European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 19, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse Saturday december 19, 1992 . The stars and stripes a Page 5 a Quot North american chiefs sign Trade pact from wire reports Washington a president Bush and the leaders of Mexico and Canada signed the controversial North american fre6 Trade agreement on thursday with Bush predicting a time a when Trade is free from Alaska to president elect Clinton also reaffirmed his support of the Accord but with reservations. And some men Bers of Congress a which still must vote on the treaty a were More critical. I he document would lower Trade barriers with the United states neighbors and integrate markets. Bush signed it at the ornate Headquarters of the organization of american states. At the same time Canadian prime minister Brian Mulroney and mexican president Carlos Salinas de Gortari signed the previously initiated treaty in their capitals. It must still be approved by the Legislatures of All three countries before it can go into effect. The 2,000-Page treaty Aims to eliminate All tariffs in North America within 15 years. The North american free Trade agreement is the first giant step toward fulfilment of a dream of a hemisphere United by Trade and free a president Bush the United states and Canada already Are free Trade partners. The pact would add Mexico to that partnership effective Jan. 1, 1094, creating the world s largest and richest trading bloc with 364 million Consumers and $6.4 trillion in total Trade. But critics fear a massive Drain of . Factory work to Low wage heavily polluted Mexico. Supporters argue it will create greater Prosperity on both sides of the Border and spawn More jobs than it destroys. A the North american free Trade agreement is the first giant step toward fulfilment of a dream of a hemisphere United by Trade and free Competition a Bush said. Promptly after the ceremony Clinton issued a statement in which he lauded the pact but said he would seek stronger environmental and work Force protections. Clinton said he hoped to meet with Salinas before taking Over from Bush on Jan. 20. Salinas tried to address some of those worries in his signing ceremony in Mexico City saying a we Are resolved to fight pollution and damage to nature and to prevent those who pollute from trying to take advantage of the agreement by settling in House democratic Leader Richard a. Gephardt a frequent critic of the Trade negotiations said the agreement signed by Bush a is incomplete and defective and there will be opportunities to refine and improve it in the months but Gephardt said there remains substantial support in Congress and the country for reduced barriers to Trade throughout the hemisphere As Long As Trade agreements like the new treaty create growth and Opportunity in All three the stars and stripes10 years ago dec. 19,1982 a Poland a parliament the Sejm voted to suspend martial Law indefinitely but bolstered civil government with Tough Law and order Powers aimed at crushing dissent.20 years ago dec. 19,1972 a Secretary of defense Melvin r. Laird announced the lifting of restrictions that limited the . Bombing of North Vietnam to areas below the 20th parallel.30 years ago dec. 19, 1962 a hundreds of tons of Concrete collapsed into a 250-foot-deep rocket test facility at Tullahoma Tenn. The air Force said four workers were missing.40 years ago dec. 19, 1952 a despite warnings from their military commanders the 14 nations of the North Atlantic treaty organization reduced their 1953 construction program for Europe nearly in half.50 years ago dec. 19, 1942 a King George and Queen Elizabeth chatted with . Transportation come troops during a visit to the Raf ferry command terminal on the Western coast of Britain. World War ii 50 years ago today dec. 191 a 9 a 4 2 soviet troops attacking West of Stalingrad capture Kante Mrovka the commander of the German 6th army refuses Field marshal Erich von Man Stem s order to try to break out of the Stalingrad pocket. On Guadalcanal in the Pacific japanese soldiers defending mount Austen bog Down army troops trying to take the Island s dominant geographic feature 2i9-t Days of War. W h Snen pm a Quot cars aim pc Book of to .1 13 san books Cor p 381 a a counsel picked for file probe papers report purloined Picasso Fri special agent Jack Hunt in Phoenix talks to reporters thursday about a painting that two men tried to sell to an Fri undercover agent claiming it was Worth $10 million to $12 million. The painting has not been authenticated but it May be Pablo Picasso a la Mujer stolen nine years ago from a new York City apartment. The two men were arrested at a Scottsdale ariz., Airport and Hunt said they could be prosecuted even if the painting is a fake because they claimed it was vaccine found Washington a a living genetically changed virus creates the most powerful aids Type vaccine yet found in monkeys but it will take years to test the safety of such a vaccine in humans researchers say. Ronald c. Desrosiers and colleagues at the Harvard medical school reported that Rhesus monkeys injected with a modified Simian aids virus were protected from infection even when they were exposed to 1,000 infectious doses of the whole virus. A none of our vaccines using other products have come anywhere near this level of protective Desrosiers said thursday. He said the virus used had been weak ened in a Way similar to modifications in polio measles and smallpox vaccines. That technique has not before been shown to work in an aids Type illness Desrosiers said. He said there would have to be extensive human trials before such a vaccine is released for general use. The research was published Friday in the journal science. Desrosiers reported that the study at Harvard a new England regional primate research Center at soul Borough mass., involved four Rhesus monkeys that had been inoculated with a Strain of the Simian immunodeficiency virus. Siv is a close viral relative of the human immune virus which causes aids. Washing ton a an Independent counsel was named in secret this week to investigate whether White House officials violated the Law and covered up their knowledge of a search of Bill Clinton a passport files published reports say. A three judge panel on monday appointed Joseph e. Digenova a former . Attorney for the District of Columbia to Lead the inquiry t he Washington Post and the new York times reported Friday. The panel acting at the request of attorney general William p. Barr made the appointment a Day before the Law that authorizes Independent counsels expired. Justice department officials could not be reached for comment. The investigation will focus in part on whether one or More senior White House aides lied to state department investigators and whether Bush administration officials illegally disseminated information from Clinton a files the Post said. Hie newspapers said it could not be determined who would be investigated but investigators for the state department have questioned eight White House staff members including president Bush a chief of staff James a. Baker Iii and Baker aides Margaret Tutwiler and Janet Mullins. T he search sept. 30 and oct. 1 of passport files of Clinton then the democratic presidential nominee came during a period when republicans were attacking Clinton a anti Vietnam War activities As a student at Oxford University in England in 1969-70. There also were rumours that Clinton had sought to renounce his . Citizenship to avoid the draft. State department officials said initially that they undertook the search at the request of news organizations that sought information under the Freedom of information act. However the departments inspector general Sherman m. Funk concluded after his own investigation that the searches were improper and had been conducted in Hopes of finding material damaging to Clinton. Funk s nov. Is report said there was no evidence the White House or others had a orchestrated an attack on the Clinton but Funk later said he had found a potentially criminal matters that he turned Over to the Justice department. Funk said thursday night that he had no information on the reported appointment of dig nov a
