European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 25, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 28 the stars and stripes Friday july 25,1986 exchanges charge ahead with plastic by the Sura id Stripe Exchange patrons weren t wasting any Lime in pay ing with plastic thursday the first Day credit cards could be used at cafes exchanges in Europe. I prefer a credit card to Money or Check. You useless checks and if a said Tosh Partridge wife of . Public health service employee . Bowen a Pedi Atric nurse at the 130th army Hospital in Heidelberg used her credit card 10 buy necklace for herself is the Heide Berg Exchange. I just came from the stale and i lived on Ray credit cards so 1 might As Well do it Over Here Bowen said. If i want something bad enough i la put it on managers had different expectation at How credit card business would affect Sale in their stores. It s Gonna do Well Here Ai Rhein main said bobs tack assistant manager of the Rhein main Exchange. A lot of people come through Here while toy an from other areas of James herhold manager of the Heidelberg Exchange was cautious. The Exchange is accepting cards tall registers except the express s too Early to Tell if toe use of credit cards wit increase our safes he said. I Haven t sees anyone pull out a credit card today so t Don t know How effective it will hours after the Frankfurt Post Exchange open Ihssan Peres end talks of the Law Angela Tymn Morocco lung Hassan ii of moroc co on a Hnieday defended his Summit with Israel prime in Ter Shimon pars although he said it failed Becaum pates refused to address the peace in the Middle East in a 50-minowclevised address Hassan officially informed to moroccan people for the first Lime that he had nth Peres since King said thevos were held to explore e Middle East. Heby the growing a political Cli Nego Loccu-j967 possibilities for peae Esaid they were made disarray in the Arab Tomate in Israel that is expect eat Shin sharply to the right in october when Perm Turas Over the premiership to foreign minis Lac Itzhak Sha Mir Leader of the right Wing Licu Hassan said Peres would not Tilting with the Palestine Liberal lion or talk about Israel s withdrawal pied Arab territories captured during Middle East War. Royal newlyweds on cruise Terceira azores islands api Complete with videotapes of their wedding. Prince Andrew and his Princess boarded the Royal yacht Britanni Ato embark on a five Day honeymoon cruise through this verdant mid Atlantic Island throughout the world watched the televised wedding of Andrew and Sarah Ferguson on wednesday morning in London s West Minster s newest Royal couple landed wednes Day evening at the joint Portugucse-. Laje Sair base new irs chief confirmed Washington a the Senate on wednesday confirmed Dallas tax lawyer Law Fence a Gibbs to be the new Connin Ioir of the internal Revenue service a Job that will require implementing a sweeping tax overhaul Law being written by Congress. The lawmakers approved Gibbs on a voice Ole with no debate sending him from a Job where he advised people on How to avoid paying taxes to the role of the nation s chief lax collector. Volcker makes plea Washington a Federal Reserve chairman Paul Volcker issued a Strong plea wednesday for Japan add Western Europe to Dipmore to keep the worldwide economic recovery alive and relieve pressure on a . Economy he said faces growing imbalances and in his midyear report to Congress Volcker used his toughest language yet to implore Ameri Ca s major trading partners to stimulate their own economic growth and keep the world from plunging into another recession. Ing Michael p. Howard assistant manager counted 14 charged we re really looking Forward to the Christmas season. Thai s when everybody uses everything they Vegi he said. There were some problems with credit card trans actions on the first Day. The first charge Debbie Whitfield sales clerk at Thea Schaffenburg Exchange had to handle required credit card company had trouble with he phone and in was 4 . In the slates. The lady on the other end said our system was just As new to her As it was to Whitfield said. I was the first one to experience All the Good think the credit cards May hold us up As far As waiting on the customers is concerned because we Only have two people behind our counter said Joyce Beach assistant supervisor of the jewelry counter atthe Heidelberg Exchange. Jacqueline Blancy Central checkout supervisor forthe Hanau Exchange said Alt the Cashiers had been told How to handle credit know the limits for visa and Mastercard that they can automatically Check. They also know that Over a certain limit they must have verification from the slates. The phones at the checkout counters have direct line to the states she said Kathy Hrdlicka a Frankfurt Exchange sales clerk said it lakes a Little extra time to look up the card on the warning notice list and fill out the form. But it s pretty easy she said. Once we get the hang of it Well be All credit cards will allow customers to buy things right away rather than putting them on layaway or going through the deferred payment plan App think it s great that we can use our credit cards. It makes purchases easier than App because a lot Opeo ple already have the credit cards when they gel Over Here said 2nd i. Jeffrey Silverthorne he co 7thsignal be Mannheim. This Way they Don t have to Start a App account and have one More thing to but herhold said the App program has a Bette interest rate i percent per month or 12 percent per year. He said credit card interest could Range from 17to 11 percent depending on who issues the card. "1 believe people will use their App As Long As the can to save the interest and perhaps when they have reached that limit Hen they May use their credit card he said. . Perry Ellis 529th co Heidelberg goods with his credit card so his wife Young could see How it was done. She works at the Heidelberg Exchange As a cashier and had a class on How to close credit card purchases but she wanted to see in done but into emr a win of Bour time. Con Bywy a Wmk to. Or cd Feim k in Neon Reagan vows Aid for Farmers in drought stricken Southeast Columbia. . A president for Republican candidates in this Sun scorched cd stale said thursday thai the drought in in Southeast is reaching tragic proportions one of the worst of the Century and promised government help related Story on pig 4. Arriving Here on the last Stop of a two Day swing through Texas Florida and South Carolina Reagan watched As Bales of Hay donated by Farmed in Illinois were unloaded by forklift from an air Force c-141 cargo plane for starving cattle Here everything thai our farm program will allow us to do we re going to try to do the president two hours after Reagan poke. Agriculture Secretary Richard e. Lyng announced in Washington that special drought task Force will help Speed Federal Aid to the Region and that several existing programs will be tailored to help Farnen recover from economic losses. No major new spending programs Wen addition Lyng said the agriculture department will set up a toll free Telephone hotline to answer questions about Aid beginning Friday. Throughout the Southeast crops and pastureland have been ruined by the drought and Many Smalt Farmers already strapped by lower prices and higher Pilot from Pap a 1 Airport for Pensacola and Tampa. Eastern assigned anew Pilot to the plane and the Light departed two hours spokesman. Glenn Parsons said the unidentified Pilot who is based in Miami was granted voluntary Early retirement. The Pilot asked to retire thursday during a cordial 30-Minule meeting supervisors Parsons said. Fred Fox a photographer for the Tampa Tribune who was aboard flight 141. Said the plane experienced seven delays including the late arrival of the Pilot failure of a Galley door to close properly and a shortage of the Pilot first tried to move the dc-9 away from the Gale the engines shut Down and the Cabin lights went off. Fox said the Pilot restarted the engines about 10 minutes later taxied away from the Gate an got in a line of jets wailing to take off. The Pilot came on the intercom and said we redoing to be stuck out Here for about 20 minutes,1 then paused for a moment Fox he came on again i thought i was listening to an and for a thriller movie but i did t hear the commercial Fox said. The Captain said you know they say when you die you have to change in Atlanta,1 " then he launched into a diatribe about Airport Pilot taxied the plane Back to a Gale and walked off the aircraft Fox said. Interest Rales face in the Region have been estimated at upwards of 51 when limes Are Lough you show your Mettle Reagan said at a j150-a-Pcrson fund raising luncheon for rep. Carroll Campbell a Republican locked in a close race for governor against Democrat till. Gov. Mike Daniel. Today South Carolina s banners Are suffering from drought As Are banners throughout the Southeast. The drought is reaching tragic proportions one of the worst of the Century and i want you to know that our administration stands ready to help Reagan the president s direction the air Force began ferrying Bales of Hay from the Midwest to the Southeast week. Upwards of 370 ions of Hay have arrived in South Carolina where crop losses Are estimated at$100 million. Reagan s visit came one Day after democratic sett Emesel Hollings of South Carolina accused the while House of playing politics with our disaster said he had arranged to have 30 tons of Hay shipped from Massachusetts but that the White House refused to Airlift it even though it had carried similar airlifts for Republican members of South Carolina congressional delegation. Responding to the charge presidential spokesman Larry Speakes said there 19 quite a bit of Hay Corning into South Carolina. I sure that As time goes by i certainly will be enough to feed the in his speech Reagan touted his economic policies and said More than 10 million new jobs have been created during 3vi years of economic , who expressed sympathy wednesday with the battered Energy Industry in Texas said his administration was responsible for the plunging prices of Oil. Thanks in Large measure to our decontrol of Oil we be seen Energy prices Tumble including the Price you pay for Reagan said thursday in South Caro Lina. In i it Good to pull Flo the station today and watch the Gallons on the add up faster than in dollars arc offers toll free number Garmisch Germany a toll free number has been established for reservations for armed Force recreation Center areas in Berchtesgaden Chien Ueland Gar Roisch. Officials said. The number for the toll free line dialled from within Germany is 0130-2772. The military Telephone num Ber 2535-s75, and the ets number 4402-s7s, have not been changed. The arc resorts have also expanded the hours Oft Neir Central reservations office. Their new hours Are 7 .-b1 p.m., mondays through fridays and s .-6p,m., saturdays and sundays. Arcs Central reservations office will be close saturday because of the installation of new Power lines. The office will reopen sunday and will be accept ing reservations on its toll free Telephone line the Mili tary and ets line
