European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 22, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 stars and stripes saturday March 22, 1986 4th drug recalled in tampering scandal Philadelphia up a major drug manufacturer awaiting tests on con tac dicta and Tel Drin was forced to pull a fourth Medicine sine off from sever Al stores Friday after receiving a report of possible tampering. The sinus Medicine manufactured by Smith Kline Beckman corp., was removed from a Chain of Houston grocery stores after an Anonymous caller told a television station he left tainted capsules in four of the stores a food and drug administration spokeswoman said. Smith Kline president Henry Wendt said Contact Dietsc and Tel Drin were removed from stores thursday after the company received three Calls from a Man who said he had poisoned packages of the drugs in Orlando fla., Houston Chicago and St. Louis. The Fra which was testing the products said some packages of the drugs in Houston and Orlando had been Slit open with a razor Blade and contaminated with Corn starch rather than Poison. Exchange managers have been directed to remove All sizes of Contact and Dietsc capsules from shelves said cafes Europe spokeswoman Sheilla Johnston Conte. The exchanges do not carry Tel Drin. Cafes Europe will follow its Normal refund policy she said. An army commissary official said commissaries also had been notified to remove supplies of Contact capsules from the shelves. He said the commissaries do not carry Dietsc or Tel Drin. Cafes Europe advised Consumers not to take Contact Dietsc or Tel Drin capsules purchased since March 15 until further no Tice it is a terrorist act by someone for an unknown reason Wendt said. He is say ing in these four cities he has tampered with our products and he has introduced poisonous materials and that they Are harmful and even  a Man telephoned Kyrc to in Houston and the Houston chronicle thursday say ing capsules of Contact Tel Drin and Dietsc had been contaminated in four Houston stores As part of a Campaign to get Cap Sules off the Market for  the Man who identified himself Only As Gary also called news Media in Orlando to report tainted capsules. The Fra did not know if the same Man reported the contaminated sine off in Houston on Friday. The Fra said the Fri was investigating the tampering incidents because they constitute extortion of a  James Russo a Smith Kline spokesman said any of the products including con tac which touts its tiny time release pills in television commercials could be produced in capsule shape tablets. I think virtually any capsule can be made in an elongated Tablet with a slow release capacity Russo said. But he added the company wanted to continue production of the capsules because of consumer prefer ence. Contact a popular cold remedy is Smith Kline Beckman s biggest Selling Over the counter drug with about $60 million in sales last year. Dietsc an appetite suppress ant and Tel Drin an allergy remedy had combined sales of some $36 million last year. Russo said the three products made up about 3 percent to 4 percent of the company s total sales last year and 2 percent to 33 percent of its total profits. Threats to Smith Kline followed the death of Diane Elsroth 23, of Peekskill n.y., after taking a capsule of extra strength tylenol laced with cyanide on feb. 8. Tylenol is manufactured by Johnson & Johnson. Three other cyanide tainted capsules were found in the  second con Tainer of tainted tylenol was found five Days later at a store a few blocks away. On feb. 17, Johnson & Johnson announced it would no longer Market Over the Counte r remedies in capsule form. In september 1982, seven people died in the Chicago area from cyanide laced extra strength tylenol. None of the cases in Illinois or new York has been solved. Nato from Page 1 to tatic advances in soviet forces which far exceed their defense requirements the ministers said. The final statement continued we re main deeply concerned about continuing soviet efforts to upgrade and expand their nuclear capabilities across the  the soviet upgrading includes the deployment of ss-23 Shorter Range missiles flight testing of an improved version of the ss-20 and the continuing development of Long Range cruise missile systems the ministers said. The 12 Atlantic Alliance ministers at tending the meeting said in the comm Inque that they firmly support the . Arms negotiating stance in Geneva Switzerland. Go to serve 20 years in prison for sodomy Fuerth Germany a Nuernberg area Soldier was convicted of the forcible sodomy of a 4-year-old child and sentenced to 20 years in prison a 1st army div spokesman said Friday. Spec. 4 Donald r. Yardley 21, he Btry 3rd in 5th Field arty was convicted Mon Day at a court martial. He also was convicted of unrelated charges of possessing marijuana disobeying a lawful order pos Sessing drug abuse paraphernalia assault ing his wife and threatening to kill his wife said 1st army div spokesman maj. John head. Yardley assigned to the 210th Field arty unit stationed at Merrell Barracks in Nuernberg faced a maximum of 20 years confinement for the sodomy offence head said. Yardley also was sentenced to a Dis honorable discharge forfeiture of All pay and allowances and reduction in rank to private. Yardley will serve his sentence at the . Army disciplinary Barracks at fort Leavenworth kan., the spokesman said. Weinberger said that stance includes an absolute refusal to give up the controversial Star wars project which is officially called the strategic defense initiative or sol i told my colleagues that ski is of the highest priority to our government and it will not be a bargaining Chip and it will not be set aside in response to any demand by the soviets in the arms control negotiations he told a Post meeting news conference. The soviets vehemently oppose the Star wars project. Weinberger accompanied by Star wars research chief air Force it. Gen. James Abrahamson spent much of the meeting assuring the Western europeans that ski is also designed to protect them. At the news conference Weinberger stressed the Star wars research program was intended to shield Western Europe from soviet Short Range missiles As Well As intercontinental missiles targeted at North America. What we said All along is that ski will be designed to protect against both Long and Short Range missiles Weinberger said. Weinberger said he was becoming increasingly optimistic that ski will be deployed. Abrahamson had said a Day earlier that a deployment decision could come be fore the Early 1990s target Date. After noting that Germany had agreed earlier in the week for private companies to take part in the ski project Weinberger said Italy and Japan Are considering  British defense Secretary George younger told reporters that european nato leaders envision a High technology defense umbrella linked to but Independent of ski. Britain is the Only country that has agreed to a governmental role in ski. In their final communique Friday the nato ministers also sharply criticized what they said were soviet arms control violations. There was evidence of continuing soviet arms control violations especially deploy ment of a Mobile ss-25 intercontinental missile the defense ministers said. The soviets also have stationed intermediate Range ss-20s in both the european and asian parts of the soviet Union. The Short Range ss-21s, ss-22s and ss-23s Are deployed in East Germany and Czechoslovakia. Bill from Page 1 cuts should be made but directed the Penta gon to produce two alternative plans for making the reduction. According to the House committee the Pentagon made Clear that it opposed any Chirac seeks hostages release denounces attack Paris a Middle East linked terrorism and the freeing of French hostages in Lebanon were top priorities Friday for France s new government with prime min ister Jacques Chirac horrified by the bes tial inhuman Paris bombing that coincided with his appointment. A terrorist group that has claimed a series of bombings in Paris said Friday it set the bomb which killed two people and wounded 28 in a crowded champs Elysee shopping gallery thursday evening As Chirac was making his first nationwide broadcast following his appointment As prime minister. Another bomb defused the attack and a potentially lethal Nail bomb defused in a subway station overtook Chirac s announced priority of urgent action in Domestic economic issues. The committee of Solidarity with Arab political prisoners and the Middle East is demanding the release of three Middle East terrorists jailed in France for apparently unconnected attacks. Radiation Pioneer Dies Baltimore a or. Russell h. Morgan Dean emeritus of the Johns hop Kins University school of Medicine and a Pioneer in radiation safety has died at 75. Soldier held in stabbing death of woman by Tony Nauroth Nuernberg Bureau Schweinfurt Germany a 3rd inf div Soldier has been apprehended in connection with the murder of a 19-year old German woman a division spokeswoman said Friday. The Man is being questioned in the Stab Bing death of Sabine Schoberth whose nude body was found in a wooded area Southwest of Schweinfurt March 9 wrapped in a Green military Type poncho. The woman who had been dead at least 10 Days was stabbed in the Chest stomach and neck. Division officials said a Soldier who read about the murder in wednesday s stars and stripes was instrumental in breaking the Case for police. German police said the Soldier was told about the murder but brushed it off As Rumor until he read about it in wednes Day s newspaper. The division spokeswoman could provide no other details on the murder. However a Wuerzburg newspaper re ported that a 24-year-old Soldier was apprehended and a former 23-year-old Soldier who returned to the states shortly after the murder is being sought by . Authorities. The newspaper said the two soldiers met Schoberth in a restaurant Jan. 15. The army spokeswoman said the investigation is continuing with cooperation be tween German police and . Army Crim Inal investigation div authorities in Schweinfurt. Change in the system whatsoever and submitted the two proposals Only because it was required to do so under  Aspin said the committee rejected a plan that would have changed both the retire ment Structure and Cost of living adjust ments and then modified a plan calling for structural changes Only. Aspin said he expects to take the legis lation to the House floor next month the Senate has not yet acted on the Mili tary retirement legislation. The House committee statement said Congress must Complete action on the legis lation by May 1 or the uniformed services will find themselves forced to begin firing personnel to meet the $2.9 billion reduction voted last year in funding for  temperatures March 20 l h l h 17 29 Albany 36 50 Little Rock 28 58 Albuquerque 55 86 los Angeles 20 38 Anchorage 33 34 Louisville 41 50 Atlanta 40 47 Memphis 43 50 Atlantic City 75 82 Miami Beach 41 50 Baltimore 6 25 mils St. Paul 32 60 Billings 32 43 Nashville 45 55 Birmingham 52 62 new Orleans 33 65 Boise 26 62 new York City 33 54 Boston 46 53 Norfolk 11 15 Buffalo 32 46 Oklahoma City 10 16 Burlington 12 36 Omaha 57 62 Charleston . 67 88 Orlando 28 40 Charleston . 45 49 Philadelphia 8 26 chicago1 19 32 Pittsburgh 23 30 Cincinnati 24 39 Portland Maine 16 20 Cleveland 44 70 Portland Ore. 36 57 Dallas fort Worth 40 40 Providence 28 50 Denver 43 55 Raleigh 16 33 Des Moines 28 68 Reno 13 22 Detroit 24 33 St. Louis 15 27 Fairbanks 69 82 St. Petersburg 7 29 Fargo 32 55 Salt Lake City 32 37 Hartford 50 77 san Diego 67 82 Honolulu 2 73 san Francisco 48 62 Houston 42 69 Seattle 21 29 Indianapolis 13 20 Syracuse 56 57 Jacksonville 38 88 Tucson 19 37 Kansas City 48 49 Washington 44 73 Las vegas 22 42 Wichita european weather forecast for saturday partly Cloudy skies with morning fog in the Benelux North and Central Ger Many becoming Cloudy with rain and Gusty surface winds by afternoon. Elsewhere partly Cloudy to mostly Cloudy skies with a Chance of rain showers. High temperatures will Range from Low to mid 40s lows from mid-20s to Low 30s. Sunset saturday 6 41 Sunrise sunday 6 23. Outlook for sunday mostly Cloudy to Cloudy skies with periods of rain and Gusty surface winds improving by Early evening hours. Temperatures will be nearly the same. Temperatures recorded Friday Adana cd Amsterdam p Athens m Valano f Berlin r 4am 4pm 50 61 Copenhagen p 38 48 Frankfurt m 48 52 London p 43 48 Madrid p 33 39 Munich is Bremerhaven m 37 43 Paris m Brussels m 40 48 Rome r provided by Del. 13, 7th weather so Trarbach. Other worldwide temperatures High Low Cairo cd 72 52 Montreal cd Dublin cd 50 39 Moscow f Helsinki f 37 27 Oslo cd Jerusalem Toronto cd Lisbon f 64 50 Vancouver cd 4am 4pm 36 45 41 48 32 54 52 59 38 36 38 50 43 48 Graben High Low 30 1 50 25 43 32 12 3 63 37 _ ,.supplied by the associated press fair cd Cloudy a mostly Cloudy a partly Cloudy a Rains Snow