European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 27, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes monday. July 27.1987 this festival is something to sniff at Gilroy Calif. A the dizzying Aroma of 3.500 pounds of slinking Rose filled gourmet Alky at the opening of the ninth annual garlic festival in this self pro claimed capital of that punic no member of the item family. Tens of thousands of garlic lovers followed their noses to he opening Friday of one of the world s smell est celebrations. Nearly Loo food and specially Booths offered everything from garlic Scampi and Caiamari to garlic wine garlic ice Cream garlic jewelry and garlic perfume. About 150,000 visitors were expected Dur ing the three Day event in this City 20 Miles South of san Jose where More than 100 Mil lion pounds of garlic Are processed yearly said Bavon sortie promotion director for the event. Last year 142,000 festival goers consumed 12.230 pounds of Pepper Steak sandwiches 8,000 pounds of Calamari and 3,000 pounds of Scampi and washed it All Down with soft drinks wine and 25,000 Gallons of Beer. California produces 90 percent of All . Garlic and most of that is grown within 90 Miles of Gilroy or comes to Gilroy for process ing. Sales from Page 1 Winner both with customers and on the balance Sheet. Credit sales accounted for about 11 percent of total retail sales ranging from 8 percent of sales in february to 18 percent in december. Total sales exceeded s Job million. Exchange officials initially had predicted thai the introduction of credit cards would account for about 6 percent of retail sales in the exchanges. Exchange officials forecast another Strong sales year in 1987, the report said. Gulf anti mine capability will improve officials say Washington a defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger said sunday the Navy s anti mine capabilities willbe improved in the persian Gulf a Ste serv ice officials there say is badly not did before .warships again escort re flagged kuwaiti tankers. We have a Mincow coping capability in the persian Gulf and it can be increased and will be increased said Weinberger on Abc to s this week with David  Weinberger declined to be specific about what the Navy plans to do but rear adm. Harold j. Bernson. The top . Military officer in the Gulf Region said saturday night that the anti mine measures have to be right at the lop of the list no doubt about  both men spoke in the Wake of Friday s explosion that blew a Hole in the port Side of the Bridgeton the first of 11 kuwaiti tankers to be re flagged. The super Tanker  a mine about 120 Miles Southeast of Kuwait during its first trip into the War torn Gulf under . Navy Protection. Any of the three warships that had been escorting the Bridgeton would have been severely damaged had they struck the mine according to Cape. David p. Yonkers the officer who was in tactical command of the three Day trip through the Gulf. It was reported sunday that the Bridgeton was dam aged More seriously than had first been thought. Divers who inspected the listing Tanker at its Anchorage near Kuwait s sea Island loading platform reported that four of the supertanker s 32 Compart ments were flooded. Initial reports had said Only one compartment was flooded when the mine blew i Hole 20 feet below the water line and that the ship might be Able to take on Oil for its return trip to the Mouth of the Gulf. But a maritime expert in Dubai one of the United Arab emirates seven Sheik Doms said the Bridgeton should not be loaded before it is  no one has claimed responsibility for planting the mines but Navy officials note that Iran has been suspected of mining the entrances to Kuwait s Harbor. Said Ramaie Khorasani the iranian ambassador to the United nations refused sunday to say whether Iran had planted the mine. Nobody has declared that responsibility in Tehran and i m Noi in a position to accept that Khorasani said on the Abc program. The spot where the Bridgeton  the mine is near Farsi Island which Navy officials say has been used As a base for Iran s revolutionary guards. But the Region is also 60 Miles South of mines selected earlier. Weinberger said the area was t expected to have mines because " Here had never been any mines in that  Navy has several ways to defend against mines but none of those were available to the Convoy that protected the Bridgeton. Helicopters arc used to Low underwater sleds that detonate mines and the service also has minesweepers. But there Are Only three Active duty minesweepers and All Are in Charleston . But within hours after the Bridgeton blast officials from the Navy s mine sweeping office in Charleston were in route to Bahrain according to Navy source speaking on condition of anonymity. Mines thai Are on the surface can be picked up by most types of sonar. Navy officers said but the under Waier mines arc much More difficult to find. Basically the Way one finds underwater mines is the Way the Bridgeton did run into it said a Navy officer in the persian Gulf speaking Only on condition of Ano  Channel where the Bridgeton was  is the Mam Roule to Kuwait particularly since the United slates has decided not to Challenge a so called exclusion zone declared by Iran. Thai zone covers the half of the Gulf nearest Iran meaning ships thai Don l Chal Lenge it must stick to the other  travel through that other half is difficult because much of the water is impassable due to shallows and Shoals while abandoned and Curry no Oil rigs cause major hazards for navigation. Those hazards Are particularly worrisome for giant tankers like the Bridge ton which Are not easily Manucy Brablc. The mines Are easy to deploy because they and their tethers can simply be dumped Over the Side of a Small boat officials said. Underway or mines Are difficult to detect because they Are tracked by sonar and sonar is Only effective if ships Are moving slowly. Most of the Navy s ships travel in the Gulf steam at speeds of at least is knots which is too fast to find any mines. Even at slower speeds mines Are difficult to select because of their Small size. The mines in inc kuwaiti Channel were cleared by . Personnel with the Aid of the kuwaitis Wein Berger  addition to Kuwait saudi Arabia has min sweep ing capabilities in the Region but neither nation wants to openly Aid the United slates the Navy officials said. Both countries fear retribution by Iran they suggested. Cool front brings Relief to some Eastern areas by the associated press a heat wave cranked temperatures into the 90s again sunday Over much of inc nation East of the Rockies but a Cool from pushing Down from Canada brought some Relief around the great lakes and North East along with thunderstorms. At least 12 deaths have been blamed on the heal in five Stales. Sunday was the 10th consecutive Day in the 90s at Chicago and Rockford hi., with both cities passing 90 just after noon and humidity was in the 55 to 65 percent Range. To the South Peona  100 for the first Lime since 1983. Denver headed for its ninth consecutive 90-degree Day but with lower humidity than in the East and fire warnings were issued for the mountains in the area. In the normally hot Southwest Early afternoon readings  105 at Needles and Palm Springs Calif., and Phoenix Ariz. In the South the National weather service issued poultry alerts in Louisiana and Mississippi warning producers that temperatures in the High 90s would Pul stress on heir Birds. Temperatures headed for the High 90s Over parts of Georgia where humidity Over the weekend was 80 percent and up and in the Carolinas. Greer ., passed its record for the Dale of 97 Early in the afternoon. But the weak cold front and the thunderstorms made a big difference in parts of the Northeast. New York City  95 on saturday its Nilli Day in a Row in the 90s. But on sunday the temperature in Centra Park Rose to 86 Al noon then dived to 69 at 1 . During a thunderstorm recovered Only to 72 Al 2 . And Rose to 79 Laler. Severe thunderstorm watches were posted for parts of Pennsylvania new York new Jersey and southward into West Vir Ginia Maryland Delaware and Virginia As the cooler air clashed with the stale hot  also broke out in Minnesota and rolled across Eastern Iowa and Wisconsin into Illinois and Indiana. A thunderstorm with a possible Torna do ripped up hundreds of Trees and brought Down dozens of Power lines Al Mountainside n.j., Borough administrator Jim Roberts said. Around the stale an estimated 25,000 customers los Power during a wave of storms Utility officials said. Torrential rain forced Aone Day postponement for the last round of the its. Women s open Golf tournament at Edison. . Temperatures behind the front were mostly in the 80s. Relief from the heat May be Loo Lale foursome Farmers in Southeastern and Eastern Virginia which has had heat and no rain for More than two weeks. Com crops sire withering and cucumbers and snap Beans were wiped out in some spots. For people who were really tired of thereat Winnemucca nev., had a record Low Early sunday at a brisk 39 degrees. Washington. D.c., was in the 90s forthe ninth straight Day and attendance was Clown Al the National zoo and up at swimming pools. Sales of ice air conditioners and tee Cream have been booming since the heal began. And some people just defied the heat Twenty eight men wore Confederate Gray Wool Coats saturday while staging Amock civil War Battle at Pennsylvania s Ridley Creek slate Park. It could have been worse. Sunday was the 44lh anniversary of a Reading of 121degrees at Tishomingo okla the weather service said. Baldrige from Page 1 Reading about in in , yippee Cowboy comes to Wall Streel he said referring to the tone of some stories. In makes after graduation from Yale in 1943, Baldrige served in the army s 27lh inf div in the Pacific. Discharged in 1946, he returned to Connecticut to Lake a Job As a Mill hand for Eastern Iron co. In Naugatuck. In 1960he completed  Rise from the Bottom of inc corporate ladder becoming company president. During the same period he and  wife Margaret bought a 90-Acrr farm in Woodbury. The property included a restored 200-year-old Home a Duck Pond barns and a Corral for  cattle business. In 1962, Baldrige left Eastern to become  vice president at Scovill manufacturing co., a brass Mill m Waterbury. He became president and chief executive officer in 1964 and began diversification and expansion of the company s business. Asked once to summarize  Success formula he said sticking your neck out if you re sure you re right and getting  Scovill told the brass Mill in 1976, and became Besl known for Hamilton Beach appliances and Tulone  Baldrige left the company in 19si to join Reagan s Cabinet inc company by Ihnn known � Scovill inc. Had grown in annual sales from s 169.3 million to s941,6   wife. Baldrige is survived by two daughters two grandchildren a brother and a sister