European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 24, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes saturday october 24,1937 nearly 50% of cars flunk crash test severity of in i Ries varies widely Washington a nearly half of the 38 cars in the government s 35 Mph crash lest program for 1987 models tailed to protect occupants against Likely fatal head injuries according to test re sults. The transportation Deparl Mcnol re leased Ilic results of the final series of tests thursday and suggested the information could he used to compare vehicles of similar sic for trash pro Lection. The cars were crashed head on into a Barrier at 35 Mph and the severity of injury to front Seal occupants ranged widely among the 38 models tested. The drug rec of injury measured on inst Dum Mies equipped with electronic monitors was seven limes greater in some vehicles As in others. According to the lest results either the Driver or front scat passenger in 18 of the 38 vehicles tests received an Impact to the head that was severe enough to Likely have caused death or extremely serious injury. Small trucks and vans provided As a group the poorest Protection with eight of the 12 crashes in that category causing fatal injuries to at least one of Cupal. The tests arc conducted by the nation Al Highway traffic safety administration Over a number of months. Some of the results had been made Public previously. The Agency announced the re sults of the final eight tests thursday the degree of injury to the head is measured numerically with the higher number reflecting the greater level of in jury. Anything Over 1,000 is Likely to be fatal according to Auto safely experts. The vehicles with the poorest record showing the greatest injury to at least one of the occupants were the jeep co Manchu pickup 2,700 Tor the passenger and 1,052 for the Driver Volkswagen Fox 2-door, 2,140 for the passenger and 1,801 Tor the Driver Nissan Senora 4 door 2,034 for the driven yup go 2-door Hatchback 1,855 for the Driver and Peugeot 505 4-door, t,831 for the Driver and 1,786 Tor the passenger. The cars with the Best head injury rat ing were the Oldsmobile Calais 4-door, 405 for the Driver and 323 for the Pas Senger Ford Mustang la i door Hatch Back 179 for the Driver and 301 for the passenger. Ford escort 2-door Hatch Back 515 for the Driver and 418 for the passenger Saab 9000 4-door Hatchback 584 for the Driver 440 for the passenger Acura integral 2-door Hatchback 599 for i lie Driver and 597 for the passenger in some eases the head injury Levels differed widely Between the Driver and the passenger in the same test. For example the Driver in the Hugo go 2-door Hatchback suffered among the most severe injury Levels but the Pas Senger s head injury rating was a 379, one of he lowest among the can tested. Auto safety expert suggested thai such difference might be attributed to problems with the Seal Belt used on on of the dummies or the effect of the steer ing column when there is a particularly High number for the Driver s Sid. Seat belts Are used in the tests. Nine of the cars were equipped with so called passive belts that automatically wrap around a person while one car the 4 door Mercury Topaz was equipped with an air bag which inflates to protect the Driver during a crash. Despite the Driver Side Only air bag the Topaz was not among he Best per forming vehicles 743 for the Driver and 626 for the passenger but was Welt below the 1,000 head injury thresh old. The Highway safety Agency said in a statement that the lest results provide comparative data for Consumers to use in their vehicle purchasing decisions when comparing vehicles of similar size and weight Auto manufacturers in the past have criticized the use of the government crash lest results for comparative shop Ping. They have argued that the test re sults reflect performance Only on a single lest and on a specific Type of crash and do not reflect the the projection a car might provide on a Broad Range of other types of accidents. Little Rock nine return to site of Battle for rights Little Rock Ark. A thirty years after armed Federal troops escorted them into ail White Cen trial High school nine Blacks came Back for a reunion at the school now largely Black and known for Aca Demic excellence. The reunion is a Celebration of Progress of togetherness and of love said Melba Saltillo deals of san Francisco one of the Blacks who integrated Central High. Bui most of All she said it is a Celebration of the Triumph of the human spirit no matter what its  guv. Bill Clinton was scheduled to Lead the tour Friday of Central High. One of his predecessors Orval e. Faubus called out the National guard to Block the students entry to the school in 1937, prompting the Federal intervention. Also joining the Little Rock nine on the tour will be members of the National association for the Advance ment of coloured people s National Board which was responsible for bringing the group together in Little Rock for the first Lime in nearly 3d years. The Board is holding its annual meeting in the City to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the 1957 landmark school desegregation Battle. Clinton who was 11 years old at the Lime of the crisis said during the reception that he was particularly pleased to Honor the group at what was the command Center for the Effort to thwart integration at Central High. Faubus who served six terms before leaving the governor s office a decade after the Central High crisis said he was Noi invited to the reunion. I m out of office now and i m not an official Faubus said thursday from his Home in Conway of photo defector and Benefactor at a press conference in Dallas soviet dancer Andrei Ustinov is reunited with Cindy Fairish the woman who helped him defect. It All started when punish was approached by Ustinov in a grocery store. When Ustinov asked for her help she arranged far Fri agents to take charge of the Case and Otter him As him in the United slates. Girl saved from death in subway new York a a 15-Ycar-old girl was pushed in front of an oncoming subway thursday but a bystander yanked her to safely while two other people captured a suspect authorities said. Georgia Winston suffered Only a twisted ankle in the incident that occurred while she was wailing on a Manhattan subway platform about 9 45 a.m., said Al o Leary. A transit authority spokesman. I was ready to go to work waiting for the train said the Man who saved her Richard Johnson Ayuso of Manhattan. Suddenly he saw a Man place two hands on Winston s Back and shove her onto the Racks about four feet below. Everything happened fast Johnson Ayuso said. The train was coming. It was in the Tunnel. She was crying and she was looking into my eyes and i was looking into her eyes very scared. The last time i saw her she was still  he said she had gotten up onto her Knees and was thrashing her  around and screaming. I slopped dropped on my belly and reached Down and picked her up by her hair and the Back of he jacket said Johnson Ayuso 26, a Security guard for elite investigators. Thai was the Only Way to get her. I did t have Lime. If 1 had jumped Down to push her up it would have been me under the train he said. Ronald Christopher 21, of the Bronx was chased Down by two other bystanders and later charged with attempted murder Ana second degree assault o Leary said. Police said there was no known motive. Winston a High school student was rather Shook up and declined to talk to reporters said ski. James Budwith. How cars rated Washington a Here Are the results of the government crash tests on 38 Modet-1987 cart vans and trucks according to the National Highway traffic safely administration. The relative severity of head injuries sustained by the Driver and front Seal passenger Are reflected numerically. The higher the number the More severe the injury with 1 ,000 or More indicating Likely death. Vehicle Del a subcompact Accra integral 2-Drhafchbk Chevrolet Cugnini 2-dr Hatchik Ford Mustang la  Excel 2 dutch by Hyundai Excel