European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 8, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Letter signed by hire i to tops $40,000 new York Al j japanese buyers drove bid Ding at an auction of famous signatures to More than 140,000 for inc late emperor Ali rotto s name on u Simpie Courtesy letter hands started coming up  Snail auctioneer Herman Dan it of the moment bidding began on inc  document that was expected to bring up to $ 3,000 Al an auction where Abraham Lincoln Drew $1,540 and Indira Gandhi. 11.500. Bidders quickly boosted the value of what was de scribed by Herman Darvick autograph auctions As an exceedingly  manuscript letter of state in japanese. You ran get a Complete autograph collection of All the . Presidents from Washington to Bush for under$42,000," Darvick said. The auctioneer s 10 percent commission at the Sale at a Manhattan hotel for 100 enthusiasts raised the Price to $46.T, it s going Back to Japan where it should he said Darvick. In Shiyuki Miyamoto who placed the winning bid on behalf of n japanese Bank which was representing a client in j Apan. Declined to say anything about the buyer  was consigned by Carmen Mindieta Gar Cia Vic daughter of Carlos me dicta y Monte fur to whom Hir Liilo sent it after Mon Lefur was elected provisional president of the Republic of Cuba on . 19.14 Public knowledge on air bags limited Washington a As the american Auto Industry prepares to offer automatic restraints on All their cars at lean half of America Drivers would fail a simple quiz about whal air bags do a Survey shows. Despite inc Lack of knowledge about the safety technology however. 62 percent of inc adult licensed Drivers who had heard of air bags approved of their use according to the Survey released thursday by the american coalition for traffic safety. The organisation s members include the big three . Automakers and american Honda motor corp. Among the misconceptions about air bags widely held by american Drivers were these 71 percent were moderately or very concerned that he air bag might not inflate 66 percent thought the air bag might inflate when it should t. 57 percent were worried the air bag might Block vision. 4r percent thought he air bag might pin hem in heir car �11 percent believed that kicking a car bumper could make an airbag inflate. The study based on 1,500 interviews found that 11 percent who knew Vhal air bags were disapproved of them and 22 percent had no opinion. Five percent Hud never Hoard of air bags. Cars sold in the United Stales beginning with inc 1990 Model car must be equipped either with air bags which inflate during a frontal collision or Seal belts that automatically Hook up when the door is closed or the engine started Lack of syrup cancels Pancake breakfasts is Kin Cyreld mass. Al1 the sap from Maple Trees is running so slow in parts of the Northeast that some towns have cancelled their annual Pancake break fasts for Lack of syrup. The season for lapping Maple Trees for sap which is boiled Down to syrup is hearing the end in Southern new England amid sign that warm weather and an insect Una a taste for Maples will sharply lower syrup production everybody is Down at least 50 percent to 75 per cent with More on the heavy Side said Edward my Culpan president of the Massachusetts Maple sugar producers association. Mccolgan blamed erratic weather Tor a poor season in the state which usually produces 50,000 Gallons of syrup annually. Vermont the nation s top syrup producing state May be headed for its fourth subpar sea son in a Row. And new York the second largest pro Ducer appears headed for a bad season. Saturday april b. 1989 the stars and stripes Page 7 this sea Oiler at least As of monday had Man aged to survive the Mammoth March 24 alaskan Oil Otter spill and find a tasty shellfish amid inc dirty water of Valdez Harbor. Faa unveils new Landing system West Lebanon . A the first in a new class of microwave Landing systems designed to give planes safer and faster landings was unveiled by the fed eral aviation administration at a Small Airport thursday the Faa has received congressional approval to install 250 microwave Landing systems throughout  in the next 10 years Lebanon regional Airport was final because of the Hilly terrain and be cause Landing patterns Are limited said Harold Buker the slate aeronautics director. It s the latest state of the Art in instrument Landing systems Huke said. Traffic should run More quickly and  authorities expect it will be. Al least a decade before air planes routinely operate with inc new Type of radio by cont which uses microwaves for precise guiding onto runways in bad weather. With the old system we can Fly Only one lint directly into the,.field," Rukor said. This will let us Fly in from Dilt Crint  in addition to spreading nut flight patterns which will ease now problems in system promises to reduce radio interference problems thai Harn pc growth in the old instrument Landing systems. It s much simpler it does t Lake a much space on the ground and we Hope it s going to be even More accurate than the old one Buker said. The major airlines have no endorsed the system but have agreed 16 a cooperative study with the Faa. Airline officials say it will Cost More than $250,000 on each air plane they equip to use it. The program has been welcomed by smaller com Puter airlines which typically serve airports like Leb anon where service can be impeded by Short runways bad weather and Hilly terrain. For the Lebanon Airport 1.foresee greater reliability for Airport operations and an increase in safely said Marcel Theberge manager of the cily owned air port lie said the older instrument Landing systems Lake up tour buildings and Quiric a bit of land while the new system needs iwo buildings at the Airport Lebanon regional Airport is a commuter Airport thai handles ,1 few dozen flights a Dayh Agnew loss tax ruling in California involving rest fun on paid for bribes la the i .