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Wednesday, April 22, 1987AThe Battalion/Page 11 ed by an affiliaid Brown, Boveri 1 corporatedtheDi} em i( plans tostli! ring electric pow units are alreadtii ton said, various trai equipment co« rom Switzerland id proval of the li laldrige told aStr Kommittee he« berger's opposite ig the computersi hnologies that m old." in an interview tlu tut the very crap. Hinting onforanh log) at a disadur leralh control Japanese official requests lift of U.S. trade sanctions I WASHINGTON (AP) — A high- level Japanese emissary asked Presi dent Reagan on Tuesday to lift trade sanctions against Japan, but Rea gan's chief spokesman said action is inlikely before Prime Minister Ya- luhiro Nakasone’s visit next week. I Former Japanese Foreign Min- isier Shintaro Abe said that during a ■O-minute meeting with the presi- lent, lie “mentioned the semicon ductor sanctions issue and em- Ihasized that this measure should he ■Itecl as quickly as possible.” I White House spokesman Marlin litzwater, however, said, “It seems lunlikely to us that we will be able to ■rake a change in the sanctions be- Torethe prime minister’s visit.” I Nakasone is due in Washington on April 29 and 30 for meetings with |ie president and other officials and a state dinner. Abe said he handed Reagan a personal letter from the ■prime minister. | Reagan and Nakasone have be- mie friends in recent years, but re lent U.S. trade action has put a train on the relationship. The administration last Friday im posed a 100-percent tariff on some Japanese-manufactured lap-top and desk-top computers, some television sets with 18-to-20-inch screens and certain powered hand tools. Reagan said he was trying “to en force the principles of free and fair trade.” T he U.S. government accused the Japanese of violating an agreement to refrain from selling semiconduc tors in Third World countries at prices below cost and to open its markets wider to the purchase of U.S.-made semiconductors, also known as computer chips. Abe told reporters that during his visit with Reagan, “The president said . . . that he would like to discuss with the prime minister the broadly based relationship between Japan and the United States, not just trade but the entire breadth of our bilate ral relationship.” On the trade issue, Abe said, “it is Japan’s responsibility to discharge what is expected of it and I outlined the measures I have formulated be fore coming to Washington.” He said these were expanded in ternational contributions by Japan, expansion of manufactured and other imports and measures dealing with “individual trade issues.’’ “1 also emphasized that we should approach U.S.-Japan trade issues, not from the confrontation ap proach, but we should try to solve them through amicable talks,” Abe said. Fit/.water told reporters, “I would say that overall our position is that we have tried to take a deliberate ap proach” to the sanctions. We are sympathetic to the disruption that (imposition of sanctions) causes . . . so that our precondition is one of looking for solutions.” Fitzwater reiterated administra tion opposition to a House trade leg islation amendment that would re- quire the government to automatically retaliate against coun tries found to have gained excessive trade surpluses through unfair com petitive practices. Served with Beans & Rice Happy Hour 11 to 7 Daily Approved Chccks-Credit Cards 3109 Texas Ave. Bryan 823-7470 A-I-D-S | TESTING Absolute Confidentiality Call 776-7177 UPA University Pediatric Association 1328 Memorial Dr. • Bryan Full Range of Medical Service for College Student including Gynecological Services (Dr Kathleen Rollins) Call for appointment 776-4440 7 a.m.-7 p.m. extended hours for illnesses only William S. tioukling. M.D., F.A.A.P. Reimcth T. Manliews, M.D.. F.A.A.P (esse W Parr. M L)., F.A.A.P. Alvin H. Prause, M.D., F.A.A.P. Kathleen H. Rollins, M.D., F.A.A.P. Robert H. 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Sawyer said the family has yet to determine who hired his son to fly weapons to the Contras and who is responsible for the pilot’s credit card Car bomb in Sri Lanka leaves up to 150 dead at main bus terminal ■COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — A cai bomb at rush hour created an in ferno at the main bus terminal Tues day that officials said killed up to ;lpO people, bringing the death toll ffom terrorism in five days to nearly 30(). |A Health Ministry official said iout 200 people were injured and some might die of burns or other yvounds. HMany of the victims burned to death or were killed by smoke inha lation in six parked buses that were engulfed in flames, police and wit nesses said. ■ The bombing was the third attack since Friday on this island south of india, where Tamil insurgents have waged a four-year war against the (lajority Sinhalese for an indepen dent nation. Tamils killed at least 142 people in northeastern Sri janka Friday and Monday. I Witnesses said many of the in jured at the bus terminal had severe burns. Rescue work was hampered by heavy rain. Police took over pri vate cars, buses and trucks to carry take victims to hospitals. Windows of many cars and build ings were shattered, but no major structural damage was reported. Army helicopters with search lights clattered overhead after dark, helping with the rescue and the search for the bombers. No one claimed responsibility for the bomb, but the government is sued a statement blaming two Tamil separatist groups, the Liberation Ti gers of Tamil Eelam and the Eelam Revolutionary Organization of Stu dents. Eelam is what the Tamils would call the nation they want to establish in northern and eastern Sri Lanka, where members of their ethnic group predominate. bill of more than $3,500 in motels and other expenses in Central America. “Those bills were incurred in his line of work and we don’t plan to pay them,” he said. Winslow Drummond, the Sawy ers’ attorney in Little Rock, Ark., said he has ordered that court pa pers be prepared seeking to have a court administrator appointed in Columbia County to handle matters for the estate. Creditors would have 90 days to file claims. Since the Sawyers have few assets, the estate procedure may be the first step in taking some legal action, Drummond said. Mrs. Sawyer, while not in desper ate financial shape, does not work, her father-in-law said. Her husband left her with a mortgage of about $75,000 and car bills, he said. The elder Sawyer, a retired oil worker, said he has no idea who paid his son, but he hopes that he will learn more about his namesake’s ac tivities in Central America when a special congressional panel on the Iran-Contra affair begins public hearings on May 5. He said an unknown person paid about $3,000 for his son’s funeral expenses. There is still $875 due. 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