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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Monday, February 8, 1988

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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 8, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday. February 8, 1988 the stars and stripes Paga 9 Lett archaeologists and press photographer rtt wooden burial relics in x ditch Jur rounding in ancient Grav Sitf Al Kos Hawara in Genrl City  ancient burial grounds Japan. At right � Clay image Liei among various tto Oden relics. The excavation of Mare limn 560 wooden artefact lit the file Belle cd to Date Back to the sch and 6th centuries my fort  la recon Sider a Long held theory thai ancient Tomb Wen Deco rated mainly with earthenware object. Dec Cash crisis focus of emergency Summit Brussels Belgium a the mounting Cash crisis of the european economic Community enters a new possibly decisive Sage this week As leaders of the 12 member countries prepare for an emergency sum Mil meeting. The West German government which ill be chair Man of the is rating thursday and Friday in Brussels is scrambling to forge an agreement on ways of limn ing dec farm subsidies and rescuing the group from looming bankruptcy. Chancellor Helmut Kohl and his chief aides arc hoping to produce an Overall Compromise package by tuesday. It would be the culmination of a nearly continuous and mostly inconclusive series of meetings of dec foreign and agriculture ministers since mid january. The Odds appear m weigh heavily against a comprehensive agreement emerging from the Summit Al though he diplomatic clout and bureaucratic brawn of the Bonn government seem to offer Hope for at least some Progress. Besides the depth of disagreement Over the main issues on the Agenda the Summit s prospects arc clouded by the fact hat the meeting is scheduled just before stale Cut cimons in West Germany during March and May and the Trench presidential election in april. Outright failure Al consensus would cause problems but the dec would continue operations As it has since Jan. I without a real budget. However by late summer the dec estimates the Emer gency Money ii has been operating on will be used up. A possible outcome of inc Brussels session in the View of some officials privy 10 preparation for the meeting is a partial Accord that May provide the basis for completing a credible Deal Al the next Summit scheduled for late j  a Summit in Copenhagen Denmark last december id group a perennial us Guti \.n-? a Mauiu in us a Larm its burdensome system of farm subsidies. The Copenhagen meeting decided an emergency ses Sion was needed in february. The leaders said waiting until the next regularly scheduled Summit in june would Only allow the disagreements to Widen the financial Cansis to deepen Ami inc political paralysis to Worsen. The dec s annual budget which last year was 42 Bil lion european currency units  
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