European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 18, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2ft- the stars and stripes saturday March 1 8. 1 989 Chile s Autusto Pinochet left demonstrates his contempt for the grape ban by eating one. Chile seizes 5 japanese boats in retaliation for ban of fruit Santiago Chile a Chile seized five Japa Nese fishing boats thursday in reprisal after Japan closed its Market to chilean fruit because of a cyanide care. Also thursday president Augusto Pinochet said the amount of cyanide found in two chilean grapes in Philadelphia would t even kill a mouse and . Warnings about chilean fruit exaggerated. They tried to kill a Fly with a tank Pinochet Saidof the . Caution to Consumers while he visited a fruit packing House. Then he ate several grapes. . Ambassador Charles Gillespic defended . Action but added we arc All trying to get chilean products Back on the . Market As fast As inhumanly  an Anonymous caller thursday claimed a rocket would be fired at the . Embassy in Santiago. Police checked a nearby building but found  increased Security around the embassy. Chilean Navy Cam. Patricio Urbina meanwhile was quoted by the official news Agency Orbe As saying five japanese trawlers were being held in the ports Octal Caruano Cha Cabuco and Puma Arenas. Orb also quoted Urbina As saying a sixth japanese boat in Waters near Antarctica will be seized when it arrives at a chilean port. Adm. Jose Merino Navy commander in chief told reporters the japanese have closed their Market to chilean fruits so i m holding their ships. None of them is going to fish in our Waters until they reopen the Market to our fruits said Merino who is also president of the Law making military Junta. Late thursday naval sources said two of the seize japanese vessels were docked for repairs. The sources said the vessels were registered in Chile but leased by unidentified japanese fishing companies. The food and drug administration monday urge Consumers not to eat chilean fruit after two grapes in Philadelphia in a shipment from Chile were found to contain a Small amount of cyanide. Many supermarkets pulled chilean fruits from their shelves. Canada and Japan followed the . Lead. The fruit was found after the . And japanese embassies in Santiago received Anonymous phone Calls saying that chilean fruit would be poisoned. The chilean government blamed leftist terrorists. Pinochet made his remarks during a Surprise visit Toto fruit packing houses near Santiago where a worker handed the president and army commander a Cluster of seedless while grapes saying or. President these Are the grapes they claim Are  they Are very Good Pinochet replied As he at several. Business and Trade Union organizations say thou Sands of workers have been fired As a result of the measure against the nation s booming fruit Export Industry. The Industry employs 500,000 workers and exports65 percent of its products to the United states. What worries me most is you the workers. I studying a compensation for you All the president said. Pinochet told workers he expects a solution to the problem probably within the next five Days or  the government said it increased Security measure throughout the fruit Export sector including reinforcing controls in the Fields packing houses in transportation and ports. Chileans have reacted angrily to the .  thursday hundreds gathered before the . Consulate in Santiago carrying sigs Reading or. Bush chilean fruits Are of and Chile demands compel  trucks loaded with fruit were taken to the Demon stration site and free grapes and apples were distributed to the people. Many ate them others took the Home. Government officials and private businessmen have said the crisis will Cost Chile up to $1 billion in lost fruit exports which have become one of Chile s mos successful economic items in recent years. Last year frail exports earned $581 million and had been expected to bring in $850 million this year. News briefs Bush talks to astronauts pledges support to Nasa Cape canaveral Fla. Up1 discovery s astronauts took a Long distance Call thurs Day from president  spokesman Jeff Carr said All systems Are working Well including a once troublesome Hydrogen tank in the ship s internal Power system that forced a 24-hour Power Down to save electricity. Engineers fixed the glitch wednesday. Reviving a presidential space tradition bus praised shuttle commander Michael Coats and his Crew As today s pioneers and invited the discovery astronauts and their families to visit the White  re seeing you right now pointing the Way to the Young americans to build our nation future Bush said with vice president Dan Quayle at his Side. Let me simply say to every one at Nasa that you have our Strong support. The astronauts successfully launched their Pri Mary payload a $100 million space communications satellite hours after a flawless Blastoff monday and have spent the rest of the Mission conducting  was scheduled to land saturday morning at Edwards fab Calif. The weather fore cast called for Good visibility and acceptable winds. Greek Cabinet resigns in Bank scandal crisis Athens Greece a Premier Andreas Papandreou thursday accepted the resignations of All 54 ministers in his Cabinet preparing for government shake up in a political crisis Over a Bank scandal. The socialist government also proposed a Law allowing More representation for smaller parties and raising the parliamentary majority require to form a government making governing coalitions More Likely. T the main conservative party said the Law i aimed at ice Ping it out of Power. The Cabinet reshuffle will be the second since the $200 million fraud forgery and embezzle ment scandal involving a fugitive greek banker broke five months ago leading to the Resig nations of eight Cabinet  will also be Papandreou s 16th Cabinet re shuffle in eight  sources indicated Papandreou intends to ulc the reshuffle to purge the socialist government of ministers implicated in the scan dal and attract waning support for his governing panhellenic socialist movement Papandreou s party has come under heavy Firefox its handling of the Bank of Crete scandal in which Papandreou and senior government officials have been accused of taking payoffs. Soldier from Page 1 of Laptop computer was discovered missing from his , of Laguna Niguel ccfif., returned with the computer March and Init Fly was charged with being absent without least Eji firing the one Kilometre Bor Der zone without permission falsifying a vehicle Dis Patch and three jaunts of larceny. A military lawyer from Rian Kurt has been appointed to defend Peri who has1 been in custody at the army confinement facility in Mannheim since his ,.iaid v corps maj. Samuel Taylor maj. William g. Stokes Frankfurt s senior defens counsel for the trial defense service was chosen to represent Peri Taylor said. No trial Date Lias been set. Cheney from Page 1 " full Senate act quickly on the Nomi nation. The Wyoming congressman won wide popularity among his colleagues on Capi Tol Hill As House minority whip the Sec Ond ranking Republican leadership Post in the chamber. After the rancorous six week debate Over Tower who was dogged by allegations of drinking and womanizing the committee moved with lightning Speedon Cheney " on tuesday the committee held nearly four hour of hearings in an open ses Sion marked by Praia for Cheney an general questions about his do Casp poll pics. Fris of after receiving Trie financial documents Fri background Check and while House reports the committee Metin closed session with the nominee wednesday morning. Nunn said after the meeting they had found nothing to disqualify Cheney for the Job. Nunn and Warner said despite the Quick action consideration of the Nomi Nee has been thorough. We be had exactly the same proce Dure on this one As we be had on every other nomination since i be been chair Mab Nunn said. I Don t know of any " he added that the commit the could have taken another Weeter Jwo but it would be an exercise in futility based on the information we have now. The committee did make an extra Effort on the question of Cheney s health contacting physicians and having the review the lawmaker s medical reports. The 48-year-old Cheney has suffered three heart attacks and underwent Cor onary bypass surgery last summer we had no indication from any physician that there is any kind of problem Here in terms of him being Able to per form his duties Nunn said