European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 25, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Pagol 4 the stars and stripes wednesday May 25,1988 Darf Mouth song is revised to include women Hanover . A Dartmouth col lege which began admitting women 15 years ago has changed the name of ill school song from men of Dartmouth to Alma mater in response to pressure from alumni and female students. The new version celebrates the presence of men and women As a Tingle Community on this Campus James o. Fri Diran. President of he Ivy league school said monday. A group of alumni and students two years ago began considering changes for the song although a Campus poll last year indicated 61 percent of the students did not want the song changed. Also changed was the opening phrase men of Dartmouth which became dear old Dart Mouth chivalric Faith was replaced with undying Faith sons with ones and one reference to brother with  the original lyrics were written in 1894 by Dartmouth alumnus and poet Richard Hovey Many members of the College Community fought the revision and for the past several Yean whenever the song was Sung shouted out the Lyric that told Dartmouth men to stand firm lest the old traditions  28 states Mark decline in existing Home sales scriptwriters resume talks with no results los Angeles a striking scriptwriters and producers met far the first time in More than a month and talked for nearly eight hours but they reached no agreement to end the walkout that has delayed the Sian of the fail to season. The afternoon session monday resulted in several closed meetings Between a Federal mediator and tap negotiation for the Alliance of motion picture and television producers and the striking writers Guild of America. Producers have said the strike has Cost the Industry More than il5 million in last jobs and production time with about 1,400 clerical workers cast and Crew members Laid off Washington a the Pace of existing Homes sales slowed in the first three months of 198 As 28 Stales and the District of Columbia posted declines from last year s record Levels. The National association of realtors said tuesday hat Minnesota with a 39.3 percent decline suffered the biggest setback of any state during the january March period when compared with sales during the same period of 1987. In Oil. 20 states suffered declines of 10 percent or More. Of those nine slates posted drops of More than 20 percent. The sales Pace picked up in 21 states and held steady in one Washington. Nationally ensling Homes sold at an annual Rale of 3.66 million units during the Quarter 8 percent lower than a year ago. Although there were More resale decreases than increases Many of the declines were in comparison to a surge in sales during the first Quarter of 1987, said John a. Turcillo the realtors chief economist despite the decline association officials said sales were still Strong. They noted that sales Iti Early 1987 were propelled by relatively Low interest rates on fixed rate mortgages which fell to nine year Iowa of 9 per cent to 9.5perccnt, on average Rales in the first Quarter of this year were about a percentage Point higher. While sales were falling prices were rising Honolulu which was included in the Survey for the first time supplanted new York As the costliest housing area in the nation. Median prices in Honolulu were s198,400. In new York and its suburbs the median was $186,600. They were followed by Orange county calif., $183.300 san Francisco si7s,boo, and Boston. Is 76.900. The least costly housing area was Louisville by where the median Home Cost 191,100, Laming mich., was next Al 154,400, followed by pcs Moines Iowa 154,500 grand rapids mich., 155,400 and Oklahoma City js6.500. Washington d.c., had the lamest Price jump for the Quarter. Tie median Home Cost j132,400, up 24.7 per cent when compared to a year ago. Washington was followed by Hartford Conn where prices climbed 21.8 percent and Providence . Where prices in creased 19,9 percent. Turcillo said Price increases were held Back some what in new York City and in other financial centers 7 Good rental situation cant afford monthly Coats join percent of surveyed renters respondents could make More than one response cmdr of Tribune Chart /   Coalton by the october Slock Market crash. The increase in new York was 10.2 percent. Forty four of the 61 metro areas surveyed posted Price increases. Housing prices dropped in some areas heavily de pendent on either Oil or farming. Oklahoma City posted the largest drop 9.5 percent followed by Houston 7 percent and Denver 6.9 percent. Nationally prices Rose 4.1 percent to a median of 88,100, meaning half the houses sold for More and half for less. In addition to Minnesota other Stales with Large declines in the Pace of sales were Colorado with a 31.4 percent drop Arkansas Down 25.2 percent and new Hampshire Down 24,6 percent. By contrast Alaska recorded a 77.1 percent increase in sales followed by Kentucky with a 28,6 percent Rise Vermont with a 25.8 percent pickup Nevada up 23.7 percent and West Virginia up 18.9 percent sea based nuclear arms level now tops 16,000 Washington a the United stain and soviet Union remain locked in a nuclear arms race at sea that has pushed the number of naval nuclear War Heads to More than 16.000 worldwide according to findings of a private study released tuesday. While the navies of England France and China also arc  pos Sessing 3 combined fi42 nuclear War Heads it is the two superpowers that Are responsible for the Large warhead count the study said As of last december the United Stales had 9.277 nuclear warheads assigned 10 ils Navy while the soviet Union had 6,152 for its Fleet. Of those superpower totals 6,350 of the warheads Are Short Range non strategic weapons that Are not covered by any Lypp of arms control treaty the study found. The study nuclear warships and naval nuclear weapons a Complete inventory was published by the Institute for policy studies and the environmental group Greenpeace. It was authored by William m. Arkin the director of the National Security pro Gram at the Institute and a research associate Joshua handler the Institute is a Liberal think tank based in Washington that frequently has criticized the administration s military policies the study lists the individual chips in the five navies that have been certified 10 carry or fire nuclear weapons and Arkin predicted it could accelerate International Dubaic about allowing nuclear armed ships to make port Calls. The 93-Page report by providing such specific information also attacks the official Navy policy of never confirming or denying the presence of nuclear weapons Arkin said. The Navy argument that the policy bolsters deterrence is just baloney be cause the ships certified to carry nuclear weapons can be identified Arkin said. I Don t think Many people have any idea that there Are 16,000 nuclear War Heads at sea one Quarter to one third of the total in the world he continued. Bui the naval proliferation of nuclear weapons is becoming a matter of con. Cem to foreign governments. And \ Belicic there is a growing interest and sense that controls Are needed for naval nuclear weapons Arkin said. According la the report the five Nav ies currently deploy 14 types of Long Range ballistic missiles on 17 types of submarines. That combined Arsenal of strategic weaponry now Lolah 1,792 mis Siles with 9,487 warheads. On the non strategic or Short Range Side the largest single category of nuclear weaponry is deployed for anti submarine warfare. According to Arkin then Are now 3,700 such anti submarine weapons in the fleets of the United Stales soviet Union and Britain. Short Range nuclear weapons also have been deployed for use against enemy air Craft other ships and targets on land the study said. The United Stales and soviet Union so far have deployed a combined 548 nuclear warheads on sea launched cruise missiles and another 341 War Heads on anti aircraft missiles More pm cars of be checked for acce Era for faults Washington a Federal engineers have broadened their examination of alleged sudden acceleration problems in general motors cars adding 1.4 million a body cars to the 703,000 a body vehicles already under study it was announced tuesday. The National Highway traffic safety administration said it was opening an engineering analysis of the a body cars 1985-88 Model year Oldsmobile 98s, Duick Elc Ciras and Cadillac do Villas and flex Woods because they can accelerate suddenly to produce a significant increase in engine Speed and Power out put the Agency said it has received 110 complaints of sudden acceleration in the cars allegedly resulting in 67 accidents in which 43 people Wen injured. Since november the Agency has been investigating pm s a body cars. The Agency had received More than 500 complaints of sudden acceleration or throttle control problems m those cars the 1986-87 Oldsmobile Delta so and Buick Lasabre and the 1987 Pon Liae Bonneville resulting in Marc than 300 accidents. An engineering analysis is the second highest level of investigation used by Nitsa in its monitoring of Auto safely. The probe of he a body cars was opened in response to a petition by the Center for Auto safety a consumer group often Al Odds with the Auto Industry and its regulators. Pm was preparing a response to Nitsa said pm spokesman John Hartnett. As far As we re concerned we re cooperating with them Hartnett said just because it is an Engi Neering analysis and the petition has been granted certainly does t mean that there is a defect. 11 is not unusual for Nitsa to do this. It has been done in the past