European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 22, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes wednesday january 22, 1992 at a glance Iowa sen. Tom Harlan is working hard to Best four other democratic presidential contenders in the crucial new Hampshire primary feb. 18. Who Are the candidates and where do they stand on specific issues see stories on pages 16-17.Bush rating drops a democratic candidate would beat president Bush by a slight margin if the election were held now a poll says. A Page 4protest of indians image the use of american indians As mascots and namesakes will be challenged during this weeks super bowl events. A Page 5 86 Camaro tops a hot list the 1986 Chevrolet Camaro remains the undisputed Darling of the hot car set. That so a hot As in stolen. A Page 9nco gets airman a medal a staff sergeant at Raf upper Heyford England has received the air forces highest award for heroism As a result of searching for a family in a fire that swept through a government housing area. A Page 19fuel of the future facing serious air pollution America is trying to wean its cars from gasoline and move toward cleaner motor fuel. A Page 20 Index Abby Ann Landers. .21 action line. 18 comics. 22-23 commentary. 13 faces a places. 24 letters. 12 Money matters. 20 sports. 25-32 to listings. 31 weather. 11 Japan from Page 1 workers angry reactions. Nonetheless Sakurauchi a remarks do reflect resentment among some japanese who wonder Why they Are being blamed for americans economic woes. Quot i guess its about time for us japanese to be proud of ourselves. Its Good he said what he had to say a Saia 67-year-old vegetable seller Nobuyoshi Yamazaki. A i think that America should also make harder efforts instead of finding ways to sell politically. To me their cars just Arentt designed for driving narrow streets nere or to satisfy our taste a said Hisayoshi Ohara a 21-year-old student who is studying car design. Sen. Donald w. Riegle jr., d-mich., whose state is Home to the . Auto Industry said Sakurauchi a reported remarks were a a slander on american workers and reflect Quot the same View that Japan held the Day that its warplanes struck Pearl  in Detroit United Auto workers president Owen Bieber said Sakurauchi a comments May have been prompted by concern Over preserving Japan a wide Access to the . Market. Bieber said he believed Quot the japanese Are getting worried that the free ride they be had into our Market for the last several years May not last forever. Awareness is growing rapidly in the . That something must be done about the disastrous imbalance in the .-Japan Trade  Sakurauchi said tuesday that his comments were intended to reflect concern among the general Public Over the Quot one sided argument that . Autos and Auto parts fail to sell in Japan because of import barriers. Sakurauchi swords were just the latest but not the worst in a string of statements by japanese politicians including Watanabe who have criticized american society and later been forced to apologize for their Lack of tact. In 1986, then prime minister Yasuhiro Nakasone said americans have lower intelligence than japanese. Two years later Watanabe caused an outrage when he said Black americans do not care about fleeing from their debts. In 1990, then Justice minister Seiroku Kajiyama compared foreign prostitutes in Tokyo to Blacks moving into White neighbourhoods in the United states. Quot every year this kind of arro Gaiffe comes out a said Robert m. Orr director of Stanford University a Japan Center in Kyoto. Quot if this were one isolated incident one lawmaker. But its not. He a directly reflecting the opinion of the japanese parliament and the american people should know about  Japan Trade surplus soared in 1991 Tokyo apr Japan beset with renewed complaints about its Trade surpluses announced tuesday that the 1991 surplus had grown by 50 percent in the first year to year increase in five years Itie finance ministry said Japan a surplus with the United states had grown 1.3 percent from 1990 a the first increase in four years. The Overall surplus of $78.23 billion was the third largest Ever it added. The surplus was a major target of president Bush a visit to Japan earlier this month. He urged Japan to open its markets wider to . Products saying the increased sales would mean More jobs for americans. In 1991, the ministry said japanese sales to the United states exceeded . Sales in Japan by $38.45 billion. A ministry official speaking on condition of anonymity said Japan a Overall import figure increased Only slightly in Dollar terms because a strengthening of the yen made imports cheaper. He added that As Japan a Economy slowed japanese imported fewer expensive paintings and luxury cars. Imports Rose by Only 0.7 percent to $236.37 billion while exports Rose 9.6 percent to $3,14.60 billion. Before 1991, the surplus had been declining a by 3.7 percent in 1987 2.7 percent in 1988 17.1 percent in 1989 and 18.9 percent in 1990. The 1991 surplus ranked third behind $82.74 billion in 1986 and $79.71 billion in 1987. In 1991 Trade with the United states Japan s exports Rose by 1.4 percent to $91.54 billion and its imports also climbed by 1.4 percent from a year earlier to $53.09 billion the official said. He said Japan a motor vehicle exports to the United states declined by 7.7 percent from 1990 to 2.18 million vehicles but the total value grew 2.1 percent to $23.58  from Page 1 record technical flight information and conversations Between the pilots and the control Tower. A the investigation will be difficult and Long because the two Black boxes Are both damaged a French transport minister Paul Quiles said. A nevertheless you can be assured that the analysis of the two boxes will be made under court  the crash of the Airbus a-320 is Likely to renew the debate Over the planets safety but Quiles said Quot As Long As the causes of the Accident Are not known no decision regarding the air plane will be taken but i can assure you that nothing will be  air traffic controllers in Strasbourg lost touch with the air plane at 7 20 p.m., five minutes before it was scheduled to land. Although visibility was reduced because of heavy fog and Snow officials said the weather conditions would normally have no effect on the a-320, one of the most automated commercial air planes on the Market. Quot the procedure for the Landing approach Calls for flying very High Over the Mountain a an official said. Quot visibility on the Landing strip in Strasbourg was perfectly  All nine survivors had been sitting in the Back of the air plane with most suffering Only minor injuries. One passenger was reported in serious condition at a nearby Hospital. A everything happened very quickly a said survivor Pierre Cota 45. A we were ready to land we heard a lot of noise. I cannot say if we fell i thought we had hit a plane on the Landing strip. Quot five minutes later we heard the cries and moans of the wounded a he told the French radio network France info from his Hospital bed. Quot i thought immediately of leaving the air plane. I grabbed the youngster who was sitting next to me and was travelling alone. A the plane had broken completely open its ceiling gone. We walked a Short distance for fear that the aircraft would explode. A for one hour we heard Small explosions coming from the plane a Cota continued. A we recovered a number of victims whose legs were broken in the crash and we Alt huddled around a Small fire at the Back of the plane that we kept alive with branches to avoid dying from the  Quiles visited the Hospital where survivors were being treated. The 13-month-old girl who emerged a scratched was identified As Melis Sandre Cohan a. Her 33-year-Otd Mother also survived. Another survivor was roman Bubloz the 9-year-old boy who had been travelling alone and was found wandering in the Snow by Rescue workers. The oldest survivor was Adolphe Reich 71, while the Only member of the Crew to survive was Valerie Monnier 27. Officials were trying to identify those killed but did say four were germans. Six others were from a delegation from Spain a National Railroad company Renee. Two additional victims worked for Gec a Esthom the builder of a High Speed train Between Madrid and Seville. The French air Force sent three helicopters and a Mirage i Jet equipped with a sophisticated radar system to help locate the air plane. Three distress boxes that Are supposed to Emit signals to help locate a downed plane did not function further complicating search efforts. Officials said the devices probably were damaged in the  from Page 1 66, an anti Castro group that practices mock invasions each weekend in the Everglades but they were not members. Cuba brushed aside an International Campaign to Stop the executions. The United states Spain and numerous latin leaders and cultural figures had issued Calls for clemency. Even the 30-year prison sentences Are harsh compared with those meted out to exiles captured in the failed 1961 Bay of pigs invasion. Santovenia Fernandez a father served two years in a cuban jail for his involvement in the invasion. Castro has tried to use the trial to boost his image As a victim of outside aggression which he also blames for the nations growing problems. Cubans former soviet bloc patrons have Cut shipments of subsidized food and fuel forcing the government to ration gasoline and electricity drastically Cut bus and airline service and reduce television broadcasts. Meat milk and eggs have become luxuries. Cuban Money is virtually worthless and Farmers Are demanding consumer goods such As pants in Exchange for produce. A Castro has repeatedly accused the Cia of funding opposition exile groups in Miami and dissidents at Home. Human rights organizers in Cuba have been jailed in a recent crackdown on dissent. According to Prensa Latina reports Diaz Betancourt had carried with him a list of names of leaders of such organizations As contacts for his sabotage operations. The . State department has denied Castro s charges the three men acted on behalf of the american government. Diaz Betancourt Quot was the victim of a pattern of political crimes Fidel Castro uses to stay in Power a said Ricardo to fill president of the cuban committee for human rights in a statement from Miami