European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 11, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Sunday september 11. 198b the stars and stripes Page 3 . Opens Campaign to sell to Japan Tokyo a , Commerce Secretary c. William verily opened a Campaign Friday to sell the japanese Ameri can goods ranging from speedboats to cat food. The drive his the approval of the Jap anese government and the powerful Sci Danron or federation of economic organizations. The Keidan Ren presented a lunch that included California Orange juice Montana beef and Budweis or Beer to show the growing acceptance of Amer ican imports. Verity brought executives of 25 . Companies to Tokyo to study the Japa Nese Market and meet government officials. Now is the time to come and do Busi Ness in Hajic Tamura min ister of International Trade and Industry said in welcoming the group. In a speech to some 70 japanese executives at Keidan Ren Headquarters. Verity said Many Trade disputes Between Japan and the United states have been re solved in the past year. Washington wants to reduce Japan s huge Trade sur plus with the United states by Selling More in Japan rather than by restricting japanese imports to America he said. Our firms arc now very Price competitive because of the Dollar s fall since 1985, and Japan it removing Trade barriers Verity told the businessmen. He said the next thing required is an intensive Effort by . Companies to icam about and then develop imaginative and sound ways to penetrate inc japanese distribution system in order to reach the air show puppet show police officer Mark Home uses a hand puppet known As soot " to direct traffic at Farnborough International air show in England police Are enter Taining motorists to Cue tension Dur ing routine two hour traffic jams. Verity and Tamura Call the Campaign Market Japan with America s they agreed in Washington in june to focus their first Effort on five Anas of consumer products Leisure goods sport ing goods jewelry furniture and proc Essed foods including juices and pet food. Companies on the Trade Mission in clude Ralston Purina co. Of St. Louis Harry Winston inc. Of new York Ladd furniture inc. Of High Point . Cigarette racing team of Miami and Wood Stream corp. Of Lilily a. Israeli cracks Down on alleged subversives far Malik occupied West Bank a israeli troops arrested 225 pales Tinian activists in the occupied territories Friday during a crackdown that smashed a Gaza strip network accused of organizing subversive activities. Fights broke out Between islamic fundamentalists and supporters of Flo chief Yasser Arafat throughout the West Bank and Gaza where inc fundamentalists mounted a strike to Challenge the pro Plo uprising leadership the strike called by Hamas which Means ical shut Down businesses and transportation in most of the occupied lands and stopped workers from going to jobs in Isrnel. The militants oppose any negotiated settlement with the jewish state while supporters of the Plo have been urging peace talks. Police meanwhile said an Arab who allegedly collaborated with Israel was assassinated in Jaffa twelve palestinians including two 14 year Olds and a 13 year old were wounded in clashes with troops in Gaza City and the West Bank Cilyo Nablus. Since the uprising began dec. 8, 260palestinians have been killed most by israeli gunfire. Five israelis also have been slain. Also Friday the announced i would free 1 so arabs being held without trial in a Negev desert prison Camp at act riot As a humanitarian gesture for the jewish new year which begins monday. On inc political front foreign min ister Shimon Peres sent a letter to Washington accepting an invitation to High level talks sept. 26 on inc Middle East peace process. The invitation sparked a political storm in Israel and prompted charges from members of prime minister Yitzhak Shamir s rival liked bloc that Peres of the Liberal labor party engineered the invitation to Advance his candidacy in Israel s nov. I parliamentary election. Wax museum collection destroyed in Texas Blaze grand Prairie. Texas a fire roared through a museum housing one of the nation s largest collections of Wax figures Friday destroying Many de tailed recreations of moments from Texas history almost 300 meticulously sculpted Wax figures at the southwestern historical Wax museum ranging from Elvis Presley to John and Jacqueline Kennedy to Robert Redford and Paul Newman were lost in the Blaze. One of the things that has made this tire so difficult to fight was the fact these figures Are just like a Candle said it. Doug Conner. They generate tremendous heat. It appears it s totally de this was a major attraction in the Community said mayor Jerry Ocbo. Continued to be a major draw when other attractions More than 100 firefighters brought inc Blaze under control nearly three hours after the fire was first reported at the 25 year old museum officials said. One firefighter suffered minor injuries when a High pressure fire Hose broke Conner said. He was treated and release from Dow medical Center Sonny Marston operations manager for the Plaza theater of Wax in san an Tonio which is owned by the grand Prai Rie museum said the company still has about 250 Wax figures Al its location across from the Alamo Marslan said. We Don t know much about the loss Marlon said of the fire. But it s a temporary popular attractions included the swearing in of Lyndon Johnson follow ing Kennedy s assassination figures of movie actresses born in Texas and Bank robbers Bonnie and Clyde who grew unjust a few Miles away. High winds storm suspected in vietnamese crash Bangkok Thailand up investigators focused saturday on turbulent weather As the probable cause of the crash of an air Vietnam jetliner which killed 75 of is people aboard. Vietnamese aviation experts were headed for bang Kok on sunday to join the thai investigation into Fri Day s crash. The plane right vn831 from Hanoi was scheduled to arrive at the Bangkok Airport at 11 40 a.m., but it plunged into a Rice Field about four Miles from bang Kok s Don Muang International Airport smashed through an empty Roadside shop and broke into three sections As it burst into flames. Five of the six survivors remained in critical Condi Tion saturday said kit i pc Sutjai director of Thurni Bol Hospital. The dead included vietnamese health minister Dang hoi Xuan Indian ambassador to Hanoi Arun Patwardhan and his wife Vic namese ambassador designate to the Philippines Nguyen Phuong Vul and his wife and Kiy Praia Ida second Secretary at the japanese embassy in Hanoi. An embassy official quoted Pilot Phong Dinh Huang 41 the Only survivor not Lis cd in critical condition As saying it was raining heavily and it Felt like the plane was struck by so Mot Sunda Ravca a thai air Force spokes Man said the investigation was focusing on the heavy winds and rainstorm at the time of the crash. So Mol said that the Pilot asked permission to land normally and that the plane was at 2,000 feet and in proper alignment with the runway when the aged soviet built Tu-134 disappeared from the radar screen. A vietnamese spokesman said an unofficial list of passengers included ii indians eight pole three French three japanese two swedes two finns one australian one burmese and one briton. The rest of the passengers and the six Crew members were Viet
