European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 12, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 a a a the stars and stripes saturday january 12,1991 90 s wholesale prices up despite plunge last month Washington apr wholesale prices ended 1990 with a surprisingly Steep drop of 0.6 percent in december but for the year As a whole prices Rose at the fastest Pace since 1981, the government said Friday. The decline in the labor departments wholesale Price Index was the sharpest for a single month in More than four years. Energy prices plummeted 4.8 percent the biggest fall in 16 months. In Advance of the report most economists were expecting Only a 0.1 percent or 0.2 percent drop in Deceron Ber. The last time the Index declined More was in july 1986, when it fell 0.7 percent. For All of 1990, prices of finished goods one Stop Short of retail climbed 5.6 percent up from 4.9 percent in 1989. That was the greatest gain since prices Rose 7.1 percent nine years ago. However excluding the volatile food and Energy sectors prices Rose 3.5 percent in 1990, Down from 4.2 percent in 1989. In 1991, most analysts expect much less wholesale Price inflation. The sluggish Economy should restrain both demand and prices they said. If War Breaks out in the persian Gulf Oil prices could soar again As they did from August through october. But they will fall sharply As soon As the shooting is Over unless the War is protracted and destroys saudi arabian Oil production facilities analysts predict. In december the Energy Price decline was led by a 10.7 percent drop in fuel Oil prices the biggest since Mona with a byte a huge computer generated replica of the Mona Lisa smiles Down on new Yorkus  on thursday. The billboard which is 250 times the size of Leonardo a Vinci a original painting was created using computer based painting technology. February and a 7 percent decline in gasoline prices the most in 13 month s. The Price of natural Gas however Rose 6.7 percent. For the year Energy prices were up 29.8 percent 45.2 percent for gasoline 28.1 percent for Home heating Oil and 3.7 percent for natural Gas. Food prices fell 0.9 percent in december after climbing 0.8 percent the month before and 0.9 percent in. October. The drop was led by an 18.5 percent Tumble in fresh and dried vegetable costs and a 15.7 percent fall in Turkey  the year food prices were up 2.5 percent. The sharpest advances were for fish 15.9 percent pork 12.8 percent and beef and veal 9.5 percent. Egg prices however dropped 12 percent and turkeys and vegetables were both Down 9 percent. Excluding the volatile food and Energy sectors prices Rose 0.3 percent in december Down from a 0.5 percent Rise in november. The various changes left the Index for All finished. Goods at 121.9, up from 115.4 a year ago. That Means a hypothetical selection of goods costing $100 in 1982 would have Cost $121.90 last month up $6.50 from the previous year. The recent moderation of Price increases should open the Way for the Federal Reserve to fight the economic slowdown with lower interest rates which Stimus. Late buying. The Central Bank has Cut Short term interest rates five times since late october in Quarter Point increments with the latest Cut occurring  released to get counselling after 9 Days in jail Columbus Ohio apr former rep. Donald Lukens was released from jail Friday after serving nine Days of a 30-Day sentence for having sex with a teen Agar. The judge who sentenced Lukens agreed thursday to release the former congressman so he could receive counselling. He was to go to a Washington ., clinic for sex offenders. Lukens did not comment to reporters As he walked out of the Franklin county jail and into a car shortly before 8 . At one Point he stumbled Over a television Crews electrical Cable and angrily stomped on it. Ronald Solove a Domestic relations judge on thursday agreed to release Lukens so he could enter a clinic for sex offenders. A society has benefited to the extent that they will Benefit from your incarceration. Now it s time for you to Benefit a Solove told Lukens. Lukens 59, a Republican told the judge that jail was a sobering experience. Lukens attorney Thomas Tyack said Lukens can Start treatment monday at the human sexuality Institute in Washington  Fred Mann an assistant county prosecutor called the request premature and inappropriate. A had this request been made closer to the end of his sentence the state might feel different a Mann said. Lukens was sentenced in june 1989 to the jail term and fined $500 after a jury convicted him of a Misdemeanour charge of contributing to the Una ugliness of a minor. Lukens who is divorced had sex with a 16-year-old girl in his Columbus apartment. Lukens started serving the jail term Jan. 2. He had lost his bid for a third consecutive term in the 8th congressional District gop primary in May. He resigned from Congress on oct. 24 after the House ethics committee voted to investigate new charges of sexual misconduct against him. He was accused of making improper advances toward a congressional employee. A a  Orleans Beer finds Success in soviet Union. New Orleans apr american Beer has arrive Din the soviet  new Orleans Dixie Beer has become the first american brew sold commercially in the soviet Union according to the Trade Magazine beverage world. A we understand that the russians know All about new Orleans and Mardi gras and jazz and the Dixie is Selling very Well a Dixie owner Kendra Bruno said thursday. A we sent several Hundred cases of Long necks for the initial Intro a Bruno said. The. Beer marketed through International Beer traders of Brighton England is being served at the Tren Mas restaurant in Moscow. Dixie sole survivor of new Orleans once thriving Beer Market has struggled in recent years. In 1989 the company filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy Protection letting it stay open while reorganizing its debts Mother son team up to confront 2 robbers v los Angeles apr a woman jumped in to help her son wrestling with gunmen on her front Lawn foiling a robbery and giving her son a Chance to disarm and kill one of the bandits authorities said. Doretha Hall 47, was confronted outside her Home by a gunman Olio ordered her inside said sheriffs it. Derry Benedict. Inside was her 21-Yearold son David who intervened after a second intruder began choking his Mother. A a they smacked my Mother. In a not going to let anybody do that a said Hall who lunged for the gun wielding intruder forcing him outside where they fought for the weapon. The second Bandit then joined the fracas and mrs. Hall jumped onto the pile to save her son authorities said. Her son was shot in the leg but managed to get the gun and shoot the would be robber Benedict said. Richard mar agh jr., 18, of los Angeles was shot to death and the second Man fled the lieutenant said a i knew that with these two Guys against my son that he would get killed or Hurt seriously. So i just jumped in a mrs. Hall said. A i Wasny to thinking about my safety. I was thinking about my songs  boy 5, dials 911 to Aid unconscious mom Jacksonville Fla. A a 5-year-old boy found his Mother unconscious and without prompting. From anyone else dialled 911 to summon help. Although it is not unusual for children to Call 911, a this is the first Case in be had where the patient was completely unconscious and the child had to act completely on his own a it. Greg Miller of the City fire Rescue division said of Tyrone Jones. Rescue worker found Martha Jones unconscious on her Kitchen floor. Mrs. Jones told Rescue workers she had taught her son to Call 911 because she was prone to seizures. She did not need to be taken to a Hospital a the was scared but he did the Job right. The kid did Good a Miller  joins Senate replacing Calif s Wilson Washington up John Seymour of California taking the oath of office from vice president Dan Quayle was sworn in thursday As a member of the Senate. A. V. A Seymour a millionaire businessman and former state senator was appointed to the Senate to succeed sen. Pete Wilson r-calif., who was elected California  last november. Wilson appointed Seymour to serve until the next general election in 1992, at which time he is expected to run for re election for the remainder of the Wilson term that expires in 1994.restaurant claims and is like a pizza in the face Detroit apr the dishevelled Young men sit on the roof of what clearly is a Domino s pizza store munching on a pie. A sure done to know where wed get our pizza if it Wasny to for pizza hut delivery a one says to the other. Pretty funny pizza 1 Lut says. Pretty insulting Domino s says. The and War that inflamed the cola and Burger businesses have come to pizza. But Don t hold your breath waiting for dominoes to shoot Back. As the self proclaimed King of the pizza delivery business a hot to your door in 30 minutes or less goes the claim a Domino s is furious that pizza hut has come after it in comparative commercials. And they question some of the claims pizza hut is making especially one about a taste test that shows pizza hut pie is favored Over dominoes a dominoes spokesman Mike Jenkins also says the portrayal of dominoes workers is More than inaccurate its outrageous. Roger Rydell director of Public affairs for Wichita  pizza hut inc., thinks dominoes is overreacting