European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 4, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday March 4, 1992 Bush vetoes Bill imposing Trade conditions on China Washington api a president Bush on monday vetoed an attempt by Congress to impose conditions on Trade relations with China saying it would weaken Beijing a ties with the West and result in further repression. It was Bush a 26th veto. He has won every veto Over ride Battle with Congress and seems assured of prevailing again Given the margin of the Bill a passage in the Senate. The measure would require a substantial Progress by China in human rights Trade and weapons non proliferation before the Trade status of most favored nation could be renewed. That Trade status expires in june. The showdown was set up by Senate democratic leaders partly As an election year attempt to highlight what has been an unpopular administration policy. In the face of Calls for tougher action Bush has stuck with a policy of patience with China a hard line leaders even after China a 1989 bloody crackdown on pro democracy demonstrators when chinese troops opened fire on protesters in Beijing. Some estimates have put Rainy pass Alaska apr front runners took advantage of a Clear cold Day and Calm winds to reach this mountainous checkpoint monday three Days into the 1,159-mile id Tarod Trail sled dog race. A Day earlier stiff winds had wiped out the Trail with snowdrifts and slowed teams. But the winds lifted monday so that mushers found the going easier. A a it a been a picture perfect Day a said four time Champion Susan Butcher. At 3,400 feet Rainy pass in the towering Alaska Range offers a Scenic Stop along the Trail. A roadhouse 48 Miles Northwest of Rainy pass is Gateway to the Flatland of alaskans Interior where extreme cold prevails. Liberal Kan. Apr a 27-year-old supermarket clerk dashed 415 Yards m 61.5 seconds while flipping a Pancake in a Skillet giving the women of Liberal a one second Victory tuesday Over Olney England in the International Pancake race. Victoria Vansickles winning time enabled the americans to tie the 42-year series with the British at 21-21. The annual Competition is run on shrove tuesday. Earlier tuesday sue Jones a 23-year-old homemaker clocked 62.5 seconds on her Pancake flipping run at Olney in the British leg of the race. She got a set of cookware As the top British contestant. According to legend the race has been run in Olney the number of dead in the thousands. The measure for Trade conditions was approved by the Senate on feb. 25 by a vote of 59-39, Well Short of the two thirds needed to override a veto. The House approved the Bill 409-21 last november. The House will vote first on the veto override. In his veto message Bush said he shares the goals set out in the Bill. A upholding the Sanctity of human rights controlling the spread of weapons of mass destruction and free and fair Trade Are issues of vital concern a Bush said. A my objection lies strictly with the method proposed to achieve these Aims. A there is no doubt in my mind that if we present China a leaders with an ultimatum on Man most favored nation the result will be weakened ties to the West and further repression a Bush said. A the end result will not be Progress on human rights arms control or  Bush said the United states should use dialogue and diplomacy to work for change in China. Fifteen front runners were in and out 6f Rainy pass by Early afternoon monday. Norwegian born Ketel Reitan was first into the Rainy pass checkpoint at 8 31 . And first out of it at 12 15 . Organizers said none of the leaders had yet taken a mandatory 24-hour Layover. Following Reitan was Deedee Jonrowe of Willow Alaska who left Rainy pass at 1 ., just seven minutes ahead of Butcher of Manley Alaska. Jerry Austin of st. Michael Alaska was fourth John Barron of ship Creek Alaska was fifth and five time Winner and defending Champ Rick Swenson of two Rivers Alaska was sixth. Since 1445, when a harassed housewife dashed off to Church on shrove tuesday still clutching her frying pan with a Pancake in it. Others say a gift of pancakes May have been a bribe to a Bell ringer to sound the beginning of the feast Day celebrations sooner than Normal. After a lapse during world War ii Olney revived the race in 1948. Two years later the women of Liberal in Southwest Kansas challenged the English to an annual shrove tuesday race against the clock a tradition that became an annual event. Shrove tuesday precedes Ash wednesday the first Day of Lent a time of fasting and penitence to commemorate Jesus fasting in the wilderness. The stars and stripes b Page 7  implants defective doctor charges in suit from wire reports Pittsburgh a a Pittsburgh doctor has sued the maker of silicone breast implants she received saying they were defective. Or. Carol Ann Schumacher said she received two implants in 1986. She filed the negligence suit in Allegheny county common pleas court against Bristol Myers Squibb co. Of new York and its subsidiary Surgi Tek inc., of paso Robles Calif. The suit made Public monday accuses the defendants of a actively misleading the medical profession and the Public As to the nature and extent of the dangers and risks associated with the use of its silicone breast  a Bristol Myers spokeswoman said the company does not comment on litigation. The suit seeks More than $20,000 in compensatory and punitive damages. Schumacher who is a general practitioner specializing in emergency Medicine has asked for a jury  Detroit Cleveland link Detroit a Skyway airlines on monday began offering five round trip flights from Detroit City Airport to Burke lakefront Airport in downtown Cleveland each business Day. Skyway began service at Detroit City Airport two months ago with four round trips to Milwaukee. Based in Milwaukee Skyway is the regional partner for Midwest express airlines. Skyway currently operates 128 weekday departures m 24 destinations in eight states in the Midwest. A Skyway airlines new service from Detroit City Airport to Cleveland fills a Niche for Many travellers in our area a said or. Louis fair director of Detroit City  born with six legs Leigh neb. A a Lamb born two weeks ago was named six pack a not because of any fondness for the bottle but As a simple description. The Lamb has six legs. Deb Svehla who cares for her brother a lambs on their farm 80 Miles Northwest of Omaha said the female Lamb was a pretty weak at first and it Wasny to Clear whether she would live. But now she said six pack continues to grow healthier. A when its feeding time its right there at the Fence a Svehla said. The extra legs which Dangle from six packs Chest done to seem to bother the Lamb too much Svehla  efforts praised Lancaster a. A the governors of Pennsylvania and Maryland Praise two Farmers monday for doing their part to Stop fertilizers and manure from running into Chesapeake Bay. The Farmers David and Joe Garber have used $18,000 in Federal and state funds to build a manure storage silo that helps them tightly control How much manure they plow into their Southern Pennsylvania Fields. The farm also features a series of terraces that direct Runoff rain and irrigation water into a Basin where it is filtered before running into Susquehanna River. Without the 500,000-gallon silo the Farmers had to put All the manure produced by their 130 cows into the soil even if the Fields did not need it. Rains washed the excess manure into nearby streams and eventually into the Susquehanna David Garber said. Goes. Robert p. Casey of Pennsylvania and William d. Schaefer of Maryland said improvements such As those Are necessary to keep the Susquehanna a major feeder of the Chesapeake  Federal judge Dies st. Paul Minn. A . District judge Edward j. Devitt who was believed to be one of the nations longest serving judges died monday. He was 80. President Eisenhower appointed Devitt to the Federal Bench in 1954. Devitt retired from regular service in 1981 but had continued to hear cases As a senior judge. Among the High profile cases Over which he presided was the trial last year of Walter Leroy Moody jr., who was convicted of killing a Federal judge with a mail bomb. A four time id Tarod Winner Susan Butcher and her dog sled team leave the Rainy pass Alaska checkpoint monday. Mushers enjoy picture perfect day7 British Pancake Flipper battered by yank