European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 15, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 a a a the stars and stripes tuesday january 15,1991 stateside most car owners ban smoking in their vehicles los Angeles up nearly seven in 10 car owners forbid passengers to smoke in their vehicles and a majority would rather not have ashtrays or lighters in their cars a newly released Survey shows the . Power and associates 1991 vehicle performance Index which measures owner attitudes and satisfaction after two to three years of ownership found Only 31 percent of respondents permit smoking in their car. The study also found that 55 percent of the respondents replied a a yes to the question a a a would you prefer some other items As Standard equipment in place of your cigarette lighter a fifty three percent said the same thing about ashtrays. A. A.  . Power a los Angeles based Auto inform lion company said 79 percent of car owners never or Seldom use their cigarette lighter and 69 percent Seldom or never use their ashtray. European vehicle owners were the most antismoking group at 78 percent followed by owners of asian cars at 72 percent and Domestic car own cars at 68  Given option of donating blood for gis Sacramento Calif. Apr Petty offenders appearing before a Federal judge have the option of donating a pint of blood for military forces in the persian Gulf rather than paying fines up to$200. A a it a very important that the soldiers Over there know that All segments of society Are supportive of what they Are doing a said . Magistrate Gregory g. Hollows who began implementing his program last week. But a spokeswoman for the Sacramento blood Center said it might not accept the blood Shelly Schlinker director of communications for the Center said that if there is a financial incentive involved in donating blood some peo pie might lie about their medical history. For that reason she said the Center relies solely on Volunteer donors. Hollows said however that he was confident an arrangement could be worked  proposals to rank beauties among beasts. Washington apr Dairy cows would be rated in a sort of a Beauty pageant being considered Bytho agriculture department. There would be no Moos America however. Daniel d. I Laley head of the departments agricultural marketing service said the proposal to establish voluntary standards for Dairy Breeding cows and heifers comes in response to proposals by the Dairy Industry and exporters. Four grades would be considered supreme approved medium and common. Currently Haley said there Are no uniform Grade standards for Dairy cows nationally. Those that do exist vary from state to state. Users would pay to have their cows graded under the proposed system. The ratings would be expected to help set a common trading language for a lucrative Export business in Dairy cattle that has developed in recent years. A a a a a. Haley said features to be considered when grading a cow might include weight adjusted to age body capacity condition of legs and feet mammary development and Dairy character including thinness of hide angularity and shape of  robbers flourishing in Southern California los Angeles apr Bank robberies Are happening at a Breakneck Pace this year in Southern California which already accounts for on Quarter of All Bank heists nationwide officials said monday. There were 58 Bank holdups since Jan. 1 through saturday in the seven counties monitored by the of big a los Angeles office. A one out of every tour Bank holdups that occur across the nation each year takes place right Here in our own Back Yard a said de Pistey Security committee chairman for the California Bankers association. Super eruption on quasar reported by astronomers by William Harwood up science writer astronomers on monday announced the discovery of a record eruption from a quasar 2 billion tight years. Away an unimaginable three minute burst of Energy that when viewed from Earth rivalled the total output of the Sun Over nearly 1 million years. A quasars even in their quiet state Are really mind boggling in How much Energy they radiate a said astronomer Ronald Remillard co author of a paper on the flare presented monday at a meeting of the american astronomical society in Philadelphia. Quot a a a that a just part of Why so Many astronomy researchers Are wooing on trying to really Nail Down the last secrets about them because its just phenomenal what they  a a. A a a a a a a a a v a a a a a japanese satellite named Ginga a Galaxy a recorded the a Ray burst from quasar pcs 0558-504 in the Constellation Orion at 8 12 . Nov. 13, 1989. The quasar is believed to be 2 billion Ligh years from Earth. The announcement of the flare discovery was made monday after extensive analysis to make sure the unusual signal was real. The discovery was made by graduate student Bruce Grossan Remillard and Hale Bradt All of the Massachusetts Institute of technology in Cambridge mass. Takaya Ohashi of the University of Tokyo and Yasuo Tanaka Kiyoshi Hayashida and Fumiyoshi Makino All of the Institute of space and astronautical science in Sagamihara Japan. Remillard said the signal detected by Ginga indicated a record three minute eruption equal to the suns total Energy output Over nearly 1 million years assuming the outburst was spread evenly in All directions. But when it comes to sheer Energy production nothing in the known universe rivals the output of quasars mysterious objects that can be As Small As a single solar system and yet outshine entire galaxies. It is widely believed that quasars Are located at the cores of Distant galaxies that serve As hosts to super massive Black holes objects with such tremendous Gravity that not even Light can escape. Quasar pcs 0558-504 is thought to have a Central Black Hole with amass of at least 100 million times that of the Sun. As Gas. Dust and other Stellar debris Falls into such Black holes it is heated to extreme temperatures. High Energy Light in the form of a rays and Gamma rays is emitted before the matter Falls into the Black Hole. A for the time being its certainly taken for granted that the Gravity of a super collapsed object is about the Only thing anyone can imagine that could Power a quasar a Remillard said. But the very Energy emitted by material falling into the Hole can produce an outward pressure pushing against the falling matter. A the natural thing to assume if you see a quasar flare is that Well just an extra Blob of stuff fell into the system a Remillard said. A the problem is.  Gravity is pulling things in and keeping the Gas together near the quasar As you Start adding More and More Light coming out of the thing the Light starts pushing on the Gas. It wants to drive  calculations show there is a limit to How much a quasars Energy output can increase in a Given period of time a before you re actually getting too much Light out of the system and its going to Stop the Gas from going in a Remillard said. A the problem with our flare is we exceed that number.�?�. But by assuming the flare was caused by matter travelling in the direction of Earth at a velocity near the Speed of Light the astronomers were Able to use the concept of a relativistic beaming to explain the titanic eruption based on einsteins theory of relativity. A this condition. May arise if part of the Energy of the infilling matter is directed to the formation of a Jet of Gas that escapes in a narrow beam like a High pressure Hose before falling too near to the Black Hole a the researchers. A family therapist goes ape when her matchmaking works Washington a Lisa Stevens is the kind of family therapist who stands Back and lets her patients Settle their squabbles alone. Her clients after All Are the gorillas at the National zoo. Stevens oversees the zoos primate population of 68 monkeys and apes a Job that includes the delicate Mission of blending six unrelated gorillas into a healthy Happy family that will produce offspring. Its not an easy task. All but one Yokoma the dominant 395-Pound male were brought together from other zoos and nobody knew whether they a become friends and lovers. Although gorillas Are intelligent rather shy and very sociable creatures they remain untamed in Captivity with a potential for violence that is magnified by their great size and strength. Stevens a 35-year-old zoologist is Wise in the ways of gorillas. She keeps a discreet distance during their marital tiffs. A i try to interfere As Little As possible a she said tapping the shatterproof Glass window in the zoos great Ajie House to attract the attention of one of her Gorilla friends. A they resolve their own differences just As they do in the  at times the spectacle of a family spat among the gorillas can be  when they re fighting Over food or a sneak attack by another Gorilla there a a lot of screaming hair pulling biting and scratching a Stevens said. Quot. A people get worried and say a my god they re going to kill each other a but they very rarely inflict injuries on each other. They do raise a lot of commotion and its very impressive to us  despite occasional Brouhaha she said the zoos three males and three females Are getting along nicely. So Nice. A zoologist Lisa Stevens taps on the Glass of the Gorilla Cage at the National zoo in Washington to get the attention of one of her apes. By in fact that Mandara an 8-year-old female on loan from the Milwaukee zoo has gotten pregnant thanks to Augustus a 9-year-old male from the Bronx zoo. Stevens is excited at the Prospect of seeing the first Gorilla birth at the National zoo in 18 years if All goes Well. This mating Triumph deftly arranged by Stevens was set into motion by a National committee of zoo officials that serves in effect As a dating service for gorillas and other endangered species held in . Captivity. Gorillas Are constantly transferred Here and there in a coordinated matchmaking system aimed at creating the most compatible family units