Page 2- The Michigan Daily - Friday, April 6,. 1990 Business /.: speakers converge on 'U' by Dan Lichtenstein Stew Leonard, a finalist for the 1989 National Entrepreneur of the Year award, will speak at 1 p.m. to- day at Rackham Auditorium, as part of the 7th annual Creativity Innova- tion & Entrepreneurship Conference. Leonard, who is one of the most successful entrepreneurs in the U.S., is the keynote speaker for the event which runs April today and Saturday at the Business School. Leonard's unorthodox business tactics, such as his theory that "the customer is always right," have aroused tremendous curiosity and in- terest in his success. He owns Stew Leonard's - a grocery store in Norwalk, Connecticut - which grosses over $100 million annually. According to a New York Times' ar- ticle, numerous companies, includ- ing Wendy's, Wal-Mart, Marriott and Union Carbide have sent execu- tives to study Leonard's methods, in an attempt to duplicate his success. Encouraging students from all majors to attend the conference, Business School Professor Fred Kiesner said, "(Students will) learn about how to run a creative, exciting and successful business that provides honesty, service and quality which is what we so badly need in America today." There is a conference registration fee of $30.00, which includes a lun- cheon, receptions and conference ma- terials. Although there is an admis- U I Hondurans protest IMF Some 3,000 Honduran students marched in the center of Tegucigalpa on Wednesday, burning a U.S. flag to protest the economics of the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The demonstration went without incident. sion charge for the other lectures, Leonard's lecture is free. The conference will also feature lecturers by Arthur Lipper, former Chair of Venture Magazine; Edward Lowe, chief executive officer of Ed- ward Lowe industries; Florine Mark- Ross, president and chief executive officer of Weight Watchers Group Inc.; and Max Dupree, chief execu- tive officer of Herman Miller Co. In addition to these speakers, three ex- perts from the area of small business and entrepreneurship will discuss their ideas on how to start a business and how to follow up on creative ideas. The conference is sponsored by the U.S. Small Business Adminis- tration and Creative Education Foun- dation. U.S., Japan trade talks end today Religious Services CAMPUS CHAPEL Pastor, Rev. Don Postema 1236 Washtenaw Ct. (668-7421,662-2402) Sunday, April 8, 10 a.m. Premiere of "Liturgy in Music" by Dr. Stephen Rush, Composer in Residence of U-M Dance Dept., for Choir, Soloists, Instruments and congregation. Work commissioned by Campus Chapel CANTERBURY HOUSE (Episcoal Church Chaplaincy) 218 N. Division (at Catherine) SUNDAY SCHEDULE Holy Eucharist-5p.m. in St. Andrews Preaoher: The Rev. Dr. Virginia Peacock Celebrant: The Rev. Susan McGarry 6 p.m.-Supper WEEKDAYS Morning Prayer, 7:30 am.,M-F Evening Prayer, 5:15 pm., M-F Call 665-0606 FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH and AMERICAN BA~rIST CAMPUS CENTER Huron Street (beweent State & Division) SUNDAYS: Worship-9:55 Bible Study Groups-11:20 Student Fellowship Supper and Bible Study-5:30 For information, call 6639376 Robert B. Wallace & Mark Wilson, pastors FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 1432 Washtenaw Ave. Sunday Worship at 9:30 & 11 a.m. Campus Ministry Innovative, informal communion services Dinner following Thurs., 53".615 ; Worship in Curtis Room Faith j tiz onDiscussion Group, exploring various Biblical themes, Every Sun., 9:30-1050 a.m. French Rm. Continental Breakfast Served Info., 662-4466-Rev. Amy Morrison Everyone Welcome! LUTHERAN CAMPUS MINISTRY LORD OF LIGHT LUTHERAN CHURCH, ELCA 801 South Forest at Hill Street Sunday Worship at 10 am. Wednesday: Bible Study at6:30 p.m. Worship at 7:30 p.m. ST. MARYS STUDENT PARISH 331 Thompson Street HOLY WEEK SCHEDULE PALM SUNDAY MASSES at 8:30 a.m., 10 a.m., 12 noon, & 5p.m. HOLY THURSDAY MASS at 7:30 p.m. ADORATION until 12 midnight. GOOD FRIDAY LTURGY, 12:10 p.m. CONFESSIONS, 4-5p.m. STATIONS OF THE CROSS, 7:30 p.m. EASTER VIGIL LITURGY.Sat..8:30 p.m. WASHINGTON (AP) - A ma- jor Japanese effort to lower trade ten- sion appears to be paying dividends, although doubters question how much effect the concessions actually will have on the huge U.S-Japan trade imbalance. The Japanese, who until recently were being blasted by the administra- tion for intransigence, are now get- ting praise from President Bush. Even a key congressional critic, Se- nator Max Baucus, (D-Mont.), says he is impressed with Japan's new found willingness to compromise. U.S. and Japanese negotiators hoped to wrap up talks today on an unprecedented agreement aimed at correcting the trade imbalance by re- forming fundamental business and economic practices in both coun- tries. The talks, which originally were scheduled to last only Monday and Tuesday, went into extra sessions because of the great number of de- tails that had to be reviewed, offi- cials said. U.S. Trade Representative Carla Hills said the length of the discus- sions did not indicate any unexpected roadblocks, but she did sound a warning about what could happen if the discussions did not succeed. "If the Japanese do not open their second largest market in the world, there will be enormous political pressure to restrict those (trade) op- portunities that have given them so much," she told an audience of American manufactures. "It will kill the goose that laid their golden egg." The talks are unprecedented in their scope because they aim not at boosting sales of specific products but at correcting broad barriers to trade in both countries. The effort has promoted Japanese critics to charge that the United States was trying to remake their na- tion and scrap centuries of tradition. However, the Bush administra- tion, which began the discussions last July, has maintained that the proposals would benefit Japanese consumers by increasing competi- tion and thus lowering retail prices, currently among the highest in the industrial world. Bush met Wednesday with Nubuuo Matsunaga, a special emis- sary from Japanese Prime Minister Toshiki Kaifu, and afterward the White House issued a statement praising Kaifu's role in bring about a new spirt of cooperation. In the past ten days, U.S. and Japanese negotiators have settled disputes involving sales of Ameri- can-made telecommunications equipment, satellites and supercom- puters. Baucus, chairman of the Senate trade subcommittee, told reporters Wednesday he was impressed by Japan's efforts. "I am willing to bury the hatchet with Japan if Japan is willing to open its markets," he said. "Congress is quite hopeful about the new attention given in Japan to re- solving trade issues." The trade committee of the Na- tional Association of Manufacturers (NAM) urged the administration Wednesday to put Japan on the trade "hit list" again, regardless of the outcome of the current talks, to keep pressure on Kaifu's government. "The Japanese have out-negoti- ated us in the past by making promises where there is no follow- up," said NAM President Jery Jasi- nowski. Negotiators involved in this week's discussions were preparing an interim progress report outlining re- forms each side is willing to make with a final report scheduled for early July. IN BRIEF Compiled from Associated Press and staff reports Survey shows 121 million people live in polluted areas WASHINGTON - House negotiators worked on details of new clean air legislation yesterday as the latest government air quality survey showed 121 million Americans living in pollution exceeding federal health standards. The Environmental Protection Agency also said in its annual assess- ment of air quality that the urban smog problem became 15 percent worse in 1988 compared to the year before, partly because of an exceedingly hot summer. That year is the latest for which datak a valthle. The survey showed 121 million people lived in areas in which air pol- lution exceeded the health standards for various pollutants, including smog. The agency statistics, some of which had been reported previously as preliminary data, showed emissions of sulfur dioxide and nitrogen dioxide both increased slightly while levels of carbon dioxide and dust or dirt de- clined somewhat. The emissions are largely the product of automobile travel, industrial releases or the burning of fossil fuels by electric power plants. Gerber assists allergic boy NEW YORK - A Gerber research plant is retooling to resume pro- duction for a market of one: a profoundly allergic 15-year-old boy who cannot live without a special baby formula the company stopped making a few years ago. For a few days this month, one quarter of the production space at the Gerber Products Co. research center in Fremont, Mich., will be devoted to making MBF, a formula only Raymond Dunn Jr. wants or needs. "People here are working on this on their own time," George Purvis, Gerber research director, said yesterday. "We all have our own jobs and this is one we added on." Raymond, who lives with his parents in the Catskills town on Yankee Lake weighs only 31 pounds. He was born with an abnormally small head and brain. He is severely physically and mentally retarded, and cannot speak or see. Mandela, de Klerk to talk about Black political power, CAPE TOWN, South Africa - President F.W. de Klerk and Nelson Mandela agreed yesterday on a new date for formal talks between the gov- ernment and the African National Congress on giving Blacks a share of political power in South Africa. The president and ANC leader met for three hours. The date of the for- mal talks was not announced and the two did not appear together after the meeting. Before the talks began, de Klerk accused Mandela of dissuading Black homeland leaders from meeting with the government as scheduled yestpr- day. De Klerk told reporters that during his meeting with Mandela, "I made~ the point that no one should inhibit discussions which need to take place on the widest possible scale." Jury rejects deli owner's claims to Newman's own BRIDGEPORT, Conn. - A jury yesterday rejected a delicatessen owner's claims that he was promised a slice of Paul Newman's food com- panies, ending a closely watched trial where profits were the issue, but. Newman was the star. The Academy Award winning actor was applauded as he left the court house by a crowd of about 200 reporters and spectators waiting on the steps. "Alright, Cool Hand Luke," yelled one well-wisher. "Congratulations Paul," shouted another, as a couple of motoristsi tooted their horns. The Superior Court jury deliberated just five hours over two days be- fore deciding that Newman never promised Julius Gold 8 percent stock in the companies, Newman's Own Inc. and Salad King Inc. EXTRAS Be careful with Easter eggs4 NEW YORK (AP) - Fears of salmonella and cholesterol needn' scramble Easter egg decorating plans, if eggs are handled properly and eaten sparingly. The U.S. Department of Agriculture recommends that there are no cracks in the shells and that they are protected from dirt, pets and other sources of bacteria. Hard-cooked eggs eventually will spoil, and should not be left at roont temperature for more than two hours if they are to be eaten, USDA said. The Blue Bird Circle, a Texas organization that has sold hand-painted Easter eggs for 66 years, is taking no chances. It canceled this year's sale on the advice of its lawyers, who were worried children would eat spoiled eggs and get sick. 0 I ETA KAPPA NU ASSOCIATION Eta Kappa Nu Association, the National Electrical and Computer Engineering honor society, was sreated to bring into closer union those in the profession of Electrical or Computer Engineering who by their attainments in college or in practice have manifested a deep interest and marked ability in their chosen life work, so as to foster a spirit of liberal culture in the Engineering colleges, and to mark in an outstanding manner those students in Electrical or Computer Engineering who through distinguished scholarship, activities, leadership and exemplary character have conferred honor on their Alma Mater. 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