European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 30, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page d the stars and stripes Friday. January 30, 1987 ., Europe agree to tentative Trade pact Washington Itu it i med slates and Europe reached a ten Lalim agreement thursday on i a. Farm exports to aur ii gourmet Trade War that threatened lilt tariff1 on i uni Oiin food and wine imports. Willy de Clarcq. The  in charge of for eign relations for the european economic Camm Nily. Told a news conference in Brussels. Belgium the new four sear agreement must he ratified by both sides president Reagan threatened 10 impose the Lar ill s Friday if inc United slates failed to receive Bompensa lion fat the toss of an estimated $400 million of Grain exports to spam. Spain and Portugal joined the european economic Community form Raj called the common Market a year ago and boosted tariffs on . Corn and sorghum Reagan s threatened tariffs would have doubled inc once of imported brie Edam Gouda and came Bari cheese Small canned hams Black olives baby carrots endive inexpensive while wine Brandy and Fin. The negotiation has been extremely Tough until the end. But the. Solution we agreed upon is an honorable one for the two  Aid de Clarcq who con ducted the talks throughout the night with  Irac representative Clayton k. Be incr. By this agreement we pin an end to a conflict which threatened to degenerate and would have been damaging to both  Declercq said. The european economic Community stood ready to reply immediately with equal la punitive duties on \ is Eipur is of Corn gluten few and Rice. De Clarcq said he accepted the Compromise it political solution to avoid a Trade War. Not because he recognized the  Right to compensation. I in satisfied in is an equitable one he added. Under the agreement. Declercq said the europeans would open a quota or 2 million tons of com and 300,000 tons of sorghum at reduced levies for the Spanish Market to the United slates and other nation. He said the United sum at the outset demanded an Overall Quantity of More than 4 Mill lion ions estimating it previously had two thirds of the Spanish Market. 3rd suspect faces arson charges in Dupont fire san Juan. Puerto kilo i i la police thursday Arres cd a third suspect in the Dupont Plaza arson fire that kilted 96 people on new year s eve and was taken to court in face charges of arson murder and conspiracy. A fourth Man suspected of Selling offa smaller Blaze . 27 at the hotel also was summoned 10 face a charge of Mali Cious damage. The officials of puerto Rico s Justice department Siirid the third suspect and the other Man were taken before District Colin magistrate Carlos Rivera Martinez. Witnesses who saw the Man believed to be the third arsonist in the new year s eve fire said he was handcuffed and dressed in Brown pants and a Cream coloured shirt. He was described As tall and Stocky. The Man suspected of having set off the smaller fire appeared voluntarily after he was summoned officials said a lawyer was waiting for him. Thursday s arrest was anticipated by two published news reports quoting unidentified officials. The newspapers said the third suspect was reported to be a hotel bar worker and member of the teamsters Union. Authorities earlier charged two other Union members with Starling the inf Emo to the Dupont Plaza hotel. The Blaze sent toxic fumes and thick Black smoke Nihro Tush the ground floors of the packed posh met Side hotel. Ninety six people were tilled and More than 100 were injured. School closings too casual says education chief Washington a Secretary of education William j. Bennett says Tomc educators Are entirely too casual about shutting Down schools because there s some Snow on the  nobody wants anybody to endanger life or limb but the seriousness with which we approach the educational Enterprise ought to make us hesitate whenever we say we re going to shut in  Bennett said wednesday when asked about the Snow cancellations that were keeping some Washington suburban schools closed thursday for the sixth straight school Day. The Region was hit with two snowfalls one Lasi thursday and one sunday lha left nearly two feet of Snow in Many areas. Washington . Schools reopened tuesday after being closed for three school Days. But schools remained closed in several suburban Virginia counties. "1 think there should be maybe a Little greater Bur Den of proof to meet the Snow jeopardy Bennett told reporters. He said he was concerned not Only about Snow holidays bul also about other interruptions in school schedules. Eastern airlines plans Sperlow discount fares Miami api Eastern airlines thursday announced air fares that the airline said will undercut ensling discount fares by up to 40 percent. Eastern joins fellow Texas air corp. Subsidiary Continental airlines in offering Sperlow fares to More than 80 american cities starting sunday according to a company news release issued before a news Confer ence. The Miami based Carrier is offering to Fly air Trutt cars anywhere in the country for $29 to j99 monday through thursday and $39 10 is 19 on Friday ant sunday the busiest travel Days. Examples of the off Peak and Peak travel fares from Miami were to new York. 179 and s99 to los an Geles $89, and $99 and to new Orleans $59 and $79. Continental also will become a major Market in the Northeast Eastern s traditional stronghold and add new flights to Florida. The news release stated. Eastern has lost $350 million since 1983 and was taken Over last year a Frank Lorenzo s Texas air corp., which has Binte become Hie nation s largest air Carrier Eastern lost s136.7 million in the first three Quann of 1986 and has nearly s2.5 billion in debt. Ron High poses before and after his 500-Pound weight Lim 853-Pound Man who shed 500 on strict regimen has 161 to go Chicago a a Man who has shed 500 of the 853 pounds he weighed two years ago has taken up full Lime residency at a health club and does t intend to leave until he tips the Scales at 192. Ron High says he irid every1 fad die and did everything wrong in trying to lose weight until he was told by a doctor Ihal he d never live to see his Misbin Haj. At inc time he Hoidn i left his parents apartment in three years could t fit into a car and could hardly walk. " was eating a oui 7,000 calories a Day and i had a size 86 wit. Busing even custom made clothing was Almas impossible he said. Finally he moved to he Bahamas in december 1985 and stayed there until August learning to swim doing aerobics and eating a \ Csc Marian formula devel oped by comedian and social activist Dick Gregory who helped pay for his Hahamian stay. The regimen of 800 calories a Day. Vitamin supplements and Ngo Roui exercise helped High get rid of the weight. On returning to the United suites High look up a different vegetarian Diel in moved into the Charlie club which offered him free membership. There he does aerobics works out on weight machines and walks at least two Miles a Day. He plans to continue his exercise regimen until he Sheds another 161 pounds. High recalled that he was the child of to proud Southern parents who sincerely believed a Chubby child was a Happy child. I weighed More in High school than i do now. I was 573 pounds when i Grid  h High managed to work 10 years As a Job Counselor. "1 could work at 570 pounds and even at 670, bul when 1 started heading toward 700, 1 started falling asleep All the  he said. The doctors said i had Pickwick an  the syndrome named ales be fat Hoy in Charles Dickens the Pickwick i  afflicts some obese people with drowsiness. Now. High is Alert and a i he s lost .1 inches in height As Uell As 500 pounds. I m 5-fool-Lo now. Bul i Soj in measure 6-Fooi i he said. That s Juit from the bloating in no feel going