European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 21, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse Inside stripes d holidays unite yanks europeans Page 3 n Senate to probe . Air safety Page 5 3 a locating through at Grafe Woehr pages 8-9 the stars and tripes vol. 44. No 2 Bear loan african girl in altered rags. I started with three ideas Ingeman sen said. Christ giving a gift to the Juirl. The Little girl giving the Bear away with out he Angel and just the Larye Angel. 1 decided to Combine Serino said each year s idea must be appropriate to the season artistically appealing and practical to execute. Once the decision is made students from All of his classes work on individual panels. Some Lake two Days he said. More complicated ones take two the material is a translucent gel like paper that Serino buys in German store the completed picture goes up two Das be fore thanksgiving and comes Down Jan. �. Serino said the Range of ideas is wide open although he suggests Christmas , such As peace in Larch thankful Ness or brotherhood. Sandra s idea is the lesson of Sacri fice he said. Sandra Ingemunson and Joseph Serino in Fror . Reports sluggish 2.4% economic growth Tor 85 Washington a the . Econ omy grew a sluggish 2.4 percent in 1985, the weakest rate since the recession year of 1982. The government reported priday. The Commerce department said the nation s Gross National product the broadest measure of economic health was Down substantially from the revised 6.6 percent in crease pasted in 1984. For she last three months of this year the Economy is growing at an estimated annual Rale of 3.2 percent according loan initial Flash calculation released Friday. The Gnu report showed that inflation remained Well under control last year. A Gnu linked inflation Index which measures a con Stant Market Basket of goods showed prices Rose 3.5 percent in 1985, the lowest increase since a 3 percent gain in 1967. A separate retail Price calculation re leased Friday by the labor department said that consumer prices climbed 06 per cent in november the steepest monthly gain since january 1984. That report said however that Price in creases for the first 11 months of the year at an annual rate of 3 i nor be jul. If hat Rale holds through Ducc Obeja f 1985 would be the Best year for consumer prices since 1967. The estimate of 2.4 percent Gnu growth for the entire year the slowest Pace since a 2.1 percent drop in growth during the 1982 recession was below the government prediction of 2.7kr a Cal growth for the entire year. My upon a slightly different basis measuring Ingrowth from the fourth Quarter of last year 1 to the current Quarter the Gnu grew 2.8 i percent also below the administration s expectations for growth of 3 percent. The Gnu figures reported Friday reflect a substantial revision in the Way this key economic statistic is calculated a revision see Gnu on Page 28
