European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 22, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes Friday july 22,1988 a hot rental Deal Swiss hotel owner Armin Kistler offers guests a glowing Opportunity to drive solar powered vehicles during their stay at his hotel in Razzino Switzer land. Kistler a Pioneer in solar Energy applications also has a solar Power station in background that supplies electricity for his hotel. World today Mulroney rejects Liberal demand for election before Trade pact of Ottawa a prime minister Brian Mulroney has rejected an opposition demand that he Call a Gener Al election before the ratification of a historic Trade agreement with the United  an appropriate time there will be an election the conservative Leader said  and president Reagan signed the . Canada free Trade agreement on Jan. 2. The treaty would eliminate tariffs in the $150 billion a year Trad ing partnership and dismantle non Tariff barriers in investment Energy and other sectors. The Issue of free Trade with the United states has divided canadians for a  a heated Exchange in the House of com Mons on wednesday the opposition Liberal party vowed to Block ratification until Mulroney Calls an  Leader John Turner said canadians have a right to vote on the Wisdom of linking their Economy More closely with the United states. Let the people decide he said. This is a Basic democratic Issue allowing the people of Canada to decide on a matter which is critical to our  Turner who served briefly As prime minister in 1984, maintains that a Trade pact would make Canada subservient to its giant neighbor. Unable to defeat the Deal in the elected House of commons where Mulroney s conservatives have 208 of the 282 seats Turner asked the Liberal majority in the appointed Senate to delay passage until after a general  upper chamber has amending Powers that can delay legislation for a year or More. Liberal Senate Leader Allan Maceachen said the chamber would com ply with Turner s  have today a violation of one of the most fundamental precepts of British parliamentary democracy where the Leader of the Liberal party asks the Senate to Hijack the most fundamental rights of the Canadian House of commons Mulroney said. The free Trade agreement is scheduled to go into effect Jan. 1, 1989, provided parliament and the . Congress pass implementing legislation. The Reagan administration is expected to introduce the final legislative package to Congress next . Majority Leader Robert Byrd d-w.va., said wednesday that a Canadian election automatically would t hold up . Approval of the agreement. The House of commons approved it in principle july 6 and has scheduled a third and final Reading in mid August after committee hearings. The legislation then goes to the Senate which has a Large Liberal  s two opposition parties the liberals and socialist new democrats accuse Mulroney of sacrificing the nation s sovereignty. But Mulroney claims the Deal will create Prosperity and shield Canada from .  said that if the conservatives Are re elected the Senate would pass the free Trade legislation quickly before the Jan. 1 effective  s five year term expires in september 1989, but he can Call an election any time. Prime ministers usually choose the fourth year of their mandate but Mulroney has delayed an election Call until parliament passes the free Trade pact and other key legis lation. Turner s action could Force Mulroney to rethink his strategy and go to the voters this fall. Canadian elec Tion campaigns normally last two months. This Means that if Mulroney wants to get the Bill passed in time for the Start up Date of the Trade Deal an election must be called by mid october. British woman injured during abortion wins suit London a the High court thursday awarded $1.126 million in damages to a woman who suffered massive brain injuries during an abortion. Pearl Cunningham a 46-year-old Mother of three suffered a heart attack that led to brain damage during the operation at Dulwich Hospital in Southeast Lon Don in january 1983.the award of 655,126 pounds against Camberwell health authority is one of the highest in Britain for medi Cal negligence. A record 1.03 million pounds $1.77 Mil lion was awarded last summer to a student who suffered brain damage caused by negligent care at a Hospital. Japanese nuclear Plant draws 1,700 protesters Tokyo a about 1,700 people demonstrated thursday near a nuclear Power Plant on the Northern most main Island of hokkaido to protest the arrival of 75 tons of nuclear fuel at the facility officials said. Katsuhiro Ito spokesman of the hokkaido prefectural state police said one demonstrate Kazumi Toma a 41-year-old Fisherman was arrested for Ille Gally trespassing at the Tomari nuclear Power station 42 Miles West of Sapporo the state capital. Another 50 protesters held a sit in Sapporo outside the head office of the hokkaido electric Power co., the operator of the Tomari Plant company spokesman Koichi Sato  said the protesters chanted slogans against the Power Plant and some held a Banner that read Stop the Tomari nuclear Power  bus Driver compensated for exposure to smoke Melbourne Australia a a 59-year-old bus Driver with lung cancer he said was caused by smokers Riding in his bus was awarded $52,000 from the Mel Bourne transit  Victoria state government s Accident compensation tribunal heard Sean Carroll s claim and on wednesday ordered the authority to pay him $24,000 in compensation and $28,000 in damages for negligent exposure to tobacco , who was diagnosed with cancer in february was exposed to the smoke for 24 years at work said Stephen Woodward executive director of the anti smoking group action on smoking and health. Woodward said thursday that the passive smoking award was the first of its kind in Australia. I predict that All of Australia s work places will be smoke free in 1989," he said. Any employer who continues to allow smoking at work is taking a grave risk with both workers compensation and common Law  drove Melbourne buses beginning in 1952. Smoking was banned on Public transportation in 1976. Japanese stage protest outside . Air base Tokyo a japanese villagers demonstrated wednesday at a . Air base on Okinawa demanding a halt to military exercises there. Police said they made no arrests but a news report said the protesters clashed with . Servicemen when they tried to Block the runway. A police official in Kadena City Okinawa con firmed there had been a demonstration at the nearby Airfield involving residents of Romitan Village outside the base but they declined to give any  news service said about 100 protesters tried to Block the runway at the air base and clashed with american servicemen before riot police forcefully re moved the demonstrators. Kyodo did not say if anyone was injured. Italians make pitch to limit music Levels Rome a two senators introduced a Bill wednesday to limit the pitch produced by musical instrument Sand voices. But they denied the Mea sure will result in police standing backstage at italian operas. Pitch measured in Hertz is the num ber of vibrations per second. Four Hundred thirty two Hertz at20 degrees centigrade is the most scientific natural and historically accepted pitch level sen. Carlo Boggio  and another Christian demo cratic senator Pietro Mezzapesa introduced the Bill on wednesday. In 1884, composer Giuseppe Verdi recommended that the italian govern ment adopt 432 Hertz As the Legal  the government did so Many orchestra and opera pitch Levels have approached 450 Hertz m recent years. The Hertz level most widely observed by italian musicians is 440, set by the standards convention of London in 1939. Enforcement of the new Law would be up to musicians the senators said. If we want to have great singers inthe next generation we need this Law italian baritone Piero Cappuccilli explained at a news conference rejecting the notion that higher pitch produce better sound. The proposal is aimed at protecting musical instruments and human vocal chords while preserving musical creations m their original  pitch puts greater Strain on the strings of musical  have received the support of great singers and musicians including Placido Domingo and Luciano Pava Rotti said Liliana Celani of the Schil Ler Institute a cultural organization supporting the project