European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 10, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes thursday july 10.1986 foreigners facing Long lines on arrival at . Airport new York not foreign visitors arriving Lakennedy International Airport arc being forced onto huge lines for As Long As four hours to reach immigration inspectors according to immigration officials and airline representatives. Officials of the immigration and naturalization service attribute the delays to budget induced Short Ages of inspectors lighter Security measures and in creased air traffic. Although Long lines arc a seasonal Hazard in Man popular tourist destinations Airport and airline officials say the congestion for incoming foreigners Al the nation s Premier foreign Gateway is unequalled in their experiences. American citizenry contrast Are wave through immigration and must Only show their pass ports to customs service agents for usually cursor baggage inspections. We have never experienced worse delays an wherein the world said John Bastable senior vice president of Ireland s Are lingus one of 12 european lag carriers that have protested to Federal and local officials m recent weeks. The other airlines acting with aerl ingus As the european North Atlantic carriers Are air France air Portugal a italia finn air Iberia Kim Lufthansa olympic Sabena Sas and Swissair. It lakes half As Long to get into the United states Asto Fly from Europe bailable said. According to one recent complaint an air India flight landed Al Kennedy Airport on june 24 at 3 30 ., but the last passenger did not get through Immi Gration until 7  Guyana airways passengers on june 29 look from 1 30  To 4lss  To get through. Normally it might Lake a plan Load of up to 500people about half an hour to go through immigration in which passengers would be questioned about the purposes and destinations of their visits. Travellers from certain trouble spots such As the Middle East might be questioned Al greater length. A Survey by Swissair found that their arriving Pas sengers in May waited an average of i hour and 35 minutes to reach the immigration Booth and that some passengers waited As Long As 3 hour and 35 minutes. Peter Schertenleib Swissair s station manager for new York said he had seen delayed passengers fainting in line. Jean de Reynics air France s station manager a Kennedy Airport said that the police had to be called to administer oxygen to at least one passenger and that then had become ill waiting for processing. Many others miss their connecting flights. It s creating a bad image of new York and the United states he said. Elmer Masker the immigration service s assistant regional commissioner for examinations and inspections said there is no denying the problem. We Mohave some delays of two to four hours on the sex  Hasker who is based in the regional headquarter office in Burlington i attributed the congestion to a combination of factors. He said the immigration serv ice had to absorb a budget Cut of 525.s million which forced a hiring freeze. As a result he said retiring inspectors were not replaced dropping the number of inspectors assigned to Kennedy to 120 Early this Yea from 160 last year. Since then he said 29 temporary inspectors were added to the Kennedy Force. In the same period Masker said air traffic was Upan estimated 5 percent. Moreover he said Many of the airlines continue to Bunch their flights for arrival inthe late afternoon to make connections easier. Carriers have also added morning arrivals that require stretch ing the inspection Force to be present then As Well. We Rekaliu the problems the airlines have but the american people have made Security a top priority Masker said we do our absolute Best Given the re sources we  alleged poisoning of ac9cent leads company to order recall Houston up1 an Anonymous letter claiming that six containers of accent seasoning had been Poi soned with cyanide prompted the manufacturer Lowit draw the product from stores in five Texas coun ties in the area where the letter was mailed. In announcing the recall tuesday Les Landes director of communications for Pel inc. Of is. Louis which makes accent said the letter gave no motive and made no demands. He added there had been no reports of deaths or injuries. I hate to say inflammatory things but i think it another Case of mindless consumer terrorism Landes Faid. My big concern about this is All the copy cat idiots out  the letter which mis dated thursday and had Houston postmark arrived at pet Headquarters Mon Day saying six 4.5-ounce containers of the flavor enhancer to been poisoned. The company notified the Fri and the food and drug administration and began the recall tuesday Landes said. Ron Kettner a Houston Fri agent said agents were investigating the threat. The Fra which at pet s request began notifying stores of the recall tuesday afternoon asked con Sumers in the area who had bought accent after june 2i to return the containers to the place of  Laid Consumers would gel a refund. We will be spal checking to see if the product has been removed from the shelves said Fra spokesman Tony while Bead in Houston after that we will begin testing the counties included in the product withdrawal were Harris Montgomery Waller Liberty and fort Bend All in the Houston metropolitan area. The zip code on the postmark indicated it could be any of these five counties Whitehead said. The letter does not specifically indicate where it was Pur chased or placed after the tampering. It just indicates that it has occurred Landes said the Anonymous letter had no motive no demand no extortion of any  the company in a prepared statement said Groc ers and distributors in the Houston area have been advised by pet inc. To withdraw the product from Sal and hold it pending instructions from the company regarding its disposal reason for tainted water stumps City Rochester . Up1 imported ice cubes Werea valuable commodity tuesday As health Otticia admitted they were stumped Over the source of bacteria that has tainted the City s water system for several weeks. Word that residents in this City of 24 1 ,000 May have to boil their water for As Long As a month sent people scurrying to supermarkets in search of bottled water supplies dried up quickly. We bought $200 Worth of new ice from Fairport my that s just for one Day said Thomas Hackett who runs a restaurant in downtown Rochester 10miles West of Fairport local and state health officials monday warned the Public that Low level amounts of focal col form bacteria normally found in the intestines of animals an humans bad appeared. In. Water samples from sever Al City neighbourhoods since mid june although no illnesses have been reported health officials said the bacteria can cause diarrhoea and Stem Ach cramps. Or. Joel Nitzkin Monroe count health director said it could Lake As Long As a month to find the source of the contamination. We know the bacteria should not be there but secant say Althis Point what the source has been Nitz Kio said the major thrust of our detective work just to take an enormous amount of samples through Oul the  nil Ilcin and other officials said no contamination has appeared in Hemlock Lake in Livingston county which feeds the dry system. However several other theories were being investigated we think it May be the plumbing under the City be cause we Haven t found h anywhere in he suburbs said  possible Causa include contamination of div reservoirs contamination of a water line dining a break or repair or backflow into a City pipeline Flora acustomer1 tainted Well stateside fund uses similar name mental health group says new York up the american Mcnurl health foundation tuesday bitterly criticize the father of would be presidential Assassin John Hinckley for raising Money in inc name of a organization almost identical to its own. John Hinckley or. Hat raised an estimated1500,000 for his american mental health fund which uses the same "amhf1 logo the Newyork based american mental health foundation. Foundation officers charged in a report tothe slate attorney general and the office of Char ties registration. Foundation executives said Hinckley stated Ina letter that he began the fund two years ago to Alert people to mental  the foundation claims people have mixed up the two organizations and donated Money to Hinckley when they thought they were giving tothe 80-year-old foundation which funds re search and sponsors reforms in the mental health system. College plans scholarship for Hometown graduates Midland. Texas a High school Rad sales in this West Texas cily will get a Chance to go to College this fail despite the collapse of Oil prices that has left Many families Short of Cash. Anyone who was graduated from one of mid land county s three High schools this year hat been offered a scholarship to pay for tuition fee Sand books at Midland College it was announced. Wednesday. The offer came from the Abed Hanger foundation of Midland an Oil family s philanthropic foundation. So much of the news about Midland. Bis been unfavourable and the foundation realized that Many mid Landers would t be in a position to pay College costs for this year s  said Midland College president Jess h. Parish. The scholarships Worth up to s32s per sett Ter could Cost the foundation 1600,000 if ill 900 county High school graduates decided to to Loire Community College for two semesters. Fairish said he expected about half of the Eli Gible students to accept. This is a marvelous gift to the Community Ina time of economic hardship for Many associated with or affected by the slowdown in the Petroleum Industry during the past year be said. Tvs drug stores to Stop Selling adult magazines Woonsocket . Tupi _ tvs the Las major drug Stone Chain in the nation still be urn adult magazines said tuesday it will Stop Cany rag Playboy playgirl Penthouse and forum at . A company spokesman said the firm was no influenced in its decision by a Federal commis Sion on pornography which had threatened to publish the name of stores distributing such material. _ the threat recently was blocked by a Federal judge. Was Nurt Uken m a sett of any taken by any outside group or govern Niru Boneau said in a statement. A a the deccan we reached two month ago but not publicized until tuesday. The july editions of the adult magazines indie company s 601 stores in 14 states Are the final issues that will be sold he said  in followed a companyr"1a wed it was the last major