European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 18, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday june 18, 1977page 10 the stars and stripes saturday Coffee Cost dips on world markets. The decline in Green Coffa by Rouston United press International major new York City supermarket Chain Cut inc retail Price of Coffee for the first time in More than two years As the Price of Coffee on world markets took a no , the second largest Coffee producing nation after Brazil slashed its minimum Export Price for Coffee by 34 cents to $2 69 a  new York City. Shopwell inc. Marked Down canned Coffee by 20 cents to $3 99 around effective june 19 to protest ridiculous Coffee  Martin Rosengarten. President and chief executive of Shopwell which operates 81 supermarkets said this is the firs Price reduction on Coffee in More than two years but he also urged Consumers to re strict their Coffee consumption As prices Are still ridiculously High Rosengarten called on Coffee drinkers to switch to substitute beverages and avoid stockpiling Coffee. If we continue to reduce the demand prices will drop even More in the near  he  mid april when the retail Price of ground Coffee hit roughly $4 a Pound Roas ters have Cut Back on buying Green Coffee in response to consumer resistance at the supermarket. As a result Coffee contraction the new York and London markets have eroded steadily in Price Over the past two  the new York Coffee and sugar Exchange thursday the Coffee contract for july delivery plunged by 14.28 cents to $2.25 a Pound. In mid april the july con tract was Selling for almost $3.40 a  London Coffee which hit More than $6,800 a ton in april fell Back another$255 and closed at $3.697 for september de livery. The decline Gree Coffee prices has prompted the nation s two biggest roasters to lower  mid May. General foods corp. And Folger Coffee co. Rolled Back wholesale Price hikes on their ground Coffee. The action marked the first Lull in the Coffee Price spiral since a july 1975 Frost dam aged 73 5 per cent of Brazil s crop. On june 2, Folger announced an out and out Price reduction of 20 cents a Poundon ground Coffee in a move that promised the first real Price Relief to . Coffe drinkers. But other major roasters still have not followed the Folger Lead. Is it a Python or a Copperhead Samantha Chr Python draped on Roc Star Alice Cooper s shoulders and Arm Heads or a reporter trying to interview Cooper and the Snake in Las Angeles. Cooper going on tour soon was looking for a talented Snake or his show. A decision sparked forty Brawl lbs later regretted Swan song san Antonio. Tex pull Lyndon Johnson s decision in March 1968 not to seek another term caused a big family argument and the president himself had second thoughts about it later former White House press Secretary George Christian said  had a horrible Brawl with his family the Day he taped his  Christian told participants in the Robert a tall Institute of government at Trinity University Chris Tum said Johnson began talking about not seeking another term As Early Ashe summer of 1967, eight months before the announcement was made and that lady Bird Johnson said at the Lime she would abide by Johnson s  position was he ought not run and go out a  Christian said but. Said Christian who now operates a Public relations firm in Austin. Tex., John son s final decision to withdraw As a Candi Date in 1968 caused opposition within his family because one of Johnsons sons in Law was serving in Vietnam and the other Romania s population is up by of arks t l i Romania s popu lation stood at 21.559.416 in january this year recording a 25 Mil Hun inhabitant in crease in the past ii years the National news Agency age pres said was in route mrs Johnson was afraid it would have the wrong Impact Christian said be cause it would look like Johnson was abandoning his sons in Law to the  had second thoughts after  Christian said. But i think he made the right decision. I think he did it for honest reasons Christian said Johnson had him prepare a withdrawal statement As far Back As the fall of 67."he said Johnson because he had suffered a heart attack in 1965 and because he wanted to make his departure a positive step toward getting North Vietnam to the peace table had the withdrawal statement in his pocket when he delivered the state of the Union address to the lame Duck con Gress in january 1968.Christian said he stood in the Back of the House chamber expecting Johnson to read the withdrawal but he never  said Johnson told him later he decided that Day it would be unwise to recommend programs to Congress such As a civil rights measure then say so Long i m checking it to  girl digs up Ruby valued 0/520,000 Franklin . A seventeen year old Kim Jones unknowingly plucked out a 456-Caral Ruby conservatively valued at $20,000, from a 25-cent bucket of gravel at a mine near  thought it was a real pretty  so she tossed it to her Mother Theresa for a look. Mrs. Jones picked it up admired it and set it Down next to her in the dirt. A mine worker later told them the value of their  and her parents were travelling from Scotland pa., to Florida in a camper tuesday afternoon when they decided to Stop and dig for native  s Mother and her grandmother Mary Benton bought a few dollars Worth of gravel at 25 cents a bucket at the Gregory Ruby  Stone three inches in diameter and one Inch thick is 85 per cent Ruby and its value could exceed $100,000. Jewellers i Franklin told Kim it will form a Star when it is Cut. Which will greatly enhance its  Ruby is the second largest native Stone Ever found in the Cowie Valley near Franklin which has several mines where tourists can screen for precious stones. In 1974. A 686-Carat Ruby dubbed the Chero Kee  was found just downstream from the Caler Fork where Kim picked up the  area has the Only Ruby Fields in the country. Grandson held in jewel theft Cunko. Italy a a 22-year-old University student Davide Riberi was arrested in this North italian town on charges of holding up his  reported they charged the youth and two others with the june 4 Holdup of 78-year-old Giuseppina Riberi in which three masked men leveling pistols broke into he apartment and took away Cash and jewels Worth $22,000. Police reported they suspected a relative of the old woman As the bandits immediately reached the Cash an jewels showing a knowledge of the apart ment. New psoriasis treatment reported Boston api a treatment involving a Light sensitive drug and ultraviolet Light has been found highly effective in treating the skin disease psoriasis which plague san estimated eight million americans re searchers said  treatment called photo Chemotte rape. Was developed by doctors at Massachusetts general Hospital three years ago and administered to 1.086 patients in 16 no dial centers across the country during a 1 i year period except for 169 patients still in the first phase of treatment photo chemotherapy was effective for 88 per cent of the patients Hospital researchers  treatment will not be widely Avail Able until it is approved by the Federal food and drug administration they said. There was no indication when that approval might be  the test cases peeling and scaling skin caused by psoriasis cleared for most patients after 30 or fewer treatments Kach treatment included a dose of meth Ozyp Oralen and exposure to ultraviolet Light several hours later for periods rang ing from a minute to half an hour. Patients with Light skin who always Burn never Tan required treatments twice a week. Volunteers with Darker ski who never Burn always Tan were Given the treatment three times a week. When the psoriasis cleared by 95 percent the schedule of treatments was reduced to As Little As one every three weeks or Only when the disease flared up. Side effects were rare and mostly temporary the researchers said. Patients who suffered Side effects reported nausea itch ing headaches dizziness or reddening of the skin