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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 23, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 stars and stripes sunday March 23, 1986 . Ships caused Alert soviet Admiral says Moscow up soviet ships and planes were placed on combat Alert when two . Warships entered soviet Waters last week the commander in chief of the soviet Navy said saturday. Taking into account the openly provocative nature of the actions of the . Ships the command issued an order that the com Bat readiness of the strike forces of the Fleet be enhanced Admiral of the Fleet Vladimir Chernavin said ships and planes were promptly pre pared for performing a combat Mission Chernavin said in an article published in the government newspaper Izvestia. The two . Warships the Cruiser York town and the destroyer Caron entered so Viet Waters along the crimean coast of the Black sea last thursday. The soviet Union lodged an official pro test calling the . Action clearly Provo  the Pentagon dismissed the protest saying it had exercised the Normal right of free passage when sailing within the 12 mile coastal limit. However a . Newspaper report said it had been an intelligence gathering Mission or dered by the Pentagon. A Western source in Moscow unfamiliar with the specific Mission said incursions to test defences were routine. We clearly understood How grave the possible consequences could be said Cher Navin who has headed the Fleet since last year. Chernavin said the soviet naval ship Ladny saw the american warships entering the Black sea on one of their frequent vis its and it was ordered to follow. When they entered soviet Waters the Captain of the Ladny notified the american ships they must leave the soviet zone immediately Chernavin said. In spite of the notification the . Ships continued to follow the same course he said. Then .s.r. Patrol ships and warplanes of the Navy set off toward the area of the  Chernavin said the . Commanders managed to objectively assess the situation that was taking shape and understood that if they stayed longer in the soviet territorial Waters it could Lead to serious  the american ships which reportedly carry extensive electronic eavesdropping equipment were inside soviet Waters for about two hours. The major soviet Black sea naval base is in the Crimea. Chernavin repeated the spying charges and rejected the . Explanation saying that passage of foreign warships through soviet Waters is permitted Only in specially assigned offshore  there Are no such areas in the Black sea off the soviet coast he said. Haiti s military sets up new government Veo stiff unrest port a Prince Haiti a the military created a new three member governing Council to still unrest and uncertainty after four of the old Council s six members resigned said the Council presi Dent it. Gen. Henri Namphy. Sporadic gunfire was heard overnight throughout this capital City of 1 million As Security forces maintained a tight 8 . To 5 . Curfew. However there was no sign of unrest saturday morning. The port a Prince newspaper Lenou Vellisto attributed Friday s change in government in part to wednesday s clash be tween a Rock throwing crowd and soldiers who opened fire killing five people. Namphy who was army chief of staff under deposed president Jean Claude Duvalier said Friday that three members of the military civilian governing Council had resigned Alix Cineas and army colonels Max vails and Prosper Avril. Council member Gerard Gourgue who also was minister of Justice resigned thurs Day. Namphy said the military had set up a new Council consisting of himself col. Wil Liams Regala and foreign minister Jacques a. Francois a civilian. Namphy said he would remain president of the body. Radio stations reported several people were wounded in clashes with police Friday when Small bands of anti government pro testers blocked traffic by placing Large Flower planters in the main Jean Jacques Dessalines Boulevard. The City s Commerce was practically shut Down Friday by the second Day of a transportation strike by Drivers of minibuses who were protesting wednesday s shooting deaths. The angry crowd had gathered wednesday after an off duty army officer tried to arrest a Driver. Radio stations also reported that 3,000 people held a peaceful anti government March in the North coastal resort town of Jamel on Friday. The new governing Council member Francois is a career Diplomat who was ambassador to Italy Colombia and the organization of american states in the 1950s. He has practice Law since then and was not associated politically with the dynasty of Francois papa Doc Duvalier and his son Jean Claude. Three of the four Council members who reportedly resigned All had ties to the exiled regime. Namphy repeated Friday that the coun cil would hold elections but did not set a Date. . Embassy spokesman Jeffrey Lite said it would have no comment on the government changes. In Washington the state department said it had assurances that Haiti s transition to democracy and respect for human rights would not be impeded. It said two airlines Eastern and american had temporarily suspended flights to Haiti but there is no danger to the several thousand Ameri cans in Haiti. Poison from Page 1 said cyanide and rat Poison had been put in the drug packages in stores in Houston Orlando St. Louis and Chicago. No Poison tainted capsules from St. Louis or Chicago had been found. This is a random act of violence perpetrated on the Public Wendt said Friday on the Macneil Lehrer report. It s in the same category As a bomb on an Airport or on an air plane or a hostage  he said Smith Kline will cooperate with the Fra and Fri to apprehend the individual or individuals responsible for this latest wave of  it is the second time this year a major . Drug firm recalled products. Johnson & Johnson recalled 22 million packages of tylenol capsules and stopped using capsules after one tainted with cyanide killed a woman. Wendt said Smith Kline would continue to manufacture capsules of Contact a cold Relief Medicine Dietsc for weight loss and Tel Drin for allergies and planned to re introduce the products probably later this year. He said the loss of business would t Hurt Smith Kline economically since the three drugs account for less than 3 percent or about $100 million of the firm s $3.4 Bil lion in annual sales. Switching to another kind of Pill is one option being considered he said. Wendt said the Houston Calls about sine off did not appear to be the same caller As in the earlier instances. The sine off capsules were removed from Randall s food stores and samples will be tested. Young said Gary had made Anonymous Calls to radio stations and newspapers identifying specific stores where capsules that had been tampered with could be found. Young would not name the stores. Young said the caller demanded that officials publicize the fact the capsules could and were being tampered with and demanded that All capsules be withdrawn. Julia Wallace coordinating National Edi Tor at Usa today said the paper got four Calls thursday and Friday from a Man identifying himself As  the Man said Smith Kline is making a joke of this and that the company failed to disclose that at least seven boxes three Pur chased by the Public had been contaminated she said. He threatened a lot and i do mean a lot of cyanide poisoning unless the company announced a Complete recall she said. Thomas Collins Smith Kline vice presi Dent of corporate affairs said he took sever Al of the Calls and described Gary As an articulate Man with no accent but said his tone was threatening. Tampering with a drug to cause injury is a Federal crime punishable by five years in prison and a $25,000 Fine. If injury or death occurs the maximum penalty could be life imprisonment. Temperatures Reagan from Page 1 on stage with him. We re in this together he declared. Today i give you my solemn pledge Reagan said. I will not rest until Freedom is Given a fighting Chance in Nicaragua. Well spare no Effort and give no ground in supporting the democratic resistance in  he added until these men Are Success Ful in their Freedom struggle there will be no peace in Central America and there will be no peace in our  Calero cried Viva Reagan Over and Over. Sen. James Sasser d-tenn., in the democrats response to Reagan s address called the upcoming Senate fight a Battle that s Likely to be  he said the House vote reflects a wide spread feeling in the United states that we should not escalate the undeclared War in Nicaragua and we should not pursue Mili tary solutions until we have fully exhausted the possibility of negotiation and the Hope for  l h20 42 30 5328 41 24 .3932 51 30 4544 70 35 7232 49 68 8250 74 40 6351 80 Alban Atlanta Atlantic City Bosto Chicago Cleveland Dallas Denver Detroit Honolulu Houston Kansas City Las vegas March 21 l h 55 80 49 71 35 55 46 71 18 36 40 65 57 88 31 44 20 45 44 55 41 61 52 67 32 48 los Angele Miami Minneapolis new Orleans new Yor Orlando Phoenix Philadelphia Pittsburgh Portland Salt Lake City san Francisco Washington Shultz in Turkey for talks on Aid Trade Istanbul Turkey a Secretary of state George p. Shultz arrived saturday for a four Day visit to discuss . Military Aid to Turkey Trade and the greek turkish dispute Over Cyprus. Turkey has asked for revisions in its 5 year old bilateral defense and economic co operation agreement with the United states. The government is unhappy Over the amount of . Military Aid and is demand ing better Access to . Markets for Turk ish goods. Shultz is to spend two Days sightseeing in Istanbul the former capital of the byzantine Empire and then meet monday in an Kara with Premier Turgut Ozal and for eign minister Vahit Hal Foglu. He leaves for Greece tuesday. The Secretary of state arrived from Paris where he discussed with French leaders a . Dispute with the common Market Over agricultural Trade. A senior . Official said Shultz told French president Francois Mitterrand and Premier Jacques Chirac in private talks Friday that the mood of american Farmers could require the United states to fight it out with Europe on the farm Issue. Shultz was the first foreign Leader to meet Chirac after the Premier took office on thursday. Chirac s conservative coalition Defeated the socialists in last sunday s National elections. The farm problem stems from an agreement among France and the 11 other members of the european common Market to reorganize its Grain Market to accommodate Spanish and portuguese membership this year. Under the agreement Spain and Portu Gal will buy More wheat soybeans and Corn from other common Market countries. That will reduce . Producers sales to Portugal and Spain. The sales Are Worth $1 billion a year the . Official said. Shultz is expected to raise the Issue this week when he meets the leaders of Greece and Italy both members of the european Trade bloc. European weather forecast for sunday Cloudy skies with rain an drizzle. Gusty winds expected throughout the Day. High temperatures 38-45, lows 34-38. Sunset sunday 6 43 Sunrise monday 6 20. Outlook for monday locally dense morning fog will continue. Skies will be Cloudy. Rain showers and drizzle will end by mid Day. Gusty winds will continue throughout the Day. Temperatures recorded saturday Adana p Amsterdam r Athens p Aviano f Berlin p Bremerhaven p Brussels p provided by det. Trarbach. Cairo cd Dublin cd Helsinki Jerusalem cd Lisbon f 4am 4pm 48 64 Copenhagen,39 31 Frankfurt p 46 59 London do 36 55 Madrid f 34 46 Munich p 36 46 Paris r 38 45 Rome r det. 13, 7th weather de temperatures High Low 73 54 Montreal f 51 41 Moscow f Oslo r 4am 4pm p 28 27 36 48 45 48 38 61 34 36 36 46 45 48 so Graben High Low 30 10 48 25 41 2869 64 37 21 52 37 Toronto f 66 50 Vancouver cd supplied by the associated press of fair cd Cloudy a partly Cloudy a rain do dazzle  
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