European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 4, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page the stars and stripes Friday March 4,1988 beak careful Tutu link Jimh persans and turn in the Best at Fri cedi Blunt , Only knew thai Tutu was after he str but Tutu May a carrying things a unit too far. If the pacifier it May be Juh i feathers which get milled sort of Janelle and Paul a Irons of and Tutu i wings clipped. American car buyer finding his Best bargain Home built Detroit. Mich a the american buyer Slove affair with inc foreign car is being soured by three straight years of Price hikes thai have added As Muchas 16.000 10 the Price lag of a German car and 13,000 on a japanese Model. Buyers who arc taking a second look at american cars arc finding thai the offerings of general motorscorp., Ford motor co. And Chrysler corp. Have improved since the Early 1960s and can save them Smuch As s2,. Instead of Matching their foreign competitors increase for increase inc big three finally have begun holding Down prices 10 Lake advantage of currency fluctuations that have pushed up import once sin this country. They Urc All looking at ims As the year of he return of the Domestic car or the Start of that return,1 said Chris Cedergren Industry analyst with . Power and associates in Agoura Hills Calif. Since 1985, the Dollar is Worth 50 percent Les against inc japanese yen and the Wesl German Mark and nearly As much against other Western european currencies. Only the currencies of Canada Mexico and newly industrialized nations such As Korea and Brazil have been spared. Many foreign automakers have had to charge More to compensate for the lower value of the Dollar the receive for their cars. In the past three years for exam ple japanese car prices have risen nearly 2 percent. If you compare the of Toyota Rosida or Honda Accord with the Chevrolet celebrity. The japanese car will Cost you More said Joseph Phillippi analyst with Scarson Lehman Hutton in new York. The Pinch was Felt first by european makers. Until 1985, japanese cars were in such demand Here that dealers were adding 11,000 to 12,000 to the Slicker Price and still wiling All the car they could gel. Dealers used that Cushion to absorb the firs Price increases. So japanese cars did t become substantially Marc expensive until Ianc in 1986. But even then Phil Lippi said the difference meant Only a few dollars More in monthly payments. Buyers who already had been weaned away from the comfortable american car ride by the Quality and re liability of japanese cars were willing to pay a Little extra for them Phillippi said. At a result during the falling pm Market of 1981 when total car sales dropped 10.7 percent from 1986, japanese import car sales fell Only 9.7 percent while pm Ford and Chrysler a Domestic car silo together fell 16.7 percent. Talk to someone who owns a Honda or a Toyota Phillippi said. Nothing goes  there was no such Price Cushion on european can most of which Are expensive luxury models. European makers such As Bow Mercedes Benz and porsche moved further into the Ultra luxury stratosphere with new cars Hal Cost $40,000 to s70,Doo, pushing Man buyers out of the Market during january sales were off by about 28 percent far Creede Benz Volvo and porsche in percent for Alfa Romeo and 60 percent for Peugeot. The japanese however fought Back. Companies Suchias Toyota motor corp., Honda motor co. And Mazda motor corp. Accepted smaller profits and squeezed steady efficiency improvements out of their factories Al Home to protect their share of the Market Here. Helped by the strength of the yen which they use to buy raw materials from weaker currency Nalis icy were Able to keep Price increases so Small that the big three accused them of predatory pricing in the United states. They also began shifting some production to in United slates and began offering or planning cars to fill the void left by the europeans in the $20,000 to $30,000 luxury Market. Bui despite their efforts higher prices arc beginning to Huit japanese car sales particularly for companies that already Are vulnerable such As Nissan whose sales fell 19.6 percent in january and Isuzu whose car sales dropped 16.7 percent. Stat Csida Boeing 747 jetliners must add 2 exit doors Washington a the Federal Avetian administration will require the Boeing co. To install to an Doon in Iti new 747 passenger jetliners outer than the eight the company prefers. Chr Agency s of Elf said thursday Faa administrator Allan Mcartor told a House subcommittee thai for safely reasons he hid decked to Issue a final role that would require Lite additional Doon and expected ii 10 be ready by Lale summer. A Boeing official. However told inc Lawman in thai having eight Doon would be Safe. Prudence Mcartor said when a suced during � break in the hearing about Why he Tad made hit Deci Sion. Just concern of  Boeing plans to soon begin building n new line of the wide body 747i, whose first Gen Raifon a Cal into serv ice in 1970. The aircraft which can carry More than 500 passengers arc the most frequently used jetliners for International travel and arc also commonly used Tor coast to Easl flights within the United states. Pm plans to close Plant making Fiero 2-seaters Pontiac Mich. A general motors corp plastic body uni engine Pontiac Ficro and the workers who make h have become the first victim of the slumping popularity of sporty two sealers. M Ichael Lush Pontiac s general manager said tuesday that 1,109 workers will be idled when pm stops Maldon a the Fiero after inc 1988 Model year and closes indefinitely the single Ficro Plant in Pontiac this summer. The whole Market s dead said Industry analyst Chris Cedergren of . Power aed associates. Cedar Gren blamed High insurance Rales for a 30 percent drop in Overall two sealer sales during 1987. The slump has not spared japanese automakers who report slow sales of two scat cars such As the Toyota mr2 end the Mazda rx7. The europeans report slow sales of four Cylinder porsche. Ficro sales peaked of 101,720 can in 1984 and fell to 47.15fi last year . Wines to be exhibited at Vin Italy show in Verona Washington api wines from 3fi wineries in sin . States Wilt be exhibited at the Vin Italy show in Verona Italy for the first time april 8 to in .congressman said. The annual exhibition is one of the world s largest Trade shows div old to wine. The american exhibit sponsored by inc . Department of agriculture also will include wine from new Jersey Pennsylvania new Mexico Washington and Texas. Girls clubs file lawsuit against boys club on name new York a a girls cab of America Leader says the organization s identity and fund Nii ing arc threatened by a competing group it issuing the suit filed monday in . District court Asli for an injunction to prevent the boys clubs of America from changing its name of the boys and girls clubs of America. Thomas Garth National Dirc Clor Eccl of the Don clubs said Hal organization has about 300,000 girls among its 1.3 million members and their parents arc demanding the name change. The girls clubs says it serves about 250,000 Rhand that about 40,000 boys participate in us activities. The organisation fays about 80 percent of it 12,7 Mil lion operating budget comes from contributions my Grants that Benefit Ili Many members who come fro lower income families. It s no bed of roses for 65-year-old nudist Pekin 111. A a 65-year.oldman Rufio has been convicted six limes for doing Yard work in the nude is a Fin citizen with an annoying habit said a judge who sentenced him to 30 Days in jail for the latest offence. Tazewell county circuit judge Joe b. Mcdade likened Robert Norton to poet Henry David Thoreau who believed people should act according to their own ideas of right and wrong without government interference. However just As Thoreau a Cal to jail for failure to pay axes Mcdade said Norton too must pay the consequences of violating the Law. The court is persuaded that or. Nor ton is a sincere individual Mcdad Esaid tuesday at a sentencing hearing he is not a criminal in the Normal Sens of thai word. I believe he s a mail of High principles. To Wil i think he s a Tine citizen. I can t think of anything bad about him. Bui Here is one annoying habit he has. He s a  since 1981. Norton has been convicted six times of Misdemeanour disorderly conduct charges. The Blest charge stems from an incident in May that alarmed and disturbed a neighbouring family according to testimony. Norton acting As his own attorney argued ii was hit constitutional right to be nude. There Are very few Laws in any state or Community that specifically specific nudity As being against inc Law Norton said. Psychological evaluations thawed Norton did Nai appear Nutly in Public for sexual reasons prosecutors said. Mcdade also ordered Norton not 10 appear in Public View without hrs inches private parts completely covered., unless he chooses to build privacy Fence to completely shield him from pry ing eyes