European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 21, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 2 the stars and stripes monday october 2 1. 1985 envoy foresees worsening Trade deficit Ashi to i my the . to in in interview published the it the Hui a Trade deficit within in a ill pc or i of fire i it k better and predicted Nipros will pass Metic to Mike . In in interview with i a news & world report said the Trade deficit with Japan Ilie gravest Issue affecting rela tums Between the two countries. He Ann said Price Clione legislation would do Little to a Sivc the . Trade imbalance because the Trade deficit is not a bilateral Issue " Mansfield said the pm Unald l �s5 Trade deficit with Japan exceeds the i n4 figures. The deficit will get worse before it pets belter because whereas we had a $37 Bil lion deficit with Japan last year we anticipate something on the order of s4x billion to 550 billion this a Cir Minfie d said. You can see the . Congress going through the roof when that figure is announced Mansfield said he bal ice s Congress will pass sonic protectionist legislation because of the big Trade deficit with Japan but warned Japan is not the sole reason for the . Trade imbalance. This in t a bilateral Issue Between Japan and the United slates jus i because Japan has by far the biggest surplus. It s a global Issue and it Calls for a global Solu Tion rather than a bilateral one he said. Mansfield cited the $20 billion Trade deficit with Canada Sis billion with latin America. 517 billion with Western fur pc and $11 billion with Taiwan lie partic ular 1 noted the imbalance with Western . Because four ears ago we had a $20.5 billion surplus he blamed a Large part of the deficit on the overvalued i a. Dollar and interest rates saying taking action in those areas would help reduce the Trade deficit. On a trip to he United states japanese Prince a Ruttlin right greets a tourist Royal encounter couple also from Japan while touring festival Park in Jamestown a. The couple s child slept through the unplanned meeting. Man held Tor questioning in Salamander letter blasts Salt Lake City a a Man was arrested saturday for questioning in three bombings that killed two people and seriously injured the Man police describe As their chief suspect police said. Shannon Flynn 28, reportedly a business associate of suspect Mark Hofmann was arrested after an Early morning search of his suburban apartment said police chief Bud Willoughby. Flynn was being held at the Salt Lake county jail said Willoughby. Flynn s arrest was the first in the Case although authorities have said they Are pre paring evidence against Hofnung and plan to arrest and charge him in the bombings sometime this week. He is under guard at lds Hospital recovering from injuries suffered when a bomb blew the top Uff his cur wednesday. Police believe the explosion was Acci dental unlike i to whims tuesday that killed a mormon Bishop and the wife of another. Meanwhile a mormon Church official said the Salamander letter which links document dealer Hofmann with those killed in two of the bombings will be examined for authenticity by Fri experts in Washington. The Salamander letter purportedly written by an Early Follower of Church founder Joseph Smith describes How an old spirit which hid transformed itself from a White Salamander had appeared to Smith. That runs counter to official Church accounts which say Smith was visited by an Angel named Moroni. Al the request of . Attorney Brent Ward an Fri agent will hand carry the document to the Fri s Laboratory in Washington on monday Church spokesman Richard p. Lindsay said. The tuesday bombings killed Steven f. Christensen 31. And Kathy sheets 50. The wife of one of Christensen x business associates. Police say the business associate was the intended victim. Christensen. A mormon history Buff reportedly purchased the Salamander let Ter from Hofmann for 540,000 in 19k2 and donated it to the Church of Jesus Christ of latter Day saints two Jears later. Kathy sheets was the wife of j. Clary sheets who with Christensen once planned to finance a bin k on the origins of mormonism based on the Salamander letter and other documents discovered by Hof Mann. Ward the . Attorney asked officials of the Church which owns the Salamander letter to release it because in rr., be pertinent to the current inv Sii Avion of bombings in Salt Lake City . On Friday night investigator., obtained .1 second search warrant for lot Mann s House carrying away about .10 boxes of documents and other items after spending three hours at the residence tale Nion Sta Tion Autv said. Police would not comment on what was found. Christensen j. Gary sheets and Hof Mann often had done business in other documents relating to Early Church history. On Friday Willoughby denied reports police had recovered a cashier s Check and Money orders Worth a combined $270.000 in Hof Mann s bombed automobile. However he said investigators had found receipts for cashier s checks in the car along with y i rec number of partially charred historical documents. The documents have not been identified but mormon researchers Hope they Are the Mclallin papers a in Basurc trove of accounts of the Early years of the Church Smith founded in 1830. News update Summit discussed Moscow Al . Arn Bassa Dor Arthur Slartman and soviet foreign minister a Duard she Varnad a Dis cussed preparations for Nam month s superpower Summit. The official news Agency Tass briefly reported the meeting was held and said issues of Mutual interest primarily the Summit were discussed. President Reagan and soviet Mikhail s Gorbachev Are to meet nov 19-20 in c . Switzerland. We Are the world los Ancil los Ai sales of we Are the the superstar studded for african famine re Lief have hit s.1- million and org.ini/ say a planned spectacular will further boost its rms i qty. United St Erk i of artists for Africa better , As Usa for Africa has received s7lur each album and Shi for each irk sold in the United stal.-. Executive director Marty Rogol said. The soup written by Michael Saeta and Lionel Richie was recorded la Winter by 45 music stars. Pipe ceremony revived Etui kit. W 0. Hundreds of Arapah. Indians stood in line for hours ii Toije a Teepee to take part in a sacred pipe ceremony revived by Tribil ciders in an Effort to halt a spate of suicides by Young members of the tribe the ceremony was intended to cleanse bad Medicine among Young people that has led to nine suicides during the past two months on the wind River in Dian reservation in Central Wyoming about a tribe members sat it. Side a Teepee each taking a turn Kneel ing before a tribal elder who tapped the ground and made motions meant to cleanse the individual s soul and body with the spiritual Pixie Earth. Each face then was painted with sacred red paint. The ceremony was used last in 1918 during a lethal flu epidemic. More Citrus canker . A. A More than a million Trees will have to be burned to prevent the spread of Citrus canker from the first Nursery in Central Honda s Orange county discovered to have the disease officials say. Pokey s Nursery West of a Ellwood was the site of the latest find according to a statement released by commissioner of agriculture Doyle Conner. More than 10 million immature Trees or seedlings have been destroyed in an Florl to Stop the spread of the canker which is threatening the slate s $2.5 Bil lion a year Indus re. Widow sues Taiwan san Iran a 0 a the i Didiw of a chinese american journalist to death out Ide his garage has filed a i.4.5 million Lav. Nil against Taiwan alleging that to murder the writer to quiet his increasingly Crit ical voice. The Federal said the violent terrorism acts that led to Henry Liu s slaying on oct. I 5, n4, Werc arranged by taiwanese officials act ing within the scope of their office and employment on behalf of the Island nation. The suit filed la Helen Liu names three taiwanese military officials and three reputed crime Syndicate members who Are alleged to have carried out the killing after intelligence agents provide training. A ivc of the six already have been con Vic led and sentenced in taiwanese courts
