage changes Are calculated from the daily rate. Industry analysts said that while sales were in line with their expectations the decline by pm was a Surprise. Of s Market share slipped in Early August to 51.6 percent from 58 percent in the period last year while Ford said that its share increased to 27.3 percent from 23.3 percent and Chrysler reported thai it held 16.6 percent of the Domestic Market up from 15.s percent in the same 1985 period. Ford and Chrysler both report gains for the period up 25.5 percent and 15,3 percent respectively. Analysts noted however thai since sales were extremely weak in the period last year due to a strike by car haulers that prevented deliveries to dealers year to year comparisons appear More favourable. Among the smaller manufacturers american motors said its sales were off 41.7 percent Volkswagen of America reported a 9.4 percent increase and american Honda said its sales were up 546.s percent. On a seasonally adjusted basis .-Buili new cars sold a an Ann Ual rate of 7.6 m illion in Early August up from a soft 7 million annual rate in the comparable 198 5 period. Stalo Siulc major quake in California could kill 4,500, study says los Angeles a a major earthquake East of san Francisco Bay could kill up to 4,300 people and injure 148,500 others make Many buildings collapse or ignite and cripple Tenno por tation and utilities a study say. The report released wednesday by califor Nia s division of mines and geology paint horrify ing picture of plausible consequences if the Hayward fault ruptures in a major temblor measuring 7.5 on the Richter scale. Such a quake would constitute one of the most devastating natural disaster that could conceivably strike this nation said a summary of the report published in the latest use of toe division s California geology Magazine. Hie catastrophic quake would pose a major threat to the entire Bay Are but the Golden Gate Bridge and the subway Tunnel under the Bay would survive the summary said. The wont destruction would occur in a 5-mile-wide Swath near the fault in the East Bay area including parts of Berkeley Oakland Hayward Fremont and Eastern san Jose said stale geologist Jim Davis. Enterprise returns to Home port for overhaul Alameda. Calif. A the Enterprise. The world s first nuclear powered aircraft Carrier has returned to its Home port after a seven month tour the Navy said. The Enterprise docked wednesday afternoon at Alameda naval As after cruising under the Golden Gale Bridge said Mona Robertson of the station s Public affairs office. The Enterprise and its Crew of about 5,500 people had been deployed in the Western Pacific and the Mediterranean the Navy said. The ship will be overhauled and its Crew a Fol be Given refresher courses and regroup while Back in Alan veda the Navy  the Carrier Back to the Bate by four hours was the nuclear powered Cruiser  a Kansas part of the Enterprise s Battle group. Widow of Orson Welles killed in Las vegas crash Las vegas Nev. A Paola Mori we off an actress and the widow of actor director Orson Welles died of head injuries suffered in an Auto Mobile Accident authorities said. She was 57, mrs. Welles the countess i Girafalco who acted in italian films As Paola Mori was the third wife of the actor who died oct. 10, she suffered severe head trauma when Tine car in which the was a passenger was hit tuesday morning said Jack London spokesman for Densen Springs Hospital. She died a few hours later. The Driver of the car. Bin Kurasz 38, suffered a broken leg London said. A police traffic report said  Accident of cured when Kunysz s car pulled out into the path of another car. No one in the second car was Hurt police said. Welles the director and Star of 1941 s Citi zen Kane married Mori pm May 8,1955. Inmates used jail s phones to fool judges make threats los Angeles up inmates at the Orange county jail have used court ordered Telephone to make bomb threats fool judges into releasing prisoners Early and place Long distance Calls a Over the world a jail supervisor said. Sheriff s sgt. . Green told . District judge William Grey on wednesday that inmates in the Southern California jail have been freed after judges received phone Calls from prisoner impersonating California corrections depart ment officials. Authorities would not say How Many inmates had actually been released using such a ruse. Green also said one inmate called a local police department and demanded millions of Dol Lars. Or the place would blew  the Call was placed from a direct dial phone installed in the jail s exercise area As pan of a 1978 order issued by Gray. After listening to the testimony Gray noted wryly never underestimate the ingenuity of in mates at the Orange county jail