European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 15, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes August 1985 business sales dive percent in june by the associated press in the second largest decline on business sales plunged percent in the government reported the Commerce department said sales at the wholesale and manufacturing Levels plunged to billion in june after rising percent in All Busi Ness segments were it the decline was second Only to a percent drop in March Commerce department analysts the Bleak news on total sales came a Day after the government reported that an Advance report on retail sales for july showed Only a percent a smaller gain than Many analysts had been looking looking another government report said tues Day that gasoline prices might decline by As much As a dime by the Energy information a statistical and analytical Arm of the Energy predicts in its latest Short term published this that retail gasoline prices will fall from an average a gallon in june to by the first Quarter of the Agency said a surge of imports should Force refiners to reduce profit margins and Cut wholesale analysts said tuesdays report of a per cent Rise in retail sales in july dims Hopes for a healthy upturn in economic activity in the second half of the Commerce department said sales at department restaurants and other retail establishments edged up percent last month to a seasonally adjusted total of in other economic news tuesday steel imports reached a record High level in the first half of the and employment in the Domestic Indus try Sank close to a record the american Iron and steel Institute a record Corn Harvest this fall will help boost world Grain inventories 22 percent from current the agriculture department insurance company plans Tough nonsmoking policy a Aetna life casualty the nations largest insurance plans to implement a nonsmoking policy next month that could result in the firing of employees who repeatedly smoke in prohibited nonsmokers needs will prevail As smok ing will be prohibited in most common including rest lobbies and As Well As in some work As a life and health Aetna has an interest in fostering an awareness of health and Robert vice president for corporate wrote last month in an Interoffice memo obtained by the associated by acknowledging that smoking is one of the yet most health hazards and by adopting a policy that will restrict Aetna demonstrates its support for and commitment to promoting a healthy work the new guidelines affecting More than employees will take effect according to the july 17 memo Phillips sent to Aetna department vice general agents and general Man an Aetna spokeswoman said wednesday that existing policy encouraged Accomma but the company wanted to go one step a nonsmoker will now have the right to i cant stand Stop said Elizabeth a senior communications with regard to the possible termination of multiple Krupnick cautioned that it is not in the spirit of this policy at All to Start firing what that really says is like every other Rule in the theoretically that could be the she a similar policy will go into effect at Connecticut Mutual life insurance on and a spokesman for the american lung association in new York said other Large corporations also Are adopting such Aetna is certainly one of the More prominent companies to be taking this but the insurance Industry As a whole has been very said Shane Mcoder program associate for the american lung associations smoking or health pro Mcdermott said smoking bans have been adopted at insurers such As provident indemnity life insurance of Phila As Well As at Boeing the air Craft manufacturer Campbell soup of Hewlett Packard of Palo and control data of policeman arrest prompts drug testing for department a Pauls police chief is asking the entire department to submit to tests for drug use following the arrest of an Lightyear police Veteran on drug chief William who said a month ago that he had never considered screening officers for drug was among the first to undergo the test Robert Kunz president of the police federation of said he anticipates nearly total compliance with the chiefs re the unions executive Board was As sur prised As the department was Over the arrest of a Paul police Kunz we volunteered because we have a nation Al reputation As a department with a High degree of he we Hope to protect that integ i would be totally shocked if it were More than an isolated officer Calvin Thomas Ross was arrested monday while on his girl Ann Marie was arrested at the same while investigators searched their Paul was arraigned tuesday in Ramsey county District court on charges of Possession with intent to distribute co Caine and also faces charges of drug they were released from jail tuesday without Ross was a photo daring Chris Mcdonald took the prize with his near total body for j Winner went Bare Sorf of Seattle a in one a very ample fellow wearing Only a baggy Pink diaper winced As two women shaved him from head to to one a woman dressed head to toe in yellow Lay on her stomach As three people covered her with eight Gallons of ice cans of whipped Cream and chocolate syrup and bowls of split a cherries and pineapple another ate 20 Worms by ones and All were contestants in a Wacky con test at the Seatac Marriot hotel sponsored by in Bqhm in which asked what would you do for the Winner who took All was the one who bared most flamboyant Chris Mcdonald of an advertising Agency who was slathered with Turquoise shaving gel and had him self shaved with a straight razor from head to toe except for Bis eyebrows and the area beneath the Pepsi both fizzle As space beverages Johnson space Houston a ther coca cola nor Pepsi came out a Winner with the challenger astronauts who tested carbonated beverages in orbit for the first the astronauts said Mission commander Gordon in the first news conference since the astronauts returned earlier this month from their eight Day said that neither the Coke nor the Pepsi they sampled in space was very enjoy the flown As an engineering evaluation of two designs of space beverage were warm because there is no refrigeration on the he said the drinks were full of fizz and its hard to say if they would be enjoyable if they were said they we rent at that temper we had no desire to Drain the he said there were no ill effects from drinking Carbon ated beverages in but i cant extrapolate to any great desire to have the Crew members were asked if they would select the carbonated beverages Over the fruit juices that normally Are flown on the space shuttle if the drinks could be re Frig they All Shook their the drinks we have on Board now Are quite said astronaut Tony tastes seem to change in he adding even though the whole Crew prefers Coffee on the there was Little Coffee consumed in also on the which ended were Pilot Roy astronauts Karl Henize and Story and scientists Johndavid Bartoe and Loren the mis Sion was designed to study the Sun and perform other scientific