European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 20, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes saturday february 20,19b8 big three car makers saw profits Rise 25% in 1987 stateside Detroit up the nation s big three Carmak ers general motors corp., Ford motor co. And Chrysler corp. Posted combined Profil of s9.5 billion during 1987, up 25 percent Tram the 17.6 Bil lion earned in 1986. Worldwide Rales among the three Aulo giants during b7 totalled n record 1199,7 billion up from 1188.1 billion in 1986. Ford which thursday reported record profit of s4.62 billion for the year out earned top car maker pm for the second year in a Row despite pm s 24 percent Rise in profits last year to 13.6 billion. The latest profits by the three automakers neared the record 19.8 billion gamed Between them in i9b4. But Industry analyst Thomas o Grady of integrated automotive resources inc. In suburban Philadelphia said the car makers could break hat record this year or next. Profits among the car makers last year represented 4 8 percent of sales compared with just Over 4 percent in 1986, they should gel Inlo the 7 or b percent Range said o Grady who called the big three s latent profits reasonable the United Aulo workers Union which rep resents More than half a million . Workers at the Rig three car makers have called such profits obscenely High. Combined profits for the fourth Quarter of 1987 amounted to More than $2.1 billion compared with nearly ii.5 billion earned during the fourth Quarter of 1985. Fourth Quarter sales totalled $52.9 billion up from m7.7 billion the year Belin. Last week pm buoyed by record comings of its non aul Molive subsidiaries and a favourable account ing change reported Overall profits  billion or s 10,06 a .Hare for 19b7. Up from s2.9 billion or j8.21 3 -.hare, in 1986. Worldwide sales last year declined i pcrctnttojlol.8 billion. Of s record year for profits was in 1984, when in earned 14.5 billion. Because of the accounting change. Pm i fourth Quarter profits Rose substantially to $836 million or s2.j6 a .Hare compared with j382 million or 97 menu a .Hare in the final Quarter of 1986. Sales Rose 3,5 in Iceni to 126.4 billion from j2s.s billion the year before. Despite the Rise in annual earnings pm workers were Lold they would gel no profit sharing checks based on 1987 cwt is and would most Likely get very Lille or nothing next year even though the Payo Jil for Mula was revised last fall under a new National Tabor contract. Vehicle sales for modal Sara in millions of units 1981 82 83 84 85 66 Chicago Tribune a Pruc Koivu . Department of Commerce Ford workers on the other hand stand to gel an estimated average profit sharing payout of More than $3.000 each based on the no. 2 car maker s record profits of More than �4.6 billion earned last year. Ford will Start distributing Profil checks beginning Friday. Ford workers last year received an average 12,100 each based on the company s profits of j3.1 billion in 1986. Chrysler has no such profit sharing program in place. Ford j worldwide Bales totalled a record s7i.6 Bil lion up from 162.7 billion a year before. Third ranked Chrysler reported 1987 profits of si.29 billion or 15.90 a .Hare Down si00 million from 11.39 billion or s6.25 a .Hare the year before. Total sales were j26.3 billion up from 122.6 billion ill 19s6. Chrysler fourth Quarter earnings were j350.2 Mil lion or s1.57 a .Hare up 8 percent from $324.2 Mil lion or $ 1.48 a .Hare in the year ago period. Chrysler s sales for the Quarter increased to a record 17.67 billion up 29 percent from $5.94 billion in the year ago Quarter. Cops kill boy aiming toy gun  Francisco a two police officer crouching behind their patrol car shot and killed u hulking 13-Ycar-Otd retarded boy who had spun around and pointed a realistic toy pistol at them authorities said thursday. All indications Are thai i her acted properly police spokesman Jerry Senkir said after he slaying of Silvic to Grosc behind a housing project wednesday. The boy was carrying a toy gun that resembled a .22 Caliper revolver Senkir said. The teen Ager was dead on arrival at  Francisco general Hospital according to or. Richard Coles who said inc youth was  Senkir said the officers were answering a Call report ing show being fired in the area Juu after 5 . When they spotted the boy walking gun in hand. They pulled within 40 feel got out of the Valroi car and crouched behind their open doors with guns drawn ordering the boy to drop his weapon Senkir said. The suspect then lured and pointed the gun at the officers Senkir said. At the same Lime he crouched Down and let out a yell. Both officers immediately opened  the officers. Michael huddle Caslon and Janel Camp Bell fired four shots from their .357 magnum service revolvers he said. The boy is retarded and he Pat cd Back Here every Day because it s not Safe in front of the projects neighbor Debra Judkins said. The cops should know better than to gun Down a  2 cherokees sentenced for marketing Bear claw los Angeles a two women who sold Silver Bell buckle with a Bear Daw were placed on probation and ordered to perform Community service and donate j 1,000 each to a state wildlife preservation fund. Mary Jean Winona Caratu 56, a Cherokee Indi an who Sells artefacts and her business partner. Belle Jean Wildish 49, had faced up to 15,000 fines or six months in jail Deputy ally attorney Nicholas j. Fra Lianne said. The women who live in los Angeles Woodland Hills District pleaded no contest in a bargain with prosecutor to violating the stale s fish and game code by marketing the claw buckle which they add forj450. Stale Law prohibits Selling parts of Bear carcasses. Van Guys municipal judge Alan e Ellis also sentenced both women to 36 months probation and ordered them to perform 200 hours of Community service. Defense attorney Mark r. Schwartz said the women assumed the claw was Legal. Florida oks Experiment on Everglades Protection West Palm Beach Fla a a slate task Force has endorsed sugar grower s proposal to build an experimental Marsh m a Cane Field to study Way to protect the Everglades from agricultural drainage. The Lake Okeechobee technical advisory Council has agreed to encourage the slate to develop such plans but suggested thai a larger test site ought be needed in inc Fields of . Knight and sons. We think it s a Good idea and a Good approach said Archie Grant Council chairman. Knight offered to build four miniature swamps for inc Experiment if the slate would entend the grower s lease on 3,700 Aero of slate owned land in Western Palm Beach county. Motorcycle helmet Bill approved by Nebraska Lincoln neb. A motorcycle and moped riders in Nebraska will be required to Wear helmet starting next year under a controversial Bill passed in the legislature. The Bill which passed on a 25-20 Vole lakes a Tecl Jan. I 1989. Sen. Dan Lynch the measure s sponsor said gov. Kay Orr would sign the legislation which includes a penalty of $50 for allure to Wear a helmet. During the floor debate about 70 spectators m the gallery Many wearing to Loucyle jackets and dub Colon applauded when . Ernie Chambers characterized the Bill As one that should be been left in the graveyard of bad  the visitors appeared Slun cd and quiet after the  Bill was passed of or Lynch withdrew a 14-Page amendment that would have required safety education for motorcycle riders. Lesbian rabbi accuses Temple of discrimination St. Paul Minn. A a rabbi says the was forced 10 leave her position at mount Zion Temple because of her lesbian lifestyle but a congregation spokeswoman denied the allegation. "1 believe there has been a terrible miscarriage of Justice at mount  rabbi Stacy Offner said. And 1 Hope for the Sake of the congregation s health that they will have the courage and the moral integrity to look at what has happened for what it  but Judith Rose president of the congregation said Offner agreed to resign and it s absolutely untrue she was dismissed because of her sexual . She said Offner is on vacation and the resignation will tute effect March i. Reporter ordered jailed for protecting sources Boston a a reporter for the Boston Globe was ordered jailed for con tempt of court after repeatedly refusing to reveal the Ideal ties of confidential i tirces cited in a 1952 Story about a former cily official. Suffolk Superior court judge John p. Sullivan i used the order thursday but Laid be would allow Charles a. Radin to remain free for it least a week so be could Appeal id a higher court. Radin on thursday refused to answer 28 question about the sources quoted in the Story citing first amendment pro sections Ofa fret press and similar provi Sions of the state Constitution. After Sullivan issued Hii order thurs Day e. Susan Garsh an attorney for inc Globe and Radin. Appealed the contempt finding to inc appeals court. In. He april 1982 Story Radin Taid Richard j. Linnolt a forme City Licens ing chief had applied for a disability pension claiming emotional stress suffered while attending a licensing Board meeting and two Rock concerts. Sinnott withdrew his application shortly after the Globe detailed a request Sinnott then filed in invasion of Pri Vacy suit against several City officials accusing them of violating Bis rights by releasing the Coaten of is application. Neither rat Lin nor the Globe is a defendant in the suit but Sinnott j attorneys want information about the mines to nip them prepare for trial. Retina l. Quinlan an attorney for sad Nott has argued Hist the right of Sinnott and other to privacy out Iota my right Radin or the newspaper might have to con ceal the names of Anonymous source. A slate appeals court judge earlier ibis month agreed and ordered Radin to As close Bis sources