European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 30, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Vol. 37, no. 134 wednesday August 30, 1978 ,., ,. 1f july deficit 4th largest set by . Hanging in Marine corps 2nd u. Laurie Glenn Jacobson who is 5 i months pregnant does some Chen  As she dears the endow a 21-week officer training course at Quant co a. Jacobson one off the first pregnant woman to take he rigorous coarse is 25 years old mom tall an weighs 111. See Story on Page a Cardinale visits Dodd eur Washington a _ the United a i deficit in its foreign Trade of nearly $3 billion in july the fourth largest monthly deficit on record As imports in creased sharply while exports declined we Commerce department reported to Day. The deficit was larger than expected and could cause new trouble for the . Liar after the news came out. The Green Back declined sharply continuing to follow its predominantly downward path of the past 18 months. The decline has been blamed in Large part on this country Strade problems. Of f f a brighter note was in another govern f Ift f i Al foment announcement which disclosed an a of f of improvement in july in the nation s Infra lion rate As consumer prices increased 0.5 percent the smallest increase in seven months. The Commerce department said there was a big increase in imports of Automo Biles during july up $206 million from june while imports also increased for sugar Coffee and fish. But the one favourable element in the re port was that imports of foreign Oil declined again in july. Oil imports for the first seven months of 1s78 were 13 percent below the volume during the same period aside from Oil. However the nation Strade picture for the first seven months was a dismal one. The total Trade deficit continued on Page is col. 4 schools changes outlined by Jim Coles Iii a schools reporter Karlsruhe. Germany Sis Sig a meant changes in the overseas dependents schools system Are in the making tit the extent of the changes depends on 1 Fate of some congressional legislation according to or. Anthony Cardinale schools , who is in Europe on a one milk  it passes during this session of con Gress we could be ready for operation by about the first of the year. We d have to work out the details with the department week tour of Dodd eur facilities said plans to create a new department of Edu cation Are up in the air at the  other legislation he said nearer toeing passed is House Bill 11491. Sponsored Wilma a by Zenjohn d. Erlenborn r-i11. It would of agriculture an there is no enabling leg part for formal school lunch programs in yet to of Dro Grant we re an and specifically amends the child nutrition actor 1966 to include Dod schools now excluded from hot lunch and reduced Price Saon y. Tic Pating congressional approval of the Bill Cardinale said. Here you go Grid fans 2 live games on an Frankfurt of nov kicks off its fall football season with two live Satel Ute games an officials said  Oakland Denver game will be shown live at 9 . Sunday and the next weekend the Urcla Washington adjustments game tem de Atti Pirn. Sept. 9 Ade to accommodate Jpn All of nov Germany stations with vials we a your saturday stars the exception of Bremerhaven the "l01 . And stripes. He Vucu Summ. Dmm he added we re about to sign a con tract with a Federal Agency to have Survey done of lunch programs to deter mine the Best Way to provide lunches forthe  he said the Survey will be done i Europe and at 18 schools on stateside Mili tary installations."1 strongly support the whole Erlenborn  Cardinale said. Other features of the Bill include three round trip fares Home a year for Dod students in full Tim boarding schools overseas and creation of local school advisory  see the locally elected school advis Ory boards As being real assets. They will have a very real function in helping administrators to perform their duties efficiently they should have a Strong voice in local school operations Cardinale  added that while Dodds will Proba blvd be Able to provide hot lunches to Stu dents in schools with cafeteria facilities continued on Page 27, col. I late dive Gold rises London a the Dollar dropped sharply tuesday afternoon As news of America s $2.99 billion july Trade deficit hit european currency exchanges cold prices leaped As they generally Dowhen the Dollar Falls. The plunge caused by widespread Dol Lar Selling followed a modest recovery in the last few Days based on . Plans forbore Gold sales and easing of overseas borrowing  Small measures the United states has taken just Don t seem As real As the Trade  said a dealer in Frankfurt where the Dollar ended at 2.0045 West Ger Man Marks three full pfennig Short of Iti,fda.mofnin8 n 6h and Down from2je15tale monday. See conversion table. Page 27. In Paris dealers said they had been anticipating an improvement on the june Trade Gap of $1.6 billion and were taken by Surprise trading was Light but the Dollar Sank from tuesday morning s 44370french francs to 4.3750 at the end of Trad continued on Page 28, cot 4 it s is knocking stars and stripes carriers will begin collecting from their customers during the next few Day the most painful question a newspaper Carrier hears is can you come Back tomorrow be ready when he or she Calls