European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 3, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Paga 6 the stars and stripes tuesday february 1987 seeking worldwide sales study up on your etiquette Washington a when an american travels abroad with an Eye on new markets for farm products it s Busl 10 be on Good behaviour and to observe proper etiquette the agriculture department says. For example you Are in an arabian Gulf country and have consumed several Small cups of Bitler Carda mom Coffee. You would rather not drink More. Should you a place your Palm Over the cup when the Coffee pot is passed b turn your empty cup upside Down on the table or c hold the cup and twist your wrist from Lide to Side the answer according to us a s foreign agricultural service is c. Bui the quiz May be a trifle suspect since the final of 10 questions offered to lest a Reader s business Eti Quette says body language is just As important As the spoken word in Many countries. For example in most coun tries the thumb up sign Means Okay but in which of the following countries is the sign considered a rude gesture a Germany b Italy c  the answer he Agency says is Bui a spokesman at the australian embassy denied his countrymen consider a thumbs up gesture Offen Sive. The spokesman not identified told a reporter we have other fingers thai might be rude but not the  Lynn k. Colds rough editor of foreign agriculture Magazine in which the article appeared said the information was taken from a Book on taboos around the  when told about the reaction from the Australia embassy Goldsbrough laughed and said maybe he s from a different pan of Australia i guess you can t believe everything you read in books huh another answer to a question advised prospective exporters to refrain front tipping in Iceland although it s permissible in Britain and Canada. And the  in saudi Arabia is saturday through wednesday. In Japan where giving gifts is common among Busi Ness acquaintances one should thank the giver and open the present  it would be bad form to Ope the present immediately and thank the giver or suggest that the giver open the present for you. Travel budgets 1985 is. 1686 in percent of companies surveyed expenses increased 47% expenses decreased no change in budgets 33% due to increased travel volume and travel prices Choc to Tribune graphic source Runi Halner Kcal atonal Ltd. Good topics of con venation in latin America might include sports the weather or travel the report said but religion and local politics should be avoided. If Flowers Are in order As a Gin to a hostess som ground rules Are in order since both the Type of Flower and color can have amorous negative or even Omi Nous implications the report said. Purple Lowers Are a sign of death in Brazil As Are chrysanthemums in France. In Switzerland As Well As in Many older North Ern european countries red roses suggest romantic  owners of guns fee less secure at Home than others poll finds new York a people who keep guns for Protection Are slightly less Likely to feel Safe Al Home than those who Don t have guns according to a Media general associated press Telephone Survey but whether they keep guns or not a majority of Ameri cans think people should have the right to shoot intruders even if they re unsure the person is aimed according to the poll seven in 10 respondents fell that Way. Three in 10 americans keep guns in their Homes for Security reasons according to the nationwide Tele phone poll of 1,231 adult americans. Asked if they generally believe their Home is secure from crime 70 percent of the gun owners and 75 percent of those who Don t have guns said yes. Overall 73 percent of respondents said they believed their Homes were Safe. Black respondents and while respondents bad significantly different feelings of Security. Among Blacks Only 57 percent believed their Homes were secure against crime and Only 64 percent Felt Safe on their streets at night. Among Whites three quarters believed their Homes were secure against crime and so percent Felt Safe on their streets at night. Blacks also had less Confidence than Whites in the Protection they received from local police. Only 39 percent of Black respondents thought the police in their communities did a Good Job against crime com pared with 61 percent of while respondents who said police did a Good Job. Gun owners Aiso were less a Katy to have Confidence in the ability of local police to protect them the pol said. While 54 percent of gun owners thought local police were doing a Good Job 61 percent of those who Don t have guns fell thai Way. Overall 59 percent said police were doing a goo Job 31 percent said they were doing a fair Job b per cent said they were doing a poor Job and 2 percent did t know or did t answer. The vast majority of gun owners believed they have the right to shoot intruders even if they re unsure the intruder is armed. And while people who Don t keep guns wireless Likely to approve a majority of them also thought people should Nave the right to shoot intruders. When it comes to perceptions about Security the pol found some interesting differences. People who live in Rural areas Are far More Likely to keep guns for Security than those who live in suburbs or cities. Forty one percent of those from Rural area Shad guns compared with about one Quarter of suburban and Urban dwellers. Rural residents were no More Likely to feel secure against crime at Home than Urban or suburban respondents. However Rural and suburban respondents were More Likely to believe their communities were Safe than Urban  respondents also had More Confidence in local police than either Rural or Urban respondents. The poll also said eight in 10 people believe it is Safe to walk on the Street where they live after dark Wilh Rural and suburban respondents More Likely to feel that Way than Urban respondents. Nearly nine in 10 respondents lock their doors regularly. Nearly three in 10 respondents said they or some persons in their families have been robbed or assaulted in the last five years. Respondents in the poll included a random scientific sampling of 1,251 adults across the country nov. 7-14. As with All Sample surveys the results of Media general a Telephone polls can vary from the opinions of All Ameri cans because of Chance variation in the Sample. For a poll based on about 1,200 interviews the results Are subject to an error margin of three percentage Points either Way because of Chance variations in the  is if one could have questioned All americans with telephones there is Only one Chance in 20 that tie find Ings would vary from the results of polls such As this one by More than three percentage Points. Stateside College finds its award is fabrication of hoaxer Spokane Wash. A a Small Liberal arts College overjoyed to icam thai in hid been Given a prestigious award was the victim of hoax officials  nov. 30 letter purportedly from the Ameri can philosophical association said the Whit Man College philosophy department had received the award for excellence i undergraduate education in philosophy. The award was described in the Teller As the highest professional Honor an undergraduate department can receive. It s definitely not from us David Hockma executive Secretary of the association at the University of Delaware told the spokesman review chronicle in a Story published sunday. He said the organization has no such award. Official at the tour year College said they had no idea who sent the letter which became the Bash for a Story in the school s alumni Magazine research balloon crashes in Paraguay Nasa says Washington a a helium filled Nasa research balloon launched from australian a trip around the Globe crashed Early sunday in Paraguay according to Nasa spokesman Jim  balloon went Down near Conception a week after it was launched from Alice Springs Australia he said. It had been expected to take 12 to 15 Days to go around the Earth. Elliott said the reason for the i . Crash was unknown but he said Harvey Needleman chief of the balloon project Al the National aeronautics and space administration s Wallop Island va., base believed a computer aboard the bal Loon probably failed to release ballast required to keep it  officials Are attempting to get to the balloon to determine what happened and. The extent of damage 10 the balloon Elliott  600-foot-High balloon was designed to study solar flares in an Experiment prepared by the University of Washington and Louisiana stale University. Slight earthquake jolts san Francisco area san Francisco a a minor Earth quake rallied the san Francisco area sunday but no damage was reported officials said. The temblor reported at 9 53 . Was Cen tired in the Pacific Ocean about 10 mites West Ofsan Francisco said Loyd Darlington of the stale office of emergency services in sacrament  quake measured 3.3 on the Richter scale according to the department of water re sources he said gut a spokesman at the University of califor Nia Al Berkeley seismographic station said the quake apparently measured under 3. The spokesman who declined to identify him self said a quake estimated at 2.5 was recorded in the area about three hours  re Cater scale measures the Energy re leased by quakes As measured by ground motion. Each increase of one dumber indicates a tenfold increase in ground motion. Chrysler to pay penalties in Job injury report Case Washington a the $295,112 in penalties that the Chrysler corp. Has agreed id pay the government to Settle allegations that it railed to report fully on Job injuries at three of its Auto plants is the biggest line Ever collected under the 1970 occupational health and safety  previous biggest settlement Penally collected by the occupational safety and health administration was 1122,000 from Newport news shipbuilding and dry Dock co. In Newport news va., in 1981 for alleged health and safety violations two Yean earlier. Osha officials said the alleged Chrysler Vio lations involved Only record keeping and none of the citations accused the company of violating health and safely standards issued by the Agency