European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 7, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Page the stars and stripes monday november 1988 mediocre Christmas sales foreseen by retail analysts new Yorr tap in the coming weeks As Stop hand shop Ping malls fill with pop Christmas gifts it might any other Holiday season. But she Bustle will mask the fact that cautious consumer spending has forced retailers to take a sub Dued approach to this Christmas and their prospects for meaningful Sain growth in the foreseeable fun , stores Are expected to have a profitable last year a played Eben Czar Scrooge,.td" Robert Buchanan Art analyst Wilh the investment firm , Edwards & sons inc. In is. Firm awarded contract for Navy Supply ship Washington a the Navy has awarded a $242.6 million contract to the National steel and shipbuilding co. For a new combat Supply ship. The contract won by the san Diego firm Calls Formwork on the new vessel to be completed by june 1992. The ship part of the so called Aoe-6 class will be 753 feet Long 107 feet wide and will displace about 48,500 tons when fully loaded. The ship is designed to carry fuel ammunition and stores for Carrier Battle groups and has he Speed and armament to sail in con Voy Wilh inc combat ships. Temperatures anchortqc.1 t1 19 17 68 k � Ribhi 91 b3 5tn 56 81 � 70 17 44 37 61 9 44 33 � 4 � reason lobe Gnassi Lafonc s the pfc Over the Ift Tamer who does t to Al to ivc much estimates of sales Groseth the season Range from 4 percent 10 6 percent Over Christmas 1987 Levels or about he Pace of inflation so far this year. That s what economist David Wyss Calls a mediocre Christmas not a terrible people arc a Little bit nervous about the Economy said Wyss of data resources inc., an economic forecasting service based in Lexing european weather n atm a a Iii Psi a him. P ii 39 my we Ca a pm 1 � i bom. I 11 3d u 54 m v 5.s ir1u a. 45 Kim a it 3 x duh. C 32 2i i � to. U Al Vine . A Advt u of i Pirn a lower. I in ton mass i s been a Market crash bulk crts think the crash has their minds he say Notier inner Cal rates relatively weak growth in income and a Low savings Rale arc also contributing to Consumers uneasiness Wyss said. Christmas is make it or break it time for retailers because they earn As much of go percent of their an Nual profits during the fourth " liter. But even if this season to be unexciting there is that earnings will suffer retail Varc generally lean on their invent in heading into Christmas Saidu Hanan. Less merchandise on hand Means less merchandise to be marked Down at the end of the sea son. Shultz to attend meeting in Al Salvador Washington a Secre tary of state George p. Shultz will attend the opening session of he annual organization of american Stales foreign ministers meeting nov. 14 in Al Salvador the state department has announced. Spokesman Charles Redman said Shultz will address he meeting and will meet informally with other foreign ministers. He will Fly to Al Salvador and return to Washington on he same Day. 72 01 51 31 m 5 69 51s-b. Re Szu 34 a a is j7 Juja 39 h 35 is 44w u ital so Tanoh c t Havu Jurayj it View . Udmund dds ii Umthum St it to 52 13 49 b5 79 $4 la so 10 6641 3t u ies 57 to so is 79 52u n m 39 Wasl 45 34 is m 91 Small Kelci 91 63 e5 55 co 30 70 4s k 40 u 70 m u i 1m a a 46n �1 Bijj to 3t 71 60 73 so Sun flnl.1smbhj. Limu is 1ijlast much kor Ihm nirtaut u 50u m h a a 75 55 3553 41 61 4 u 74 61 40 is sin 10 m it St i k today s crossword across 3_bnivo Down 21 Pitcher s1 cow room 44 lavish Sut. 4 half a ets bombed 23 baseball ballroom affection dance 4q untrained 7 actress 50 goddess Moreno of 11 Monument youth Valley s3 append Silers rational13 open s 66 mile concern genus14 pizzeria 57 the nurture giroe"15 Pedestal play part leg White in try tailed and Only mffle17-1 59 Harbor go on boats18 Hammer to schedule 2 Greenland mat base 25 ending 3 no Galea for drum negative or brow4 Cote found 2 grafted 5 indirect 27 British Uon gun Ealr Rald 2sp�wn alarm 29 arabian7 Nursery sultanate pet 80 nest of8 yellow pheasants Bugle 31 thus far 9" Cento 35 up in Thea Donee not 10 picnic Seu cd pest 38 Tokyo once 20 difficult a i Young bar gainers Young Mouw. Boy in dutch 42 Olio type22 Auto cupboard of whisper 24 social solution time 22 mans. 4s a split a flu Lea 37 Frame work 30 finn up41 works dough 11-t to orig 48 City in Sicily 49 necessity50 Bowler or Beanie ii old frenc Coin i 2 entreat m genetic Factor u-7 Bloom county the far Side doonesbury Jaq i m just ttl.7�.ujlu,� no Turt i Yeoh sylvja., my my Loo 1. Odd in the Mfd he of Lowne and Shriey "
