European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 12, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes tuesday january 12,1983 news updates Sanunu wins award Copenhagen Denmark of a danish peace group awarded jailed israeli technician Mordochai Sanunu its 1988 peace prize for his moral opposition to nuclear weapons newspaper re ports said on sunday. Sanunu is on rial behind closed doors in Jerusalem on charges of treason stemming from information he gave last year to the Lon Don sunday times about Israel s nuclear capabilities. Meir Sanunu will receive the  116,000 prise on his brother s behalf. Cafes racking up record sales despite unfavourable ski weather temperatures a Nebo a Dobat Luv Egu Uhll Cek Una Nam Lamek mra Binnun am Mullink Mph to vow Tony a m j7 � 47 37 11 is h u. 22 21 is 3d� n 77 a n 39 � 39 m 7ft Ftp 47 is ii 02 k ii 3j Fri 49 32 31 1 31 a 34 13 30 iia it Al 4fl by Charlie Bowden Munich tired Munich the unseasonably warm weather of inc part Tew weeks aside from frustrating skiers a playing havoc with ski Supply retailers who Arr report ing sales dips of 30 percent and More according to German press reports no so for the cafes Europe Chain of sports stores. Although the weather has had an Impact the stores ant reporting record sales this year nearly 60 percent higher than last year according to Pur chasing chief Richard Hamilton. We just have a slower rate of gain than we were expecting Hamilton Aid. We can t say that we have losses be cause we Don l it might affect us More next year because there May not be things out there la buy next year. There won t be the assortment to buy that there is this  this year More stores larger inventories and a weak Dollar that sent Ameri cans flocking to the exchanges to spend heir greenbacks have left the cafes sport stores almost unscathed by the warm weather. Checks with ports stores showed that sales had fallen off some what last week but officials View that Only As a temporary setback. We anticipate a sales spurt once the Snow hits Hamilton said. Exchange official initially had projected sates in cafes 1987 fiscal year which ends at the end of january of Sinogo  sont Hirss to can Elln Wildfi do. Ami Wabb Fly win gum. 94 413 n a 23 77 m m is � 73jl 17 19 3 40 20 is l 33 23 25 4954 u a 2i79 43 31 10 � 12 23 -09 00 03 european weather ficut or  Doudy la a Maui win Lul-ter4 Rui a Ruhr and to Tull to Loffl Dpi left. Putty Goudy Tutti Fiora. Mriln be cd it new wig tax Juh Outing in in let pan of we or. Wanh kit Ltd rain Oft ii. Win to n he wry in m Tran or Lam Oon Uny won nov muh 34j4. 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Sales at sports stores through november were 313.j million he said nearly 60 percent More than the same period in 1986 and Well ahead of the  million in total sales i restores reported for fiscal 1986. Customers Benefit from the increased sales Hamilton said because they get More to choose from As a result of in creased inventory stocks. Our inventory is up in our stores Hamilton said attributing that to the Rosy sales forecast. The stores increase inventory roughly three times the amount of sales in order id meet de Mand. That forecast led Exchange buyers to Purchase about 20,000 sets of skis for this season at a Lime when the Dollar was 1.80 Marks. Our prices Are based on what we bought them for Hamilton said Mak ing the prices even More competitive As the Dollar fell. Still prices Are up some what this year compared to last year about the same percentage As the Dollar has fallen in value. The prices Are up because most of our merchandise is bought in Europe Exchange buyer Ray Downs said. Even the american made k-2 skis the top Sellers at the sports stores Are up in Price because Many of the component used in manufacturing the skis Are Bough from companies in Germany and Switzerland he said. Despite the increase skis Al the exchanges probably Are the Best bargains in Europe Downs said lower even than if individual sets were purchased at the fac tory. The yugoslavian made Elan re for example Sells for about 170 a set Al the sports store and would Cost s300 or More in the United slates. Because the skis Ore bought in bulk through the yugoslavian government Downs said the Price at the Exchange is almost lest than it a is to make the ska. For commercial ski equipment retail ers this is the third straight off year Downs said. He and Smith rack buying trends in the sports stores and in the commercial Industry. Recently returned from a study of local retailers they found stores packed with merchandise some of it two years old. This year s merchandise. Downs said is packed so tight you can hardly move in the aisles. The stores Are packed but nobody s  the marginal sales picture will also have an Impact on manufacturers. Next year you re going to find manufacturers reluctant to produce a lot of skis Downs predicted. Because of the Large inventories a Price War could result when the annual Winter Sale begins in Germany late ibis month and retailers try to unload Itier stocks he said. The whole ski Industry has been thrown on its car.1 dutch begin cleanup of Oil spill the Hague Netherlands a the dutch authorities monday began a cleanup operation on an 18.6-mile stretch of Oil caked Beach while thousands of sea Birds were falling victim to the worst Oil Slick Here in More than a decade. The source of the North sea Oil spill totalling Between to and 100 tons had still not been established on monday according to a spokeswoman for the dutch transport and waterworks ministry. It is almost certain that the Oil was spilled by an Oil Lanker cleaning its tanks spokeswoman Lydd Van Ham said. The origin of the Oil was not revealed by monday s tests. A dutch government plane was continuing its patrols Over the North sea to track Down the vessel responsible for the Slick Van Ham said adding that a Sec Ond 21.7-mile Oil spill was discovered Al the dutch coast on sunday. However that spill was removed by a specialized water cleaning vessel before it could reach the coast according to the spokeswoman. The cleanup operation is expected to Lait for several weeks according to Van Ham. She noted that Al some places the Inch thick Oil Slick coven an uninterrupted strip 3.7 Miles Long and is to 30 feet wide. The spill is not threatening any drink ing water supplies according to Van Ham. Meanwhile hundreds of volunteers continued to collect Oil covered sea Birds from the polluted beaches which stretch from Haa stede in the province of Zee land to Waisen Nar a Village 6.2 Miles North of the Haigue. It s estimated thai so far More than 1,500 Birds have died As a result of inc Slick said Leo Van doom a spokes Man for the dutch agriculture ministry which coordinates the Bird Rescue action it s certainly one of the worst in stances of Oil pollution we be seen in the Netherlands Lor at least 10 years said Van doom who estimated that in the coming months about 10,000 sea Birds would die because of the Oil spill about half of the Birds collected from the beaches will survive after having been cleaned with special detergents according to Van doom the rest die mainly of pneumonia caused by destruction of Fth Birds protective fat layer. M b by. � Wheeling reopens taps to Ohio River Wheeling . A the City began depending on the Ohio River for All its water again monday after Levels of i Csc fuel from a million gallon spill fell to treatable Levels but authorities warned that business As usual could still Drain reserves. We re just going to stay on lop of it and keep working on it said Lloyd Adams the City Engineer and Public works director. City manager Mike Nau said Reservoir Levels were rising monday As the River water began flowing Nau said the the City s main Reservoir with a 3.5 million gallon capacity contained slightly More than 2 million Gal Lons monday morning. The tank was Down to 500,000 Gallons sunday mom ing. Adams said Wheeling s Ohio River water intakes were turned on fully Over night but barges that had been pumping clean water Stu be kept on standby. It will be i while until we get out of the Woods Adams said. A makeshift system had kept drinking water flowing since the fuel reached Wheeling s water intakes Friday. Officials in the City of 43,000 resumed pumping water sunday from the Ohio through sponge Niters then mixed it in a Reservoir with water pumped from the barges. Assistant City manager Nancy Vapner and other officials used lie word Cut ical to describe the situation. Wheeling was the focus of water con Cerns sunday a the last Pennsylvania resident affected by the Jan 2 spill bad their up water restored. A civil emergency in Steubenville Ohio was lifted saturday and River water was being treated and pumped to customers there. The next town expected to be affected is Sistersville about 50 mile Down Stream from Wheeling but authorities Don t know when. Cold weather has caused ice in the Ohio River keeping the fuel from dispersing and slowing its movement. Siiter Vine mayor Lester Leach Taid Ashland Oil co. Nas dispatched a Barge carrying More than i million Gallons of water to the town of 2,200 people. The fuel spilled Inlo the Monongahela River South of Pittsburgh after a 40-year old Ashland Oil tank crumpled Ai it was \ being filled. The Slick has travelled More than 100 Miles on the Monongahela and the Ohio through Pennsylvania Ohio and West Virginia. Ashland Oil has offered to pay All cleanup Cost. In Steubenville the civil emergency that had ordered All non essential Nisi Nesses closed Friday was lifted after we look another look at things and figured that the worst of it was Over mayor David hindu Nan said. I am not satisfied that the situation is Back to Normal Bui i am sure absolutely sure that the water is Safe Drunken passengers Moscow a in an unusual re port about Public disorder the official news Agency Tass reported sunday thai service on a Moscow tuba a line was. Halted twice within an hour saturday night because of Drunken passengers crawling onto the tracks. J 1