European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 31, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Trade deficit billion Washington up the United states bought billion More than it sold to other countries in december to finish 1977 with a billion Trade by far the largest in the government re ported the Commerce department said in 7 ports and exports during december reached record highs a shippers at j tempted to catch up from the two month Dock strike which curtailed the movement december was the 19th consecutive month that the american Trade Ledger has been Inthac for the full imports totalled billion while exports were the resulting billion deficit was More than four times higher than the previous yearly High of billion in the 1976 deficit american Oil purchases for one of the chief reasons for the huge Trade reached an increase of nearly Tio Billi on Over by a Trade deficit Means that More dollars Are i caving the United Stales to pay for foreign goods than the United states is earning from the Sale of its Woods this development bus an Adverse Impact on Domestic employment and pro the size of the deficit has become increasingly worrisome to president Carter and his economic the while House favors Pursuit of a basically free Trade eco nomic but has been under pressure from some members of Congress and cer Tain sectors of private Industry to impose protectionist government economists Honvo already projected that the deficit for i07s will be near the same level As last tilth Irh exports should increase somewhat and in partic Torly should decline after expanding by Mure than 20 percent in 1376 and author Mako unofficial pull Lett 286 january 1978 wind Widen Europe grip by the associated pan More Snow swept across parts of Europe monday As the continent and adjoining is lands reeled under a weekend onslaught of heavy rain and High at least tit persons were reported dead and r hundreds were the bodies of three people entombed in their cars were found buried under 20foot snowdrifts in us far North of Scotland Early bringing to six the known weekend death toll in in a dramatic Airlift ii i air Force and civilian helicopters look to the air at Dawn monday to search for More penile trapped in the snowbound scottish the choppers spent sunday night Airlift ing to passengers from a marooned train on the Way from Inverness to winds upto90mph had half submerged the five skiers died in weekend avalanches in the Swiss Ami More Snow flurries today closed Geneva Iff two feel of Snow fell in East Central i France blocking a train with f about so passengers aboard Between Belle Garde and the train finally made Back to by Legarde where a Sno plow a attached to the front of the diesel continued on pose loves name is destruction i Upil Gary a cab had a thing for inn Mana at the other Tod of us Assembly Bui writing her name got him on Ibe no Gilda of the Federal now living in at a Jet Enrioue a enily Plant at fab in Okte Hodwi Cuy last novem or and ukr bed phyliu1 on 14 Wei charged with destroy log govern Altony Chute r to decide whether to plead Guj will Oklahoma weeks was Reed on e on foil the u aimed Crit in i Sitov if 21855 a Carter claims he acted properly in firing of Marston Washington Upil president Carter said monday he improper in his handling of the controversial Morston and said he will fulfil his Campaign commitment to appoint attorneys on the basis of Carter told u news conference he feels attorney Genera Griffin im1 has handled it Case As Well As and there is no impropriety at he indicated hell might select a successor to Maraton this David a Republican appointee As attorney from had been under fire from some democratic congressmen for political Bias in investigating alleged he resigned when it became apparent Carter and were certain to replace Carter the National Security Council will report this week on whether to sell Egypt lethal military including egyptian pres ident Anwar Sadat will meet with Carter at Camp David this and the subject of arms sales probably will be Carter gave no hint of whether he would approve any decision to sell Egypt modern simply saying i will decide what f continued on Page 21 natures Load stalls freight a Bull dour edges its Way through a took u locomotives and several Bull Mountain of Snow toward a partially do frs to get car Missouri Pacific train out of the Snow May hold hot Cosmos debris its knocking on the door today stars and stripes carriers begin collecting from their customer the most f mitral ing question a newspaper Carrier hears can you come Back tomorrow1 be ready when he or she troops guard fresh Crater Canada i up ii four paratroopers guarded a wide Crater Munday on a Remote ice Field in the Northwest territories believed hold ing radio Clive remains of a soviet spy Sal the Crater is nine feel across and its thought there might be a considerable size object in said Craig Mills of the department of National there Are a few pieces of twisted Tubu Lar Metal about two la three feet Long stick ing but something More than those few pieces of Metal caused a hoi Chat obviously we Haven started digging into the  co mos 954 plunged into earths atmosphere from a 150milihigh orbit last Royal Canadian mounted police have put up armed cordons around three other suspected hits one to Miles Northwest of fort Reliance and two others 20u Miles further West of great slave Lake two of the six  win discovered the so mites Southwest of Baker while on a wildlife Survey for Tow tar it Oriel government were quarantined at an undisclosed Edmonton Hospital for examination we dont have in official condition report As but it is not expected they Are in any Mills the Rotia continued on Page 4