European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 30, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes August 1985 Reagan rejects measures to relieve shoe Industry Santa a president Reagan wednesday rejected demands by the shoe Industry for quotas or increased tariffs on imported but said he has ordered an investigation into any Trade practices unfair and harmful to the Trade representative Clayton Yeutter said in washing ton that his office would announce details of the investigation in a few reiterating his View that protective measures Are both ineffective and extremely Reagan asserted that protectionism often docs More harm than Good to those it is designed to help and is a crippling far More dangerous than any economic representatives of the shoe Industry and senators from shoe producing states threatened to press for legislation that would raise protectionist bars to a wide Range of the United states imported billion Worth of shoes in according to Taiwan exporters led All followed by South Korea and Reagan said he has directed Secretary of labor Wil Liam Brock to develop a plan for retraining unemployed workers in the american shoe about people work in the shoe Down from in invitation to speak cancelled Virginia a organizers of this cites Seaside Neptune festival on wednesday withdrew an invitation to the Jerry Falwell to address a prayer breakfast at the event next Douglas the chairman of the Neptune com said fall cells appearance was cancelled because of his recent remarks in support of South Africa White i Jority the event has been a nonpartisan program in the past and we Hope to keep it that Way in the Talbot we want to make sure that we have a successful festival and we dont want something of this nature to interfere with the Success of the festival officials had received Telephone Calls and letters objecting to Falwell scheduled appearance on Talbot mayor Harold Heischober had asked festival officials to withdraw the invitation to Falwell after he received More than 20 in his personal has denied me the privilege of free speech and the right to express my own Falwell he said his office was flooded with Calls from Mem Bers of the Virginia Beach chamber of Commerce who were upset with Talbot he said the chamber will hold a prayer breakfast of its own on 27 and that he has accepted an invitation to speak at after returning from a five Day visit to South the moral majority Leader attracted National attention by launching a lobbying Effort to Block proposed eco nomic sanctions against that country White minority gov he called Nobel peace prize Winner Bishop Desmond a Leader of Black South a saying he does not speak for the majority of Heischober said the controversy generated by Falwell statements could create a Security problem at Virginia Dampen interest in the festival and put the City in an unfavourable the International Trade commission had recommended that the administration establish a sliding scale of phasing it in Over a five year after finding that imports were taking 71 percent of the Market and that 105 shoe factories were closed in 1984 and some of reagans advisers had recommended the less restrictive measure of increasing the current percent Tariff on imported Reagan turned Down both while we support the principle of free we must continue to insist of our trading partners that free Trade also be fair he he said his Council of economic advisers estimated that quotas on no rubber shoe imports would Cost the american consumer almost Reagan also said there was no reason to believe that quotas would help the shoe Industry become More Between 1977 and when the footwear Industry did receive Protection from it became even More Vulner Able to International he Reagan said quotas or other protectionist measures would bring no lasting Benefit to the shoe yet do serious injury to the Overall Republican senators from two shoe producing William Cohen of Maine and John Danforth of were Quick to condemn reagans a photo no sign of aids former Georgia Lester Maddox announces that tests have shown that he does not have or acquired immune deficiency my immune system is there is no sign of the he he May have been exposed to the deadly disease while at a Hospital in the his in the 3 Star wars7 contracts awarded Washington a the Pentagon said wednes Day it had awarded contracts to three major defense firms to begin design of a special space sensor system needed for president reagans Star wars the totalling almost were awarded to Lockheed missile and space in Grumman aerospace in and the space and technology group of try in Redon do each firm has been asked to perform concept definition studies for the so called boost surveillance track ing the Pentagon the expected in one will be used to select the Best design for a sys the Pentagon has previously described the boost surveillance tracking system As one that would improve its ability to detect and track soviet missiles fired at the United states during the very or phase of their the Star wars program envisions the development of lasers and other exotic weapons that could be placed in space to automatically shoot Down incoming soviet mis the ability to discriminate Anu track enemy missiles immediately after launch is considered an Essen tial part of the Overall the Pentagon said Lockheed contract totalled while those awarded to Grumman and try were million stateside Colorado ski resort passes Tough antismoking measure a the City Council has passed an ordinance that requires businesses to ban smoking in pub lic places or provide separately ventilated rooms for smok the provision will probably Force most restaurants to ban smoking officials the ordinance should boost tourism in the ski resort said Sharon Mollica of who proposed the Law for the ski resort five months Mollica said some other cities require Public places to have smoking and nonsmoking but she said she knows of no tougher antismoking Law in the the measure applies anywhere the Public is including retail Public Heaters and but not it will be phased in to take effect june donations sought to fill out Container being sent to Africa a Church officials Are seeking 11 tons of donated food and other goods to fill out a shipping Container carrying five windmills for three Afri can the built by Dempster industries in Beatrice and ordered by evangelical Baptist missions of will be used for self help projects that include drilling five deep Wells equipped with hand and Windmill the 12foot diameter windmills will be sent to niger and Northern officials the windmills will be in a 20foot Container that holds 19 because the windmills weigh Only eight the mis Sion Board of the first Baptist Church of Beatrice is looking for said Gwen who is heading the drive to get tools or other the Container also will be used for storage in officials Congress to be asked to Settle dispute Between Indian tribes a former Interior Secretary William Clark was unable to solve a land dispute Between the hopi and Navajo Indian tribes and will recommend that the matter be referred to a spokesman Clark had met with officials of each tribe to Settle the division of million acres of disputed land in Northern which Congress in 1974 ordered divided equally among the but the presidential emissary concluded that he cannot Settle the Issue aide Richard Morris we Are very disappointed we were unable to get an agreement Between the tribes or even a memorandum of understanding upon which an agreement could be Nego Morris to hold special session to Mark 40th anniversary new York up the Security Council has formally agreed to hold a commemorative session 26 at the level of foreign ministers to Mark the 40th anniversary of the United the session will be chaired by British foreign Secretary sir Geoffrey Howe As the rotating presidency of the 15 nation body in september Falls on Secretary of state George As Well As new soviet foreign minister Eduard Are 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