European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 19, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday october 19, 1988 the stars and stripes French economist inspired by . Wins Nobel prize Page 3 Stockholm Sweden a a French professor whose visit to the United Stales during he depression sparked his interest in economics won the Nobel me Morial prize in economic Scien on tuesday _ the Royal swedish Academy of sciences said Mau acc Allais 77, won the award for his pioneering contributions to he theory of markets and efficient utilization of  thais told reporters at his suburban Paris Home that the award was mind  my motivation when i was Young was an idea of being Able to improve the Condi Lioni of life to try to find a remedy to Many of the problems facing the world he said. That s what led me into economics. 1 saw it As away of helping people thais was the first French economist to win the coveted award since it was created in 1968 by he Central Bank of Sweden As a memorial to Alfred Nobel who established the five Nabl prizes in his will americans have won is of the 25 awards handed out and four winners were British. Allais did his economic research at the Ecol National super Curc pcs mines de Paris the Academy said. Although his work is Little known outside France Allais is the most prom incl figure in modern eco nomic research in France As regards Basic theory an applications to juju blk sector planning the 300-Mcm Ber Academy said in a statement. Jacques Levy director of the Ecol National do mines one of France s most prestigious institutions of higher education said Allais was the Mentor for everyone involved in the Economy in postwar France Between 1945 and 1968," he worked on a system of definition of Price which would permit the Economy to function at its Best Levy said. His theories Are based on a free Market Economy. Great pumpkin Likely to be Small this year Champaign Iii. A Vana Lacos says her customers can gel the great pump Kin but they la have 10 shop Early. Drought has Itou ced the number of jumbo Jack Olan terns in her eight acc Patch and All Over the Midwest. The decorative pumpkin crop is Short an people in the Midwest will be paying More than usual for Large pumpkins 1 said j. , a pumpkin specialist at the univer sity or Illinois. The problem area is As ideas the  pumpkin growers in the East have a Good crop but shipping them to the Midwest is expensive and adds