European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 16, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday August 16, 1988 the stars and stripes Page 3 hormone mafia scandal widening Holland Italy face freaked Vea scare Frankfurt West Germany a a West German scandal involving the use of illegal hormones to Spur the growth of calves May spread to the Netherlands and Italy officials and news re ports said monday. Discovery of the illegal hormone use has led to charges of an International hormone mafia and the arrest of a major veal producer in Northwestern Germany. The main substance at Issue is testosterone the vital male hormone that is suspected of being a cancer causing agent in Large doses. Authorities last week arrested veal producer Felix Hying of Borken in the Northwestern part of the country after discovering illegal hormone use. Prosecutors say Bernhard Wigger another veal producer from the same area is suspected of using similar banned sub stances. Albert Rentmeister a spokesman for the City of Borken said Wigger kept a thousand or More calves in the nearby Netherlands. Siegfried Martsch a spokesman for the environmentalist greens party in the affected state of North Rhine Westphalia said there is a possibility Wigger had business dealings with  he did not reveal further details during a press conference in Disseldorf. The Hamburg based Der Spiegel mag Azine and the Wes Deutsche Rund Funk radio station of Cologne said the Hor Mones themselves came from the Netherlands. There is an illegal Market for animal drugs that is causing mischief both with in the european economic Community and outside of it said Klaus Matthie sen agriculture minister for North Rhine Westphalia. Matthiesen also told reporters on Sun Day he is convinced there is an International hormone mafia behind the illegal use. We have had Many Many indications not Only in the last few Days but also for several months that confirm this View the state minister said. There Are ties going beyond National  West German officials say it s the largest hormone scandal in the country s nearly 40-year history. The Issue is particularly sensitive for West germans who Are wary of food additives and similar substances. Health food firms also have been experiencing Sharp growth in recent years while news accounts still chronicle the lingering effects of the 1986 chernobyl nuclear Accident on the nation s food Supply. Matthiesen on Friday ordered the confiscation of about 14,000 calves belong ing to Wigger because of the suspected use of testosterone. Testosterone is the principal male sex hormone and it is responsible for Var ious male sex characteristics. Its use is banned throughout the dec. Wigger says that Needle Marks found on a sampling of his calves were Only for routine immunizations. Also last week in a separate action nor Rhein westfalen officials accused calf breeder Hying of using testosterone on thousands of his calves. Officials ordered the Slaughter of 4,200 of Hying s calves that tested Posi Tive for the hormone. More than 10,000 others were also being tested. Hying remained in jail monday afternoon Pend ing further investigation. Local prosecutor Klaus Duepmann told reporters sunday that 500 of the calves remained unaccounted for after several Days of investigations. We can t exclude the possibility that these calves have already been slaughtered prepared and have reached the markets Duepmann added. Both Wigger and Hying have their businesses in towns located less than 6 Miles from the dutch Border. While experts say that testosterone is a suspected cancer causing agent West German scientists say that quantities of the substance found in the calves pose no danger to humans. The scandal remained top news in West Germany Over the weekend and on monday. Chemical company aids the Hor Mone investigators Federal health office issues veal warning said the Frankfurter Mundschau daily newspaper in a front Page headline. It also remained one of the top items on to and radio news broadcasts. Boy aunt drown As family watches Allentown a. A a 9-year-old boy and his aunt drowned in the Lehigh River As family Mem Bers watched in horror after the two were swept away while wading across a shallow area below a dam authorities say. Emigilda Santana 41, and her Nephew Lizandro Santiago died sunday despite efforts by rescuers who pulled the victims from the water and administered emergency Aid on the Shore. The woman s husband Jose and the boy s Mother Maria Pacheco both of Allentown were comforted by friends at the scene. The victims were among a group of six who were walking through the rapids when the water came and took us said Esperanca Santiago 10, a Cousin of Santiago and Santana s Niece. Esperanca s brother sister and another Cousin also were in the group she said but All survivors escaped injury. One child was hanging onto Santana As the group struggled to Shore Esperanca said. She said Lizandro could not swim and had to be pulled from a Public swimming Pool earlier this year. Robert Dougher 41, of Bethlehem a Conrail police Man said he was nearby when children came running from the wooded Bank crying for help. He ran Down to the River and saw mrs. Santiago floating face Down near the Shore. Dougher said he pulled her ashore and gave her Mouth to Mouth and cardiopulmonary resuscitation but i could t get any  other rescuers arrived and tried to resuscitate the woman while two police officers tied to ropes searched for the boy in the 5-to-6-foot-deep water. Two fishermen in a boat downstream found the boy in 6 to 8 feet of water. The victims were taken to two different hospitals where they were pronounced dead. Biting Back a Andrea a 4-year-old boy in Rome Italy knows the attack the rising temperatures with a slice of Juicy secret of facing up to the summer heat wave you ice cold Watermelon. Right Wing wants Laurel As ally against Aquino Manila Philippines up right Wing parties asked estranged vice presi Dent Salvador Laurel to join them Mon Day at the head of an opposition coalition that would be Strong enough to Challenge the government of president Corazon Aquino. I am ready to subordinate All inter ests in order to effect a Unity of the opposition said rightist Leader sen. Juan Ponce Enrile after a breakfast meeting with Laurel who two Days earlier accused Aquino of incompetence and urged her to resign. Enrile a former defense minister who was fired from the philippine Cabinet when his aides were linked to a novem Ber 1986 coup attempt said rightist and moslem parties would hold further meet Ings across the land in order to forge an effective Alliance. Maybe by that time this government will know that indeed there is a quiet opposition Strong enough to make a Chal Lenge he said. Laurel was reported to be considering a leading opposition role after he quit the philippine Cabinet in september. He dodged a question monday on whether he would join Enrile saying he was still awaiting a reply to his Call for Aquino s resignation. Aquino who accused Laurel on sat urday of playing Golf through one coup attempt and failing to support her in an other laughed off a question about a possible Alliance Between her main opponents. I was of the impression they have been together All these months she said