European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 2, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes saturday. September 2,1989 before tossing it Back. President Bush holds up the fish be did t catch. There was a tiny sign fishing Jinx was broken Kennebunkport Maine a it looked As though president Bush had finally caught a fish. He called Media Chase boats Over to his speedboat thursday to photo graph him holding a tiny Pollack indicating it did t really count because it was barely bigger than his lure. Still it seemed maybe the presi Dent s bad Luck fishing Streak had been  on Friday his staff revealed the truth. It was a Friend who caught the fish on Bush s boat thursday evening and the photographers had misunderstood because the president was hold ing it up. The president an avid athlete has been spending his summer vacation at his Seaside Home Here jogging Golf ing and  fishing trip thursday extended a Streak of a couple weeks with nary a catch for the president. His reputation As an Angler in serious trouble. Bush threw Down the Gauntlet earlier thursday. Between now and when i leave on monday i guarantee you i positively guarantee you that this Jinx will be broken Bush told reporters. The 5-Inch Pollack a food fish be longing to the cod family bit on a lure that was almost its  threw the fish Back and indicated to onlookers that the catch did t count against his Promise to pull in a bluefish or other game fish. Watch him take off for a late afternoon fishing Jaunt. When they arrived at the pier the Bushes were greeted by a Small demonstration of family members and friends singing when the fish come marching in and chanting go for the  jumped up and Down waving signs that read. Fish till you drop you can do it "1,000 dreams of bites a fish a Day keeps the press  representatives wore t shirts Reading fish watch with a circled fish and a line through it Indi Cating no fish. Japanese Leader meets Bush in . To ease frictions Washington a president Bush met Friday with Japan s new prime minister. Toshiki Kaifu who said earlier that despite economic frictions be tween the two countries he Hopes their talks ensure firm relations. Bush interrupted his Maine vacation to return to Washington for talks with the new prime minister about Trade and other issues. Kaifu told Bush he had been to the White House 18 years ago when Gerald Ford was president and earlier As a newly elected member of the japanese parliament when John f. Kennedy was president. Kaifu wearing his trademark polka Dot tic posed with Bush for photos in the Oval office before a session in the Cabinet room with their advisers. The Kaifu visit poses some touch problems for Bush As the United states wants to push its concerns Over Japan s $50 billion Trade surplus but guard against pushing Kaifu so hard that it weakens his fragile new government. Although the two countries have very Good economic relations there arc eco nomic frictions Over various issues and Japan wishes to make As much Effort As possible in order to resolve those eco nomic frictions Kaifu told lbs this  he said i would like to through my talks with the president make sure that this relationship of Mutual Trust will re main unshakeable and  Bush and Kaifu were to discuss the Overall economic Agenda and have lunch before the president returns to Maine for the final Days of his summer vacation said National Security adviser Brent scowcroft. The meeting comes a Day after Bush welcomed Canadian prime minister Brian Mulroney and his family to his Seaside Home. On thursday Bush and Mulroney concluded their overnight visit express ing Solidarity on the hemispheric prob lems in Colombia and Panama. The leaders said they discussed Sticky areas of Trade disagreement including complaints by . Lobster men that can Ada unfairly allows its fishermen to keep and sell smaller lobsters than Are permitted in the United states and the Ca Nadian objections to . Pork tariffs. They said they agreed to try to work out those disagreements. Ling Ling gives birth of Finy cub at . Zoo Washington a Ling Ling the National zoo s giant Panda who had lost All four of her previous cubs gave birth to a tiny offspring Friday morning. It seems to be healthy zoo spokes Man Mike Morgan said of the 4-Ouncc cub whose sex was not determined immediately. The 250-Pound Ling Ling and her Newborn were being monitored through closed circuit Tajc vision the spokesman said. He said Ling Ling appeared to be doing Fine and the cub was already Yel Ling with a Strong  the cub was born about 90 minutes after volunteers monitoring Ling Ling on to noticed she was having contractions Morgan said. Minutes after giving birth Ling Ling picked up the pinkish White cub licked it and cradled it in her paws officials said. Ling Ling and her mate Hsing Hsing had bred on March 31 and april 2 and 3, officials said. Zoo officials last month said Ling Ling had spontaneously aborted a tiny fetus but she could still give birth to a full term cub. Pandas Are endangered specie f re than 1,000 have been counted. Rid wide. Ling Ling and Hsing Hsing were Given to the United states by the chinese g9\ can mint during president Nixon s visit to China in 1972. Zoologists believe Ling Ling at nearly 19, is approaching the end of her child bearing years. . Economy still expanding reports note Washington a unemployment held steady at 5.2 percent last month As the surprisingly robust econ omy added More than 200,000 jobs the government said Friday in a report that prompted forecasts that the record Long expansion will soon reach its eighth anniversary. The labor department s official Fig ure for non farm payroll expansion last month was 110,000 jobs. But strikes reduced Job totals by about 108,000 meaning that without the walkouts the new Job total would have been some 218,000.the government also revised its july Job growth figure upward to 184,000,from 169,000, and the june totals up again from 250,000 to 297,000, further signs that the Economy continues to expand at a Pace that will keep it out of recession in the Short term. Other data released this past week including two More reports Friday also suggested economic strength leaving Little doubt that the expansion will begin its eighth year come november. Said Dri Mcgraw Hill chief economist David Wyss once again the econ omy looks stronger than we thought twas. We re really not seeing much sign of  in the other reports released Friday the Commerce department said its chief economic forecasting gauge Rose in july for the first time in three  Index of leading economic Indica tors Rose a modest 0.2 percent after registering no gain in june and plunging by 1.3 percent in May the biggest drop since late 1987 following the Stock mar Ket crash. Commerce said construction spend ing inched up 0.02 percent rising by $100 million to a seasonally adjusted an Nual rate of $415.7 billion in july. The modest increase followed a decline in june and analysts said it offered Hope the lengthy construction slump is Over. These reports came on the heels of Sharp upward revision in the projected rate of economic growth in the second Quarter. The government in the past week said the Gross National product grew at an annual rate of 2.7 percent in the april june period up from a 1.7 per cent preliminary estimate. The unemployment report the first comprehensive look at August economic performance indicated similar growth in the third Quarter. All but gone Are the predictions of re cession that abounded last Spring. Since then the Federal Reserve has eased its hold on credit after a yearlong tightening designed to slow growth and curb inflation. Now All but a smattering of forecasters believe the Economy is growing at a sustainable Pace with Only dogged inflation threatening to trigger recession in latei990orl991. Wage data in the report should prove encouraging to inflation watchers Al though perhaps discouraging to workers. The government said average hourly earnings were mostly unchanged last month actually falling by a tiny Frac Tion after rising 0.7 percent from june to july for the year ending in August average hourly wages were up 3.9 per cent the government said Well below the Pace of consumer inflation. The labor department said the civil Ian jobless Rale held steady at 5.2 percent in a month that saw the number of americans looking for work but unable to find jobs fall by a modest 76,000 Ian month to 6.42 million. More than 117.s million americans had jobs an increase of 138,000 from july