European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 4, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 8 the stars and stripes monday August 4.1986 ., dec fail to resolve pasta war1 Brussels Belgium up Trade representative Clayton a Eulier and the european Community failed in two Days of Alks 10 solve their 9-month old pasta War but they made some Progress officials said sunday. We made non negligible Progress toward an even Tual agreement european commissioner Willy Declercq in charge of external relations raid in a statement issued after the talks ended sunday. We regret that in Spile of our Progress and Al though concessions were envisaged on both sides we Wen not Able to react a final solution he added. De Dercqu expressed concern in View of the real risk of new major Trade conflict Between the euro Pean Community and the United slate Only few weeks before the meeting in Punta Del Ette Uruguay where a new round of multilateral Trade negotiations should be launched minister of the countries belonging to Llie general agreement on tariffs and Trade ire scheduled to meet in mid september in Punta Del Ette la decide on a new round of Drift coning talks which would follow the Kennedy round of the 1960s and the Tokyo round of the 1970. The pasta War started nov. I last year when the United states imposed High duties on imports of euro Pean made pasta Nying the Community i preferential treatment of Citrus fruits from Mediterranean coun tries had severely curtailed is. Citrus exports to Europe. The dec Laid this preferential system was poly aimed at boosting the economic development of the Mediterranean countries and retaliated by slamming equally High duties on imports of a Lemons and walnuts. A few week ago the United states hid lit waa envisaging new sanctions on imports from the dec. The commission immediately prepared a list of possible equivalent measures to be applied somnus the new us. Measures would go into effect de of req proposed a truce to the United state and a Cutter came to Brunch saturday for two Days of talks. Officials said the talks were not a Complete included positive aspects but it Wai not potable to find a final solution one of the positive Points they Taid was that the United states no longer contested the european Community s right to maintain preferential agreements with the Mediterranean countries. It was also understood that the United state would not impose new duties on import from the european Community for the time being they Aid. They said the talks failed mainly on concessions demanded from both sides on Citrus and pasta Export. The vice preside at staads Between two Tsahwa at Karnuk tempt Talbot a Cpl. Bush flies to Sinai to visit peace Force Cairo Egypt a vice president George Bush flew to the Sinai Peninsula on sunday to visit the Organized peacekeeping Force that monitors the Border Between Israel and Egypt Bush who is on a Iway Lour of Israel Jordan and Egypt a Tfir for 1" 1 to meet sunday afternoon with Egypt s president Hosai Mubarak in Cairo. The vice president landed at cd Gorah Headquarters of the multinational Force and observers shortly before twon military officials said. The la nation Fra was deployed in the Sinai Peninsula in the Spring of 1983 after Tod completed its withdrawal from us Peninsula under a 1979 peace treaty with Egypt. The United slate organized the Force after a plan to put together a uj4. Force fizzled because of the threat of a Security Council veto by the soviet Union which opposed the treaty. The Force consists of 2,600 troops and 124 civilians military officiate said. The United states contributes 801 soldiers 36 staff officers 350 people in military support unit and 31 civilian observers. Bush arrived saturday in the Southern egyptian City of Luxor after spending four Days in Jordan. He is to return to Washington of tuesday. Paper e. Germans question Story of escape aided by Dummy soviets Berlin up some doubt was expressed Sun Day about an East German s Story of escaping to West Berlin masquerading As a member of a soviet army patrol. Wai the escape a big lie was the Banner head line in the Bonn express newspaper sunday. West German insiders Are sceptical the newspaper said. They think something about the Story smells the official East German news service adn sat urday called the tale told by Heinz Braun 48, at a West Berlin news conference Friday a swindler s Story that is a lie from its Start to its but Werner Hillenbrandt. The head of the aug. 13 society which held the news conference said sunday he believed that East German Border guards had waved Braun dressed in a soviet Soldier s uniform through an East German checkpoint Point in the Wall. Braun told the news conference he had dressed three department store dummies in soviet officers uniforms and put them As passengers in a station Wagon re painted to resemble a soviet military vehicle. Hille Bandl whose organization keeps track of escapes and refugees said Braun was questioned sat urday by the Western Powers who have supreme occupation authority in West Berlin he said he concluded that the Story is True from the fact that Braun had not Beena rested. He also said be believes the Story because he is Well acquainted with Wolfgang Quasner the head of an escape organization that arranged Braun i night last wednesday. He said it has been proved that Quasner has helped Many refugees flee to the West Quasner said he studied the passage of soviet army vehicles driving from East to West Berlin and knew they were not checked by East German Border guards at checkpoints along the Wall. The East German news service offered no proof of its allegation that Braun s Story was a lie. It called him a Braun told his news conference that he served a 30-month prison term in East Germany of a charge of trying to persuade another East German to flee. Apparently there Are people in West Berlin who have an interest in building up a new sensation every Day which turns out to be a soap Bubble adn said. Worm today priest who raised millions for Irish Airport Dies Lourdes France a monsignor scams Horan the Irish priest who raised millions to build a world class Airport for the pilgrimage Center of Knock has died Here of a heart attack the Lourdes Sanctuary medical services Taid. He was 75. Koran Rector of the Knock pilgrimage Center was leading the annual pilgrimage from his diocese to Lourdes the first pilgrimage to this French City on a direct flight from Knock s Airport. He was found dead in his room. China seized $87 million in goods through june peking up chinese customs agent handled 8,899 smuggling cases involving nearly s87 million in contraband goods during the lint half of this year the Efticia Xinhua news Agency re ported sunday. The Agency said the customs Bureau has basically brought under control Large scale smug gling operations that had raged for statistics of the general administration of Cus Toms show that 8.899 cases of smuggling involving total of 328 minion Yuan s86.6 million were cracked in the first six months of his year Xinhua said. A customs official said that some of the cases look place last year or the year before Uganda s ruling party orders end to agitation Kampala Uganda up president to Cri mus Eveni s National resistance movement Nam ordered sunday an end to tribal agita Tion for a return to Uganda i ancient traditional monarchies branding it if certain elements keep on agitating for a cause which is controversial and. Therefore divisive therm Willham Thein Ai we have done with other wrong elements in the past and win continue to do in inure said a statement issued in the ugandan capital by Nam s a Duimstra live Secretary Jacob Ati we the statement justified the threat on the grounds of National Unity. Let it be noted that no one shall be allowed to raise or agitate for partisan issues at a time when Uganda needs National consensus it declared. Hong Kong airline Hopes to buy into people express Hong Kong up dragon air a Hong Kong based one plane airline that specializes in flights to China is hoping to buy into people express airline or another american earner a newspaper reported sunday. The bid for portions of the financially Trou bled people express is designed to bolster Pend ing applications by dragon air for routes to Losangeles. Honolulu Houston and Guam the South China morning Post reported. Despite year old dragon air s Small size its bid Foran America airline has to be Taloa seriously. It is controlled by shipping magnate ,one of Hong Kong s richest men who recently spent a estimated 200 motion pounds $29t of lion on shares of London s Standard chartered Dank Pomocka hostile takeover bid by Lloyd i Bank. Wave sweeps scientist into Ocean at Java Beach Jakarta Indonesia up a dutch so enlist was assumed drowned after a giant wave swept him into the Ocean at a javanese Beach feared by native As the Domain of a vengeful goddess embassy official said sunday. Officials of the Netherlands embassy in Jakarta said or. Hendrik Jacobus Geldof 44. A conducting research in Indonesia for a world Bank project was standing in water Only about a fool deep Friday when he and a companion were swept into the Indian Ocean. Fighting a Strong current Grid of companion barely made it Back to Shore. They weren t even swimming. They were Jast standing with their feet in the water and a bit wave suddenly crashed Over them said an embassy official quoting eyewitnesses
