European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 12, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 a the stars and stripes thursday september 12, 1991no break seen in Canadian strike by the los Angeles times Windsor Ontario a air traffic was disrupted Assembly lines were halted and thousands of rail cars filled with Grain backed up across the Canadian Prairie tuesday in the second Day of a National strike by Federal employees protesting the Canadian government s plan to freeze their wages. There was no immediate end in sight to the face off Between about 70,000 striking members of the Public service Alliance of Canada and the conservative government which is determined to Cut spending. The Job action which began monday is Canadas first general strike by Federal workers. Both sides claimed the upper hand in the dispute whose effects were Felt All along the american Border in cities such As Detroit Buffalo . And Blaine wash., where traffic was snarled. But government leaders insisted that All essential services were running normally and Only about 60 percent of eligible strikers stayed off the Job. A we Are maintaining essential services and we will maintain As Many other services As we can in the circumstances a said can Guy Fleury an official with the Treasury Board of Canada. Toronto a Airport where striking air traffic controllers succeeded in grounding 90 flights and More than 6,000 passengers monday lost Only half that Many flights tuesday according to Airport general manager Chern heed. The Toronto air cancellations were described As the chief cause of delays at airports across Canada. The nations two biggest airlines said at least 15,000 travellers were stranded on the first Day of the strike. The improvement tuesday at Toronto truck traffic backs up tuesday on the . Side of Border at Detroit because of a slowdown by Canadian customs workers. Trickled Down to regional airlines such As air Ontario whose Windsor sales manager Harry Fase said Only one of 10 flights had to be cancelled tuesday As compared with four in 10 on monday. But Union leaders boasted of wide ranging effects including temporary production shutdowns in Canadas Auto Industry As shipments of . Parts to Assembly plants in Ontario were delayed at Border Crossings. Complaining that customs agents a Are taking twice As Long to move things through a a spokesman at Chrysler corp. Said the company had to close a Van Assembly Plant in Windsor for an hour tuesday when a shipment of axles from Detroit was held up at the Border. Officials at general motors corp. Reported Brief shutdowns throughout the Day at a car Assembly in Oshawa Ontario for the same reason. A there Are beginning to be serious economic ramifications a because of the strike asserted Jim Chorostecki a Toronto based Union Leader. A the Auto Industry is the mainstay of the economic and Industrial Complex in Canada As Well As the United states and its starting to be  anti nuclear protesters Greet . Carrier s arrival in Japan world Yokosuka Japan apr Llie aircraft Carrier Independence sailed into its new Home port wednesday greeted by hundreds of anti nuclear demonstrators. A Navy marching band and hundreds of family members also gathered on the Dock under Rainy skies to Welcome the massive Flattop. Its arrival symbolizes americans continued Pacific commitment following the end of the cold War. The Independence and its Crew of 5,179 replaced the Midway As the Only . Carrier based overseas and the Hub of the . Naval presence in Asia. The 80,643-ton ship was greeted by a flotilla of about 15 1 anti nuclear demonstrators. They claim . Vessels routinely violate a ban on bringing nuclear arms into Japan the Only nation to suffer atomic bomb attacks. About 300 protesters chanted anti nuclear slogans at a nearby Park. They hoisted a huge Banner Reading Quot anti War anti base done to allow Yokosuka to be made the Home port of a nuclear vessel a after the ship s arrival demonstrators marched toward the base s main Gate where scores of police in riot gear were on Alert. Capt. Robert l. Ellis commanding officer of the Independence reiterated wednesday the . Navy s position of refusing to confirm or deny the presence of nuclear weapons. Vessels such As the Independence Are widely believed to carry such arms. The cold War a main pillar of the .-Japan Security treaty that provides for Basing 50,000 . Forces in Japan has evaporated with the collapse of communism in the soviet Union. Muneo Suzuki Deputy foreign minister extending Japan a official Welcome to the ship called the .-Japan treaty a crucially  outspoken lawmaker Shinkuro Ishihara has urged japanese to resist . Influence scrap the treaty and build up air Independent defense strategy. But Hideo Sato a professor of International politics at Tsukuda University Saiid Ishihara represents Only a fringe of opinion and that mainstream opinion leaders remain strongly committed to the Security pact with Washington. Japan pays about $3 billion annually to help support . Service members stationed in the country. It recently agreed to increase its share of the costs from 40 percent to 50 percent. . Tourists say French thawing out Paris apr the French Long reputed to turn a cold shoulder toward american tourists have grown friendlier Over the past five years according to a Survey released tuesday. More than half of the 1,000 american tourists polled by american express and Maison de la France a French tourism group said they received a warmer Welcome than expected and detected a definite improvement since 1986. Only 14 percent said not speaking French caused insurmountable problems. The Survey also gave a thumbnail sketch of the average american visitor to France financially Well off College educated from either the East or West coasts Over 45 and Likely to be travelling without Small children. Twenty percent of those surveyed earned More than $100,000 yearly. The fall of the Dollar among other factors forced 50 percent to skip the once popular four Star luxury hotels in favor of Middle Range accommodations. Only 18 percent said they could still afford the top  at Halfway Point in capping burning Wells from wire reports Kuwait a the Halfway Point was reached tuesday in snuffing out Kuwait s Oil inferno when a seven member Canadian Crew capped the 375th sabotaged Oil Well an Oil company spokesman said. Iraqi troops blew up the Wells As .-led forces drove them from Kuwait in late february after a seven month occupation of the emirate. A news release from Kuwait Oil co. Spokesman Michael Kidder said a firefighting team from the Canadian firm safety Boss flooded the blazing Burgan Oil Field wellhead a officially designated As bg41 a with torrents of water. Crews then lowered a killing spool or valve mechanism onto the wellhead and bolted it in place and step by step the Oil was Cut off and the pipe sealed. Kuwait Oil marshalled nearly 9,000 workers from 32 countries to repair its Oil Fields. Of the emirates 935 Wells 749 were damaged by the iraqis including More than 650 set ablaze or left gushing Oil in the final weeks of the persian Gulf War.16 die after Village feast new Delhi India a at least 16 people died and several others fell sick after eating food at a Village feast in the northeastern Assam state the press Trust of India news Agency said tuesday. The tragedy occurred recently in the Remote Syam kor Village in Assam the news Agency said in a Brief dispatch from the Wilchar town of Assam 985 Miles Southeast of new Delhi. It quoted official reports As saying guests fell sick soon after they took food with at least 16 people dying Over the next 24 hours while an unspecified number of others were treated and saved by doctors. An unconfirmed report put the death toll at 28. The news Agency gave no further details