European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 19, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 v news briefs the stars and stripes sunday March 19,1989 Balmy weather Green flow for St. Pat s revelry by the associated press the first woman grand marshal walked on air ahead of 150,005 marchers striding up new York s fifth Avenue on a warm sunny Friday for the 228th Parade in Honor of Ireland s Patron Saint. Elsewhere the Chicago River ran Green As did fountains in Savannah a. Sponsors of the new York Parade the nation s largest and oldest St. Patrick s Day March estimated that nearly 2 million people gathered along the route. Temperatures were in the 60s,and the marchers and spectators equally Mellow. An estimated 400,000 people lined the Down town Chicago Parade route in a Light rain that began shortly after the March began. Forty thou Sand marchers and More than 200 floats and marching unit moved Down Dearborn Street. In Savannah reporters estimated 250,000 people watched 300 units participating in the nation s second largest St. Patrick s Celebration. The City s 165th Parade also honors Irish Immi Grants who entered the United states through the East coast port. Widespread protests of Rushdie Book continue Dhaka Bangladesh a More than 50,000 moslem left mosques and marched throughout Dhaka Friday before gathering at the government s Headquarters to demand the death of author Salman Rushdie. Also Friday about 3,000 moslem fundamentalists in Sudan some shouting Down with Britain demanded that Sudan break relations with the Hulish government which has defended publication of Rushdie s Book the satanic  in Malaysia the government banned the March 13 Issue of Newsweek Magazine and the March 9 issues of the Hong Kong based far Eastern economic review for printing extracts from the Book. Many moslem find the Book blasphemous because it suggests the Prophet Mohamme wrote the Koran instead of receiving it from god and because its characters include prostitutes who take the names of Mohammed s wives. Catholic s slaying latest in spate of Irish killings Belfast Northern Ireland a gun men killed a 42-year-old roman Catholic Manin front of his wife Friday night police said in the latest in an apparent series of retaliatory Calli Olic a roles ant  said the killers smashed their Way into the Man s Home Fin Glen Gormly on the out skirts of Belfast and shot him. No group immediately claimed responsibility for the murder of 42-year-old civil servant Niall Davics the father of two daughters. Most chilean fruits cleared to return to grocery stores from wire reports Washington the food and drug administration announced Friday it will allow most chilean fruit to return to american grocery stores Over the next five to nine Days but the Agency also introduced a More stringent inspection Effort to help assure the safety of the imported produce. At the same time the Agency ordered the destruction of tons of grapes and other fruit already delivered to food stores and wholesalers. A enforcing that order will Bel up to state govern ments it. Meanwhile the chilean Navy Taid five japanese fishing boats held by authentic were detained for safety inspection and not seized in retaliation for Japan s ban on chilean fruit imports As a chilean Navy Captain had claimed thursday. No foreign boats including those from Japan Are currently seized in Chile or prevented from operating normally the foreign ministry said. Under the plan announced by Frank e. Young the commissioner of food and drugs 5 percent of All chilean fruit entering the United states from now on will be inspected for contamination. Before the poisoning scare the figure was less than i percent. � Young said it would be impossible to assure 100 percent safety and urged shoppers to make their own checks and discard fruit that is discoloured or Overly soft of food store pulled chilean fruit from shelves last week after the Fra announced that its inspectors acting on Telephone threats to the american embassy in Chile had discovered two grapes contaminated with non lethal amounts of cyanide. Although Young reported a new poisoning threat by Telephone Early Friday he said he would go ahead with the plans to return the fruit to markets. We knew that there would be More Calls More threats he said in an interview. Young said Friday s threat was like the earlier ones telephoned to the american embassy in Chile by a Spanish speaking Man who warned that fruit supplies to the United states had been poisoned. Spy / from Page 1a telling enc Section where he worked. A the 21-year-old Soldier returned to Fulda on march4 with the computer immediately asked fora lawyer and has remained silent since. Apparently he just strolled into his orderly  said Charles St incr a state department official in Washington. Peri initially was charged with being absent without leave entering the one Kilometre Border zone without permission falsifying a vehicle dispatch request and three counts of larceny. But stale department officials approached the East germans after Peri s return to determine whether the Soldier had been in their country or had contacted them said St incr a european desk spokesman. When the East germans confirmed he had been i their country and contacted government officials the army charged Peri with espionage. The charges include passing National defense documents to the East germans unlawfully having Classi fied information and moving classified documents to East Germany. The 11th army Cair regt would provide front line defense in any confrontation Between soviet forces and nato troops. And the documents Peri is accused of taking relate to the unit s general defense plan v corps officials said. They would not say if the documents Peri allegedly passed were connected in any Way with the portable computer in addition to the mystery of Peri s motivation for jumping the Border it remains unclear How if the allegations arc Correct he got into East Germany or where he went while there whom he might have contacted and How he returned. No diplomatic arrange ments were made for his return Elciner said. Peri s vehicle was found less than a mile from the heavily fortified Border but 14 Miles from the nearest crossing Point. Because of a train ticket found on him after his return. Peri is believed to have returned to West Germany by Way of Austria. An army spokesman in Washington said Peri live Din Austria with his parents from september 1982 to january 1983, although there was no information on what the family did there. Peri graduated from High school in Orange county calif., and his parents no live in the Orange county town of Laguna Nigul. Peri s three roommates Are baffled by his actions Maiers said adding that Peri had none of the characteristics of someone who would go awol let alone take secrets to the East. It s not that he was disgruntled with the unit disgruntled with friends or disgruntled with his living conditions he said. We had no  the unit has not changed Security procedures in the Wake of the arrest Maiers said. Because of the ongoing investigation into the Case Pentagon officials were reluctant to say what punish ment Peri faces if convicted of espionage. However an army Legal official said the maximum punishment in the military can be death if the Case involves passing information that can injure the United Stales or be used to the advantage of a foreign nation. There Are always varying shades of Gray in these cases the official said. It depends on the Circum stances.",in peacetime the death sentence is rare he said. The maximum punishment usually stops at life imprisonment. \ contributing u mis report Tatt writers Chuck Vlinch in Washington and John a Kate Oan Pladt Weil Qew Minyu products from Page 1 any changes would have on . Military person Nevin Europe Cath said. Commissary officials in Europe How Ever told the stars and stripes that at tempting to buy All food products in the United Stales would t work. The Cost of shipping highly perishable items such As milk other Dairy products fresh fruit and vegetables across the Atlantic would prove too High they said Friday. "1 Don t see How we could ship such things As eggs and Dairy products through the pipeline. A lot of things would spoil in transit said col. William t. Fowler commander of air Force commissaries in Europe. If we bought milk in the United states and tried to air transport it overseas the Cost would be out of  a spokesman for the . Army troop support Agency in West Germany declined to comment on the feasibility of the congressional proposal. The spokes Man said the army generally stocks More than 160 european purchased items in its commissaries including Candy cof fee cookies fruit drinks Mineral water noodles butter beef fresh fruit vegetables and cheese. A spokesman for the Agency that handles purchasing for the air Force and army commissaries overseas said that organization also is sceptical of the Delagarza Aspin plan. Adam Cohen a spokesman for the de sense subsistence Region Europe said his Agency regularly buys about 2,600 foreign items for commissaries. That number includes multiple listings formats cheeses butter and various milk products since each Brand name or Fla Vor of Yogurt for example counts As a separate listing. The Agency spent $249million in fiscal 1988 on its foreign Pur chases. He said that figure includes the Cost of acquiring cafes bakery goods and ice Cream which Are made in Europe. Cohen said Agency officials think it. Makes sense to buy some food products in Europe because it can lower shipping costs and save the consumer Money. In other cases specially food items can be found Only overseas he said. In the Case of Bertolli Olive Oil which is produced in Italy the item is purchased in Europe As a Means to save the commissary Patron transportation and broker fees which would be added to the wholesale Price of the item if it were purchased in the .," he said. The consumer would have to pay twice As much for Olive Oil if it were bought in the United states and then shipped to Europe Cohen said. Bui Aspin said it actually May be More practical now. With the falling value of the Dollar in Europe to ship . Foodstuffs to commissaries in Europe the associated press reported. The decline in the value of the Dollar has put a tremendous Strain on the Bud get and has pushed up the Cost of every thing we buy from the europeans including products sold in commissaries Aspin said. We have also seen an improvement in the transportation system which enables the military to ship More products faster to our military around  de la Garza said the two committees would be examining the  and pricing and funding of such shipments. Ship mint of beef will be closely examined because of the High Quality of . Product and doubts whether euro Pean beef is being inspected to . Standards he said. The United slates should t be buying from european sources while the europeans Are closing their Market to our  . And european Trade negotiators agreed last month to spend 75 Days examining the Trade dispute that began Over hormone treated . Beef.  to this report Mitt or Olaf Randy Eccl Tlam Darmstadt. Weal a Nuny