European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 5, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse The stars and stripes monday october 5,1987 ., Canada agree on Trade pact Washington a And Canadian negotiators returned to the bargaining table sunday to Fin ish Thamnu ring out the basics of a historic pad be tween inc world s 10 Large so trading partners. The negotiators agreed on ii general framework for the pad just before the Midnight saturday deadline that Juinor Yiirs had set for submission of the agreement to congrow they re meeting together going Over inc various Issue areas signing off on understandings As to what the agreement is Gary Holmes a spokesman for the Trade Clayton k. Ycu Iier said sunday. Even after their work on inc pact s framework is completed details remain to be worked out and some of those details still could foul up inc agreement he said. But Simon Crisman the chief Canadian negotiator said sunday morning thai the learns accomplished 98 percent of the work saturday and thai nothing major is left to work out. Not every last comma was committed 10 paper he acknowledged. There were one or two things on a handshake we have to make sure inc handshake gels to the right commas and the two nations Exchange More than $150 billion a year in merchandise. The Trade deficit with Cana news Brief we Bruecken team s bus leaves Road overturns Gros Stittgen Germany a bus carry ing a High school girls volleyball team from Zweig Wiecken and overturned Aboul 9 30 . Saturday an air Force spokesman said. The German charter bus was taking 24 girls to a three team volleyball meet at Pitburg a when ii left the Road and overturned near Spang Dahlum a. Fifteen team members were transported to Tilburg a Hospital where they were treated for minor injuries and released Cape. Donald Lamb said. Float from Page i 20-year-old Cook who works at the Dresden Soncra House found Slof fun Obj Rochr s balloon at 5 45 . Outside the stage Entrance. She mailed the Post card with a letter to the German boy s Home in Mainz. She did t want to Send just a Post card Back Lewis said of Floc East German woman who wrote that she likes horseback Riding. The second and third Easl German balloon landings that arc known of so far occurred in Freiberg and in another town near Dresden. The person in Freiberg sent the Post card printed with a German american Friendship logo the child s address and the address of the Mainz Public affairs office Al Dragoone Cavern 10 the German child s Home in Mainz. And the 66-year-old Man who found Stephanie Wil Liams balloon during a walk in the Woods near Dresden sent her Post card to bavarian friends to Forward for him they re afraid to Send them to an american Mili tary address Lewis said. In West Germany the balloons have landed in of Jonsburg. Munich Bremerhaven Fulda Hanau Frei Burg and Wurzburg. Lewis said. The child whose balloon travels the farthest will receive round trip train transportation for himself and his parents to inc City of his Choice in West Germany. Lewis said he expects 500 responses before the Winner is announced. A in 1986 was j13.3 billion. Chief Negotiator Peter Murphy who had said shortly after mid Reighl. God Only knows what we did. Bul i think we did commented sunday i m very very Crisman said he was feeling pretty hyper this morning and called inc pact the largest agreement of its kind Ever made in the history of the Canadian ambassador Allan i Ollick said we think Fiat this is very much if. The interests of inc United slates and we Hope very much that inc Senate of the United states will see it that although participants would not provide specifics about the general Trade agreement Holmes said Sun Day the idea is to eliminate As Many Trade Barrier As possible in a wide variety of areas such As tax Energy agriculture services. Crisman said the negotiations covered the Auto situation pretty comprehensively and i think that in almost All respects one can say in practical terms the Canadian Industry will he a beneficiary " the agreement includes provisions that will provide new opportunities for More employment and More production in the Canadian Industry. He said Canada go its top demand of a binding Trade disputes panel As soon As the agreement goes into effect. However the agreement apparently fell Short of Canada s origin. Demand Tor a binding dispute settlement mechanism that would replace All Trade remedy Laws. The panel agreed upon apparently will serve Only As inc court of last resort after industries in both countries have gone through their Domestic Trade dispute processes. The agreement still has to be Rati fled in both countries. Congress now has 90 Days to try to influence inc shape of a final agreement which president Reagan must present to Congress by Jan. 3. Then Congress will have 6d working Days to accept or reject the pact but will not be Able to Amend it. Given the congressional Calendar of holidays and Breaks officials expect that final Vole will nol happen until late March or april. Residents of apartment in downtown los Angeles occupy a parking Tot after the quake stirred them from sleep. 2nd quake jolts s. California a photo from Page 1 were sent to hospitals and there were two other injuries including a broken foot suffered in an Auto Acci Dent when a signal Light was knocked out said Alham Bra police a it. Rum Siverling. California medical Center sustained some structural damage and Power to the Complex of buildings a mile South of downtown los Angeles was lost. The Center was operating on emergency Power said nursing super visor Elizabeth Adams. Mutton said the aftershock bore no relation to a much feared great quake expected to shake Southern California. It could be five minutes. In could be 40 years Mutton said. A considerable amount of Concrete fell from a Bridge Over inc southbound lanes of the Pasadena freeway closing two lanes. Small Rock slides occurred elsewhere along the freeway and also forced the closing of the Angeles Crest Highway through the san Gabriel mountains. Two Bridges Over the san Bernardino freeway were damaged and were being inspected to determine if they should be closed Alhambra police said. In Whitlick hit hard thursday because it was near the epicentre of the original quake police sgt. Cene Horsfall said there was additional damage reports but no reports of injuries or fire in the Community East of los Angeles. Police began condoning off the Whittier business District again. Helicopters sur cd the City for new damage and Power was out in downtown los Angeles Glendale and several other communities for Aboul half an hour. Marty residents gathered oils id houses and apartment buildings wailing for More shocks. Los Angeles county fire department reported at least 100 Calls Aboul Gas leaks downed electrical wires and flooding from water pipes bul none of inc problems was major and no quake related fires were reported sunday s quake lasted Aboul id seconds. Bags from Page 1 Pean commissary Region in Wei Bruecken. Germany is optimistic. She believes plastic bags will be in the army s 82 european stores within six months or so. The air Force commissary services european Region has nol made any decision on swapping plastic bags for paper bags said Ham Nichols director of operations. The Cost of both bags in the army commissaries will be covered by inc Reg ular 5 percent surcharge. If overseas customers Are Given he of lion which bag will be the Winner will plastic bags bring with them the Contro Versy thai s made news Back Home a random sampling at the army commissary in Frankfurt found preference pretty much split Down the Middle. Only one person spec. 4 Edward Berberina expressed worry about the environment. Nol Only Are paper bags better for it he said bul they Are sturdier. Those cafes plastic bags won t hold a other customers noting that almost Aji european stores pack purchases in plastic bags did t feel there was much Point in worrying about their use in the commissaries. Plastic bags Are easier to carry said Cheryl Gusty who uses cafes Bass for shopping in local stores and for packing school lunches. Jackie Wallace who just arrived in Germany from fan Lee va., is a hold out for paper bags. I prefer them. They Are stronger. Sometimes the handles on inc plastic bags pull she said thai at fort Lee. Where inv commissary offered both bags she used plastic bags for carrying Only Frozen foods. Phi. 1 Thomas Volbert also prefers a paper bags arc belter for holding a lot of groceries he said. Plastic bags Are Good for Small purchases and Frozen As for which bag is Best for household trash Anna polite likes he paper ones. Anna Hirschkron prefers the plastic say ing she finds the Bulky paper bags a As for inc baggers Duane King says they could t care less. It s customer Choice. In won t make any difference in
