European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 5, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Wednesday August 5. 1987 the stars and stripes pasta talks showing Progress Brussels. Helium Al . And european economic com Mummy negotiators late monday adjourned mar athon negotiations 10 resolve a dispute Over subsidies of european pasta cd Pons amid signs Hal prospects fora set Lac mini have improved. George Kennedy a spokesman Al the . Mission to the dec said negotiators in the three Day non Stop talks produced promising new drafts. The United Stales which had earlier threatened to Lake punitive measures unless the dispute was settled by Early Mon Day did not carry out its threat and announced no new deadlines. Kennedy emphasized the adjourn ment is temporary and said that talks will resume soon. Sufficient Progress has been made to Call a Hall to inc negotiations he said. We want to review what we have a he said the talks Are Likely to resume tuesday but added there is no specific Lime an dec official confirmed that the negotiators were making Progress say ing we feel much better about the negotiations Han we did Willy de Clarcq the s lop Trade official had declared Al thai time thai in would take a Miracle to Settle inc Row. A . Official who spoke on Condi Tion of anonymity said maybe de Orro has realized that miracles do Hap pen he indicated the deadline was a sign of Washington s exasperation with the Lack of Progress in the seven month negotiations rather than a real 1 Urcal of Sanction s. Page 9 Ewe enjoying the ride Annabel the Ewe lakes o the country Side with her incr Kubin Jeffrey in spread the word about Wool week in Lilii Wilhoit Australia. The begot glad sheep in hiker s clothing is in inc Side car of a 1929 Indian motorcycle. Ghosts revived on disc of Vintage recordings Washington a the bombastic voice of Dwolf Hopper reciting Casey Al the Bat dramatic pleadings from Sarah Bernhardt and Thomas a. Edi son s version of a children s rhyme carry the listener Back to the turn of the Century. There was no Joy in Mudville Hopper intones in one of his Many renditions. Iii highly Casey struck out a few seconds later an off key Edison sings the first words spoken on phonograph Mary had a Tittle Lamb whose fleece a White As the voices arc recorded on a compressed audio disc measuring no More than 7 inches but containing 33 hours of Prc-1910 spoken word recordings and Politi Cal speeches from 1918 to 1920. Officials at the Library of Congress believe the disc is the first to include All the recordings in one collection. A total of 668 selections including minstrel songs vaudeville routines and humorous monologues fill p. Sin Gle Side of the disc which will be available Tor listening at the Library s recorded sound reference Center. The disc and its accompanying system which includes a computer a decoder and two speakers sit in a Comer of the Library Center beneath an old Victor records poster of its famous opera singers. Sam Brylawski a reference librarian at the cell or spent six months Lamg recordings originally produced by the Victor Columbia and Berliner labels Coin Ciden Aljy the introduction of the disc comes on inc Centennial of inc invention of the first audio disc in 1887 a Washington inventor. Brylawski taped All of the pre-1910 recordings the political speeches and admittedly cheated a bit adding Edison s repeal performance of the Nursery rhyme from the 1920s. The inventor s first rendition was re corded on Short lived tinfoil i. The Library hoped to Catalon its extensive but aging collection and make it More accessible to the american people while preserving the original recordings. The project which was developed by interactive product lion associates of Santa Monica calif., at a Cost of about $30,000, look iwo years to Complete. Res frictions on the recordings were the same As rare material books said Craig d Ogoc a Library spokesman. In the past Only researchers were allowed to listen to the recordings. They requested a specific selection from a librarian who searched through the basement files. The researcher was then allowed 10 hear the piece in a private listening room but because of preservation concerns inc recording was played Only twice. Wilh the disc the search for a selection takes a few seconds rather than a few hours. Anyone can use the computer to make a selection by author genre per former title and subject. While playing the recording the computer also provides Catalogna la including Dales and Quality of the Recu riling. The Library s five discs arc not for Sale but anyone an Slop by the Library s James Madison memorial building during working hours to listen to various selections. A listener fan return to the Campaign for the presidency i n 1920 and hear members of inc democratic ticket James m. Cox and Franklin d. Roosevelt plead their cause or perhaps catch the winning oratory of the Republican Candi , Warren g. Harding and Calvin Coolidge in 1919, politicians argued about the league of nations and Henry Cabot Lodge and Leonard Wood state their opposition 10 the Pian. There s no room fur any Flag but our own Wood tells America. Five versions of Lincoln s Gettysburg address re corded by William p. Woolcy and Leonard g. Spencer arc on the disc As Well As speeches by William Jennings dry an Buffalo Hill and Booker t. Washington. A sampling of the recordings indicates the Library s Eclectic collection. There s barnyard conversation Between two Jeal Ous Irish Washerwoman coming Home from Coney effect of proposed jury trial in con tempt cases "1 Don t like your family a popular song and Jum Jackson and his jealous in addition Iacre Are my Creole my Creole my Kickapoo Queen and my old Kentucky and then there s Bernhardi s pleadings As inc recite in French los Wruten by Madame Rostand and phedre by Jan rating. The sound is poor Bill the drama stands the lest of time. . Again warns Nicaragua on getting migs Washington a the stale department repeating earlier warnings said monday it would View with utmost concern Nicaragua s acquisition of Mig aircraft. Nicaraguan defense minister hum Brno Onega announced Over the week end that toe Sandi imm Goi Crement is proceeding with plans 10 acquire minis asserting that the soviet bloc aircraft arc needed 10 combat resupply highly for the .-backed Conidia a cads. Stale department spokesman Charles Redman said he doubted Mig fighters would be used for thai purpose because they arc not the Moil efficient or militarily preferred Means to counter inc resupply flights. Obviously advanced combat aircraft carries a threat far beyond the Borders of Nicaragua Kennian said. Our position is out the introduction of advanced combat aircraft in the re Gion by the Gau rom Cal of Nicaragua would be a serious development which we would View with the utmost con Cern he said. That language is virtually the same As thai used by the administration in no vember 19h-1 when officials first believed that Nicaragua might acquire migs. Redman declined to specify How the United Stales Midlil respond if Mitis Are added la the sandinista military Arsenal. A second reason cited by Ortega for pro receding with the acquisition of icis was Lite decision to Send a do in f-5s to Honduras. Nicaragua s North firn neighbor. Redman said the f-5s pose no thread to Nicaragua Security. The administration also has said that Honduras needs the ass to replace l95us-Vmtiiie aircraft that lire now obsolete. According to Onega. Minis Are needed to bolster is nicaraguan defences against a Pulen Ibl . Attack. They a nuts not be used Iii Psi neigh firm i countries he did
