European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 22, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday september 22, 19b7 the stars and stripes Page 5 sprint tops Epa mileage ratings shootings Lamborghini is last with 6 mpg erupt again on freeway Washington a for the Whir year in a Row the three Cylinder Chevrolet sprint has captured the lop rating in the annual gasoline mileage Icsis of inc Environ mental Protection Agency. There was no change in the second spot either held by a Honda civic. The 1,875-Pound sprint metro Model was rated Al 34 Miles per gallon in City driving and 58 mpg on inc Highway the same figures recorded for the sprinter last year. The Honda civic cry of in std out at 50 mpg City 56 mpg Highway. The Lambol Hirisi Contach a pistol hot sports ear from Italy appearing on Epa s list Tot the first Lime was raid at 6 mpg in the cily the lowest figure Epa has Ever recorded and icon inc Highway. Last year s biggest guzzlers several Rolls Royce models appeared on the list again just ahead of the Lamborghini at 8 mpg City. Lomp Highway there is no Lisl or top Domestic cars this year. Epa said it slopped producing one because of the increasing confusion Over what a Domestic car is. Japanese car makers Toyota Nissan Honda and Mazda now produce cars in the United states sometimes in joint ventures with . Companies. Typically they ship major components such As engine and trans Mission from Japan. These components Are so costly that usually inc value of Domestic Content including labor in inc cars is a Lillic Over 50 percent. Epa requires a Model to have at least 75 percent Domestic Content to be counted As a Domestic car. The same models Are sometimes marketed by the foreign manufacturer and the Public perceives Inose models As imports. Therefore Epa finds it no longer beneficial to list strictly Domestic models the Agency said in a statement. In some years the list of he Best mileage ratings has been an All japanese affair but not this year. Ford s Esliva made in Korea by Ford s 10 percent owned Alt Liale Kia motors co., was ranked fifth 01 39 mpg City 43 mpg Highway. The car weighs less than 1,800 pounds and has the second smallest engine an i cubic Inch tour. The sprint s 61 cubic inches is the smallest. Counting sister models sold As the Pon Lac firefly and the Suzuki Forsa. The sprint captured seven of the top 12 positions Epa produces the mileage Lisl As a Bypro duct of its testing of cars for exhaust pollution. Calculation of mileage is relatively Sim ple once the exhaust gases have been Analysed which the Epa must do anyway. At the Bottom of the list buyers of six of the thirst est 11 cars will have to pay the variable Gas guzzler lax imposed in the mid-1970s, when Congress required All cars to meet certain mileage standards. The Rolls and toe Bentley escape the tax however because of a quirk in the Law it applies Only to cars weighing less than 6,000 pounds and they weigh  Lam Borghini bears the most tax $3,850 in the pan most of the cars taxed As Gas guzzlers have been very expensive luxury cars or High performance sports can. Bui this year s Gas guzzlers include models from Volvo the swedish manufacturer hat has advertised its cars As Safe and durable. The Volvo 780. Introduced during the 1987 Model year and the redesigned 740 and 760 models Are rated at 17 mpg in the City. 20 on the Highway. That makes them subject to a $650 tax said Fred Hammond Japan s Auto Alley ill Tel pm Reck mich.240-100,000 Nir Toyota climb Ridge ont. Of Yll cml. Under Canini Nimon Tel ,000 Cere yen Ntim Smyrna Toon. 120,000 pm e Yew 120.000 Enid yer a new Kentucky Home Cornea Lei owed try japanese firms or joint venture wifi . Rim i Sideco America corp., bardskwn9, Kinnear co. Inc., Ca Nowon to. Muzak corp. Florence11. Sumitomo electric wiring system inc., morgantown12. Topy corp. Frankfort 11 to you molar corp., georgetown14. Tube Tumi inc., Louisville 15. United pm quasi Versailles 16. Woodty Edge Isoac inc., bards own 1. Al Max aluminium corp., 1 american Brake inc Xavy  3. At wire & Cable co.  4. C. Itoh steel inc., Winchester Clarion corp. Al America Wilton 6. Hitachi automotive products Usa inc. Narro Tburg 7. Isoac Usa inc. Bardstown in cow tribe Roiphe source Hiuga to Bune own repent los Angeles two new freeway shootings one ending in the death of a Man who brandished a gun at Ventura police broke a Lull in traffic related gun play on Southern California roads authorities said sunday. Jose  jr., 33, of Baldwin Park  shot to death by police about 7 . Friday after he pointed a gun Al one Motorist who tried to help him following a crash and then shot at and missed a second to Loris. Highway patrol officer Kevin Schaeler said. In the second incident Friday night a gunman shot away the Windshield of a pickup truck driven by an off duty los Angeles county sheriffs Deputy in car son about 10 mile South of los Angeles. Authorities were still investigating inc fatal incident and the Highway patrol did not immediately add it to their tog which lists tour deaths and scores of other shooting incidents in the random Roadway violence that has gripped inc los Angeles area. Hernandez s car had turned Over after he drove ii into the Side of a Railroad overpass in suburban Ventura Schaeler said. He said Hernandez got out of the car and threatened to shoot motorists who stopped to help. He said Hernandez started to run when police arrived and was ordered to Stop he kept running and pointed his gun at the iwo officers. Schaller said. Each fired a round from a Shotgun with both shots hitting Hernandez. He died Al the scene. Spokesman at Volvo s . Headquarters in . "1 Don l think we re too Happy about it he said. The cars Are powered by 174-cubic Inch six Cylinder engines designed More for Power 14i horsepower compared with 125 horsepower from a 173-cubic Inch six in general motors corp. Cars and smoothness than for Economy Hammond said. We needed to have that engine to meet consumer  observers have noted a shift Back to larger and More powerful cars in the stable Gaso line prices of recent years. But Louis Phebe spokesman for the National automobile dealers association said he believed the trend had gone As far As it was going logo. Few developments have had As pro found an Impact on our business As the fuel shortages of the mid-1970s," he said. Fuel Economy is still  Sands of time in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. Sept. 22,1947 United slates Delegate to the United nations Warren Austin accused russian Delegate Andrei Vishinsky of absolute falsification and libel and flatly denied soviet charges against the United st Lesof warmongering. 30 years ago today. Sept. 22.19s7 nov. Orval Faubus ordered National guard troops away from Central High school in Little Rock ark., a few hours after a Federal court ordered him to Stop interfering with the school s integration plan. 20 years ago today. Sept. 22, 1967 the . Govern ment reported it had enough Money Al noted to begin deployment of the $5 Bil lion missile defense system outlined by defense Secretary Robert Mcnamara. But officials said the decision would probably add about i i billion to presi Dent Johnson s fiscal year 1968 budget proposal. 10 years ago today. Sept. 22, 1977 Bert Lance re signed As White House budget director saying his name and reputation had been cleared but he did not want to cause president Carter any More political prob lems. Stafe employees in Oregon staging selective strikes Salem Ore. A some striking state employees have failed to return to their jobs As requested under a selective strike strategy intended to disrupt state agencies with Surprise walkouts. Boi Llcy Gilbert a spokesman for the statewide Oregon Public employees Union said. He said he did not know Why some workers at dam much slate Hospital in Wilson ilk remained off the Job but suggested that it was because they want to play their pan to gel a  the strike by inc Union representing 16,500 state employees began wednesday. Negotiations were scheduled to resume monday. The major Issue remains salaries with the stale of Fering raises of 3 percent in january and 3 Perchm a year later. The Union wants a 4. Percent raise retroactive to july and inc same amount no a Jear. Sine the Stric began the Union has launched Surprise strikes on selected agencies while leaving most workers Al their posts. De Ruttledge labor relations manager for the slate said a stale count found thai 302 of 517 scheduled employees showed up for work sat urday. Workers at the state office building in Portland and Portland stale University joined the strike Friday while employees went Back to work Over the weekend Al Maclaren school in Woodburn and at Eastern Ore gon training Center and Eastern Oregon psychiatric Center in Pond ton