European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 28, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Railroading in Europe see stripes Magazine 3 German pileup leave 4 dead Page 2 q states must assist insanity pleas Page 5 q the Gray Marker in foreign  8,9 o Randy Barnett s car Corner Page 13 q Julius Erving now no. 3 in scoring Page 17 the stars and St ipes Glitz a so vol. 43, no. 315 thursday february 28, 1985 d 8693 a Selling by Central Banks sends do far plummeting London up concerted intervention by european Centra Banks sent he Dollar plummeting from its record breaking peaks in another roller coaster session on Europe s Money markets wednesday. Central Banks led by the West German Bundesbank sold about is billion to depress the value of the Dollar London traders said. The Bundesbank alone spent around $700 million to Shore up the Mark. The Bank of England was believed to be the second big Gest spender dealers said. Sales of Marks to us. Personnel nil be at the rate of .v3ti today. For other conver Sion rate see Purje 23. The action prompted panic Selling of altars and sent the american  u inc or Rani. Info a Jmc disc from it tuesday peaks h suffered the biggest one Day  since world War ii in Milan italian dealers said. Ai inc height of the crash the Dollar lost 10 centimes against the Swiss franc six cents against the Pound and about 40 Trench centimes. The Market is so volatile that we can t even gel people to answer the  said one London dealing Nim.  the markets went Ali Wilmel berserk " other London  agreed the had never seen such  trading. But. By the Clove of trading die Dollar showed signs of climbing tuck the Market was Ripe for Central Bank  said an american banker in London. The. Next big question is whether it will have the desired effect on keeping see Dollar on Page 24 cornering the grammy soul linger Tina Turner and songwriter vocalist Lionel Richie loaded Down with Hie grammy awards Between them celebrate Belr wins tuesday night in los an Geles. See Story and other photos on Page 7. Despite plunge some traders say 4-1 rate possible commentary by Leonard  new York not after Waring in record Hal Ghat this week. It Dollar fell Back tuesday. Bui if Waring Dollar 5 111 Promise to reach Ink height Hill year. Before falling and later recon Erling bit h new York tuesday it Rove to 3.47 against the weal German Mark and some traders and Analy Iti think it could climb to 3.6 Marks or perhaps All the Way up la 4 Marks. And the British Pound fell As Ion As si.04 before rising to $1.06 Buck for a Pound seems inconceivable to Loose who can remember when the Pound we North nearly $5. How Loq cd the Blyn i Yang Dollar slay aloft . Mcnamar the former Deputy Secretary of the Treasury suggests that thanks to the Strong inflow of foreign capital to the United Stales the Dollar flu stay permanently Strong. In a recent speech la the National foreign Trade Council in new York Mcnamar suggested that the Dollar s strength despite the record is. Trade deficit. Wai Doe to the preference of Imes lors All oter the world to put their Money Here More than in an other country. This preference the result of a search for Maxi mum Safe after Ian returns be asserts stems a see traders on Page 24 military urged of Fry harder of thin smokers ranks by Clint Swift Washington Hureau chief Washington a coalition of anti smoking groups is charging that the defense department is not doing enough to fight cigarette smoking but the Penta gon s top doctor says he cannot trample people s Freedom of Choice even to save their health. The coalition on smoking or health is calling for congressional hearings into smoking in the  staff director Matthew Myers said the latest defense department data indicates that 53.3 percent of men and 51.7 percent of women in the military smoke. He said that Rale is nearly 20 percent greater than for men and women in the nation As a whole. He said the Impact of smoking on military people has not been studied. But he said the numbers indicate that the Cost must be substantial in disability and dollars and perhaps in readiness. Or. William Mayer assistant Secretary of defense or health affairs said he agrees that cigarette smoking is a major contributor to health care costs and disability. Mayer said he saw chronic heart lung problems and severe physical damage during a year and a half of work with the veterans administration but he stressed that defense department policies to  Tveith it must be designed carefully. We have to be careful that we Don t Start dictating How people should live their  Mayer said. Pm part of an administration that philosophically opposes restricting people i Freedom of speech in advertising Ond Choice. Mayer said smoking probably does impair military readiness to the extent thai the a cull of individual smokers is impaired. But he said the impairment could be hard to prove with numbers. It s Plain common sense that a reduced pulmonary lung capacity Means that a person is not going to perform As Well under stress As someone who does t have the problem Mayer said. And we know heavy smoking interferes with performance of the kind of things military people have to  lie said he too believes thai the Cihlar Imp do More to tight smoking. He said a Ducc Luc is being developed to formalize smoking restrictions that air can exist in practice in most military medical facilities and to said he would support moves such As increasing the Price of cigarettes in Post exchanges and commissaries. A military health policy conference in the summer of 1983 made two smoking recommendations to Mayer that the Price of cigarettes in pcs and commissaries be raised and that cigarette vending machine s be banned from bases. Mayer said trying an outright ban on cigarettes on military bases would be unrealistic since they would be available right off Post. But making them no bargain makes some  he said. Let s have a bigger profit margin  does not encourage  much of the data that the coalition pointed to was gathered by Mayer s office. In a 1982 study about 21 sea smokers on Page 24