European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 22, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes april 1977 Price climb lower than West Europe rate Brussels api prices paid by con Sumers in Western Europe were rising at a rate of per cent in about per cent More than the rate of inflation during the same the Rise in february was unusually hint i per cent for the month or 12 per cent at an annual it was attributed to bad weather which caused High fuel con sumption and factory government economists say the Early Price surge was a temporary Pho Noi Nenon in the and they believe the nations annual inflation rate is Between 5 and 6 per in most West european the Rise has been steady although there were huge differences among West european the european common which issued the report said that for the nine countries As a the rate of increase was Down a bit from january when it reached an annual rate of 16 per the countries arc West Luxembourg and the nether the common Market report said future rises would be influenced by a Sharp in crease in world prices for sonic foods and raw materials and a moderate increase in labor costs to in West the Rale was Only 4 Mossier Texas estate set at million a Candace Mossler estate was valued at in Texas including million in real according to an inventory filed with Harris county probate judge Pat at a hearing Gregory refused to approve payment of from the estate to Texas Commerce Dunk for its work As temporary administrator of the estate of the Houston millionairess who died last of Gregory said evidence failed to show How much Cash the estate had taken in and paid out during the last two months of when witnesses said Bank officials worked enough hours to Merit the per but it reached per cent in Britain and Ireland and per cent in at the current an italian housewife who bought something for the equivalent of s3 in february will Likely pay next the report said a Survey of business managers in february and March showed a general improvement of business but in usually Strong West Germany the climate seems to have the report found these trends Industrial production continued to expand at the Start of the the tendency for unemployment rates to stabilize was found to be unmistakable in All the member countries except Denmark and probably there arc still some million out of the tendency for several countries to buy More than they sell appeared to have come to an Lon term interest rates fell in the Early months of the except in shipbuilding and heavy engineering industries reported a slowdown and new housing has been on the increase Only in the tax collections showed Only a Moder ate growth and Stock Market prices drifted Down almost birthday smile on he eve of her 51st Queen Elizabeth ii of Britain has a Radiant smile for photographers who went to London Hyde Park wednesday to see her Plant a Silver Birch tree marking her Silver a photo Pakistan capital quiet under curfew anti Bhutto violence widening Pakistan a verment demonstrations continued in other parts of Pakistan thursday after a strict curfew quelled Street fighting in a violence in Pakistan largest reportedly killed 17 persons wednesday As a general strike paralysed the the opposition Pakistan National Alli Ance pan held protest marches in the Southern cily of Hyderabad to Back its de mands for prime minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto the pan has charged Bhutto with massive fraud in last months general the Pakistan Libor which represents a group of held a Demon stration in Rawalpindi in the North supporting the the front said it was protesting government repression and in discriminate shooting by Security forces trying to quell  the Karachi curfew went into effect at 6 and Only a handful of civil ians holding government passes were Al Lowed to leave their government and private offices were demonstrators supporting and opposing Bhutto clashed wednesday with daggers and unofficial sources said 17 persons were killed and More than 100 others injured in the the government confirmed nine by noon local six hours after the House blackball arabs1 Boycott Washington api the House wednesday passed legislation Banning american companies and their subsidiaries from cooperating in the Arab Boycott of the Trade Export control Bill would also impose a two year ban on any Export of alaskan crude Oil and would ban any presidential embargo on agricultural exports unless Congress the vote was 3m to the crude Oil and commodity amendments were adopted on unrecorded voice votes both houses late last year Simi Lar Boycott but it died because there want enough Lime in the session to arrange a conference committee and Iron out diff Cren is in the two current policy just encourages american businessmen to refuse to Coop Erate in the Arab the House legislation is much its backers say it will work to prevent participation in primary and even secondary in the Bill bans us companies or their subsidiaries abroad from discriminating toward other companies As a result of requests from Arab opponents of the measure said it would lose business fur the and Cost the jobs of up to american sup porters such As ilex Clement d wis chairman of the House International relations said the worst Possi ble Job loss would be no More Lan sever Al the main Case of the Bills backers was hut it would result in an end to Arab boy con requests of firms once the arabs realized Law prevented any co opera the superiority of american goods and technology would assure a Strong Arab they alaskan Oil production had been in tended for West coast How slipped up production from the Elk Hills Deposit and from offshore Fields May result in alaskan Oil being surplus to the West several proposals have been including additional pipelines to move the alaskan Oil Inland and Tanker transport to Gulf and East coast the Carter administration has considered exporting alaskan Oil to Japan with offsetting imports of foreign Oil to the East Stewart who proposed the Export said the nation could not Export alaskan Oil while the american people Are being urged to Lake every step possible to conserve Energy Joe proposed the congressional vote on commodity Embar Congress must vote its disapproval rather than simply failing to disallow such a presidential decision As the Export embargo on soybeans that came about in curfew no major violations had been which began had shut Down the country Only major Public and private transport and most Karachi has a population of about a dozen shops were burned and Bank buildings were damaged and two offices of Bhutto party were put to the two persons were crushed by a train before demonstrators halted it and set three cars police opened fire and killed one person in a crowd that tried to bum a in state department officials said the government blocked a shipment of Worth of tear Gas to the pakistani government because of the Esca lating its just a question of Pru said one nationwide agitation against Bhutto Beggan after his Pakistan Peoples party won 155 of 200 National Assembly Bhutto opponents claim the elections were the whose top leaders have been has demanded the Assembly be new elections be held under army and judicial supervision and thai a caretaker government run the country in the Bhutto has rejected these demands but has offered to hold new elections for four provincial the opposition boycotted provincial elections that Fol Lowed the National the pan rejected Bhutto offer and an overt ure for sources in Islamabad said Pakistan ambassador to Ahmed Saeed Kir resigned to protest the govern ments the report could not be