European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 15, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Inside stripes d Idaho teacher to get Chance to Fly aboard shuttle Page 5 d ask  or help with tax problem. D Marcos hat big Lead in Philippines tally Page 8 Pago 28 authorized unofficial publication for the . Armed forces vol. 44, no. 302 saturday february 15, 1986 us com Ono saw d 8693 a Reward offered in tylenol Case White Plains . A potassium cyanide found in two bottles or extra strength tylenol capsules apparently came from the same source authorities said Fri Day and the manufacturer offered a $100,000 Reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the poisoner. This is an act of terrorism pure and simple said James e. Burke chairman of Johnson & Johnson which manufactures tylenol. Scientists determined that a second bottle of tylenol contained the same Poison that killed a 23-year-old woman last week end an indication authorities said that the same hands were involved in both Tarn Werings. The lot numbers of the two bottles appeared to indicate one was manufactured m Pennsylvania and one in puerto Rico and it was not known whether the two lots might have been stored together somewhere in the distribution Chain. Although the manufacturer and the food and drug administration warned consumer nationwide not to use tylenol capsules for now no poisoned tylenol had been found outside Westchester county in the Northern suburbs of new York City. Burke said the company would give a refund or a new bottle of tylenol tablets or capsules to any consumer who wished to Exchange tylenol capsules. Police said they had no suspects and discounted a letter that claimed responsibility for the poisoning demanded $2 million and threatened to Poison other products. The Man who admitted writing the note was charged Only with an unrelated credit card fraud. I think it s just one of those trying to extort Money and trying to get publicity and is not related to the poisoning death of Diane Elsroth of Peck skill said Bronxville police chief Carl Steinmuller. Meanwhile at least nine states joined new York in Banning the Sale of tylenol capsules and several others asked retailers to suspend sales voluntarily. Elsroth died after taking two capsules saturday from a bottle of extra strength see tylenol on Page 28 f-14 tomcats Are Refoe cd on us deck of the Carrier Saratoga during operations in the Mediterranean. Libyan planes can t intimidate . Fleet in Mediterranean Weinberger says by Norman Black a military writer new York Libya s increasing number of surveillance flights in the Central Mediterranean will not deter the . Fleet from operating in International Waters defense Secretary Caspar w. Weinberger says. Pentagon officials who spoke on condition of Anonym Ity said fighters from the carriers Coral sea and Saratoga had moved to intercept about 35 libyan aircraft thursday during flight operations that were interrupted at one Point by heavy thunderstorms and squalls. Weinberger in an interview with associated pres editors declined to discuss possible us. Ship and War see u.8. Fleet on Page 28 inquiry focuses on puff of smoke at shuttle launch Cape canaveral Fia. A presidential investigators examined challenger s launch pad and wreckage Friday looking for evidence to explain a puff of Black smoke that indicated trouble As the shuttle lifted off on its fatal Hight. The commission ending two Days of Tours and closed door meetings at the Kennedy space Center looked at rocket boosters wreckage from challenger and launch pad 39b. Aviation week a space Industry Magazine said it would report in next week s edition that a sensor used 90 minutes before launch found temperatures below safety limits on the right Booster. The Magazine said National aeronautics and space administration engineers Are assessing whether the Low temperatures might have been caused by cold liquid Hydrogen fuel leaking from the external tank. The commission appointed by president Reagan was searching for evidence that could be linked to newly re leased film showing the unusual smoke coming from Between the right Booster and the external tank As the shuttle lifted off. The smoke appeared to be the first solid indication that challenger was in trouble from the Lime it was launched into the Clear Blue skies on the frosty morning of Jan. 28. Videotape and still photos which the commission re viewed thursday show the mysterious Black smoke curl ing around the right Booster from the Back at the area of the Bottom seam. Nasa officials said the smoke appeared about 1.4 seconds after the twin rockets began powering challenger off the pad. The seam one of four on the 149-foot-Long Booster contains an 0-ring synthetic rubber Seal that is suspected of leaking possibly due to several hours of sub freezing launch Day temperatures. According to this theory the Leaky Seal was responsible. For a plume of flame shooting out of the Side of the Booster see shuttle on Page 28 they wanted no truck with Moss gathering soviets Byton Nauroth Nuernberg Bureau Fuerth Germany the russians Are coming the russians Are coming actually they were Here already. Most people missed the excitement when a soviet tractor trailer rolled up to the Gate of the . Army s Williamo. Darby Cavern thursday at about ii a.m., but it certainly did stir up interest. The Driver and his partner were sup posed to deliver a truckload of pea Moss to the Nuernberg military Community s directorate of engineering buildings and grounds division. The trucks soviet plates "eao-3406,"aroused the interest of a Sharp eyed civilian employee who reported it tothe maps. The German police were called and even local military Intelli gence officials got involved. Community spokesman Jerry Malo  said the truck was carrying peat Moss ordered from the German farm and Garden firm of Bay a. A German newspaper reported Bay a contracted with a Gem an transportation firm to move the Load. That com Pany then passed the contract on to a soviet firm called sovran Sarto. When the truck arrived at the Caser Gate the Driver s papers were written in both russian and German. They also were in order Maloney said. He made his delivery then left escorted by Mil itary officials. We Don t give out our secrets to an truck Drivers russian or otherwise Maloney said. He added that the mos the soviets could know is where the . Army stores its peat Moss in Nuernberg. In checking with the contracting of fice and the receiving official it was noted that 360 Bales were  350 were ordered. Maloney said the extra Bales will be returned to Bay a but we Don t in tend to Call Moscow for a