European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 23, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes March Gnu slows inflation rate for March rises Washington up the Gross National heavily burdened by foreign has slowed Down and is growing at a sluggish percent a Pace abruptly less than last the com Merce department reported the tentative Flash projection of Over All economic growth in january through March also showed inflation to be which discouraged International traders and sent the value of the Dollar plummeting on foreign Exchange almost every leading economist had anticipated stronger some suggested the government economists were off in their estimate even after the figures were pub the first Quarter Gnu numbers Are Likely to be revised said economist Jerry Kazinowski of the National association of Gnu should in crease by Only about 3 percent to per cent due to a general inventory correction throughout the Economy and a massive surge in Gnu specialist Herman former chief forecaster of the Treasury depart was nearly alone in his prediction weeks ago of a percent Quarter and said that it was simply the result of importers making up for time lost in the fourth Quad the latest report also took some strength away for the october december marking Down growth to percent from percent at inflation adjusted annual As measured by the govern ments implicit Price deflator is running at a percent annual nearly twice that of the fourth the department corporate profits for the fourth after grew Only percent but that was still better than the third quarters percent the department also for the first a measure of corporate Cash showing an increase of percent to an annual rate of billion in the fourth the Flash issued four times a assumed far greater importance this time around because the Ohio savings and loan crisis focused worldwide attention on the questionable state of the in recent Days the labor department has reported a slowdown in new Job the Federal Reserve has reported a rare decline in Industrial production and wednesday the Commerce department said personal income gained a very weak percent in the value of the Dollar on foreign Exchange markets amounts to an Early warn ing system of changes in sentiment about the american it dropped suddenly on the news the Flash was so weak and inflation higher than expected but soon re covered some of the Navy of fest Tomahawk missiles at Florida Range Washington a the Navy plans to activate in september a new Gulf coast missile Range that will be used for testing unarmed Tomahawk cruise a spokesman said Bob a spokesman for the joint cruise missile project said a flight path and new Range at Eglin have been approved by Federal and state unarmed Tomahawk missiles will be fired from both surface ships and submarines in the Gulf when testing he the new Range will become the first in the Eastern United states designated for testing cruise missiles relatively slow moving Craft that can carry either conventional or nuclear warheads while hugging the ground to avoid radar a photo newsstand in Princeton mayor Barbara Sig Mund stands with some of the newspaper vending machines that were seized after they were placed on the sidewalks of the Ivy league town without the permission of municipal the machines will not be released until a penalty has been officials 4yearold with aids barred from preschool a a 4yearold girl suffer ing from aids has been barred from a preschool program by education officials who say even private tutors wont teach her because they fear the deadly its worse than said Doris the Childs Foster at least they have Leper the child cannot go to school until the state develops guidelines for children with said Annette Kear the school districts special services i want her to go to school now so she wont be in a retarded class when Shes 6 years said a widow and former nurse who has cared for the girl and her healthy twin sister since they were 13 weeks she was interviewed recently on the condition that the Childs name not be Kearney said her office tried to find the girl a private Tutor until the guidelines Are but applicants withdrew when they Learned the child suffered from acquired immune deficiency aids attacks the immune system and mainly affects homosexuals and intravenous drug it can be transmitted through tainted blood and pregnant women who Are drug abusers and contract aids can pass it along to their unborn doctors Are unsure How the 4yearold got most of the paediatric aids cases occur in new new York and according to the National centers for disease control in new Jersey has per cent of the nations aids cases but percent of the paediatric mainly because of a Large number of Intra venous drug the cd has afflicted youngsters pose no risk for healthy children because the disease is transmitted through tainted by sexual Contact or blood said James the Plainfield girls physician and an aids researcher at the new Jersey University of Medicine and but children with aids could be exposed to infections from their said a member of the panel drafting school they deserve Access to schools As unrestricted As he i would Hope that other parents will understand that and not let the emotions of the situations control their earlier this parents in Maryland and Iowa boycotted preschool classes when children with herpes enrol an incurable herpes is caused by a virus that hides in nerve cells and periodically causes sores on differ ent parts of the authorities say its spread can be a 3yearold boy in was the Only child in his class for a month before others came to he is required to Wear a Oft piece jumpsuit to school and May not attend class if his fever which occur about eight times a Are on his face or upper in Council a 3yearold girl with a mild form of herpes was enrolled in january under court order despite teachers protests and a on Day Boycott by the controversy in this Central new Jersey town began in december when the girl was dismissed from pre school after two when the teacher Learned the child had the girl spent half her life in and during that she didst do much she still has a Little difficulty with her Williams but she was hospitalized Only twice last year and has not been admitted this she receives nutritional supplements and every three weeks she receives intravenous military supplier Cut prices but padded paper says Washington a when the Boeing military air plane slashed prices on pliers and so other tools sold to the air Force last it also added a new charge that brought the total Bill right Back to where it the Washington Post re ported the Post said recently obtained Zuments indicate the government did not save Money when the Price of pliers was from to a the documents show that when it Cut tool prices in Boeing added a charge for support equipment manage the according to the Post the original Cost of the tools went right Back to Boeing further reduced the Price of the pliers to in but raised the management charge to the total contract according to the was still Charles had complained about the pliers when they Cost the latest he told the proves that you dont listen to the rhetoric coming out of the you look at the Bottom Grassley chairs the Senate judiciary subcommittee on administrative practice and last when the pliers became an he found a similar pair at a hardware store for the air Force said the expensive special pliers were needed to position a Small pin in kc135 Jet officials said the Over head costs were reasonable because the Jet overhaul program was just the Post