European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 13, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes August 1985 Drivers now paying less for Gas los Angellis a increased Oil production in the Middle East and open Price cuts mean motorists arc paying less for gasoline than they did two weeks Industry analyst Dan Lundberg lie predicts that the downward trend will at least for Lund bergs Survey of Gas stations in 50 states shows that the National average Price of Gas has dropped Over the past two weeks by just Over a Hal cent a this is due mainly to the continuing erosion of whole Sale which dropped almost a Penny a gallon Over the same Lundburg said the average Overall for All grades of gasoline was and four tenths per two weeks the average Overall Price was and nine tenths per the nationwide average regular leaded Gas was a gallon at self serve regular unleaded Gas is currently per he the organization of Petroleum exporting countries Price for crude Oil fell More than a barrel this and a glut is expected because saudi Arabia announced an increase in crude Oil production from million barrels a Day to Lundberg this inevitably will bring reduced crude Oil prices to move the increased he since wholesale prices have dropped by cents per while retail prices have decreased by cents per he there is a trend toward softening of wholesale which presents a lot of pressure for further deterioration of retail Lundberg it is Likely to continue in lower Gas he pump prices eventually May go up because of new environmental Protection Agency regulations reducing the amount of Lead allowed in it takes More crude Oil to make unleaded and it takes More expensive octane enhancers to replace which is the cheapest octane Lundberg Many Chicago murders Start As study finds Chicago a More than two thirds of the homicides committed in Chi Cago from 1965 to 1981 began As a fight or an according to a state study released people keep saying that it is impossible to prevent but that is based on the belief it is random and it appears it is said Carolyn a researcher with state criminal Justice information if theres a then we can figure out what causes the Block Chicago is not the study examined the homicides reported by police during the years covered by the it found that 69 percent of homicides began As a or argument 17 percent began As robberies 1 percent of homicide victims died in rapes and another 1 percent died in in 12 percent of the the precipitating event was not Block said the study is based on the highest Quality and largest data set that exists in the United it includes information about every single one of the homicides that occurred and were known to the police during the years covered by the in As in and parts of Southern certain types of homicide seem to have reached a Peak in then began to taper Block in homicides that began As robberies increased sharply from 1965 to 1970 and continued to increase until when the numbers began to the report shows some differences in the racial makeup of Block within the latin for no rape homicide was attributed to a hispanic of fender in the 17 years covered by the chefs dish up ome lets in Louisiana a take add 420 medium 75 Green 52 pounds of Gallons of 4 Gallons of Green onion tops and 2 Gallons of Cook gently in 1 Gallons of vegetable and dont forget the seasonings 50 bottles of cajun Power garlic sauce and a few cups of that what makes it a truly cajun chef Paul Prudhomme used that recipe sunday to serve up a Gigantic Melet to feed revellers at the second annual French Market festival in deep in the heart of Louisiana cajun Prudhomme and other Louisiana chefs cooked his recipe in a 12footdiamctcr cast Iron Skillet held Over an open fire by a he was watched by chefs from France and the French South Pacific Island of new the French chefs also produced their version of a egg a Tamer version seasoned Only with Salt and both were served to the crowd with French bread and Homegrown Cane the Louisiana chefs were made honorary members of the knights of the great easter who stir up giant ome lets each Spring at the great easter Melet festival in in new has a Simi Lar Melet Maris Mackars of the guinness Book of world records says the ome lets were the largest Ever cooked in this country and the second largest in the the big Gest was a Melet cooked up june in a 30foot Skillet in chefs at the French Market festival in gather around a huge Skillet to stir one of their a photo wholesale prices up percent in july Washington a wholesale boosted by a Sharp jump in food Rose percent in the govern ment reported the gain in the producer Price Index followed a revised percent decline in for the first seven months of the wholesale prices have risen at an annual rate of wholesale prices for the last 12 months have risen just few analysts see any reason to worry hat this Good performance will change in coming although some warn that inflation will pick up somewhat next year As the Impact of a declining Dollar is we should have a better performance on inflation than we did last year and one in line with the super performances of the Early said Allen chief economist for Scarson Lehman the Economy remains Oil and Energy prices Are dropping and commodity prices continue to Benefit from earlier in creases in the food which had been declining through the first half of jumped percent last fuelled largely by sharply higher prices for fresh vegetables and pork prices Rose fish less important to the Overall were up but the biggest spurt was a percent Rise in fresh vegetable Energy along with food the other major component in the fell for the second straight month after a springtime gasoline prices were off percent fuel Oil costs were Down percent natural Gas prices declined in Santa with the vacationing president spokesman Larry Speaks said the White House views the drops in gasoline and fuel Oil prices As very Good he called the jump in food prices Tempo Rary and there is no sign of a pickup in the Bottom line is that the recovery continues Well in the july pp1 report marked the first time that the government revised its Survey techniques to end a reporting lag for refined Petroleum the figures reflect Price changes in just As for the other items in the the report was to have been released but officials postponed the announcement hours before it was the department blamed a series of processing errors having to do with changes in the Way the report is including the change in Energy Price new car prices showed no change at the wholesale level after Bac Toback monthly increases of Light truck prices Rose percent after a percent drop in if last months percent increase held steady for 12 straight the yearly Advance would be the annual rate reported by the department is based on a More precise calculation of monthly prices than the figure made in the producer Price Index for finished goods stood at in meaning that goods costing in 1967 would have Cost last the initial june report had shown no change at the wholesale level and followed four months of gradual the july spurt was the largest since a revised percent Rise in which had originally been reported As As percent the Strong Dollar has been Given much of the credit for the Low inflation partic ulary in commodity the Dollar makes the Cost of imports cheaper while keeping pressure on Domestic manufacturers to hold the line on their while the Dollar has weakened on foreign exchanges from its highs reached in feb that Impact has yet to be Felt on at some the declining Dollar is going to exert upward pressure on but the Dollar has not dropped far enough or been Down Long enough for that Impact to show up Sinai he predicted that wholesale prices for the whole year would Rise by Only 1 percent to Jeff an economist at Wharton agreed with that assessment for this but he said the Price increase could accelerate to percent in in part because of the decline in the value of the