European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 27, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                D governors outline economic goals Page 5 n North Book not setting the world on fire Page 9 o Brazil s Piquet wins German grand prix Page 21  Runoff Chi. Fut Licarion Foh the . Aimed foice1 vol. 46. No. 100 monday. July 27. 1987 jj.orfr.-is-. D 8693 a Commerce Secretary Malcolm Bil Dolge Falls in the fatal Accident its he was practising steer roping before a Barbecue at Walnut Creek cull saturday afternoon. Commerce chief Baldrige Dies Windsor locks. Conn. A the body of Commerce Secretary Malcolm Baldrige who died after a steer roping Accident was flown Home to connect Cut sunday from California while saddened govern ment officials praised his contributions to the nation s Prosperity. Baldrige 64, whose passion for Rodeo provided a colourful sidelight to his successful business and political careers. Died saturday of injuries suffered when his horse reared As he was roping a steer and landed or him As they both fell backward. The nation has suffered a ural toss with the tragic and untimely death of Secretary Mal Colm Baldrige president Rea Gan said. Under his stewardship the department of Commerce played a key Rote in the rebirth of our Baldrige country s Prosperity and All of us owe a great debt to Mac Baldrige the president said through a spokes Man. I feel Hie i be lost a brother i loved the  vice president George Bush said through his press Secre tary Steve Hart. Baldrige a moderate Republican headed Bush s 1980 Campaign for president in Connecticut and was expected to play a role in Bush s 1988 Effort. Mis cab inet appointment in 1981 was seen widely As a gesture to Bush. In Washington Baldrige quickly gained a reputation for Plain talk ordering employees to follow his exam ple by eliminating jargon from All department correspondence. He was one of Only three members of Reagan s Origi Nal 1981 Cabinet who remained on the Job the others arc defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger and housing Secretary Samuel Pierce. A memorial service for Baldrige will be Field wednesday at 10 . At the National Cathedral in Washington said a Jay Cooper who served As his spokesman. Funeral services Are scheduled for 1 . Thursday at North congregational Church in Wood Bury followed by a private burial. Cooper said. Baldrige a one time ranch hand who graduated from Yale was in High spirits before saturday s Acci Dent. It occurred while he was preparing for a Rodeo Competition in Brentwood. Calif about 75 Miles from san Francisco that was scheduled for saturday night. I would have been a rancher when i got out of the army except i did i have the Money or the  a Aldric told the Antioch Calif daily Ledger moments before the Accident. A newspaper photographer who witnessed the Acci Dent said that after Baldrige was revived in the Corral he started squirming and wanted to get up. He was saying let me up i want to gel up " said photographer Greg Stidham. They were saying. Stay Down Mac slay Down " he died during surgery Al John Muir Hospital in Walnut Creek. Calif. Doctors said he bled to death from massive internal injuries including damage to he pancreas and heart. Baldrige had been Active in Connecticut politics since the 1960s. He participated in the state constitutional convention in 1965 and unsuccessfully sought the Republican gubernatorial nomination in 1970. A native of Omaha. Neb. Baldrige came to Connecticut when his father a Nebraska congressman who graduated from Yak pulled him from an Omaha High school and sent him to the Lola kiss school in Lake Villa from which he entered Yale. Baldrige who competed in about three professional rodeos a year and was voted into the cow boy Hall of Fame in i9h4, worked As u ranch hand As boy in Omaha. Although he never made u secret of his West Ern Hobby he once mid a reporter he was tired of see Waldrige on Page 28 cafes sales topped $5 billion in 1986 by Charlie Boilden Munich Bur Tofu army and air Force Exchange service sales worldwide cracked the 55 billion Marie in i9s6, a 5 percent increase Oxer the previous car according to the cafes annual report. The increase Marks a turnaround from 198. When sales were relatively Flat and mused a dramatic dip in net earnings and dividends turned Over la the army and air Force morale and welfare sup port funds. This Jear. S5 2 billion in sales earned s229 million an increase of 14 percent Over the previous year s si71 million the report said the Exchange turned Over s114.5 million to morale support funds an increase of 32 percent. The Exchange service s business year runs from Jan i in ice. 31. Exchanges in Europe accounted for about a third of the sum s Overall Rise to net earnings even though operating expenses increased significantly because of he drop m the Dollar s value. Cafes Europe stores Ciuc fenced a 13 percent Rise in Iak y u about is 4 billion and had net earnings of j73 million. Sales in the Pacific totalled $560 Mil lion an incr Caw of 6 percent Wuh net earnings ofs29 million up 7 percent. Officials attribute the increase in Over m ii sales to the weakened doll or. Whith has or Jive Lustop i a Hiick to lln1 sex Ilijin i it the Hili jul Lar Luri j Llu Iti downtown in Jnive Verv the Only negative Side to the sales Pic Ture for i a was a 14 percent drop in Catalon sales the second consecutive los . Salt s were ask million in i9s5. A 7 percent decline and Iso Mil lion this past sear. Catalon sales last year resulted in a net loss of v million de sue a slight decrease in operating exp no. 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