European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 5, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 a a the stars and stripes monday March 5,1990 in last great race 1049gl?2get along Little doggies a a team of huskies pulls the sled of Lavon Barve of big Lake Alaska across the starting line saturday in the 18th annual id Tarod sled dog race. The punishing 1,049-mile inf traverses through rugged Alaska from Anchorage to Nome. Seventy teams of dogs and mushers pushed Oft As people lined the streets to watch the so called last great race on Earth. Gephardt criticizes Lack of proposals from Kaifu meeting Washington apr House majority Leader Richard Gephardt expressed disappointment sunday that president Bush a weekend Summit with japanese prime minister Toshiki Kaifu produced no specifics on improving the two countries deteriorating Trade relationship. But Gephardt. D-mo., said Congress will wait until this summer to see if Mutual pledges by Bush and Kaifu to work toward resolving the disputes produce results before lawmakers move to impose Trade sanctions against Japan. A nothing has  Gephardt said of the two Day California Summit. Bush hastily called the meeting after Trade talks Between the two countries stalled last month and the annual . Trade deficit with Japan fell by Only $2.8 billion to $49 billion in 1989. Gephardt who has been a vocal advocate of Strong retaliatory measures against Japan said he heard no Concrete proposals from Bush and Kaifu when they met with reporters saturday in Rancho Mirage. Calif. A How Many of these press conferences have we seen Over the past 10 years a Gephardt said on Abc tvs a meet the press show. A what you never hear is a specific goal an action that both sides Are going to take to Deal with the  Kaifu said after the Summit he would a firmly tackle the product standards building codes and other structural impediments that effectively deny . Products Access to the japanese Market. Bush wished him a great  when asked if More Trade talks be thousands re enact bloody sunday historic voting rights March in Selma tween now and june would produce enough action by the japanese to avoid . Retaliation. Bush said a i Hope so but i done to  Commerce Secretary Robert mos Bacher in a separate interview sunday said both leaders left the Summit realizing serious problems exist on both sides. Japan he said now has top government officials focusing on increasing their country a imports. A now at the end of the year if there Aren t some major changes in that Well know it was More rhetoric a Mosbacher said on Abc tvs a this week with David Brinkley program. Gephardt said Congress will wait until the conclusion of talks on japanese barriers to . Supercomputers satellites and Forest products before deciding whether to impose new tariffs on japanese exports. As part of the 1988 Trade act Congress imposed a june 16, 1990, deadline on those talks. A they want to see what actions the japanese will actually take As opposed to More promises and then  make up their mind As to what should be done next a Gephardt said of his colleagues in Congress. But he added that the Overall Trade relationship Between the two countries will not improve significantly until the United states takes a firmer line and establishes targets for reducing the imbalance. A i would submit to you a Gephardt said a the japanese politicians Are not Able in present circumstances to make the changes in their own society that Many of them know need to be made unless we Are willing to take definitive action to help them do  people gather around a memorial to or. Martin Luther King or. At Brown Chapel ame Church in Selma Ala., sunday. Selma Ala. Apr several thousand people set out sunday on a 25th anniversary re enactment of an historic voting rights March to Montgomery including a replay of a bloody confrontation with police on a Bridge. The group returning to the Edmund Pettus Bridge was led by such civil rights figures As Jesse Jackson and Coretta Scott King. Among them were some of the original marchers including . Rep. John Lewis Hosea Williams Albert Turner and . Reese. See related Story and photo Page 13 a we shed a Little blood Here that made a difference. People Are now registering to vote a said Lewis a Georgia Democrat. Halfway up the Bridge sunday smoke was released to simulate police tear Gas and marchers two abreast retreated some falling to the ground. On March 7, 1965, on the Day remembered in civil rights annals As bloody sunday police used Billy clubs and tear Gas to turn Back hundreds of marchers on the Bridge named for a Confederate general. The 50-mile March will continue in segments each Day through the week before culminating with a rally March 10 at the Alabama Capitol. Jackson speaking earlier sunday to about 600 people at the first Baptist Church said Martin Luther King or. Did not die and Nelson Mandela did not languish in a South african prison for 27 years for Blacks not to exercise their right to vote. A you cannot walk around Here with these unused blessings a Jackson said adding that 35 percent of All Blacks eligible to vote Are unregistered. Two weeks after the 1965 violence at the Bridge. King and other notables led a second March a authorized by a Federal judge and protected by thousands of Federal troops a All the Way to Montgomery. The events including Kun flux klan violence against the March galvanized Congress to pass the 1965 voting rights act. The Law lowered voting barriers to Blacks across the South and eventually led to a Sharp increase in the number of both Black voters and Black officeholders. In Selma alone the number of Black registered voters has climbed from about 600 in 1965 to 10,800 now. Three of the five members of the Dallas county commission Are Black. Four of the nine members of the Selma City Council arc Black. Real Dracula a ring stolen owner claims new York apr a $4 million Art theft netted a ring that its owner says belonged to the family of Vlad the impaler the East european Prince who inspired the Vampire legend of count Dracula. New Day reported sunday. Two men beat up and handcuffed artist historian Vlaicu Ion ecu 67, in his apartment in Queens and took his collection of paintings. Ionescu who fled his native Romania More than 20 years ago said the most valuable work stolen in the August robbery was a the Barbadori holy family with St. John and St. Elizabeth a a 1516 painting by Andrea Del Sarto Worth about $3 million. Also stolen were three Signet rings that Ionescu said he acquired in Romania in the 1950s, new Day said. Ionescu believes that the rings belonged to three princes from the 14th and 15th centuries and that one emblazoned with a Raven belonged to Vlad Dracula of Walla Chia father of Vlad the impaler. Wallachia is now part of Romania. Vlad the impaler was known for impaling boiling alive and mutilating his enemies. A count Dracula a ring in Queens a said the Lead investigator. Detective Richard Byrnes. A a that a like saying a we found the True Cross up on Forest  a