European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 14, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes Friday april 14,1989 Gas prices across . Jump sharply by the new York times retail gasoline prices have jumped sharply in the last two weeks reaching their highest Levels in More than three prices Al some service stations have gone up by 10cents a gallon or More or about 10 percent. Analysts and Industry experts mostly attribute the huge i increases to two factors higher crude Oil prices and wide spread anticipation that gasoline supplies will be squeezed by an increase in summer automobile travel. The Oil spill in Alaska s Prince William sound and fire sin West coast refineries have also affected supplies both directly and indirectly analysis say. Several analysts predict that gasoline in pcs will stay High for the rest of Spring and through the summer with demand remaining High Lor at least the next six months. The dramatic increases this month began in California but motorists in almost every part of the nation arc now being  station owners from new England to Southern California say they have been compelled by their own increased costs to pass them of to Consumers. So far this. Year however the increases in retail prices have lagged behind the Advance in wholesale prices. Al Willie s Mobil service station in Manhattan. N.y., the Price of Premium unleaded gasoline Rose by 7 cents a gallon last week to � 1.299."we had to raise prices because we had to pay More for the gasoline said Willie Cross the station s owner. But. People will come around because they have to drive any Way. There in t much they can do but pay the  at Belmont Arco in Portland ore., in pcs have gone up almost every Day for the last week said Robert Peck the owner of the service  have gone up Here something like 10 to is cents a gallon in the last two weeks.". In the last month the average Price of a gallon of Gaso line jumped 10.2 percent to $1.1063, according to the Lundberg Survey whih checks prices at 12,000 gasoline stations throughout the country every two weeks. Gasoline prices have increased by 13 percent since january when the average Price was 98.04 cents a gallon according to the Survey which records the average Price of All grades of gasoline at both full service and self sen ice pumps As wed As he  latest Survey period ended on april 7, but sen ice station owners say prices have increased notably since then.  News updates Union Carbide pact new Delhi up the government wednesday told the supreme court it had reached a s470 million settlement with Union Carbide corp. Onttujl9s4bhopalgaslcak. The assertion by attorney general k. Paras ran came during arguments Over the Validity of a 1985 act under which the government assumed the exclusive right to represent victims of history s worst Industrial disaster which left More than 3,000 people dead and some 200,000 others injured. / lawyers for the Gas victims contend the Law denied them their constitutional right to sue the .-Bascd multinational and if the five judge supreme court panel agrees to their arguments the 1470 million settlement reached feb. 14 could be annulled copter crash finding London a a helicopter ferrying workers from a North sea Oil Rig crashed in 1986, killing 45 people because of a gear system fail or brought about  newly de signed bolted joint an official in Quiry reported wednesday. The department of transport re port said helicopter manufacturer Boeing Atid National airworthiness authorities wrongly assumed the new joint would behave As before and failed to consider that the new design might Lead to it performing in a radically different Way to that previously  it said Boeing the . Federal aviation administration and Brit Ain s civil aviation authority did not ensure he joint Hail been tested sufficiently to expose its inherent1  the report by the department Sair accidents investigation Branch said the joint attached the gear to its Shaft but produced unpredicted Wear and corrosion on the ring Gearin the Forward transmission Solidarity files Warsaw Poland a top Solidarity advisers filed a formal application Tor registration of the Union in a Warsaw court thursday and said they expect Quick approval of the Independent Union which his been under a seven year ban. The application at the Warsaw regional court follows agreement reached april 5 at round table talks Between communist authorities an the opposition to restore the Union s Legal status and to hold partially free elections to parliament in june. Also thursday representatives of Solidarity and the Farmers Union. Rural Solidarity met to prepare forthe june elections that will include opposition candidates 2 lawmakers want to Creque to Hunt Down unneeded bases abroad b William  Washington Bureau. Washington an Effort to close unnecessary . Military installations overseas much like the one that recommended the closing of 86 Domestic bases is expected to begin this week. Now it s time to look at the overseas commitment we be got to see which bases Are functional which ones should close Down said a spokesman for rep. Brian Donnelly a mass. Because the War was Over 40 years ago.". Donnelly and rep Patricia Schroeder colo., planned on thursday to Intro Duce legislation calling for an overseas base closing commission. Donnelly s spokesman. Said the Bill would not necessarily mean a reduction of troops overseas. He said that Issue would be decided by the bipartisan com Mission that the legislation would Stab Tish. -.,. Capitol Hill opinion on the Bill s chances is divided. Donnelly and sch Roedfr believe last year s Domestic base closings study also handled by a bipartisan commission should have included overseas bases. They believe their proposal is the logical Extension of the current stateside Effort v. However a senior staff member of the House armed services committee said monday we Don t expect to move thai Bill. With one commission Al ready formed it s doubtful Congress will want to form another one so  other Capitol Hill staff members however gave the proposal Al least uneven Chance noting the growing con Cerns Over the United states Large share of the Mirna Tirril defense Burden. In december the commission on base realignment and closure recommended the closing of 86 basis partial closure of five others and realignment of 54 bases. A the plan was approved by then Secre tary of defense Frank Carlucci in Jan uary and is now before Congress which must reject the entire list to save an facility.  ./,.- v. Congress gave itself 45 in session Days to act on the proposal which Means it has until sometime in May to act or the changes take place automatically. Police offering Reward in Stuttgart Park murder Stuttgart West Germany is Stuttgart police arc offering a 3,000 Mark $1,600 Reward for in formation leading to the. Arrest and conviction of whoever stabbed a Ger Man Man to death March 24 in a Park men s room. The Kur Park which some local americans Call cruise Park is located about a half mile from the army Hospital Al bad Cannstatt. The victim. Artur Herr 56, was thin and about 5 fed .7 inches tall with slightly Wavy Brown hair and a receding hairline. He lived in a men s Home near the crime scene and routinely walked through the area. He was often seen talk ing loudly to himself and wearing a fur hat. Police said Herr was last seen alive at i2 l0 a. On March 24. His body Muti lated and peppered with slab wounds was found about 9 40 . In a men s room stall. Anyone who knew Herr or May have seen him that night or who was in the Park on the night of the murder is urged to Contact the police homicide division at its  Headquarters near Robinson Barracks or Call 0711 8990280 Lor 89902520. Callers should ask for investigator . Hofmann. Artur Herr a gets year on drug trafficking charges Mannheim West Germany. Sis a 34-year-old Soldier who traded american cigarettes for drugs has been sentenced to one year in jail ill fort Riley Kan., after being found guilty in a general court martial. Staff sgt. John Proano of co b. 97lhsignal in in Mannheim also was demoted to the lowest enlisted rank given1 a dishonourable discharge and ordered 10 forfeit All pay and allowances during his March 24 trial a 21st theater army area come spokesman said wednesday. The it year army Veteran was charged with three counts of wrongful use of drugs including hashish and he Roin the spokesman said Proano devel oped 11 ibo a Day drug habit by March 1988 and traded cigarettes for drugs wit turkish drug contacts after his american contacts returned to the United states. The Passaic. Nj., native enrolled Inan army drug rehabilitation program last april but was discharged from it in july  rehabilitation failure the spokesman said. Drug paraphernalia containing traces of heroin were found on Proano in sep tember when he was being questioned about  led to the Mechanic s arrest the spokesman said. Private sentenced for writing bad checks rhe1nberg, West Germany is a 19-Ycarkjld Soldier who wrote nearly $5,000 Worth of bad checks has been sentenced to 15 months in jail at fort Riley Kan. Pvt 2 Michael a Hooper assigned to he Del of the 570th . Army arty croup in Nuhsler also was Given a bad conduct discharge demoted to the lowest enlisted rank and ordered to forfeit All pay and allowances at his general court martial a spokesman for the 21st theater army area come said wednesday he was charged with 13 counts of writing bad checks and one count of Dis obeying n lawful Orderafter opening a checking account in the Cullman ala., native depleted his account and continued to write checks without depositing More Money the spokesman said. By the time of his trial which ended March 22, Hooper still owed about $2,000, the spokesman said. _ the other charge stemmed from Hooper s refusal in january to Lake guard duty shift