European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 10, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes wednesday May 10,1989 new . Envoy to Japan arrives amid Trade tensions Narita Japan a Michael j. Armacost the new . Ambassador to Japan arrived monday to take up his Post amid heightened Trade tensions be tween Japan and the United Stales. Armacost a career Diplomat who succeeds Mike Mansfield As envoy to Japan arrived from Hawaii. He was accompanied by his wife Roberta and was met at Tokyo s Narita Airport by ambassador Hajime Nishimiya a protocol official from the japanese for eign ministry and Desaix Anderson Deputy chief of Mission at the . Embassy. Mansfield retired in december at age 85 after serv ing As ambassador to Japan for 11 years. Armacost who served As special assistant to the . Ambassador in Tokyo from 1972 to 1974, said he was delighted to be Back in Japan and looked Forward to working with the japanese people. Armacost s arrival comes less than a week after the office of the . Trade representative announced 54 items ranging from helicopters to cosmetics that May be slapped with tariffs to penalize what it called Japan s failure to open its telecommunications Market. Everybody benefits from Trade the More even the better Armacost said. Asked about the Trade representative s recent move he said they really Haven t made 1 1950 decisions yet. We re awaiting the results of those  before leaving Washington Armacost said he hoped to negotiate Trade issues in a mature Way which Bene fits us both avoiding the emotional attacks some times called  he said he wants to contribute in some Way to discussing these issues in a kind of Low key Cool objective Way that avoids histrionics and hyperbole and a lot of unnecessary nationalism on both  the United states registered a Trade deficit with Japan last year of about $52 billion. Hiroshi Mit Suzuka Japan s minister of International Trade and Industry said monday he was hopeful solution could be worked out on . Complaints Alleg ing barriers to american products in Japan. Mit Suzuka who returned sunday from talks with top Trade officials in the United states and Canada said i asked the United states to give us More time to study the Trade representative s report on april 30, . Trade representative Carla Hills said her office was reviewing the Trade activities of 34 nations whose markets were not open to  goods. World today Rwjr Nabisco to auction 5 european businesses London a Rwjr Nabisco inc. Said tuesday it plans to auction Oft five european food businesses As part of its Effort to reduce debt following its recent $25 billion management buyout. Included in the auction will be the British Cracker business of Nabisco and two British potato Chip and snack makers Walker s crisps and Smiths crisps. The company said it also intends to sell its French cookie and specially pastry maker Bolin group and Saida an italian Cracker and snack maker. The company which has said it Hopes to reduce Overall debt by $5.5 billion through sell offs said it already has been approached by numerous firms. Singers May have paid bribes to enter contest san remo Italy a police have been investigating allegations that some singers had to pay bribes of up to $85,000 to perform in the san Mcmo festival Italy s most popular annual pop song contest court sources monday said the results of the to cd month investigation have been Given to Ugo Giudi a Andrca the chief prosecutor in Rome who will de cide whether to file charges. Bride Sonu 2, and Groom Arjun 8, Are joined by a Scarf As they Circle a ceremonial fire in the final ritual of their marriage at Jodhpur India. India s kids say i do while Law says Don t9 Vor awas India a at mid night the priest lighted a sacred fire and called for the Bride and Groom. The Bride was nursing at her Mother s breast the bleary eyed Groom burdened with a huge turban a sword and Marigold garlands was yawning. Sonu the 2-year-old Bride and Arjun the 8-year-old Groom were among an estimated 40,000 to 50,000children who were married across in Dia s Rajasthan state during the week end in violation of a Law Bannin child marriage. The marriages arc held on the first and second Days of the full Moon Cycle in the month of May when Village eld ers in keeping with a centuries old tradition study the stars and predict rain the source of life in a state where 80 percent of the land is desert. These auspicious Days also arc celebrated As a weekend Harvest festival for the year s first Maize and lentil crops. After the marriage the Groom de parts for his Home leaving behind the wife until she reaches the age of puberty. In Rajasthan the Bride is Al Lowed to live with her husband when she turns 12. Iran reportedly ordered bombing of pan am flight Munich West Germany a Iran ordered the destruction of pan am flight 103 and. Paid a palestinian terrorist More than $1 million to carry out the bombing a West German Magazine said monday. Munich based Quick said the Boeing 747 was bombed to avenge the shooting Down of an iranian civilian Jet by the . Navy in the persian Gulf. It said the iranians paid palestinian terrorist Ahmed Jibril $1.3 million to carry out the attack. Pan flight 103 blew up Over locker Bie Scotland on dec. 21, 1988, killing All 259 people aboard and 11 on the ground. British investigators determined that the plane was downed by a bomb hidden in a radio cassette recorder. Flight 103 originated in Frankfurt changed planes in London and was in route to new York when it exploded. Quick said the decision to retaliate by attacking the plane was made in Tehran Iran last summer shortly after the Iran air jetliner was downed by the guided missile Cruiser Vincennes on july 3. The Navy said it mistook the passenger plane for an iranian fighter Jet. Iran said All 290 people aboard died. The Magazine said the decision to bomb an american plane was made in a narrow Circle of close advisers to Iran s spiritual Leader Ayatollah Truhol Ian Khomeini. The Quick report is the latest of Many assigning blame for the disaster. Officially authorities in West Germany Britain and the United states say they do not know who blew up the aircraft. Quick said its information was based on secret minutes of the meeting in Tehran. It reported that a Khomeini aide Mehdi Zaroubi offered Money to the group that carried out the attack. West German authorities arc holding two suspected members of Jibril s Syri an supported group the popular front for the liberation of Palestine general command. West German officials have insisted that they have no evidence to link the two men held in West Germany to the pan am bombing. Greece . Start last round of bases talks before vote Athens Greece a greek and . Negotiators on monday began a 17th round of talks on . Military bases in Greece the last set of discussions before the june 18 National elections. The previous talks ended april 14 with no notable Progress made a government spokesman said. Premier Andreas Papandreou reiterated saturday during a pre election speech that a National referendum would determine the future of the bases if an agreement was reached by the two governments. The negotiations on a new defense and economic cooperation agreement have stumbled on Greece s insistence that the United states provide assurances that twill help solve Greece s differences with its neighbor and nato ally Turkey. Greece and Turkey have longstanding disputes Over seabed Mineral rights Mili tary control of the Aegean sea and the War divided Mediterranean Island of Cyprus. The five year base agreement expired in december. Under the Accord signed in 1983, the United slates has 17 months to pack up and leave if a new agreement is not reached. Ortega pays visit to Kohl Bonn West Germany a West Germany will resume economic Aid to Nicaragua Only if the marxist nation implements promised democratic re forms. Chancellor Helmut Kohl told president Daniel Ortega on tuesday. During a 90-minute meeting. Kohl con fronted Ortega with a list of Concrete cases of human rights abuses. A similar list of human rights violations compiled by amnesty International was Given to Ortega. Ortega s two Day stay in West Ger Many is part of a 10-nation swing through Western Europe to drum up sup port for his battered Economy and for help in persuading the United states to normalize relations with Nicaragua