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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 11, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Buyers finding Bargans on used car lots Detroit a Cut rate Loans for new cars mean bargains at used car lot Sand Aulo Industry analysts say the drop in used car prices May be even greater than dealers expect. Whenever new car prices come Down every car in the Fleet All the Way Down to the one going to the junkyard tomorrow Falls in value said Arvid Jouppi a Detroit automotive analyst. The top four . Automaker last month began offering interest rates of less than 3 percent on some Loans to Clear showrooms for the 1987 models. The Low rates will end oct. 8. General motors corp. And Ford motor co. Offer 2.9 percent financing and Chrys Ler corp., 2.4 percent. American motorscorp., whose sales this year have sagged to about half oblast years offers interest free Loans on most 1986 models about 1.5 million used cars will be offered on the Market As owners Trade them in for new car bargains Jouppi said. With More used can available and cheaper new cars in the showrooms used tar dealers will need to shave prices As much 10 percent he said. Lower used car prices will steer some buyers from new models said David Healy automotive analyst with the new York brokerage House Dice a bum Ham Lambert. A s percent drop in used car prices could reduce sales or new cars and Light trucks by 250,000 vehicles a year he said. The Domestic automakers sold 8.2 million new can last year. Bill Powell jr., used car manager of Capitol Chevrolet in Nashville Tenn said he has lowered his prices As a result or the incentives. If somebody were to Trade in a 1986 Model car now or a 1985,1 believe you could buy that car at a fairly decent Price because of he 2,9 percent Powell said. Thursday september 11, 19b6 the stars and stripes Page 7 program organized to help Boston students go to College Boston not Boston businesses have organized a $6 million program to guarantee financial Aid to every Grad uate of the City s Public High schools who go to College and then provide jobs for them when they finish their education. The program which includes activities to improve education itself has aroused interest in other cities and sever Al foreign countries. Among companies thai have contributed Large Grants to the program Are theban of Boston with $1. Million the John Hancock insurance co. And the new England Mutual life insurance co., is million each and the Bank of new England and a number of prominent Law firms real estate developers and retail stores with lesser amounts. In addition More than 350 companies have pledged 10 help provide jobs to graduates. Edward e. Phillips chairman of the new England Mutual life insurance co. Who raised much of the Money said that with the newly raised funds and More which he Hopes to bring in by the end of the year the plan will come pretty close to satisfying the demand for All graduating  this is somewhat easier in Bosto Nthan in other Large cities became Only about 3,000 graduate each year from its Public schools and about half of them go on to College. The program is designed to try to end a serious deterioration in Boston s Public schools he oldest Public school systemic the country which in the i9lh Century under Horace Mann was a National Leader in education. The schools were badly Hurt by the crisis Over court ordered busing to end segregation in the mid-1970s, with enrolment dropping from 93,000 in 1974 to 59,000 today. Currently 47 percent of the City s pub Lic school students arc Black and is per cent arc hispanic though the two groups make up Only about 3d percent of bos ton s population. Dropouts v Al percent who returned an ngh school males wows 34.1 total a Jwj Chuago Trio urn Chart source Onona accounting office mar a of .  of Educ ton Taftt photos show Canyon plane collision by the los Angeles times Washington aided by photo graphs taken by a tourist Federal investigators Nave determined that the collision of a helicopter and sightseeing plane Over the grand Canyon in june occurred several Hundred feet below the Canyon s North rim reports released by the National transportation safety Board say. The Altitude at which the crash which killed 25 people occurred May be significant because environmentalists and air safely experts have called for a ban on flights below the Canyon s lowest rim. The reports place the collision at an Altitude of 6,507 feet with a margin of error of 106 feet. At that height it would have been below some Points on the can Yon s North rim which has elevations around 7,400. Investigators said the Impact Point was calculated in part from three photo graphs taken by a tourist who mis rafting on the Colorado River which divides the Canyon. The crash occurred about 9 30 . June in As the grand Canyon airlines dehavilland twin Otter and the Bell pc Tranger helicopter swooped Over the can Yon on sightseeing flights. All 20 people on Board the plane and the live on the helicopter were killed officials have not announced a Proba ble cause for the collision but have noted that the airspace Over the Canyon ii uncontrolled and that aircraft operate under visual flight rules. Nosb Public hearings Are scheduled to begin sept. 17 at grand Canyon aril. There Are about 50,000 sightseeing flights annually Over the grand Canyon and the Federal aviation administration has said thai in is considering whether restrictions should be imposed on How Low the planes can Fly. Girl reveals parents pot plants Nunn criticizes los Angeles up an 11-year-old girl inspired by a similar Case last month turned in her parents tuesday for growing marijuana in the Back Yard of their Home in South los Angeles the girl was taken into protective custody at her school and police were investigating the allegations against her parents. The girl said she discovered what the Plant growing in the Yard was after officers from the police drug abuse resistance education program talked to her Grade school class about the dangers of drug use sol Nate Atkins said. She told her principal at the Norm indie Avenue school that she had seen the marijuana at her Home and police were called. The girl will remain in custody pending a hearing by the county department of Public social services Atkins said. Police also went to the Home and seized the Plant As evidence but Atkins said no action would be taken until narcotics detectives Complete the investigation. Officer said the girl indicated she was inspired by the Case of Deanna Young the 13-year-old Orange county girl who reported Ner Mother and father to Tustin police last month for alleged cocaine use Bobby and Judith Young were cleared monday of charges of being unfit parents but they still face court proceedings for drug violations. City counters White supremacy series Pocatello Idaho a the City s human relations advisory Council is producing its own pro Gram to counteract a Cable television series which advocates White supremacy. The Council decided monday not to Block the first half hour broadcast tuesday but said it would screen future instalments of the 16-part series to Snake sure they do not advocate violence or discrimination. Although i disagree with its Content i do not be Lieve we Are in a position to advocate not showing the tape said Council member John Puree. The Council can make recommendations to City leaders on the use of the City financed Access Channel on which the programs Are scheduled. The Council s program is to be broadcast immediately after the first broadcast in the series race and reason which features discussions on White supremacy. Senator backs More military Aid to Sav Imbi Washington  
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