European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 25, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes tuesday March 25, 1986 casualty of floodwaters a photo a freight train dips its nose into a flooded Stream near Schilbach in Germany s Black Forest after the water weakened Railroad foundation gave Way and flipped the locomotive off the tracks. No one was Hurt in the wreck. Open ministers fail to agree on Oil production strategy Geneva Switzerland a open Oil ministers ended nine Days of negotiations monday with no agreement on a comprehensive strategy to reverse the collapse of Oil prices the Cartel announced. James Audi a spokesman for the organization of Petroleum exporting countries said the 13 ministers would resume negotiations april 15 in an Effort to agree on major cuts in Oil production. With no Accord on reducing output world Oil prices Are expected to remain near currently depressed Levels of about $15 a barrel or fall even More analysts have said. Los Angeles analyst Dan Lundberg said sunday that retail gasoline prices have fallen More than 24 cents a gallon since january to an average of 95.76 cents a gallon. Audi said in a Brief official statement that the talks broke off in order to allow open Heads of delegation to consult with their governments As Well As with other Oil producing  he declined to answer questions. The Cartel s president Arturo Hernandez Grisanti of Venezuela did not hold the usual news briefing that follows open conferences. Representatives of the Cartel s members began meeting March 16 to devise a strategy for reversing the dramatic collapse of Oil prices from about $30 a barrel four months ago. Ministers said As they left the meeting in Geneva that no agreement was reached on any key questions. Fawzi Sha Shuki the libyan Oil minister said the officials were aiming at an open production ceiling of be tween 14 million and 15 million barrels a Day but needed to consult with their governments before resuming the talks. The Cartel s output now is 17 million barrels. A source in the ecuadorian delegation who spoke on condition he not be identified confirmed there had been no agreement on an Overall production ceiling or on quotas for the 13 member nations. No ceiling no quotas no nothing he said. The problem was deciding which members would lower their output and by How much sources said earlier. Iraq was among the countries resisting the proposed individual output quotas which in its Case would be about 1.2 million barrels a Day for the Spring period Down from its estimated current rate of 1.7 million daily. Asked by reporters after sunday s session whether he would agree to such a reduction the chief iraqi Delegate Ramzi Salman Abdul Hussain said no  Iraq and Iran which have been at War for 5 /2 years extended their conflict to Geneva several sources said. Both countries Are heavily dependent on Oil revenues to finance the War and Are at Sharp Odds Over any change in the other s production quotas. Earlier in the conference., the iranian delegation declared it would not agree to any open Deal that allowed Iraq to produce More than 1.2 million barrels daily. Iran is believed to be pumping about 1.8 million barrels a Day and is pushing for a quota of More than 2 million barrels daily. O in i 35 30 25 20 15 10 5 0 19 Chi Sou Pec production trillions of barrels crude Oil per Day a estimated 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 Jajo Tribune graphic rce Energy information administration Venezuela also was a major obstacle to agreement sunday according to sources. These officials said Hernandez Grisanti declared his country would not Cut its production at All. Venezuela depends on Oil for More than 90 percent of its Export earnings and the 50 percent drop in Oil prices this year has deepened its financial problems. Open members Nigeria and Ecuador Are in a similar bind. In a sign of the importance attached to the Geneva negotiations Libya s state run news Agency Jana reported that saudi Arabia s King fahd and libyan Leader Moa mar khad Afy discussed the deliberations sunday in a Telephone conversation. The report said the two leaders had agreed to face up to the collapse of Oil prices As Well As the current open  agreement was also reached on the need to adopt a production ceiling to which All the open member states must be committed in accordance with quotas to be deter mined the Jana report said. Open members Are Algeria Ecuador Gabon Indonesia Iran Iraq Kuwait Libya Nigeria Qatar saudi Ara Bia United Arab emirates and Venezuela. Some major producers such As Britain Norway and Mexico do not belong to the Cartel. World today Leader says Japan must have Independent defense capability Tokyo a prime minister Yasuhiro Nakasone has told graduating military cadets that Japan must be prepared to defend itself with its own hands. We must work to construct an efficient concentrated and High Quality defense capability Nakasone told the 415 graduates of the National defense Academy in Kana Gawa prefecture state just West of Tokyo. Academy spokesman Seiji Kamiya quoted excerpts from his speech. Despite some optimism in East West relations result ing from the  Summit last november the world situation remains severe Nakasone said. On the basis of promoting general Security policy and noting . Security agreements we must resolve to defend our own country with our own hands he declared. 6 soviet aviators die in crash on Antarctic Glacier paper says Moscow a six soviet aviators were killed when their twin engine transport plane ran out of fuel and crashed on a Glacier in Antarctica last month the govern ment newspaper Izvestia has reported. Izvestia said the propeller driven air plane was nearing. The end of a 1,249-mile flight from a research station at Molod Ethnaya to an Airfield near Mirny when it encountered a White out and heavy icing conditions. The newspaper said that the plane had run Low on fuel because of extreme headwinds and that the Crew said in its last radio transmission to Mirny that it was attempting to find a Landing site on a Glacier. Severe weather delayed a full scale search for four Days. Izvestia did not say How much wreckage was found but said observers aboard search aircraft saw enough to con clude that there were no survivors. Experiment to Aid diabetics scheduled for 88 space Mission Toronto up a . Space shuttle Mission in 1988 is scheduled to carry experiments that american and Canadian researchers Hope will refine a medical process and eventually change the lives of diabetics by ending daily insulin injections. The experiments involve a process to encapsulate Insu Lin producing animal cells that would with one annual injection replace daily injections needed now by an Esti mated 2 million people in the United states and Canada the companies involved have announced. A space shuttle Mission currently scheduled for mid-1988 will carry experiments involving a revolutionary technology that could end once and for All Many diabetics need for daily insulin injections they said in a statement. The companies involved include Viv tech a joint Ven Ture of Damon biotech inc. Of Boston and Connaught laboratories Ltd. Of Toronto and Ottawa based Canadian astronautics Ltd. Cabin Crew Union charges Qantas towels Are unsanitary Sydney Australia a Qantas airways Cabin Crews donned rubber gloves to hand out towels to Passen Gers because their Union says the washcloths Are infested with bacteria. Their action followed a walkout that stranded hundreds of passengers after seven International flights were can celeb or delayed. A Qantas spokesman said the airline had no objection to employees wearing gloves but said the Cabin Crew association s claims were unfounded. There is no health Hazard said the spokesman Mik Cottee. But Anthony Tudehope the Union s Industrial officer insisted Cabin Crews Wear gloves until the airline agrees to distribute towels in plastic bags. Fireworks rocket explodes in crowd killing 1, injuring 30 Sueca Spain a a Large rocket fell into a crowd and exploded during a fireworks display at the annual fiesta in this town in Eastern Spain killing one person and injuring 30, local authorities said monday. Authorities said the explosion apparently occurred when one of the three fuses on a three stage rocket failed Caus ing the rocket to plummet to the ground and exploded in the midst of a group of people. Juan Francisco pastor 38, and 30 other persons were rushed to the Hospital of la be in Valencia. Pastor died hours later from his injuries said Hospital director Migue Orozco. He said eight people two of them in serious condition were hospitalized. He said the others were treated an released