European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 17, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                In Bihy Ahni Mhz d american sentenced to life for Ira attack Page 2 d three ports eager to claim highly mo1 Page 5 d computer virus infectious electronic havoc daily Magazine d . Loses to czechs in olympic hockey sports Page 21 publication for the , aimed a Heel vol. 46, no 303 wednesday february 17, 1988 coca morning t 0 8693 a cafes cancels Price increase on japanese merchandise b . Kominicki staff writer ii Iii i lie Dollar s improved performance against the Jan. Army and air farce Exchange service officials have reversed a f 5 percent Price hike on japanese grinds Thil went into of Eccl for overseas customers last Monelli. Tic Price decrease. Good on Catalon orders starting tuesday and on Over the counter sales beginning Fri Day will mean reductions of around 1150 on lop of inc line stereo rack syst Chi and about is on inc most popular  recorders. See currency rotes 1 ire 20. A spokesman at tic Exchange service s Dallas head quarters said the Price hike Hud been put into of Eccl in anticipation of a further drop in the Greenback. But he added the falling Dollar already had affected prices by the time the increase was put into effect at the end of january. We were pricing. Japanese merchandise Ai if we had been buying the items at a rate of 140 yen to the Dollar when in reality we were actually buying inc items at a rate of 110 to 12 5 yen to the Dollar,1 he said it eventually got to the Point where we had to begin passing thai on to customers in the form of higher  it Sakl the Price increases were Noi solely due to fluctuations in the Exchange rate Between the Lime the Price increase was announced and the Lime it was can celeb. We do our buying 90 to Iso Days in Advance so we re talking about a much longer Lime Frame he spokesman said. We were looking at a drop of 20 to 30 yen in just three months. The rate fell 16.6 percent in january  the reduction does not affect japanese products sold in the United Stales since Hose items tire bought through japanese firms with stateside branches they Are paid for in  he said. The recent Price increase Only applied 10 Hose products which we purchased with yen for overseas distribution in Europe and the  he said the decision to cancel the Price increases had nothing to do with sales. It was strictly a Rchull of the improving Exchange rate he  Dollar closed slightly lower against Hie japanese currency tuesday ending the Day at i j0.50 yen. Stall til Mischuch v Bush heartened by win in Nixville notch do till notch re Ihunt null Tell Totmin Check his watch prior to casting inc lire lot in the new Hampshire primary. Concord. . Al vice presi Dent George Bush Drew encouragement from his Midnight Victory in the Village of Nixville notch As new Hampshire Pri Mary voters tuesday began to pm their often  Mark on the 1988presidential Campaign. Massachusetts Civ. Michael Dukakis expected a neigh Borly boost from democratic voters. As inc polls opened final surveys painted to a tight race Between Bush an Kansas sen. Dob Dole who was hoping to make new Hampshire his second big win in a Row several candidates visited polling places. At the Char of to Avenue school in Nashua hush said "1 think we look a hit coming out of Iowa. Thai s been turned around  Dole also was at a Nashua polling place and said feel Good got a Good night s sleep. Won t belong now will in we be made a lot of Progress Here. We want to win. We know we re going to do  democratic sen. Paul Simon of Illi Nois and Republican 1 at Robertson ran into each other at Northwest elementary sea Bush on Back Page soviets Start removal of nukes in e. Germany Berlin a the soviet Union has begun dismantling intermediate Range nuclear rockets stationed in last Germany the state run news Ugen Cyan reported Tuc iday night. According to the report rockets stationed near Neu Brandenburg. North of Berlin have been Dis my n lied and crated and arc ready for transport Back to the soviet Union. Under a treat signed in Radii Niolon in december by president Reagan and soviet Leader Mikhail , the superpowers agreed to eliminate the medium Range missiles the . Senate has Yelo ratify the treaty. Adn said soviet soldiers arc making the last preparations to return their ss-12 rockets 10 the soviet Union. The rockets arc Shorter Ranee weapons included in the intermediate Range missile pact which banned weapons with a Range from 300 to 3,000 Miles. The news Agency quoted a soviet Wolfi Cyras saying that the troops arc very proud that nuclear disarmament is beginning in our  adn said a group of East German journalists toured the missile base and was allowed to interview soviet soldiers there. East Csc Man Leader Erich Honecker in january indicated that soviet intermediate Range Rock is stationed in East Germany could be removed ahead of schedule but gave no specific timetable for their withdrawal. The adn report did not say How Many rockets were ready for transport Back to the soviet Union h also did nol say if other missiles stationed in East Germany had been dismantled or How Many troops were scheduled to leave. The report written by an adn correspondent described preparations under Way in ready the Rock ets for transport. Cranes were used to Load the dismantled rockets into transport containers the report said. We were convinced that the last rockets were ready for transport to the location where they will be  the adn correspondent said. The rockets Are 10 be sent Back to he soviet Union by rail the report said