European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 21, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Page2 the stars and stripes monday december 21,1987 despite budgeting declining Dollar hurts from Page i in id u irs i flit arriving in Ger Many i fore buying a u la Kion on Rcd Ilford Smyk. He managed his finances very Well or As Well As he could id senior master ski. Harry j. Kelley. A Tirol sergeant who deals Wilh financial problems almost daily. Still Sheldon will miss his son s first Christmas. The Dollar hit a do cad High Exchange Rale of 3.47 Marks Early in 1985, and americans stationed Here were living High on the hog. They bought new luxury cars and travelled extensively. Now the ears Are going Back and the vacations Are called off. Well i had a Nice lease rental car Toyota said army staff sgt. Harry Young of Kaiser Lautem. And i can t lease n anymore because i cant afford inc payments. Now i have a Low horsepower Small Cheetie. That really h urts because 11 Ike m y big sports Young s Champagne Laste soured somewhat As he and of hrs who Pur chased new cars at hard to pass up Mark prices took a beating when he Dollar took a nose dive. Temperatures december 19hi u 36 Anchou Aflfe Atlanta Ada inc City Auslyn bos Boston ,.vi. Crarlbsian.8 c cnar1otl.n c Chuago a Nomad is 3412 Ufi 15 3d 34 14 6-1 m 31 is 39 26 to 69 37 34 Jimal cry Las vegas pm Angeles Bibb Oak Mam Prtt Miami Beach Martand Odom Mana us us stat Paul Nash Iii Nav Licin . Data -f1 Worth Dayton of Lull eip350 Eva Skilla fan Anlo Fng Scarf grand Hankh great Hall of a bail inn Ohishi Houston Indiana ont i 10 13 59 go 54 u 59ra x 31 57 73 14 40 49 37 75 46 � 37 30 39 � 35 was 57 in 31 59 62 h 32 43 soon a Lull 33 so 37 Tarn a so Pir Seq 75 Ohi Achonu c to Omaha on Vioa Phoenix Putni Burgh poroand.dt4 Tow dance rat Oah papal cry and Richmond St Louis sati Ukel Cin san am Xii Sanow go son Francisco Seln Juaner Sis Maria so Allta Tucson Tulsi wasninglnn.01. I paid Boul 7,000 Marks and i in every Penny of it because i could t afford in tits the car Young said Shak ing i head. But pro lems Aren t lined to i Host who bought expensive trinkets or made a hah ii of sightseeing. "1 have people on my list Hal arc to or e-4 and have five or six or seven peo ple in their family. These people Don 1 go skiing in Austria said Huberts Bartlelt Happy Holiday program coordinator for the kaisers Lautem army Community services. They Don t even go to the in Rothenburg even if in Only costs $20. They can t blow $20 on child care logo on a shopping and the problem in t Jint in Ger Many. When in comes to housing in has t been Loo terrible because they keep adjusting the cola but the thing my wife and i enjoy the most is going out to restaurants said air Force staff sgt. Vin cent Cobb stationed in Naples Italy. Two years ago we could have a wonder Ful meal for $20 to $25, now it costs $35 to $40 for a meal that s not half As set. Mike Pillitere of Raf Alconbury England is still paying on a $900 phone Bill he rang up when he lived off base and the Dollar was stronger. Like the other Bills his British telecoms Tab Rose when the Dollar lost value before he his wife and son took to a Safe Haven on base. And those already living in govern ment quarters still have trouble escaping financial woes brought on by inc decline. Shannon Ahrens lives in government housing in Frankfurt with her military police husband. Terry and their two children Brian. A and Kattlin 20 months. As far As shopping we cannot shop on the Economy because we can t afford to buy things there she said. I find All our Basic needs in the pm and commis the exchanges and commissaries have european weather Mateisi Lof monday Loutfy a ram. Ilium and log in Southern gain my isolated rain honors Ihrl ban ilk and Central i Hough a Ortlam coma Elf. Gusty Wadi Han Lepai Aires 46-52 lows 40-16 in Ina Nonh and 42-48 m the South Sauniel monday ii 25. Sun Jim tin Lily at 1 21 of Lex Lix tuesday cd Linum Haj of Wanh occasional ram Ana log in Eastern areas of Germany Raiv Rains no cars Ann 109 in he ban Tui and Lotus neg arts is of Garmany co it Neq july wind if los 6-t� is 10-46 in inc Gaitri or a 42-1s in Iho South Rico Road sunday Lam 4pm 4am 1pm 59 cd Nerhagen of 15 45 50 planter50 London a is mama i 4b i m pan cd 50 harm p Arisna p Amsi Ertta Lent c i a Iii i 50 j6 50 63 Ca id. Cd . Cd n h Lam i Hon Elmal & is my Sci cd 3? it Ohio it 5? j5 Lof Nta to 66 55 v he 55 or benefited most from the Sci Chr drop fist ing record sales. Army sales totalled $161.1 million up 12 percent from lust year. The air Forte did 13 per cell boiler with sales of si99.5 million cafes retail sales were $1.1 billion in the first 10 months f its business year showing a 20 percent increase Over inst year. And cafes customers arc turning to heir credit cards especially for Holiday shopping. Exchanges rang up $8 million in credit card sales for october nearly double the figure for last year according to cafes Europe comptroller Loyd Lee. Sales through the Exchange s deferred payment plan also were up significantly. App sales for october and november were about $25.7 million an increase of j3.5 Neil Liuigi compared to the same Peri Oil last year. While the main Factor contributing to the sales increase is the decline in the value of the Dollar increased inventory also played a part according to cafes officials. November sales dropped somewhat and aafes1 figures so far for december yearly Pace but d. Michael Villyard manager of the exchanges in stut Garl does t think this reflects an exodus of shoppers Back to the Economy. I think we be reached the Point where in lakes so Many dollars to buy the Marks to pay their phone Bills and rent and utilities Hal they have very few Dol Lars left to spend he said. One of his customers confirmed Hal quickly. Spec. 4 Carlota forester said she did a lol of shopping in German stores and at the Exchange during her first Christmas in Germany in 1986. She still does some shopping in the Exchange but makes the rest of her purchases from mail order Cata logs. Other than thai she s got her hands full paying $800 a month for her rent electricity and Tele phone Bill. The expenses Are eating me up she said adding to Iii she plans Losi l k i Perl Lime Job if the Dollar Exchange rate dips to 1 50 Marks. Other benefactors of the i drop have been various service organizations where donations arc up. However re la Els for help Atio Are up list year. Weir Hurt army Community services collected $1.925 in donations. This year through dec. 14, that figure has full most tripled to $5,426. Last year he Community received 900 canned goods Hul Elliis year that figure i definitely responsible for the increase in donations said Judy Anders Wil Ryburg acs director. More than Likely with inc Mark rate High people took for granted a pfc. Could Marti inc with thai Mark rate. Now Wilh two income families feel ing the crunch people know e-2s, Eli can feel inc Pinch. Most people mention that they can feel the Pinch when they come Hanau s Christmas helping hand program is giving out cold Cash instead of food baskets for needy military families this year. The program had 367 requests for food baskets in 19116 and Hal number has lopped 500 this year said Angle Kelly program coordinator. As if there weren t enough bad news the Outlook for inc Dollar Inlo Nam year is not Good expenses in foreign currency arc taking increasingly Large Biles out of service members budgets. And Ameri cans Are taking a wait and see attitude in Money matters it s a Menla anguish said army la. Col. Joe Beasly Sivali once in Italy. You keep Reading that they re going to Lei the Dollar flow and you Don l know what you re going to be faced Wilh. Vou Are More apprehensive about buying or doing anything. Every Day you Pfay a guessing game. Should you buy two months Worth of rent now or Are you making a mistake stall Wnters Connia Oil Fly Joseph Owen. J a my Aye dentil. Mark Walsh Ana Bowden con report israeli troops arabs clash again Jerusalem a israeli troops clashed sunday with Arab youths who burned tires barricaded roads and hurled stones in the occupied West Bank and Gaza strip. Eight palestinians were reported wounded by gunfire. In Bethlehem mayor Elias Freij said he was being pressured to cancel some of the Christmas festivities in the West Bank town where Jesus was bom. There have been certain elements who want me to cancel Many Christmas activities said Freij a Christian. Christian Lay leaders and seven Chris Tian youth groups have urged thai celebrations be limited to prayer and religious services As a protest against israeli measures used to quell nearly two weeks of daily unrest. The problem is that israeli authorities Are shooting at children and women said Freij a moderate with ties to Jordan s King Hussein. If they think we Are going to accept this with red roses then they Are wrong. The israelis must Stop their repressive he said the violence was already affecting tourism and reporters saw few pilgrims in the City sunday. He predicted there would be far fewer tourists than in the past two years the Arab run Palestine press service said four protesters were wounded one seriously in a West Bank clash Wilh israeli troops near Farah 45 Miles North East of Jerusalem. Other Arab sources said another palestinian was wounded in Rabat Inch in the West Bank. Thai report was con firmed by an israeli army spokesman. Israeli Media reported that two israelis were injured by stones in the occupied West Bank. Israel s 34-Mcrnber Cabinet facing International criticism for the army s use of Force to quell the riots was to discuss the violence that the army said had claimed 15 lives since dec. 8. Arab sources said 20 arabs were killed and More than too wounded. In Gaza which Israel seized from egyptian control in 1967, protesters set fire to an israeli bus carrying Arab work ers and stoned Arab ears to enforce a strike aimed at keeping 60,000 Gazaw from jobs in Israel. Shopkeepers closed their stores and demonstrators. Set up barricades along Omar Al Mukhtar Street the main com Mercial thoroughfare in a a City. The army brought in bulldozers to Clear away dozens of burning tires. Troops clashed Wilh students at the he Bron polytechnic Institute and Proi Esicks smashed the window of an israeli military vehicle the Palestine press service reported. There were commercial strikes or clashes reported in Jenin tul Karem a Mallah and Dura in the West Bank in Arab East Jerusalem shopkeepers continued to observe a commercial strike begun tuesday. Protesters invade Paris gourmet shop it37 ._,., y to a ai5oci.lwd prols cd Goudy tit a Nieft t -0lrtlf Cloudy. To Lara a Paris up hundreds of communist led unemployed invaded the Gour met food shop Fauchon saturday to pro test social inequalities and demand increased benefits. Witnesses and police said Between 200 and Joo protesters stormed the culinary landmark in the place do la Madeleine at 2 p.m., helping themselves to delicacies and handing sales clerks vouchers fur 3,000 francs $550. Poliere cleared them out of inc store by 3 p.m., Bui icy remained in inc Square in front of the specially caterers for an other hour. Ten demonstrators were detained for possible charges authorities said. Fauchon which celebrated its 100th year in business in 1986, has re pc idly been the target of leftist attacks protest ing wealth luxury and conspicuous con sumption. In 1970 maoists looted the store and distributed their Lake to the poor. In de Cember 1977 the store was bombed and shut Down for five months. In december 1985 a ire of suspicious origin gulled the store and killed twp women one of them Fauchon s presi Dent. The occupation saturday was organized by the s a called struggle Commil lec of Youn unemployed of the Paris Region led by he communist youth group of the French communist party. Group Leader Jacques Perreux said the protesters chose to demonstrate Al Fau Chon because it is a Temple of he said inc jobless want 1.000 francs in monthly government unemployment benefits
