European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 12, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes stateside Crank letters in Chicago Spur product recalls Chicago a a prolific and malicious letter writer has succeeded in forcing six manufacturers to pull products from Chicago area stores within a month by claiming to have Poi soned heir products. And although the Chr eau have proved groundless Public health officials say they have no alternative but to Lake them seriously All five letters and a postcard some hand printed others typewritten were postmarked Gary ind official told the Chicago Tribune in a Story published monday. Five of the threat warned of cyanide being introduced into the products the first referred to rat Poison. The products affected by the temporary re Calls were Beecham s fruit fresh Morton sail Pillsbury flour Kraft american singles  Brothers aim toothpaste and Del Monte Ketchup. Patient Dies after doctor has seizure during surgery Louisville by. A the death of a 33 year old patient after a doctor suffered a seizure in the operating room was due to an unfortunate medical misadventure the Jefferson county Coroner said. I Vighi a Wise of Louisville who had been shot in the thigh died on the operating table a Humana Hospital University after a surgical res ident attending him suffered a life threatening epileptic seizure said Coroner Richan great House on monday. He said this caused chaos in the operating room and that Wise suffocated because the lube that was supposed id provide him air was mis placed in his Throat. Cuomo to take a look at running for president Albany . A newly re elected Cov Mario Cuomo now says that hell Lake a took at the possibility or running for president in 1988.earlier this year Cuomo said he had no plans to run for president although he refused to Rule out such a  monday Cuomo said he would atari thinking about running for the democratic presidential nomination now tint his re election Campaign is  address in. It has to be addressed Cuomo 54, said. Cuomo scored a record setting Victory Las week Over Republican challenger Andrew o Rourke collecting 6s percent of the vote in winning i second term As governor. Goodyear plans to close subsidiary in Britain Akron Ohio up Goodyear tire and rubber co. Said it will close a British subsidiary and retire in european Blimp is part of a re structuring plan designed to i Harl a threatened takeover by investor James Goldsmith. Goodyear will dose How Diu Ltd. Of Britain and will Transfer operations to technical centers in Luxembourg and Akron the company said monday in a news release. The company also plans to retire its european Limp the Europa and sell the Blimp s base in Catena Italy. Black legislator elected whip in Georgia Senate Atlanta a democrats in the slate Senate on monday elected a Black legislator As majority whip making him the first Black officer since reconstruction. Sen. Eugene p. Gene Walker of Decatur was elected without opposition As Democrat selected Leaden for the two year lawmaking period that begins in  Blacks have held other positions of authority in the Senate including committee chairmanships they have not held one of the party leadership posts within Che Senate since reconstruction according o Senate Secretary Hamilton Mcwhorter. Wednesday november 12,1986 Uniss chairman Michael Blumen Tull right and Clu Litian Machen who came up a Ltd the new none. Burroughs Sperry award $5,000 for confess a in no name Uniss new York the Burroughs corp. And the Sperry corp., which agreed to merge five months ago monday announced the name for their new company. The computer maker will now be known As the Uniss corp., its chairman w. Michael Blum Anthul said monday. The name pronounced uni Sis was selected Over 31,000 names submitted by employees of both Compa Nies. Derived from the words United information an systems Uniss was submitted by Christian Lee a Chen a software systems manager in Atlanta who received 15,000 for the entry. In an announcement at the company s headquarter sin Detroit Blumenthal said the name signifies that the companies Are solidly one. Blumenthal has argued that the 14.8 billion merger of the two companies will pro vide the economies necessary to compete with the International business machines corp. In the mainframe Market. Many computer analysts have doubts that two companies like Sperry and Burroughs with decidedly in compatible computer lines can make a merger work but most agree that to Dale the merger has proceeded at or ahead of schedule especially m its Cost cutting efforts. Their first Steps in this merger have been More aggressive than was generally perceived said Stephen a Cohen a computer analyst at the Gartner securities corp., an investment research firm in Stamford Conn. Cohen cited the company s plans to reduce its work Force by about 10,000 employees which he said was much larger reduction than expected. As a result the company expects a much higher savings than the s i omillion originally projected. The company also plans to Complete the proposed Sale of $ 1.5 billion in assets that Are not essential to the Ore information processing and defense businesses before its target Date of december 1987. Last week Bui toughs agreed to set part of its men Orex disk drive division Lor $550 million to company executives. In addition Sperry has received several bids for its aerospace and Marine group. Analysts also said the companies have lost Little of their customer Bast since the merger contrary to ear Lier forecasts that customers would Dee to ism fearing that product lines would be discontinued. The manage ments of both companies have begun addressing the concerns of customers who have expressed uncertainty about the continuance of certain product. Blumenthal emphasized the company commit ment to protect Consumers investments by continuing both the Sperry and Burroughs architectures. Bot lines of computer products will be marketed under the name Uniss but each company will keep jul product designations. Mislaid world War ii letters finding Way Back to their writers Washington a As of veterans Day. The postal service says it has found 66 of the 92 world War ii soldiers whose letters Home got slashed in a North Carolina attic rather than being deposited in a Mailbox Back in 1944. The discovery of the mislaid letters received nation wide publicity in july when then postmaster general Al Bert v. Casey staged a ceremony in Washington to deliver some of the letters to their writers and intended recipients. Since then with the help of military records Post masters newspapers and radio and television stations the postal service has delivered 178 of the 235 letters found in a Duffel bag by a Raleigh n.c., exterminator. Two additional letters will be destroyed in Accord Ance with the wishes of the writers said Meg Harris a postal service spokeswoman. She said the Agency will continue searching for the remaining veterans or their families until it appears that every Avenue has been  a Chicago Tribune reporter and an Indianapolis to station helped locate three of the men. In another 10 or id cases readers spotted their own names or that of family member s in a newspaper. The letters were written by soldiers in route to african Board the troop ship Caleb Strong in May 1944. The a mail envelopes were supposed to be mailed by a ship s crewman when the vessel returned to the United states. But the crewman now deceased apparently hid the Duffel bag in his aunt s attic when he became tearful of punishment after failing to mail the letter immediately upon his return to american soil the postal service said in still would like to Bea from anyone who can help them find these remaining Caleb Strong letter writers. Ii j Jyll Cony pajmnjoi8m, an Ante suit Sal win   pc Edw a. Cat Cut cd Huton Al