European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 19, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 a a a the stars and stripes wednesday september 19,1990 stateside Chevy was going fast a but baby was faster Beaver a. Apr Tiffany Paula Brickner began life in the fast Lane. The 4-Pound, 2-ounce girl was bom sunday in the front scat of a Chevrolet travelling about 85 Mph according to Pauline Hollencamp the newborns aunt. Quot i thought i had plenty of time to get to the Hospital Quot said the Mother Hilda freed of Beaver Falls. The two women were at Church when freed 25, realized she was in labor. The Hospital was about 15 Miles away and the baby a father Robert Brickner was at work. Hollencamp a 24-Ycar-old Mother of two who has training in natural childbirth served As Driver and coach for her sister,8 Rowdy drinkers arrested after Dallas Lubbock flight Lubbock Texas api a eight Oil Field workers who became drunk and disorderly on an american airlines flight were arrested for interference with a flight Crew an Fri spokesman said. A from my understanding they were pretty loud and boisterous Quot said Don Ramsey Fri spokesman in Dallas. Quot apparently some of them were grabbing at the flight  Fri agents and Lubbock police officers arrested the men after american airlines flight 701 from Dallas landed late sunday at Lubbock International Airport Ramsey said. The workers were being held in the Lubbock county jail pending arraignment. Soaring Oil prices pushed july a Trade deficit up 75% Washington apr the . Merchandise Trade deficit jumped a dramatic 75 percent to $9.33 billion in july the government said tuesday. Analysts expect it to climb even More steeply As the Oil Price Shock of the persian Gulf crisis is Felt. The Commerce department said the huge increase followed a $5.07 billion imbalance in june which was the smallest since june 1983, when it fell to $3.96 billion. Exports which hit a record $34.3 billion in june fell 6.4 percent to $32 billion a month later. At the same time imports jumped 4.5 percent to $41.4 billion. The deficit is the difference Between the two. Exports dropped in nearly every major category while imports Rose virtually across the Board. Oil imports in july Rose 7.9 percent to $3.98 billion even without the increase in Energy costs that followed the aug. 2 iraqi invasion of Kuwait. Americans imported 8.85 million barrels a Day up from 8.40 million in june. The average Price per barrel edged Down from $ 14.64 to $ 14.50. Crude Oil futures for october delivery climbed about $ 1 a barrel on monday passing $33 a barrel for the first time and ending at $33.63. Besides Oil consumer and capital goods automobiles and Industrial supplies added to the import total. Exports slipped in part because of a $500 million drop in aircraft shipments. Decreases also were posted in capital goods foods automobiles Industrial supplies and consumer goods. The deficit for the first seven months of the year had been running at an annual rate of $95 billion. As usual the biggest deficit was with Japan a $2.97 billion imbalance Down from a $3.07 billion deficit in june. Other deficits included Taiwan $1.14 billion China $1.13 billion Canada $992 million Brazil $335 Mii imn South Korea $623 million and Hong Kong $430 so  United states had a deficit of $1.33 billion 2 Western Europe after posting a surplus of $806 million in Over the past three years fully one third of  economic growth has been supplied by surging Export sales. Lawrence Chimerine senior fellow at economic strategy Institute a Washington research organization said exports will slow even further in the months ahead As economic conditions deteriorate overseas. Chimerine said non Oil imports probably will de. Crease in subsequent months because of the weak u a Economy and the inability of american Consumers to Purchase expensive goods from overseas. A but even taking that into account we will see hich or deficits in the next few months because of the Oil Bill he predicted. The Bush administration had been counting on a Strong Trade performance to help keep the Economy out of a recession and help reduce the Federal budget deficit. 6 but the Oil Price Shock is Likely to weaken further an already sluggish Economy. Many analysts now believe the nation will slide into a recession during the fourth Quarter a if it is not already experiencing one. The deficit had averaged $7.64 billion a month during the first half of the year compared to $9.12 billion in 1989. The $5.07 billion imbalance in june was the first time this year the deficit had dropped below $7 billion. Before the Gulf crisis broke analysts and government officials were predicting the deficit would total less than $ 100 billion this year for the first time since 1983. Pentagon suspends Purchase of 4.5 million acres in . Seattle not a faced with stiff resistance from Farmers cattle ranchers and environmentalists the Pentagon has indefinitely suspended its biggest land acquisition program since world War ii stalling efforts to add nearly 4.5 million acres to the 25 million acres now managed by the military. In a memorandum sent out late last week. Deputy Secretary of defense Donald j. Atwood ordered a moratorium on All proposals to add More than 1,000 acres of land for military training in the United states the notice applies to most National guard plans As Well. Atwoods memorandum did not say How Long the moratorium would last but he indicated the Pentagon was making sweeping changes in How it acquires land. Although the Pentagon is in the process of closing 86 Domestic bases and has proposed shutting 35 others the defense department has pressed Forward with huge expansions of existing bases most of them in the West. Officials said the extra land and airspace were needed because of impending base closures in Europe and because modern weapons require More space for War games. But the memorandum ordering the moratorium seemed to indicate that base expansion plans Many of which Date to the Early years of the Reagan administrations defense buildup May be unneeded. A was we reshape our forces and close or realign bases the department must ensure that we propose the acquisition of land Only where there is a clearly demonstrated need Quot Atwood wrote in the memorandum dated sept. 13. Atwood did not respond to repeated requests for comment. A yes a vote by Guild keeps struggling . Post alive new York apr the new York Post trumpeted Quot yes a one Day after its front Page asked Quot will the presses Ever run again Quot the affirmation in tuesdays editions of the saucy tabloid came after newspaper Guild members voted 242-45 monday night to accept a four Day workweek which will mean a 20 percent pay Cut. Publisher Peter s. Kalikow had threatened to close the nations oldest continuously running daily immediately if the 350 Guild members a news advertising and clerical workers a rejected the concessions. The paper known for dishing up stories of sex murder and mayhem under screaming headlines is losing $27 million a year. Quot you feel like the executioner has loosened the noose a said Jill Brooke a Post to and radio reporter who voted for approval. A but we still have a life sentence a 20 percent pay  nearly 1,000 people would have lost their jobs had the 505,000-circulation paper gone under. A let s go to press a Kalikow said after the vote. Quot this is not a management Victory. It is not a labor Victory. It is a Victory for All new yorkers who deserve the honesty and diversity offered in the pages of the new York  the Guild was the last of 11 unions to approve concessions designed to help Kalikow break even. He is said to have lost More than $100 million personally since buying the paper from Media Baron Rupert Murdoch in 1988. Two years ago Kalikow won $24 million in concessions As a condition of the Purchase. Mondays vote was taken by hand after a 90-minute meeting punctuated by Boos applause and speeches for and against the proposal. A there was some blood on the floor a reporter Kieran Crowley said. Do r. A a Psi better make that the Rev. Fluffy a gives his owner Bruce Walsted a big kiss no doubt in thanks for being ordained by the mail order american Fellowship Church. Pastor Pooch a Walsted a police officer from Franklin Park in paid $3 for Fluffy a ordination certificate which he a displaying. Now the dog is qualified to bless the neighbourhood a a fire hydrants