European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 17, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                May 1977 the stars and stripes Page 11 big Trade deficit italians urged to curb appetite for imports  Rome not the government has come to the conclusion that italians Are importing too much whisky and too Many Roll royces and other foreign and too Many furs and it has now started a buy italian which is not expected to have much Success because such efforts to change the habits of the nation usually Are doomed to italians Are big spend despite the economic and they feet no great chauvinistic passions when it comes to what they want to Rinaldo the foreign Trade said the time has come for ital ians to try to curb their appetites for for eign he said other such As the United states and France have their own buy native campaigns so Italy should join in As so far this for the ital ians Are importing More foreign Coffee and even Flowers than they did last More than 80 Rolls royces Are under for about 10 More than in the entire year of one reason for the of arises from Italy balance of payments the 1976 deficit in the Trade bal Ance was some against f Bil lion in this the government is trying to achieve a partly by curbing imports through the voluntary Campaign and by increasing the govern ment recently pledged a surplus As a condition for obtaining a commitment for More than Jisoo million from the internal tonal monetary Ossola was particularly upset Over the increasing Purchase of foreign cars by saying that last year they spent More on such automobiles than they did on meat he said that two imported cars effectively meant the loss of an ital Ian without explaining How he reached that As it italians also enjoy the Honor of importing More whisky than any other european although visitors rarely see italians drinking Italy spent some million on whisky last year for some Italy also is one of eur ropes biggest importers of it also ranks As a big buyer of oysters and All at a time when the government continues to preach which Are produced in Are sometimes sold for less by american one roman woman found this past week that a compact of face powder made in Italy sold for a Dollar More than one imported from the United Many italians also prefer Spanish let Tuce to the local Breed because it appears to be better and nuts from califor Nia Are competitive with those produced in the about 60 per cent of the present Trade deficit arises from the imports of and past campaigns failed to persuade italians to buy cheaper cuts of imported meat or at least Frozen meat sold at Low Cost through the european economic ital ians prefer Only the Best Quality of imported meat and have an aversion to anything Foco i in touch with it Only is Rowoy take advantage of the stars stripes Home delivery service in most government housing delivered to your Mailbox every morning for a please Complete this form and mail to stars 09175 a tin sales promotion Aam my swi 1 Puth shut blog no Hitup emf to iwupav1m How Kniat Whin Iii Comis 10 Conict letters to the editor t removal of tires Snow studs i know that you hear a lot of problems from the some Tome Here is another one about that famous organization cafes that you might sink your Teeth into and maybe solve so that somebody else does not have to put up with their recently i went to Bremerhaven to pick up my the processing went smoothly until i came to the vehicle inspection Sta the car passed on All Points except that my Snow tires had Snow studs in and the inspector told me to have them removed before he could pass my be 1 did not argue with the inspector because he was Only doing his after pondering my i to go to the cafes garage to have the tire studs re i also did not expect them to do it for i expected to pay them the going at the i was told by a Man i took to be the manager of the facility that it would take them a whole Day to do the Job they Didt do that Type of i might be wrong but i am of the opinion that cafes is Here to provide various services to american forces in and not Only for the employment of the local the manager was very helpful and suggested that i go to the vehicle Hobby shop to do the Alt of the above transpired at approximately the Hobby shop does not open until 1 As things i was stranded in Bremerhaven because i was refused serv ice by the organization expressly charged to provide that i solved my problem by borrowing a pair of Side Cutter pliers from a gentlemen also picking up a it took me approximately one hour to remove All the studs from both and not a whole Day As the manager suggested it would for one of his skilled in the process of re moving1 the i dirtied one brushed suede jacket and a pair of i wonder if dear can do something about the problem of the Man Ager in particular and cafes in the manager is in a unique position be cause he can provide Good or bad first in thes european edition Billy Larry Wuhl tymm Mert editor Elmer Kamgar Henry Manta to this naw 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Urven Gange did the garage receives almost no req Esu for this service and for this reason did not have the proper tools for removing the studs and you Wen referred to the Auto Hobby since Snow Art studs Are outlawed in the Federal re Public of there Are Many people like need Snow studs removed at Bremerhaven in order to Register their to provide the you we placed stud removal equipment la the cafes garage at Bremerhaven april cafes is a customer service oriented organization and we regret your initial impression to the a recent Survey showed that f 1 per cent of our customers feel they receive courteous service at Europe we make every attempt to insure that customers Are salts feed with cafes treatment and take Strin gent action whenever customers Are not treated please Contact the cafes customer relations Branch at Munich Mil Oil o07 any time we dont measure up to your accept things As a military i can understand Bow your wife feels about being separated from you but it is something that cant be i have been told it takes a special Type of woman to be a military i can very Well believe 4 dont know if in All that special but i have managed quite Well these past nine i have spent months by myself while my husband was Field training and while be was in Vietnam he was training 300 Miles away when our second child was i could go on and besides All i made the move to Germany by myself with our two Small i have driven thousands of Miles with the two girls to visit my husband while he was in school and to take the car to the coast for shipment to i and sometimes i get results and something gets if i accept it As the army Way and dont worry about i also help my husband in his mos when i feel in order to to make a Good military wife you have to accept things As they and no matter How much you love your you did sign a contract and the United states has to come first in most Leslie Germany reminder All beaters to the editor must contain full printed name and address of the and 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