NATION AND WORLD
University Daly Kansan, April 9, 1985
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Kate Wozniak/KANSAN
Ashley Ford, 3, daughter of Cindy and Jim Ford, 1037 Holiday Drive, smiles shyly as she accepts the award for the prettiest Easter bonnet during Sunday's Easter Egg hunt at South Park. The event was sponsored by KLWN Radio and the Lawrence Parks and Recreation Department.
Weak bumpers increase claims
By United Press International
WASHINGTON — Four 1984 General Motors Corp. models equipped with weaker bumper systems allowable under reduced crash tests have had a dramatic increase in collision claims over comparable 1983 models, the Highway Loss Data Institute reported yesterday.
The institute said collision claims for the 1984 Pontiac Phoenix, Buick
Regal, Buick LeSabre and Buck Electra with 2.5 mph bumper rises by between 16 and 24 percent compared to equivalent 1983 models equipped with the stronger 5 mph systems.
The institute said the 1994 Phoenix sustained $1,113 worth of damage in a series of tests, compared with $280 lost to the counterpart, the Chevrolet Citation.
rear-to-barrier test, $381 in the front angle test and $245 in the rear-to-pole test.
The Citation suffered no damage in the front- or rear-to-barrier test, $111 in the front angle test and $187 in the back crash test, institute statistics showed.
The Phoenix sustained $251 in the front-to-barrier test, $236 in the
The institute said that the Phoenix was the only 1984 X-car model to sound absorbing bumper mount replaced with a 1.8-pound rigid design.
Relatives of Stratten sue Hefner
By United Press International
LOS ANGELES — The mother and younger sister of 1980 Platemate of the Year Dorothy Stratten filed a $5 million suit yesterday against Playboy publisher Hugh Helner for claiming last week that the teenager actually involved with director Peter Gadonovich after Straten's death.
Hefner claimed at an April 1 news conference that the director had harassed the Stratten family and had accused him of stealing state's younger sister when she was 13.
"These statements are absolutely false, and she has therefore filed a lawsuit today against Hugh Hefner for libel and slander, invasion of intestinal infliction of emotional distress attorney Gloria Alred told reporters.
Dorothy's sister, Louise Beatrice Hoogstraten, now 16, joined the attorney at the news conference and said. "Our family has been going on pain and suffering the past five years. We don't deserve this any more."
"This has hurt Louise the most," the director said. "She is young. She's a girl, and she said, and she has to live with that for the rest of her life if it isn't stopped."
Alred also read a statement from Stratten's mother, Nelly Schaap, saying:
"All I ask is to leave my youngest girl alone. Leave my family alone." Alred read a similar statement by Bodganovich, saying:
Hefner was not immediately avail able for comment.
Stratten was murdered by her husband, Paul Snider, in August 1890.
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