European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 2, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes wednesday april 2, 1986 Oil prices dip under $10 another Low new York a tumbling below $10 a barrel tuesday Oil hit the lowest Price in More than eight years in a plunge caused by bulging world supplies warm weather and pessimism about when the depressed Market May stabilize. It s impossible to say where it will All end said Peter Blu Tel an analyst with Rudolf Wolff futures inc., a Newyork commodities futures firm. The Price of a Standard 42-gallon barrel of West Texas intermediate the main . Crude and an important mar Ket indicator fell to $9.90 in Early dealings on the new York mercantile Exchange Down from $10.42 monday. That compares with the late november Price of $31 a barrel before the Price slide began. Oil prices have not fallen below s10 a barrel since 1977, when refiners were paying an average of $9.55 a barrel for Domestic crude Oil. Futures contract prices for refined products such As gasoline and heating Oil also slumped tuesday. Among contracts for april delivery heating Oil dropped nearly 25 percent to 33.30 cents a gallon Down from 42.78 cents on monday caused partly by the warm Spring weather in much of the country. Unleaded gasoline fell nearly 2 cents to 34.80 cents a gallon. There s nothing holding the Market up said Andrew Lebow at the Shearson Lehman Brothers inc. Securities firm. On monday United Arab emirates Oil minister Mana crude Oil prices contracts for near term delivery on the new York mercantile Exchange am a Sonde pm 24 24 24 24 26 24 24 24 23 24 24 31 1985 1986 based on West Texas intermediate Saeed Oteiza was quoted As saying in Abu Dahabi that Oil prices would drop to $5 to $8 a barrel without cooperation among producers inside and outside the organization of Petroleum exporting countries. There is no Bottom level that can arrest the Downside in prices the official emirates news Agency quoted Oteiza As saying. . Energy Secretary John Herrington disagreed with that View however. I think we re getting near the Bottom he said at a meeting with reporters in Washington monday. I would be very surprised to see it fall to Levels much lower than where it is right  Lebow said Oteiza s comments about $5 Oil along with the recent warm weather in the United states contributed to the Market s bearish mood. As temperatures Rise de Mand for heating Oil declines. The current slump began with a glut in world supplies that was already putting downward pressure on prices late last year. In december open announced it would increase production to preserve its fair Market share abandoning previous attempts to support the Market Price through restrained production. The decision sent prices into another tailspin leading open members to Call for renewed cuts in output by Bot the Cartel and non open members. 70 Gallons Here s /7c of keep the change Chicago a one Man bought 70 Gallons of gasoline for seven cents while a woman waited hours for less than 5 Gallons. As Many As 500 cars and vans lined up Early monday at four gasoline stations in Chicago suburban Evanston Elgin and Northwestern Indiana waiting to pay 0.1 cent a gallon or nothing in a promotion by two Chicago radio stations. Wytze pm chose three stations to sell Gas All Day at one tenth of a cent per gallon. Bail Libby manager of big z a said the first Motorist in line was driving a recreational vehicle and bought 70 Gallons for 7 cents. The Guy gave me a dime extra and told me to keep the change said Libby. George Zagone owner of big z a said one woman in a Chevetta waited six hours for 4.1 Gallons of  a Sci pm disc jockey Bob Wall was on hand in Evanston where Gas station owner Gus Gasatis had 8,000 Gallons for free. For participating in the promotion Gasatis won a trip to Hawaii $4,000 and a personal computer. Aids antibody most often seen in East West coast recruits by Norman Black a military writer Washington in screening military recruits for an antibody associated with the disease aids the Penta gon has found that older recruits Are More Likely to be affected and that a tiny percentage of women Are testing positively. Moreover statistics compiled from the new screening program show the highest incidence rates for positive tests Are occurring among recruits from states along the West coast and the East coast from new York South Ward. The lowest prevalence rates Are being reported for recruits from new England and the Mountain and upper midwestern states. The statistics Are part of the first formal quarterly re View of the aids recruit testing program since its Start last october. The results were provided to the associated press on condition the source not be identified. The new report covers a period that ended three months ago on dec. 31. Thus although it does not contain the most recent results of aids testing Pentagon officials say it is the first to statistically calculate such things As Inci Dence by sex age and geography. For example sources who agreed to discuss the matter Only if not identified said defense department health specialists now have firsthand evidence that the presence of the aids antibody is not a male Only phenomenon. Aids or acquired immune deficiency syndrome is a fatal disease that destroys the body s ability to resist infection. It has been confined primarily to homosexuals Intra venous drug users and individuals who received tainted blood transfusions. The blood screen employed by the Pentagon can do no More than indicate a person has been exposed to a virus associated with the disease not whether he will contract it. Nonetheless it has been embraced by the defense department As the Only tool now available to Chart the course of the disease. The report said that of 138,000 individuals screened Between oct. 15 and dec. 31, 12 women and 198 men were confirmed As having the aids antibody in their blood. That Overall total of 210 positives translates to roughly 1.5 cases per 1,000 individuals screened. That is higher than the rate being reported by civilian blood agencies but Pentagon officials stressed it is impossible to compare the two groups because of such differences As average age. Within the group of military recruits however the Pentagon is now starting to break Down its data. For instance the quarterly incidence rate for men was 1.7 per 1,000, nearly triple the rate of 0.6 per 1,000 for women. Moreover the rate changes dramatically the older the recruit. For those age 17 to 20, the Pentagon found a rate of 0.6 per 1,000. For those age 21 to 25, the rate climbs to 2.5 per 1,000. And for those age 26 and older the rat moves to 4.6 per 1,000. The researchers speculate those differences can be attributed to the fact that the older the recruit the More sexual exposure he or she has had one source said. But that s just a hypothesis and no one knows for  similarly the sources said they cannot fully explain the regional differences the statistics portray. While the Pacific Region might be near the top because of the Large Gay communities in California it s not easy to offer explanations for All the rankings one source said. Recruits from the Middle Atlantic South Atlantic and Pacific states showed the highest incidence rate while those from the new England Mountain and norther Central states displayed the lowest. The mid Atlantic Region which includes new York new Jersey and Pennsylvania headed the list with an Overall incidence rate of 2.3 cases per 1,000 people. It was followed by the South Atlantic states at 2.1 per 1,000 Andy the Pacific states at 1.8 per 1,000. The South Atlantic Region includes Delaware West Virginia Virginia Maryland North Carolina South car Olina Georgia Florida and the District of Columbia. The Pacific Region includes Washington California Hawaii Oregon and Alaska. The lowest incidence rates Are the 0.7 per 1,000 reported for recruits from the Mountain states defined As including Montana Wyoming new Mexico Utah Idaho Colorado Arizona and Nevada and for the East North Central states of Ohio Illinois Wisconsin Indian and Michigan. Next comes the 0.8 per 1,000 rate for the West North Central states of Minnesota Iowa Missouri North Dakota South Dakota Nebraska and Kansas. Also substantially below the average with an incidence of 0.9 per 1,000 Are recruits from new England. The Pentagon decided last summer to require blood screening of All recruits. That process began in october. Then on oct. 24, defense Secretary Caspar w. Weinberg or concluded that All Active duty and Reserve personnel should be Given the aids blood test. The services have begun testing their Active duty personnel but Early results from those tests have not Bee released. A photo Hopes for peace israeli prime minister Shimon Peres is greeted by vice president George Bush in the White House tuesday after arriving for two Days of peace talks. Peres is looking for new openings to keep Hopes alive for Middle East peace. I think we have to look for ways and Means and alternatives to continue the peace momentum he said. Peres said the United states and Israel have proposed plans and we Are going to compare  after an hour Long meeting with Bush Peres told reporters that israe h-. Relations were exceedingly Friendly and the two countries have no serious disagreements