European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 23, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 world today the stars and stripes wednesday april 23,1986 a Security a photo machine gun toting italian police wearing bulletproof vests guard the Entrance to a Mcdonald s restaurant in downtown Rome. Potential terrorism targets throughout the country Are under heavy Security. 2,000 soviet circus goers see fatal plunge of circus Clown Moscow up1 about 2,000 circus goers watched in pain As the soviet Union s Only Solo female Clown fell from a High wire to her death during a performance tru newspaper said. Irina Asmus a High wire Clown and former hostess of a Well known children s to program was near the end of her act in the byelorussian City of Gomel when a Loose screw in the hoisting equipment caused her to plummet to her death trud said. One moment the audience was applauding and laugh ing the next moment about 2,000 spectators stood up in a United wave of bewilderment and pain the newspaper said. Most Spanish Gas stations close As Campsa employees strike Madrid Spain a employees of the state Petro Leum monopoly Campsa began a three Day strike monday aimed at forcing the company to relinquish its monopoly status As required by the european economic Community. The strike by Campsa s 8,300 workers shut Down All but 470 of Spain s 3,517 Gas stations nationwide although minimum service agreements have been reached to keep hospitals ambulances ships police and the military sup plied. The Spanish airlines Iberia and Avico cancelled 128 National flights due the strike. Number of . Tourists visiting Portugal Down sharply in March Lisbon Portugal up the number of american tourists to Portugal dropped sharply in March compared to March 1985, and almost All 1986 . Tourism con tracts were cancelled in the Wake of the . Raid on Libya news reports have said. However the portuguese news Agency no reported that tourism in general jumped More than 16 percent during the first Quarter of 1986 compared to the same period last year. It said the number of american visitors to Portugal last month was 23 percent less than those who came in March 1985, with Only 12,628 . Tourists entering the country. The Outlook for the rest of the year is worse the Agency said. Cafes Burger King franchise proving to be sizzling Success Charlie Bowden Munich Bureau Munich the yearning of displaced americans in Europe for a taste of Home has made cafes Europe s Burger King franchise a whopper of a Success in its first full year of operation. The Exchange service s 16 Burger King restaurants had nearly $7 million in sales during 1985, with roughly two thirds of that coming from the Frankfurt and Ansbach facilities according to cafes Europe statistics. Generally sales in Burger King restaurants have been at least 40 percent Over our expectations said cafes Europe spokesman capt. Mark Besich. This sizzling Pace has been damaged somewhat by the heightened Security at . Installations. Tightened Security has impacted All Burger King locations Besich said. The most dramatic is Frankfurt where sales have been Down about 30 percent since the shopping Complex was fenced  the army sealed off the area after a terrorist bombing in the shopping Complex nov. 24 injured 35 and destroyed or damaged More than 40 cars. Although sales dropped at the Frankfurt Burger King customers managed to make it the sales Leader among cafes Europe s More than 400 food service facilities. In previous years the Grafe Woehr cafeteria was the King in annual food sales but the Frankfurt Burger King easily took Over the top spot in 1985 food sales with a million dollars to spare. The apparent immediate Success of cafes five year Experiment with hamburger franchises also is paying dividends to military communities. The presence of the fran Chise Means a return to that particular Community at a time when both appropriated and non appropriated funds Are in Short Supply and morale support activities Are being told to find ways to become self supporting. In Ansbach where the flagship Burger King opened aug. 3, 1984, sales total just Over $1.4 million through december 1985. That has resulted in a direct operating profit of nearly $185,000 that is split 50-50 with the army Community Besich said. The presence of a Burger King also Means jobs. This is especially True for teen agers who had been pretty much limited to sacking groceries in the commissary delivering newspapers or waiting for school to end and the Start of the military s summer hire program. Of the More than 1,800 Burger King workers on the cafes Europe payrolls nearly 1,700 Are family Mem Bers or military members working part time Besich said. We want to maximize the hiring of teens and family members and we re doing that he said. Response to the Burger King outlets in Europe apparently justifies cafes Europe s belief that customers want fast food. That belief coupled with rising costs and a younger Market signals the demise of the old cafes cafeteria a Dinosaur in the realm of food service. But Besich said the introduction of a big name Burger franchise into the cafes Europe marketplace was not a Factor in the decision to gradually eliminate the cafeterias. Operating costs make the cafeterias the most expensive concept in food  Besich said. The organization had begun introducing Burger bars into the marketplace featuring the cafes Burger and had started putting up some specially fast food stands. Fifty two such fast food outlets brought in nearly $35 million Worth of business during 1985, Besich said. Expansion of the cafes Burger bars was curtailed or modified when Burger King arrived. If a Burger bar was operating at an installation where a Burger King was planned the Burger bar was made into a Burger King or converted to another Type of fast food facility after a Bur Ger King was built Besich said. As cafeterias close most will be converted into fast food shops offering several varieties of eat and run foods rang ing from tacos to pizzas to Chicken. The Exchange service Calls the new design a Cluster concept using one com Mon dining area for several types of fast foods Besich said. The goal Here is to provide the Type of food service the customer  introduction of the Burger Kings into the cafes marketplace has not been without its problems. Congressional committees questioned the legitimacy of using appropriated funds to help put up a commercial business on a military installation. That questioning attitude resulted in a temporary halt to the program until a study could be conducted of the ramifications of such a move. Since then the Pentagon has completed the mandated study and found the program had More advantages than disadvantages. One major concern of Congress was the Impact the program would have on local businesses but the report found that practically impossible to determine because of the numerous economic factors that could affect a local business. The congressional restraint however did not affect the cafes Burger King franchises in Europe. In fact the franchise program s construction schedule was first stepped up As funds were diverted from the United states Effort to Europe and then curtailed temporarily when the program hit construction snags. The biggest problem is the scheduling and construction of the projects and keeping them on schedule Besich said citing bad weather As the Factor that most dramatically affected Burger King openings. But through experience he said the problems have been overcome and the program is again on schedule. Ten new Burger Kings have either opened in 1986 or will open later this year Besich said including two in Italy. The list May expand before the year is Over he said. Cafes Europe s Burger King plans for this year in clude introduction of nine Mobile vans. The vans which resemble a Large recreational vehicle can offer a full menu including breakfast but no seating. Although Besich said the Mobile Burger Kings had not been targeted for any particular Community officials ear Lier said the intent of the vans was to serve locations where the population did t warrant a full scale restaurant. No final decision reached in open talks Geneva a a we Klong open meeting ended monday with no final decision on a comprehensive strategy for reversing the collapse of Oil prices Cartel officials said. It was the second time in a month that the group failed to reach a consensus. Arturo Hernandez Grisanti president of the Organiza Tion of Petroleum exporting countries said 10 of the 13 member nations agreed to gradually lower their Oil production starting in july. But he also said there was no agreement on the More important question of How an official production ceiling would be divided among member countries. The ministers plan to resume their efforts to reach a unanimous agreement at a june 25 in Yugoslavia said Hernandez Grisanti the Oil minister of Venezuela. The majority of the Cartel s members favored setting an Overall production ceiling of 16.3 million barrels a Day this summer compared with its current output of about 17 million barrels daily and 17.3 million barrels daily for the year s final three months when demand is expected to in crease. Libya Algeria and Iran dissented saying they wanted faster and deeper cuts in Oil production. Speaking through an interpreter Iran s Oil minister Gholamreza Aghazade said he had no intention of Abid ing by the will of the open majority. Arguing that the majority plan was insufficient to push Oil prices Back up Aghazade said he and his counterparts from Libya and Algeria favor a production Cut to 14 million barrels a Day in order to achieve a Quick rebound in prices. Grisanti said a committee of Oil ministers from Indonesia saudi Arabia Kuwait Nigeria and Venezuela was appointed to make Contact with almost All non open Oil exporting nations in Hopes of getting them to cooperate with open. Indonesian Oil minister Subroto told reporters that monday s conclusion while not a unanimous decision is a Start toward a Broad open strategy for regaining control of the world Oil Market. He said open s goal is to push Oil prices Back up to the Range of $18-$20 a barrel. In recent Days prices have been hovering Between $11 and $13, less than half the novem Ber Price of close to $31 a barrel. On the new York mercantile Exchange contracts for May delivery of West Texas intermediate the Benchmark . Crude closed at $12.57 a barrel monday. That was 65 cents More than Friday s close. Analysts said the meeting s outcome did not affect Trad ing much since the Market already had anticipated that no agreement would be reached. No Cartel member committed itself officially to any specific cuts according to sources speaking on condition that they not be identified. Asked whether his country would Cut its production Subroto said no. He explained that he expects Indonesia to get a bigger share of the open production pie than it held under the previous production sharing Accord that had limited open s output to 16 million barrels daily. That ceiling has not officially been abandoned Subroto said but for practical purposes it no longer applies. Subroto said negotiations on production quotas for the 13 member countries would begin later in the year presumably at the june open conference