European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 31, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes saturday May 31,19b8 Calif or Nian charged in drug tamper ing Case los Angeles a a former brokerage House trainee was charged Friday with spiking cold allergy and diet capsules with rat Poison in a scheme to malic Money on the Stock Market the Fri said. Edward Arlen Marks,24, of Temple City became the first person charged with tampering m any of the spate of us. Drug tainting cases that have claimed at least nine lives since i98j. No one was injured As a result of the rat pour encase. The Fri said Marks had hoped to profit by depressing the Price of Stock of sri Thurine Buckman corp., manufacturer of the capsules. Marks had worked As a trainee Tor Merrill Lynch an investment services giant in san Marino said Riehard Bretzing head of the Fri s los Angeles office. He was arrested thursday in a parking lot of los an Geles International Airport As he was resuming from a trip to Boston and he was held overnight Al the West los Angeles police station said Fri spokesman Jim Neilson he was taken to the Federal courthouse Friday for arraign ment before a is. Magistrate on one count of tampering with consumer product. Nets in declined to say what agents believe Marks was doing in Boston. The Fri was investigating a possible connection be tween marts and other drug tampering cases but Brulz ing said there was no indication of a link to other cases or that Marks had assistance. Al this Point we have no reason to believe he Aclid in any other capacity than alone Bretzing said. He said Marks apparently made no Money on the Deal since Smil Klinc Buckman did not suffer any hysterical drop it is unlikely he made any profits Bretzing sail at a news conference. Bretzing said the breakthrough came when three work erf at the san Marina brokerage identified a voice on a. Recorded Telephone Call As that of Marks. Marks was arrested in connection with 10 Contardi Etc and Tel Drin capsules containing rat Poison that were found in Orlando fla., and Houston on March 19 and 20. The . Food and drug administration said the Poison a blood thinner called warfarin was sufficient to sicken but not kill anyone who took it. On May 24, a u.5. Magistrate in Orlando issued an arrest warrant for Marks based on a complaint filed by the Fri Neilson said. According to Neilson the affidavit alleges that a fingerprint taken from a tampered product in Orlando matched Marks fingerprint the spokesman declined to. Say Why Marks fingerprints were on file. Fri spokesman Fred Reagan refused to comment on whether Marks had an arrest record saying to do so would be prejudicial. An unidentified agent claimed in the affidavit that Marks using the name Gary called several news Agen cies and Smith Kline Beckman from March 19 through 21 in the Telephone Colls the Man identifying himself As Gary said he had poisoned capsules in St. Louts Chicago and Orlando in what Neilson called a plot to Force the manufacturer to withdraw its products from the Market. The tainted capsules found in Orlando had been scheduled to be shipped outside the state primarily to califor Nia Arizona Utah Colorado and Arkansas he said. Neilson said Marks bought special options on the Slock of the products manufacturer that would pay him if the Slock dropped in value. Marks purchased 298 Smil Kline options on March is and an additional 62 on March 19,he said. The discovery of the tampering prompted an 18 million recall by Philadelphia based Smith Kline and a 1900,000 Reward was offered by the proprietary association a group of drag manufacturers. Designer Perry Ellis 46, Dies of viral encephalitis new York a fashion designer Perry Ellis who translated a boyhood love of color and fabrics and a flair for spirited sportswear designs into a multimillion Dol Lar business died Friday of viral encephalitis. He whs46. Ellis who had been ill for several months was admitted to new York Hospital on May 8 suffering from the illness which ban infection of tissues near the brain. Ellis looked Pale and gaunt at one of his last Public appearances in april 30 aids fund Raiser sponsored by the fashion Fra Grance and cosmetic industries. His condition appeared to deteriorate Only a week later arid he was hospitalized immediately after the preview of his fall and Winter collection May 8. Ellis a fashion Maverick who believed that clothes should not be taken too seriously was considered one of America s pre Miere sportswear designers. He began designing under his own Label in 1978. In eight years he took a single sportswear collection and turned it into a lucrative business thai includes four differ ent lines of clothes and 16 licensees. The Ellis Label is on everything from furs to men s underwear and shoes to sheets. A native of Portsmouth va., Ellis at tended William and Mary College and received a master of arts degree from new York University. His first professional Job was As a sports Wear buyer for Miller & rho adj a Rich mond va., department store. Ellis said he never intended to become a designer but decided to give it a try after realizing that he could Muke better clothes than the ones he was being paid la buy he came to new York in 1968 and was hired As design director for John Meyer of Norwich a position he kept for six years. In 1974, he joined the Vera companies As a sportswear designer. A year later he a own Telmet pram Perry Ellis was Given his own sportswear line under the portfolio Label. The line was so Well received that Manhattan industries put up enough capital for Ellis to launch Perry Ellis sportswear in 1978. Perry Ellis  followed in i960, and in 1984 he launched Perry Ellis portfolio. Ellis who had Homes in new York City fire Island and in California never married but had an 1 a month old daughter. Tyler Alexandra with screenwriter Barbara Gallagher. The two were friends and both wanted to have a child said Ellis spokeswoman. The death of i close Friend Laughlin m. Barker who was president of ferry Ellis International and the designer s own illness affected Ellis professionally and personally. Barker 37, died Jan. 2. A new York times obituary listed the cause of death As lung cancer. Of s global shield exercise scheduled to Start june 10 Washington a the strategic air corny will launch its annual global shield exercise on june 10, testing its War plans and the proficiency of Crews operating bombers and ballistic missiles the air Force said Friday. The exercise which will extend through june 23, will involve approximately 103,000 Servic members and virtually every bomber assigned to Sac bases in the Continental United slates Guam and Okinawa. During the exercise some bombers will drop inert training bombs and operational tests will be conducted by firing an air launched cruise missile from a b-52 and an unarmed minuteman ballistic missile from Vandenberg fab in California. To avoid any possibility of misunderstanding the United Stales has notified the soviet Union of its plans to conduct the exercise a Pentagon statement said. President Reagan on several occasions has proposed practical Steps to reduce East West tensions and Advance notification of major strategic military exercises can con tribute to the president s goal it said. Drug capsules makers in percent of . Marital share hard Shell capsules two piece capsule containing powdered beaded or granulated drugs . Scherer & co 10% soft Gelatin capsules a one piece capsule containing liquid or paste drug used for prescription Over the counter and health and nutritional drugs Chicago Noune inf he scum Industry reports Banner pharmaceutical 25% 2 new Yorac store chains pull anacin 3 from shelves Austin Texas a two More store chains have removed anacin 3 capsules from shelves following the death of a chemistry student from a cyanide laced Pill and police termed his death a homicide but say they Haven t ruled out suicide Kenneth Wayne paries 24, a senior at the University of Texas at Austin died of cyanide poisoning that authorities linked to a bottle of anacin 3 Pur chased Al a Walgreen drug store. Walgreen co. Stores nationwide immediately pulled the capsules from their shelves but Texas health officials Laid thursday that tests on 2,697 capsules taken from 10 Austin Walgreen stores found no further Trace of the Poison. Rochester  we mans food markets inc., meanwhile removed anacin 3 capsules from us supermarkets shelves thursday. And Patrick oneillo a Fay s drug co inc. Spokesman said All 23 new York area Fay s drugstores have pulled the product off shelves. Ice Cream a spectate checked Tor contamination by lie associated press a California supermarket pulled car tons of ice Cream out of freezers after a customer complained of finding Glass and an Anonymous Telephone Call prompted some Michigan stores to withdraw containers of Kop eclat temporarily. The us food and drug administration said Friday it had found no evidence of product tampering involving Kop cd tute a diarrhoea Medicine. Test results were not immediately available on the ice Cream Nudi by Knudsen corp. And sold under the Albertson s store Label. The ice Cream was removed from Freez ers at a Market in Palmdale after a woman complained to store officials that a Stiver of Glass in the Cherry Cobbler flavor Cut her husband s lip said Steve Hilton corporate manager of Quality Assurance at Albert son s Headquarters in Boise Idaho in Michigan grand rapids based Meijer inc. Pulled Kop Clate made by Kalamazoo based Upjohn co., from it shelves m the two cities wednesday said spokesman David Lukens. The product was Back in the stores Friday he said. Al howling Fra District director in Octroi said the Agency received an Anonymous tampering complaint