European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 12, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stalls and stripes monday january 12,1987 up photo Al Star Tours ribbon cutting in Anaheim left to right stir wars robot c-3po, Disney Board chairman Michael Eisner Star Ware creator George Lucas and Mickey mouse. Star Tours futuristic ride Dizz Iest yet at Disneyland Anaheim Calif. Up Star Tours a Cros Between a roller coaster and a science fiction movie featuring he characters of George Lucas Star wars trilogy has opened in Disneyland to rave reviews. Disneyland s Mickey mouse and Star wars " robot droids r2-d2 and c-3po, welcomed visitors at the ride s official opening. Building on the theme of his movie trilogy Lucas and a team of Disney imagine ers have combined their creativity with the latest movie technology to create the futuristic ride which comes As close As pos sible 10 flying Hans Solo s millennium Falcon. I be been approached to do a lot of amusement Parks and i be always Felt there is Only been one first class amusement Park operation and this is it Lucas said. This is the Rolls Royce of this  the two droids preside Over a simulated spaceport at the Start of the ride where messages Are broadcast in English and the fictional Star wars language of wok spoofing the announcements made in airports As the visitors move through the port. Che Bacca the Wookie explains in a film How to buckle the ride seat Bells. The ride s High Point is reached after visitors climb info a 40-seat Star speeder a flight simulator with an Interior resembling the passenger area of spaceship. The Star speeder piloted by r2-d2 and a second droid. Bursts through a repair Bay door twists through the Core of a Comet and stumbles into a space Entile. During the flight the entire Cabin rises drops and tills while meteors comets and attacking Star wars enemy spacecraft bombard the wide screen window. The strap elder lakes several detours Befi ire reach ing its dest Maton including a trip at Warp Speed through the corridors of an eerie planet that closely resembles the backdrop of Luke Skywalker s final Bat the scent in the second Star wars movie the Empire strikes  although the exact construction Cost of the ride was nol disclosed Disney chairman Michael Eisner Laid the single attraction Cost More to build than did the entire theme Park when it opened in 1955. Unofficial estimates at the time the Star Tours project was begun two years ago placed construction costs at Between 515 million and $17 million. More than 150,000 people were expected to ride the High tech roller coaster through sunday As the amuse ment pork remained open for 60 continuous hours. First Day riders appeared impressed with the futuristic attraction. This will put roller coasters As we know them out of Dale said Dann Novak 27. Of Pacific Palisade who was one of the list passengers to experience stir Tours twice in a Row. This is the ride of the future Novak said. I cant believe Lucas and Disney were willing to spend Mil Lions on entertaining people like  the first Star Tours flight also included a real life space traveler Mercury astronaut Gordon Cooper plus voyager pilots Dick Rulan and Jeana Yeager. Lucas whose design company Industrial Light magic worked on the attraction collaborated with Dis  on another space Riemed adventure the 3-d film Captain to starring pop Singer Michael Jackson. Lucas has agreed to create a third project for Dis Neyland an attraction based on his blockbuster movie raiders of the lost Ark youths to face juries their own age Geneva . Up youths accused of shoplifting and other minor crimes will soon face Justice from a jury of their Peers a police spokes Man said. A new youth court with volunteers 12 to 19 years old making up the jury Pool will begin hearing cases feb. I said officer Donald Cass Cass said he initiated the program after a study of police statistics showed arrests of adults were de Clining but More youths under 18 were being taken into custody. In addition Cass said 70 percent of the youths arrested had been in trouble with the Law before the police spokesman said several other cities in the state had conducted similar youth courts and found they worked As a deterrent. Hopefully with this court the rate of return visits to court will drop he said. I think it s worse to face your Peers than to face a judge you la see once and never see  the court is designed to work with youth Ages 7 Tois who Are charged with minor violations rather than More serious crimes that would result in appearances in family court or adult criminal court the violations include shoplifting minor Vandal ism theft criminal trespassing and disorderly conduct staffing the court will be 10 youth volunteers who will go through a 9-Wcck training program. Accused offenders must be accompanied by a Parent during the proceedings. Those convicted by the youth court could be sentenced to Community service or to write an essay. Cass said the program should Cost $3,500 a year and because the department has not budgeted funding he is seeking local Community support. Stateside 30 failed candidates saved by faulty bar exam Albany . Apr the new York Board of Law examiners has decided thai one of the multiple Choice question on the state bar exam in july had two Correct answers which Means that 3d More people passed officials said. The 30 candidates who were first old thai they had failed were sent tellers saying they had passed. After a candidate appealed the Issue tire Board decided that the question in question was ambiguous said James Fuller executive Secre tary of the Board. Of the 6,500 candidates who look the july exam 31.7 percent chose the answer that was originally considered to be Correct said the Board. The second answer which is now also considered Correct was selected by 35.2 percent of those taking the test. More than 4,400 people passed the exam. Avalanche Mars opening of California ski run Mammoth lakes. Calif. Pachment of firefighters wielding a pair of 3-foot Long Bolt Cullers normally reserved for cutting through the roofs of can. One snip and 30 seconds later the  were resuming to the station and the red faced woman was admiring her cuff free wrists. Agurkis offered to give the woman the fake cuffs As a souvenir of her embarrassing ordeal but he said she vowed never to Lay a band on them again. The cuffs now adorn the police station Wall Agurkis said parishioners turn off to one week to change focus Fresno Calif Paruhi Onen of conservative protestant Church took a week off from watching television and Reading newspapers in order to spend More Lime on their Spiri Tual and family lives. The purpose. Is to change my focus from All that s going on in the world to god said parishioner Larry Ecklund. Ecklund a professor at Pacific College Laid concentration on current events does t allow the individual to give cod his proper place. We re putting information Ball scores  Ecklund said his fast allowed him to sleep better rend the Bible More be More efficient in his work and More sensitive id other people and also gave him a greater feeling of inner peace. The fast was to end sunday