European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 27, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday september 27, 1978 the stars and stripes Page 7 goal balance starting in 8 ? Senate oks budget plan Washington a the Senate a the Money would be used to help devel proved legislation monday setting a goal to Oping nations offset the Drain on their cur end by 1981 the government s Long stand recies caused by the spiralling Price of in none of the funds could be used to assist Uganda under the legislation. And there is also a proviso designed to keep the funds from going to countries that Harbor inter ing practice of spending More than it takes  measure tells the president to sub Mit a balanced Federal budget beginning that year and urges Congress to approve it. It is part of a Bill dealing with International Loans to developing nations. Senators passed the Overall Bill on a voice vote sending it to the House for final action. The legislation is a Compromise worked out Between separate versions passed previously by each chamber. The Bill would set a $1.9 billion . Contribution toward a special International loan program to assist developing nations with balance of payment problems. Total Cost of the loan program to be administered by the International monetary fund is $10.7 billion. Of that amount the United states and other Industrial nations National  balanced budget amendment was added last july during Senate floor debate and retained by House Senate conferees who hammered out the Compromise ver  Calls for a balanced budget starting with the 1981 fiscal year which begins oct. 1,1980.altough the amendment is not binding on Congress its sponsor sen. Harry f. Byrd jr., ind-va., said that it will be on the record and it will be of tremendous Sig  2-Sfafe Trail of bad Luck has woman at wit s end Memphis Tenn. Up Lois David son has lived through More problems in the Are putting up half and members of the or past two years than some people expert a animation of Petroleum exporting coun ence in a lifetime but now she is ready for tries the other half. Some help. Besides being fun exercise helps a child with cerebral palsy learn spatial relation ships and depth perception. This is one of Many ways recreation is combined with therapy at a United cerebral palsy Center. Your contribution to the 1979 combined Federal Campaign overseas will not Only continue to Aid this child but Many others who need the help of the 31 agencies supported by Csc. This is a stars and stripes Public service advertisement reach  the world better place through your Mil the trouble began Davidson said a Hile she and her husband were living happily on a poultry farm near red Bay Ala. Her husband lost his Arm in a mechanical Cor picker. The next year their new House which had Little insurance burned to the  had to have a tumor removed from her pituitary gland and in March she had to have her thyroid gland removed. The next month she and her husband Sepa  May Davidson was forced to resign her Job because of health problems and a month later she and her husband obtained a divorce. In july her pituitary gland  moving to Memphis the next month her refrigerator was dropped out of a truck and her food Freezer heated up and spoiled a year s Worth of vegetables. Her 2-year-old daughter underwent a kidney operation. This month Davidson is in a Memphis Hospital with a rare Eye disease that May leave her , i could use a Little help she said from her Hospital bed where she is re covering from her fourth operation in 11 months. No government Aid Davidson who worked As a teacher and social worker before her illnesses said she gets $275 a month from her husband but she has been unsuccessful in attempts to qualify for government Aid. I first applied for social Security Bene fits in Alabama she said but i was rejected because somebody figured i could do some other kind of work like clerking in a store or waiting tables. Well i Don t mind working in fact i d Welcome it but whoever turned me Down did t even men Tion my visual problems. You be got to see to do stuff like  said the social Security office told her that her Case is under review. Consumer costs Rise .6 percent Washington a food prices barely increased in August but housing and medical costs pushed consumer prices up 0.6 percent the labor department said today. The August increase was larger than the 0.5 percent gain in july but fell Short of the average 0.8 percent monthly increase in prices that have hit shoppers All year. The department also said the average worker s earning Power fell by 0.6 percent in August. Workers got pay increases aver aging 0.2 percent but were hit by Price boosts that More than offset wage gains. The average work week also was Shorter. The August increase in consumer prices would translate into a 7.2 percent inflation rate if it continued for a full year. Presi Dent Carter s economic advisers predict that consumer prices will be 8 percent higher this year than in 1977. Grocery prices Little changed in August food prices went up 0.2 per cent but most of the gains were at restau rants. Prices at grocery stores were unchanged. Prices for fresh vegetables declined 6.7 percent and Chicken and Turkey prices declined for the first time this year. Beef prices which turned Down in july declined again last month and pork prices fell for the third straight month. Coffee prices declined 4.8 percent. However egg prices Rose sharply in a gust and fresh fruit suddenly became More expensive. Prices for Cereal and bread continued to Rise rapidly As they have Dur ing most of the year. Charges for medical care went up 0.9 percent in August the largest increase this year. Hospital room rates Rose 1.5 percent dental services 1 percent and doctors fees 0.8 percent. Prices for drugs and medical supplies were 0.5 percent higher. Housing Cost hike big Factor Overall housing costs Rose by 0.7 per cent the smallest increase in six months but were still a big contributor to the inflation rate. The Cost of buying a Home continued to Rise As did mortgage interest rates prop erty taxes and household repairs. Charges for electricity declined slightly but natural Gas prices went up 1.4 percent. The labor department said gasoline prices Rose 1 percent in August after a 0.8 percent Rise in july. However the prices of new and used cars eased in Advance of the new Model  consumer Price Index stood at 197.8 in August meaning it Cost $197.80 to buy the same goods and services that $100 would buy on the base period of 1967. All figures Are adjusted to account for season Al variations. Top educator stresses need for americans to think metric Campaign ends nov. 5 Providence . Up . Com missioner of education Ernest l. Boyer tuesday said americans must think in terms of meters liners and Grams because the metric system of measurement is Cru Cial to the nation s future. The change to the metric system is not from bad to worse but from confusion to simplicity Boyer told the opening session of the National metric education Confer ence. It s a matter of changing not the nature of this country but How we think. The need for uniform measurement of equipment and tools and replacement parts is absolutely crucial Boyer said noting that the . Is the Only major coun try still relying on inches pounds and the  simple fact is that the world continues to get smaller. It is essential that we have a language system that is Clear and simple As we negotiate with other nations and the world. No nation can survive with measure ment isolation he said. Addressing 150 educators and officials at the Rhode Island statehouse Boyer explained his own personal system for under standing metrics a dime weighs two Grams and is one millimetre thick. The Washington Monu ment is 170 meters tall. And the Moon is 400,000 Kilometres away from the Earth he said. He said when the temperature is 0-10 de Grees celsius he wears a coat when it s 20-30, he takes out the Short sleeved shirts and when it s 30, i m too hot to think what to