European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 6, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday september 6, 1978 the stars and stripes Page 27 microwaves deflected in Ohio Indiana area inversion disrupts to phones Bedminster . Up a temperature inversion in the Midwest deflected microwave signals used by the communications Industry disrupting Tele vision radio Telephone and teletype serv ice monday night and tuesday at to re ported. A Telephone company spokeswoman said the microwave problem was entered in the Ohio Indiana area and caused disruptions Between 10 . Monday and 9 30 . Tuesday. Such disruptions of service whether caused by inversions fog or storms Are quite common during the summer in the South and Midwest she said. The microwave problem caused Exten Sive gambling on United press International wires and audio circuits in the Midwest Southwest and Pacific regions starting shortly before 1 . Tuesday. Bud Caffrey master control supervisor for Abc to in new York said the network had severe problems resulting in intermittently noisy sound or a picture fade out because of the microwave problems. He said television viewers began noticing the problems during the monday night Dallas Baltimore football game. Bob Donnelly Abc radio master control supervisor in new York said the prob Lem apparently affected their radio Affili ates East of Chicago and North and West of new York City a lot of stations  Learned to live with this. It happens every Day. It s a constant problem he said. It s gotten to the Point where i just sit Back and listen to the mess. There s nothing we can  temperature inversions or fog Are the most common reasons for the microwave disruptions Donnelly said. Fog or rain or Snow can Knock out a microwave he said but then so can a Large flock of Canadian  chess masters go to a party a game of snubs ends in a draw by Ferdinand Delmundo Baguio Philippines up both the Champion and the challenger had a great time at a world chess party monday. Each just pretended the other was not there. Both soviet Champion Anatoly Karpov and defector challenger Viktor Korchnoy laughed smiled and chatted amiably with the other guests at the party for philippine first lady Imelda Marcos. They just did t laugh Chat or even look at each other. Although Marcos the guest of Honor did not arrive because of a tropical storm the other guests enjoyed a banquet and watched a native Baya Nihan dance troupe perform filipino Folk dances at the party held in the Baguio convention Center. On tuesday the two players were to renew their rivalry but the 19th game was postponed at the request of Karpov. He holds a commanding 4-1 Lead and needs Only two More victories to retain the world Crown he won by default when american chess Genius Bobby Fischer refused to play him in 1975. Karpov moved first in the snub match at the party. Upon arrival the soviet Champion walked toward the left Side of the room where the party was held and began to Chat with some other guests. Karpov bumped into Korchnoy and a group of sup porters. The challenger deftly turned his Back and ordered a drink. A chess official discreetly whispered to Karpov that he was standing in the wrong Camp. But the Blond russian Whiz kid looked As if he did not understand. Over a banquet of beef roast pork legs fish fillet chop suey and Rice the two play Usa eur personnel meet set for Garmisch Heidelberg the fourth annual Usa eur personnel and administration conference will be held at Garmisch sept. 27-29 with More than 400 attending from All army commands in Europe. Conferee s will discuss programs and developments in administrative manage ment personnel administration and personnel management. Additional information can be obtained by telephoning Heidelberg military 2121- 8016. Go killed walking on tracks Lichtenfels Germany is a 20-year-old private first class from he and he co 1st in 54th inf was hit by a train while walking Down the Railroad tracks at 5 ., sunday an army spokesman said tuesday. The Soldier was rushed to Nurnberg army Hospital where he was pronounced dead at 4 05 . Monday the spokesman said. The Soldier s name is being withheld until next of Kin Are notified. Ers sat on either Side of a filipino chess official. The official caught in the Middle politely engaged in Light conversation first with one and then the other. For the Champion and challenger there might have been a ghost on the other Side of the filipino. They either laughed or smiled when addressed but acted As if the other was not there. On monday night when a reporter asked Korchnoy about his chances he was unusually modest. Ill be Happy to win one game in the next 14 Days he said. When he came to Manila for the match he said he would 1 5 most Active new York up the 15 most Active stocks in new York Stock Exchange composite trading at 4 . Tues Day sales last chg. Ramada Lens. 1,090,100 10% % Holiday inns. 531,100 25 % Bally mfg. 530,800 59% Mattel i no. 471,400 12% Berke Pho. 438,000 9 a Caesars we. 359,900 41% Webb Del. 328,600 32 i pan Amair. 310,500 8% nil Semion. 258,900 32 Sears Roeb. 229,600 23 a Exxon corp. 221,800 50% a Mairlyn. ,221,100 18 Boeing co. 220,900 73 a Malinc. 208,800 44% in tit to. .205,700 33 a a amex 1 0 most Active new York up the 10 most Active stocks in american Stock Exchange composite trading at 4 . Tuesday sales resorts int a179,500 and Ahlup. 178,100 total petrol. 158,200 Golden Nugget. 141,300 Macro Dyne. 135,800 Norte Klinc. 128,900 Vintage enter. 95,200 Synte corp. 92,000 dome petrol. 82,500 instr mss. 76,000 2% a 1 % 1% be 2 a % i / a last 1l7 i 61% 13% 32% 2% 15 6% 33% 83 1 a chg. 7 1vj % -1% 1 1 a % a Dow Jones averages new York up Dow Jones closing averages tues Day High Low 30 industrials 889.73 876.91 20 transport 255.75 250.73 15 utilities 107.95 65 stocks 309.88 106.80 305.16 close 886.61 254.67 107.44 308.67 change 7.28 3.06 0.23 2.55 beat Karpov in 24 games. Even the russians gave Korchnoy kind words before the party. Former world Champion Mikhail Tal a Karpov aide was asked what he thought of the 18th game in which Korchnoy eked out a draw despite positional difficulties. I was quite impressed with the Way the challenger played Tal said. He was in great form. He defended very Well. He was very  puerto rican Bishop will visit troops a puerto rican Bishop will visit nine military communities in Germany and Italy for National hispanic heritage week sept. 10-16, according to the federation of latin american clubs Fla Europe. Auxiliary Bishop Ricardo Surinach of Ponce puerto Rico will conduct Spanish language masses and will give talks on hispanic cultural and historical themes according to Jose r. Garcia Flag presi Dent. The Bishop whose visit is being co sponsored by the Usa eur chaplain s office will be in Frankfurt on sept. 10, Wei Brincken on sept. 11, in Crail sheim and Ansbach on the 12th, Nurnberg and or Langen on the 13th, Munich and Augsburg on the 14th and Vicenza Italy on the 16th. Russ suspend aussie scientific exchanges Canberra a the soviet Union has suspended scientific Exchange arrangements with Australia because of press coverage of a soviet official accused of being an intelligence agent a spokes Man for the foreign affairs department said. The breakdown in relations will Stop about 25 australian scientists from visiting the soviet Union in 1978-79, and about 20 soviet scientists from coming to Australia. Daedal an group holding students essay contest Ramstein Germany the Billy Mitchell flight of the order of Daeda lians is sponsoring an essay contest about Avia Tion for student dependents of . Mili tary personnel in Germany a Safe spokesman announced tuesday. Students in grades 10, 11 and 12 during the fall 1978 semester May compete by writing a 500-1000 word essay on the phenomenon of flight what it Means to  the first and second place winners will receive a $50 and $25 . Savings Bond respectively. In addition first second and third place winners each will get a Daeda Lian plaque the spokesman said. Entries should be typed or neatly writ ten and sent to Billy Mitchell flight order of Daedal an pc Box 5925, Apo 09012. Entries must be postmarked no later than oct. 31 and should include the author s full name Apo mailing address Home phone number Grade and name of High school. The order of Daeda lians is a fraternity of military pilots dedicated to fostering aviation. The Billy Mitchell flight s Mem Bers Are aviators who Are stationed in Europe. Ella1 Dies Flossie is no threat Miami up Hurricane Ella began dying in the cold Waters of the North Atlan tic tuesday while tropical storm Flossie was expected to grow to Hurricane strength in the Middle Atlantic. Ella whose Peak winds reached to Mph weakened to 85 Mph during the night As it raced further into the open sea. The National Hurricane Center predicted fur ther weakening tuesday Over the frigid Waters. The Hurricane was entered at 6 . Near latitude 48.5 North Longitude 47.5 West or about 250 Miles East Northeast of St. Johns Newfoundland. Ella was moving toward the East Northeast at 45 Mph and poses no threat to any land  the morning advisory said. Flossie no land threat Flossie also was no threat to land at this time forecasters said at 6 . Flossie was located near latitude 15.5 North Longitude 46.0 West or about 1,000 Miles East of the lesser Antilles. It was moving toward the West Northwest at 15 Mph and expected to remain on that course for the next 24 hours. Satellite pictures show Little change in strength overnight but some intensification is Likely today the advisory said. Highest sustained winds were estimated at 55 Mph with gales extending outward 100 Miles from the Center. The National Hurricane Center said ear Lier it expected Flossie to strengthen and Likely reach Hurricane strength some time tuesday. Candidate for seeding the storm s position and course made Ita prime candidate for seeding with Silver iodide crystals forecaster Gil Clark said. The storm won t move into seeding position for at least three or four Days but we Are watching it. It could very Well be seeded Clark said. Silver iodide crystals Are dumped into Hurricane Clouds to freeze the water in the air and theoretically Start a Chain reaction of chemical activity that reduces the fury of a storm. Under Federal regulations hurricanes cannot be seeded unless they have less that a 10 percent Chance of making landfall within 18 to 24 hours. Only four storms have been seeded in the last 10 years and no conclusive results were achieved. Two killed in Sicily shootout Catania Sicily a two Young italian men were killed and seven other injured one of them seriously in a shootout following a Brawl in a night club on the out skirts of this sicilian City. Police said the Brawl and shooting started after a group of persons tried to get inside the night club even if they were not members of the organization which owned the club. Conversion rate London a tuesday s closing rates of the . Dollar to european currencies. Figures Are expressed in dollars to the British Pound other local currencies to dollars sept. 4 sept. 5 British Pound 1.9465 1.9409 German Mark 1.9737 1.9830 French franc 4.3154 4.3398 dutch Guilder 2.1425 2.1525 belgian franc 32.1450 32.2750 italian lira 829.45 831.80 Swiss franc 1.6100 1.6180 greek drachma 36.655 pc turkish lira 25.25 25.25 Spanish peseta 73.32 these Are commercial rates and can be related Only to the use of foreign currency by . Forces for official business. Sales of German Marks to . Personnel for personal use will be at the rate of 1.96 on wednesday which is based on Price fixing at midday and allows for Standard handling charge