European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 22, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Q de Lorean indicted for fraud racketeering Page 5 n see Stock pulse business news Page 19 n Bush says . Willing to talk with kidnappers Page 28 the stars and tripes authorized unofficial publication for the vol. 44, no. 157 sunday september 22, 1985 d 8693 a f thousands Are dead and hundreds of buildings Are in ruins in Mexico City after thursday s quake. The newspaper headline says Only of god.1 second quake hits Mexico City Mexico City a a second big earthquake jolted Mexico City Friday shaking both coasts of Central Mexico 36 hours after a major earthquake left at least 2,000 people dead officials said. There were no immediate reports of deaths from the new quake. But newspapers saturday reported the death toll from both quakes could reach 4,000. President Miguel do la Madrid speaking a few hours after the second quake said we still have neither precise nor final figures. There arc still people trapped in Many buildings whom we have not been Able to  speaking on television from his residence he said the second quake was less severe but provoking  the newspaper Excelsior said saturday 1,300 bodies had been pulled from the rubble so far. It and the newspaper Al Universal estimated the toll would reach at least 4,000 dead. Offers of Aid poured in from around the world including from the United states but the . Embassy said there was no immediate mexican response. President Reagan announced saturday in his weekly radio address from Camp David. Md., that his wife Nancy Reagan will travel to Mexico monday to explore ways to deliver . Aid to earthquake victims. Do la Madrid said we arc very Happy about the Friend ship shown by foreign  he said the government plans to evaluate its needs before replying to offers of Aid. Big areas of downtown Mexico City and parts of the see quake on Page 28 credit card use of exchanges would Hurt retailers panel fold by cd int Swift Washington Bureau Washington the claim that use of credit cards in Post exchanges would have Only negligible Impact on private businesses ignores the reality faced by Small merchants around some military bases. That warning was issued wednesday to the Heads of the military department store systems and to members of the House panel on morale welfare and recreation in the armed forces. We re always saying it won t Hurt any body rep. Marvin , a Texas said of requests to expand services offered by the exchanges. You can t apply National statistics Lobell county. Texas where you be got 42,000 troops about 20,000 retirees. When we sit Here and say Well that s not going to Hurt those merchants you re just not living in the real  his comments came during a hearing on a defense department proposal to allow Exchange customers to shop in the stores with nationally recognized credit cards. Cath s District includes the area around fort Hood Home of Iii corps and other armoured and cavalry units. He said he spends More time solving problems Cre ated by Exchange Competition on services including soft drinks Bowling alleys and gasoline sales than on any other matter he handles. And it la affect some of them to the extent that it May be just that margin which keeps them in business or keeps them out of business Cath said. You can t come in Here and sit and say we re going to increase business by is percent and its going to All come out of the air. Gentlemen that in t True. Some of it s going to come out of the pocket of  Exchange officials estimated that 15 percent of their business would be done with the cards and that 6 percent would amount to new business because of the cards. Lealh was responding to Jerry Calhoun acting assistant Secretary of defense for Force management and personnel who said that if data gathered during the last two years hold True across the country the Impact would be less than 1 percent of commercial retail sales in the United states. Army maj. Gen. John Long commander of the army and air Force Exchange service said sales of non durable goods in the United states last year were 5414 Bil lion. Sales of non durables by All the exchanges amounted to Only 0.9 percent of that. Worldwide sales of All the exchanges were 57 billion last year making the Exchange system the sixth largest retailer in the United states according to panel data. Calhoun said inc exchanges would not be taking sales away but would be retrieving those lost to the private sector because customers could not use credit cards in the military stores. Long said the cards might help keep some members from tiling checks Al the end of the month hoping they would not reach the Bank before their next paycheck did. The Exchange officials said service members would be Able to use cards they see credit on Page 28 healthy holler president Reagan leaving Belbes a tial Hospital my shouts one Hun dred percent Complete recovery after his first examination follow ing cancer surgery