European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 28, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 24 the stars and stripes thursday february 28,19b8 West German Man kidnapped in Beirut from Page 1 they pushed Schray into one of their can at gunpoint and sped police initially said the victim had been identified As Ralph Strauss. The later issued a statement correcting his last name. I Hope hell be released soon his sunni moslem lebanese wife Rana Mounlia Laid reporters. A relative will Schray was bom in Bei rut in 195710 a West German father and a palestinian Mother. The relative who spoke on condition of anonymity said Schray had been registered since birth As a West German. The West German embassy would not comment on the abduction saying Only that it had no record of a West German citizen by the name of Ralph Rudolf Schray living in West the relative said Schray had not registered with the embassy but noted he is More fluent in arabic and English than in the police spokesman snid the kid nappers have telephoned Schray s Uncle George Abu Nassar and informed him of the abduction Abu Nassar a palestinian business Man refused to talk to reporters. The kidnappers did not state any de mands the police spokesman hid add ing that in was not Clear who the abductors Are. In West Germany Mohammed Ham Adi 23, wednesday refused to testify at the trial of his 29-year-old brother. Abbas All Hamadi. Abbas Hamadi is charged with kid napping West germans Rudolf Cordei and Alfred Schmidt in Beirut less than a week after hit brother s Jan. 13, 1987, arrest at the Frankfurt Airport. Schmidt was released in september. Cordes remains a captive Mohammed Hamadi is wanted in the United states on charges of air piracy and murder in the 1985 hijacking of a Twa jetliner to Beirut. Thirty nine americans were held hostage and a . Navy diver was lulled in he 17-Day or Deal. Heidelberg student died after inhaling aerosol Heidelberg is an Amy pathologist determined that Heidelberg High freshman Bernard Troy died of cardiac arrest after inhaling an aerosol. Heidelberg High principal Bud Karlh Dis closed the finding in a Feller to the faculty wednesday. The boy died last Friday at his Hei Delberg Home. Bernard s parents maj. John f. And Jean , flew 10 the United slates wednesday where their son will be buried Korth said. Ber Nard was the Olacsi of four children. He was 15. Korth said that army pathologist or. Maj Thomas Jewell told him the boy died after inhaling a substance found in foghorn Conni Stere. The Canni sirs containing a Gas usually arc connected 10 a Horn and when phased cause a noise Simitar to that of a foghorn. The horns often Are used by fun attending sporting events. Bernard was the freshman representative on the school s five member brain bowl team an All Scholastic contingent that competes annually with of her department of defense dependents schools for academic honors. In his idler to the faculty Korth saluted efforts by teachers Counselor and Community leaders in dealing with the trauma caused by the boy s death. The letter said the death was Acci dental. Korth tidied the work of health leather Linda Shahan whose health course for ninth graders deals in Pun with the dangers of drug abuse. Bernard was enrolled in the class. Bernard s death came just seven weeks after that of Owci Bricken High school Junior Christophe Sandoval who died near the school Afler inhaling an aerosol according to teachers. Options from Paga 1 the roughly 50 employee at the Usa eur Clao i Agency headquarter remains a question. The cafes proposal docs not include absorbing the Agency s head quarters staff which would Force a reduction in Force. Usa eur estimates Severance costs of $900.000 for those employees eligible to receive it. A Usa eur official discussing the concept in no vember said a More viable option would be a merger of the army and air Force class a operations in Europe. He said that that option was being studied. The Jan. 13 Usa eur message further endorses that possibility. " the magnitude of class i contribution to mar in Europe requires focus on new management efficiencies the message stated this in of is Best served within . Neucom by a merger of All Usa eur and Safe class i stores under a single manage ment concept. It May be prudent to establish a Pilota Afes program in parallel with class Vilo belter review comparative management a Usa eur spokesman said wednesday that the cafes class i proposal is still under review. There Are major considerations which Musl be re solved prior to a final decision he said. An cafes Europe spokesman in Munich it. while said wednesday we re waiting for a final decision from the department of the army and the the cafes class i proposal a family support official in Washington would Only say it is in the staffing process the Overall concept proposed by the Exchange serv ice is similar to that used when cafes assumed responsibility for running army and air Force military clothing sales stores according loan Exchange explaining its position Oil the Transfer of inventory the cafes proposal cites hat action As an example. Cafes can t assume the expense of carrying costs of the inventory Wilhour an Adverse Impact on Normal cafes operations and subsequently on inc air fora share of earnings the proposal stated. Accordingly this concept relies on a principle we used in the successful Hess military clothing sales store undertaking where the army provided us with the Basic inventory on a perpetual interest free the Exchange service also runs military cloth ing stores for the air Force Hal service Ihus far has no shown an interest in turning perils class i operation. Usa eur official opposed the idea from inc outset As did officials of the training arid doctrine come and forces come in the United slates. Following completion of an economic analysis by cafes of tix Sites including Hanau and Fulda in Germany Usa eur established a task Force to Analyse the results of the cafes study. The Usa eur group discounted the Exchange s study which forecast increased sales of 5 percent to is percent and estimated a decrease om.5 percent in the Cost for inventory purchases. In a summary of the group s findings which included a i voyeur compari son of Safe Sand class i operations in stated that the proposal would not provide a higher rate of return for Usa eur mar docs not result in lower apr appropriated fund Cost to Usa eur and docs nol result in Overall savings or efficiencies to the Exchange service proposes to operate the stores for a 6,2 percent fee to cover overhead costs and � \ percent management fee. The rest of the profits after deduction of direct operating expenses would be re turned to installation morale support funds. Based on the results of its study of the six stores cafes officials predicted increases ranging from 12percent to 40 percent in dollars resumed to morale support funds. If adopted the merger would result tit an average increase in earnings of20 percent army wide according to the results of inc study. This would result from such Effort As Slock Assort ment refinements Modem merchandising techniques adding selected High volume class Vincus to our existing cafes facilities e.g., shop tics and adding cafes retail items to class i stores to improve Cus Tomer traffic patterns the cafes proposal stated. Gnu from Page 1 worrisome trends in the Economy. The bulk of the sj9.i billion improvement in Gnu growth in the fourth Quarter came from a Sharp $33.7 billion Rise in inventories held by businesses. This increase was occurring at the same Lime that consumer spending was plummeting by j34.1 billion. The drop in consumer spending translated into an annual percentage rate decrease of 3,8 percent the biggest setback in this area in More than seven Yean. Economists Are worried that consumer spending which accounts for two thirds of the Overall Gnu will weaken in the Wake of inc collapse in Stock prices drag Ging the country into a recession. Wilh consumer spending falling at the same Lime thai inventories were soaring businesses Likely will have to Cut Back production in coming months to work off unwanted stockpiles. Many economists Are forecasting thai Gnu growth in inc first half of 1988 will be below i Pyrc Cal. Wilh growth that weak the possibility of a recession cannot be ruled out inc analysis say. While the Reagan administration is confidently predicting a record sixth year of peacetime economic expansion in 1988, democrats trying to regain the White House arc charging that this fore cast overstates the Economy s prospects. The unexpectedly Strong fourth Quarter growth helped to push growth for All of 1987 to 3.8 percent when measured from the fourth Quarter of 1986, this compared to growth of 2.2 per Conlin 19b6 and was the Best showing since 1984, when the Economy expanded 5.1 percent. It also surpassed the administration s own forecast of 3.2 percent growth in 1987. The administration projections arc measured against the fourth Quarter of inc proceeding year. Gnu growth averaging All quarters in a year showed the Economy expanded at a 2.9 percent Rale in 19s7, the same As 1986. Inflation As measured by an Index lied to the inf Rose 3.4 Pyrc Cal in 1987 compared to a Price increase of 2.7 per cent in 1986. The Sharp plunge in consumer spend ing resulted primarily from a drop in Auto sales which had surged in the third Quarter As Consumers responded to Cut Rale financing incentives offered by Suo makers trying to make room for the new models. Aspirin from Page 1 cans aspirin lowered the risk of heart attacks by 47 percent among men who had never suffered heart at Lack strokes or other serious illness. It s a big whopping said or. Charles h. Hennekens who directed the study at Harvard medical school and Brigham and women s hip dial in Boston. The study was supposed id go on until 1990, but in was stopped last month because in found an extreme beneficial effect of aspirin on both fatal and non fatal heart smacks. It also found thai regular aspirin seems to promote one form of strokes although these Are far less com Mon than heart attacks. Opinions varied Over just How widely aspirin should be used in Light of the new findings. Cohen suggested thai All men Between the apes of 35 and 70 should take aspirin regard list of their risk factors As Long As the drug does t cause gastrointestinal upset or bleeding. He said women should use Aspi Rin if hey have some risk Factor for heart alack such Ai High blow pressure elevated cholesterol smoking diabetes or a family history of heart attacks. Or. William Castilli director of the Long running Fra Mingham heart study said that Only men and women with heart risk factors should consider regular Asp inn use although most americans fall into this category. Anybody who finds Hal their blood pressure num Bers exceed 140 Over 90 or their total cholesterol is much Over 200 probably ought to think about taking an aspirin every other Day Castelli said. Or. Claude Lenfant director of the National heart lung and blood Institute agreed that people with heart risk factors should be considered for aspirin ther apy but he said they should discuss use of the drug with their doctors. And physicians should make sur that patients Don t have bleeding disorders that could be worsened by s one thing to take two tablets of aspirin because you Wake up with a hangover or a headache he said and another to take them every other Day for the rest of your american heart association largely agreed say ing in a statement Hal nobody should be taking Aspi Rin on a regular basis without consulting a physician and knowing the possible complications from regular aspirin i
