European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 8, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday february 1989 the stars and stripes Page 9 soviet death toll in Afghanistan raised to 15,000 Moscow a a foreign ministry official tuesday said up to 15,000 soviet troops have been killed in Afghanistan nearly 2,000 More than the last reported figure and an indication of the heavy losses the Kremlin incurred during the waning Days of its intervention. Yuri k. Alexeyev head of the ministry s Middle East department told re porters the new toll d9es not indicate the final stages of the withdrawal were the bloodiest for soviet troops. But he added at a news conference we had shellings by the opposition of the cities. And a lot of civilians died and of course soviet servicemen. It does t mean that during the last months we had the bloodiest period of the War in Afghanistan Alexeyev added. He said the new death toll was announced monday in Islamabad Pakistan by soviet foreign minister Eduard a. Shevardnadze. After they began their withdrawal last May 15, soviet forces had to rely increasingly on afghan government troops to protect them from rebel attacks. The pullout brokered by the United nations is scheduled to be completed feb. 15. The last report on casualties was from soviet Gen. Alexei d. Lizi Chev. He told a Moscow news conference on May 25 that 13,310 soviet troops had been killed 35,478 wounded and 311 were missing. He said his figures applied from dec. 27,1979, when soviet troops and tanks entered the afghan War until May 1,1988. Alexeyev did not say what period his figure covered and did not give a count for the number of wounded and missing. Legionnaires outbreak in Central London claims life London a one Man has died As a result of a legionnaires disease outbreak in Central London that has struck seven other people health officials said tuesday. Another 19 cases Are suspected said or. Deidre Cunningham a City of West Minster environmental health officer. Cunningham told a news conference the source of the outbreak has been Nar rowed Down to a Small area Southwest of Leicester Square. She said the outbreak is under control and the risk of anyone else becoming infected is  water samples have been taken from 17 Cooling systems in buildings in the area and most of them have been shut Down voluntarily she said. Those still operating have been fully cleaned and disinfected she said. Cunningham and or. John Gabbay medical officer in charge of the investigation refused to identify the dead Man. They said he died two weeks ago. Gabbay said six patients confirmed to be suffering from the disease Are hospitalized two in intensive care. The seventh has been discharged from the Hospi Tal and is recuperating atliome7 tender Teller Harry Craig Strickland of Quitman ga., uses one of four automated Teller machines on the san Diego based sub Marine tender Dixon. The arms save the Navy at least 500 payroll related Man hours per month on the Dixon by directly depositing sailors1 checks into the system called arms at sea. Puppy seer has Many snapping of his heels by the Allentown morning Call Allentown a. Christmas lights still Dangle from the Allentown Home of David Williams where the balding Man with the new York accent sold pedigreed puppies through the mail. Under the name of National breeders network Wil Liams transferred puppies across the country from breeders to customers after placing advertisements in the sunday classified sections of some of America s largest newspapers including the new York times the Boston Globe and the los Angeles times. Over the past three years Williams had sold and delivered More than 500 puppies to customers who paid Between $400 and $1,000 for dogs of rare Breeds. But in the last six months a growing number of clients say they be seen neither their dogs nor their Money. And Williams who kept some of the exotic dogs at his tiny Home vanished at christmastime leaving postal inspectors a local advertising Agency and Doz ens of customers wanting to find out where he is. I feel sorry for everybody because it s not Only a Large amount of Money but it s an emotional Issue because a pet is involved said Stacey Scholl director of the better business Bureau. Although the list of those who feel that they have been wronged is Long there is another Side to the mysterious Williams who once used $250 of his own Money to get a rare Pup for an ailing widow in new York and was considered to have one of the most efficient computer operations in the world of dog sales. Williams acting As a broker contacted breeders across the nation who would ship the animals to his customers by air. But even when Williams delivered what people paid for his business was not viewed favourably by Many dog lovers and the american Kennel club the authority on dog Breeding and registration. In those circles a person who Breeds a dog Sells pups Only to those who keep them for their own. Selling to a middleman like Williams is considered unethical by Many clubs and in 1987 the acc tried to put Williams out of business by suspending his registration privileges. Alan Stern an acc spokesman in new York would not comment on the reason for the suspension but he said that the evidence in Williams file was sufficient to bar him. Anytime his name comes through our files it will be kicked out because of his previous actions Ster said. The majority of consumer complaints came from Chicago new York and new England with some allegations arriving from As far away As California and Alabama. The claims began shortly after Williams established his Allentown business in 1986, and the most recent complaint surfaced two weeks ago. Investigators won t say How Many customers Are believed to have been taken by Williams but at least 50 complaints have been filed against him in the state attorney general s consumer Protection office in Allen town. Since 1987, disgruntled customers have filed seven civil complaints locally against Williams. He lost five of the cases and was ordered to pay customer refunds totalling $4,011. Two complaints filed last month amounting to $ 1,100, Are still pending. Because the transactions occurred in the mail and non delivery could be considered Federal mail fraud All complaints have been directed to the . Postal inspection service. Sudan rebels recover 2 americans bodies Nairobi Kenya up sudanese rebels said monday they have recovered the bodies of two americans whose Small plane crashed into a Mountainside be fore Christmas on their return from a Relief station in the nation s War torn Southern Region. Clandestine radio of the Sudan peo ple s liberation army said the Spla has retrieved the bodies of two pilots whose Small Cessna 337 crashed in Didi nya Hill in bad weather last  the plane crashed on the Kenya Sudan Uganda Border in a no Man s land and rugged terrain said the Broad cast monitored in Nairobi Kenya. A source in Nairobi confirmed the bodies of Bush Pilot Mike Grennell and missionary Gary Taylor were retrieved from the 10,000-foot-High crash site two weeks ago and brought to the town of Kapeta about 50 Miles North of the Kenya Border. The bodies Are being kept in the Mort uary of a British built Hospital in the town pending diplomatic negotiations for their return to Nairobi said the source who asked not to be identified. Grennell 44, of Brookton Dale n.y., and Taylor 42, of Seattle became miss ing shortly before Christmas and were reported Days later to have crashed their Light plane at an unknown site in North Ern Kenya. Aviation sources said however that the pair crashed on the Way Back from a Relief station deep inside rebel held Sudan where they had tried unsuccessfully to repair a plane abandoned by Grennell after an earlier mishap. The Spla broadcast said the crash site was discovered by members of the local Didina tribe who led Spla forces to the scene. The Spla has sent messages of con Dolence to the relatives of the pilots the radio said. Grennell had rendered in valuable assistance to the needy people in  various organizations Are involved in flying and trucking food and medical supplies into Southern Sudan