European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 6, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Paga 6 the stars an d stripes tuesday october 6,1987 stateside bumper crop of apples is headache for growers Yakima Wash a a huge Harvest of apples is glutting the Market pushing prices Down to Levels thai Are barely profitable for some of the 4,500 growers of the state s largest Cash crop. The bumper crop is adding to problems paused by unseasonably hot temperatures which delayed the final ripening of the remaining in picked apples. The delay has left Many migrant workers homeless and without jobs while grow ers face the Cost of culling out Sun damaged apples. The Federal Gourn mint projected the stale would produce s3.3 million docs of apples this year Well above last year s record 55 million Boies. Washington Apple growers have sent about 46,770 ions of apples to inc processor so far this year compared with about 11,656 tons at this Lime last year said Ace Gatoc fruit and vegetable Market reporter for the . Department of agriculture. 10 Ohio firefighters Hurt in shopping Center Blaze Kettering Ohio a flames shot 100 feet in the air at a shopping Center where a Blaze injured 10 firefighters and caused $2 million in damage. Officials said iwo stores were destroyed and six others were damaged in the Blaze the shopping Center built in 1950, had just undergone several million dollars Worth of Reno vation said Skippy Cross Center manager. It had been scheduled to reopen oct. 15. The injured firefighters suffered from smoke inhalation and cams. All were treated and re leased from pc leering medical Center said Elaine Whipp a dispatcher for the suburban Dayton fire department. Fire officials estimated damage at �2 million. The cause of the blew was not immediately determined. Harvard plans to recruit More foreign students Cambridge mass. A Harvard University says it will recruit foreign students More aggressively following a yearlong study commissioned by president Derek Bok. Although foreign student enrolment at har Vard has grown steadily administrators Hope to attract More such student by strengthening ties with foreign alumni and improving services for foreign students attending Harvard last year Harvard s 2,434 foreign students represented 14.6 percent of the 16,320 under graduates and graduate students said Nancy Pyle who conducted the study and is special assistant to Bok. In 1984, foreign students were Only i2.fi per cent Pyle said. In 1964, foreign students rep resented 8.7 percent of the total. At present most of Harvard s foreign students come from Canada the United kingdom South Korea Japan China and India Pyle said. Son finds Mother s body inside apartment Freezer new York a the body of a 55-year old woman was discovered inside a Freezer by her son in her Brooklyn apartment. The body of the woman identified As Lottie Hollman was found saturday sgt. De Burns a police spokesman said sunday. The woman s 27-Vcar-old son Jerome Dis covered the body after going to her Brownsville apartment because he had not heard from her in a while. The sergeant said the Freezer had a magnetic Latch indicating hat the woman should have been Able to open in from inside. Burns said. The medical examiner s office removed the body and was to conduct an autopsy to deter mine the cause of death. The son said it was no unusual for his Mother to disappear for Long periods of time wac to reported a photo Japan i Prince Auh to and Princess Michiko ride through Pum olb Plantation Ellb i actor in costume Japan s Royal couple gets tour through Yeo de colonial Days Plymouth mass. Up Japan s Crown Prince and Princess braved Chilly new England Rains sunday to our the Mayflower ii and historic Climoth Planta Tion As part of their weel Dong visit to the United Stales. Prince Akihito s3, first in line to Japan s 2,600 year old chrysanthemum throne and his wife inn Cess Michiko s2, were greeted with a trumpet fanfare and pipe whistle procession As they boarded the Mayflower ii a full scale replica of the boat on which the first English settlers came to a Myrica in 1620. The Royal couple and a 25-Membcr entourage toured the ship before heading to the Climoth Plantation a museum that uses actors and historically accurate buildings furnishings tools and clothing to re create the past. They were greeted at the gales of the museum by actors in colonial dress who played the roles of gov. William Bradford one of the founders of the plym Outh Colony and settler Miles brandish. The Prince and Princess were taken on an of Carl ride and received a Basket of homemade spice and Domestic wheat breads baked on outdoor hearths Al the settlement. The visit was Cut Short due to the inclement weather officials said. Winds of More than 4s Mph swept i1/ inches of cold rain across Plymouth and the rest of the state s coastal areas. The Royal couple arrived saturday Al Boston s Logan International Airport on saturday they visited Lexington and Concord where they toured the Louisa May Alcott House and were greeted by the Concord Lexington minutemen in full colonial regalia at the old North Bridge said japanese consulate spokesman Richard Winslow. They enjoyed seeing the Alcott House and they also enjoyed the pomp and circumstance. The Cere Mony if you will at the old North Bridge Winslow said. The couple s visit originally was scheduled to last two weeks but was Cut in half due to the i loess of Japan s emperor Hirohito the world s Olden and Long est reigning Monarch. The 86-year-old Hirohito who ascended the throne in 1926, underwent intestinal surgery sept 22 and is recuperating in a Hospital Bis doctors say. Hit recovery is expected to Lake several weeks the physicians say. Lions. The Crown Prince and Princess were scheduled to leave Boston Earty monday to visit Washington where icy will attend a dinner with president Reagan Al inc while House on tuesday. The couple also Wil travel to new York for iwo Days before they return to Tokyo on saturday. Separated siamese twins facing Many postoperative problems Baltimore a two former siamese twins from West Germany could remain Al Johns Hopkins Hospital for up to six months As doctors Deal with postoperative care thai is Luming out to be As complicated As the surgery to separate them. Since the Marathon 22-hour operation that parted the twins who were joined at the Back of the head 8 month old Patrick and Benjamin Binder have been besieged with complications said or. Benjamin car son the podiatric neurosurgeon who performed the delicate separation sepi. 6. Discouraged i m not Carson said. We knew we were in for a tussle since then Patrick and Benjamin from Ulm West Germany have made repealed trips to the operating room Al least nine times Between them. The proce dures included cleaning of their head wounds skin grafts insertion of new intravenous feeding tubes and draining of excess spinal fluid. Doctors say it Wilt not be unexpected for one or both of the twins to return to he operating room for repeated cleansing of their Scalp wounds the Hospi Tal said in its most recent statement released last week. The twins have had wound breakdown problems with lungs kidneys liver problems with every thing Carson said. Other problems have included digestive difficulties decreased blood platelet counts and the continuing Battle to Prev Cal bacteria from causing a life threatening infection. Or Donlin Long Hopkins chief of neurosurgery said portions of iwo of the twins four brain lobes were damaged. The  Are part of inc occipital lobe responsible for coordination of visual function such As Eye movement and pan of the parietal lobe responsible for sensory interpretation of such things As textures and weights but he said in infants As Young As the twins other parts of the brain usually take Over for functions that would have been handled by damaged pans of toe brain