European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 24, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 news update Bolivia drug raids Trinidad Bolivia not american military and drug enforcement officials said tuesday that they believe they have forced an end to cocaine production i Bolivia for at least six months. Still a drug enforcement administration official leading re porters through the Only cocaine lab that has been captured said that we Are disappointed that most of the traffickers apparently found out about the drug raids i Advance and vanished into the  a result he said expectations have been lowered about what the operation can accomplish. Claim renounced White Plains. . Up murderer Jean Harris tuesday renounced her claim to $220.000left to her by the Man she killed Scarsdale diet doctor Herma Tarnower and has written a letter to gov. Mario Cuomo asking for clemency. Harris attorney Michael Ken Nedy said the letter pointed out that Harris has done Good work in prison with the children of Fel Low prisoner. License suspended Chicago a rep. Dan Rostenkowski is losing his Driver s License for one year after pleading guilty to Drunken driving charges in Wisconsin state officials said wednesday. Rostenkowski chairman of the House ways and Means commit Fine last month after he was stopped by police near Burlington wis., and he refused to take breath test for mood alcohol con tent the stars and stripes thursday july 24,1986 to pc natures 8sbs.c.ctwmoh.w.vl.ass. A 94 my Gnu 79 rent Mem h 71 . 9? to pm ass saw gsssks.0"19 70 Stunf Disoteo u 9 mmi8&sr european weather.  ?525l11  cd Kammrad own Dinion. Hoti us a Shurak iri9 a to m Uppa 90 to Tow North. Ispir 90i in pm Mumi. Lot m ton md40 to North Imus to Toon. Suit hum Oft my duh Nurm Al toy 144 us Outlook Tor Frk toy Contu Odoud non r is Stu 4im 4 n m 90 or nor Levin p b7 Hus 91 m London. Himond. I  fraud Tom. 13.7i a Mhz nmn tin Man. A mull a i hug follow 5 72 94 m 73 9t99 9 71 94 Vin Courtr. D stand w Apoc Tom Fantt own Cloudy a Petty Dauty Bruuno inlaw mini. Cafes Europe retail stores Start accepting credit cards by Charlie Bowden Munich Bureau Munich cafes Europe retail out lets begin accepting visa and Mastercard credit cards today continuing an Exchange service plan to provide additional service to customers and stimulate sales. Cafes began accepting credit card Jan. 6 at stateside exchanges after con Gress in december approved their use. Acceptance of credit cards will not affect prices said Jerry Justus Deputy comptroller for cafes Europe. The plan is that through the acceptance of credit cards we will be Able to increase sales which will offset the fee Toa Afes Justus said. The fee the Exchange service pays in Europe 1.79 percent an the United states 1.98 percent is comparatively Low said George Derrico. Who i overseeing the Start of credit card use for cafes Headquarters in Dallas. The lower fees Are primarily because of the estimated average credit Purchase one of the primary factors used in deter mining the fee. We estimated a $40 average ticket for the states and overseas we re Esti mating an $80 average Derrico said. Cafes officials had predicted that the introduction of credit cards would in crease sales by about 6 percent. But since Startup in january the figure has been Only about 2 percent to 4 percent Derrico  s hard to measure because we started All stores in the United states on the someday. So we Don t have a base or a control group for comparison he  Factor is that the stores began accepting the cards immediately after the Peak Christmas Holiday shopping period. Since january Derrico said cafes has had about 2 million credit trans actions Worth about $96 million or 10.3percent of retail sales. We need one yearns growth to Sec the actual Impact of credit on business he  a floor limit has been established for credit card sales it can be exceeded with authorization from centers in the United states Justus said. Telephone shave been installed so Cashiers can Call the authorization Center in the United state for sales that exceed the maximum. The limit at exchanges in Europe is $150 for visa and $200 for Mastercard. Officials do not anticipate any prob lems with the authorization Calls Justus said since Only about 10 percent of cred it sales Are expected to exceed the  speculate there will be less use of the credit cards in Europe Derric said primarily because the cafes Europe customers can still use App the deferred payment plan for Large Pur chases. Cafes customers overseas annually buy about $90 million Worth of merchandise through App Derrico  Are some exclusions to using credit cards with cafes Justus  cards cannot be used to buy Money orders or travellers checks where offered to make Good on bad checks to make App payments or to make Gaso line purchases. Acceptance at Auto parts stores and garages will be phased  that have been accepting credit cards will continue to do  is just a starting Point Derrico  Are to expand the number of credit cards accepted at Exchange retail stores probably by february and to Mart an elec tronic authorization process. Cafes also is soliciting bids so it can put Mastercard and visa application forms in store around the world Derrico said. If the pro Cess goes according to plan application should be available in cafes exchanges within 90 Days he said. Toll ships featured in Bremerhaven during soil 86 weekend Celebration the expected throng which incl German Federal president Richard byjoe Mapother Bremerhaven Bureau Bremerhaven masts from gathering Host of tall ships have temporarily replaced this port City s traditional Bea con a 19th Century Lighthouse As the lure for an expected half million visitors tothe sail 86 Celebration this weekend. Includes on Weizsaecker will quadruple Bremerhaven 138,000 inhabitant. Hotel space has been booked for months and a . Military spokesman advised travellers to Bremerhaven Onnon essential business to delay their travel until after the festival inexpensive bed and breakfast room sin private Homes Are available for the weekend said a spokeswoman for the City of Bremerhaven. However most of the available rooms Are available Only for All three weekend nights she said. Price Are around 30 Marks $14 rang per night she said. Seven tall ships including the world longest sailing vessel provide one of the main draws in a weekend highlighted by music fireworks and a sunday afternoon Parade expected to draw hundreds of boats. Leading the Parade win be the Gorchock a three masted bark that serves As training ship for the German Navy. The us photo by to.  the Stabnaw i Hummil from Norway Airbed monday in Bremerhaven. Ship is depicted on the 10-Mark note. A 65-year-old, four masted bark fro the soviet Union the 385-foot-Long Sedov is the world longest sailing vessel. To allow Competition among vastly Dif Ferent sailing ships a computer has Bee developed that assigns each ship a time correction Factor. According to can Manfred Hovener head of the sail train ing association Germany factors like total sail area and the Type of null Are taken into account however the Competition takes second place to the Opportunity afforded Youn people to Sharpen their sailing skill Hoe Vener said. Sail training association Ca dets Between the Ages of 16-25 provide half the Crew aboard participating  Cutty Sark trophy is voted by participating captains to the ship that most contributed to International understanding and Friendship not necessarily to the Winner of the races. For those on Shore the Bremerhaven transit authority has developed a Park and ride plan using about 30 parking lot and24-hour bus tickets. The ticket Are color coded for each Day of sail 86 and Cost 2marks 95 cents. Commuter buses will pick up passengers every 30 minute at the Park and ride lots which can be located by following the Large White signs with sad 86" on them. The downtown area near the maritime museum is the focal Point of Shore de activities. More than a mile of stand have been erected during the past week. Some of the highlights Friday 7 pin. Jazz port 86 open air jazz festival saturday 11 30 . Fireworks along the Weser River sunday 5 .tall ships Parade. Nuke train delayed by governor Lincoln neb. A a train carrying damaged radioactive fuel from the three mile Island nuclear Plant was Al Lowed to Roll into Nebraska Early wednesday 3vi hours after gov. Bob Kerrey ordered it baited in Kansas. Kerrey on tuesday ordered the Nebraska state patrol to Stop the train say ing that . Department of Energy officials had not notified him or the patrol that the fuel would be coming through units Way to Idaho. The train was topped at Marysville,kan., about 9 ., and was Given Clear Ance to Cros the Border about 10 Miles away at 12 30 a.m., said Union Pacific Railroad spokesman John Bromley. The train lopped at Marysville to avoid any state Border confrontation said w. Don Nebon Kerrey s chief of staff who flew with stat patrol col Bob Tagg to talk with Federal officials Riding the train. Kerrey said Nelson and Tagg had the authority to allow the train to enter Nebraska without consulting him. He ordered the train stopped because there had been no prior notification about the shipment Nelson said. The train is carrying the radioactive fuel to the National engineering Laboratory i Idaho Falls Idaho. We negotiated with the Federal government so that the state has a Rote in these shipments Kerrey said. This is serious breach of Faith on the part of the Federal