European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 25, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday March 25.19b9 the stars and stripes sales of grapes from Chile resume after Poison scare Washington a fresh chilean grapes were being trucked across uie country Friday after a two week absence from stores because of a cyanide poisoning scare Industry leaders say. Consumers May see Sli holy higher prices on the produce initially but prices Are expected to drop Back to pre scare Levels in a couple of weeks when Supply catches up with demand they said. Sci secs ,10 chilean exporters and to . Fruit importers As a result of he scare Over grapes and other produce ate estimated at 1240 million said Ronald s. Bown executive director of the chilean exporters association. Some of those losses May be offset by a plan being developed by the chilean government to compensate . Import ers wholesalers and retailers As Well As chilean growers and exporters Bown said. Officials at the chilean embassy in Washington did not return Telephone Calls for comment on the plan thursday. An estimated $50 million to 575 Mil lion Worth of chilean fruit is  strayed under the . Food and drug administration s advisory that was is sued after the Agency found traces of cyanide in two grapes from Chile on March 12. Earlier in the month an Anonymous caller to the . Embassy in the chilean capital of Santiago had threatened to inject cyanide into Export fruit. Two million to j million crates of he fruit grapes berries pears nectarines peaches melons and apples were re moved from stores or were being held in warehouses until the Fra concluded last of Wick that the fruit would have to be destroyed because it could not be readily inspected. The Fra then announced a plan for stopped up inspect ions of chilean fruit at the docks and on ships to Clear the Way for the chilean exports to gel Back into the stores with safety assurances. " Bown said the chilean fruit Industry is anticipating a sustained level of con Sumer demand in the United states and is doing All it can to ensure that fruit coming from Chile will be fresh nutritious of Premium Quality and available a a reasonable price.". _ the reason he said is simple the . Is by far our biggest and Best Cus Tomer and we want to keep it that  exporters arc concentrating their efforts on resuming table grapes to . Markets since hey constitute 70 percent of chilean fruit exports. Pears and nectarines will fallow and they should be on some store shelves by the weekend Bown said. There was no estimate Aslo when other fruits May begin appearing. The Fra has been holding up. Distribution until Laboratory tests can give inspectors a better idea How to see evidence of cyanide tampering. Prices initially May be slightly higher than they had been before the scare began because of pent up demand said George , president of the american produce association which represents. 65 companies that import chilean fruit. When you return fruit to the pipe line the initial demand will be very very Strong and. The Ini Liat Impact of the first few Days might be perhaps slightly higher in terms of our prices to the retail ers he said. Speaking for retailers. Charles Tryon director of product for 3,200 super Vail stores and president elect of the produce marketing association said we won t Sec dramatic increases in costs baby love a Mother elephant hirers protectively Over her baby thursday at the zoo to inc Cannes � suburb of Paris. Hiding behind ills Mother s protective trunk is John a 22-Day-old male asian Clephane. The infant weighed 154 pounds at birth and is he i Atli Al chant Burn in Captivity at the too. Japan of apologize to koreans for past Conquest Tokyo up prime minister Nobora Takeshi twill formally apologize for Japan s 36-year colonial Rule of the korean Peninsula and try to reopen Dia Logue with communist North Korea government officials said Friday. Foreign minister Sosuke Uno Laid the did Japan s parliament on thursday that Takishita will make the apology March 30 in reply to Makoto Tanabe former Secretary general of  socialist party Uno declined to disclose details. Government officials said Takishita will express re Gret Over the unfortunate past and pledge Japan will not Lake a hostile Altitude toward North Korea Japan annexed Korea in 1910 and ruled  p  Sula until Tokyo s 1945 surrender that ended world War ii. Under an agreement signed in 9fi5, Japan normalized relations with South Korea. Toiyo has ii be maintained commercial and other tics Willi the kor i. The Oft class said take Liila Hopes his r Mak will help reopen dialogue with North Korea suspended since Early 1988, when Japan imposed sanctions against the North Over the destruction of a South korean commercial Airliner by North  in november l9.87.-thc plane was blown up Over Isu Rimi killing All 115 people aboard. Japan lifted the sanctions which  tons on official contacts and  two nations before the summer olympics in Seoul. South Korea ins year. North Kotica imposed counter sanctions against Japan suspending official talks on the rdc Aje of two japanese seamen held hostage in North Korea since late 19 83, North Korea s official news Agency said Llic. Sea inn have been sentenced to 15 years to prison on charges of espionage activities against the country. It was t just dad s head up in the Clouds during girl s birth Center Kan. A Herman Hill did t have n Jot of options when his wife went into Laborne a to him. He was Busy flying a Small air plane Over Northwest Kansas when his wife Sara gave birth. Herman is a Calm person mrs. Hill said. On wednesday evening the Hills were flying the four seater Cessna about 300 Miles from their Home in Philips pure to Manhattan where they had a limped for the baby s delivery at memo rial Hospital. They were about 40 Miles Short when met. Hill gave birth to a girl weighing 5 pounds 8 ounces. I talked to our county Nure a couple of Wicks ago just in Case something like this might happen mrs. Hilt said. Hill began making arrangements. For an emergency Landing at Clay Center when his wife went into labor. Nobody could seem to understand what he was saying said Pam Spicer co owner of Spicer aircraft. So he finally Jusi snid code red1 and there were ambulances and police cars All Over the place.", the couple s third child Shirck was the prettiest Little girl you Ever saw said one ambulance Driver. Mother and daughter were taken to Clay county Hospital where both were reported to be doing Fine. Iran minister tells Khomeini moslem will kill Rushdie Rushdie for allegedly blaspheming stain in his novel the satanic . Cyprus a inn s Inte rior mini scr on thursday assured a a Tolulah Ruhollah Khomeini that the Chil Dren of slam will implement his decree to kill British writer Salman Rushdie. Ati Akbar Movsas Heffli a Radical and staunch Foo War of Khomeini spoke at a gathering at Khomeini s residence in the Northern Tehran suburb of Jamar an to Mark the birthday of Imam Mahdi the so called hidden Imam who shiite moslem believe will return Asah islamic Messiah. The speech was broadcast on official radio Tehran Morii cd in Nicosia. Law month Khomeini urged moslem in a Fatwa or religious edict to kill the 41-year-old author has been in hiding since Khomeini s death threat feb 4. Britain and its 11 partners in the european economic Community withdrew their ambassadors from Tehran to pro test Khomeini s death.-.  later severed relations with Britain accusing prime minister Margaret 1 Hatcher of conspiring against islam. Dec nations agreed this week to allow Cadi country to decide on us of n � hath Vril w anted to Send its ambassador Back to Iran. Britain however said in will not restore relations with ran until a Honier. In revokes the death sentence