European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 1, 1995, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday monday january 1/2,1995 the stars and stripes. Page 5cl inf on plan targets China Washington apr the Clinton administration saying that it will no longer tolerate the a rampant piracy of american computer software movies and music issued a target list saturday of $2,8 billion in chinese imports for possible Trade sanctions. . Trade representative Mickey Kantor said that if the chinese do not meet american demands to halt the piracy of . Intellectual property the administration will slap punitive tariffs on a group of products drawn from saturdays list. A a a american companies Are suffering tremendous losses annually to piracy in China. This cannot continue Kantor said in a statement. A it is critical that China demonstrate serious resolve to eradicate rampant . A among the products targeted Are some of the most popular imports from China including athletic shoes clothing toys and electronic products. The United states first put China on notice last june that it wanted a crackdown on the piracy of american copyrights and patents that it claimed was costing . Businesses $800 million annually in lost  talks Between the two countries broke off in acrimony in Early december with the chinese contending that the . Side was making unreasonable demands. In Advance of saturdays announcement the chinese had warned that any sanctions on their products would trigger retaliation against american goods ship Ped to China sparking a full fledged Trade War Between two of the worlds biggest trading countries. But Kantor said saturday that the administration was a prepared to act to protect . Industry. A to Date China has been unwilling to take the necessary Steps to protect american intellectual property a he said. Kantor said . Importers and other interested parties would now have 30 Days in which they could seek to Amend the proposed list by arguing that the punitive tariffs would cause serious harm to . Economic interests in certain cases. Kantor said the administration would make a final determination after feb. 4 Over whether China had made enough improvements in the enforcement of intellectual property protections to avoid sanctions. Iri Beijing chinese officials warned that the threat of . Sanctions was counterproductive and could Lead to retaliation a to threaten Trade retaliation will not solve the problem and will do no Good. To the talks a foreign ministry spokesman Shin Guofang said Friday. Products subjected to retaliation would face tariffs of up to 100 percent in the . Market. Through october China sent $32.4 billion in goods to the United states while . Exports to China Jwa cd just $7.8 billion. The resulting Impf billion Trade imbalance is second Only to the $53.9 billion surplus that Japan built during the same time period with the United states. And China s advantage has been growing twice As fast As Japan this year. V / a Ai f amp f s. Gay. A. A. A a Salute before the Chute sgt. Karen Berlin g of the . Army Golden knights sky diving team salutes As she leaps out of an Oklahoma air National guard c-130 Hercules during a practice jump Over Tucson ariz.,. Before the Copper bowl College football game on thursday. The group is also to Parachute into the fiesta bowl College game in Phoenix on monday. The Golden knights have performed More than 7,900 Aerial demonstrations. 3 americans die in Spain bus Accident Barcelona Spain apr three . Tourists died and at least 22 were injured saturday when the double Decker bus that was taking them to a religious shrine in France swerved off a Slippery Road and flipped Over police said. The dead were identified As Mildred Ryan Lioan Elise Sain and Florence rho skins. No hometowns were immediately available v. The tourists a most of them from Arizona according to police a had been vacationing in the Barcelona area and were headed to the shrine of Lourdes in Southern France Antonio Jarillo director of i arcs Casals the tourist Agency that organized the trip told the Independent news Agency Europa press that the tourists had been planning to travel to Andorra for shopping to Lourdes and then to the shrine of Fatima in Central Portugal before returning to the Spanish capital Madrid. He said they were scheduled to leave for the United states on jan.7. A a. A a a a a a police spokesman Eladio car no said the injured were taken to the Cataluna general Hospital in Barcelona and the san Juan de Dios Hospital in Martorell a suburb of Barcelona. The Accident occurred around 8 30 . Near the town of Abrera some 25 Miles North of Barcelona. A Earth winds balloon goes aloft at last for worldwide tour Reno Nev. Apr the Crew of the huge hourglass shaped Earth winds Hilton shrugged off past failures with a perfect liftoff saturday for the first nonstop manned balloon flight around the world. The 370-foot Craft was launched about 6 45 . After the wind  winds consists of a 190-foot helium Gas bag a cramped Crew compartment below that and a 110-foot, air filled Anchor balloon on the Bottom to stabilize Altitude. Occasional breezes at the launch site North of Reno scrubbed liftoff planned for Dawn last thursday and Friday. Earth winds requires nearly Calm wind to inflate its upper balloon and inflation began shortly before Midnight Friday. A everything was right so they just decided to go a said Lynne Newman wife of capt. Larry Newman. F new York apr new years eve times Square the Ball drops the crowd cheers. Its a new York tradition. But the search was on for a More spectacular Way to ring in the new year a not 1995 but five years from How when Midnight dec. 31 Ushers in the year 2000. An International contest announced Friday is seeking ideas for the perfect party. The Winner gets a you guessed it a an All expenses paid trip to new York City to join in the Celebration. A we want the whole world to be involved with the millennium a said Gret Chen Dykstra president of the times Square business improvement District. The winning proposal must maintain the tradition of lowering the Ball at Midnight followed by a storm of confetti. Part of the Challenge is creating a Celebration outdoors at night in the cold. But Dykstra said a the new year comes in in 24 different time zones and we Are the Crossroads of the world. People could play off that  the deadline for proposals is sept. 1, 1995, submissions should be sent to a where else a . Box 2q00, times fireworks Naples Italy apr More than five tons of fireworks were seized in Naples As part of a nationwide Hunt for illegal rockets and firecrackers used to Welcome the new year police said saturday. Five people were arrested on charges of illegal Possession of explosives during the Naples raids that began Friday authorities said., in Turin police seized about three ions of fireworks. About 1,300 pounds were confiscated in Brindisi. In the crackdown is an attempt to limit the damage caused by the Trade lion of taking to the streets with firecrackers a often homemade a for the new years Holiday. Each year Many people Are burned or suffer serious injuries. Often people Are killed by errant skyrockets or explosions. In. Florence authorities uncovered at least 10 . Firebombs homemade devices of the Type that already destroyed a number of Public telephones in the City. A Square station new York . 10108. Meanwhile preparations were under Way saturday night for 1995�?Ts new year s eve Bash. It was to be the 87th year for the Ball lowering ritual. About 300,000 people were expected to Jam the Square As Midnight approached and then count Down the last few seconds to 1995 As the Ball descended a 77-foot-High flagpole atop one times Square. A total of 3,000 pounds of confetti was to be thrown from 13 rooftops and organizers were to distribute thousands of shimmering pompous and balloons to the crowd. In addition to times squares car round colourful Neon ads special effects from coloured lights set up in the area were to add to festivities. Fireworks were scheduled to go off at Midnight in Cen trial Park about a mile away