European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 15, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes wednesday March 15,1989 cyanide discovered in chilean grapes continued from Page 1 removed to a cooler for storage with 1.000 pounds Oro Lucr chilean fruit dial is being Kepi off the shelves Tor now. Virtually All inc fresh grapes sold in the United states Al his time of year come from Chile and grapes amount to about two thirds of the chilean Fri sold in the United states Fra officials in Washington said. Other chilean fruit sold in the United Stales at this time of year includes peaches blueberries blackberries seedless watermelons cantaloupes Honey Dow melons raspberries nectarines quince. Granny Smith Green apples Caius pears pears and plums said sue Hutch rofl an Fra spokeswoman in Seattle. We Haven i heard from the Fra Billie will be removing All grapes from Dis play and making refunds for i Host thai were purchased said John Rhodes a spokesman for Iowa based by ice food stores Lite which operates 150 stores in seven Midwest slates. Commissaries pulling chilean fruit by the slant and stripes fruit from Chile is being pulled from commissary shelves in Europe As a pc caution officials sail tuesday. An official with the defense subsistence Region Europe confirmed Tsal chilean fruit had reached military commissaries in the United kingdom and West Germany and said in could be another location As Well. The subsistence Region which or Ders products for army and air Force commissaries in Europe has advised is purchasers not to buy fruit from Chile until we gel All of this sorted out the official said. A spokesman for air Force commis Saries in Europe told the Slars and stripes that the service was ordering All chilean fruit pulled from shelves until further notice. It was not immediately known which commissary locations would be affected by the recall. Chilean fruit also was being with drawn tuesday from army Szorc shelves in Europe and put on medical hold an army commissaries official said. " among items possibly affected arc. Grapes peaches cantaloupes seedless watermelons pears and plums the official said. .,-." Rhodes said the food marketing in Sli Lulu in Washington notified the company monday night. Ron Morgan assistant manager at a pcs mores super Valu store said employees removed All grapes regardless of origin. I think ours come from califor Nia Morgan said. But we re pulling them off until we re  in new York City health inspectors would not be checking with stores to make sure the fruit had been removed unless requested to do so by the Fra said Marvin Bogner a spokesman for the City department of health. In Birmingham ala., Bruno s spokeswoman Beth Dunnaway said Hal Chain with More than 200 stores in the Southeast also is  removed peaches plums nectarines raspberries and three varieties of grapes red while arid Blue she said. Steve Sirls director of produce sales for Richmond  Ukrop s super markets said Hie chilean grapes peaches plums nectarines and pears pulled monday night from its 17 stores leave us with nothing. There Sno alternative  hate to play in inc hands of these people possible hoaxers but you have to Alert the Public said Bill sen Roger spokesman for Public super markets Florida s second largest Chain. News briefs afghan envoy claims 2 . Advisers killed Moscow up the afghan ambassador in Moscow said tuesday thai to american military advisers were killed in Afghanistan during fighting by Iwen government Iri japs and .-Backcd moslem rebels near inc Eastern afghan City of Jala Labad. A Szalc department official in Washington said there was no foundation for the statement by ambassador Sayed Ghulab Zoi. We have heard reports of two journalists caught in Cross fire in a Battle and that could explain this re port the unofficial said. But we Don l know who the journalists arc or if they got out  Ghulab of said the pakistani army and american and saudi military advisers were assisting inc rebels in the assault. He said inc insurgents had stepped up their activity since the soviet military withdrawal in february. Of helicopter crashes off Okinawa 3 missing Tokyo Ai j a . Air Force helicopter crashed in the Ocean off Southern Japan on tuesday and three of the five people on Board were missing u military spokesman said the Hh-3, belonging to the 33rd aerospace Rescue recovery so Al Kadena a in Okinawa 1,000 Miles Southwest of Tokyo crashed Al 8 35 . During practice Mission said base spokesman Fri Roku Yoda lie said inc cause of the Accident was unknown. An air Force Rescue plane picked up two people from he sea and look Ihm 10 Kadar to. Their conditions and the names of the people on the helicopter were not known. Air Force Pilot killed in collision of 2 f-16s Southeast of Madrid Torrejon a Spain is a . Air Force Pilot was killed and another slightly injured tuesday when their f-16 Jel fighters collided during a train ing flight about 90 Miles Southeast of Madrid. The planes assigned to the 401 St tac. Fighter Wing Al Torr Jon collided near he City of Cuenca about 245 ., spokeswoman capt. Willitte Parker said. The name of the dead Pilot was being withheld until his family has been notified. The injured Pilot capt Steven by Kumpf 27, of Glendale ariz., was taken to the Torrejon base Hospital for observation and released Parker said. She declined to identify the pilots unit the cause of the crash is under investigation Par Ker said. On dec 5, the commander of the 16lh air Force at Torrejon maj. Gen win Field s. Harp died when the f-16 he was piloting crashed into a Mountain about is Miles from the base during a night air to air refuelling Mission. The 72 f-l6s assigned 10 inc 0ls an scheduled 10 be transferred to Crolona. Italy by 1992 under an eight year military cooperation treaty signed in de Cember by Spain and inc United slates. The move follows a 1986 referendum in which Spanish citizens voted to remain in nato if inc . Military presence in the country was reduced. Discovery from Page 1. Contrasted with the fire and Thunder of monday s lift off and the release of a $100 million satellite the mis Sion s primary task. The deployment of the 2vi-ton tracking arid data relay satellite completes a network that will enable Nasa and the defense department to maintain Al most constant radio Contact with space shuttles and More than a score of unmanned satellites. Once the new satellite is checked out by ground stations during the next few weeks in will join two sister satellites and become the final link in a communications Constellation thai is vital o space plans of Nasa and the Pentagon. During the Mission s remaining four Days the Astro nauts were to observe four crippled Rais to study How Bones heal in space explore the causes of space sick Ness conduct tracking tests Hal could apply to the Star wan program research treatment of diseases and him environmentally damaged areas on Earth. The five astronauts Rode discovery into orbit mod Day Onilien 28th space shuttle night and the third since the challenger explosion killed seven astronauts More than Ihrcke years ago. The blazing liftoff marked a successful beginning to Nasa s plans to Fly seven Shullie missions it year. Joining coals on the flight arc Pilot John Blaha and Mission specialists Bob Springer Jim Buchli and Jim Bagian taxes from Page 1 Floyces who have tried to shield income from .  using the foreign exclusion Rales. Thai exclusion gives Many american a linens the  at old taxes on up to $70.000 in income if the Money has been earned overseas. However . Government employees do not qualify1 for the exclusion and the irs has Long held that non appropriated fund employees although not paid with lax dollars Are government Gorki is. Matthews a Community and family support Agency worker argues Hal the irs rules ate unfair and should be changed. His Case has been joined by the tax court with the Case of Ron Davis another Naf worker from Schwei Zingen. The tax court ruled against mat thews last month Bui he told the stars and stripes thai he plans to Appeal Hal decision to . District court in Washington. So far he s run up a Legal Bill of More Ihan $44,000, and the Appeal to a higher Federal court will Cost at least . Matthews said  to gel the extra Money from his supporters. He s been advertising his Appeal through newsletter that is mailed periodically 10 past contributors for its part the irs hails the mat thews Case As Clear evidence that Naf employees overseas must pay up now and forever. Rod Young an irs spokesman said the tax court ruled feb. 16 that Naf workers Are in fact government employees for tax purposes. The Only Small Victory for Matthews and his co Plain tilts was that the court did t find them guilty of negligence for improperly claiming the foreign income exclusion on their tax returns. A negligence finding would have opened Matthews and his supports up to quite stiff penalties in addition Loback taxes and interest charges Young  time inc judge  petitioners were. In the wrong they believed in Good Faith that they were entitled to the exclusion and had a reason Able enough basis 10 Challenge the  Young noted however Hal the judge s ruling Means Only Hal negligence penalties can t be assessed against Naf workers like Matthews who filed tax returns claiming the exclusion in 1987 and before. For re turns from tax year 1988 and on the irs May very Well assess negligence penalties if a Naf worker continues to claim the exclusion Matthews who was audited for the 1983 an 1 1984 tax years has been told by the irs that he owes 16,000 in Back taxes for improperly claiming the exclusion he said if he loses Bis Appeal he could be liable for More Back taxes be cause he claimed the exclusion in 1983. Barbaraj Gehrmann. An assistant Revenue service representative with inc irs in Bonn said inc first 600 Naf workers who have been mailed payment notices this month owe an average of Between i3,Soo and $4,000 in taxes she said the majority of these 600 taxpayers were audited for 1986. And Cehr Mahn said the irs in t finished checking for  think Well be ipod Kirin at this area very closely she said. This is a High  said the same employees caught in the current sweep May find themselves owing More Money in they Are audited for additional years. The irs also is pursuing at least 400 Oiler cases involving taxpayers who hied for the foreign canted income exclusion after improperly claiming to be Independent contractors for the . Government rather than regular employees she said