MIDEAST UPDATE

Amoco Corp. invited Chicagoans to call a toll-free number with questions about the Gulf War’s impact on gasoline prices, oil supplies and fuel conservation.

Specialty advertisers are struggling to meet the demand for patriotic trinkets, such as flag pins and desert-drab teddy bears.

An Iraqi national filed a class-action lawsuit in federal court against Pan American World Airways over its recent policy prohibiting Iraqis from boarding its planes.

KLM Royal Dutch Airlines said it would cut its passenger capacity by 20% during the first week of February by reducing flights to 37 U.S. and European cities. Traffic has fallen dramatically since the outbreak of war, the airline said.

The IRS said military personnel, others serving in the war zone and their representatives who want to file returns early to get tax refunds should write the words Desert Storm at the top of their tax forms and on the envelopes they mail to the IRS.