European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 1, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday november 1, 1987 the stars and stripes Page 7 ohioan enters race for demo nomination Cleveland a rep. James a. Traficant or. Said Friday thai he planned to compete in As Many slain As financially feasible in his quest for inc democratic presidential nomination. But Traficant said to get to the super bowl in this business you Don t have to play in every  the two term congressman from Youngstown announced his candidacy before a crowd of 1,200 people at a Law. Re acc county democratic party banquet in new Castle a. When people first started talking to me about this i thought they were smok ing  Traficant said in a Tele phone interview from his Youngstown office. I have no delusions of grandeur. 1 Don t know if i can win the Democrat nomination i really Don to Bui if he went to the democratic National convention with delegates from Pennsylvania Ohio and perhaps some other slates the party would have to give some consideration to the problems of the rust but. Traficant said. He said he May try to get on the ballot in new Hampshire which he has visited a Lew times during the past several months. Not everyone believes to Naicam is 3 serious candidate Pennsylvania does t need Jim Traci cant As a voice for Pennsylvania said Larry Yalch chairman of the Pennsylva Nia democratic tarty Well Deal with candidates that arc serious nationwide  Traficant was acquitted in 1483 of t i Rigi that he look Money from mobsters during his i960 Campaign for Mahoning county sheriff. He is fighting it recent internal Revenue service ruling that he owes the government about $10,000 in Back taxes und penalties stemming from that Case i m Stilt fighting the irs he said certainly none of thai is going to help. The first thing i would do As president is go to the irs and straighten them  Traficant said his plan for helping inc working Man would include establishing tariffs equal to those placed an . Goods in other countries he said he favors re establishing an investment Ian credit but Only for . Made goods. He said he thinks inc United slates needs a Nalib Nat Energy policy that would make use of the nation s Energy reserves. Grown  foys priced of match new York a toy trains chug around tiny tracks inside staid looking briefcases. Stereo speakers loom 7v4 feel tall and have an equally huge Price tag $48,000. It s called the toys for adults fair but Many of the toys personal saunas laser jukeboxes a restored 1962 Ferrari Are Only for those adults to whom Money is a plaything. I think most people would find it very intimidating walking into a porsche showroom knowing they can t afford it said Gary Kirschner 35, who created the show and counts himself in that majority so Kirschner a former scrap Metal recycler persuaded exhibitors to bring their flashy cars dream boats and other extravagant toys to convention Halls. It started five years ago As a one weekend a year venture in Cincinnati. This fall it spread to Allan la Boston Chicago Cleveland Hartford Milwaukee new York Philadelphia and Pittsburgh Many attend the shows to dream he said. A few actually buy. But the exhibitors consider everyone a future  As new York s first show opened a three Day run Friday at the jails convention Center Kirschner pointed out his own favorite a Gray 1962 Ferrari. Driven just 42,000 Miles in is offered for $235,000 by an exotic car dealer. The big stereo speakers Are lower on his list. He d buy hem if i were a  when you order those beauties they Cut Down a Rosewood tree in Brazil and ship Illo the United states. Then a shipbuilder cuts and polishes the Wood into 1,500 pounds Worth of Wood and woofers and tweeters. Got a hernia from moving a speaker across your living room no problem a soak in your new $ 1,995, Black leather Hal lib should ease the pain. The frugal executive May prefer to spend a Mere $529 for the Battery operated toy train which circles Illy bitty houses animals and peo ple inside a briefcase my wife would really kill me if i came Home with a j529 briefcase train set Kirschner said wistfully. But the kids would love  there s actually Litile Chance of that happen ing he confided. Some Lime ago his wife eve Lyn Cui his credit card in half. German whose Friend was shot faces Federal firearms charge Miami a a magistrate set bail of $150,000 on Friday for a West German whose female companion was shot to death in what the visitor told police was bungled robbery attempt. Dicker Rischmann was arrested on a weapons charge Al the Miami Beach police station thursday night after . Government agents said they found his Florida Driver s License had an incur Eccl address on it when he bought a handgun on oct. 9. Riechmann 43, of Limgo. West Germany told police he did not know where he was possibly in downtown Miami or Miami Beach when he slopped sunday to ask directions and a Man leaned in his car and shot h is compan Ion Kerston Kischnick 31. Nothing was taken from the car and Riechmann said he drove until he found a policeman to report the shooting. Police did not say what Riechmann was doing with a Florida Driver s License. Riechmann appeared before . Magistrate Linnca Johnson on the Federal charge of giving false information to a firearms dealer. His Bond was set Al $150,000 with the stipulation thai if a Bonds Man should Post that amount a hearing would be held to deter mine the source of the Money the court should know thai two other Fin arms were seized in this defendant s hotel room sail assistant . Attorney William f. Jun we do Noi know where they were purchased but they Are now being  Jung said thai Richmann had accompanied a woman who was the victim of a homicide and he is not yet cleared As a suspect in that  Rischmann said earlier that he had come to Florida on oct. 2 and had Visi cd several cities. Despite growth of credit cords most shoppers use Cash checks Leler Ritch Roann Denver up despite the proliferation of credit cards americans still prefer Cash or checks to pay for their purchases according to a Survey. Credit cards Are used mostly by belter educated older buyers with higher incomes but that group still favors personal checks and Cash when it buys some thing according to the Survey done for a group called payment systems education association. People appear to be More comfortable with familiar payment systems Over which they feel they arc in control said sea president David Meyers. He said Consumers have not been persuaded to use electronic payment systems less than 1 percent of those surveyed use debit cards or electronic funds transfers. Americans also arc still choosing to pay their Mort gages or rent and insurance payment by Check instead of having them automatically debited from their accounts Meyers said people with less education and lower incomes rely More on Cash the Survey of 1,007 adults found while those with better educations and higher incomes lend to use Check and credit cards. Cash is the favored method of payment for Pur chases under $50, while checks arc used the most for purchases of More than s50. Cash is used for 64 percent of grocery purchases and 8 i percent of restaurant dinners White checks Are used 69 percent of the time to pay for mortgage or rent and 77 percent of the Lime for insurance. The most widespread use of credit cards is in pay ment of mail order items where they Are used 16 per cent of the Lime. Credit cards Are used to pay for 10 percent of restaurant dinners. The association membership includes Check acceptance companies Check printing companies paper manufacturers and envelope producers the Telephone Survey was made by strategic information research corp. And Simmons Market research Bureau. Rewards offered for returned Cash Columbus Ohio a an armoured truck com Pany on Friday offered rewards to people who turn in Cash they found when the Back door of one of the company s trucks flew open creating a blizzard of Cash on a downtown freeway. Dave Yost of metropolitan armoured car inc. Re fused to say How much Money had been lost or How much had been recovered since the Accident wednes Day on interstate 71. He said however hat he company would place ads beginning saturday offering rewards equal to 10 per cent of the amount turned in. During Yosl s news conference. Mayor Dana Rine Hart issued a proclamation praising Melv in Kiser of Columbus who resumed More than $57,000 he found. Yost presented Riser with a $5,767 Check. The Bottom line is thai you stand for decency honesty and integrity the mayor Lold Kiser 31, who said he plans to apply the Reward Money toward a farm he recently purchased. Yost said there was no indication the incident was not an Accident. Police said other people have turned in Money including a Man who brought in a $6,490 bundle. The Columbus dispatch quoting an unidentified police source reported Friday that police estimate that More than $500,000 is missing. A receipt found in the bag turned in by Kiser indicated it held $395,000, the newspaper said