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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 1, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday August 1, 1990 the stars and stripes Page 7 Spring Hill Tenn. Apr a red four door Saturn Sedan piloted by retiring general motors chairman Roger Smith rolled of the Assembly line Here monday in a ceremonial but secret production launch of the much touted car. Pm said that Smith who retired tuesday after 9/.> years As pm s chairman drove and United Auto workers Union president Owen bib or Rode Shotgun when the Quot Job one Quot of the Negm Model  line. A 1. A Smith had promised he would drive cd Job one Quot off Saturn a Assembly line before he retired. But after seven years of Media hype since the sever Al billion do Lar project was announced the ceremony was closed to the new s Media. A photographer at monday s ceremony was barred from taking pictures of the entire vehicle reporters were kept outside the Plant Gates and departing employees refused to answer questions. Although the company has officially released Only one picture of the car so called a spy photos have been published. In contrast when Nissan began making Light trucks in 1983 in Smyrna 25 Miles to the Northeast its a Job one ceremony was a carefully produced a flair with speeches a film of the Plant s history and open Access for the news Media. Richard g. A a skip Lefauve pm Saturn a president said in a news release that Saturn a ceremony was private because of Gmys plans to focus National attention on the cards launch this fall. He said it also provided a Chance for Tani members to talk with Smith. A without Roger there  be a Saturn a he said. The Saturn project was envisioned by pm As a Way of using non traditional production and management techniques to make cars that would compete with the imports that have eaten away at the automakers . Market share. Smith introduced the project in 198.1, saying the company planned to make 500,000 of the subcompact cars a year. At the time pm said the car would cast about $6,000 and get mileage of,60 mites per gallon. In the Only photo cleared for release by pm company and from left Are Robert c. Stempel Gmys incoming chairman Roger Smith and Saturn president Richard g. Lefauve. A. A. A a the final product actually has More Interior room a longer wheel base and More features than conceived. The car is now aimed at the Honda civic and Toyota Corolla and carries a $10,000 to $12,000 Price lag and a More modest 35-mpg fuel efficiency rating. Production estimates have been halved. Smiths Promise to drive a Job one off the Assembly line before he retired also was modified. When pressed recently if he would be Able to keep his prom Union officials pose around the first production Saturn. Law president Owen Bieber Gmys retiring chairman. Is Smith and Saturn officials said he would drive the car Only if it was ready for production. A production is coming on line retail facilities arc under construction and we can to wait to get to the marketplace this fall a said Lefauve. Behind Smith and Bicker was incoming pm chairman Robert Stempel in the a Job two Saturn. Saturn officials said they would not begin shipping cars until the fall shortly before they go on Sale in october there a a bomb on Board oops make that a bum Savage my. Apr someone shouted there so a bum in the  by the time the passengers shout in the Back of a greyhound bus was repeated Down the aisle and reached the front it sounded to the Driver like a a bomb in the  so the Driver Charles Boyer slammed on the brakes. And passengers scrambled for the door As Boyer waved to a state trooper for help. Before things got straightened out police closed the highways southbound lanes for about two hours stalling traffic for 15 Miles. Investigators searched the bus with a bomb sniffing dog As the passengers who had been herded along the median strip watched from a Quarter mile away. A just one of those things a said trooper Gregory Taylor after piecing together the details. Taylor was on foot watching traffic for an interstate 95 construction Crew just North of route 32 in Savage in Central Maryland when he noticed the greyhound bus. The Driver was a waving out the window to me As he pulled Over near the  the passengers started pouring off. Quot i thought maybe somebody was on there with a Uzi or something a Taylor said. Then he heard talk of a bomb and saw fingers pointing at the Man who had left the bathroom and bailed out with the others. Taylor said he handcuffed the suspect who declined to answer questions and called for help. After about 45 minutes of talking with passengers officials suspected that a mistake had been made Taylor  out of an a Danee of caution they kept searching for a bomb. The bus headed for a Stop in Silver Spring was Hack on its Way shortly before 2 30 . Taylor said the accused stowaway Oliver Martin a 61-year-old homeless Man from Philadelphia had hoarded in Baltimore. He was charged with Misdemeanour theft for allegedly trying to avoid the Price of a ticket Between the two Points $8. A the had 35 cents in his pocket Quot Taylor said. A fall he wanted to do was go for a ride  heatstroke kills Acle sues 2 Utah districts seeking 14 cd monkeys bred for research ban on prayer at school functions lawrencev1lle. A. Apr fourteen research monkeys suffer amp do heatstroke and died july 9 after Sci Jig left outside Ash temperatures soared into the 90�?Ts, the National centers for disease control said Momjan. A the Rhesus it donkeys which had been taken7 from their cages for deforming and health screening were discovered on tic floor of an outdoor housing building at the Agency a Breeding and holding comple in Lawrenceville. Quot a this was the first Public announcement of the deaths by the cd. Ltd officials said it was the biggest number of accidental primate deaths in the half decade history of the research a Jeney. The monkeys were among a Colony of 1 of raised Lor research in the cacs Breeding Complex. 5 researchers said heat usually does t cause abnormal stress fur Rhesus monkeys. Which Are commonly found in the. Subtropical regions of Dia and Asia As Well As in he frigid Himalayas  Lake City apr a civil rights group on monday sued two school districts in this heavily mormon state seeking to forbid prayers at All manner of school functions including graduations and football games. Prayers at graduation ceremonies and other school sponsored activities violate state and Federal guarantees of Freedom Ocre Ligion and separation of Church and Slaty according to the lawsuit. The suit was filed in . District court by the  liberties Union a refusal to participate in this school sponsored praying leaves students and teachers vulnerable to ostracism ridicule and discrimination a said Michele Paie ish Pixler Acle state executive direct Tor. Quot to Isnit Only at graduation. Many students have complained that students huddle before theatrical performances or in the locker room. If they done to participate. There is peer pressure a she said. Parish Pixler said the Acle had received about 48 written complaints and at least that Many in the form of Anonymous phone Calls in the last several months the . Supreme court in 1962 banned daily school sponsored prayer by students. The  suit cites less frequent school sanctioned prayer. The action was filed on behalf of four students a teacher and a school Counselor in the Granite and Alpine school districts. However if the Acle wins the suit would Force All 40 of the stale a school districts to Stop prayers Ai graduation and other school sponsored activities said Acle attorney Michael Patrick of Brien. The lawsuit appears certain to escalate a Long simmering debate in a state where some 70 percent of 1.7 million residents Are members of the Church of Jesus Christ of latter Day saints. However of Brien said mormons weren to the Only targets. A a in a a Catholic and i would bring a suit against the catholics in Boston Quot he said. A a even non do nominal Onu prayer is still a religious  Church officials had no immediate comment monday. School District officials declined to comment. Gov Norm Bangerter a Republican and a mormon wants the state legislature to appropriate funds Tor the school districts to fight the lawsuit said chief of staff Judd Scruggs. A the districts Are in an impossible position right now because they Are literally lacing lawsuits from both sides a a Scruggs said referring to threatened counter suits by school prayer supporters. Granite based in Salt Lake county has 76.799 students and is the stale a largest District. Alpine based in american Fork has 38,192 students. �?o1 want to in there and we my seniors graduate but i have fell More and More tin injustice of being forced to attend state sponsored meetings where prayers Are said a said Adrienne Morns a plaintiff who teaches in the Alpine District. %  
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