European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 26, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes Friday August 26,1988 forced to defend aids victim attorney Kenneth w. Smith left sits beside client Leslie Gay Barker who is on trial on burglary charges. A Houston judge denied Smith s request to withdraw from the Case and then held him in con tempt for refusing to sit next to the defendant. Smith who had Cut his hand earlier feared contamination. He was ordered this week to represent bark or or go to jail for four Days. Economy grew in 2nd Quarter despite drought Washington a the Economy expanded at a brisk annual rate of 3.3 percent from april through june even with a severe Shock from the drought that seared much of the country the government reported thursday. The Gross National product the broadest measure of economic health expanded at essentially the same rate As in the first Quarter when the Gnu Rose at an annual rate of 3.4 percent. But inflation in the second Quarter the Commerce department said was accelerating at its fastest Pace in almost six years. The robust 3.3 percent growth rate occurred despite the fact that the Impact of the drought on farm production shaved a full percentage Point from second Quarter growth the government said thursday. Without the drought the Gnu would have shot up at a 4.3 percent annual rate in the april june period. The government estimated that the drought will reduce farm output by $14.3 billion in 1988, shaving about 0.4 percentage Point from growth for the full year. Even with the troubles in the farm Belt however the Economy continued to show its resiliency propelled by a Sharp turnaround in the country s Trade deficit and Strong growth in business investment and consumer spending. But inflation accelerated As Well with a Gnu Price Index that measures a changing Market Basket of goods rising at an annual rate of 5.1 percent the fastest increase since a 5.8 percent Rise in the third Quarter of 1982. The big surge in inflation which followed an increase of 1.7 percent in the first Quarter was blamed on higher consumer prices for clothing food and gasoline. The burst of inflation served to emphasize the prob lems facing the expansion which has already lasted a peacetime record 69 months. With growth so robust the Economy is beginning to see rising inflationary pressures from tight labor markets and demand outstripping production. The Federal Reserve since March has been pushing interest rates higher to Dampen demand but Many economists Are worried that unless growth slows in the coming quarters the Central Bank will have to Clamp Down even harder and risk pushing the country into a recession in 1989. Reagan boyhood Home site of sister City Summit Dixon 111. A dozens of towns people Many wearing peace on Earth buttons turned out thursday to Greet a soviet delegation from Dickson Siberia outside president Reagan s boyhood Home. We Are carrying with us warmest greetings from All the residents of soviet Dickson said visiting mayor Nikolai t. Kartamysheva speaking through an inter Preter from the porch of the House in this Small Northern Illinois City. We Are enthusiastic because of your warm attitude and generous attitude towards  Kartamysheva said he sensed a Gener Al feeling of  mayor James e. Dixon of the Illinois City who worked to make the we Klong Goodwill Summit a reality said it s been a Long difficult Road making this connection but we re glad we made  soviet interpreter Nikolai s. Vishnevsky of Moscow said the Dickson Dixon Summit beginning thursday Marks the first time a delegation from a Small town in the soviet Union has travelled to its sister City in the United states. The people of Dickson Are interested in almost everything about life in Ameri Ca because we have very scarce information about your country and your people and the information we have is almost entirely about politics he said. First on the Agenda thursday Forfar Mamyshev Vishnevsky and journalist Boris s. Ivanov was a private tour of Reagan s boyhood Home with mayor Dixon great great great grandson of the town s founder. The two Story Frame House on the South Side is where Ronald dutch Reagan son of a shoe Salesman and a dressmaker lived from 1920 until he left for College in 1928. Born in nearby Tampico Reagan moved to Dixon with his family when he was 9, and it was Here that he began to show an interest in drama politics and athletics. We want to give them a feeling for the Community where the president came from Dixon said. We want to show them what kind of Community impacted on his personality and ultimately on his  it s interesting because he s the presi Dent and this is where he spent his child Hood Kartamysheva had said earlier. We connect Reagan with the positive changes in the relations Between our  storefront signs proclaimed peace on Earth written in English and russian and buildings displayed flags of the United states and the soviet Union. Dixon officials also hoped to impress the soviets with their seven Miles of Petunia lined streets Scenic Rock River setting and the Friendly hard working peace Loving residents in the town of 15,700. Not everything has gone smoothly. Ivanov dryly noted that the visitors had to wait in line two hours in new York before getting their passports and visas checked and missed a flight to Chicago. It s Beautiful Here he said but your bureaucracy is much worse than  Dickson is a City of 5,000 on the Tai Myr Peninsula in extreme Northern Siberia above the Arctic Circle and boasts of being the northernmost Community in the soviet Union. The City a staging area for Early Arctic explorers is named for Oskar Dickson a 19th Century swedish merchant who provided supplies for the expeditions. Its Illinois sister City was founded As a Rock River ferry boat crossing in 1830 by John Dixon. Pioneers battled indians for control of the Fertile River Valley and a fort was established to preserve peace. One member of its militia was Abraham Lincoln. Dixon and Dickson established a Sis Ter City relationship in Early 1987. But Dickson Siberia was closed to visitors from other countries until last year its officials said. Medals catch up with Veteran 32 years later Cincinnati a when Ralph Hume did t receive his world War ii medals or discharge papers by 1955, he decided it was t Worth All the  but 15 Days ago he got a Surprise a package from the Navy that contained his american Campaign Asiatic Pacific and Victory medals he earned while in the South Pacific for five years. The package also contained an envelope with copy of his discharge papers that were first mailed in 1956 to a Florida base where Hume had been stationed in the late 1940$. "1 was shocked beyond words Hume said wednesday from his Home in Moores Hill ind., about 30 Miles from Cincinnati. I knew in my heart i had earned them and i guess at that time i just did t think it was Worth All the hassle he said. I figured i d go to a surplus store and buy them some Day but i never  the package had been mailed this month from the Navy Liaison office in St. Louis to. Inside an envelope postmarked August 1956 had been mailed from the Bureau of naval personnel in St. Louis to Eglin fab in Florida. Hume had been stationed there while in the air Force following his naval Ca reer. The address however had been crossed out and return to sender stamped on the envelope. Dina Martin of the Navy Liaison office could confirm Only that the package had come from her office but not Why. Nor did she know where the items had been for the past 32 years. We Don t Send out anything unless there is a request for it Martin said. Hume however said he has t talked to the Navy since 1955. That May change. He said he s still waiting for the purple heart and a Good conduct medal from the Navy and the air Force