European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 1, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday March 1, 1990 the stars and stripes Page 7bush to press Japan for Trade action the stars and  the los Angeles times Washington a the White House has reaffirmed that president Bush will ask japanese prime minister Toshiki Kaifu at their meeting in Palm Springs alii., next weekend to commit his government to substantial new Market opening moves before  Trade tensions gel a out of  in a briefing for reporters a senior administration official said tuesday that faltering Trade talks now going on Between the two countries a Marc going to require an injection of political judgment a diplomatic language meaning a political boost from Kaifu and other top leaders. A this is not a negotiating session a the official said cautioning that the two were not expected to Hammer tint any detailed Trade accords. Nevertheless to underscore the urgency of the situation. Bush will bring along an array of Cabinet officers including Secretary of state James a. Baker Iii. Secretary of the Treasury Nicholas f. Brady Trade representative Carla a. Hills and Secretary of Commerce Robert a. Mosbacher. Kaifu is bringing his foreign minister Taro Nakayama to the conference. A the political level people undoubtedly will want to give some direction to the current round of talks a the official said. Kaifu and Bush have scheduled a full round of private and ministerial level sessions for the meeting which Bush asked for Friday after . Negotiators reported that Japan failed to deliver As promised in talks on specific Trade and economic issues. The session Between the two comes at a potentially volatile Point in the political climate in the United states. Resentment Over japanese sluggishness in eliminating Trade impediments has fuelled anti japanese sentiment in Congress raising the Prospect of Tough new legislation. Over the next few weeks the administration is facing a spate of congressionally mandated deadlines that virtually require it to resolve outstanding Trade disputes or else launch new unfair trading cases against Japan and a in some instances a impose retaliatory sanctions. Although White House officials sought tuesday to play Down the rising tensions Between the two sides Bush was reported to have been disappointed and plainly exasperated Over the reports that the japanese appeared to be stalling. . Officials were particularly angered because at Tokyo a request they had been holding their fire on Trade issues in recent weeks to avoid hurting Kaifus party in the feb. 18 election. They even consented to postpone a january session until after the vote. Although Kaifus Liberal democrats won by a substantial 257-seat majority Japan has offered Only modest Trade proposals at the Post election bargaining dismissing most of the . Demands As unrealistic and leaving . Officials disappointed and angry. Hot and cold of it Are towns in California and Colorado w Ashington apr folks looking for a hot time should head for Borrego Springs calif., while Gunnison. Colo., is the place for Cool dudes. The Southern California desert Community was the hottest place in the nation 50 times last year More olten than any other Community according to the annual rankings published by weather wisc Magazine. Gunnison ranked As the coldest place most often a 62 times. Of Ici als in both towns see their weather As a Boon. The piping hot performance 9f 1989 moved Borrego Springs into the top spot in the warm weather sweepstakes ahead of Palm Springs. Calif., which led the list a year earlier. A we re strictly a Winter resort area. Our Best time is october to  said Len sulcs. Secretary of the Borrego Springs c Hamber of Commerce. A a that a what brings people Here the mild temperatures in the Winter time the Lack of bad  he said Only about 2,700 people live All year in the town about 90 Miles from san Diego but that can double in summer. While Borrego Springs was the National hot spot most often last year s hottest Reading outside of death Valley. C Alif., was 121 degrees. That dubious distinction was shared by Blythe and Palm Springs Alif. On july 4. And Laughlin. Nev. The next Day. Located High in the Chilly Rocky mountains gun Nison was first in Frost for the fifth straight year according to the analysis prepared by David h. Hick Cox. A professor of geography at Ohio Wesleyan College in Delaware. Ohio. W inter sports Are a feature at Gunnison located in Moonshine sex cures sheriffs ills Marshall. . Apr a grand jury has failed to indict a sheriff who was arrested on charges of doling out confiscated Moonshine to friends for medicinal use. A i m awful thankful this matter is Over a Madison c county sheriff Dedrick Brown said after a county grand jury took no action against him monday. Quot the judicial process has come through  Brown a first term sheriff who is up for re election to another four year term this year was arrested feb. 9 by state Bureau of investigation agents on a charge of altering destroying or stealing criminal evidence. Six half gallon jugs of the illegal brew Brown seized in a raid two weeks before his arrest were Given to several of his friends investigators said. Ski director Robert Morgan said one of his agents was present during one Exchange at the sheriff s office. Brown said 25 or 30 people offered to testify on his behalf that it s a Century old tradition in the Mountain county Tor sheriffs to hand out a White  but the tradition will have to do without Brown. A i Don t think it would be Worth going through this again a he said. The sheriff and county residents said Moonshine is used in the Western North Carolina area for Home remedies such As cough Medicine. A Valley 7,700 feet above sea level. It s a fun place to live. If you like the outdoors its a Paradise a said Dale Howard City manager of the Community of 7,000 located 200 Miles Southwest of Denver. The Low temperatures occur in the Early hours of w mor.nin8 when c0jd settles from the Rocky mountains into Gunnison Howard said adding that most Days Are sunny and that the temperature warms up rapidly after Sunrise. Last years single coldest Reading was 54 degrees below Zero feb. 6 at Logan Canyon Utah. Hickcox a analysis excludes death Valley calif., from the heat list and Alaska from the cold list since the extremes recorded in those places would nearly always dominate the standings. For the record. Death Valley had a maximum Reading of 127 degrees july 7 and the top temperature there was Over 100 every Day from june 6 to sept. 18. Alaska had a numbing 76 below Zero at Tanana on Jan. 27, lowest Reading for the year in North America. The average for the month of january at fort Yukon was 33.5 below Zero. Following Gunnison on the icy list was Truckee calif., the coldest spot on 28 Days Fraser colo., 23 Days Leadville colo., 20 and Wisdom mont., 19. On the sultry Side of the statistics Borrego Springs was trailed by Bullhead City ariz., which was the hot spot 45 times and then by dethroned Champ Palm Springs which was the sweat est place 33 times. Rounding out the fiery first five were Laughlin Nev. With 28 of the highest readings and Laredo and Mcallen Texas tied for fifth at 27 Days with the top torrid temperature. Salina kan., Isnit a hot town but Ramon Hernandez 78, gets started on his Yard work anyway. The Blind disabled Man said it Cost too much to hire someone. A Northrop faces $ 17 million Fine to Settle 34 . Fraud charges i 9. An Jeles apr Northrop corp. Has pleaded guilty to nearly three dozen Federal counts related to falsified testing of parts for the av-8b harrier Jet and cruise missile components and agreed to a $17 million Fine. In a plea bargain tuesday the defense contractor entered guilty pleas to 34 counts of making false statements to the government. Prosecutors said charges would be dropped against Joseph Yamron 62, vice president and general manager of Northrop a Norwood  precision products division and Leopold Engler 60, vice president of instrument operations there. Most of the charges were to be dropped in return for the agreement the company said. Earlier in the Day a former Northrop corp. Plant manager pleaded guilty in . District court to charges of falsifying test data on components of cruise missile guidance systems. The executive Charles Gonsalves entered the plea under an agreement with prosecutors under which he would be sentenced to no More than three years in prison and be fined a maximum of $1.2 million. Gun salves once supervisor of Northrop a Western services department pleaded guilty to one conspiracy count and seven counts of making false statements to the government from 1984 to 1987. Sentencing was set for May 1 before judge Pamela Ann Rymer. Northrop corp. And five current and former employees were indicted april 11, 1989, on charges of conspiring to defraud the government through the cruise missile and the Marine corps av-8b harrier jump Jet program. Gonsalves entered his plea pertaining to the cruise missile systems As a jury was about to hear the Case against him Quality Assurance supervisor Cheryl Hannan and Northrop on charges related to the harrier parts. The.167-count indictment charged that the company Ai ton a persons conspired Between the 1970s and 1989 to install parts for the cruise missiles flight data transmitter that failed to meet specifications. It also said the transmitter required extensive reliability testing that was not performed. Instead the indictment said three of the defendants supervised false testing and falsification of test results