European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 6, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes wednesday August 6.1986 open agrees on production cuts Geneva. Switzerland up Ope announced tuesday an agreement to re Duce Oil production by almost 4 million barrels a Day in september and october to love the Oil glut and raise prices. Prices immediately jumped by More than s3 for Britain North sea Brent crude on the european spot Market. On the new York mercantile Exchange West Texas intermediate the key . Crude for immediate delivery shot up by almost s2 a barrel. If the 13-Moribcr organization of Petra cum exporting countries can make in production limit of 16 million barrels stick,, consumer will see higher prices tar both gasoline and Home Healing Oil before the agreement to Cut production by almost 4 million barrels a Day world Oil prices had fallen from an aver age of $28 dollars a barrel in december to around $ 10. The Cartel cautioned hat its efforts to defend prices Are contingent of similar production cuu by non open countries. It also called the open cutback a temporary Mea sure and said member states will pursue thai Campaign for a fair Market  open ministers announced their interim agreement which excluded open member Iraq at the end of a nine Day conference. Ministers agreed 10 meet again in the fall to consider production Levels after october. Delegation source said oct 6 was provisionally set As he Date to meet again in Geneva. Alcohol from Paga 1 alcohol at least on occasion about 40 percent smoke cigarettes and about 9 percent use drugs for other than medical reasons the Survey showed. About 12 percent Are heavy drinkers at least once a week and two to four drinks per occasion about 31 percent smoke a pack or More a Day. With few exceptions the trends were the same for the defense department and the service individually. By raw numbers use of alcohol cigarettes and drugs was lower in the air Force but not after the figures were adjusted for differences  As rank or  was the favorite beverage 76 percent of military personnel drank Beer during the last month. Marijuana was the drug of  were no recent civilian data but com pared with 1970s figures military personnel 18 20 years old were More Likely than younger civil ians 36 percent to 23 percent to drink an ounce or More alcohol a Day. Bui troops Over 35 were less Likely than civilians 16 percent to 17 per Cenl-21 percent of the same age to drink that much. About 9 percent of military personnel reported using drugs during the previous 30 Days an about 13 percent within the previous year. Use was highest among members in pay grades Al toe-3.the data showed a steady decline in drug use across the services during 1980, 1982 and 1985, the three years the Survey has been taken. Cigarette smoking was highest among men those with some College or test than a High school education and those in pay grades e-4 toe-6, it tended to increase with age. Shultz from Paga 1 what i be seen it s hardly a scientific   on another Contr venial Issue spokesman Redman said Shultz supports the president s decision to sell the soviet Union subsidized Grain. However the . Official did not Chall Ngethe accuracy of an interview Shultz gave Usa today and other Gannett newspapers in which lie said that i Don t think it is Good for the United states and that it could Lead to a sub tidy War cafes from Pago 1 Mastercard. Charges above those limits require the cashier to Call an authorization Center in the United states. We Haven t had any significant problems with the Calls Back to the states which was one of our concerns Justus said. The idea is that it should be the same As if you were walking into a store in the United states All reports indicate that it i working Welt. We know that some customers will be turned Down after the Call it s happened already and will in the future but that s Between them and the credit curd  card service in Europe follows a similar program begun at exchanges in the United states i january. In the first six weeks stateside customers made 300,000 transactions Worth about s16.5 Mil lion including about 3,000 Catalon orders. Storms bring twisters rain Hail to some parched areas by United press item Attoul storms that produced tornadoes scattered heavy rain and Hail the size of baseballs rumbled across the Plains and Southern Atlantic coast tuesday helping keep temperatures at near Normal Levels in the Wake of a record heal wave. Although the rain in the coastal areas of the South was heavy in some locations drought stricken areas in Georgia and South Carolina remained untouched by the thunderstorms. The drought has been blamed for$2,3 billion in tosses to crops and livestock. The air is still fairly dry said Harry Gordon National weather service meteorologist. Most of the moisture is out of the system before it reaches  re going to need circulation from the Gulf coast to do any  temperatures soared past the 100-degree Mark Las week in the Southeast and Plains. But highs were Only in the High 80s and Low 90s across the regions monday and no record highs were set rainfall in the South monday included nearly 2 inches at Savannah ca., and Charleston s.c., and More than an Inch in Tallahassee and Daytona Beach Fla. A Tornado was reported at Crescent Beach s.c., but there was no damage. In the Plains and Rockies baseball size Hail pounded North Central Kansas and 60-Mph winds howled through grand Junction in Western Colorado. In Cen trial Minnesota goofball size Hail pelted Aitkin. Strong thunderstorm winds snapped Power poles Southwest of Maurine ., and Hail pelted area Southwest of Maurine and North of Philip  Howling winds blew into Kansas and reached s3 Mph at Dodge City. A Tornado struck in Chadron in Northwestern Nebraska but no damage or injuries were reported. Farther West in Phoenix ariz., the City s Low of 81 set a new record for the warmest Low for aug. 4. The previous record was 87. Set in 1984. In Glacier wash., rescuers and specially trained dogs searched without Success monday through deep wet Snow on 10.778-foot mount Baker where warm weather triggered an Avalanche that buried two climb Era sunday. Whatcom county authorities decided to abandon the search saying thai no evidence was found to Indi Cate the missing climbers were alive. The men Are presumed to be buried in a Crevasse on the Mountain they said in a statement two other climbers were rescued sunday after they were partially buried by a slab  Israel Egypt near Accord in resort dispute Bush says Cairo Egypt a vice president George Bush tuesday said Israel and Egypt were near agreement in negotiations to Settle a Border dispute by International arbitration and there was Hope they could wrap it up in 24 hours. The dispute Over the red sea beachfront resort of tabs dominated the final Day of a visit to Egypt by Bush whose 10-Day Middle East tour included Israel and Jordan. Bush told a news conference thai at Egypt s request the slate department s Richard Murphy is staying for another Day in Cairo to help in the latest round of israeli egyptian talks that began tuesday. Most of the obstacles to the agreement have been removed Bush said. The negotiators Are very  an egyptian official said although Progress was being made in the talks differences still Nail to be ironed out. And Avraham tamil1, co chairman of the israeli delegation told reporters he doubted this round of talks would be the last. Murphy the assistant Secretary of state for near Eastern affairs accompanied Bush on his tour. Mur Phy shuttled Between Egypt and Israel last weekend Over the Issue of Taba which lies South of the  it was requested at a very High level that he Mur Phy stay hoping that the agreement can be hammered out in the next 24 hours Bush said. He did not identify the egyptian making the re quest nor did he make Clear who hoped for a conclusion in 24 hours Egypt or the United states or both. The vice president said he raised the Suie with Egypt s president Hosni Mubarak and israeli prime minister Shimon Peret during his tour because the United states firmly believes it s time to get Taba out of the  Brawl spurs dismissal of gurkhas London Impi More than 100 members of be elite gurkha regiment have been dismissed from the Brit ii army in Hong Kong following a Brawl in which two officers were injured the ministry of defense said Mon Day. The Brawl in Wincn a commanding officer and a Junior officer suffered cracked ribs look place May 25 at the end Ofa British american military exercise in Hawaii. The dismissal of the 110 gurkhas out of a battalion. Of 137 is unprecedented a military expert said. A ministry of defense spokesman said we Are quite shocked by their actions. Gurkhas have been regarded As one of the most trustworthy units. The vast majority of offic Cre refused to answer questions during the police investigation thereby breaching the Trust Between officers and men in the unit. The spokesman added they had been warned Dur ing the inquiry thai they would be dismissed if they did not  the disgraced gurkha including Many who fought in the Falkland War will be replaced by other recruits from the Himalayan kingdom of Nepal. The gurkhas Are named after the tiny principality of gurkha in Nepal a slice of the Himalayan mountains Between India and Tibet the British honorable East India company declared War on them in 1814, and a fierce two year Battle ended in stalemate. The British were so impressed by the Superb fighters specialists in Jungle f ii Nina warfare thai they asked the gurkhas to join the British army in 1816. They have been recruited regularly Ever since. About 4,500 gurkhas currently serve in Hong Kong mainly patrolling the Border with China