European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 18, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday March 18. 1987 the stars and stripes Page 7 Winner can t collect his trip to the Moon Louisville by. A car Phillips finds himself earthbound Chi week instead of collecting prize from a 1958 Euay contest and winging his Way to inc Moon. Welt that s of. Now it can be told he did t while the prize winning essay anyway. Phillipi. Now 40, was one of 10 Young people who won a Why i want 10 go to the Moon essay contest sponsored by Louisville radio station wary. The prize was to be an All expense paid trip to the Moon on March 15,1987. Those were the Days when inc United slates was scrambling to catch up with the soviets the leaders in the Field and officials at the station evidently assumed Moon trips would be commonplace 29 years later. But on sunday instead of blasting off Phillips spent a quiet Day at Home recalling his dream. He described himself As a boy obsessed with space aeronautics and science who stayed up late listening Tor Distant radio stations built flying Model air planes of Balsa Wood and tissue paper and dreamed of a life As an Engineer he was a natural Tor the award winning essay. Bui Phillips hat a confession. Ill Tell  he said. I did t write the thing. Some girl across the Street from me who was infatuated with me. Must have written it. 1 Don t remember a thing about  still he was not shy about carrying the radio Sta Tion s card announcing Bis achievement , until it was lost in a move. He showed it off age stained and faded from an accidental trip through the washing machine in a bar in Chicago on july 20, 1969, while Nell Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin were walking on inc Moon last week Phillips called Waky. I was just doing my in work trying to Sec if i won anything or not. Thai s the motto i five by you Don l know unless you ask " he said. What would a trip to the Moon be Worth now we re not talking millions but maybe billions it s not collectible of  indeed not said Mark straws Waky s program director. The station has gone through several own ers since cordon Mclindon a colourful texan who pioneered the concept of. Top 40 radio during inc 50s, bought the station in 1958, Mclindon died Las year yes they did offer Moon flight tickets right after Waky Winlon the air Strauss said. These old legendary Rock v Roll stations did these contests and years later they now come Back to haunt me. 1 sympathize with or. Phillips and we be heard from two or three other Moon night ticket holders we were in a quandary about what to do. We re just telling them that it was a promotion sponsored by the previous  but Strauss said the old tickets May have some value. I m advising everybody to hang on to their Moon night ticket he said. It s a great souvenir of the Early Days of Rock v Roll  japanese soon May dominate Small car Market new York a . Automakers soon May be forced to surrender their Small car Market to japanese manufacturers general motors corp. Chairman Roger Smith says. Smith speaking on the lbs television program face Flie nation 1 said Domestic makers must determine if they can make Low priced can As economically As their japanese rivals. Certainly when the Oil crunch hit the japanese particularly were in there with Small cars that filled a Niche on the Market Smith said we re inc Only Domestic company that s making a real run to Sec can we be Cost competitive in those lower priced markets?1 and that s going to be Lough. Because inc japanese have a Home base that they protect and won t let anybody in Smith said. Asked whether pm is in trouble Man pleads guilty to arms act violation los Angeles up a Man caught boarding a plane bound Tor South Africa with three cases of military tech Nical manuals has pleaded guilty to Vio lating the arms Export control act. Edward James Bush 51, pleaded guilty monday to a one count indictment charging him with trying to smuggle manuals for military lighter bombers into South Africa assistant . Attorney Brian Henni Gan said Bush agreed to cooperate with Federal agents in their continuing probe of Aims Export control act violations. Such cooperation will be taken into account at Bush s sentencing on april 2v, Hinnigan said. He faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and a $ i million Fine Bush was arrested feb. 7 at los an Geles International Airport after checking in for a flight to Argentina and then on to South Africa he carried White boxes and a Blue suitcase containing technical manuals Tor the engine generators of a-4 and Al 6 aircraft Federal agents said. Hennigan said a full confession Bush made to the Fri led to the arrest of George Macarthur Posy i indicted last week on charges of violating the anti apartheid act which prohibits trading in munitions with South Africa. Posy allegedly look and filled the or Ders for equipment then arranged and paid for Bush to Fly to South Africa to deliver the manuals. Annual Cost of owning a car Cost of owning and opt ring a Tew car1ms 1m0 $4,092 -$50 compact 4,764 4,648 84 Interne tote 5,293 5.464 4-181 fut Steb 6597 6,298 1 3,109 5,163 based on 10,000 Tea of annual driving includes fixed expenses such As depreciation merest insurance teens and taxes and variable expenses suet As gasoline maintenance end repairs. Parking and it fees were not Inch ded in a study. Chicago thur Gnu pwn 8oun Hutz corp. Smith replied no no More than you can say any american company ii in trouble. We need a Little help from our government. To make us world class competitors by. Removing some of the really obnoxious regulations that make us very  asked Why americans Don l buy american cars Smith replied they arc buying american. 70 percent of he people out there arc buying american Smith said that several years ago. He might have agreed with those who say . Quality is inferior. But no More he said "1 think Ford Chrysler general motors All of us in the Domestic Market Are now making world class  asked his opinion of quotas he said we can l legislate our Way out. We need to Sec he Dollar come Down a Little. It s still overvalued Ford recalls 33,600 1987 autos Dearborn Mich. A Ford motor co. On monday recalled 33,600 1987-Modcl Crown Victorias Mercury grand Marquis and Lincoln town cars equipped with 3.0-liter engines for correction Ofa possible steering problem. The vehicles May have been produced with faulty steering components that could fracture and cause reduced steering control said John p. King service engineering offi cer manager for Ford s parts and service division. King said the company is not aware of any accidents or injuries caused by the problem. It would give you much More free play when turning your steering wheel said Beryl Goldsweig a Ford spokeswoman. There would be More turning in responsiveness of your vehicle. When it happens it happens suddenly but you should be Able to steer enough to get Over to die shoulder of the Road you would not drive  owners of the recalled vehicles will be notified by mail to return vehicles to Ford or Lincoln Mercury dealers for component replacement at no Cost of the vehicles affected about 32,000 Are in the United slates 1,200 in Canada and 400 in Export locations. 5 county officials sentenced to jail san Jose Calif. A All five Santa Clara county supervisors were sentenced to jail terms monday for Vio lating a judge s order to provide More jail cells for male inmates. But retired Alameda county Superior court judge Spurgeon Avakian the fourth judge to handle a jail inmate s 6 year old suit against the county dropped his threat to Fine the county $9.3 million for tailing to come up with 96 one Man cells for violent inmates. Four supervisors chairwoman Dianne Mckenna Zoe Lofgren Suzanne Wilson and Tom Legan were Given 10 Day sentences and fined 12,000. Supervisor Rod Diridoni was Given Only five Days and fined $1,000 because Avakian said he made an Effort to com ply. We re going to Appeal absolutely Mckenna said. We re going to do everything we can 10 stay out of jail but we re ready to go if it s required. When the Issue is As significant As this All the members of the Board arc willing to  Lofgren said the Prospect of a jail term would not affect her stand on building new cells. There is a greater need for Beds for psychiatric patients and shelters for abused children she said. I m not afraid of doing my duty Lofgren said. I m not going to Cave in and violate my obligations As an elected person to avoid that personal  the Case began in 1981 when an in male charged the county with housing prisoners in facilities so crowded it amounted to cruel and unusual punish ment. Three Yean later county officials agreeable provide More cells. Avakian said he Felt compelled to enforce the contempt citations to discourage future delays for construction of cells for violent inmates. Avakian gave the supervisors until april 16 to serve inc sentences. However none of the supervisor will go to jail immediately. Gov. George do Ekmejian last week signed a Bill giving them an extra 30 Days before they will be required to report to jail. Super lottery May offer $80 million jackpots new York a a multistage lot Tery offering jackpots up to j8q million is under consideration by officials in seven slates und the District of Colum Bia. If legislation is approved by the jurisdictions involved the super lottery could begin As Early As fall but is More Likely to Start Early next year said John d. Quin director of the new York slate loner. At a meeting Here representatives of the Stales and Washington worked on details regarding insurance rules of the game and legislation for each stale he said in addition to Washington d.c., and new York Stales involved arc Missouri Iowa Oregon West Virginia. Rhode is land and Illinois Quinn said