European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 19, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes saturday december 19,1987o and nistas plan dec. 24-25 Cecja a president Daniel Ortega Day Phil his government will decree a Mccaie firc on dec. 24-25 in All combat  where Contra rebels Are operating. He said tin action was being Lakin Al inc request it Cardinal Miguel Ovando y Bravo. Only offensives against our Forcy and the civilian population " pulled Ortega told Kim Jpn the Sand Misia Vern men earlier had Rejer toil czech communist part Prague Czechoslovakia a pics Cal pfc Liiv Husak. Who took Over  s can Unis party from inc ill a aled Alejin Der Dubcek stepped Down after 18 years a parly Lear thursday and was replaced by pail buro Mentzer Milos Jakes. / tic official news Agency ctr sat Husak who 74 and has suffered from poof sight for sever years asked to be relieved the lop party Fisl and to retire from the influential Cen iral can Millic secretarial which formulates Duy to Fly party policy. Husal had been head of comm Siss party since april i9j9, when dub cock was lusted following a so Jacl cd Warsaw pact Invar in in August 1968 Tel crushed dub cock Prale Spring  Husak Rolins the presid emf a More formal and less poof Irful office than neral Secretary of the comm Jacl party and to seat on the presidium or ruling party poli Byo. French Airro the Agency ordered los a by judge Marseille Ranf up a French judge ruled  a non profit Agency arranging con race Ftp Wen infertile couples and surrogate Moth of was founded for Anjelic it purpose contrary Law and Good morals and ordered its closure. The judge  arguments thai the Alma mater Agen Slopok a non lucrative approach to the loan of ii rus providing a serv ice analogous to Fli fisal insemination which is lawful in Francesl \ the decision Lowel health minister Mich ele Barzac s def land iroc Lobar thai the ministry of Justice act to Sal Down France s three surrogate Mol Lfting a copies which she said practice a Foin of Slavit Barzac s in native camb after a Lyon woman filed suit Rod Jhc recovery fan infant she had borne on Hilair of a a exile couple for a 25,000-Franhaboul s4,500c under a contract arranged Byslma Miller. Nurst refute snored it r aiding is at Beirut Camp Lon Wight Palasti was in of the ii to Folly is a in a a Scott to spent five months is in a Beirut. Lebano cd tuesday As a Mcm Ilish Empire be by Honor is not mine wig the Buckingham Palace Esli Nian medal for a Vernon nurse Susana Ting injured refugee Camp a of the order in Elizabeth on 28, said ony. Ii Bho has suf. Flew Home Wilh britishers. Pauline Culyg earlier this year after adding the web did in difficult and dangerous conditions in me Bour Al Bara Neh Camp. The amp was cd by Shipic moslem Wililiam for five is until april. Mighion said the Queen was Well Kcf cd on the conditions in the Camps and want of know Cher Wighton was going Back. She plans to return next month after pending of Crismas with her family in Glasgow a Fulland. Be said i work there Lam not  by talks with . Officials a. Has Videa if hell be charged Managua Nicaragua Wal James Jordan Denby the flying . Farmer who Nas shot Down Over Nicaragua on dec. 6, Mcl with Felt Erica officials wednesday for inc first time and said hid not know whether his sandinista captors would charge Tim. Denby 57, spoke after being reunited wid Broth or. William and talking Wilh his attorneys and a pfc sen tatic of the . Government Consul Wayne fish Al an inferior ministry office in Managua. Responding to reporters shouted questions about his treatment and whether he would be charged any crime Denby said not too bad and i a  a state Security agents then whisked him of me has been held incommunicado since Cessna 172 was downed. Jwilliam Denby who arrived to Managua from the Brothers Hometown of Carlini Lorfn Central Illinois on tuesday said his brother Jpn l been mistreated and is in Good  Jar he has had a lot  William Denby said. He said he s a Fkd loan awful lot of people. He s old Cadt find every one of them what  he s not concerned Al All. He feels he s Innoce grand in time will be allowed log a  or Nicaea a s defense minister Humberto Ortega told reporters on dec. 8 that documents found in a macs Denby s plane linked him to the Contra rebels who Are fighting the leftist sandinista government with . Supplies and tin in Denby owns a Raa Lin t Osla Rica and told the associated press Imp summer that he sometimes gave food to the co Pas or helped ferry their wounded to hospitals. Huff do Nice giving them military Aid. James Pesky appeared healthy and in Good spirits As he jews escorted into the hour Long meeting with Hisor the Consul and his two attorneys. Robert c. Anson of los Angeles and Enrique my noses i Cna of Managua. He was wearing Khaki pants and a hawaiian cd if he had been informed whether his brother would a charged William Denby replied we Don t know. Vest assuming not we Hope  James Deal was resuming to his Home in Cost Arica from the of Witch Stales when he was shot Down Over Southern Nica Taia. Honduran authorities said he had filed a flight pm Howing an intended route along Nicaragua s cast Cousy Tom la Chiba. Honduras to Costa Rica. Sandinista of Licals have said Riby told them he left the Northern Honduras coastal Anutt Al s . On what normally would be a 2 i hour Ali Gaitand could t explain Why he was still in nicaraguan Ai Rifee at 2 15 p.m., when he was shot Down. William Denby blamed bad weather. If anyone checks inc weather on sunday when was shot Down and considers he had to Fly inc coast because that s How he filed hell figure out Why he had problems William Denby said. Devaluation of Dollar triggered record sales at commissaries Budary Lyseen  Bureau As the Dollar dropped to record lows against euro Pean currencies military commissaries recorded their besi yearly sales totals Ever with annual increases ranging from 10 percent to i percent. No one but no one is regularly buying food on the Economy overseas these Days said Maureen Murray spokeswoman for the Navy resale and services sup port office in new York cily. Devaluation of the Dollar brought More people into the commissaries said do disc Gomes spokeswoman for the troop support Agency european commissary Region in we Brucken. The devalued Dollar nol Only sent More Shopp Cis to the commissary it also had them spending More when hey got there. The Dollar value of each customer transaction went up Gomes said. The Navy s six commissaries in Europe three in Italy two in inc United kingdom and one each in Iceland and Spain rang up sales of sj0.6 million in fiscal 1987, up More than 10 percent from the fiscal 1986 total of Aboul j27.7 million. The 84 army commissaries in Europe sold $361.1 Millon Worth of goods in fiscal 1987. That figure shows a 12 percent increase from the 1986 total of ij22. T million. The air Force s 39 stores also had a Banner year totalling ji99.s million in sales a 13 percent increase Over last year s record total of is 76.6 million. Even though this was the year of the free beef Giveaway commissary officials said that had Little to do Wilh increased sales i Don l think it had an effect on Salci comes said. Our experience was that once people knew the beef was going to be there they just came in during their Normal shopping  and they came in looking for grocery items Munro than anything else. Groceries is a catch All category including everything except meats and produce according to Gomes. Army commissaries sold 123.3 million Worth of groceries while the air Force sold s16s.5 million. The Navy lagged j24.8 million in Groc Ery sales. Meats were a Distant second in sales. The army solds4b.9 million Worth of meat the air Force s14.4 Mil lion and the Navy $4 million. Produce sales were $8.9 million for the army $11.7 million for the air Force and si.6 million for the Navy shoppers also took advantage of the savings opportunities available to them through heavy use of Cou Pons. Army shoppers redeemed j2.6 million Worth of Cou Pons and inc air Force commissaries collected ji.5 million Worth of Money saving clippings. The Navy redeemed j62.ioo Worth of coupons. The Frankfurt and Ramstein a. Germany commissaries did the most business for inc army and air Force respectively. The Frankfurt store rang up $18.9 million in Sale while Ramstein totalled $26.8  Navy s busiest store was in Naples Italy totalling $8.1 million in sales. The army had its Busl single month Ever in july. Selling $32 million Worth of goods. That record was broken in the first month of fiscal year 1988 As the army reached s34.5 million in in mammary sales in october. We think that sales will increase this coming fiscal year by 7 to 10  Gomes said. Air Force and Navy officials Aspen similar increases. Is la Watai Couch Vince  in Iii Maui