European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 18, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes wednesday november 18,1987 Japan warned about dumping products Washington apr Commerce Secretary William verily tuesday said Japan risks the imposition of . Retaliatory Ami jumping duties by failing to Price its products in line with the yen s appreciation against 1 no Dollar speaking to inc . Chamber of com Merce before leaving Tor a visit id Japan verily accused Japan of distorting world economic markets in its pricing practices. By failing to Price in line with he appreciated yen. Japanese firms Are impeding inc Power of currency adjustments to help Correl our Trade imbalance ver ily said. The Dollar has fallen More than 40 per cent against inc japanese yen since mid yet Verity said japanese companies have not comparably increased the prices of i hair products to americans preferring instead 10 Lake smaller profits to maintain their share of . Markets As inc greatest beneficiary of the trading system. Japan must accept More responsibility to Correl Trade imbalances Verity said. When he meets with japanese leaders the new Commerce Secretary said i Hope to impart a sense of urgency on Trade and economic issues. The credibility of the government of Japan has suffered in the Wake of continued inaction and a series of Trade packages that failed to produce  verily will be in Tokyo through sat urday. It is his first trip put of the coun try since he was sworn in As Commerce Secretary last month. Dumping is the deliberate pricing of products by one country in another markets at below fair value. Illegal under . Trade Laws dumping can provoke Rel aleatory tariffs on the imports. In the past inc United slates has accused japanese companies of dumping computer chips and color television lubes among other products. By failing to raise prices to match the devalued Dollar japanese companies arc in effect dumping a wide Range of products in the United Stales verily suggested. They Are running the increased risk that additional anti dumping cases will be brought against them in response he said. During a question and answer session. Verily declined to discuss apparent contradictions Between comments on the Dollar by president Reagan and Treasury Secretary James Baker Iii. Reagan said last week that the . Dollar had Falk enough against other currencies while Baker had earlier suggested thai the administration would Al the Dollar keep Fulling rather Ihan rail. Recession Wilh Steps to prop up the cur Rency. "1 Hope these two speak in unison Verity said. They have been speaking m unison most of the Lime. And i think currently they arc speaking in  air. Potato head smoke out spoke Spud kicks habit Washington a or. Potato head 35, quit smoking tuesday. He gave his pipe to surgeon Gener Al c. Everett Koop and vowed never to touch in again. He started to smoke the Day he was born said Koop. No Only is in dangerous to his health i gives the message to kids around the country thai smoking is not a bad thing to  so pleased was soap with head s decision thai he proclaimed the giant potato he official spoke Spud for this year s Grant american smoke out inc Ameri can cancer society drive to gel millions of americans to give up smoking at least for inc Day on thursday. About 40 million or. Potato Heads have been sold since inc plays Kool toy was introduced 35 years ago Complete with Slick on eyes cars a nose a Mouth and a pipe. Now that he has kicked the habit plays Kool officials arc thinking about reshaping the Mouth which now looks a lot like a Mustache into a smile Tor the estimated i million Loys manufactured each year. First lady Nancy Reagan sent Heartiest congratulations to head. By kicking the habit or potato head will not Only improve his health but will serve As a Good example to Young people who need to learn inc importance of maintaining Good health habits mrs Reagan said in a message read by Koop. Let it go to blazes turning their backs on the danger of Struj Sparks members of the Latham , Volunteer tire department pose for a photo while flames make Short work of the building in the Back ground. No dereliction of Doty just part of a Drill in which two abandoned buildings were deliberately set on fire. Chosen few to finally get promised Turkey dinner Miami a Jim Cunn has t for gotten the thanksgiving dinner he and fellow marines were promised in 1950 As they closed in on enemy troops holding the chosen Reservoir in North Korea. Now 37 years later the former Supply sergeant is providing that belated meal for veterans of die 1st Marine div and other . Soldiers who fought the bloodiest Bililc in Korea the forgotten  they re going to gel that Turkey Din Ner just like it was on the menu said Guin j6, a retired lobbyist who serves As the Florida representative of the Cho sin few. An organization of those who survived the Battle in North Korea. Missing when dinner is served sat urday in Tallahassee will be the marines who died in that mountainous Battle where i5.000u.n. Troops mostly of the 1st marines were attacked by 120,000 communist chinese soldiers who crossed the manchurian Border to bolster the re treating North korean army. Records show Allied forces suffered 12,000 casualties at chosen including More Ihan 3.000 killed. Thousands suffered frostbite. The chinese and North koreans suffered an estimated 30,000 casualties. Earlier this week As Gunn looked at a copy of the menu thai circulated among the 1st marines in Early november 195d, he confessed he s made one slight change in the belated meal. The shrimp cocktail was crossed Oft the original menu. They Don t know in but they re going to get one shrimp each  said Gunn. Who expect about 100 of the estimated 1,500 living chosen Reservoir survivors to attend the weekend reunion. Remembering logistical problems in supplying marines engaged in daily hand to hand combat and scattered Over Miles of rugged terrain Al chosen while temperatures lingered Between 20 and 40 degrees below Zero Gunn said few marines look the menu seriously at the time. We were eating c rations and what we called dog food in cans he recalled maybe every third or fourth Day we d eel a. Hot meal from a held Tulchen. Where were they going to bake the tur-keyst1 under severe Bailie conditions the menu which said lit Marine division thanksgiving dinner 23 november 19so" at the lop appeared ludicrous besides the crossed off shrimp cock Tail it included stuffed olives Sweet pickles and roast Young torn Turkey with Cranberry sauce Sage dressing Giblet Gravy Green peas buttered Corn mailed potatoes and candied Sweet potatoes. There was 10 be bread and butter fruit salad with dressing fruit cake pumpkin and mincemeat pie and Coffee. Hard candies sailed nuts apples and oranges completed the menu. Pleads guilty to cocaine charges will resign Charleston . A mayor Mike Roark tuesday admitted that he had used cocaine and pleaded guilty to six Misdemeanour counts of cocaine Possession As pan of an agreement requiring him to resign from office by nov. 24. . District judge Walter Hoffman accepted the agreement saying in my judgment it is consistent with an appropriate disposition of this  Roark 41, will be subject to a 15,000 Fine and one year in jail on each of the six counts As part of the plea agreement which was reached just before the defense and prosecutors were to finish selecting a jury for inc mayor s trial. I d just briefly like to apologize to the citizens of Charleston for the embarrassment they be suffered Roark said following inc hearing. "1 Don t think the City should suffer for my transgressions. I am deeply and sincerely  Roark a former Kanawha county prosecutor and a one Lime assistant . Attorney in Pittsburgh who had insisted thai he had never used cocaine had pleaded innocent to 27 drug conspiracy Possession and distribution counts and three counts of conspiring Loob struck Justice by persuading a witness to tic to a grand jury. Roark who agreed to resign by next tuesday had been plagued for years by rumours of his drug use which became a major Issue when he was re elected in a landslide Over former mayor John Hutchinson last april. Roark a Republican had Long been mentioned As a potential gop gubernatorial or congressional Candi Date. He had contended hat the charges against him were politically motivated. He faced a maximum penalty of 182 years in prison and a $525,000 Fine if convicted of All charges