European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 31, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 4 the stars and stripes wednesday. December 31. 1986 leading indicators Index up in november. _. ._.,_to. I Inua i. Tri Nimi inter intr Piru. New orders for consumer goods and a Washington Dpi the composite Index of leading indicators which foreshadows economic growth Rose a healthy 1.2 percent in november largely on the strength of Price changes for Lum Ber Iron and steel scrap and other Sensi Tive materials the Commerce depart ment said tuesday. The gain matched a 1.2 percent hike last april and was the largest increase in the Index since january 1985. When it Rose 1.3 percent. The Index has grown 6.4 percent from november 1985 to november 1986. Fol lowing a 3.9 percent increase during the previous 12-month period the depart ment s Bureau of analysis said. Two other sensitive materials cattle hide and aluminium scraps also scored gains last month. The november increase followed a re Vised 0.5 percent jump in october and a 0.2 percent increase in september. The government said eight of the ii indicators available for november contributed to the increase. Besides Price changes for sensitive materials Stock prices average workweek contracts and orders for plants and equipment and building permits registered gains. Other indicators that helped push the Index up were Money Supply and the average weekly Ini tial claims for state unemployment insurance. Downside indicators included change in credit outstanding manufacturers n for r trials and net business Bureau revised downward the october increase in the Index from 0.6 to 0.5 in inventories on hand and on order in 1982 dollars was the major contributor to inc october revision a Commerce department statement Dis on a 1967 figure of 100, the composite Index in november stood at 182.5, according to preliminary Esti mates by Bureau analysts. Kodak to hike product prices in january Rochester up Eastman Kodak co. Citing the rising Cost of doing business said monday it will hike prices an average of 3 percent to 6 percent on most of its consumer products next company s popular Koda color film formats arc among the products affected by the Price increases which will be passed along to retailers beginning Jan. 24. But varieties such As 15-e.xposure disc film will Cost Only a dime traditionally has raised prices shortly after Christmas although the Rochester company held the Price line on several major products two years ago when the overvalued . Dollar gave foreign competitors an be been resisting Price hikes because of the . Dollar said Kodak spokesman Henry Kaska. This car the Dollar has declined and the japanese yen has risen helping Kodak s competitive blamed the Price increases on general Busi Ness costs chiefly for research and development and of Kodak s new suggested list prices on Koda color film the biggest seller Are 35mm or 100, 24 exposures $4.09, up from $3.93 disc film 15 expo sures $3.60, up from $3.50 110 film 24 exposures $4.09, up from $3.93 400 film 24 exposures $5.21, up from $4.94.Kodak raised the Price on its Best Selling 35mm camera the kr12, to $219.95 from $206.95. The prices on the k40 and k60 also were increased but the Kio was left unchanged As were the disc 3600, the Elk Lalite 10 and the instamatic x15f.another disc camera the Tel disc was reduced 8 percent to $59.95 from $64.95.prices were hiked on photographic paper a major product sold to photo finishers but Kodak did not raise photofinishing charges at its own laboratories. Videotape prices will remain unchanged. Alan wrecks office of sex Boss gives up after 6-hour standoff a photo Lani Evans left is escorted by a police officer in Manhattan after his surrender. New York not a burglar alarm Salesman who had lost his Job barricaded himself in his former employer s Midtown Manhattan office with a Rifle monday used a Hatchet to turn the place into a shambles then surrendered after six hours without injuring anyone police said. The Salesman Lani Evans 53, destroyed Furni Ture telephones and computer terminals in the of fice and ripped up records about his employment according to police it. Robert Cividanes. The police closed parts of third Avenue and 56th Street for most of the working Day snarling traffic in the area. They evacuated some apartments across the Street from the company s office because they were in the potential line of fire. Evans entered the fifth floor offices of safeguard protective systems inc. At 10 . And ordered everyone to leave police capt. John Healy said. The former Salesman told a police negotiating team just outside the office that he had work to do but would surrender to them late in the afternoon Cividanes said. At 4 15 p.m., Evans walked out of the office and was taken to the 17th precinct station. He had concealed the weapons As Well As a telescopic sight for the .30-06 Hunting Rifle and an am munition Belt in a Raincoat As he entered the 47 Story skyscraper Healy said. The company dismissed Evans the week before Christmas. He had arranged to drop in monday to return a car and other company belongings and to Settle the terms of his dismissal Healy said. Among the charges that Evans could face Are reckless endangerment Possession of a deadly weapon burglary and criminal mischief the Cap Tain said. V Ului Ujj 1/11113 a to i Kiikuni i at to ordered to slash Long distance rates 11 % i p a run rive Hiil a Urc a ill Rome Rich it 3w3v. Acc Rusc of fax Washington up the Feder Al communications commission or dered the american Telephone & Tele graph co. Tuesday to slash Long distance rates by an average 11 percent effective Jan. I saving Consumers $2 billion in the new year. Acc chairman Mark Fowler called the government order truly Good news for american Consumers and said with the latest decrease Long distance Rales have dropped by about 30 percent since 1984. We project that the Price of the aver age Long distance Call will drop 11 per cent with no change in local Telephone rates Fowler told a news conference adding the cuts will be 50 percent greater or $1.85 billion More than those pro posed by at to two months ago. At to which is already planning a series of More than 27,000 layoffs to Cut costs is the dominant provider of Long distance Telephone service in the United states. The acc said the cuts will affect All classes of at to Long distance service but the biggest reductions will be in the night and weekend Rales historically the lowest. This will be the fourth Long distance rate reduction in four years Fowler said. Wilh this latest reduction the average american will be paying Long Dis Tance rates that Are about 30 percent lower than they were on Jan. 1,1984. This Means it s easier for friends and family to keep in touch in this the information age Fowler said. Now the Good news Wil com Rig away because for example those University of Michigan fans out at the Rose bowl will be Able to Call Ann Arbor and a Call that was $2.53 on new year s Day in 1984 will be Only about $ 1.68 on new year s Day 1987. Overall these rates will save Long Dis Lance customers More than $2 billion Fowler added. The reductions Are the direct result of acc programs to encourage More efficient use of one of this nation s greatest resources our telecommunications High tide forces closure of coastal Highway Lane. _c.. � r a Turtch Titi c Hinh Tiffa us Riler Lanew h of los Angeles a one Lane of a coastal High Way was closed tuesday because of an unusually High tide caused by a rare we Klong alignment of the Sun Moon and Earth authorities said. The tide Rose to 7.2 feet about i i feet higher than Normal at 7 44 . National weather service forecasters said this week s High tides Aren t expected to cause any property damage unless accompanied by heavy surf spawned by a Pacific storm. None have come close enough to the West coast to cause concern. We arc not speaking of the parting of the Waters said Ted Fathauer a tidal expert Wilh the National weather service in Fairbanks Alaska. It s just a few More inches. It s More something thai oceanographers can quibble Aboul Over Coffee than something thai affects fishermen or such an alignment known As a syzygy produces stronger gravitational forces causing the seas to flood and ebb with unusual strength. Also As of tuesday the Moon is Perigee meaning in is Al its closest Point to Earth in its monthly orbit. During tuesday s High tide water lapped Over a northbound Lane of the Pacific coast Highway Between Huntington Beach and Seal Beach. The tide is predicted to Rise to its highest level of 7.3 feet wednesday morning before subsiding. The California Highway patrol plans to close the Highway Lane for one hour before and after High Lide through the weekend said dispatcher Lea Spinney. There s been no reports of any damage so i really Don t think the flooding is that severe she said. They be mainly put sandbags around the doorways of businesses and Homes As a
