European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 25, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday july 25, 1986 the stars and stripes in appetites for baseball is photo by  to text of the shape Fin department id Fin Hose to col Down the ton it division Little Lane european but Bill chanpion bps. In the background member of the Tarn from Naples Italy warn up for their tame against the shape Teim. Winners of the Competition will go on to the senior division Ullie league world series in Kossl More Fla aug. Ii through 16. British Oil Falls to All time Low of $8.50 a barrel by United press  Britain North sea Oil plummeted to a record Low of $8. To per barrel wednesday amid concern Over a unexpected Rise in . Gasoline supplies during the of Tinner driving season. Motorist demand should be at its Peak in the sum Mer months in the United Stales. Analyst Aid trader were reluctant to buy crude before open 13 Oil ministers meet july 28 in Geneva Switzerland in the Cartel s fourth attempt this year to reach i freemen on production curbs to reduce the total Oil surplus and bait the Price collapse. On the european ipod Market where Oil is sold to the Hulthen bidder Britain s Brent crude fell by 73 cents to a record Low of $8,50 a barrel. The previous historic Low for the Benchmark North sea crude was $8.65 a barred. Hit july 15. Britain began Selling Oil in 1976 at an official Price of � 12.60 a barrel. On the new York mercantile Exchange West Texas intermediate the key . Crude for september de livery dropped 41 cents and slipped below the is 1 Mark  barrel. On the . Gulf coast spot Market West Texas intermediate plunged by j1 to $10.50 a barrel. Joseph Tovey president of Tovey & co. Investment Bankers in new York warned that Oil prices could sink to 15 a barrel unless the organization of Petroleum exporting countries moves swiftly to rein in production which is running at a 4vi-year High of nearly 20 million barrels a Day. The Cost of production does not exceed 15 a barrel in the Middle East where the bulk of specs reserves Are located Tovey said. Oil at j5 a barrel horrifies me but would not Surprise  Oil prices plunged by As much As $2 a barrel tuesday and ended a five Day technical tally on world Market before the american Petroleum Institute reported late in the Day that . Gasoline supplies Rose by 600,000 barrels and demand showed no increase last week. Analysis said the report dashed Hopes at least temporarily that a steady increase in . Gasoline demand would help reduce the world Oil glut and sop up some of specs excess production. Gasoline demand in the United states inched up Only 1.3 percent in the first six months of the year despite falling pump prices far Short of the double digit growth some specialists had predicted for the year. The Oil Industry Trade group also said . Crude Oil stocks swelled by 7 million barrels and refineries revved up operations to 84.4 percent of capacity which could create even larger supplies of gasoline. Army balks at returning mules to Active duty by Norman Black a military writer. Washington the army perhaps showing Tome of the hardheaded Nesi for which mules Are known has quietly dropped the idea of returning the bout of Burden to Active duty. Our study has run its course maj. Phil Soucy an army spokesman said wednesday. And we have no on going interest in mules. They re wonderful animals but there Are prob lems in bringing them Back into the army. It would t be Worth the investment for the few contingencies in which they could be  More than a year ago at the request of army Secretary John 0. Marsh and Gen. John a. Wick Ham the army s chief of staff the service formed a Small working group of officers to explore the idea of bringing mules Back into the military. According to it. Col. Craig Macnab another army spokesman the last extensive use of mules by the army occurred along the Burma Road in the China Burma India theater before world War ii and in the Philippines during world War ii. By the 1950s, however the last group of army mules had been retired at fort Carson colo., and military mule skinners disappeared. The decision to study the feasibility of re forming mule units surfaced during a broader review of array equipment needs for fighting in different terrains. Although the army studied How various pieces of equipment could be loaded on mules and received dozens of tetters offering advice on handling the animals the study ended on a rather pragmatic note. Soucy said. The number of places where mules would be the transportation of Choice or necessity Are few when you look at the Earth s surface and the missions of the . Army the spokesman explained. The investment necessary to maintain mules for use in so few locations would simply not be wort the Price. Do you keep a stable around for such contingencies and there would have to be addition Al training for soldiers  the army Soucy said simply concluded that if it absolutely has to have them they can be procured or commandeered when you need  the Only other shot the Hardy animals had at re joining the military was a Sugg Calion by Marsh last year that the Vermont National guard consider establishing a mule Skinner unit with it Mountain Bat Talion. The Vermont National guard rejected thai suggestion almost As soon As it was made however