European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 19, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Inside stripes d Congress lakes Issue with report on Stock Market Page 2 d go who lost family asks prayers or survivors Page 3 n  investigating Beretta 9mm handgun Page 5 u lakers Mavericks win in Aba playoffs sports Page 21 ii 3llcd unofficial Fusili cation it to . Aft mip Fricis vol.47,no.32 thursday May 19, 1988 Dukakis wins easily in Bradley Glenn considered for Portland Ore. A democratic front runner Michael Dukakis cruised to Victory Over Jesse Jackson in the Ore gon presidential primary tuesday in a West coast warm up Tor i hair final Pri Mary showdowns Early i Sil month. Dukakis polishing his credentials As the democrats certain nominee was gaining about 58 percent of the vote 0 37 percent for his sole remaining rival. It was his ninth primary Victory in me last 10 contests Many of them by landslides. Today the people of Oregon voted for change the Massachusetts governor said in a Victory statement read by an aide. They voted for a candidate who can win the  we will Campaign hard for victories in California new Jersey Montana and new Mii Kico on june 7 and for the White House next fall he said. Jackson is in vesting heavily in California in Hopes of claiming one final Victory even if in is Regon ticket symbolic before the primary season  president George Bush who Al ready owns a Delegate majority on the Republican Side added Oregon to i gop primary victories. His final Active opponent once and future television see Dukakis on Back Page fire kills 9, injures 35 aboard soviet ship Tokyo up fire gutted a soviet passenger ship docked at Osaka wednesday killing nine people and in Juring 35, police said. One person was missing. The ship the pria Murge. Was carrying 295 soviet Pas sengers and 129 Crew members when the fire Brake out at about i a.m., a spokesman for the Osaka fire department  soviets did Noi report the fire until about an hour later the spokesman said. Fire officials said the delay in reporting the fire May have contributed to the extensive damage. The ship is still burning the Fin department spokes Man said shortly before noon and television reports from Osaka showed the 4.870-Lon ship listing to the right with smoke billowing from tote Hull. Many of the passengers were students Between the Ages of 20 and to. Visiting Japan As part of a soviet youth group tour. The Osaka fire department said 33 fire engines and three fire boats Faai led the stubborn Blaze which was burning nearly 12 hours after its Start. Police said the fire began in a Cabin. Authorities Are blaming the ship for failing to report that fire to them Nippon television reported. That was lire major reason it turned out to be such a disaster in  the ship s Crew reportedly tried to extinguish the fire but it spread beyond their control and the japanese authorities were called the television station reported. The ship left Vladivostok May 7 and docked at Osaka on tuesday. It was to have left for Hiroshima thursday police said one of the victims was male and one female but the sex of the other seven was not known. Thick Sec of Billows from he plan arc a 4,870-Lon soviet passenger ship Doc cd Al Osaka Japan. A How record Gort sales Spur drop in Trade deficit a tags Point from Marchi Tion and make it More Washington a the . I was the highest operating level in More Trade deficit shrank dramatically to s9.7 than eight years and was further Evl billion in March a drop of More than Rove Mem front the Ferrua dance analysts said that american man$4 billion As american producers sold c Reagan administration promptly report. In a statement com fac Turcus Are benefiting from the Booma record amount of goods overseas the government reported tuesday. Is is the breath of fresh All the Good news was in ship con a the Trade Balanc we have been wailing  said Jay american exports shot up 23 pc Cen the Jolt financial markets re Goldinger an analyst with capital in sight a los Angeles investment  All time High of j28.97 Biogo when the february in a second report tuesday the Fader imports were up 3.6 de. The unexpected Al Reserve said american Industry Oscr Goldinger predicted that the Trade in lbs Trade on Back Paga ated at 82.7 percent of capacity in april prov cent would strengthen president explosion shuts Down soviet rocket Plant by Norman Black a military writer Washington a production Plant in the soviet Union that males the main rocket motors for rus Sia s newest Long Range nuclear missile suffered a major explosion last week and is now shut Down the Pentagon said tuesday. N a statement released in reaction to a report Broad cast by Abc news the Pentagon said the explosion occurred May 12 and destroyed several buildings at a soviet propel land Plant in Pavlo Grad apparently this will delay soviet solid propellant missile programs the Pentagon added. The Pavlo Grad Plant located about 500 Miles South West of Moscow in the Ukraine is the Only facility the russians have for manufacturing the main rocket motors for the new 55-24 intercontinental ballistic mis Sile administration officials said tuesday. That missile is a Large 10-Warhcad weapon that can be launched from either underground silos or rail cars the soviets began deploying the ssh on rail cars just last year. Hewer than a dozen Are thought to have been made operational to Date. The ss-i4 is one of iwo icbms s in the soviet Arec Nal that arc Mobile. The other is the ss-25. Which is carried on a truck launcher. The United states has yet to deploy any Mobile Long Range nuclear missiles Al though the Reagan administration is pressing Congress see Plant on Back Paga