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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 17, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday. April 17, 1988 the stars and  Page 7 eatery s sign not palatable to Mcdonald s san Josh. Calif. Ilii l Mcdonald stator Neys arc not amused by n re ii Amirant called my dharma s or the vegetarian fast food eatery s response to a court Lull to distance its Cir from the Mcdonald s name. In compliance with an Oul of court settlement with Mcdonald s to drop hit me from the my dharma s name the owners painted a Circle around Ihu me and Drew n line through in the International Symbol for "no/1 attorneys for the worldwide Mcdonald s fast food Chain returned to Federal court in san Lav lost week saying it was t quite what they had in mind. The Mcdonald s attorneys charged that my dharma s was attempting to reap where they have not sown by trading upon the notoriety of the me family of Marks while holding the me Mark up to ridicule and  far their pad Mcdo Myrna j owners say they re not jiving up this is a David and Goliath Bailie said Bernard Shapiro who with partner Daniel or Alicr owns Mcd Harma s in Santa Cruz they have unlimited capital and we Don to Shapiro said. Rut we intend to take it All the Way if we have  Shapiro whose eatery specializes in hot dogs and Chicken burgers made from Tofu soybean curd conceded his selection of the name Mcd Harma s was partly satirical but denied any contempt Tor big macs. I be never eaten heir food he said. I can t. I be been a vegetarian Over 15 years no one s been confused. No one s Ever come in Here looking for a big Mac or thought they were in Mcdonald  Dollar s decline dominates meeting of finance leaders Washington up world finance leaders wrapped up a tumultuous meeting of the International monetary fund Friday with More words of Assurance to nervous financial markets and further efforts to Rescue the Dollar. The semiannual meeting of he i 51-Natton if was dominated by the Deljar s Steep plunge after four months of relative stability. In an Effort to Brake inc decline. Inc United states and its allies launched a  Doltar intervention Effort Selling off their reserves of japanese yen we German Marks and Oiler currencies and buying dollars. The intervention while doing Little to slow the Dol Lar s descent on thursday Mcl with More Success on Friday amid reports of further Dollar purchases by the United Stales West Germany and Britain. The Dollar declined against the yen on markets in Tokyo and Europe but rallied Lacr in the Day in new York trading lot Osc Al  yen. Up from 123.7 yen late thursday. The Dollar s plunge came less than it hours after inc world s seven largest Industrial economics the unit cd Stales Japan West Germany Britain France. Can Ada and Italy had issued a glowing appraisal of inc world Economy. Instead of focusing on the words of optimism Finan Cial markets were stampeded into a frantic Dollar sell off fallowing news that the . Trade deficit widened to s13.8 billion in february. Reagan administration sources confirmed Friday that Treasury Secretary James a. Baker lit held a id minute conference Wii ii finance ministers from Japan and Wesl Germany and Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan to discuss Lite Dollar sell off. Japan and West Germany have supplied the largest amount of reserves to buy Dollar. Currency traders estimated that on t humid ii Annc inc am uni of intervention lolled As much As s7uo million. Canadian finance minister Michael Wilson build re porters he found in  thai the markets had settled Down some Wal on Friday. I think the reaction thursday was Cine no Surprise bul we All realize that the Trade figures arc malic and As people reflected on thai tilings calmed  Wil Sun said. Huldi finance minister ii. T no Kudill. Who Heads the ifs policy making commit acc. Snid in Market Lur mail came up in the discussions but Ilire was no undue concern. Members were aware of the development in the markets but it has not changed dramatically the actions of our a ceilings r tiding said Ruding said the finance ministers decided against making any alterations in to licit assessment of Gloria growth prospects. The group s final communique on Friday predicted continued growth for the world econ omy this year at a steady moderate Pace. The joint session of the if and lie world Bank also addressed third world debt problems although no major new initiatives were unveiled. World Bank president Barber Conable said the overriding Issue facing the iwo Ien Diug mean Lions was the need to reduce the poor countries debt Bur Den which is of petted to reach si.2j5 trillion by inc end of Hilyear. Nigel Lawson British Chancellor of the exchequer said one thing Tibai would help would be a reduction in the interest rates the poor countries Are being charged on their Loans. All of us know thai there is no Way in which the poorest countries can meet their interest payments he said. The interest Burden thus mounts exponentially and the poorest countries Are Ihus caught in in vicious Circle army won t build Church exclusively for mormons by Norman no ack a1 military writer Washington despite congressional pressure the army said Friday it won t provide the land or help build a Church for the exclusive use of mormon employees at a Utah military installation. The army is opposed in principle to inc construction and exclusive use of a private House of worship by any religious Organiza Tion on a military installation assistant army Secretary a Bart l Spurlock said in a letter to congressional committees. Some 700 mormon workers at the Iso lated Dugway i roving ground arc asking for i hair own religious facility claiming the building now shared by All the installation s religious denominations is too Small. Sen. Jake Gam. A Utah has argued thai More space is needed because so Many members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Lallcer Day saints work at inc isolated base. Bul Spurlock said in Liis letter. No statutory auth oily exists which would permit this at Dugway and. If such authority were proposed by Congress in would Likely violate  pro visions against the government i Subh a ment of religion. Moreover while the army building now being used by mormon employees at Dugway is substandard that build ing by itself is More than twice the religious education facility sic Aulhorn cd for the entire Dugway population the service said. If the army obtains Money to build new religious facilities at Dugway those buildings would have to be shared by All denominations and would certainly be smaller than the buildings now used the army said. Spurlock s comments were contained in a idler thai accompanied a special report to the House and Senate appropriations committees on Friday the report was re Quested by Congress in december at the urging of Gyrn who Isa mormon. The mormons at the proving ground arc currently allowed exclusive use of a warehouse icy have renovated As a Chapel but would like to build a larger modern Facil Ity at the base. Dugway is a research and lest site for chemical weapons located about $0 Miles West of sail Lake cily and about to Miles from inc nearest town. Item ploys about 1,700 people. The mormon workers turned to Gam for help after inc army rejected the Church s request for a Long term lease on 2.5 acres of land to construct a building. Gam has said through a spokeswoman  if the army does t come up with on acceptable plan to provide adequate space he will a it Congress to order the army to Issue a lease. A spokeswoman for gain declined comment Friday saying Gam had not seen the report. The report however hardly appeals Likely to satisfy the mormon workers. Given the current austere budget con  in says it is nol anticipated any Money could be re queued from Congress during the next five years to upgrade the existing fan tics at Duguay. There Are at least 55 critical army religious projects with a higher priority the report states. And the army is opposed on Prin Ciple to construction of a priv air House of worship by any religious organization on any military installation the service concluded. To allow such construction favors religious groups with the financial re sources to build. In also places religious groups that Are without those resources Ai a  stolen dream Roland dub id i dream of crass bit Kwoni Day Siul taif i3- i a flail country Brycle troll from san Francis Nattle of Essen West Germany uld ii co id Florida a stuttered Friday was taken Tram a Beach lieu Salinas Wrhen his s750 Bike was stolen on Only Calif. Lie now plans la return borne  
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