European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 18, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday. September 1b. 1986 the stars and stripes Pago 5 new Jersey vegetable really in t Trenton. . Up new Jersey is Well on in Way to Choos ing an official slate vegetable. Unfortunately for purists he vegetable under legislative consideration is actually a fruit. The new Jersey Senate monday unanimously passed a Bill to designate the Tomato which despite its popularity in salads is technically a Berry of the Plant by Coper icon Escull Coluni As the slate vegetable sponsor William Haines said he has agricultural experts ranging from new Jersey Farmers to the supreme court on his Side. The highest court in the nation ruled in 1893 that the Tomato is for most practical purposes in deed a vegetable he said. Botanically. It s a fruit it has seeds and flesh around the  Hines Sard. But the supreme court decided for All Tim that the Tomato is a vegetable in  Haines owns a farm and rep resents a county that has helped make agriculture new Jersey s Sec Ond largest Industry. The vegetable growers association asked me to do it so i Wen along with them Haines said of his Dill. I figured they ought to know which vegetable would make the Best state  Zakharov claims set up denies link to Daniloff Case spy suspect Gonna lady Zakharov left with interpreter at news conference. App Ald new missile hits drone in 13th test Washington up the nest generation air to air missile scored a Suc Cess against a mane vering drone target in a test tiring Friday that included several firsts the Pentagon said tuesday. The advanced medium Range air to air missile Omraam for the first Lime was launched from a production Model Al 5 fighter instead of a lest plane and was fired before he f-15 s radar locked onto the target also a first the Pentagon said. The missile s own radar locked onto the drone after the weapon was launched from the Stem of the Al 5 and was guided to the target for a successful intercept it said. It was the 13th of 15 tests for the 11 foot 333-Pound missile which will reused to Arm air Force and Navy fighters. The test at 5,000 feel and nearly at the Speed of sound which is 750 mph was held at White Sands missile Range in new Mexico. Army identifies 4 who died in i 972 Washington up the army has identified the remains of four servicemen listed As missing since their plane crashed in Laos 14 years ago the Penta gon announced tuesday. The remains Are among 14 excavated in february from the ruins of an air Force ac-130 gunship that crashed near Savannah it Laos on March 29, 1972, the Pentagon said. The excavation by . And laotian officials was carried out Between feb. 17 and March 1. The army s Central identification Laboratory in Hawaii is trying to identify the other 10 sets of remains Pentagon spokesman Robert Sims said. The remains of the four identified servicemen Are to receive full military honors in Hawaii and were to be flown to Travis fab Calif., on wednesday for return to the families. Thirteen crewmen were recovered in february 198i from another ac-130 that crashed in Laos on dec. 21,1972. Only two sets of remains were identified positively but 10 others received burials by their families. The identification of the 13th Crew Man was rescinded when the arty acknowledged that it could not positively identify the remains. Gallo workers join winery walkout san Francisco a winery workers fighting contract concessions launched a strike tuesday against e. &. 1. Gallo co., the world s largest wine pro Ducer bringing to 10 the number of wineries struck this month. The walkout of about 1,000 Gallo Union workers came As the new Harvest scared its conclusion and grape crushing was at its height in most of California s wineries. All the struck wineries which account for half of the slate s wine production claim work is continuing with non Union  striking Gallo members of the winery distillery and Allied workers Union locals 186 and 45, joined about 1,200 others who since aug. 18 have walked out at winery operations from the Napa Valley to Bakersfield. Later tuesday about to workers rep resented by the Union struck mid Cal Alu Minum which makes Caps and corks for Gallo wine bottles. The last major wine strike involving 23 wineries lasted 17 Days and nearly shut off California retail wine sales which total $5.5 billion annually. The Gallo family operation accounts for 25 percent of the . Market. The total output of All the state s wine Ries was 414.7 million Gallons last year. California wines account for 68 percent of total . Sales. When talks broke Down sept. 3, Rob Eit Fogg president of local 186, threat ened to shut Down the entire California wine  but a spokesman for the wineries Robert Lieber said that could t happen because unions Are rep resented in Only 300 of approximately 550 wineries in California. Lieber claimed the employers were not unhappy with the Gallo strike we Are hopeful the Union will realize that a strike win not adversely affect production a Gallo or change the employers bargaining position and therefore Lead to an earlier Resolution of the  he said. Gallo spokesman Dan Solomon said the company s Modesto and Fresno wineries continued to operate tuesday with management personnel and newly hired workers. Lieber said about 70 per cent of the employees Ai the struck wine Ries Are Union members. The dispute involves much of he con tract including an employers demand for wage freezes based on a claim that business is bad and Relief vital. B he Washington pint new York soviet spy suspect gun Nady Zakharov. Speaking to reporters for the first time since his arrest tuesday de Nied that he was involved in any espionage activities and attributed his arrest to an atmosphere of spy  appearing at a news conference at the soviet Mission in new York Zakharov repeatedly insisted thai he was set up bythe Fri and said there was no connection Between his Case and that of Nicholas Dan Iloff a Moscow correspondent for .news & world report charged by the Sovi ets with spying for the United slates. I was set up Zakharov said. Or. Danilo twas detained in my country for espionage. He was officially indicted for his  Zakharov who has grown a rms ache since his aug. 23 arrest waited for questions to be repeated to him in russian even though he is fluent in English. The event appeared to be designed to parallel the news conference Dan loft held in Moscow on saturday. Calling his arrest a "provocation1," Zakharov said he believed it was de signed to undermine or undercut relations Between the United states and the soviet Union. Zakharov said he was physically Hurt during his arrest and complained that he was not Able to consult with soviet authorities until six hours after his arrest. A physicist employed by the United nations Zakharov acknowledged that he obtained research materials from a Queens College computer major whom he called  he said John had placed an and on a College bulletin Board offering his re search and technical expertise. As far As secret or confidential mate rials were concerned i never asked for  Zakharov said. I was completely surprised when John gave me a package which contained secret  he also denied paying John ,000, Al though he admitted he was carrying a great Deal of Money at the Lime of his arrest. Zakharov and Danil olt were released Friday to the custody of their respective ambassadors in an arrangement worked out Between he two governments. Sands of time in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. Sept. 18, 1946 the British foreign Secretary told the Palestine conference in London that the Anglo american experts plan for the federalization of the holy land into four provinces with limited autonomy could Lead to a final so  30 years ago today. Sept. 18, 19s6 efforts of Black students to enter the Clay elementary school in Clay ky., collapsed in the face of a Webster county Board of education order barring them from the All White school. 20 years ago today. Sept. Is 1966 a Federal judge made permanent his order that Blac children in Grenada miss., be protected from attack by Whites enraged by school desegregation. 10 years ago today sept. 18, 1976 the first space shuttle named the Enterprise was unveiled in the Mojave desert at Palmdale Calif. The shuttle Wilt make its tint Orbi Tal flight in 1979