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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 5, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and strikes thursday november s. 1987 Reagan will lift $84 million in sanctions against Japan Washington Al l i resident i Agan will lift an additional 5h4 million in sanctions lignin so Japa Nese products based on a government report that Japan Hiis stopped flooding world markets with Low eos computer chips his spokes Man said tuesday. Spokesman Marla fit iwanic said the action will Likely Cir he by week s end. In june. Reagan lifted Psi million of she Jijoo million in sanctions imposed last april. Fit water Laid that Elfis million in retaliatory tariffs will still be in place because Japan has nol Given . To lip  sufficient Access to its markets. Cagan imposed the tariffs on japanese televisions Power tools and Small computers after . Officials determined that Japan Lind  i a 19s6 agreement on semiconductor Trade. The Commerce department said monday that Japan which earlier had ceased dumping computer chips at bargain basement prices in the United Stales also has stopped the practice in foreign markets. Our monthly monitoring now shows Clear firm and continuing evidence thai third country dumping has  Commerce undersecretary Drucci smart said. Fiul . Companies that had lodged a major Trade complaint because of the battering they received from Imons of japanese made semiconductors now claim Illey can t gel enough of the items it any Price. Industry officials claim that Japan in an Effort to eel he . Sanctions removed sharply curtailed production of chips by us producers particularly those destined to . Markets to drive up prices. Japan has denied the allegation. We have been assured by the japanese government that they arc nol restricting the Supply of semiconductors and that shortages if any. Arc solely the result of Strong Market demand a exec Ding i he production capacity of japanese manufacturers smart said in a statement. We aha have cup Iasi Edlo the japanese that in any Caw of Short Supply it is essential that japanese supplies real . Customers equitably and on a non discriminatory basis smart added. Soviet woman joins husband in . After Long fight for visa was ii 1ngtom Al Svitlana Braun joined her husband in the United Stales on tuesday ending a three year Sirugo by he couple the slate department and members of Congress to win permission for her to leave the soviet Union. Braun. 24, arrived in new York aboard a swis Airliner and flew immediately Wilh her husband pc ill Braun 10 Washington where they a re Loblein a series of appear ances designed to Highfi tilsit Ilic plight of Oiher Soviel american couples. Three lights i m so tired Braun said. Of course 1 Max Cilcy to be with my  her husband 27, is an itt Tommy in Southfield. Mich., a Detroit suburb. I m glad Hal it s Over finally Over he said the couple declined to discus Why they thought the soviets had finally decided to Grant brawn s Eil visa saying they Wou Iii talk about that Al wednesday s news conference. The immigrant dressed in faded Blue jeans and clutch Ine a Slatic of Liberty balloon was reeled with a kiss and Bou Hucl of Flowers by . Rep. Bob Carr l Mich. In addition to inc Capitol Hill news conference sponsored by sen. Car Jervin d-micli., Lite couple is 10 attend a reception in their Honor hosted by Carr. Levin and Carr were among several members of Congress who took a special interest in the Brawns plight  he Sovi ets to permit the Young woman to emigrate. Braun is the second soviet citizen in recent months allowed to leave the country to rejoin an american spouse. In september. Matvy Fikel left the soviet Union to join his american wife Susan Graham in Washington state. The Union of councils for soviet jews said tuesday it knows of about 15 divided spouses cases involving the soviet Union that have yet to be resolved. Svetlana Bunn and her husband Keith shortly Tyler she landed tuesday Al new York s Kennedy Airport. Since  1986. 13 such cases have been re solved including thai of the Brauns said Pat Spiller a research associate with to e organization. The Braun Case Over the years became tied to inc ebb and flow of .-Spviet relations As slate department officials and travelling members of Congress pushed to win permission for her to leave the country. Stateside Hibb bbb bib bomb by Dallas Ballet says it needs $180,000 to survive Dallas a the Dallas Ballet will be forced to fold unless  Tor salaries and production costs is raised by thursday say officials who remain optimistic thai the company will survive. The disclosure monday by Karl a Vilkovsky Hallel Board president and general manager Philip Semark came Only two weeks after he Ballet hired russian dancer Andrei Ustinov. Who defected while his troupe was in Dallas without the Money the Ballet will close. There s no decision to be made about it be Mark said. People Mil not come to work any More if they re not  out he said he i optimistic that patrons will help the company through he crisis. We have js50.000 in renewal gifts pending at this time he said. Renewals arc usually pretty easy to obtain. I think we will make  car crash victim buried in wrong plot after mix up Mobile Ala. A the bodies of two men who died in a weekend traffic Accident were mistakenly switched before their funerals and the Misup was t discovered until one had been buried in the other s cemetery plot an error was made. It s unfortunate. We re Gret the error and any anguish in might have caused die families said Mobile county Coro Ner Leroy Riddick. The mistake was discovered when Robert by Nelcy a family arrived fur his funeral monday and found the body of John Randall Robertson in the casket. Branlly s body already was buried in Robertson s plot at a Mobile cemetery. Branlly 23, and Robertson 18, were killed in a car Accident saturday night. The bodies came to us with what we thought was proper identification Riddick said we re investigating exactly Haw it occurred. Wedon l want it to happen  the victims families would nol discuss the mix up. Tombstones vandalized in California cemetery upper Lake Calif. A Beer drinking vandals toppled and broke More than 40 tombstones some of which Date to the Early 1860s, officials said wednesday. Pieces of Marble were scattered throughout the Clover Creek Road cemetery. An Angel Worth about $6,000, was cracked a Rose coloured Marble column was broken in three pieces and two fallen headstones from the lace 1800s bore dirty Tennis shoe footprints. The Lake county sheriffs department is investigating but has no suspects said la. Mike Powers caretaker Larry Ambler and a sheriffs Deputy found hundreds of Beer cans when they surveyed the damage. Fatal attraction still top draw after 7 weeks Hollywood Calif. Up1j fatal attraction continued to dominate the National Box office for the seventh consecutive week reaching j7s.8 million in receipts on its Way to the s100 million Mark. The Michael Douglas Glenn close drama of he per in of marital infidelity picked up s6.4 million last week in 1.347 Heaters More than double the run Ner up film baby  attractions per screen average also topped ail other current movies with $4,757, second place baby Boom Star Diane Keaton As a strident feminist who softens when she inherits an in Fant and retires from Manhattan s corporate suites to inc tranquil ii of Small town Vermont. Baby Boom jumped up from no. 8, thanks to the addition of 562 Heaters blinking 10 865 the number of screens showing the comedy. It earned $2.9 million in its fourth week for a total of Job 5 million suspect starring Cher and Dennis Quaid in a courtroom drama Wilh a powerful love Story was no. 3, with a Gross of $2.6 million in its second week of release. Playing on 1,029 screens suspect has rolled up j7.9 million. Whoops Goldberg s new and violent film fatal Beauty the title of which May confuse some moviegoers with fatal attraction made its debut in he no. 4 spot. The new movie asks audiences to see Goldberg As a Street smart Lough cop beating up on the bad Guys and shooting felons with Fervour. Fatal Beauly opened in i i it Heaters and did 12.6 million in business. No. S was Prince of darkness a seasonal horror exploitation film for halloween it grossed $2.6 Mil lion in its second week for a total of 18,11 million. It was a Good week Al the american Canadian Box office although All but a handful of film skidded considerably. The principal exception was baby  which gained 109 percent. Faul attraction was Down 20 percent and sup Cal dropped 3s percent. Last week All Heaters hauled in $70.5. Million As opposed to $69 million for the same week ust year and Only $44.6 million in 1985. The Overall Gross for inc year 50 far stand Al 13.3 billion a record setting Pace. Las year the tally was 12.9 billion. The year before it was $3 billion. The top 10, last week s Gross total Gross Wucki in release 1  i 4 Iii Ilia. S7s i Miquon 7 Hal 2 body Boans 12 9 a Tilton. In & a l on. 4 Amhi 3 Supski. 12 6 hii1 of s7 9 Frt Pic. 2efftt Finif Batty. 12 6i1w1.0, 1 Wmk 5 pct d Dou ii " v s Union u Simhon i i 6 it if Ttorp $2 4 Man i Wmk 7 Ira Pence a fit Dpi. J2 rn.iwfl.s16 3Tln.o b Lisa fairer a  t 9 . 126 2 a Dolfl. S pm 0 0-n� canc Al f r 3 Maion. In s a i 1 ski 10. 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