European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 16, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes Friday october 16,1987 major Bank hikes prime lending rate new York. A chemical new York corp. I venation 3 fifth largest Bank holding company thursday railed its prime lending rate another half percentage Point to 9.75 percent the second increase in a week. The latest increase the sixth so far this year comes one week after major Banks raised the key lending rate a half percentage Point to 9.25  s prime is now Al Iti highest level since the summer of 198 5.the prime is the Benchmark used by Banks to set interest rate on a variety of corporate and consumer Loans including mortgages and Home equity Loans. Customs safety panel to crack Down on toys gop hopefuls invited to meet with Reagan Washington a president Reagan has invited in major Republican presidential hopefuls to a private while Home reception to discuss the 1988 Campaign a spokeswoman said thursday. Meet because Deputy press Secretary Lestyne Arsht Laid Reagan set up thing scheduled for the White House Library next tuesday by he wanted to discuss 1988."besides vice president George Utah those invited to the meet ing include tour other declared candidate television evangelist at Robertson rep. Jack Kemp . Retired Gen. Alexander m. Haig or and former Delaware gov. Pete Dupont. Washington a with in Christmas shopping season getting under Way the customs service and the consumer product safety commission announced thursday they Are joining forces to Stop dangerous toys atthe nation s Borders. A Teddy Bear with a Loose fuzz Ball fragile plastic Sellers that could break into Small pieces and a rattle with a Long Hin handle Are Amon items already seized in the crackdown and were displayed Al a news  new enforcement Effort will without doubt result in a safer Holiday season for american families said cps chairman Ter rence m.  importation of dangerous toys is Noth ing but a crime added customs commission or Wiliam von Raab. Von Raab and the three members of the safety commission signed an agreement launching a cooperative Effort to find and Teize dangerous imported toys before they reach the nation s store shelves and children s  agreement follows concentrated efforts by the two agencies in lot Angeles and Sanfrancisco that resulted in seizure of 70 ship Menti of toys containing nearly 600,000 item that did not meet . Safety standards scan Ion  two week Effort resulted in the seizure of More dangerous toys ban All of the safety recalls that occurred in 1986, he said. It is safer to halt dangerous toys at the Border rather than to wait for Ihm to read Don and then Institute a recall von Raab noted Scanton said the cooperative Effort we devel oped because the safety Agency had found that in recent years increasingly larger number of toy determined to be unsafe were imported last year 68 percent of All unsafe toys found on . Store shelves were imports he said. About 113,000 children were injured last Yearin incidents involving Loys Scanton said. Under the agreement signed thursday the customs service s 5,000 inspectors will be trained by product safety  agents inspecting merchandise arriving from abroad checking for a variety of Lega violation such As copyright and trademark infringement hidden drugs hem quota and product underpricing. Under the new agreement Cut Tomi official also will Check for toy safety including problem such As Sharp Points and edges Small pm an excess Lead in paint and will be Able to detain questionable items until safety commission officials can confirm the problem. Shipments of toys that Violat safety Laws willbe seized and destroyed said an Raab and file importers May be fined a percentage of the . Top Vic Lei by the associated pres the following Are the most popular vide Ocas so tics m they appear in next week Issue of Bill Board Magazine. Copyright 1987, billboard publications inc reprinted with permission. Videocassette sales 1. An american Tail Mca 2. Crocodile Dundee Paramount 3. Star trek in the voyage Home Par amount 4. Jane Fonda s Low Impact aerobic work out Lorimar 5,"callanclics" Mca 6. Top gun Paramount 7. Lady and la tramp Disney 8. Return of the Jedi lbs Fox 9. Jane Fonda s new workout1 Lorimar 10. The godfather Paramount 11. Sleeping Beauty Disney 12. Here s Mickey 1 Disney 13. Kathy Smith s ultimate video work out jc1 14. Star trek i the search for Spock Paramount 15. Back to the future Mca 16. Playboy 1988 playmate video Calendar Lorimar 17. Disney sing along songs Heigh to Disney 18. Kathy Smith s body basics Sci 19. Playboy video Centrefold no 6" Lori mar 20. Here s Donald Disney videocassette rentals 1. Mannequin Media 2. Blind Dale Ria Columbia 3. Hoosiers Hob 4. Crocodile Dundee Paramount 5. Burglar Warner 6. An american Tail Mca 7. Angel heart Jve 8. Star trek in the voyage Home Par amount 9. The bedroom window Velron 10. Raising Arizona lbs Fox i. Black widow lbs Fox video 12. Police Academy 4 citizens on patrol Warner 13. From he hip Lorimar 14. Some kind of wonderful Paramount 15. Light of Day a Citron 16. The Mission Warner 17. Over the top Warner is. The color purple Warner 19. Heat Paramount 20. Ernest goes 10 Camp Touchstone sons riled by doonesbury Bush says Atlanta a vice president George bus says he can now laugh at Garry to Macau s Doones Bury cartoons depicting him As gutless and invisible but he once wanted and his sons still want to kick Trudeau i  in an interview in the Atlanta Constitution thurs Day Bush spoke about his image and hit portrayal in doonesbury since 1984, when he was shown placing his manhood in a Blind Trust to be president Rea Gan s Loyal running mate. My first reaction was anger test iness Geiter upset Bush said. I thought what the Bell who is this you know elitist. Who never ran for sheriff a taken his Case to the people who is this Little Guy that comes oat of some of the same background Asme so i had that personal feeling thai i wanted to group and kick the hell out of him  but Bush said there s been an evolution in his attitude toward the cartoonist after three years and a drink with Trudeau. Now i smile and say hey let the Man do ,1 " Bush said. I literally can laugh at some of his  Bush said if he Felt Trudeau s satire was really diminishing me maybe 1 would rethink my lofty Posi Tion. But i feel stronger politically than i be Ever Felt indy life. I can t say i m not concerned he went on. Butt s a different funny kind of emotional and physical reaction than it was four Yeara  Bush has been emphasizing his world War h re Cord business Success and accomplishments in govern ment including a one year stint As Cia director to dispel the wimp Factor. He said his oldest son George jr., attended Yale University with Trudeau and was contacted by the cartoonist recently when Bush was again featured Una loitering by to the strip. Trudeau says to our son Well i Hope your family does t Lake this personally and George lays they Don t Lake it personally but my brother Jeb wanted to come up and kick your ass All Over new York " the vice president said. And that s exactly the Way my sons feel became they know it s not True and they know it s not fair. So they Are today where i was Back in 1984." Bush said the political process sometimes is a Little uglier than need be citing the cover of newsweek1 current edition As an example. The Issue hit news stands monday the Day Bush formally announced Bis presidential candidacy. The cover with a picture of determined looking Bush steering a boat is headlined fighting the wimp Factor " i thought the Newsweek cover was a cheap shot he Day i announced but. I Vegol a better menial attitude on that kind of thing said the vice president who was in Atlanta on wednesday on a Campaign Stop. The Magazine reported that its poll of 1,013adulls found that is  Bush s wimp image will be a serious problem in Bis presidential bid. Bush is concerned enough about the image to in clude references to his combat experiences in his Stan Dard Campaign speech. I never used to discuss being in the service but when 1 Lake a shot like that i say hey go talk to the Guys i new in combat with " he taut. "1 fought Formy country. I leave out asking where some of my critics  $46 million Jackpot has 1 Winner Harrisburg a. A a lottery Jackpot ofj46 million largest in the nation history can be claimed by the owner of the Only winning ticket sold Pennsylvania lottery officials said thursday. A computer Check of the More than 27 million tick ets sold found that Only one had picked seven numbers from wednesday night s drawing in the super 7 game spokeswoman Terry Champlin said. The Winner who has not come Forward will receive26 annual instalments of 11.77 million minus 20 per cent Federal withholding spokeswoman Jane Safe said. On wednesday record 27,662.192 tickets at i apiece were sold to people who lined up for an hour or More to Lake a Chance on dreams of  Many tickets were sold from the state s 3,075 computer linked terminals that the lottery i Centra computer worked until late thursday morning to de Termine that one winning ticket had been sold. To win bettors need to pick seven of the ii num Bers drawn. The winning numbers were 6, 7. 10, 13, 19, 35,5s,64, 65, 74 and 79, and the Odds of picking the seven winning numbers with one ticket Are one in 9,626,413, the previous single Day sales Mark occurred april15, when j 6,529,812 tickets were sold for a 116 Mil lion Jackpot Keyser said. Shortly before i . Wednesday the lottery Termi nals pumped out 19,140 tickets a minute breaking another stale record set april 15 when 17,884 tickets per minute were sold