European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 15, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Saturday March 15, 1986 the stars and stripes pane 3 a wetsuit Clad surfer Hood strap flying in the Spray shoots out of the curl on a a splashing Good time in California a photo big wave off lovers Point in Pacific Grove Calif. Sunny skies and the out size Waves rolling in from the Pacific Drew crowds to the Shore but Only a Brave few paddled out to Challenge the big Breakers. Soviets suggest . Be moved out of . United nations a the soviet Union suggested thursday that . Headquarters be moved to a More Law abiding country because the United states had ordered the soviets to reduce the size of their . Missions. Soviet ambassador Vasiliy Saranchuk said last Friday s order was illegal and raises the question of whether it is appropriate for the United nations Headquarters to be located in this country which does not comply with its would t it be better to choose another place where the country would be More Law abiding he asked the general As Sembly s committee on relations with the Host nation. The soviet envoy requested the meeting to seek the committee s help in reversing the . Demand that the soviet Union Cut its . Staff from 275 to 170 by april 1988 in its three . Missions. The . Order said the size of the soviet staff was unreasonably Large and posed a threat to . National Security because of alleged spy activities. In Washington the state department said the limits on the size of a foreign mis Sion to the United nations Are outlined in article 14 of the 1975 Vienna convention on International organizations. That article states in part that the size of a Mission must be reasonable and Normal having regard to the functions of the organization the needs of the particular Mission and the circumstances and conditions in the Host at the committee meeting . Delegate Herbert Okun defended what he said was his government s right to limit the size of the soviet Mission. When a Mission exceeds in size the two next largest missions this is clearly unreasonable and abnormal Okun said refer ring to the . Mission with 126 members and China with 116. Could the soviet Union Send 20,000 staff members and would the United states be obligated to admit them of course not he said. Saranchuk denied the soviet Mission was too Large or As charged by the United states engaged in espionage. He said the Large size of the soviet mis Sion was due to the fact that the soviet Union is involved in virtually every commit tee at the United nations and for Security reasons the Mission must be self sufficient. Saranchuk said the real purpose of the . Order is to undermine the United nations by incapacitating missions accredited to the world body. He cited the . Pullout from the . Educational scientific and cultural organization and cuts in . Financial sup port for the United nations and its agencies As other examples of alleged . Attempts to undermine the whole system of International the . Legal counsel Carl August Fleischauer of Germany told the commit tee the matter is one which requires con however Fleischauer said the determination of what size is reasonable and nor Mal for a Mission does not depend on the considerations of the Host state he said Secretary general Javier Perez de Cuellar has offered to facilitate consultations Between the United states and soviet Union. A . Official who spoke on condition of anonymity said the United states was will ing to enter consultations but Only to Dis cuss reducing dislocations and inconvenience for the soviet Union As the reductions Are made. Saranchuk made his suggestion that the . Headquarters be moved while Recal Ling that three years ago . Envoy Charles m. Lichenstein suggested the Sovi ets consider removing themselves and this organization from the soil of the United the Issue arose in 1983 after then soviet foreign minister Andrei Gromyko was de Nied permission to land at new York air ports because of the Downing of a South korean Airliner by soviet jets. The soviets protested and challenged . Qualifications As Host for the United nations. Indiana investigating tainted girl scout cookies Indianapolis a the state health commissioner has warned against eating girl scout cookies following six re ports that Needles and Glass were found in some cookies. Woodrow a. Myers or. Said four Inci dents were reported thursday and two were reported last week. One child was taken to a Hospital with a Mouth injury she received after eating a cookie with a Needle inside he said. We had been treating it As an isolated incident but when you get four reports in one afternoon it no longer can be consid ered an isolated incident Myers said thursday night. Two reports came from Clarksville where a child swallowed a pin or Needle and suffered minor injuries he said. Clark county memorial Hospital officials said a 10-year-old girl had been treated for minor injuries and released wednesday night after eating a tainted girl scout cookie. There were two reports of tampering in Terre haute Myers said and police for warded to the food and drug administration a Box of cookies believed to be tainted with a pin or Needle. Glass was found in a Box of cookies in Madison and a pin was found in a Box from Sellerberg he said. Sandy Hempfling executive director of the covered Bridge girl scout Council in Terre haute which has 4,500 scouts in 14 counties said we have Faith in the Quality of our product and we Are cooperating fully with or. Myers and his staff in their investigation. We Hope that Myers investigation proves these Are isolated Myers warned against eating the cookies until further investigation is done including a determination of manufacturers lot num Bers and distribution Points. Myers said he issued the warning very reluctantly. We Don t like saying Don t eat girl scouts cookies. But the Wise thing is to hold off until we can ascertain where the tampering is coming
