European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 8, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse Saturday february 8, 1992 the stars and stripes b Page 9 world Bush too Busy to receive Miyazawa officials say from wire reports Tokyo a prime minister Kiichi Miyazawa probably wont visit the United states in May because . Officials said president Bush would be Busy with the presidential Campaign japanese officials said Friday. The governments spokesman Koichi Kato said the visits delay was unconnected to Miyaza was remark last week and the subsequent Flap in the United states that America s work ethic was on the decline. The rescheduling Marks the second time that a tentatively planned Bush Miyazawa Summit has been postponed. Bush called off his plans to visit Japan late last year but rescheduled his trip and visited Japan from Jan. 7-10. Miyazawa will most Likely meet Bush after Japan a parliamentary session ends june 21.smoking lawsuit rejected Helsinki Finland a a Helsinki court has rejected the first european Case against tobacco producers who were sued by a Man suffering from cancer after smoking for 45 years news reports said. Court officials said Pentti Aho had been warned of the dangers of smoking while in elementary school and later had been advised by his physicians to Stop smoking. The City court on thursday ruled that tobacco producers were innocent of negligence in Selling and marketing their products National television reported. Aho sued the tobacco companies Suhomen to Pakka and Rettig in 1988, arguing that they had tailed to warn him of the dangers of their products. He said smoking had Given him emphysema and cancer of the Larynx. He demanded unspecified fighter crashes Oldenburg Germany a a German Navy Tornado Jet fighter crashed in a Field near Oldenburg in Northern Germany on thursday evening. The two Crew members suffered minor injuries when they parachuted to safety police said. No injuries on the ground were reported. The cause of the crash was not immediately kill 54 Ankara Turkey a avalanches killed at least 54 people in villages in Southeast Turkey on Friday As the Region continued to suffer through a punishing Winter the Anatolia news Agency reported. The Agency said 31 people were killed when an Avalanche hit the Village of Bogaz Hyan in Spirnak province. No other details were available. Six of the 54 bodies recovered were in Kaszay la a Village in Batman province where 35 villagers were feared to be buried under Snow the news Agency said. Four other villages struck by deadly avalanches Are also located in Batman. Avalanches in Southeastern Turkey claimed 141 lives last weekend and the severe Winter weather in turkeys Eastern and Southeastern regions has left More than 2,000 villages poisonous treat Paris a Twenty three French preschoolers have been hospitalized after eating brightly coloured rat Poison pellets handed out by a classmate after lunch emergency workers said. The children Between 3 and 5 years old were in Good condition at the Robert Debre and Trousseau childrens hospitals after eating the pellets thursday. Police said a teacher at the preschool in a right Bank neighbourhood noticed a group of children eating what she thought were tiny candies. She later told police about half the package of Poison pellets had been consumed. The anti Poison Center said similar accidents occur frequently because the brightly coloured pellets look like Candy and Are thrown on the floors of cellars and garages. The Center said a Small amount of the Poison usually is not dangerous. The children were to be kept two Days in the Hospital for observation. Yeltsin Mitterrand agree further arms cuts needed Pairis up a presidents Boris Yeltsin of Russia and Francois Mitterrand of France agreed Friday that further reductions in the nuclear arsenals of the United states and Russia Are necessary before France can reduce its own nuclear Force. The two speaking at a news conference at the end of Yeltsin a three Day visit agreed that the new nuclear strategy in the Post cold War Era should be defined by each nuclear Powers defense needs. A i understand and respect the French position a Yeltsin said. A naturally today we cannot compare the number of launching pads and nuclear warheads Between the two the russian Leader repeated his vow to reduce the number of nuclear warheads deployed in four of the republics of the new Commonwealth of Independent states from 12,500 to 2,500. A your strategic missiles will no longer be aimed at the former adversaries of the former soviet Union a Yeltsin said. A they will no longer be directed at French cities or at the cities of other Mitterrand welcomed recent proposals by president Bush and Yeltsin to deduce their respective nuclear capabilities. He repeated Long standing French policy that Paris could not join in the arms reductions until the difference Between the number of american russian and French nuclear warheads has been significantly lowered. France has about 500 nuclear warheads. But the French president said the Progress made thus far would allow his country to Cut the number of nuclear submarines and missiles. Yeltsin ended his visit by signing a Broad Friendship and cooperation treaty intended to define relations Between the two countries. The document signed Friday substitutes for a similar text signed Between Mitterrand and former soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev in october 1990 that was never ratified by the French parliament. The text commits France to helping Russia become a member of the Council of Europe an organization of the continents 26 democratic nations Ana to establish close relations Between Moscow and the Western european Union a regional defense group. Yeltsin who warned during his visit that a new dictatorship could emerge in the former soviet Union if the reforms he has initiated fail leaves with about 3.5 billion francs $648 million in new credits including a 2 billion franc $370 million line of credit that will allow Russia to buy badly needed cereals. White House Snow Job japanese and foreign visitors look Over a sculpture of the White House made of Snow at the 43rd annual Sapporo Snow festival on thursday in Sapporo Northern Japan. About 2,720 Japan self defense forces members spent 25 Days constructing the sculpture. It is 50 feet High 98 feet wide and made of 122,500 cubic feet of Snow. More than 350 ice sculptures were erected for the we Klong Snow and ice pageant. Contestants asked to Coin design for europeans future currency Brussels Belgium apr its still seven years away but the race to create Europe a currency of the future the ecu began thursday with the announcement of a contest for the Best design. A it will be our daily Money a Symbol of the oneness of european people a said Jean Pierre cot a French member of the european parliament and Leader Llhee Assembly a socialist group. The socialists the largest political bloc in the 518-member Assembly Are sponsoring the contest. The winning design will be submitted to the new european Central Bank which will help make the final decision on the ecu a new look. Community leaders agreed in december to introduce a single currency by 1999, part of a drive toward monetary Union and closer political ties among the 12-nation trading bloc. But they left unanswered what exactly the new coins and Bank notes would look like. Currency insiders say the new Money will probably Bear the Community Symbol of 12 Gold stars in a Circle. And countries May be allowed to retain at least one National Symbol a the Silhouette of Britain a Queen Elizabeth ii for example. For now the ecu a pronounced he Koo or he Cue a remains strictly in the Domain of High finance existing Only on paper As a Community accounting device. Its value Worth about $1.30, is based on a Survey of the combined value of dec nations currencies. The contest open to All Community citizens has three categories 10 years old and under older than 10, and design professionals. The winning design in the professional category will be minted in a special limited edition. The other winners will get an expense paid trip to see the parliament in action in Strasbourg France
