European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 29, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes thursday september 29,1980 Reagan vetoes tighter import curbs Washington " u, agric Muta i l13jt�  a  parts i chemicals. A 4 us. Import in if a in autos 1 16.83 if freeze textile and apparel imports at 1987 Levels this year and limit growth to \ percent annually Start ing in january. Freeze imports of non rubber footwear Wilh no provision for increases. Impose import quotas on i to categories of textile products and 30 types of footwear a system thai would be reviewed after 10 years. Set up a one year or Tram under which the government would auction off import licenses and set a special quota for silk neckties. Anticipating a veto rep. Butler Derrick . Said Friday that he expected Congress to mount an Effort to override Reagan s veto in the first week of october. Fitzwater said wednesday he was confident the veto would not be overridden. The House approved the Bill on a Vole of 248-150 on Friday. Earlier this month the Senate approved inc measure 59-36. The textile and apparel industries along with a number of unions and their congressional allies bad called the Bill vital to halting Job losses of More than 400,000 in those industries hammered by a surge of foreign made goods Early in the decade. Worse they say those imports Are still flooding american markets. Those claims arc dismissed by critics who Point a burgeoning earnings in inc textile Industry this year brought on by automation and greater efficiency in the plants. President signs  free Frade Accord Washington a president Reagan signed legislation wednesday to implement the u, free Trade agreement saying in will mean lower prices for Consumers and Many new jobs for workers. The Senate approved the Bill on sept. 19 by a vote of s3-0. The president s signature clears the Way for . Action in phasing out tariffs on $131 billion in merchandise that crosses the u.5.-Ca Indian Border each year. The agreement was approved this year by inc Canadian House of commons bul leaders of Canada s Senate have said they will delay action until prime min ister Brian Mulroney holds an election. There is speculation in Canada that mul Roney will Call an election soon for late november. He is four years into his term. Mulroney a progressive conservative is a Strong supporter of the agreement bul both opposition parties the liberals and the new democrats oppose it. Pub Lic opinion polls show that opinion in Canada is about evenly divided on the Issue. Reagan signed the Bill in a Rose Gar Den ceremony saying this is a moment future historians will cite As a land Mark � turning Point in the Forward March of Trade Commerce and even civilization  that s a dramatic statement i know he added but the agreement creates the world s largest free Trade area and will mean lower prices for Consumers jobs galore for workers and new markets for  the Bill Calls for a 10-year phase out of tariffs and a number of other Trade curbs under the pact signed in january by the president and the Canadian prime minister. The free Trade zone would remove barriers Between the North american neigh Bors but the two countries would continue to have separate sets of Bariffi and quotas on imports from third countries. Israel is the Only country Hal now Hasa free Trade agreement with the United states its volume is Small compare with the $ 131 billion a year in goods that make Canada this country s top trading partner. Noriega motions claim . Canal treaty plot Miami a defense motions unsealed wednesday in the Case of Panama s military ruler Gen. Manuel Antonio Noriega charge Ilia his indictment on drug charges was part of a scheme to renegotiate the Panama canal treaty. That treaty signed during the Carter administration turns Over control of the canal to Panama at the end of his Century. There were attempts to modify aspects of the treaty Noriega s attorney Cal sonnet said wednesday we argue that it was one of the circumstances leading up to a decision to attempt to get Noriega out of Power the 65-Page motion requesting Dis Missal of the indictment accuses the government of select Iye prosecution and questions its authority to indict the head of a Sovereign nation. The document dated sept 14, initially had been ordered Scad by . District judge William to cycler at inc re quest of  the Lime. Chief Deputy . Attorney Richard or Gorie said he feared the motions might contain information that could be used to influence the . Presidential  has claimed previously he has information thai would Hurt George Bush s electoral  Gregorie said wednesday after re viewing the motions he had found Noth ing shocking in them and had himself moved to unseal the document. He said he would respond next month to the Dis Missal motions. The document mentions several Rea Gan administration figures chiefly m citations of news accounts about the in Dick mint but Bush is never mentioned. The indictment returned by a Federal grand jury in Miami in february accused Noriega of accepting 14,6 million in bribes from Colombia s Medellin dog Cartel. 5 die As bars Block Rescue Dallas a a year old baby two children and two teen agers died wednesday when fire raced through a House wednesday As firefighters struggled to break through burglar bars blocking the windows. Firefighters got to the House just a few minutes after the Blaze broke out shortly Afier 4 . Because a fire station was nol far away said fire investigator Don Howard. But he Suid they were unable to gel into the Home quickly because of burglar bars and some furniture at the residence. He said All the victims were found in and around one bedroom. Beverly Handy of inc Dallas count medical examiner s office identified the victims As Jasmine Jordan 1 Ericka Jor Dan 9 Jamal Jordan 6 Bernard Jordan 16 and Demitra Jordan 18, officials were unsure whether they were All Broth ers and Sisters or whether they were cousins. Another child a boy of about 9, was taken to Parkland memorial Hospital in critical condition officials said. Alaskan Glacier ice cubes sell like hot cakes in Japan Anchorage. Alaska up ice cubes made from alaskan icebergs Are Selling Well in Japan where they Are considered romantic bul plans to chop up Boss in one of the stale s most Scenic Bays Are getting the cold shoulder. State officials Are considering the latest proposal and most of the two dozen responses handed in by Mon Day s deadline opposed plans by Afognak logging of Seward to Pluck 500,000 pounds of ice out of Aillik Bay about 100 Miles South of Ancho rage where icebergs regularly break off from several glaciers. The stale which has Legal jurisdiction Over water use in and around Alaska decided it had jurisdiction Over icebergs when assistant attorney general Michael Frank ruled in effect the ice is water because of that ruling Afognak logging needs a stale water appropriation permit to Harvest icebergs from near Shore Waters touted for its ancient crackling pure freshness Glacier ice has a real roman tic ring to it in Japan said Albert Schafer president of Afognak logging which is no longer in the logging Busi Ness but is eager to put its Idle equip ment to work hauling icebergs in july Schafer sent his Barge equipped with a 45-foot Crane to get ice for a test shipment to Japan. Thai launched plans for a full time Glacier ice business in Aillik Bay near sew Ard and icy Bay 300 Miles East. Two other alaskan companies Haveran successful ice Gath can operations but Shafer s proposal has stirred up the most opposition. Opponents include tour Boal operators environmentalists fishermen kayaker the National Marine Fisher ies service which protects sea Mam Mals and the National Park service on the other Side of the bar Are the City of Cwa where Schafer would process icebergs the Kenai Peninsula Borough and the Pacific Legal foundation which represents development interests. Schafer said he sees no difference Between his barges and fishing boats thai now work the Waters. But fishermen told the Itale that re moving tons of ice will raise the water temperature and harm the shrimp. Environmentalists say ice Harvest ing would ruin the natural slate of the Ensline Bay and Kenai fjord National Park superintendent Anne cd Tellina said Aillik Bay i Beauty at tracts More Lour boat sightseers than anything else in the Park. An already dwindling Harbor Leal population in Aillik Bay May be threatened by a noisy ice Harv Sung business said Steve Zimmerman Marine mammal specialist for the Federal fisheries Agency. De Barber the slate water resource official Cna ised with approving or Dew ing the permit by oct ii. Already a extended the deadline indefinitely be cause he said Loo Many unanswered questions have been raised