European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 29, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 6 the stars and stripes tuesday april 29,1986 Middle aged craftsman a photo for Between $800 and $1,000, Jay Johnson of Ann Arbor mich., will create a custom made suit of Armor for anyone who decides he wants one. Johnson 27, takes measurements and can have a Complete suit ready in about one year. Unfortunately the armorer gives no Money Back guarantee on Battle worthiness. Gas prices will rebound in summer As driving increases analyst says los Angeles a summer driving will spark gasoline Price hikes following five months of steady de Clines but the Rise will be moderate an Oil Industry analyst said. The increase in gasoline consumption is not going to cause prices to zoom up the analyst Dan Lundberg said sunday. It is Only a minority of the population that actually can take to the Road in such numbers As to offset the great tendency of the metropolitan populations not to be Able to afford to go out on the Road like Lundberg said the steady fall of retail gasoline prices since december is bottoming out with import fees and an increase in Federal excise taxes Likely to offset to continued Low prices. Chevron Oil co. Chairman George m. Keller also predicted that Oil prices will begin to rebound this sum Mer. Keller speaking sunday on the Abc news program this week with David Brinkley said he expects the organization of Petroleum exporting countries to reach agreement on Oil prices in a few months. If that happens he said there would be a 75 percent Chance that Oil prices would increase from the current $12 to $14 a barrel to $15 per barrel by the end of the year and a 50 percent Chance it would Rise to the $18 to $20 Range. Oil must be $18 a barrel or More for the Domestic Oil Industry to remain viable Keller said. Lundberg said there was no interruption in the de Cline of retail prices this past week but his biweekly Survey of 15,000 gasoline stations showed the Overall Price of gasoline was 89.96 cents a gallon a Small drop of 0.11 cent since april 11. At the same time wholesale prices to dealers in creased by 1.38 cents a gallon. Average pump prices for each Grade were 76.82 cents a gallon for leaded regular 82.72 cents a gallon for unleaded regular and 97.87 cents a gallon for Premium unleaded. Prices include taxes and Are from self serve pumps. The retail Price plunge began last december when the Overall Price was $1.2145 a gallon. Since then the Price has lost 31.5 cents. Doctors raised fees 7% Affer freeze Chicago a doctors increased their fees 7 per cent or three times the rate of inflation in the year after the american medical association ended a voluntary freeze on physician rates Federal statistics show. But an Ama spokesman says the fee increases were justified by an 8 percent jump in the Cost of running a doctor s office during that time. Meanwhile a consumer group labelled the Rise in Doc tors fees As gouging As the Ama s freeze which began in March 1984, succeeded in bringing Down the rate of increase for doctors services said Daniel Ginsburg a . Labor department economist. But now there s a return to normalcy As physicians try to catch up he said. According to the latest figures from the . Bureau of labor statistics doctors fees Rose 7 percent in the 12 months after the Ama freeze ended in March 1985, com pared with a 2.3 percent increase in the Overall Cost of living during the same time period. In establishing the voluntary freeze the Chicago based Ama urged the nation s 390,000 doctors to Stop fee in creases for a year to Aid the nation s Economy. The group said the move saved Consumers about $1 billion. Or. James Todd the Ama s senior Deputy executive vice president defended the fee increases since the freeze ended. Doctors fees still lag behind costs because the Cost of operating a medical office Rose 8 percent during the year Todd said largely because of increases of As much As 50 percent for malpractice insurance. But Charles Inlander executive director of the people s medical society maintained that gouging As usual has continued Ever since the Ama called for a doctors have raised their fees because Hospital admissions and operations have declined so they must charge More to maintain their incomes said Inlander whose group is based in suburban Philadelphia. Stateside Chick Fil a Yelling fowl play at Burger King Chicken ads Atlanta a bag the Burger War. The newest weapon in the fast food fight is Chicken and one of Burger King s competitors is upset Over ads which say the Home of the whopper does t make its Chicken like the other Guys. Processed is the word that leaves a bad taste in the Mouth of executives of Chick Fil a an Atlanta based Chain of More than 300 fast food Chicken restaurants. Several chains now sell Finger food size pieces of Fried Chicken some of them processed out of various parts of the Bird. Chick Fil a s nuggets however Are All breast meat and have been since 1982 when they were served up As the first such product sold nationwide said spokesman Don Perry. So Chick Fil a officials have written to Burger King and asked them to Stop using the ads. Baby thrown from window in . Caught by passer by new York a an 18-month-old baby was caught by a passer by after being thrown out of a closed fourth floor window by her father during an argument with the infant s Mother police said. Keith Manigault of Brooklyn heard the sound of broken Glass and caught the baby before she hit the ground said police officer John Venetucci. The baby was hospitalized in Good condition. The father Fred Purcell 23, of Brooklyn was charged with attempted murder said Venetucci. When police arrived at the apartment Purcell ran. He was chased and caught by a policeman. Sailboat s passengers uninjured in collision with freighter san Francisco up a 34-foot Sailboat with 11 people aboard collided with a Container ship on the opening Day of the yachting season in Sari Francisco Bay but All escaped without injury officials said. The yacht splendido from Sausalito was hit As it tried to Cross the Bow of the norwegian freighter Hoegh Mallard but it did not capsize officials said. None of the yacht s passengers was injured in the mishap. Witnesses said the yacht tried to mane Auver out of the big ship s Way but its Mast caught in the freighter s Rig Ging and snapped and the Sailboat scraped along the Hull of the big ship. A witness told the coast guard that the freighter sounded its Horn several times but that the Sailboat Crew was unable to avoid hitting the larger Craft. The freighter was not damaged. Parents seeking tour refunds for cancelled european trips Concord . Up parents who have re moved their children from school trips to Europe because of threatened terrorist attacks on americans said they Are seeking political clout to obtain refunds from tour groups. Larry Houston a spokesman for the parents said about 80 percent of the students scheduled to take trips to Europe during Spring vacation for new Hampshire Public schools have cancelled. Travel agents disputed that figure putting it closer to28 percent. Houston said the parents initially formed a group to encourage other parents and students to cancel their euro Pean trips in the aftermath of the . Bombing of Libya and of terrorist reprisals. Houston said the group has now turned its attention to obtaining refunds from tour agencies that arranged the european trips. California Border patrol agents raid House find 138 illegal aliens san Diego Calif. A one Hundred thirty eight illegal aliens have been found crammed into a House and awaiting transportation to work in Northern California authorities said. Border patrol agents raided the House after being Noti fied that the 138 people were in the three room House said Border patrol agent de Pyeatt. V i was astounded last year when we found 60 and 70 people in a House. This was amazing Pyeatt said. The aliens All from Mexico agreed to voluntarily re turn to their Homeland and processing was completed. They had paid $275 to $300 each to be smuggled across the Border Pyeatt said
