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Show 2A Ih.Nilt 1 akeTribune,Sdturda,Auust 'i tHf J J1 i 30, l'lfifi : Spotlight Chrylser, Ford Join GM In Car Wars ; Continued From l the lower loan l ate, the company said in a written statement GM dealers reported a crush of customers after the No 1 automaker announced its incentive program in an effort to reduce its unusually large inventory of 1986 cars "It has just been overwhelming said Keith Pierce, a salesman at Van s Chevrolet in Overland Park, Kan ' It's like the new cars have come out, with everybody on the showroom floor It's been pretty amazing," said Gary Pratt, new car manager for Bill DeFouw Chevrolet-BMin Lafayette, Ind "We sold 30 cars yesterday That's more than twice our normal volume." But critics maintained the rates were promotional gimmicks, paid for in the price of the car, that confuse and perhaps deceive consumers The criticism didnt stop Ed of Grand Rapids, Mich from shopping for a new car I was going to take my time, but 2 9 percent will get anybody's attention You jump a little quicker," said DeBruyn as he shopped at Dale Baker Chevrolet. GM and Chrysler also are offering the option of cash rebates ranging from $300 to $1,500 instead of the financing GM also said Thursday that it would delay the start of the 1987 model year from Sept 25 to A-- f '4 t w A f v V Pres ments If ter nfjtionol Photo effort, company officials said, objecting to use of weapons. Goodyear blimp America, front, and others in licet will not take part in gover- - drug-spyin- g caner wax rejuvenated last year by a with a pavement star along the honored was Grammy-inning album, Hollywood Walk of Fame 1 The Vine Street ceremony drew more than 000 fans, many chanting Records building landmark of Capitol the front the at "Tina, Tina,' ' I can t tell you what it feels like 1 11 find the words for it later. Tina Turner said after accepting a plaque proclaiming Thursday as Turner Day in Los Angeles a celebrity for consideration by a Sponsors pay $3 500 to nominate C olumbia Records sponof directors Chamber of Commerce board Lowell sored Turner's star, which is the 1 831st and is between those of Thomas and Frank Fay 1985 for She won four of the industry s coveted Grammy Awards in her Private Dancer" album, including record and song of the year for "What's Love Got To Do With Tina Turner, n It" , Goodyear Nixes The Goodyear blimp will not AKRON, Ohio (UPI) be a part of a government test to spy on drug smug- glers along the Gulf Coast, Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co officials said Friday in a reversal of previous plans in the day, the company said the Houston-baseblimp "America" would be lent to the L S. Custest to determine whether tom Service for a lighter-than-ai- r ships could be used to detect drug runners harlier d one-wee- The test was to be part of the ambitious Operation Alliance, just announced with a pledge of cooperation from Mexican President Miguel de la Madrid, to use balloons and other aerial blimps, means to fight smuggling of cocaine and marijuana U S southern Border. along the 2,000-mil- e Goodyear, a major government contractor that operates four blimps for public relations purposes, had agreed to pay the $50,000 cost for the test. Before Goodyear called off the test, a Customs Ser radar-equippe- Soup d Firms Suit Prompts Demo To Can His Ads Test Drug-Spyi- ng vice spokesman in Washington, D C , said agents on the airship would be armed with rifles Thomas Riley, manager of Goodyear airship operations, said news of a possible military type mission caused a flood of media calls, prompting the company to reconsider its plans "With the widespread publicity about the project over the last two days, it would be difficult to get any reading on the ability to contribute to the detection of operations," said Riley. "Further, the speculation about whether there would be a shoot-ou- t between government agents and drug runners raises serious questions about whether there could be a safe test. Company spokesman John Perduyn said Goodyear has notified the government that it will not be a part of the surveillance test. The Customs Service said it also plans to mount radar on six balloons tethered along the Mexican border in hopes of spotting thousands of drug-ladeplanes that now escape detection. n and "We don't want people to see our of Jack Campbell," said William Hamilton, a Mi- Associoted Press Loserphoto Mourners comfort each other at funeral Friday for Jennifer Levin, who was found murdered in New Yorks Central Park. l Sokolov, said underpearing ground blasts could be detected even below the single kiloton level with cut rent seismic measurements and satellite observation from space Kotuzhansky, who was described as a verification expert, said the United States conducted three tests, probably related to the Star Wars well-card- YORK - An this will legitimize the testing itself," he said With preparations for a 1986 summit lagging the two sides have jockeyed over the reasons for delay and what they want to accomplish if a meeting is held here late this year "We want a summit that would be woman said Levin's body was found in Central Park behind the Metropolitan Museum of Art on Tuesday. Her sometime boyfriend, Robert Chambers, 19, also a member of New York's privileged "preppie" set who she met at a "yuppie" bar, has been charged with strangling her Police believe he also may have raped her. Chambers, a Boston University dropout who lives off Fifth Avenue, confessed to killing Levin but said he did it accidentally, reflexively choking her when she hurt him during sex that got rough" on a grassy knoll in the park Police disclosed that Chambers, who was being held without bail on murder, recharges of second-degre- e mained in the park after the slaying and watched as detectives inspected Levin's body, which was discovered by cyclist. Family and hundreds of friends of Levin attending her funeral were not eager to talk about the handsome young man who lived in a Fifth Avenue townhouse with his mother or his version of the slaying An overflow crowd numbering more than 1,000 people, many standing, jammed Riverside Memorial Jewish fuChapel for the neral service for Levin. "Anyone who has ever been 18 knows that nothing bad can happen to you at that age, said her uncle, Daniel Levin, a writer for Sports Illustrated magazine. We have found out differently but Jennifer would not want us to feel this cynicism. She was passionately alive, someone who entered a room and brought light, he said "Jen was known to be a magnet for people. We will remember her for her sense of humor and her big hats, she made friends with cab drivers and truck drivers alike," said the uncle, who was chosen by the family to deliver the euology. The four friends of Levin also attempted to deliver eulogies, but w hen they tried to speak their voices broke crowned in concrete results, first and foremost in the area of arms control," Sokolov said But Deputy Foreign Minister Anatoly Adainishin, winding up two days of prepaiatory talks on regional issues at the State Department, said Thursday "a lot of progress" was not achieved "We have to decide yet whether the summit would take place because it has to be productive," he said. The Soviet officials gloomy assessment appeared to catch State Department officials off balance. Redman ackr .wledged that the talks "produced ro ; urprises But he said they "were useful as an occasion for each of us to make our positions clear, to dispel misconceptions and reduce misunderstandings in a sober and businesslike atmosphere In the Stockholm briefing, Soviet defense official Akhromeyev said that "we could think of adopting an version of inspection on the clear understanding that on-sit- e an- nounced the Soviet moratorium last summer The colonel said one was set off last August, another in the fall and the third last April. Kotuzhansky said these were in addition to the 15 announced by the U S government "They arc probably oriented to the Star Wars program, and it is one of the dangerous aspects of that program," he said. From 1980 to 1SR4. Kotuzhansky said, the United States set off 12 to 19 nuclear-weapon- s explosions without publicizing them A Pentagon spokesman Maj Randy Merger, said "we do not discuss the objectives of the nuclear tests that are conducted ' Otherwise, he dec lined to respond to the Soviet assertion A State Department spokesman, Charles E Redman, rejected Sokolov's statements on verification as facile "This is a much more complex situation," the US official said the extensive discussions under way between the two sides I 'i esident Reagan has invited Suv inspectors to the Nevada Test Site m show that the U S tests were within the lit) kiloton range permitted in 1971 and 197G d U.S. Pulls Plug on TV Debate With Soviets - perhaps even more harmful because The (AP) Reagan administration has turned down a proposal for a series of debates between Soviet and US officials for viewing on Soviet and American television, the State Department said Friday. The problem with the proposal was one of timing," deputy spokesman Charles Redman said He said the two countries are engaged in a thorough review of all aspects of their relationship in preparation for the scheduled meeting between Secretary of State George Shultz and Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze next month While we are engaged in this work program, we believe it would be inappropriate for Cabinet officers to engage in on the record debate about these issues before us," Redman said. "Negotiations, to be successful, must be confidential," he added The proposal was made by NBC and ic( opted by a Soviet network One of the debates would have involved Shultz and Shevardnadze Other appearances were to have WASHINGTON high-rankin- g e treaties Sokolov dismissed the offer We think this is unnecessary and George Shultz Focusing on Private Talks i ' and they clutched one another, sobbing in grief Their display of emotion seem to set off a wave of weeping throughout the chapel Later as Levin's family followed the tan oak coffin surmounted by a spray of pink roses out of the chapel, her mother, Ellen, broke down and wept, leaning on a male family member for support. Levin was buried at Nassau Knolls Cemetery m Port Washington, Long Island Levin, whose parents are divorced and who had lived in Soho wuth her father and stepmother, graduated last spring from the Baldwin School, a private school Outside the funeral home Friday, Scott who said he had known Levin and Chambers casually, described the social life of the young people in his set as a search for a safe hangout that would serve liquor to them, despite their ages Liza Moir, who said she had known Levin for three years, said she was full of grief for her friend and anger at Chambers "My best friends gone I can't cry. I can t do anything," she said The night before the funeral, the scene at Dorrian's Red Hand was somber. "It's a morgue in there," said David friend of Levin's, Grant, a standing outside. Bar-Tzv- i, Test Sites and Troop Actions Soviets Say U.S. Can with during her 30 years Phyllis Diller, who has lampooned houseworkcommercials nationtelevision soon in will show in appear business, wide boosting a carpet and drapery cleaning company. Coit DrapTom Madden, a spokesman for the San Francisco-basewill advertisements the that said and Thursday Carpet Cleaners, ery begin in three to four weeks. In a statement released by her agent, Diller, 67, described some of her "dodges to cover up her shoddy housekeeping habits. s all over the mantle. I'd put a ladder up in the "I'd put get living room to make it look like we were redecorating," "she said The I'd put my arm in a sling thing that worked the best Tribune Wire Services t, Levin. The killing has focused unusual attention on the world of the sophisticated New York prep student, a world now upside down," one young trademarks and think program, since Gorbachev Before the rate cut, GM's sales had been off 10 4 percent in while No. 2 Ford and No. 3 Chrysler had registered strong gains from a year ago. GM had been offering rates as low as 5 9 percent, Ford had offered rates as low as 6 9 percent and Chrysler 5 5 percent. Patrick W. Harrison, chairman of the consumer credit division of the American Bankers Association, said the sales incentives are confusing consumers and not necessarily saving them money. NEW wholesomeness." A-- g Oct. 9. preppie" allegedly strangled by her sometime boyfriend was buried Friday after a funeral attended by a sobbing crowd of over 1,000 where she was remembered as "a magnet for people." Two young men and two young women chosen by their contemporaries to speak about her at her funeral broke down and cried while paying their last respects to Jennifer Dawn d Continued From moon-walkin- received permission frtm the Turkish Interior Ministry Mount Ararat, where the sixth exploration on and around 17.000-foo- t Bible says the ark came to rest after the great flood "We think the time is ripe to remind people on earth that we have a ' the ark very fragile existence." said Irwin God might have preserved all these many years to remind us of that." e By Philip Newman United Press International ami lawyer representing the soup company Campbell, 53, has admitted his campaign signs and brochures use artwork resembling the soup label, which has distinctive flowing letterbackground ing and a He said his mother first proposed the design in 1975 when he ran for a Miami City Commission seat astronaut, is back in Turkey of his quest to find Noahs Ark He has next for the leg preparing to make his James Irwin, former Sobbing Crowd Mourns Teen; Boyfriend Held for Murder MIAMI (UPI) Florida legislative candidate Jack Campbell, facing a lawsuit charging trademark infringement, agreed Friday to stop using the Campbell Soup Co's famous label to promote his political campaign. Campbell said he would remove all billboards, signs and posters that used the soup company's trademark and destroy all campaign materials resembling the label The New Jersey-basesoup company sued Campbell in U S. District Court Wednesday, saying the Democrat hoped to benefit from the company's image of "traditional values low-rat- whose been made by Adm. William Crowe, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Max Kampel-man- , l the U S negoti- " iy" N' .V- v ''' arms-contro- ator, among others, officials said The United States has long complained about lack of access to .Soviet television, and the NBC proposal would have enabled Shultz to appear on Vrema (Time), a widely watched evening program. The NBC proposal was first disclosed by Gcorgi Arbatov, a top Soviet specialist on U S affairs, who said Wednesday there had been a "conspiracy of silence" In the United States that had blocked Soviet suggestions for improving relations Redman said the United States can understand Arbatov's disappointment "as a professional propagandist." He called Arbatov's remarks a distortion of the facts Soviet commentator Vladimir Fozner was quoted in Friday's editions of Izvestia as saying that the U S side "refused to enlighten the Soviet people about US, foreign policy in "an open "and direct foreign policy debate inspections would be carried out from transport vehicles and aircraft provided by the inspected state." The inspections would be of armed-force- s maneuvers and other military arrangements, a chief subject of the long conference that is intended to reduce the chances of accidental conflict in Europe. Attending are delegations from all European countries, except Albania, and the United States and Canada. In Washington, Redman said, We consider Soviet acceptance of the principle of aerial inspection a significant step tovzard effective verification." But Redman said several issues remain unresolved, including the size of forces to be involved in exercises requiring notification Akhromeyev is chief of the Soviet general staff and a member of the Communist Party's Central Committee Swedish officials said he is the highest ranking Soviet military official ever to appear before an arms-contrconference. The Soviet marshal said he came to Stockholm "on instructions of my to clarify and help" government the conference Akhromeyev said the conference was "unfortunately still proceeding slowly, and he blamed the lack of progress on NATO. He repeated Soviet objections to permitting inspections of mobilization activities or restricted military areas such as the Kola Peninsula in the Arctic unless the United States made corresponding concessions "If troop maneuvers near the Volga River and the Urals are subject to notification and verification, why are the same activities then not verified near the Missouri River and Cleveland" he asked ... Eduard Shevardnadze Won t Get Chance on NBC A t |