European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 16, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Ireland s West coast stripes Magazine d . Families might leave Panama Page 3 d classified ads in stripes Magazine today q countdown to final four.,.see sports the  publication forthe a Al. Falmed forces Good noir Neq vol. 47. No. 103 thursday. March 16, 1989 Ai n., .&,., d 8693 a . Military aide told to leave soviet Union Moscow api the soviets on wednesday accused an assistant . Military attache of spying and ordered him expelled from he country in apparent retaliation for Washington s expulsion Asi week of a soviet officer. Foreign ministry spokesman Gonna Dpi. Gerasimov said army i. Col. Daniel Francis Van Gundy Iii a military aide at the . Embassy in Moscow was Given 48 hours to leave. Gerasimov said Van Gundy who had been assigned to the embassy for about two years the Normal Moscow Diplo Matic tour was declared unwelcome be cause tie engaged in espionage. The 42-year-old Anny officer lives on the . Embassy compound with his wife Susan and two of heir Tirc daughters. Last thursday. . Officials accused soviet la. Col. Yuri  Pattilu Sorof try ing to buy computer secrets und ordered him to leave the country. Gerasimov it a hastily culled briefing charged that Van Gundy attempted to enter a closed area deliberately diverting from the officially permitted route clandestinely photographed military Sites and commuted other Gross violations of the rules of diplomatic conduct. . Embassy spokesman Richard Gil Bert said the soviet charges were unwarranted inappropriate without justification and certainly in no Way in keeping with the positive tone of the .-sovictrelationship." Gilbert the embassy press attache. Sea aide on Back Page chilean fruit removed from commissaries d Randy Mcclains u it writer fruit from Chile has been discovered in and re moved from at least 30 army and air Force commis Saries in West Germany Llic United kingdom and six other countries in lie. Wake of a cd Anide poisoning scare in he United states and Canada. Commissary. Officials said numerous crises. Of chilean fruit including several varieties of grapes nectarines plunk. Peai hcs raspberries and Granny Smith apples have been taken off commissary shelves in the past two Days. However spokesmen stressed that no contamination was found and said refunds would be available for people who purchased fruit through  towers should bring the fruit with a receipt if possible to their air Force or army commissary said Denise Gomes spokeswoman for the . Army troop sup port Agency commissaries  chilean fruit was found in elude stores in Greece a rid Crete Italy Spain the Al arcs Turkey and the Netherlands. The  been stored under a medical hold and will be destroyed officials with  subsistence Region Europe and 7 la medical come said wednesday. Dare is the Agency that orders products for All the army and air Force commissaries in Europe Dave Stewart a spokesman for the eth medical come said food inspectors a ached to his command visually inspected much of the chilean fruit at army commissaries on tuesday and found nothing sushi chilean government inspectors in Valparaiso examine crates of grapes tagged far Export. Cious. Neither the air Force nor army conducted any Laboratory tests on fruit in the United states puncture Marks were found in two seedless red grapes in Philadelphia and further see fruit on Back Page cafes to ease credit card rules for lower ranks by Chuck Vinch Washington Hureau Washington some lower ranking enlisted. Members will find it easier to obtain credit card through retail stores of the army and air Force Exchange service after Pentagon complaints an cafes program that began last year originally was aimed at helping  go l credit. How Ever the income level required by the program Kepi virtually All Scricc members in pay grades.e-4 and below from obtaining charge cards through the Exchange a Pentagon morale and welfare official said. The problems surfaced Fler Pentagon official spotted an article in military Market Magazine noting that 15,000 of 18,000 applications for the new cafes card from personnel in grades e-4 and below were rejected in the first six months of the program alone. In december cafes renegotiated its contract with Lomas Bank of Wilmington. Del., to begin complying with Pentagon  re supposed to promote credit for everyone. Who can make payments,".the official  the cafes contract permitted Lofasto set a High thresh old of income status for applicants. If you did t make certain amount of Money you were out of Luck the recent changes should allow most e-4s and e-3s to obtain either a Mastercard or visa through Lomas the official said. Under the old program Active duty  needed a minimum monthly salary of at least ,375 if see cafes on Bach Page some assault weapon imports suspended by . Washington a the Bush administration suspended imports Ofak-47s and other semiautomatic weapons tuesday but denied any change in president Bush s Oft slated opposition to gun control. The move will Block an estimated 110,000 ak-47s, similar assault rifles and machine guns that importers have sought permits to bring into the United slates according to Federal drug Czar William j. Bennett who requested the ban. The ban is temporary while a More permanent action is reviewed. It will affect Only a fraction of such weapons most of which Are manufactured in the United Stales. The action does not affect weapons already in this country but blocks importation of certain guns unless it can be determined they Are for sporting use. It also does not affect weapons made in the United states officials said. Before tuesday Bush had not indicated any willingness to move against the proliferation of semiautomatic weapons except to say he wanted Bennett to study various options. White House press Secretary Marti Fitzwater said the move reflected no change in Bush s opposition but  the Law. Allowing importation. Of guns Only for sporting purposes. Bush on feb. 16 said he would strongly oppose any attempt to ban semiautomatic weapons despite Public concern Over an increasing number of homicides mostly related to drug Vio Lence involving such guns. On March 7, Bush said that he had asked Bennett to look into what could be done about ak-47s, but that he wanted to find a Way to still do what s right by the legitimate  tuesday1, news release in Bennett s name said that Treasury Secretary Nich Olas Brady who has jurisdiction Over the Bureau of alcohol tobacco and fire arms decided to suspend effective immediately the importation of several makes of assault Type weapons pending a decision As to whether these weapons arc As required by Law particularly suit Able for or readily adaptable to sporting purposes "