European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 22, 1973, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes thursday november 22, 1973 plenty of room european bans on sunday driving Are going to hit hotels hardest by John Neumyer travel editor there la be lots of rooms at the inns this christmastide with the ban imposed on sunday driving in Belgium West Germany Denmark Luxembourg the nether lands and  Gas stations will remain open sundays meanwhile to serve a trickle of tourists buses doctors military couriers and others with permission to drive according to a spokesman for the general German automobile club adar. But he added you won t find any Gas stations open in the  most hotel keepers Are already begin Ning to feel the Pinch but least hard. Hit seem to be the giants of the Industry the hotel chains. In Munich a spokesman for the Sheraton Chain when asked if there were cancellations for the coming weekend said yes we be had two or three but we Don t have much business on sundays any Way except when there s a big fair or exhibition  in Frankfurt Hilton Chain reservation service chief use Molnar said we Haven t had any cancellations. We Proba Bly won t feel the effects of the driving ban for at least 10 Days. Right now we re fully booked from Here to  at the intercontinental hotel in Frank Furt Hans Hitzler said we Haven t Felt the effects yet. Too Short notice. We have lots of conferences scheduled but no cancellations. But we Are worried about the airlines cutting Back on transatlantic flights. Most of the flight Crews stay at our  Hitzler said that the hotels hardest hit will be the family hotels like those in the Black Forest and other resort areas where people want to go for  at the Holiday inn in Sindel Fingen near Stuttgart sales manager Charles White a retired army sergeant said cancellations maybe you won t believe this but we Don t even have any reservations for this  White said normally we have a very Low occupancy rate anyway on weekends except in summer when we run specials like outdoor barbecues and cocktail part  but the Holiday inns in Belgium hol land and Luxembourg expect to feel the effects of the sunday driving ban. Spokesman Fritz Zbinden asked about cancellations replied they have Hurt us badly. In Belgium two thirds of our reservations have been cancelled. In Holland and Luxembourg we expect 50 per cent will cancel and there will be an 80 per cent drop in our restaurant business. And on top of the cancellations we expect 30 to 50 per cent no  a spokesman in Hamburg for the Esso motor hotels Chain said we be had 10 cancellations so far in Hamburg and we expect at least 50 per cent altogether. People won t stay Here for a whole week end. It s too expensive. It will be the same All  in Frankfurt an official of adar said that the ban on sunday driving would Hurt the tavern keepers who depend on car rally enthusiasts who spend their week ends in the race track resorts. Travellers aboard commercial tour buses won t have to worry about arrivals and departures on sunday because of the ban on driving and burning fuel. Werner Scheffler owner of Scheffler travel service and organizer of bus Tours for americans for More than 20 years said the no driving ban on sundays will not Hurt us in the travel business. It is our livelihood and they the Bonn govern ment will permit us to continue our sched  another big German Agency Swiss hotel plan echoed Scheffler s remarks. A spokesman said All of our motor coach Tours will continue to be operated on sched ule in spite of the ban. Most of our Tours aimed at american holidays return on sundays. The will continue to be operated on  ., Europe will discuss Oil policy coordination from press dispatches Copenhagen the United states and european nations will hold High level talks next month to coordinate Oil policies West German parliament member Eric Blumenfeld said wednesday. Blumenfeld spoke to newsmen after a meeting of members of the european parliament with danish foreign minister k. B. Andersen to learn the results of the Oil talks which common Market foreign ministers held Here tuesday. He said Andersen gave the impression that there will be a new european diplomatic push toward the Arab Oil producing states. Blumenfeld said the  meeting will be held in Brussels at about the same time As the nato foreign minis ters meeting there dec. 10-11. He said it stands to reason that the foreign ministers including Secretary of state Henry a. Kissinger would take part. The danish government said Andersen expected to meet soon with saudi arabian Oil minister Sheik Ahmed Zaki Yamani who arrived Here unexpectedly tuesday night. Blumenfeld said Andersen refused to give the parliamentarians any details of the new diplomatic push worked out tuesday. He complained that the parliament members and the governments Are still very far apart on the actuality of the Oil crisis. They say they Are speaking with one voice but they could t indicate what measures they Are taking he said. Blumenfeld also said that there seems to be no common action to meet the challenges to our Economy in Europe from the Oil crisis and no common stand Between the United states and the nine common Market members the december meeting will try to reme Italy weighs sunday driving ban by Bob Hoyer Mediterranean Bureau Naples is the Specter of a sunday driving ban loomed Here wednesday As italian officials studied a series of proposals to save the nation s shrinking Oil Supply. Action on the plan that would Clear italian highways of sunday traffic is expected no later than Friday. The threat of the ban has caused Many americans planning Long thanksgiving weekends to alter travel arrangements. Where possible cars Are being left at Home. Travel agencies report brisk sales in train tickets. While the ban on driving promised immediate discomfort a government decision to carry out additional Energy saving proposals would broaden con Sumer inconvenience. They include ending the to Broad cast Day at 10 30 p.m., the dimming or curtailment of Street lighting and a 15 lira a liter boost in gasoline which would hike the Price to $1.25 a gallon. Still another proposal would bring Back Daylight saving time for the win Ter. The proposals Are in line with those already imposed or being contemplated by Italy s european neighbors. For a number of Days we have been putting off action on what Are certain to be unpopular decisions one official said. But action now must be  Italy boasts the largest refinery capacity in Europe but the flow of crude Oil to refiners has been sharply curtailed. In some cases refiners Are receiving Only 60 per cent of Normal shipments of crude. By this he said. The West German politicians said an Dersen gave the impression that some thing from Europe is getting across to the Oil producing countries that Europe will not take this lying  but he said Andersen the chairman of the Market s Council of ministers offered no evidence. The a reported that the members of the european parliament wednesday raised the question of common Market sanctions against the Arab Oil Boycott in a meeting with Andersen. Blumenfeld said Andersen told them that if anything of the kind were done it should not be talked about. Blumenfeld said the matter was also discussed by two dutch members Schelto Patin a socialist and Pieter j. A. Van Der Sanden of the Catholic people s party Yamani flew into Copenhagen just after the common Market foreign ministers ended a one Day meeting Here that included the drafting of a new and still secret european position on the Middle East aimed at guaranteeing Oil supplies to All nine common Market nations including the Netherlands. The arabs currently ban All Oil shipments to the Netherlands. Both sides said Yamani s arrival just As the ministers were going Home was a coincidence. The bearded Harvard educated Yamani said he was Here to see his doctor. Meanwhile there were these related developments Bern Switzerland Switzerland joined the countries prohibiting sunday pleasure driving because of the european Oil Short age. Economics minister Ernst Brugger said the ban will be lifted for the Christmas Holiday weekend and that it was not certain whether it will be resumed in Janu Ary. Earlier the Swiss government imposed a 62 . Speed limit to save on gasoline. Belgium and the Netherlands were the first in Europe to ban sunday driving. On monday they were joined by Denmark and West Germany. Tuesday Luxembourg banned sunday driving. Britain has asked aged Force readiness not Hurt by fuel crisis Naples Isth fuel crisis has not reduced the military effectiveness of  Or nato forces in the Mediterranean area spokesmen said wednesday army it. Gen. John Norton chief of staff for Allied forces Southern Europe said the Energy crisis created by the Middle Eastern situation has not adversely affected the capability of nato forces in the Southern Region to perform their  a spokesman for the  6th Fleet said there is no threat to operational read iness but a fuel conservation program is in effect. A great Deal of fuel can be saved by operating ships at the most economical  Norton added differing fuel Economy measures have been instituted by individual nations in the Region. There Are Avail Able. Fuel reserves earmarked for nato forces. The amount of reserves is closely monitored to insure continued readiness to meet nato  earlier in the week a defense depart ment spokesman in Washington said the  6th and 7th fleets would be Given priorities on the Supply of fuel because of their strategic roles. A further explanation of 6th Fleet s fuel Supply was provided in a state depart ment statement on the subject. The 6th Fleet is not dependent upon Shore based fuel supplies in Europe the statement read. In an emergency it can depend upon its own resources. In Normal circumstances the 6th Fleet s practice in the interest of Economy is to Bunker at the most accessible and economical  Drivers to reduce weekend driving voluntarily. London gasoline shortages at yes service stations in the United kingdom Are expected to ease somewhat in the next few Days but  Servicemen and women were cautioned to conserve fuel wherever possible. Three yes service stations at Alconbury Lakenheath and Mildenhall still had sold out1 signs hanging on their Gas pumps wednesday morning. Other yes stations in the . Were limiting purchases to five Gallons per customer. At 3rd air Force Headquarters at Mildenhall col. Daniel j. Nelson vice com Mander was heading a task Force keeping Check on the fast changing fuel situation in Britain. Nelson said tuesday that his office was holding almost continuous talks with suppliers on fuel availability and delivery dates. He reiterated a statement made monday that the Only rationing in effect for Ameri can forces in the . Is the one imposed for tax free Gas under the -British status of forces agreement. The five gallon limit at some bases he said was an yes decision made without prior approval of the 3rd air Force. Stockholm Sweden took a soft approach to the fuel crisis and instead of imposing Legal restrictions urged citizens to voluntarily save Oil Gas and electricity. Rome motorists in several italian cities lined up at gasoline stations or trailed gasoline delivery trucks through the streets tuesday in an attempt to beat a growing shortage. Copenhagen the danish defense ministry announced that a nato exercise involving troops from West Germany Britain and Denmark has been cancelled because of the Oil shortage. Paris Jean Charbonnel minister for science and Industrial development told a Cabinet meeting wednesday that France has sufficient Oil stocks for More than three months and it in t our doing if the whole european Community refused to do the  Charbonnel s statement was reported to newsmen by information minister Jean Philippe Lecat. Vienna the Arab Oil cutback will Lead to a new Price system without easing the threat of More shortages for customers around the world Western economists said wednesday. Oil Price experts will meet in Vienna dec. 17 to prepare the groundwork for a new Price system that would allow for a More rapid Rise of Petroleum prices according to officials of the organization of Petroleum exporting countries open. Under the new system Oil prices would move up in accordance with Supply and demand open officials said