European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 31, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and strikes tuesday March 31,1987 court rejects Appeal on car safety Washington Iarj the supreme court Mon Day refused to order the Reagan administration to adopt tougher standards for installing air bags or Auto Matic Seal belts in new cars the court without comment rejected an Appeal by new York officials who accused the administration of sacrificing life and limb on the  the court also said it will consider overturning a $300,000 award won by evangelist Jerry Fulwell against Hustler Magazine and us publisher Larry Flint transportation Secretary Elizabeth dote adopted a so called passive restraint Rule in 1984 that would Rihar in use of air bags or automatic scat Bells automakers Are required to equip 10 percent of this year s models with either air bags or scat Bells that automatically wrap around a front seat occupant. The percentage will increase annually until All new cars Are equipped with the devices during the 1990 Model year that begins in 9s9. The department of transportation on March 25 granted car makers an extra four years until 993, to install air bags or other automatic restraints on both sides of new cars if Thuv agree to install bags on at least inc Driver s Side by 1 989. The insurance Industry has estimated that with inc Extension 2 million Domestic and foreign cars in the United stain will be equipped with Driver Side air bags by the 1990 Model year and 5 million by 1992, up from about 100,000 vehicles in the current Model year. To inc Appeal acted on monday new York officials said the 1 984 Rule is not nearly strict enough the court should redirect inc department of transportation s attention to its pre eminent function Protection of life and limb on the roads and away from its excessive Reliance on what the Auto Mobile Industry finds expedient said new York at Torney general Robert Abms he added the department of transportation Esti mated in 1984 that requiring air bags in All new cars would save up to us 10 lives and could prevent More than 155,000 serious injuries each year. The figures Are somewhat lower for automatic sent Bells Abrums said Dole regulation will result in thou Sands of additional Highway deaths and tens of thou Sands of serious injuries each  Federal officials rejected stricter rules because of the supreme court Roundup additional Cost and the possibility the Public would no accept them. Dole said air bags will Cost $320 More per car than manual Bells and More than $800 to replace. She also said there arc Public fears Over chemicals used to make the air bags inflate and that they might inflate accidentally. Also she said some people might reject the idea be cause they feel insecure without a Seal Belt around them. The . Circuit court of appeals Here ruling 2-1 in the government s favor last september said Dole reasoned that even Hough these tears Are largely unfounded they Musl nonetheless be taken seriously she determined that these concerns could Best be addressed through real world experience in the marketplace rather than by regulatory Fiat the appeals court also upheld another controversial provision of the administration s regulations linking them to enactment of state seat Belt Laws. The provision rescinds the requirement for air bags and automatic scat belts if states with two thirds of the nation s population pass mandatory seat Belt taws by april i i9s9, that has already occurred. But there arc questions whether any of the state Laws meet inc criteria established by Dole. Those criteria include a minimum $25 penalty for failure to Wear a Seal Belt no waivers except for medical reasons and an accompanying Educa Tion program to encourage compliance. The linking provision a so called trapdoor Hal could allow car makers to escape inc requirement for passive restraints was no  in the Appeal acted on monday the court in 1983 ruled the Reagan administration unlawfully lifted an earlier requirement for air bags and automatic seat belts. In other action the court agreed to consider broadening Protection for criminal defendants who claim they were trapped into committing a crime. The justices said they will hear an Appeal by Freder ick Mathews a former official in Milwaukee for the Small business administration who was convicted of taking Money from a businessman. Left intact a ruling that criminal prosecution of Sanctuary movement members who Aid illegal aliens from Central America docs not violate religious rights the justices without comment refused to hear an Appeal by two people convicted of such activity in Texas. Refused to free one of lie nation s largest account ing firms from a securities fraud lawsuit by investors in Jonn Delorean s in fated sports car production venture. The justices without comment rejected arguments by Arthur Andersen 4 co aimed at killing the lawsuit refused to hear the Appeal of an Oregon Public school teacher suspended because she wore religious clothing in the classroom after becoming a sikh. White House denies a am by . Party Washington the House monday defended its account of president Reagan s meeting with leaders of the British labor party which u labor spokesman said was distorted to help i rim minister Margarct Thatcher s re elect Ion chances. Presidential spokesman Marlin Filz Wal Eralso said he did not hear the presi Dent address Denis Chalcy the party s Deputy Leader As or. Ambassador As Chalcy said in a television inter,1 Lew in London on sunday parly Leader Neal Kinlock and Hea Ley accompanied by British ambassador sir Antony Sciand met with Reagan Al the while House on Friday shortly after inc session fit water said or Kinnerk raised labor s proposal for unilateral nuclear disarmament and the need for a buildup in conventional forces. The president made Clear that he had no intention of intervening in Britain s Domestic affairs but he said we disagree with labor s defense  in his television interview Chalcy said. What docs seem to be the Case i that some of president Reagan s advisers thought it would to a Good idea to try and Kielp mrs. Think her in her election Battle by being unkind to the labor  Gem of a Job jewelry store owner Al a jars of Hsi nub., Nils a path through a Semiw his shop. While City residents dug out tags streets remained impassable horoscopes fall on misfortune at no. School Little a cog Harbor township . Ai j if you re a Pisces and someone new is about to enter your life you won t find out about it during the Stu Dent Council  him at pint land s regional High school. It won t help if you re a Capri aim or a Sagittarius. Either. In fact it Dix in l mutter what ii a you were born under because Ufa Kalv .11 the High we tool have decided horoscopes Don i mate fit fare Tor i he Public address system. The student Council decision to read Lio Roii Ope to the school along with other morning announcements was meant to stun each Day with a Tittle humor. But fast week officials at pin Dands said the readings May offend people attending or supporting the school sys tem. School superin Senjt a Clement a Crea said the Wool Board s attorney advised him to Hall the read ing which began More than a month ago after the District got Telephone Calls objecting to the practice. People objected to the horoscopes because the were astr ology Bast i Crea said. The student government s decision to read the horoscopes had nothing to do with religious beliefs or babylonian deities he said. I know that was not their  horoscopes also were pulled from the school paper. Jane Cincotta a student government representative told Board of education members some students were disappointed. She asked if the practice could be protected under academic Freedom rights. We do not have a democracy in the True sense of the word because you have to have a sense of  replied school ban attorn Milton Oeler Crea said school officials were Irving to do some brainstorming to see that be can offer that will pro vide comic Relief in the