European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 13, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 a a the stars and stripes saturday october 13,1990wholesale prices leap 1.6 percent Washington up a wholesale prices shot up 1,6 percent in september on record gasoline costs while retail sales gained 1.1 percent driven by Petroleum and automobiles the government said Friday. The huge jump in the producer Price Index a in line with economists estimates a follows a hike of 1.3 percent in August in the aftermath of iraqis invasion of Kuwait soil Fields and a dip of 0.1 percent in july. Allen Sinai chief economist at the Boston co., called the Price surge a a horrendous and  Robert Dede Rick chief economist at Northern Trust in Chicago labelled the wholesale jump Quot a news update custody of baby fort Worth Texas a state officials have taken custody of a baby girl born to a woman charged with letting her 5-year-old son die after he drank about 10 ounces of Bourbon. District court judge Scott Moore has granted the Texas department of human services request for temporary custody of Patricia Griffin a Newborn after health workers said the child demonstrated signs of cocaine withdrawal. The girl will remain in the states care pending a hearing next wednesday to determine permanent custody authorities said. Griffin a son Raymond a tin Kiev Griffin died in february after allegedly being urged to drink Bourbon at a , 32, and Anthony Jimerson 21, will be tried together in the boy s death. Both face possible life  no sentenced in rape Stuttgart Germany a amps a staff sergeant who pleaded guilty to rape and six counts of assault has been sentenced to 25 years in prison. However a pretrial agreement limits his term to seven years. The All officer jury in the general court martial last week also sentenced the 16-year Veteran to forfeiture of All  reduction to the lowest enlisted rank and a dishonourable discharge. The 34-year-old radio operator was assigned to the 307th military intelligence in in ludwigs Burg. The stars and stripes is withholding the soldiers name to protect the rape victim who is a member of his family. Go s name released Wurzburg Germany a the army on Friday released the name of a 19-year-old 3rd army div Soldier who died wednesday pfc. Noel j. Hearn of Golden colo., was pronounced dead at Wurzburg a University Hospital where he had been trans sorted after being found in his billets at Eighton Barracks. The infantryman was assigned to the divisions he co. He is survived by his parents Eldon and Connie Hearn of Golden. The death is under  an article yesterday incorrectly said that Dwight Eisenhower died in 1961, the former president died in 1969. Sol utely  a 4.9 percent increase in september retail sales at gasoline stations meanwhile reflected higher costs in the weeks following iraqis Conquest and jitters that have sent world Oil prices to beyond $40 a barrel. Despite recession fears the 2.9-percent surge in sales by a automotive dealers reflects continued strength in consumer spending the driving Force in the nations longest postwar economic expansion. A the consumer was not caving in a Sinai said but he warned a this May be the last Hurrah As prices spiral a labor department spokesman said a 20.6 percent jump in wholesale gasoline prices in september was the largest on record. Home heating Oil also contributed to higher wholesale prices advancing 21.6 percent. Natural Gas costs were up slightly. The Commerce department said the 1.1 percent gain in retail sales in september follows a decline of 0.4 percent in August and an Advance of 0.5 percent in july. A so far the consumer seems to be responding to the higher prices at least in Dollar terms a Dederick said. A there has been no  not counting gasoline september retail sales increased 0.8 percent a government spokesman said. Not counting Auto sales retail sales were up 0.6 percent Dur ing the month. The labor department said the in crease in september wholesale prices was the largest since a 1.9 percent Jun in january in the Wake of a nationwide Winter cold snap that wiped out crops and sent Home fuel Oil costs rocketing if . Wholesale prices were to continue increasing at their current Pace Infra. Tion at the producer level would be run Ning at 20.9 percent a government spokesman said. For the first nine months of the year wholesale prices have climbed 6.3 per cent and the increase Over the last two months is the biggest since 1980, the spokesman said. Gie Belstadt Soldier sentenced to life for fatally stabbing go by John Millar Wurzburg Bureau Wurzburg Germany a Gie Belstadt army Airfield Soldier has been sentenced to life in prison for the fatal june 2 stabbing of a female Soldier at the base. Spec. Michael t. Brosius was convicted of unpremeditated murder in the stabbing death of pfc. Tammy Ivon 20, whose partially clothed body was found underneath a parked truck at the Airfield. She had been stabbed repeatedly including once in each Eye. Brosius who admitted killing Ivon three Days after the murder but later recanted the confession had pleaded not guilty to premeditated murder. The court martial panel made up of two officers and five senior sergeants delivered the verdict about 10 . Thursday after More than 6vz hours of deliberation. Before his sentencing Friday the 24-year-old native of Erie pa., told jury members that he accepted the conviction. A i respect the judgment you have made a Brosius said. He also said that before the incident he had been a Good Soldier earning numerous awards including the army a Good conduct medal. He told the panel he was not angered by its verdict and held no bad feelings toward the july or the army. A a in a very proud of this uniform a Brosius said adding that he would Wear it again with Pride if Given the Opportunity. In his unworn statement Brosius said he had problems with alcohol and a lost the grasp of reality somewhere. I done to know How and i done to know  judge Herbert Green told the jury Friday that during a closed trial session tuesday Brosius also pleaded guilty to communicating a threat to kill an officer. The jury was not told about the charge earlier because it had no bearing on the murder Case but was to count toward sentencing said Green an army colonel. The charge stems from a May 12 Inci Dent in which Brosius threatened to a kill and Bury the commander of the 1st in 15th inf in Kitzinger who had preferred court martial charges against a Friend of Brosius. The Friend had been tried and sentenced to prison for an unrelated assault charge. Three people testified on Brosius behalf before the sentencing Friday. A former Girlfriend Heidi Laver of Erie told the court that the Brosius she remembered  have committed the murder. A there must have been some drastic change in his life a she said. Brosius who had been scheduled to leave the army on sept. 4, also was sentenced to a dishonourable discharge reduced to the lowest enlisted Grade and ordered to forfeit All  and allowances. As is Standard in courts martial that result in a sentence of More than one year in prison Brosius Case will be automatically appealed to the next highest military court. Land mine found on death strip Munich Germany a amps a the discovery of a land mine on the former East German West German Border has prompted warnings from German police. A people should avoid walking in what was previously the a death strip Between the two Germany a said an official of the Federal Border Security office in Munich. The mine which was Only a few Hundred Yards from a residential area in Helmstedt was uncovered wednesday by workers. It could not be defused and Magdeburg police detonated it. Local authorities said it was located where 1,000 people had celebrated German Unity on oct. 3. A it is a wonder that the Celebration did not turn into a tragedy a said another office spokesman. A the former Der Border police assured us that All the mines along the Border had been destroyed a he said. A this one somehow was overlooked. There is always a Chance that others also might still exist. Quot people should particularly avoid areas where two wire fences still exist. In the 1970s, the East germans began replacing these heavily mined areas with one Fence Borders overlooked by guards in towers Quot he said. A there Are however areas where two fences still exist. The area Between these fences could be  go who killed self no identified Grafe Wohr Germany a amps the army has released the name of the Soldier who killed himself tuesday after going on a shooting spree at Grafe Wohr. Pvt. 2 Hondo Finlayson 19, was a Cook assigned to the 2nd in 67th army regt in Friedberg Germany a 3rd army div spokeswoman said. Finlayson was on the m-16a2 Rifle qualification Range when he left the area confiscated a humvee and drove to the unit Field dining facility. There he used an m-16 to kill his supervisor staff sgt. Curtis Scretchen and wound pfc. Brian k. Norris. While being chased by military police and other soldiers Finlayson shot himself in the head with the weapon authorities said. He died tuesday evening during sur Gery in an Erlanger Hospital. Norris is in stable condition in an Eschenbach Hospital with a leg wound. _ Finlayson a native of new York City is survived by his Mother Emma Baker and a sister Kinda Baker. He had been in the unit since january 1990. A memorial service was held Friday for Finlayson at the Camp Aachen Chapel at Grafe Wohr training area. New hearing ordered for fired Kab Genera Moscow up the russian federation supreme court overturned the Moscow City court s dismissal of a suit by a fired Kab general Friday and ordered the local court to re examine the Case against Premier Nikolai Ryzhkova. The High courts ruling gave new life to the complaint by Oleg Kalugin who claims that the government s june 29 edict stripping him of his rank of major general was a political decision provoked by his criticism of the Kab. A i am convinced As before that Oleg Kalugin will win this Case a the Kab dissidents attorney Boris Kuznetsov told the Independent inter fax news service. Kalugin has also filed suits against president Mikhail s. Gorbachev who in a separate decree stripped him of Ali state awards and Kab chief Vladimir Kryuchkov who took away his pension alter Ryzhkova removed his rank. The Moscow City court had said it rejected Kalugina Scase against Ryzhkova last month because the decree was technically issued not by the prime minister but by the government he Heads