European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 21, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday May 21, 1993 the stars and stripes Pago 3 mourning in Miinster against a background of us writ German Flosi i Hying it half stiff Monsler Elly official Dietrich Bromer reads about last week s bin Accident Ihil killed 27 people in Redcliff by residents of Mumler Redcliff 3 Ulster dts in Wesl Germany hate been in mourning since the tragedy occurred. A pickup truck Driver suspected of being drunk at the Ehtel when his vehicle collided with the bin he been charged Wilh 27 counts of murder. Consumer prices Rose 0.4% in april Washington a consumer prices Rose 0.4 percent in april As cloth my costs gained Tor the second straight month and grocery prices climbed at their fastest Pace in 20 months the government said Friday. Energy prices were up sharply As Well reflecting the steepest Rise in gasoline prices since August. The Overall gain Only marginally bet Ter than March s 0.5 percent gain Means that for the first tour months or 1989 retail prices were up at an annual Rale of 4. S percent. While this was Little changed from the 4.4 percent for All of 1987, economists were concerned because much of the inflationary pressure has shown up in the last two month. Analysts noted that the March Rise had been the most severe since january 1987. Last month s 0,4 percent Overall gain was equivalent loan annual inflation rate or 5.3 percent. More than one fourth of the april gain came Tram a Steep 2.0 percent jump in clothing costs lying March for the great est on month gain since Price records were first kept in 1947. As was the Case with March analysts said the More expensive clothing was chiefly the result of higher priced women s clothing lines. Grocery store prices Rose 0.8 percent in april the biggest Advance since a gust 1986. Leading the Way were sharply higher prices for beef up 2.3 per Cun fish up 2.9 it cent and fruits and vegetables up 1.4 percent. Gasoline prices climbed 1.1 percent last month after a 0.4 percent March Rise. Last month s jump was the steepest since a 3,3 percent Rise in aug Oil. After thai gasoline prices had fallen for six straight months. The gasoline Price increases Over the last two months largely reflected concern Hal the organization of Petroleum exporting countries would agree with non member nations to limit production. But Hose talks ended in failure and world Oil prices have since fallen substantially leading analysis to believe that retail prices will soon turn downward. The department gave these other specifics on april retail Price activity the record gain in clothing costs reflected an average  percent gain in the prices of women s apparel a 2.7 percent Rise in the prices for children s goods and a 2.1 per Cuni jump in men s clothing costs. New car prices were unchanged while automobile financing costs fell by 1.1 percent. Public transportation expenses reflecting a jump in airline fares Rose 0.8 per Cuni. Home heating Oil prices Rose 0.9 percent while natural Gas ant electricity costs Rose 0.4 percent. The april increase left the Overall Index at 117.1, meaning that a hypothetical selection of goods costing 1100 Dur ing a 1982-84 base period would have cos Al 17.10 last month. Unlike inc other figures in the report the Overall Index is not adjusted for seasonal flue Tuai ions. Fears of inflation have stirred up financial Markels in recent Days and economists. Stocks barely broke a two Day losing Streak thursday after worries about inflation and rising interest rates pushed the Dow Jones Industrial average Down sharply tuesday and wednesday. Investors have viewed Wanh some alarm a string of seemingly Good eco nomic reports in recent weeks. Unemployment in april fell to a 14-year-Low of 5.4 percent while the Factor operating Rale climbed to an eight year nigh of b2.7 percent. While evidence of but tar Thon a pc Ted economic activity inc reports also raised fears in financial markets that the Economy is growing Loo strongly and soon Light labor markets and High factory operating rain will translate into higher wages and rising prices. The Reagan administration maintained Hal inc concerns about inflation have been overblown. Treasury Secretary James Baker told reporters thursday that the administration saw no reason to change ils forecast Hal consumer prices would Rise by 4.3 percent this year. In 1987, consumer prices climbed 4.4 per cent. Private economists arc in general agreement with inc administration s forecast contending that the inflation worries exhibited by the Market would subside once the Impact of a Spike in Oil prices abates. Ultimate insider Reagan fes Oil in captions Washington a president Reagan took a turn As a candid camera narrator saying insider books on his presidency compelled a fanciful reply from the ultimate  attending his last White House photographers association dinner Reagan bad hundreds of photographers camera Crews and an array of news celebrities roaring thursday night with Deadpan captions for a series of pictures projected on three huge screens in a hotel Ball room. Reagan noted the recent spate of Lell All books on his administration and told his audience Hal i be had it with All of that. Tonight i m going to give it to you from the ultimate  standing in one picture alongside so Viet Leader Mikhail s. Gorbachev Rea Gan was pointing to his Wristwatch. You Nave to understand Mikhail if Domi no s does t it the pizza Here in to min utes we get it free Reagan said he was explaining to his guest. In another slide Reagan was shown standing in the Oval office and looking on As Gorbachev leaned Over a Labolt 10 put his signature in a Book. "1 even made him write a Hundred limes. Will not cheat. I will not cheat " inc president told the group gathered in a ballroom of the Sheraton Washington hotel. Another slide showed Reagan sitting in a Bathrobe in i Bethesda naval hos Pital room with several aides including then chief of Staft Donaldt. Regan. Reagan is laughing heartily in inc Pic Ture and the president provided this caption so Don Regan you say you re going to write a Book Reagan said he enthusiastically sup ports vice president George Bush s run for the while House. Then showing a picture in which he is stilling Yawn and first lady Nancy has both her hands raised beside her face Reagan said there we Are listening to one of his  in a picture of a meeting with some people in the Oval office a Young boy was acting up in the foreground. Reagan said the youngster must have just had a vision of Michael Dukakis in the Oval  court finds fishing contest cruel to animals Hamm West Germany a a court has fined two organizers of a fishing contest about $700 each for cruelty to animals ruling that fish feel pain when hooked and pulled from the water. The april it decision grew out of a suit filed by an animal rights group against a local Angling club that staged a fishing contest two Yean ago. Hie object of the contest was to see which Fisher Man could catch the most pounds of fish in two Days. After the fish were pulled in and weighed hey were returned 10 the water civil court judge Horst Brinkmann based his Deci Sion on testimony of end arts called in to determine whether or not fish feel pain when hooked and if they suffered during the Lime they were out of the water. Four wildlife experts testified that an increased bean rate and Laboured Bra thing of inc fish after they were pulled from the water indicated that they feel Brinkmann ruled Hal fishing was permissible if fish were quickly killed and if they were caught for useful purposes. But he added Hal simply catching the fish to weigh and determine which Angler was More skilled subjected the creatures to unusually cruel treatment. Fishing contests serve no further purpose than to determine who has won Brinkmann ruled