European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 18, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes wednesday december 18,1985 Gas firm blast kills 11 missing person sought  Springs Colo a firefighters searched the soldering rubble of a levelled two Story Gas company tuesday for a missing person after a propane tank explosion and fire that killed 11 people and injured 13. Twenty seven employees of the Rocky Mountain Natu ral Gas co. In this West Central Colorado town were believed to be in the building when the explosion occurred monday morning. Two people escaped injury. Police chief Bob Halbert said tuesday workers have had trouble identifying some of the ii recovered bodies he added he had no idea How Long in would take to find the missing person. Halbert said authorities were reasonably sure no one else was missing. A welding Torch that was lighted near an almost empty 1,000-gallon propane tank apparently triggered the blast in a garage where repairs were done said los Sitter a company vice president at its Denver Headquarters. Fire still burned under the wreckage at Nightfall. Well continue to look in the rubble in Case there were people there who were not Rocky Mountain  City manager Mike Copp said late monday. Since the office did not take payments Copp said visitors were unlikely. Company president Don Parsons refused to speculate on the cause of the blast. He said he would wait for an investigation. He confirmed a propane tank on a flatbed trailer apparently was undergoing repairs. I doubt if the tank was full but 1 expect it had some propane in it he said. Parsons described propane As More hazardous than Nat ural Gas and he said the practice of welding near Gai would be  no natural Gas was stored at the building in an Industrial Park at the Western Edge of this resort town of 5,000. Police said. The combination Billing office maintenance garage was reduced to rubble by the monday morning explosion. Within 10 seconds the building was basically demolished said Arthur Purdy owner of a nearby restaurant who saw the building explode. There s going to be no bodies in there except dead ones said Keith Gilstrap a heavy equipment operator driving past when the Plant blew up. The Walls looked just like an exploding pop  he s everywhere he s everywhere Santa on � surfboard sinti on Heli copter Sinia in racing car he appears to be taking a variety of Nayi of getting around during this season. So it s not so shocking to see Santa on skis at Carrabassett Valley Maine. Instant clothes May be Frend futurists say Washington a if the world future society is Correct the time is not far off when you will buy clothes by letting a video camera Ogle you and then waiting for the garment to pop out of the oven. This is what the society Calls custom made in its annual christmastime predictions of things to come. The camera will instruct a computer in style color and de sign of your clothes the fabric will be shaped around three dimensional holds ant heated to retain your contours. The instant clothes will be ready to Wear. The world future society s forecasts arc made by scientists scholars and others who write for its Magazine the Futurist. Growth seems to be this year s byword. The biggest growth Industry of the 21st Century space tourism. A week s vacation in a space station or a honeymoon on the Moon will become commonplace says the society which is based in both Coda my. Human growth parents will use human growth hormone a recent product of genetic engineering to ensure that their children grow to Normal size according to the forecasters. Some parents May not be satisfied with an average sized baby and will use the hormone to try to turn Junior into a basketball or football  growth in Picc prospects the East West polarization that has dominated inter National relations for decades May ebb. Both the . And the soviet Union will draw Back from their worldwide rivalry and focus More attention on their  the society also predicts that butlers and other servants will make a comeback in Homes of the future. They won t need those computer cast garments however. These servants will be robots. One computer system already available Speaks with a polite British accent draws water for a Bath mixes cocktails and Waters the Lawn the society says. It does not specify whether this system reads the want ads. For those who Don t have a bustling robot there still is cheery news. Home delivery of groceries and other goods May enjoy a revival thanks to new computer systems for delivery trucks the society forecasts. It also says to quit worrying about Natu ral resources there is plenty of water Petroleum Iron Ore and Timber around the world. And it says Energy is not Likely to be the problem in the 1980s and 1990s that it was in the 1970s. Better yet lower prices Are forecast. More Good news artificial organs will become better. Though artificial hearts have gained the most attention recently artificial Bone and other body parts Are increasingly being used the futurists say. But there s always a but. Future criminals May include Many elderly persons traditionally not prone to crime the forecast says. Older citizens feeling victimized by crime As Well As poverty May become criminals As they seek needed funds and strike Back at people feared As potential  in jail now there s charge a bail to Spring you Morristown . Up criminal suspects can now charge their Way out of jail posting Bond with a visa or Mastercard Morris county announced monday. County clerk Joseph Bell said the new system which he called the first of its kind in the nation allows defendants with credit cards to be released from jail without waiting for a bail Bondsman or for relatives to raise Large amounts of Cash. God forbid if your son or daughter gets arrested in the Middle of the night and you can t find the bail Bondsman you can get them out of jail immediately Bell said. "1 fell the bail system was terribly antiquated so i developed a More convenient and legally sound system Bell said. It s very revolutionary. We re at the Vanguard of  the charge a bail system is being introduced As a 90 Day Pilot program with the approval of the state Superior court in Trenton Bell said. If successful it could spread statewide. Bell said Morris county will also begin accepting visa and Mastercard for payment of traffic fines and other penalties in Early january after a newly installed computer goes on line with municipalities in the county. He said the Fine payment system will Ako be the first inthe nation. The program circumvents new Jersey court rules and Sake statutes that generally prohibit use of credit cards for bail or  of municipally imposed fines. Bell said the system gets around that prohibition by using Cash Call a computer system that determines with a Telephone Call whether a card is fraudulent and if the bearer has sufficient credit to cover the Bond or Fine. Once credit is approved a machine issues a Check made out to the county clerk s office. When the Check is signed it is As Good As Cash in the eyes of the Law Bell said. The computerized system was developed by funds net a Dallas based company with an office in Englewood no. Each Check is guaranteed by funds net and the National Community Bank of new Jersey for up to $500,000, Bellm Tia . Foreign Trade deficit soars to $30.5 billion Washington a the nation s broadest measure of foreign Trade surged to a near record deficit of $30.5 billion during the july september Quarter pushing the country farther into its status As a debtor nation the government reported tuesday. The Commerce department said the deficit in the current account also known As the country s balance of payments was 9.9 percent higher than the $27.7 billion suffered in the april june Quarter. It was the largest quarterly total since a record $31.8 billion in the final three months of 1984. The current account measures not Only Trade in merchandise but also in services mainly investment earnings. The deficits for the first nine months of this year total $82.4 billion. Since the coun try began the year with Only a s28.2 billion investment surplus abroad this surplus has now been More than wiped out putting the country into the category of a net debtor for the first time in 71 years. The current account deficit for the third Quarter included an increase in the Mer Chandise Trade deficit to a record $33 1 Bil lion. Imports increased $3.2 billion from the second Quarter level while exports declined by $1.3 billion. The jump in imports to a new level of $85 5 billion came despite the fact that imports of Petroleum products fell slightly. The drop in exports to $52.3 billion the lowest level in two years came As both agricultural and non Agri cultural exports dropped. Agricultural exports fell to their lowest level since the first three months of 1979. Americans earned $10.2 billion on their overseas investments in the third Quarter while foreigners were earning $2.8 billion on their investments in the United states. This $7.4 billion surplus in direct invest ment was reduced by other Transfer pay ments such As government Aid and by adjustments to account for statistical discrepancies. These adjustments left the surplus in services at a smaller surplus of$2.7 billion