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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 7, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday february 19b7 the stars and stripes Page 9 Star wars Reagan position Gorbachev position research testing and develop no testing with research Nunt of space based systems confined to the Laboratory. . Scenario simultaneous launch o sonet missiles surveillance uie Ihle Mossl w ii mid course Saiol Lite relays inlay Rulison to space based weapons Energy weapons attack mewing missiles surveillance aircraft rib information to ground to Sod radar interceptor missiles tired senators unveil Broad Trade Bill to Pep up Industry Gromyko meets Vance criticizes . Positions Moscow a soviet president Andrei a. Gromyko met with former Secretary of stale Cyrus Vance Friday and criticized . Positions on arms control and inc dangerous consequences of Star  Gromyko who was soviet foreign minister when Vance was in 1 Hen presi Dent Carter s Cabinet criticized the Posi Tion of the Reagan administration Dur ing the Kremlin meeting the Tass news Agency said. Gromyko pointed to the Reagan administration s a constructive position Al arms limitation and reduction talks and its striving to press on with the so called strategic defense initiative that is to begin Militar izing outer space with All ensuing dangerous consequences Tass said. Tass said Gromyko told Vance the so Viets were interested in expanded tics with the United Stales in he Fields of business science technology culture and education we Are not satisfied with the cur rent slate of affairs. For our part we Are ready to do More Gromyko told Hii guest. It is now up to the . Administration to say its word on this  task Laid inc meeting also was at tended by Georgy Arbatova director of the .a.-Canada Institute the Krem Lin think tank that invited Vance and inc other americans to Moscow. The soviets have bitterly opposed ski familiarly known As Star wars saying in would Louch off an arms race in space. The Reagan administration has called ski a purely defensive sys tem designed to protect against a mis site attack. Vance was visiting Moscow As part of a private american delegation from the Council of foreign relations a new York based group whose membership includes Many former govern ment officials. Former Secretary of slate Henry Kissinger another Mem Ber of the delegation met with Gromyko on thursday. Later that Day Kissinger and other visiting americans were received by soviet dissident Andrei Sakharov at Sakharov s apartment. Kissinger left Moscow Friday along with another member of the delegation former United nations ambassador Jeane Kirkpatrick . Embassy officials said. Washington a declaring the nation is in the economic fight of our life senators thursday unveiled a sweeping Trade Bill they said would boost . Industry but not crawl into the Hole of  sponsors said the Bill would help the United states compete with Japan and Cre ate More of the High paying jobs that have dwindled As the nation Lias moved from manufacturing to service industries. If these trends continue much longer american workers will end up like the people in inc biblical Village of old who were condemned to be Hewers of Wood and drawers of water Senate finance committee chairman Lloyd Bentsen d Texas told a news conference. Almost As soon As the measure was introduced however some of its More than i5 co sponsors said they would move to toughen its provisions which would give the administration authority to conduct International talks in return for a report to Congress on . Objectives. I Hope if i May say so thai we Don t just ask the president where he s headed majority Leader Robert c. Byrd do. Va., Lold the Senate. We have to text him where to head. We be got to Pul a Lille Back Bone in  sen. Donald w. Riegle jr., d-mich., also a co sponsor told reporters he would move to attach greater authority for import restrictions and there was grumbling in the House that the two Chambers appeared headed in different directions on the Issue. Bentsen was flanked by 14 senators of both Par ties As he introduced the bid. It could be he Start ing Point when his panel drafts Trade legislation with an Eye to possible july floor action. Bentsen said however Hal before pulling on inc finishing touches he wanted 10 look at recommendations from inc Reagan administration and a Bill sex peeled from the House. Al the heart of the Bill is authority for the administration to make agreements in current talks aimed Al modifying the 93-nation general agreement on tariffs and Trade. It also Calls for seeded up congressional action on such pacts. In return the administration would have to provide Congress with detailed statements of its Aims and Progress to Ward reaching them. Bin Lson offered legislation similar to that two years ago. Reinsert the new version however also contains i wide array of detailed changes in . To ,.1c policy. Tin International Trade commission would have greater latitude in consid ering import restrictions. It could for example View As a Threal to american Industry any factors making it impossible for the Compa Nies to engage in re search and development ii also could consider for eign targeting of a specific . Mar Ket a concerted Effort to Lake in Over by wiping Oul Domestic competitors. A unanimous Danforth commission could lock the president into following its recommended remedies such As Quolas or tariffs. But there would be a wider Range of remedies including Aid to the jobless and antitrust exemptions. Trade adjustment assistance a pro Gram of Federal payments to workers idled by import com Elilion would switch from emphasis on Cash Grants to one of retraining supplied mainly by private Industry. The plan Cost about $ i .5 billion in 1980 and about 125 million a set aside for it in the current fiscal year according to the Senate finance committee staff. The measure would require the administration to increase inc number of cases it brings against unfair Trade barriers overseas and set mandatory dead lines for action on them. Sen. John c. Danforth r-mo., said the measure offers sensible realistic responses to the problems of foreign barriers and other unfair Trade  he added however thai the lawmakers do not believe Hal the Lime has come for the United states to crawl into the Hole of protectionism and let the world pass us  we americans Are now to the economic tight of our life sen. Max Baucus d mont., said. He said he measure was More responsible and More mature than similar Bills introduced Over the last two years because it recognized Trade Barrier were not the Only problem and we have to be More competitive Here at  Riegle said he would try to Amend the Bill to require the government to View unfair labor conditions abroad As an unfair Trade practice and compel rollbacks in massive Trade surpluses being run by trading partners in Commerce with the United states. The Bill is a Start Riegle said. It s a Start. But it s going to have to be  firm s anti baldness lotion presented in Europe Brussels Belgium a the Upjohn company thursday presented a lotion Hal it says slops baldness in its tracks in most men and restores hair growth in Atmos half the cases. The pharmaceutical firm of Kalama top mich., said it seeks to Register re Gaine topical solution As a cure for male pattern baldness in All countries. The lotion will be made Al a Plant near Here from where Upjohn will Market in throughout the world except the United slates. It will be available Only on prescription. Already available in Belgium and can Ada it will be available in most of Europe in the next few months Upjohn officials said. The product will be known As Romaine in the United Stales. The . Food and drug administration has yet to approve the Folio for Sale in the United slates. The lotion will be sold in Small bottles and Irsai Mcnol will Cost about s52 a month Upjohn said. The lotion Musl be used indefinitely to be successful and Only works in men the company said. Scientific tests showed that in 90 per cent of the cases progression of baldness was stopped while some 40 percent had Good Quality hair growth in Bald spots. Said or. Richard de Villez of he up John company. At a press conference Upjohn presented Independent scientific experts who spoke in favor of the anti baldness lotion. In the Pasi baldness had to be accepted. There was nothing you could do Aboul in said professor Jean Marie la Chapelle of Louvain University. Now there is a medical solution he added. Many patients especially the Young suffer intensely from the fact icy Are going Bald he said men under 30 Eland a 54 percent Chance of regaining hair growth with regain he said. Age and increased baldness Lessen the changes of successful treatment. It is a hard decision to Start treat ment. A is a lot of Money and Only four Oul of 10 users can reverse baldness Upjohn said it discovered the lotion s Anli baldness effect by Accident in the Early 1970s when in in cried Patin is Wilh minoxidil to lower their blood pressure. This resulted in increased hair growth. Upjohn intensified studies Inlo the Side effect in 1977, created the lotion and started testing it in 1982 for Side effects said do vital cd. Allergic reactions rash and itching were the most common Side effects  
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