European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 28, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday december 28, 1986 the stars and stripes Page 7 shoppers flock to Post Christmas soles by Joyce m. Rosenbe  business writer shoppers crowded stores across the country Fri Day and saturday looking for bargains on every thing from furs to wrapping paper in annual Post com slams sales in some cases they lined up outside before the stores opened ready to make a beeline for marked Down Ilams. Some retailers opened earlier than usual to accommodate the crush. Stores reported thai most customers were buying merchandise not returning it. Among the departments most mobbed by bar rain Hunt cars were those Selling heavily discounted Christmas cards wrapping and decorations. At the crowded Christmas shop at Macy s Flag ship store in Midtown Manhattan customers pulled Down the store s own decorations and bought them. We opened at 9 an hour Early and they were lined up around the Block said Sally Sargent a spokeswoman for Bloomingdale ? in new York. In addition to returning Christmas gifts an stocking up for next year s Celebration Many shop pers turned out Friday to buy hanukkah  eight Day jewish festival of lights began Fri Day. The Shore mall outside Atlantic City held a Side walk Sale on clearance items from several of its 80 stores said spokeswoman Lorraine Huffnagle. Alot of people waited until today to buy hanukkah gifts because they knew prices would be reduced she said. The Imp creature in Chicago was around 30 de Grees bul shoppers apparently had the Arctic temperatures of january and february in mind As the lined up Cor Marshall Field s fur Sale. The store discounted furs up 10 70 percent said spokesman Doug dome. Traffic is incredibly High throughout the Chain s 27 stores in Illinois Wisconsin and Texas he said. Saks fifth Avenue s Manhattan store was close to a mob scene said general manager Joseph Cro Mck. Bul some retail chains found their downtown stores relatively quid while business boomed in the suburbs As Many offices were closed and customers shopped at store branches near their Homes. Toy sales at retail level $15 77 79 81 83 85 Chicago Tribune chert source toy manufacturers of America inc. In the Washington d.c., area Woodward & Lothrop s suburban stores were very Busy with customers wailing outside before he doors opened said spokeswoman Robbie Snow Woodick s Down town store had a slower Start she said. In Atlanta shopping was a Breeze at Rich s giant downtown store and employees had a Chance to catch their breath. I be spent most of the Day cleaning up the mess from before Christmas said Jeff Pilgrim assistant manager in the boys depart ment. That was an attraction far some shoppers who avoided the throngs by travelling from the suburbs into downtown Atlanta i m trying not to get in those crowds said bar Bara North or suburban Dekalb county ga., shop Ping at the downtown Rich s. I could have gone Toile malls but i decided the crowds would do Loo  some California stores reported a slower Start. We re not too morning oriented Here bul we redoing to Start seeing the after Christmas crush sometime after noon said Gayle Kantro Market ing director for the Beverly Center mall in West los Angeles. In Houston Foley s Depar Lenl store at Sharps town Center reported slower than usual Post Christmas shopping we have 01 annual Hal Price Sale on All of our Christmas merchandise and it s real slow la surprised me manager Kathy Knoll said. Toy stores in the Dallas area suffered through miserably slow Day. We Don t have a shopper in the store said John Royster manager of a local toys a us store. Naturally today is mostly for returns. It would t compare to the Days  the sales gave the retail Industry which Overall had lacklustre pc Christmas sales a Chance to re Vive its december performance said Walter lock an Industry analyst with the Morgan Stanley invest ment firm. K Mart inc. The nation s second largest retail Chain reported before Christmas that sales were slow at its 2,100 stores and Zaire corp. With 362stores in 26 Eastern and midwestern slates said before the Holiday that it was disappointed by it performance. Other major retailers including Bloomingdale a Marshall Field Bullocks will hire on the West coast and the Wal Mart Chain based in Benton,ark., reported Strong sales Over the holidays. Loeb said retailers specializing in durable goods those expected to last three to four years suffered the most. Specially retailers such As toy stores an those Selling fashion items did belter he said. The retail Industry depends on its Christmas sates for half is annual profits. The major general retailers will report their de Cember sales in Early january students planes collide but Are landed safely Long Beach. Calif. A two private planes with student pilots Ai the controls collided in night Over the Pacific Ocean on Friday afternoon but both pilots managed to land their damage aircraft safely authorities said. One Pilot said he was wearing a Hood Over his head because he was training for instrument landings in poor visibility and did t see the other plane. I took the Hood off and saw the dam ate said Robert Muzzy 44. He theother plane was Long  the single engine planes limped Home to Long Beach Airport and John Wayne International Airport in Orange county where emergency vehicles were waiting on the runways. Both aircraft had certified flight instructors providing instruction to a Stu Dent Pilot said Larry Berg of the Feder Al aviation administration the four people aboard the two air Craft were not injured Berg said. The aircraft a Piper Cherokee Archer ii and a Turbo Mooney 231, were Cruis ing Al 3,800 feet four Miles offshore when they collided Berg said. Muzzy who piloted the Mooney said the planes struck nearly head on while both were Raveling at about 130 Mph Over the san Pedro Channel area 30miles South of downtown los Angeles. There Aren t Many people who sur Vive midair collisions Muzzy said. He said his instructor whom he declined to identify briefly glimpsed the oncoming aircraft. We were headed straight into the Sun and he got a Flash of the plane just before Impact. Muzzy who has his private Pilot s License and has been flying for a year landed the Mooney without incident along Beach Airport Berg said. The flight had originated in Hesperia and was to return to thai City the other Pilot whose name was not immediately available landed safely at John Wayne Airport 15 Miles from the Impact site Berg said. The Piper Archer s left wingtip an flight control Aileron were shredded and there was a 1-foot gouge in the Mooney left Wing Berg said. Neither aircraft was in Contact wit the Long Beach or Orange county control lower in the moments before the crash at 3 03 p.m., Berg said. The Faa and the National transportation safety Board arc investigating the collision Berg said and interviews wit the pilots were planned saturday both aircraft were impounded late Friday by Federal investigators he said. Mail to White House press Nof in yuletide spirit by Irak. Allen Washington up when president Reagan told time Magazine in an interview earlier this month there is a bitter bile in my Throat about press cover age of the Iran scandal it seems he was speaking for a lol of americans. The White House press corps has been receiving a flood of mail this Holiday season almost All negative most of in profane and none in the spirit of Good will. There is always a certain amount of nut mail addressed to reporters or the while House press corps the kind written in Crayon and charging thai the Cia is using the author s brain to transmit radio mrs sages to a foreign Power. But the current glut of Christmas greetings from the Public differs from past surges brought about by big news stories because for the most pan writers restating their cases in a somewhat Literals fashion and signing i hair names. Here is a yuletide sampling of mail addressed to the White House press and thus a Rayed for dangerous objects by the secret service. Names Are being with held. Why Don l you clowns Stop your Witch Hunt Over the arms Sale to Iran the president has my support and i have informed him of that  Oklahoma City okla. You should be ashamed of yourselves doing your Job does not include being rude. I do not need to be informed to this extent. Please mend your  Newport Beach Calif. The fact that the Media slants under reports omits and distorts instead of reporting All facts in balanced Way to the Public makes them a real enemy of the  Memphis Tenn. To use the word mildly you people All stink pres. Reagan tried to get hostages Home. Is this a crime so some arms were traded so what we retrying to keep commies out of s.  Terre Hauie ind. Merciful heavens How Long Are we going to have to listen la the news Media rant and rave and foam at the Mouth Over the Reagan administration s Sale farms to Iran Opelika Ala. Sirs you jackasses have caused five hostages lobe kept in Captivity by terrorists. All i can say 10 you jackals is get lost " Anonymous. The Liberal Lynch mob org lists Are alive and Haven orgasmic Issue at last. Each new revelation Gener ates another Media orgasm. Ain t Sho Biz grand Hilton head Island . We wish we had a Button on our to thai we could press and have your camera Bounce billiard balls off your head when you Mart irresponsible babbling. One More thought we wish you would go to Russia and criticize that government and gel your free ticket to Siberia Emmitsburg my. To a television correspondent the president instill a gentleman a statesman and a True american you Are still a Jerk. Why Don t you live in Nicaragua signal Mountain Tenn. Merry Christmas to inc  Youngs town Ohio