4-A The S.C., Tuesday, July 26, 1988 led Frank J. Hartzog HILDA Frank James Hartzog, 84, died Sunday. Born in Bamberg County, he was a member of Hilda First Baptist Church, where. the for him church fellowship wife, the building late Lucy was Cook Hartzog. He was a retired merchant, a produce member and of cotton Harmony buyer Masonic and shipper Lodge ADd.
17 of Barnwell, where he received his 50- year pin in 1981. He served as Master of the lodge for more than two years and was a dual member of Hilda Masonic a Lodge No. 426. Surviving are sisters, Mrs. Leona H.
Still of Blackville and Mrs. Bertie H. Delk of Hilda. Services will be held at 5:30 p.m. today at Hilda First Baptist Church, with Masonic rites.
Memorials may be made to Hilda First Baptist Church or to Double Pond Baptist Church. Mole Funeral Home is in charge. Mrs. Lula E. Rayner NORTH CHARLESTON Mrs.
Lula Ella Engelbert Rayner, 96, widow of Edward E. Rayner, died Sunday. member in, Binghamton, N.Y., United she Methodist was st Church. Surviving is a daughter, Mrs. Barbara Tinsley of Sarasota, Fla.
Services will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday at J. Henry Stuhr's Funeral Home, Northwoods Chapel, with burial in JerusaCemetery of Elloree. The family will receive friends from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
today at the funeral home. Mrs. Jeddie M. co*ker OLANTA Mrs. Jeddie Mae co*ker, 70, widow of Charlton co*ker, died Monday.
tended Winthrop College retired Born Williamsburg she atteacher. She was a member of New Town Free Will Baptist Church. Surviving are daughters, Mrs. Agnes Dennis, Mrs. Gwen Lee and A Mrs.
Mary E. Jordan, all of Lake City; a brother, Moultrie Osborne of Olanta; and sisters, Mrs. Inez Mouzon of New Zion and Mrs. Lilly Johnson of Lexington. Services will be held at 5 p.m.
today at New Town Free Will Baptist Church, with burial in Pine Dale Cemetery. Floyd Funeral Home is in charge. Ed Goodman ESTILL Ed Goodman, 74, died Sunday. Born in Jasper County, he was a retired truck driver and a member of Mount Zion AME Church, where he was a member of the senior choir. Surviving are his widow, Mrs.
Lillie Bell Goodman; sons, Harold, Willie and Ed Goodman all of Estill; brothers, Walter Goodman of Washington, D.C., and Henry Goodman of Newberry; and sisters, Miss Elouise Goodman of Garnett and Mrs. Louise Harvin of the Bronx, N.Y. Services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Mount Zion AME Church of Garnett, with burial in Lawton Cemetery. Houston Funeral Service is in charge.
Thomas J. Mahon SUMTER Thomas J. Mahon, 86, died Sunday. Born in New York City, N.Y., he was a member of St. Jude's Catholic Church and a retired employee of Floral Park School in Long Island, N.Y.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Irene Molloy Mahon; a son, Robert T. Mahon of Sumter; a foster William Savage of Schenectady, N.Y.; and a sister, Mrs. Mary D'Angelo of Hopewell Junction, N.Y. Mass will be celebrated at 11 a.m.
Wednesday at St. Jude's Catholic Church, with burial in St. Lawrence Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 7 p.m. today at Elmore-Hill FunerBillion de Memorials may be made to St.
Jude's Catholic Church. Notices LEONARD "JIM" ANDERSON, 60, of Darlington, died Monday. Plans will be announced by Kistler Funeral Home. MRS. IDA MARJORIE CROUCH, of Gaston, died Monday.
Plans will be announced by Thompson Funeral Home, where the family will receive friends from 7 p.m. p.m. today. MRS. MINNIE LEE GLOVER, of 201 Beaverbrook Drive, died Monday.
Plans will be announced by J.P. Holley Funeral Home. STANLEY IRWIN GREGORY, 43, of 638 E. Point Drive, Gilbert, died Monday. will be announced by Thompson Funeral Home of West Columbia.
MISS INEZ HAYS, of Elko died Sunday. Plans will be announced by Green's Funeral Home. MRS. MARY VIRGINIA HOUSE, 76, of A-1 Jaggers Terrace, died Monday. Plans will be announced by Metropolitan Funeral Service.
JAMES MERLIN ROSE, 79, of 6318 Pinefield Road, died Monday. Plans will be announced by Dunbar Funeral Home, Devine Street Chapel. MRS. MARGARET SWAN HOGG ROUSE, 85, of Barnwell, died Monday. Plans will be announced by Dyches Funeral Home, where the family will receive friends from 7 p.m.
to 9 p.m. today. PAUL TEAL of Hartsville, died Monday. Plans will be announced by BrownPennington-Atkins Funeral Home. Rites MAJ.
CLARENCE T. ADAMS, 11 a.m. at Shandon Presbyterian Church. Dunbar Funeral Home, Gervais Street Chapel, is in charge. MRS.
REATHER ARCHIE, 4 p.m. at St. James Baptist Church of Horrel Hill. Leevy's Funeral Home is in charge. JOHN LONNIE "BOPEEP" BELL, 1 p.m.
at Corinthia Baptist Church Willingboro, N.J. Leevy's Funeral Home is in charge of local arrangements. ULYSSES SMITH, 4 p.m. at Bethlehem Baptist Church, with burial in Lincoln Cemetery. Leevy's Funeral Home is in charge.
THOMAS M. WEATHERFORD 4 p.m. at Mechanicsville Baptist Church. BelkDavis Funeral Home is in charge. JOE E.
WHITE, 5. p.m. at Union Baptist Church. Smith-Collins Funeral Home of Marion is in charge. Deaths and Funerals Willie J.
Poston HEMINGWAY Willie J. Poston, 14, died Monday. Born in Georgetown County, a son Joe Mrs. Marie Young Elliott. He was a student at Pleasant Hill Middle School and a member of Liberty Pentecostal Holiness Church.
Surviving are his father and stepmother, Mrs. Levon of Johnsonville; his mother a pastopiather, Frankie Elliott, both of Hemingway; sisters, Miss Jo A. Poston and Mrs. Diane Young, both of Hemingway; his paternal grandmother, Mrs. Willie M.
Johnson of Hemingway; and his maternal grandmother, Mrs. Jannie E. Young of Hemingway. Services will be held at 5 p.m. today at Liberty Pentecostal Holiness Church, with burial in Prosser, Cemetery.
Morris Home is in charge. Mrs. Mattie B. Polston BENNETTSVILLE Mrs. Mattie Barrington Polston, 77, widow of Archie McLeod Polston died Sunday.
Born in Marlboro County, she was a member and former Sunday school teacher of Salem Baptist Church. Surviving are, sons, Bobby Polston of Columbia and Archie Polston Jr. of Bennettsville; daughters, Mrs. Dorothy Sheppard of West Columbia and Mrs. Eunice Crowder of Bennettsville; brothers, mon Barrington of McColl and Fairley Barrington of Bennettsville; and sisters, Mrs.
Gladys Martin of Canton, Mrs. Lucy Quick of Blenheim Mrs. Carrie Norris and Mrs. Rosa Freeman, both of Bennettsville. Services will be held at 2 p.m.
today at Whitner-Evans Funeral Home, with burial in Sunset Memorial Park. Robert Garland HARTSVILLE Robert Garland, 73, died Sunday. Born in Duane, N.Y., he was a graduate of Cornell University with a degree in animal husbandry. He was farm manager at Bray's Island Plantation in Yemassee and retired employee of co*ker's Pedigree Seed continuing as consultant to R.R. co*ker in recreational game management and cropping systems.
He was a member of Wesley United Methodist Church, where he served on the board of trustees and the administrative board and was treasurer of the Kenneth Kuehner Class. He was also a member of the Men's Fellowship Breakfast and the Wednesday night Bible study group. Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Maxine Henry Garland; sons, John E. Garland of Taguatinga, and Marshall L.
Garland of Indianapolis; a brother, Edward Garland of Duane; and a sister, Mrs. Winifred Trudeau of Plattsburg, N.Y. Services will be held at 4 p.m. Thursday at Wesley United Methodist Church. Memorials may be made to Wesley United Methodist Church or to a charity of one's choice.
Brown-Pennington-Atkins Funeral Home is in charge. Mrs. Daphne C. Varnadore Mrs. Daphne Connell Varnadore, 47, died Monday.
Born in Richland County, she was a daughter of Mrs. Edith H. Connell. She was a retired teacher and a member of Lancaster First Baptist Church, where she was a former GA leader and Sunday school teacher. She was a member of the South Education Association and the National Education Association.
Surviving are her husband, Bobby C. Varnadore; daughters, Misses Edie and Cynthia Varnadore, both of Lancaster; her mother of Lancaster; and grandmother, Mrs. B.R. Hinson of Lancaster. Services will be held at 11 a.m.
Wednesat Lancaster First Baptist Church, with burial in Lancaster Memorial Park. The family will receive friends from 7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. today at Mahaffey Funeral Home. Memorials may be made to Lancaster First Baptist Church.
Fred H. Harvey bia, died Monday. Born in Old Fort, N.C., he was a retired barber and a member of Tompson Creek Baptist Church. Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Janette Sellers Harvey; sons, Charles A.
Harvey of Miami, James T. Harvey of Columbia and George W. Harvey of Chapin; and a daughter, Mrs. Charlotte E. Sottile of Columbia.
Services will be held at 4 p.m. Wednesday at Tompson Creek Baptist Church. The family will receive friends from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. today at Miller-RiversCaulder Funeral Home.
Memorials may be made to the American Lung Association or to a charity of one's choice. CHESTERFIELD H. Harvey, 87, formerly of Colum- Ms. Sara R. Poston HEMINGWAY Mrs.
Sara Ruth Lewis Poston, 36, died Sunday. in Georgetown County, she was a daughter of Mrs. Wilma Joye. Surviving are a son, Donald Poston of Johnsonville; a daughter, Miss Bevly Poston of Myrtle Beach; her mother of Hemingway; and brothers, Lonnie W. Lewis of Hemingway will and be Larry held at Lewis 11 of Pamplico.
at a.m. today Morris Funeral Home, with burial in Garden of Devotion Cemetery. Michael G. Merchant SALUDA Michael Gordon Merchant, 38, died Sunday. Born in Georgia, he was a son of Cecil G.
and Mrs. Hazel Pennington Merchant. He was a retired printer from Kinko's. Surviving are his parents of Saluda; and sisters, Mrs. Mary J.
Dorsey of Saluda and Mrs. Martha S. Gipson of North Augusta. Services will be held at 5 p.m. Caughman-Harman Funeral Home, Lexington Chapel.
Memorials may be made to Good Hope Holiness Church of Saluda. Visit "Cola Town" Enjoy Salley clever column. Mondays in The State Marcus Cunningham DONALDS Marcus Cunningham, 54, died Sunday. Born in Abbeville County, he was a Korean conflict Army veteran and a member of Springfield Baptist Church of Level Land. Surviving are brothers, Wallace Cunningham of Due West and George R.
Cunningham of Donalds; and sisters, Mrs. Azzielee Redford of Columbia, Mrs. Ruth Sanders of Ware Shoals and Miss Rosa L. Cunningham of Donalds. Services will be held at 3 p.m.
Wednesday at Spring Field Baptist Church. The family will receive friends from 7:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. today at Holloway Funeral Home of Belton and at other times at Route 2, Donalds. Mrs.
Mary H. Ervin BROOKLYN, N.Y. Mrs. Mary Haynes Ervin, 66, formerly of Brunson, S.C., died Wednesday. Born in Hampton County, S.C., she was a member of Cherry Grove Christian Church near Brunson.
Surviving are a son, Willie Ervin of a daughter, Ms. Ruth Ervin Brooklyn; brothers, Henry Haynes and Guy 0. Davis, both of Brooklyn; and sisters, Mrs. Dora Allen and Mrs. Louise Loadholt, both of Allendale, S.C., Mrs.
Bessie Smith of Fairfax, S.C., and Mrs. Della Williams of Leesburg, Fla. Services will be held at 3 p.m. Wednesday at Pilgrim Lodge No. 30 of Fairfax, with burial in Cherry Grove Christian Church cemetery.
The family will receive friends at 64 Kennedy Park in Allendale. Riley's Funeral Home of Fairfax is in charge. Lawyer may lead inquiry Washington Post WASHINGTON The House ethics committee Tuesday is expected to name Richard Phelan, a past president of the Chicago Bar Association, to serve as special counsel in its investigation into the financial dealings of Speaker Jim Wright, D-Texas. Congressional sources said that Phelan had met with members of the committee more than a week ago, and most of the six Democrats and six Republicans on the panel supported him. But, the sources said, Phelan's ties to the Democratic Party could trigger some opposition.
Phelan, 51, is the managing partner of the Chicago firm of Phelan, Pope John and this year served as a fund-raiser for the unsuccessful presidential campaign of Sen. Paul Simon, D-Ill. According to a January article in The American Lawyer, Phelan helped raise more than $100,000. Phelan was elected as an Illinois delegate to last week's Democratic convention but he allowed an alternate to take his place. Records at the Federal Election Commission also show that Phelan has contributed to Simon, former Democratic presidential candidate Walter Mondale and Sen.
Alan J. Dixon, D-Ill. An aide to Rep. Newt Gingrich, R- whose formal complaint to the ethics panel in May triggered the investigation of Wright, described the lawmaker as "outraged" by the apparent decision to appoint Phelan to conduct the probe. "It's going to be an absolute whitewash; he's a Democratic activist," aide Karen Van Brocklin said.
If Phelan's selection, first reported by The Washington Times, is ratified today by the ethics panel, he will take control of a high-profile investigation that has become entwined with the politics of the presidential Lt. Col. Oscar L. Garland retired from Army Air Corps Lewis Charlton LURAY Lewis Charlton, 60, died Sunday. Born in Allendale County.
Surviving are an uncle, Ben Charlton Jr. of Jamaica, N.Y.; an aunt, Mrs. Addie Walls of Brooklyn, N.Y.; and a niece, Mrs. Sara Patterson Luray. Services will be held at 1 p.m.
Sunday at St. Matthews AME Church of Luray, with burial in John Star Cemetery. Houston Funeral Service of Estill is in charge. Niels E. Jensen WEST COLUMBIA Niels Erik Jensen, infant son of Erik Gerald and Mrs.
Wendy Gale Rutherford Jensen, died Friday. Surviving are his parents of Columbia; his paternal grandparents, Mrs. and Mrs. Gerald A. Jensen, both of Newark, and his maternal grandparents, Ross C.
Rutherford and Mrs. Darlene L. Neault, both of Clovis, Calif. Services will be held in Clovis. Palm Funeral Home of Fresno, is in charge of arrangements Clovis and Dunbar Funeral Home is in charge of local arrangements.
Junian R. Mack Jr. SWANSEA Junian Robert "Bobby" Mack 54, died Friday. Born in Oconee County, he was son of Mrs. Margaret Woolbright Mack.
He was a graduate of the University of South Carolina, Vanderbilt University and the Medical University of South Carolina. He was a psychiatrist. Surviving are his mother of Swansea; and a brother, Bill Mack of Tampa, Fla. Services will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Melrose Memorial Gardens.
Culler Funeral Home of North is in charge. Carey W. Wood WINNSBORO Carey W. Wood, 78, died Sunday. Born in Metter, he was a retired employee of Uniroyal Corp.
and a member of the Church of the Nazarene. Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Nellie Rabon Wood; sons, George L. Wood of Bethany, Jimmie E. Wood of Memphis, and Alfred B.
Wood of Magnolia, stepson, Al Finley of Winnsboro; stepdaughters, Mrs. Joyce Brice of Winnsboro, Mrs. Myrtle Bowen of Lugoff, Mrs. Evelyn Arant of Columbia and Mrs. Joan Rockholt of Orange Park, brothers, Fred Hardwick of Columbia, Harold Wood of Statesboro, Ray Wood of Cosby, and Harmon Wood of Metter; and sisters, Mrs.
Bonnell Hofftauir of Lake Charles, Anna B. Kendall of Batesburg and Mrs. Nellie Lane of Columbia. Services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Church of the Nazarene.
There will be at the church one hour before services. The family will receive friend from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. today at Pope Funeral Home. Memorials may be made to the Church of the Nazarene building fund.
David C. Johnson ST. STEPHEN David Calvin Johnson, 77, died Monday. Born in Berkeley County, he was a retired mechanic from Parrish Motor Co. and the retired owner and operator of his own automotive and heavy equipment repair business.
He was a member of the Pentecostal Holiness faith. He was first married to the late Odester McConnell Johnson. Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Marie Mims Johnson; a son, David E. Johnson of St.
Stephen; daughters, Mrs. Joyce J. Skipper of Andrews and Mary A. Crawford and Mrs. Jeanette J.
Crawford, both of St. Stephen; a brother, Sam Johnson of Sumter; and sisters, Mrs. Wilton J. Leviner of Sumter, Mrs. Esther J.
Cowan of North and Mrs. Louise J. Frye of St. Stephen. Services will be held at 2 p.m.
Wednesday at Mayer Funeral Home, with burial in Elmwood Cemetery Annex. The family will receive friends from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. today at the funeral home. Thomas J.
Rabb Jr. DARLINGTON Thomas J. Rabb 61, died Monday. Born in Monticello, he was served in the Merchant Marines and was a retired car dealer. He was owner of Sun Furniture Co.
in Fort Myers, Fla. Surviving are a son, Thomas M. Rabb of Darlington; a daughter, Mrs. Earl (Janet) Wade of Mount Dora, a brother, Calvin Rabb of Darlington; and sisters, Mrs. W.S.
(Tootsie) Mrs. Bennie (Madge) Hutchinson and Mrs. Johnny (Barbara) Howle, all of Darlington, Mrs. Charles (Lou) Spur of Columbia and Al (Martha) Werre Lady Lake, Fla. Services will be held at 11 a.m.
Wednesday at Grove Hill Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. today at Belk-Davis Funeral Home and at other times at the home of Mrs. W.S.
DeWitt. Mrs. Julia A. Davis LAKE CITY Mrs. Julia Ann Gaston Davis, 88, died Saturday.
Born in Chester County, she was a member of Greater St. James AME Church, where she was a member of Stewardess Board No. 2, the missionary society and the senior choir and served as captain of the church's baby contest. She was a member of the United Order of Tents No. 112.
Surviving are sons, Charlie Gaston and Dennis Davis, both of Baltimore, and John H. Gaston of Wilkesboro, N.C.; daughters, Mrs. Mrs. Julia Johnnie M. M.
Brown Thomas of of Lake Baltimore; City and and sisters, Mrs. Mary L. Patten of Rock Hill and Mrs. Roxianna Jordan of Cleveland, Ohio. Services will be held at 2 p.m.
Wednesday at Greater St. James AME Church, with burial in Rest Lawn Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. today at Green's Funeral Home.
Problem in practice countdown stalls engine test-firing for day CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. A practice space shuttle countdown hit a snag Monday, postponing a critical test-firing of Discovery's three main engines 24 hours, until Sunday. The postponement was announced as engineers assessed methods for fixing a small shuttle gas leak without having to take Discovery off the launch pad, a move that could delay the planned early-September launch by as much as two months. The launch team started the countdown late Sunday and fell behind early in closing out the shuttle's rear engine compartment on the pad. That forced the one-day postponement in the loading of gases aboard the spaceship's energy-producing fuel cells.
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Oscar Love Garland 67, of Jacksonville, died. Born in Darlington County, he was a graduate of the University of South Carolina and a World War II Army Air Corps veteran. He as instructor West Point Military Academy and did combat with the 459th fighter squadron in the China-Burma Theater. He flew P38 fighter planes and earned the nickname "Geronimo." He later served in Germany, Japan and Korea and retired in 1974. He lived in Jacksonville for the past 16 years, Mrs.
Mozelle B. Love BARNWELL Mrs. Mozelle B. Love, 72, widow of Murray E. Love died Monday.
Born in Barnwell County, she was a seamstress and member of Southern Methodist Church of Hilda. Surviving are sons, Cecil L. Love of Olar and and Murray E. both of Columbia; daughters, Mrs. Elizabeth Askew Hampton, Mrs.
Edwina Baxley of Barnwell and Mrs. Linda Saunders of Lexington; brothers, J.H. Bodiford of Moncks Corner, Briggs Bodiford of Hilda and Othel Bodiford of Savannah; and sisters, Mrs. Beulah Snell Clarie Grizzard, both of Hilda, and Mrs. Latine Harring of Florence.
Services will be held at 3 p.m. today at Southern Methodist Church, with burial in Barnwell County Memorial Cemetery. Memorials may be made to a charity of one's choice. Dyches Funeral Home is in charge. Jim Wright Under ethics investigation campaign and the speaker's tight control of the Democratic-dominated House.
In voting to begin the inquiry into Wright last month, the ethics panel determined that it would investigate some of the speaker's oil and gas investments and the relationship, if any, of those financial interests and his dealings with various government officials; the circ*mstances surrounding publication of his book, Reflections of a Public Man, published by a longtime associate with financial ties to his campaign committees and partially compiled by a staff aide; his intervention with federal banking regulators on behalf of Texas savings and loan executives; and his use of a Fort Worth condominium owned by a family with whom he had business ties. Though many of the allegations concerning Wright's activities have been in the public domain for many years, the charges and ensuing investigation have become highly political in recent months. Republicans, led by their prospective presidential nominee, Vice President George Bush, have highlighted the case in hopes that it would soften Democratic criticism of Attorney General Edwin Meese III and other Reagan administration officials. tle has been fueled since the fleet was grounded by the Challenger explosion on Jan. 28, 1986.
On Thursday, when the countdown reaches 10 seconds before a mock liftoff, a simulated problem is to force a postponement. Crews then will rehearse what they call a 72-hour launch turnaround exercise. They will empty the fuel tank, start another countdown and aim for a test-firing of Discovery's main engines at 7:30 a.m. Sunday. The 20-second firing, with the shuttle locked firmly on the pad, will check modifications made to turbopumps and other engine systems and is considered crucial to Discovery being certified for the first post-Challenger shuttle flight.
The launch, with a five-man crew, is scheduled for early September. where he was a member of St. Anthony Episcopal Church. He was a member of the American Legion and the Veterans of Foreign Wars. Surviving are a son, Oscar L.
Garland III of Houston; daughters, Mrs. Craig (Kathy-Sue) Shoemaker of Savannah and Mrs. William (Laurie) Elder of Pensacola, a stepson, Michael Downey of Savannah; and a sister, Miss Aleene Garland of Hartsville. Services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at Grove Hill Cemetery.
Kistler Funeral Home is in charge. C.0. Rawl Born in Lexington Coulda's. he lived in Kingsland for the past 48 years and was the retired owner and operator of a service station in Kingsland. He was a member of Kingsland First United Methodist Church.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Evelyn Rawl; a son, Rolf O. Rawl of St. Augustine, daughters, Mrs. Evelyn J.
Guske of Sylvester, Mrs. Diane Brandon of Jacksonville, Mrs. Debra Gerry of Oxford and Mrs. Cathy Reed of Duluth; a brother, Claude Rawl of Kingsville, and sisters, Mrs. Blanche Barker of Cedar Lake, and Mrs.
Myrtie Smith of Lexington. Services will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Kingsland First United Methodist Church, with burial in Pineview Cemetery in Folkston. The family will receive friends from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
today at Dekle-Wainwright Funeral Home. KINGSLAND, Ga. C.O. Rawl, 73, died Congress to ponder trade pact Canadians threaten to block approval Associated Press WASHINGTON President Reagan praised Congress on Monday for putting the U.S.Canadian Free Trade Agreement on a "fast track," saying it will save Americans $3 billion a year and spur economic growth for both nations. He spoke at a ceremony marking transmission to Congress of legislation implementing the accord.
White House spokesman Marlin Fitzwater said he hopes the pact will survive legislative scrutiny in Canada, where it has become entangled in a political uproar stemming from the call for new elections by Liberal Party opponents of Prime Minister Brian Mulroney. On Jan. 2, Reagan and Mulroney signed an agreement that provides for the elimination of all tariffs in the two countries' $150 billion-a-year trade. It also would reduce many non-tariff barriers, liberalize investment practices and provide new rules covering cross-border trade in services. The American Coalition for Trade Expansion with Canada hailed the submission of the accord to Capitol Hill.
James Robinson III, chairman and chief executive officer of the American Express called it "a milestone in U.S. economic history." The accord ran into trouble last week in Canada when the opposition Liberal Party vowed to block ratification until Mulroney calls a general election. But Mulroney rejected demands for an immediate election to settle the free-trade issue a debate that has divided Canadians for a century. Fitzwater said he did not believe U.S. officials had had "any direct conversations" with Canadian leaders.
we're still hopeful that they proceed with the Free Trade Agreement and that they'll be able to get that passed up there as well." Fitzwater also said he hoped Canada would not amend or modify the agreement. He said he did not know whether such a move would require a renegotiation of the treaty. The Free Trade Agreement is scheduled to go into effect Jan. 1, 1989, provided Congress and the Canadian Parliament pass implementing legislation. The changes will be phased in during 10 years.
The House of Commons approved it in principle July 6 and has scheduled a final reading in mid-August after committee hearings. The legislation then goes to the Senate, which has a large Liberal majority. Canada's two opposition parties, the Liberals and socialist New Democrats, accuse Mulroney of sacrificing the nation's sovereignty. But Mulroney claims the deal will create prosperity and shield Canada from U.S. protectionism.
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