The Daily Messenger from Canandaigua, New York • Page 15

Small Cars Are Veterans Short-Changed Franklin Mass Transit Aerial Tramway A T- Will Rule Market DETROIT (UPI) By 1982, as many as 5 per cent of.the domestic cars soW in the United States perhaps one- half million will be manufactured by foreign firms in U.S. facilities. Two years before lhal hap- ff Veteran's Office at Jersev City SlL a Slate College, developed On Benefits For Schooling? mes JERSEY CITY, N.J. (UFI) Gene Bannon tries to give out- of-work, under-schooled Vietnam veterans some college education and enable them to complete high school at the same time but he says state officials are making il tough. Bannon, the director of the pact cars will be the top sellers in this country.

These are the predictions of marXet researchers representing major suppliers of parts and matcrials to the automobile industry. A survey of their startling outlook for near-future trends for American transportation was commissioned by the trade publication Autoproducts. The survey was conducted by the Automotive Market Research Council, formed In 1966 by a small group of market researchers who felt they could improve their abilities and the comparability of market data by sharing methods and ideas. In 1970, the AMRC began polling members for group forecasts of automotive supply and demand. Among some of their other predictions: --Subco mpac Is and compac ts will account for 60 per cent of U.S.

total production in 1979, while subcompacts (the Pinto, Vega and smaller cars) will be the largest selling size of domestic cars in i960. --fn 1979, a federal tax based on either vehicle weight or engine horsepower will be passed by Congress and private automobiles will be banned from the downtown area of at least one major city in 1980. --Volkswagen will be assem- bling cars in the United States in 1979 and more than 5 per cent of domestic passenger cars sold in 1982 will be manufactured by foreign firms in U.S. facilities. The Swedish automaker Volvo plans to begin assembling cars at a Chesapeake, plant in 1977.

Technological advances include maintenance- free batteries supplied as standard equipment in at least 50 per cent of U.S. passenger cars by 1979, with 1980 bringing elimination of spare tires, factory-installed air conditioning in at least 75 per cent of U.S. compacts, and rear disc brakes on more than 85 per cent of U.S. passenger cars. Sky Rovers Meet Nov.

20 GENEVA The Sky Rovers Radio Control Club will meet Nov. 20 and the meeting is open to anyone interested in radio- controlliHi model aircraft. The meeting will be at the home of Russ Graham, 790 Pre- Emplion Rd. There will be a display of all kinds of aircraft and movies will be shown. The club recently clecled officers.

They are Dave Reid, Clifton Springs, president; Gene DcCook of Canandaigua, i i a Draunlich of Victor, secretary; and Ms. Elain Lukowski of Romulus, treasurer. Graham and Pete I.andschoot of Clifton Springs were elected to the board of directors. "Search and Save," a recruiting program that seeks out veterans with little education and even less prospects for a job. The school signed up 35 veterans last March wire were first given counseling and then placed in a semester-long program comprised of three, three-hour college level courses per week al nighl, and a three- hour course on Saturday aimed al preparing the vets to pass the High School Equivalency Diploma tesl.

The trouble developed a few weeks ago. The VA informed the school il would no longer pay the students for the Equivalency course they attend Saturdays. It said this was because New Jersey's Department of Higher Education ruled the course did not include sufficient class hours to meel state guidelines. Only Three-Quarters "As a result, the vels in the fall program are getting only three-quarters of the money Ihey would normally receive," he'said. "The courses they take during the week are all taught by college professors.

They English, mathematics, reading Ihe type of fundamental subjects Ihey need work in, bul can't gel college credit 1 Bannon said he believes the school's program is superior to other programs lhal concentrate solely on preparation for the High School Equivalency Tesl. "I can't understand how the" slate could deny funding to the Saturday course when you consider that they're gelling three college courses during the week plus Ihe High School Equivalency course, "he said. "The whole idea was lo give these guys vets not taking advantage of their benefits a good chance at getting a good education and a good job." Bannon said the Veterans Administration al first paid the veteran enrollees $270 a month for the four courses Ihe same allotment given other veterans attending college full- time in a regular program. Key factor He explained that Ihe money was a key factor in getting lite vets lo join Ihe program. "Most of these guys are around 26 or 27, out of work, married with two or three kids," be said.

"Most are not highly motivated, but deserved lot better than what tlicy were gelling. The money from the VA pays the luition bill, something they can't afford lo do." He said Ihe loss of funding means the veterans have to pay for the Saturday course out of their own pocket, a hardship he feels is unwarranled consider- ing Iheir contribution in the military. "The bad part of it is, we admitted the fall class with the understanding that the VA would pay tlrcm the full amount. Now we tiad to turn around and tell them there arc no funds for the Saturday course." Anotherunusual aspect of the program is lhal the college pays 15 veterans lo work parl-lime at $2.50 per hour i i i bureaus, shopping centers, parks and other areas in search of other veterans with two. qualifications: no job, or a menial one, and no high school diploma.

"We've had some measure of success with this program, which we feel is a good one," Bannon said. Of the 35 spring semester students, and another 50 who signed up for the summer semester, half passed their Equivalency Tesl and the college courses, a figure Bannon said "was not bad when you consider whal we had lo work with." He said there are more lhan 50 vels in Ihe current, fall program. Bannonsaid, although it may be loo late to rectify mailers this term, the Equivalency course is being revamped lo conform with state regulations lhal will permit vets full federal funding. Misuse 'By Encyclopaedia Brltannlca- UPI WASTING TIME Benjamin Franklin wrote in 'The Way to Wealth," published in 1758 prior to his Almanac, that wasting time virtually shortened life. would be thought a hard government that should tax its people one-tenth part of their lime, to be employed in its service, but idleness taxes many erf us much more; sloth, by bringing on diseases, absolutely shortens life.

'Sloth, like rust, consumes faster than labor wears, while Ihe used key is. always as Poor Kichard says. 'But dost thou love life, then do not squander time, for that is Ure stuff life is made of, 1 as Poor Richard says. How much more than is necessary du we spend in sleep, forgetting that 'the sleeping fox catches no poultry, and thai there will be sleeping enough in the as Poor Richard says. RECORD PAYMENT NEW YORK (UPT) Fawcett Publication reports it has paid $425,000 lo author Joan Lea for paperback rights to her first novel, 'Trading Up, 11 just published in hard cover by Atheneum, Joan Lea is the pseudonym of a well-known author of books for young adults.

NEW YORK tUPH New York City should have its first commuter aerial tramway in operation by the end of December, according lo the project's chief engineer. The two tram cars aro to run under cables strung across the East River from Roosevelt Island to mid-Manhattan. They were scheduled to get going in November but heavy rain and sir ikes held up I he construe lion, David OzerWs, Ihe engineer, reported. There- arc 140 families already living in an exclusive new community-style housing develop men I on Ihe island, formerly used for stale hospital facilities and called Welfare Island. Most arc reported Looking forward to the $6 million tramway.

But some have misgivings. "I don't like heights. 1 don't like Lo lake planes and I don't expect to like the tramway any 1 said Elizabeth Nyland, who has moved into a one- bedroom apartment on Ihe island. But she said, "I'll probably take it because it's fast." At present, residents of the island must either drive or lake a bus to Queens and then transfer to a bus on minutes from ils terminal on the island to reach the Manhattan end at GOth Street and Second Avenue. Each of the two tram cabins will hold 125 passengers.

The cars will move simultaneously in opposite directions hung from Ihe 1 sleel cables already strung across the river. Ozcrkis likes to call Ihe project "the first mass transit Iramway." Although its passenger load fails to compare with the volume of the cily's rail, bus and subway systems, lie says it will handle 1,500 riders an hour. In one way, il will be similar lo the city's mass transit systems. The price of a ride will be 50 cents, the same as Ihe New York City subways and buses after their most recent fare hike. Unlike the municipally operated systems, the tramway is being built by Ihe island's developers.

And, while a subway rider can transfer from one subway line to another or a bus rider from one route to another, there will be only the one trnniway. Ozcrkis said planners for the roundabout route to Manhattan island development met one where most work or shop. "On bad days," said Miss Nyland, who works for a Manhattan advertising agency, "I'll lake the bus." The bus trip can easily lake an hour but Ozerkis said the tram will take only five day four years ago to consider how to gel ils residents to Manhattan after they got Ihe development built. Across the Hudson River on Manhattan's other side, Palisades Amusement Park was closing down and its equipment was being auctioned off. "Why don't we buy the Sky Ride and send people over on a cable?" said Ozerkis, making what heconsidercd a liulejoke.

But Ihe project engineer took it seriously. "Why not? "he said. They did not wind up with Ihe amusement ride but ihey did decide on Ihe tramway. Will il lead to more of Ihe same? Not according lo Ozcrkis. He expects a subway lo serve the island on its way between a a a Brooklyn a Queens sometimearound 1982.

"Our tramway is only Icm- porary," he said. Meanwhile, the residents are running into some minor problems in Iheir new community, which has Ihe advertised advantage of "small lown" attributes close to the big city. Miss Nyland told of one. The island has newly named streets and is considered a pan of Manhattan with a Manhattan zip code. One thing Ihe core of "The Big Apple" has lacked until now is a Main Slreel.

Miss Nyquist lives on Roosevelt Island's Main Street. This throws Manhattan department store clerks and credit officials "into a tiziy" when she presenlsher credit cord. "Main Street in Manhattan? they ask with great skepticism. Then there are questions. Lots of them.

Miss Nyland said she has wound up spending as much time explaining as shopping on several occasions. SECTION TWO Thursday, November 13, 1975 Airship Museum Admiral's Goal By AKIllIRO SATO I.AKEHUnST, N.J. (UPI) Retired Adm. Charles E. Roscndahl, who commanded the naval air station here when (he German dirigible Hindenburg burst into flames and claimed 32 lives 40 years ago, plans to build a museum dedicated to Ihe history of airships.

Rosendahl said he is awaiting congressional approval for the use of a 13-acre tract of land on Ihe sprawling base for the museum, which he called Ihe first of its kind in the country. The admiral, now in his 80s, his voice as steady and strong as when he gave a stream of rescue orders after the Hindenberg exploded while preparing lo land on May 6, 1937, has another idea the rejuvenation of airships in modern aviation. Flosendahl, him sel a survivor of the crash of Ihe navy airship "Shenandoah" in Ohio in 1922, said the New Jersey congressional delegation is pushing for the plan and that a bill set-Xing approval for the use of the base has been introduced in Congress. "The whole Jersey delegation is supporting the bill and they don't anlicipate objections," said Hosendahl, who has established an Airship Association lo raise funds for the museum But he said it will be "a matter 'of several months" before Congress approves the project. Flosendahl said about 1,000 aviation buffs will contribute parts of airships, photographs, files and documents for the museum.

He himself has been saving various memorabilia during 40 years of naval command. The admiral hopes Ihe museum itself will be a step toward achieving his other idea. He says exhibition of the memorabilia he plans to gather should help dispel myths and whal he calls negative feelings about airships. Use The Want Ads FREE 5 FREE EW LIFE IN YOUR HOOVER CLEANER Bring in your Hoover Vacuum Cleaner for a Free Service Inspection. Factory Trained Hoover Mechanic will be here in our store to check your cleaner and make all necessary minor repairs and adjustments while you shop.

No charge for labor on minor repairs, you pay only for parts used. FACTORY OVERHAUL $6.95 Reg. $9.95 ODD SSlfB AYNE III II' INGER Hill AKES Hill OUNTBY MODERN COUNTRY MUSIC From 5A.M.-Midnight Local News Every Hour On The Half Hour Paul Harvey News ft Comment at 9 A.M. 12 Noon i MM Dial Your FM Radio loWFLC-- 1 11 1514 11 99 101 ffl'5 5 S-z 1 5 i i 2 CL TM sa 01 FM 104 i i 0 ja 108 MH COUNTRY 102 WGGK RXUO IS "The Best Music" All Day Dial Your AM RadioloWCGR Radio S40 KH 1110 1110 1370 1441 3 2 Ss 3 3 tZ i LOCAL NEWS ON THE HOUR DIAL-OGUE A.M. FAIR DEAL P.M.

PAUL HARVEY A.M. I I 5 P.M. GEORGE KIMBLE A.M. JOHN DOREMUS 9-Noon RUSS KIMBLE Noon-J P.M. AL ROSSI P.M.

Now Only 95 Thurs. 12 Noon-8 P.M. Friday, 10 A.M.-4 P.M. Cast Aluminum Chassis All-Steel Agitator Model 1348 4 Position Rug Adjustment Large Disposable Bag Bumper Guard 3 Position Handle 5V 2 Hood Optional Tools 1341 Jetstream 1 AirSystem Hoover Triple-Action Great Savings On All Other Hoovers In Stock.