European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 19, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                A Friday april 19, 1991 the stars and stripes a Page 7white House gets new Reagan portrait this is the original White House portrait of Ronald Reagan that was unveiled in november 1989. Washington up a new portrait of a smiling Ronald Reagan now hangs in the White House s grand hallway replacing a More sol can looking painting of the former president. The portrait by Everett Raymond Kinstler was commissioned and paid for by the a friends of president Reagan a said Anna Perez press Secretary for Barbara Bush. The Price was not disclosed. A a a a a a a. A. V. The Oil painting which depicts Reagan in a dark pin Stripe suit with a red and Blue striped tie shows him sitting on the Truman Balcony overlooking the South Lawn with the Jefferson memorial in the Distant background. A i like it very much a president Bush told reporters at a state dinner wednesday. Kinstler a native new yorker also painted the portrait of former president Ford on display in the White House. Asked Why the original painting of Reagan by Aaron Shikler was sent to the storeroom Perez said a ask the  acknowledged he had trouble capturing Reagan on Canvas the first time he tried and scrapped one painting before the second was accepted for the White House collection. The White House historical association and an Anonymous donor paid for that painting. Shikler also painted Nancy Reagan in a Long red evening gown. That portrait will remain in the White House. Shikler also painted the White House portraits of former president Kennedy and his wife Jacqueline. This new painting of Ronald Reagan was Hung the White House foyer on  barred in International near crashes Washington a the supreme court on wednesday barred air travellers from using an International treaty to sue airlines for emotional distress suffered in near crashes that cause passengers no physical harm. A a a. A a. A a. The justices unanimously ruled that Eastern airlines a now owned by Texas air r cannot be forced to pay passengers aboard a flight that landed safely in Miami after All the planets engines failed for a time in the air. Justice Thurgood Marshall writing for the court said a Warsaw convention treaty on International air travel does not permit airlines to be sued in such cases by passengers who suffer Only psychic trauma. The ruling applies Only to International flights. The court did not address the Issue of similar lawsuits filed by passengers on Domestic flights. In other action the court a said a amp is and other financial institutions May claim tax deductions for a reciprocal sales of mortgage Loans. That 7-2 decision a defeat for the internal Revenue service will saves amp is at least $419 million in disputed tax assessments. It the court ruled unanimously in another Case that the Money a amp is receive from depositors who pay penalties for Early withdrawals is taxable. That decision will Cost some a amp is at least $128 million plus interest govern ment lawyers said. A allowed businesses to specify in contracts with their customers where they can or cannot be sued. By a 7-2 vote the justices barred a Washington state woman from suing in Federal court in her Home state a cruise ship line based in Miami. In the airline Case lawyers for Eastern told the High court that in most states passengers on Domestic flight supreme court who can prove negligence a but not wilful misconduct a Are barred from recovering damages for mental anguish unaccompanied by physical injury. The Warsaw convention requires airlines to pay up to $75,000 per person depending on the severity of the injuries in air accidents. That ceiling is lifted if an air line is shown to have committed wilful misconduct. The High court reversed a ruling by the 11th . Circuit court of appeals which permitted Money damages in the Case of Eastern flight 855. It left Miami on May 5,1983, for Nassau Bahamas. When one of the planets three engines lost pressure the Crew shut it Down and headed Back to Miami. Then the second and third engines failed. As the plane headed Down Crew members told the passengers . Trade deficit drops to lowest level in 7 years Washington a the . The Good news on Trade was certain to merchandise Trade deficit helped by fall be hailed by the Bush administration ing Oil prices narrowed sharply in feb which is counting on Strong demand for Rumary to $5.33 billion the smallest in american products overseas to help lift balance in More than seven years the the country out of recession government said thursday. Commerce Secretary Robert Mosbach the Commerce department said the or said earlier this week that the Sale of deficit shrank by 25.5 percent from a Jan american products overseas has been the uary imbalance of $7.16 billion. A engine that has kept the United states the big improvement reflected a 6.4 in a shallow recession rather than a deep percent drop in imports to a seasonally one adjusted level of $38.84 billion. Exports for the first two months of this year fell by 2.4 percent but at $33.50 billion the country a Trade deficit is running at still remained close to All time highs set an annual rate of just $75 billion far in recent months. The Trade deficit is the a below last years deficit of $ 101 billion difference Between imports and exports. Analysts Are not looking for the Trade the big february Trade improvement deficit to stay at the january february pushed the deficit to its lowest level since level because they believe that As the a $5.2 billion imbalance in september country pulls out of the recession do 1983. Mystic demand for imports will Rise. Would have to ditch the plane in the Atlantic Ocean. But the Crew was Able to restart the engine that failed initially and landed the plane safely in Miami. The 11th circuit court said the suits in the Florida courts alleging intentional infliction of emotional Iii Jav try were preempted by the Federal court claims under the Warsaw convention. The treaty is designed primarily to protect the airlines from financially ruinous damage awards. But the treaty also puts a heavy Burden of proof on the airline to show it was not negligent. The ruling turned on the interpretation of a French phrase Quot lesion co Porelle a in the Warsaw convention. The French text of the treaty is the official one adopted by the . Senate when it ratified the convention. A a a a a a a a a Amarshall said that a lesion corporeal let normally translates As a a bodily injury a and there is no Good reason to extend the meaning to Cove emotional distress. Marshall said when the treaty was drafted in 1929, the nations who signed on were trying to protect the fledgling airline Industry from ruinous lawsuits. Eastern said passengers should be allowed to recover damages for mental anguish Only if there is physical injury As Well or for emotional injury that includes physical symptoms. Hidalgo Texas apr state in in Weslaco said officials expect to find sectors have quarantined a two mile More swarms in their monthly Check area of Texas after a swarm of Africa along the .-Mexico Border sized honeybees was trapped and killed the area is Home to Texas $11 Mil in the lower Rio Grande Valley. Lion Honey Industry a the nations sixth the quarantine makes it illegal to largest. Move Domestic Honeybee colonies out the Usdan a Bee identification lab of thearean. In Beltsville md.,-confirmed wednes it was the second confirmed sighting Day that the bees were the Africani Zed of the so called a killer bees in the species / United states. The first reported swarm the swarm weighed 6 pounds Inelus was trapped oct. 15 in Hidalgo. Ing bees comb and Honey Collins said. The bees a defensive hybrid Rispon considered to be average size it was sible for deaths in latin America were about twice As Large As the first one. It brought from Africa to Brazil by a Scien had been in the trap for about 2xh list and escaped from a Laboratory in weeks she said. 1957. An additional quarantine covering a Anita Collins research Leader at the 100-mile radius Oft be first find remains . Agriculture departments Bee lab in effect