European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 08, 1980, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes sunday june 8, 1980 Madryne Brinker Coupon clippers snap at a sugary solution san Francisco up Cali fornia Coupon clippers cashed in Friday on the Bonanza struck by Madelyne Brinker who took on eight of the nation s largest sugar refining firms and won. It was the third Day that householders and other sugar users Cut coupons from their newspapers entitling them to Dis counts of up to 35 cents on a Purchase of 11 five Pound bag of sugar. The coupons arc valid for 90 Days. Seven million coupons one for each household in he slate Worth $2.4 million appeared in 124 newspapers wednesday thursday and Friday As Purl of the settlement of a Price fixing suit Brinker filed against the companies four years ago. Several san Francisco stores reported an upsurge in sugar buying. Brinker of Mill Valley a divorced Mother of two sons who works As a sales woman in the classified advertising department of the los Angeles times said she Cut out her coupons the first Day they appeared. I be been telling All my friends and even people i Don t know to be sure to Cut out their  she said. I m just really very Happy about the Way things turned  spokesmen for Maslar corp. And California and hawaiian sugar co., two of the defendants in the class action suit filed dec. 16, 1975, said it was too Early to Tell whether the coupons would Spur increased sugar sales. The Impact will not be reflected until the reorders come in to cover the sugar that was  said a cd spokesman. Lord knows How much More they re buying. I m sure a lot of people Are Tak ing advantage of the coupons and we Are expecting bigger sales. A new York sugar analyst however said while the California decision might increase sales slightly it would have a totally insignificant Impact on the world sugar  Brinker s suit in which she charged the eight companies with Price fixing and asked Relief for Consumers was settled last summer and approved by a Superior court judge earlier this year. The suit was filed after the Justice department accused the firms of Price fixing and Industrial sugar buyers had sued Tor Relief. Attorney Ronald Lovitti who filed the action said Brinker s suit established that Consumers can sue firms on anti Trust grounds even if they did not buy directly from them. Under Federal anti Trust Law such indirect purchasers Are not entitled to Relief. Lovitti said the Case established a right in California that docs not exist in any other state. As far As i m aware no such anti Trust Laws exist anywhere out Side of  women to get $8.5 million Western electric loses sex discrimination cases Newark. . A Western elec tric co. Has lost a pair of sex discrimination suits totalling $8.5 million after lengthy Legal Battles. A suit filed in april 1973 by Kyriaki Alco Kyria i and expanded two Yean later to include 1,900 women at Western electric facilities in carny and Clark ended Fri Day when a Federal judge gave in Latic approval to a $7 million settlement. Awards would be made to each of the women within six months if final approval is granted july 24, said Judith Vladick attorney for Keynari. Under the other signed by . District judge Herbert j. Stern Western electric has seven Days to put the s7 million into an escrow account. The payments will be distributed by court appointed administrator Thomas Campion. The judge also signed a si.5 million tentative settlement for women employees at 10 o her Western electric facilities in the state. The separate class action suit. Tiled in november 1976, includes women who worked at the facilities after september 1972 and docs not include those who were not hired by the company. Since last March 172 women have Testi fied before special arbitrators that the com Pany discriminated against them. Friday s judicial order estimated hearings on the remaining women would take another five Yean. Specific awards already granted by Spe Cial arbitrators during the or Lont hear Ings also would be paid out of the settlement fund. The settlement cancels numerous appeals and  tiled by the women and the company in the 3rd . Circuit court of appeals since last october Uhn $105, 000 in damages was awarded to Kyriazi. The settlement in the Kyriazi Case also outlines specific hiring and promotion goals for the company to increase the number of women in Tuper Tiwary positions. Most retailers report gains in May sales new York a consumer showed signs last month of spending More Money for clothing and household goods despite indications the Economy May be headed for a deep recession. All major retailers except the largest. Scars. Roebuck and co., said they recorded some improvement in May sales volume Over april. . Penney co., which had a 5 percent decline in april sales reported a 2.5 percent increase for the four weeks ended May Ujj As sales Rose to $768 million from $749 million in the same period last year. Donald Seibert. . Penney s chairman said Consumers remained cautious in their buying habits amid signs of a recession Bat sales of children a Young women s and men s clothing were Strong. Sears had a 4.3 percent sales decline for the month Matching the 4.3 percent define in april. New Orleans Council rejects teen Ager curfew new Orleans a by i narrow margin. New Orleans City Council his tamed Dow proposal to fight teen age Street crime by imposing curfew in the tourist jammed French Quarter. The Council also rated 4-3 to reject plan for a City wide curfew for teen agers. That plan was offered when be proposal for curfew in the Central business District was attacked As discriminatory. A steady Parade of Blacks from Ede Sisters to teen agers stepped to the Micro phone in the crowded Council room to say the proposed French Quarter curfew was. Racist Law aimed at Blacks. Why not just take All the Black Peoff in the City lock them up and throw away the key Jesse Turner asked. Others warned that a curfew Woad bring a Campaign of Ciril disobedience. Proxmire says Fla. Banks linked to drug Trade Washington a sen. William Proxmire d-wis.,says the illegal drug Trade la Southeast Florida is flourishing because of the cooperation of Banks in the Miami area and he wants Federal banking regulators to get Tough. Not. Only Are millions of americans addicted to drugs Many Banks Are addicted to drug Money Proxmire said at a hearing of the Senate banking committee he was conducting. The Wisconsin senator said banking regulatory agencies Are not doing their Job and that one unnamed Bank with 137 million in assets deposited about �600 million in currency a the Miami Federal Reserve Bank last year. Several witnesses including assistant Treasury Secretary Richard j. Davis agreed with Proxmire that drug smugglers would have trouble conducting their illegal business if they could t Deposit Cash in Banks and use cashier s checks to Send the Money outside the country. Scientist studying giant sinkhole in Texas Hermit Texas a scientists setup Seismograph equipment near a giant sinkhole Friday to Monitor Earth move ment in a chasm that has grown larger than three football  sinkhole first appeared tuesday and has stretched to within 100 feet of Anoil Well and 300 feet of a Highway. Earth sciences assistant professor Pam Muller of the University of Texas permian Basin said sinkholes Are essentially a common phenomenon in Western  Carbonate Limestone essentially la reasonably soluble fat water the said. The acid that forma attn rally from Carbon dioxide in the air aa4the rain can slowly dissolve  when that happens she said an under ground Cave or area of spongy Reck i formed. If the topsoil is weak or tic cat pm close to he surface it caves in and becomes a sinkhole. Evita wins Best musical award in new York new York up the drama desk thursday selected Evita and Chil Dren of a lesser cod As the Best musical and the Best play respectively of the 1979 80 Broadway and off Broadway seasons. The drama desk comprising critics and other theater writers presented the awards at a gala Celebration at the Rainbow room in Rockefeller Center. Evita won six awards outstanding musical director Harold Prince Star Palti la Pone As Best actress in a musical lyricist Tim Rice composer Andrew Lloyd Webber and featured actor Bob Gunton. John Rubinstein son of pianist Artur Rubinstein won the Best actor award for his performance in children of a lesser god. Best actress was Pat Carroll for her off Broadway one woman show Gertrude Stem Gertrude  Jim Dale was named Best actor in a musical for  Citibank follows others dips interest rate to 13%. New York up _ Citibank dropped its Prim lending rate to 13 per cent from 14 percent Friday leading group of Banks that were latecomers in adopting the lower rate first posted earlier in the week. Manufacturers Hanover chemical and the major institutions catching up to the 13 percent rate making it now the Indus try s prevailing charge on Loans to top. Rated corporate customers. Chase Manhattan took the Lead a owing to the 13 percent level wednesday an was followed by a few big Banks. Banks have been slow to pass on their sharply reduced costs to corporate customers despite a Steep drop in business loan demand. D to it Federal Reserve Chan not Paul Volcker this week told Bankers pc hoped they would lower their lending rates to a level that More realistically Refkije their costs. Up son of Sam -p-"1 ,? collecting social Security disa Btty payments while in Attica state prison the daily news reported Hank ti.pctd5a  pay have been handled by bar Kowkiw s coun appointed conservator and were confirmed by re William Whitchurst Rva it quoted a highly placed source in the Bureau of disability determination to Tea social Security administration As saying payments to Berkowit 27. Had been approved because of his inability to bold a Job due to mental illness.-"-.-. Is serving 315 years in prison for six killings in new York City