European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 31, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 24briefs the stars and stripes thursday. Doom Bursi 19b7 leap second will give part goers More time Paris a revellers on new year s eve will Ham an a tra second to celebrate because a leap second will be added 1o 1987 to let lagging Earth catch up to sup accurate clocks a Lime official said. The Earth is a bit behind Martini Scissel assistant director of the Bureau International de i  we did nothing before the end of he year Iacre would be a Gap of More than a second he  atomic clocks Are far More regular than the Earth which speeds up and slows Down from time to Lime. Recently the Globe has been falling behind. Al a rate or about a millisecond and a half per Day and now rails the official clock by roughly six tent sofa second. Adding the extra second Between 11 59 59 . On dec. 31, 1987, and the stroke of mid night on Jan. I. Will put the Earth about four tenths of a second ahead of the clock giving it a bit of a head Start. Woman wanting her age to match her looks fined Munich Impi a 44-year-old woman s attempt to make herself seem 10 years younger for her 25-year-old Boyfriend Cost her 2.400 Marks about $ . That was the Fine levied by a Munich court on a woman identified Only As Lisa m. For altering her birth Dale in her passport from 1944 to 1954. I had to change the Date when my Friend Aski d nit for my passport so he could Lake it with his to the . Consulate to get visas for the trip we were planning she told the court she said she had told her new Boyfriend who was 2 5, that she was just Over  i Jusi wanted to make my age correspond 10 my  she  change came to Light because police were looking fur a woman of the same name who had been born in 1954. When Lisa identified hrs of she was tried for falsifying an official document. Two injured in explosion of Christmas card bomb Jerusalem a a Feller bomb hidden Ina Christmas card exploded wednesday and injured two people and at least seven other such bombs were received in Israel and Al a jewish settlement in the occupied West Bank police said. Seven of the Leller bombs were defused safely bul police spokesman Adi Gonen said authorities believe More explosives had been mailed. Israel radio quoted unidentified police officials As saying 10 bombs were found. Logic says that it s palestinian terror said one senior police official who spoke on Condi Tion of anonymity. The explosives were sent from Turkey in Iden tical while envelopes containing Christmas cards according to a police statement. The Type written return address on each envelope was listed As d. Nissim Istanbul iraqi planes reportedly hit Tanker off coast of Iran Manama Bahrain a Iraq said its War planes hit a Tanker off Iran s Gulf coast and Iran reported wednesday thai two children were Kif cd and three civilians injured in iraqi air raids on Western Iran. Gulf based shipping executives said they had no immediate confirmation of Iraq s claim of a tuesday night attack on iranian shipping As re ported by the iraqi High command the reported strike broke a four Day Lull in attacks on Gulf shipping since the Arab Gulf Summit convened. Meanwhile. . Navy warships were escort ing the 22nd Convoy of re flagged kuwaiti tank ers through the Gulf. The escort operation began last july to help Kuwait prowl its Oil shipments against iranian  executives speaking on condition they were not identified said no incidents were re ported b the Convoy As it travelled along he so mile journey through the Gulf. Leaner meaner Curnc ulu urged for . High he tools Washington a Secretary of education William Bennett on tuesday prescribed leaner meaner belter academic Medicine for american High schools in a dream curriculum that might require a or even six years of study for some students. We think kids need this said Bennett invoking a personal hero for Anup Mary James Madison High school. Bunn Clem posed these idol curriculum requirements four years of English bus four yearlong literature courses. Three a cars Ini of science math and social stud ies. W4fir\ of foreign language. Co years of physical education. Scr each of Art and music history. R program would leave at least 25 percent of Avail class time free for elective such As band Driver education and shop. This curriculum is for All students nol for an imag Inary class of icon age wizards Bennett told a news conference. It is aim. 1 believe the kind of Basic programs most americans want for their  the education Secretary Long has championed a Core curriculum with More academic Backbone. Our children should know about Continental shift and quadratic equations about gothic architecture and the Gettysburg address about what a symphony is and Aboul who Shakespeare was and what he  Bennett said. Allies seek to normalize Berlin life Bonn Dpi West Berlin s three Western occupation Powers acting on a suggestion of president Reagan delivered a note to the soviet Union wednes Day proposing measures to normalize life in the former German capital. West German foreign ministry Rinhard Bett Ucic said the note was handed Over in Moscow by the French ambassador to a soviet Deputy foreign min ister. The note was drawn up by the United states Britain and France who along with the soviet Union As world War ii victors still have special rights in Berlin and Germany in the absence of a peace treaty. Details were nol disclosed but the proposal was the brainchild of president Reagan who in a speech on his visit to Berlin in july called on the soviet Union to agree to measures to alleviate the problems caused by the division of the City into Eastern and Western parts. Reagan again brought up the subject Al his Summit meeting in Washington earlier this month with soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev. In his Berlin speech Reagan challenged the soviets to tear Down the will built around West Berlin aug. 13, 1961, to Hall the mass flight of East germans to the Western outpost 110 Miles inside East Germany. He also suggested holding the olympic games and International conferences in both parts of the City improved air traffic to Berlin and exchanges of East and West German youth. Cafes from Page 1 order Catalon was distributed. This year s increase affects Catalon orders Post marked after Jan. 16 for merchandise made in Japan and sold in the Pacific Section and special order Sec Tion p pages of the 1987-88 Exchange Catalon according to Catalon sales officials Al the cafes world wide Headquarters in Dallas. Customers who order merchandise out of the Cata log after the Date of the Price increase should multiply the printed Price by 1.15 to get the new Price. Shipping and handling charges have nol changed. After the increase the Catalon sales Center will pro Cess orders received and Bill customers for the higher Price if there is payment shortage of less than 5 per cent officials said. If the difference Between the old and new Price on an order is More than 5 percent the sales Center Wilt Contact the customer for payment before releasing the order for shipment. Historically a moneymaker Catalon sales fell 14 per cent in 1986, the second consecutive decline and resulted in a net loss of about 12 million. The current edition distributed in August costs j3 per copy bul includes customer discount coupons. This year the first that the Catalon has not been distributed free total Dollar sales Are Down but officials attribute that to the continued decline of the Dol Lar in fact orders for . Merchandise arc quite healthy and conus Continental United Stales Lei phone sales Are  said Ronald Rooney Dep Uty chief of Catalon sales for cafes. Two similar increases were tacked on to the 1986 version of the Catalon eventually affecting Merchan Dise from both Europe and Japan. In november 1985. Cafes announced an increase of is percent on Japa Nese goods effective in january 1986 and then announced an additional increase that look effect in March 1986. The second increase added 15 percent toilets in the european Section of the Catalon and changed the increase on japanese goods from inc Origi Nal 15 percent 1o 20 percent. An Exchange official at cafes Europe Headquarters in Munich said he did nol know if a similar increase was planned for items in the european Section of the Catalon. The increase in prices on japanese goods sold in overseas exchanges follows an increase of nearly 7 per cent in november. Al thai time Exchange prices on japanese purchases were pegged at 140 yen to the Dol Lar and Exchange officials predicted a follow on in crease in january if the Dollar continued its slide in value against the japanese yen. The Dollar has since continued to drop and was pegged Al 123.6 yen As of dec. 30. In Short most of the merchandise in Slock and in the pipeline is being paid for by cafes at a higher rate even though we Haven t been charging higher prices in the last few months said cafes Europe spokesman maj. Charlie Hayes. Next month s increase will not affect manufacturer s phaseout merchandise. Hayes said. Index from Page 1 their average in August when the Slock Market hit is record High. In october Stock prices were one of Only two Indica tors which were negative factors. However in novem Ber seven of the available nine indicators declined. The fall in stuck prices contributed almost to thirds of the 1.7 percent drop. The next Large negative Factor far from changes in business delivery limes on orders full wed by a slowdown in growth of the Money Supply changes in raw materials prices a Rise in unemployment claims a decline in the length of the manufacturing workweek and a fall in contrails and orders for plants and equipment. Two indicators made positive contributions cd by a Rise in orders for consumer goods and an increase in building permits. The various chances left the Index Al 190.2 percent of its 1967 base of 100. In addition to revising the october Index to show a 0,2 percent increase the department said additional data showed that the Index in september Rose by 0.2 percent As Well. This month had previously been reported As unchanged. Even with the huge november decline analysts arc split on whether the Index is forecasting a recession. It is certainly flashing a warning sign but 1 am not ready to Call a recession yet said David wuss an economist with data resources inc. Of Lexington mass. "1 think we have a slowdown coming and inc Chance that it could turn into a recession is certainly  Wyss predicted that the Overall Economy As measured by the Gross National product would slow 10 a eak 1.6 percent annual Rale not year Down substantially from economic growth through the first nine months this year of 3.7 percent