European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 3, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday july 3, 1988 the stars and stripes Page 7 Coke Flavoured with coca extract a %. _ _ drink maker acknowledges edged we a Huray Bav Tell suspected what Many have suspected the Plant fran Onidi co from Caine is derived. The  came last week after government officiate and scientists at solved a rtt research programs Den to fixed the Illinois based Stepan co. As the importer Aad processor of the co caused i Coke. After Stepan officiate acknowledged their ties to coca cola the loft it jul giant broke its silence. A a Telephone interview from cola Atlanta Headquarters Kandy Donaldson 4 company spokesman said ingredients from the coca Leaf Are use4 but there is no Coatne in stand it Taall tightly overseen by regulator i reaction to the revelation Ema icel ool Daian a beverage Industry analyst at Montgomery securities in Sanfrancisco said Dfcia is going to sur prise people but it also makes sense when you have pod product you change it As Little As possible Lohn Tytti Emberton a pharmacist brewed the first Batch of the brain tonic and intellectual beverage1 m1$6. Ali Quiec the original recipe included coca with cocaine the narcotic was removed just after the turn of the Century according to company spokesmen. Can and bottles of coca cola list Only natural flavor in addition to water i fructose Corn syrup or us Caramel color phosphoric act and caffeine. Donaldson declined to say if the new formula Coke introduced it 1985 was coca free or if the company was no seeking to eliminate its need for coca imports a Stepan Laboratory in Maywood m Al is the nation s Only Legal Commer Cial importer of coca leaves which it obtains mainly from Peru and  producing the coca Flavouring agent for coca cola Stepan extract cocaine from the coca leaves which it Sells to Mal Heckrodt Lac a St. Louis pharmaceutical manufacturer that is the Only company in the United state licenses to purify the product for medicinal  the 1980s, imports of coca by Stepan ranged from 56 tons to 588 tons a Yean according to figures from the drug enforcement administration. Donaldson declined to discus whether the Reagan administration s planned attempt to eradicate South american coca could have an Impact on the company and its  officials said recently that As part of the administration s War on drugs they planned to begin testing a coca eradication program in Peru with in 90 Days. The testing which is Contin gent on final approval by the peruvian government would involve the Aerial spraying of powerful  of the herbicide project charge that it is politically motivated and environmentally hazardous others argue that it is simply bound to fail. According to estimates based on Aba data enough coca to satisfy  demand for cocaine can be produced on 96 Square Miles of land an the climate of much of Africa and Asia As Well As latin America is suitable forthe cultivation of the Hardy Shrub five firemen die battling no. Blaze new York not five firefight ers battling flames inside an automobile Dealership in downtown Hackensack n.j., were killed Friday when the roof of the blazing building collapsed on them fire officials said. The five victims a Captain a lieu tenant and three firemen All veterans of the Hackensack fire department were in a garage at the rear of the sprawl ing building shooting water from hoses at the burning ceiling when a huge Sec Tion of the roof fell on them with a Roar about 3 15 . Minutes later a series of explosions erupted inside the garage apparently Ashe flaming debris ignited the gasoline tanks of cars being repaired at the dealer ship Hackensack Ford. There were no other injuries As Doz ens of employees fled quickly from the building. The Blaze which began As a seemingly minor fire in a loft Between the ceiling and roof of the one Story building later erupted into an inferno that shot flames30 feet into the air Over the boiling Crater of the collapsed roof. Witnesses said that just before the collapse other firefighters were atop the garage area of the burning building Cut Ting through the roof with Power saws apparently to get at the flames in the loft. The dead were identified by fire officials As capt. Richard l. Williams 53lt. Richard r. Reinhagen 48, and fire men William Krejsa 51, Leonard Radumski 38, and Stephen Ennis 30. Birthday splash a photo Oum left celebrates his 10th birthday fied female Dolphin who eyes some of at Antibes Marina along the French the Large birthday cake made of her Riviera. Joining the fun is an uni Denti ring. Jury decides on death for torture killer Philadelphia a a jury sat urday ordered that Gary Michael Heid Nik die in the electric chair for killing two of six women he imprisoned in a basement torture chamber. Jurors who on Friday convicted Heid Nik of first degree murder in the slayings of Sandra Lindsay and Deborah Dudley deliberated about 90 minutes before reaching a verdict on a sentence. The sentence will be reviewed automatically by the Pennsylvania supreme court. During a sentencing hearing saturday a prosecutor asked the jurors to impose the death sentence. They could have sentenced Heidnik to life in prison. This Man is legally sane and he knew what he was doing and he did it with torture assistant District attorney Charles Gallagher told the jurors. Death is the Correct sentence Gallagher said. Heidnik s lawyer a. Charles perutojr., appealed to the jurors to consider that Heidnik 44, suffers from a severe mental disease. Heidnik did not testify at the sentencing hearing. I just Hope you do the right thing Peruto said after being directed by com Mon pleas judge Lynne Abraham not to rehash previous testimony from the trial which featured survivors tales of cannibalism and sadism. The jury on Friday rejected Heidnik s insanity defense convicting him of two counts of first degree murder six charges of kidnapping five of rape four of aggravated assault and one of involuntary deviate sexual Intercourse. Shuttle readied for ceremony Cape canaveral Fla. A discovery will be moved to the launch pad in a formal ceremony monday to be readied for the firs Post challenger space shuttle flight Nasa said  five member astronaut Crew slated to Fly on the next Mission willbe on hand when the shuttle is rolled out on a huge tracked transporter under the Glare of spotlights at 12 01 . Monday the National aeronautics and space administration said. The 4.2-mile trip to launch pad 39b is expected to take six to seven  this week the space Agency announced it had officially delayed discovery s liftoff from late August until Early september saying it was taking longer than planned to prepare the vehicle for the first shuttle flight since the challenger explosion on Jan. 28,1986.nasa s working Date for liftoff is sept. 4. Cocaine shipment seized hicksv1lle, . A an Esti mated 6,000 pounds of pure cocaine valued at $480 million and sealed in blocks of chocolate was seized at a Long Island warehouse in what May be the nation s largest drug bust outside Florida officials announced Friday. Three colombian nationals thought to be members of a major colombian drug Cartel were arrested in a raid of the warehouse in Hicksville by 50 agents thursday night said Robert Stutman special agent in charge of the drug enforcement administration in new York. . Customs inspectors stumbled on the cocaine shipment june 24 during Aroutine Check aboard the Allison Lykes at a port in Newark n.j., according to Peter Baish agent in charge of . Cus Toms in new Jersey. The shipment was from Ecuador and the inspection was a cold hit he said explaining that inspectors had no tip or Advance warning of the contraband. He said the agents were attracted to the shipment 1,200 Cartons marked industrialized Cocoa powder because Ecuador is a source country for cocaine