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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Tuesday, May 17, 1988

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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 17, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Daughter consoles Mother mourning Lar husband a Flaxen non Etton by a Tiger in Alampur India. Tiger conservation depopulated a Villa Yada Kelliher United press International Nema Haldah. Airy Sun scorched Fisherman will never forget the Daya Bengal Tiger Maul Edns partner Todeal and icon wed to drag the bloodied body into the Jun Lelo Eal. I wrestled the dead Man torn the  said Haldar 35, who bears a livid seas Orthis Arm bom the incident three years ago. When a 1iger attacks you Only know when it is upon you nol  Haldar s Friend was one of More than goo people lulled by the big cals since 1973, Vohen the government Selma Kate a 1 Eoo Square Mike Tiger preserve in the Sundor Barm a vast swathe of Jungle in Weil Benga traversed by countless Tribu Tarjeson the Ganges River. Tiger attacks also have claimed hundreds of Baa in the diner 14 areas of India where preserves were slab taxed under project  a program aimed at saving India s tigers irom extinction. In pursuing the altruistic goal of saving the tigers the 15 year old program has closed to some of India s poorest people hugs areas abundant in Frea food and fuel. Nowhere it the conflict Between preservation and human need More evident than in Alampur a to Hammy Hamlet on the Edge of the Sund Erbana which Means beaut Ilid Forest preservation area. Ii can be reached by a six hour car and Boa i trip from Calcutta. What s a Nice capital doing in a City like Tokyo by Clyde Haberman new York times or 1,074 years Japan Sank is Imperial roots in Kyoto a City of Graceful temples and soothing gardens. Then in 1b6b, Wilh the Meiji Reslo Calion the National Center was moved o Tokyo by the Imperial government Ever since the japanese have wondered what a Nice capital is doing in a City Liko Tokyo. The question is being raised once again with uncommon intensity pressed by no less than prime minister Noboru Takeshita. Who says the time May have Cornelo yank the Epa lets from Tokyo s big shoulders find move the Japa iese Capilato Tokyo is too crowded Loo expensive and too overdeveloped Lor Iho National Good. Takeshita says. Japan in his opinion has become iwo countries the capital sphere and res of the  ii is Only just he insists to spread the wealth. Normally a Man of Monument lat caution. Takeshita has moved on this Mailer with uncharacteristic Speed since taking Ollice last november. In january his Cabinet voted to relocate 31 agencies representing Al last one from every ministry to prefectures outside Tokyo. Some of the selections were not exactly blockbusters ins finance minister presumably can get by Wilhour having his research Institute of brewing right Al hand still a new course was charted. Now a committee of the government and ruling party is weighing another 150 agencies lot eviction irom their Tokyo Homes.  in general has suddenly become a Favorule occupation of the japanese recently the head of a business group. To Japan committee for economic development proposed hat Tokyo colleges also be Given the Boot to ire Large tracts Al land Lor housing and Parks. Met even included Japan s Premier school Tokyo University which has been around since the 1b5qs, when it was called the Institute Lor the investigation of barbarian books. Newspaper editorial writers have hopped aboard the anti Tokyo bandwagon As Well. Overcrowding has gone much of far in Tokyo Satti Shimun complained recently. The City is Liko a grossly obese person who is still putting on More  a growing number of political leaders agree and they have swelled sentiment to go beyond a Token said of an Agency Here and there they want to move the Clire government lock Slock and pork barrel. Several committees Are at work studying How to do it. Including one with a mandate to Issue a preliminary report next year and Home up with firm specifics by 1991, this is not a panel of pipe dreams. It is headed by Shin Kanemaru one of the country s most powerful politicians a Mentor of Takishita and a Man on record As saying Hal Sefi Dai a pleasant City 200 Miles North of Tokyo would make a splendid National Center. Other locations advocated by various special interest groups Are Nagoya Osaka and new cities that would be created along Tho sea of Japan or at the foot o mount Fuji. Some people even suggest resuming the capital to whence it came Kyoto. It All seems very Unieda Islic and ridiculous said Hiroshi Sasaki a Yokohama based City planner. At the same Lime there s a great need to relocate some of Tokyo s activities  the irony lint this Rush for he exits comes Al a Lime when Tokyo has grown More important than Ever. It is now an International Center of finance Silling Snow Lei to shoulder with new York and London. Over the last five years More than 30,000 japanese companies have moved i hair head offices to Tokyo convinced they were stagnating in the hinterlands. They recognized thai everything of consequence o business is in Tokyo. Personal face to lace Contact is very important especially m  Sasaki said As a result one of every four japanese nearly 30 million people Yves within 30 Miles of lha Imperial Palace the traditional heart of Tokyo tattle in the pulsating heart of Japan s capital Din Anlo will change Tho face of Tokyo s Busl Nataa Ali tract it Callas starts each Over 30yoan, the Imper Ltd plate Lias it pm 1c Rey for All the talk of . Plans Are moving apace Lor spectacular development on Tokyo Bay landfills and in other parts of town. Just the other Page 14 the stars and stripes  
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