European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 1, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Wednesday june 1, 19b8 the stars and stripes Page 5 baby food company fined $250,000 Albany. . Up Beech nut nutrition corp. Has paid a 1250,000 Fine for Selling phony Apple juice As inc real thing inc largest Penally Ever collected by the stale of new York for violations of false Labelling Laws stale officials said monday. Bocch Nul has admitted it sold the baby food product As "100 percent fruit juice even though it was made from syn thetic concentrate and contained Little or no Apple juice. The slate agriculture department was alerted to the deception by Beech nut employees in 1981. The magnitude of the penalty sends a Clear message to the food processing Industry that false Labelling is a serious offence especially when the product is food intended Lor babies and Young children an official said. Beech nut one of the nation s larg est manufacturers of baby food sold s million jars of uie miss Abele product in 1981 and 1982. The juice was produced at the firm s Plant in the Mont Gomery county town of Cana Ottarie. After the agriculture department was alerted to the questionable juice. It conducted tests on the product and found thai Beech nut had substituted a cheaper Type of concentrate containing sugar synthetic malic acid and artificial color instead of real Apple juice concentrate. Beech nut blamed the problem on the supplier of the concentrate but pleaded guilty to 215 counts in 1470 count Federal indictment which alleged that it continued to buy and use the synthetic concentrate even after its purity was questioned. The company has Alto stilled a civil suit brought by Scranton pa., super Market Chain Over the phony juice. Aerospace expo sued after bouncing checks san Diego Ai organizers of an aerospace exposition Are having trouble paying Bills and face a suit by ii company that helped prepare the grounds. Air space America inc., the non profit group thai org Iii de the combination exposition and Trade show bounced checks last week meant to com ponies for goods and services provided during the 10-Uay show last month at Crown Field. The group s president. Hill Walsh acknowledged that a mistake had been made but said the financial problems should he resolved soon. Meanwhile a chemical company hat treated about 10 acres at the Field for he exposition tiled suit last week charging air space America with breach of contract. Evergreen chemical products is seeking �1 Mil lion plus other damages and Legal costs. Air space America is contesting Evergreen s allegations that it failed to meet the payment schedule Walsh told the san Diego Tribune that checks ranging from about $700 to several thousand Dol Lars have bounced in recent Days. He said he can l specify the value or number of bounced checks because the organization s records weren t immediately available. The organization wrote the checks knowing air space America accounts lacked the necessary funds he said but had hoped that an estimated s400.000 from ticket Selling outlets would arrive in Lime to cover them. Unfortunately we did t quite make it we screwed Walsh said. He said the ticket agencies have been urged to hurry and Send the Money in. Air space America has released no exact Atten dance figures. Promoters projected a latal Atten dance of 500,000, but estimates indicate that about 250,000 attended the exposition. North will Campaign for old friends in Calif. Doctor Newman actor Paul Newman chats with Yale Unin Rosity president Benno c. Schmidt after commencement ceremonies monday in new Haven Conn Newman was awarded an honorary doctor of humane letters. Los Angeles Al j Oliver North will visit los Angeles this week to Campaign for two Republican congressional candidates who arc old while House friends. The retired Marine lieutenant colonel who achieved National Fame during the televised Iran Contra hearings last sum Mer will arrive at Long Beach Airport wednesday morning and will spend the afternoon walking around Long Bench knocking on doors and asking residents to vote for Republican congressional candidate Dana Rohrabacher Campaign spokesman Robert Rule said. Rohrabacher is one of four republicans and three democrats seeking the District s congressional Seal. North will attend private fund raisers for Rohrabacher in los Angeles and Adena later wednesday afternoon then be inc keynote speaker at a $250-a-Platc dinner for Rohrabacher. Then there will be a s1,000-a-Pcrson reception on the Queen Mary which is permanently docked in Long Beach. Those attending the reception will have an Opportunity to have their pictures taken with North. North will spend thursday Cam army seeks cause of contamination at Wii chemical warfare test site Bushnell. A. Up1 Environ menial engineers with the army corps of engineers arc conducting a yearlong series of tests of groundwater at the site of a world War 11 air base and lop secret chemical warfare testing ground to iry to determine what caused contamination severe enough to Burn human flesh. Florida s department of natural re sources and the army first investigated the Sumter county site in 1984 after Well Driller Wayne Wertz was splashed with foul smelling water that blistered his legs but the Der dropped the investigation and the army report concluded Only thai no evidence of any Mustard nerve a genl. Or military irritants was detected in any of inc soil or water report did however say thai an unidentified organic compound was found in several water samples. That com Pound is now thought to be aviation fuel used in an experimental bomber pumping system at the old Bushnell army air Field about 50 Miles Northeast of Tampa unfortunately for nearby homeowners like Ken and Paula House confirmation of the contamination was not passed on to prospective buyers. Their Home is now one of two the Der has outfitted with fillers to trap carcinogenic materials. They have been told their water is Safe but they do not drink it or use it for cooking. Army environmental Engineer Mark Wolff said the army will clean up the contamination if the investigation which will involve 10 lest Wells shows the military was responsible for it he said he has no evidence so far to suggest Mustard Gas testing was done in the area but investigators will have protective clothing Handy when drilling their , Wolff faults the Der for engaging in nothing More than a Witch Hunt four years ago and for not continuing its investigation until the cause of the contamination was determined. Warren Maddox one of the Der workers who headed the limited investigation said the contamination was passed off As no one including myself bothered to look further at the possibility of fuel contamination said Maddox now environmental director for the Sumter county health department. Everyone was looking for Mustard paining and at tending fund Rais ers for Christopher Cox a candidate for the 40th con Gressional District Seal from Orange county. There Are 14 republicans and two democrats in that race North Mcl Cox 35, when they were both on the while North House staff. North was a foreign affairs specialist and Cox of Newport Beach was senior associate counsel for presi Dent Reagan Rohrabacher 40, of Palms Verdys was a special assistant and senior spec Chyril crts Reagan. Sands of time in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. June i 1948 Chile charged that the soviet refusal to permit russian wives of foreign citizens to leave inc country with their husbands was a Fla Grant violation of the United nations declaration on human rights. 30 years ago today. ,. June 1, 1958 Gen. Charles do Gaulle triumphant Afier weeks of a neutering in France and Algeria agreed to become Premier and bring a Soldier s discipline to crisis stricken France 20 years ago foday. June 1, 1968 the Ripon society a Republican research organization said that gov. Ronald Reagan of California was unqualified for any National Post requiring a High degree of administrative or diplomatic 10 years ago foday. June i 1978 nato leaders agreed to increase military spending by As much As $100 billion Over the next dec Adelo counter soviet military Power in Europe
