European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 29, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Friday april 29.1988page 2 the stars and stripes Friday l pm Laoo forget Grapefruit juror Italy says. _. I 1.1 l _ la cell Lynn Fie i ii dlr he Ltd ult Bureau after terrorists claimed to have Poi soned Hrach grown Grapefruit and officials banned All Grapefruit sales in Italy the ministry of health said thursday there had been no cause for alarm. Officials had ordered seizure of Al Grapefruit on Sale in Italy tuesday after tests purportedly indicated some Grapefruit n a Rome supermarket had been injected with lethal Poison. The Newsua action prompted removal of Citrus products from Shrives Al Many commissaries and spurred european health officials 10 Issue con Sumer warnings. Jaffa Brand inf tonal were confiscated from a fam store in Central Rome tuesday morning following a Telephone lip to a Rome newspaper. A terrorist group claimed to have deliberately Poi soned the fruit. Health ministry spokes Man Paola Franciosa said wednesday. Regional health workers had determined thai 18 of the Pap fruit Lead been injected with a Poison that gave the Core of the fruit a bluish tinge he said. Franciosa said that when lab workers injected the substance Inlo 1cst mice the mice died instantly. However the health ministry on thursday announced thai the Grapefruit had been injected Only with a Blue Dye commonly called Tinc Ture of Violet. The Dye formerly was used to treat minor Throat ailments. Filippo casing la the health ministry s chief spokesman said thursday he was hard put to explain the death of the lab mice and How the toting error could have taken place. Initial testing had been carried out by the Luio Region Al lab and health authorities now think the tests done there were flawed he said. Follow up testing with the substance produced no ill Etc cts on lab animals Cas Tigli said ctn Tuting 10 wot a min Ujj by left k Warhol auction new York a Andy Warhol s plastic wristwatches of Fred Flint Stone Judy Jetson and gumby reached $2,640 in a "wild1 bidding War s2,5�0 More than the timepieces Cost the late artist in a department store rotheby s auction House said. Kitschy collectibles were Only some of the objects on Sale wednesday during the fifth Day of the 10-Dny auction of Warhol s possessions. There was also sinous jewelry on the Block. American Indian Art including no end of Turquoise jewelry Wasto be sold at thursday s auction said Diana Brooks president of rotheby s North America. So far. Warhol s collection has fetched 19,072.000, More than twice rotheby s High estimate of 13,951,000. Only 37 out of some 1,400 lots have not sold she said. The highest bid wednesday was $55.000 for a pair of surrealist ear clips by artist Salvador Dali according to Brooks. The buyer a private collector Wai not identified. Proceeds Fioro the auction will Benefit the Andy Warhol foundation for the visual arts which will award Grants to cultural institutions in the United states and abroad. Warhol died Al age 58 last year. Search continues for . Paratrooper missing Over Peninsula in Denmark _. M in it Nara Marvit Jwj Fiatt Eft Lut Lamfrom it Ilind win reports the search for a is. Paratrooper miss ing since Early thursday in Southeastern Denmark continued late thursday afternoon a Yocom spokesman a
