European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 18, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes july 1985 conference mourns the end of Persona computer Boom stateside Chicago a the Boom period is Over for the Persona computer a situation that is taking some of the Glamour out of the 13th annual National computer conference chairman Karl Martersteck said although the Industry has enjoyed annual sales growth of about 40 percent for several the growth rate has dropped to about 20 were going through a period of shakeout and adjust he on the opening Day of the fou Day Confer International business machines a giant of the reported that second Quarter profits had dropped percent from ism blamed a listless a Strong Dollar and disappointing sales of some computer other major manufacturers have announced substantial layoffs in recent months As orders for new equipment have Only two of the seven publicly owned computer retail computer factory and Mai business centers have reported an increase in profits for the latest theres no doubt that were in a shakeout in the Indus particularly Many smaller vendors that were spawned by the easy venture capital Money in the late 1970s and Early when the Persona computer Industry was said computer Industry analyst George the Market for Large scale business computers is quite Good for almost All of the he said the newness May have worn off in the Persona computer a lot of people jumped into that and then they kind of saturated the Martersteck weve got overcapacity in that and the demand Hast quite kept of Oppenheimer and in new said the big drop has been in minicomputers and personal compute where sales have slumped except for the very largest such As and a few Niche in the Persona computer Elling that honeymoon is definitely its the problem for these companies to really provide a product that is useful for the the Wall Street journal reported More than 70 Compa Nies had cancelled plans to attend the Trade last years conference in Las featured More than 700 this year there Are slightly More than officials of the which began in stressed that a record 181 new companies have first time statistics compiled by the department of com Merce and released at the conference indicated in the computer Industry shipped billion in a 20 percent increase after the department projected such shipments would in crease 17 percent in 1985 to annual specially food show is largest gourmet shop Ever Atlanta a from pasta to cheese to mousse to a yuppies idea of dining Delight filled Square feet for buyers who plan to put visions of More than sugarplum into Christmas officially its specially but its really Sweet More than buyers from department and specially stores and hotel chains strolled the aisles of the largest gourmet shop Ever at the 31st annual International fancy food and confection in looking for foil wrapped fish for people to Send at saying with love from said Jean a buyer for a Candy store in min who attended this weeks Trade the 553 exhibitors Are aiming at the Christmas and Morris Kushner of a past president of the sponsoring National association for the specially food Trade said these products will be on shelves within gourmet foods take up about 33 percent of a grocery stores shelf up from about 8 percent a few years Kushner most of the products Kates Are aimed at today upscale Trade talk r Urban said show director Dick of Grace Tea in new Kushner said of the three symbols of affluent living Fine Fine Homes and Fine food Fine food is the most easily and what food there is theres Tennessee Tipsy Flavoured with Tennes sees most famous Jack Daniels and Jakes chocolate truffle cake from a restaurateur who liked truffle and Ferrero Rocher hazelnut and soft chocolate cremes encased in milk while some exhibitors had Only packaged goods to Dis such As Belgium chef were on hand to Cook for the Clad in traditional chefs chef Rene whose full name is Rene Van Den Heuvel pan Fried Chicken and beef to dip in his which were arrayed around his not everyone at the show came to buy some came to Eye the Betty Jones and tawn Wilbanks have been making Betty bits chocolate Candy for about eight months and were Here to find out what others were doing in this Sticky they didst have the fancy displays that covered the exhibit but Wilbanks was in the spirit of the carrying a shopping bag of Small red boxes containing their Jones said she was looking at her competitors presenta products and Wilbanks added that she was looking for of there was no swinging Cardinal Cardinal Bernard Law of Boston tries out a swing while visiting Sunset Point vacation House in Law was there to accept a Check for for the Camp for underprivileged the Money was raised by the papa Gino pizza Loose fire Hose leaves Trail of damaged autos Maine a some 200 feet of Hose flew from the Back of a fire engine As it was Rushing to a hitting seven cars and injuring three officials the Hose whipped from one Side of the Street to the other several times before a Portland police detective finally stopped the fire chief Donald Brown said his men were responding to a Call at a restaurant when the Hose came one bystander was struck by flying a second was whipped across the legs As he attempted to enter his car and a third was Cut on the Chin when the Hose broke through a car All three were treated at the one of the damaged cars had to be towed but most received Only minor Montana woman discovers More than Broccoli in package a what officials thought was a bomb inside a package of Frozen Broccoli turned out to be a weighing device used for Quality control authorities we still dont know How it got off the Assembly Jim chief of Law the device was discovered when an Anaconda woman opened the Broccoli package As she prepared it had been in her Freezer for four Connors said he thought the package appeared suspicious because it contained a bottle filled with dark Materi and it looked As though it had been tampered agents from the Federal Bureau of tobacco and firearms went to Anaconda and discovered that the bottle was filled with bolts and Metal Dotson dealt setback in bid to Clear name Chicago up convicted rapist Gary who was released from prison last May after the alleged victim said she fabricated the rape was dealt a set Back tuesday in his efforts to Clear his Cook county criminal judge Richard Fitzgerald refused to consider a defense motion that evidence from Dotson 1979 jury trial be reexamined after prosecutors termed the motion a worthless prosecutor Scott Arthur said defense attorneys failed to secure testimony under oath from a forensic scientist who claims new tests could positively exclude Dotson As a suspect in the agreeing that the defense is required by Law to secure sworn testimony to sustain its Fitzgerald refused to consider the motion and continued the Case until Jack one of Dotson indicated he will be Able to secure a sworn statement from the forensic scientist in time for the next who served six years in prison for the rape of a new Hampshire woman who now claims the attack never won a commutation of his 25to 50year prison sentence from Illinois James Thompson last but Thompson ruled after Dotson highly publicized executive clemency hearing that the mans rape and kidnapping conviction by a circuit court jury should who did not appear in court is seeking to either win a new trial or have his conviction the rape Case Drew International head lines last Spring when Cathleen Crowell who was 16 years old when she accused Dotson of rape in announced she had fabricated the rape a born again Christian who claimed her newfound Faith prompted her to recant the testified at the Clem ency hearing that she made up the Story because she feared she was pregnant after having sex with her who recently revealed she plans to write a Book about the also testified she Cut herself with broken Glass to make the rape appear tests taken of the underwear Webb was wearing the night she reported the rape revealed the presence of which prosecutors contend could not have originated from her can not be ruled out As the possible semen they but defense attorneys contend a reexamination of the underwear by Edward a forensic sexologist at the univer sity of could positively exclude Dotson As the source of the Blake told defense attorneys new tests could show there is at least a Chance that Dotson could have been excluded As the semen the motion