European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 20, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Pages the stars and stripes wednesday. November 20, 1985 having a Ball thousands of coloured Bill make for i lot of fun to swim la link in or jut Trade wound in without Law to wet.  Atilo. Look for her Little finer is to Niue who i Aeck-4eep in the Small spheres. A Cas Grande Ariz Meta out provides the playroom Lor the Hhie of. Letter warns of  food of Calif supermarkets hit by strike los Angeles a a letter warning that meat and produce were injected with insecticide at several supermarkets hit by a bitter strike caused removal of some items from shelves but no contaminated food was found. Syringes were found at five Alpha Beta markets listed in the letter monday. The letter threatened further action unless Southern California s major grocery chains change their position in the 15-Day-old strike and lockout. We want to stress that no evidence of product contamination has been found an Alpha Beta news release said. Even if no Poison is found falsely reporting that food was poisoned is punishable by up to a year in prison. The warning letter postmarked saturday said meat and produce at 42 Alpha Beta stores had been injected with enough insecticide to cause nausea and vomiting but not death. The note did t mention any of the unions involved but did say the tampering was because of delays by the food employer Council which represents the grocery chains in negotiations with the teamsters and the United food and commercial workers unions. Both unions unanimously deplore reports of alleged contamination of produce or any other foodstuffs in super Market by person or persons unknown. This reported action is totally unacceptable and alien to the principles of organized working men and women Union in Okumu Dan Swinton said. Some products were pulled from the shelves As a pre caution the Alpha Beta statement said. Sheriffs deputies and police from three suburban departments reported finding syringes monday afternoon in five of the six stores listed in a letter received at radio station a feb and Kab to. A feb news director Jeri love said the unsigned Handwritten letter bore a los Angeles postmark and said in part forty two Alpha Beta stores were visited today with injections of insecticide in various products. Some roasts oranges cheeses and other items. We left six syringes in the stores to be found so you will know we mean business. This is  the letter directed searchers to spots on shelves behind specific products. The dose of insecticide is not intended to cause any More than vomiting and stomach cramps it said. Earlier monday the teamsters Union filed a $715 Mil lion libel and slander suit against some employers in the work stoppage. The Superior court suit contends that the companies falsely claimed that the teamsters caused the meat cutters to repudiate a tentative agreement reached nov. 4, before the strike began said Swinton. Stateside pol shows Bush has big Lead As gop nomination Choice Washington up vice president George Bush overwhelmed his Pic tial opponents for the 1988 Republican parly presidential nomination in a newly re polls Lars from Arthur j. Finkelstin & associates inter viewed i 005 republicans in Early november and its re sulis were released in the nov. 25 Issue of Newsweek. Bush was tabbed by 44.3 percent of those interviewed As their Choice for the Republican nomination in 1988. For Mer sen. Howard Baler of Tennessee was a Distant second at 9 5 percent. Senate majority Leader Robert Dole of Kansas was next Al 9.2 per cell and new York rep. Jack Kemp won the approval of 7.6 percent of those surveyed. Bush strategists were pleased with the poll s results but hardly complacent the Magazine reported. This is an expectations game and it has t been any help to be the front runner in recent years one Bush aide told Newsweek. Stolen automobile recovered but dog inside is still missing Boston a a distraught family in town for a dog show lost their valuable weimaraner when a thief made off with the car she was in police said. The car was recovered but there was no sign of the 114 year old dog named Reina said police spokesman Robert o Toole. She s Worth a lot to us said the dog s owner Yolanda Cordero of North Bangor . Right now i m Jutt hoping for the  after the Cordero showed Reina Al the Bayside exposition Center the family went sightseeing for about two hours leaving the animal in a crate inside the car. When they returned both vehicle and pet were missing. Group Marks 7th anniversary of Jim Jones cult suicides Washington up a group led by the Daugh ters of slain rep. Leo Ryan held a memorial to Mark the seventh anniversary of the 1978 murder suicide of More than 900 residents of the people s Temple cult in Jonestown Guyana. Ryan and 912 others were victims of the murder suicides on nov. 19, 1978, in the South american Jungle where the California congressman had gone to inspect conditions at the Jungle settlement run by the Rev. Jim Jones. A mass suicide led by Jones followed the fatal shooting by his followers of Ryan and four other americans travel ing with him. Ryan s daughters Patricia and Erin Ryan led a rally of about 10 people on the East Steps of the is. Capital including Anita Solomon a psychologist who warned of other destructive Cults. $76,400 Gold necklace stolen when its 3 guards fall asleep new Orleans a a 176,400 Gold necklace with a 2.4 Carat Diamond and Pearl Centrepiece was stolen from � display Case in the lobby of the downtown Hilton hotel when the men assigned to guard it fell asleep police said i in Law was owned by David Lindawood of port land ore., who police Aid put it in a display Case at the riverfront hotel with some Ivory carvings and paintings in an attempt to sell them. The Case was latched but not locked. Cost of arms programs fell by $3 billion Dod says by Norman Black Washington a thanks to the cancellation of the army s sgt. York air defense weapon the estimated Cost of major . Weapons programs declined by More than j3 billion during the final Quarter of fiscal 1985, the Pentagon has reported. According to the congressionally Man dated report the Pentagon now expects the 92 remaining weapons programs that form the heart of president Reagan s Mili tary buildup to Cost $778.6 billion to com plete. That reflects a savings of $3.23 billion compared to a june 30 estimate of 1781.8 billion to Complete 93 programs. The sgt. York weapon cancellation saved a mini mum of $2.45 billion the Pentagon Esti mated. The Pentagon said most of the remain ing savings were the result of changes in another troubled program the so called Omraam missile. Citing initiatives by defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger to rein in the Coats of the advanced air to air missile the Pentagon said that program now was expected to Cost $8.65 billion compared to the june estimate of $9.44billion. The new figures Are contained in a quarterly study known As the selected acquisition report. The report provide Only a Broad gauge of How Well the Pentagon is doing in managing its weapons buying. For example the report does not reflect any change to a program unless there Are major schedule delays or an increase of at least 5 percent in the Cost. Nor does it specify when the last year of buying for each weapon is scheduled. The latest report which covets the period from july i to sept. 30, shows the cancellation of the sgt. York program but if does not indicate whether the Pentagon intends to seek a replacement. Army and defense department officials already have launched a study that could Lead to the tart of a new program next year. Weinberger cancelled the sgt York which was also known at the do Vad on aug 27. He said that although $1.8 Bil lion had already been spent on the weapon the program was t Worth continuing because the sgt. York offered Only Marg Nal improvements Over the weapons now used to protect tank and infantry divisions. The new report showed that the Penta gon has now determined that it Sank $2 billion into the program before Weinberg the report also discloses several other additions and subtractions to the costs of various programs but the changes tend to cancel each other out. For example the Pentagon said it was lowering its estimate for the so called 1s Lampe program from $829.5 million to $581.8 billion because it had decided to use a single contractor rather than two prime contractors. That program which involves the modernization of the Penta gon s Backbone network for transmitting message traffic to military base around the world is being handled by try inc. On the other hand the Pentagon in creased the Cost estimate for a program to upgrade the world wide military com Mand and control system. That program is now expected to Cost $2.34 billion com pared to the $2.06 billion estimate on june 30, due primarily to follow on development Effort and for site specific hard Ware beyond the five year