European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 13, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes saturday May 13,1989 tire firm admits iraqi bribery pays court Fine of $250,000 Washington a Goodyear International corp. On thursday paid a $250,000 Fine after pleading guilty to paying bribes to get tire business with the government of Iraq. In . District court the Akron Ohio company a subsidiary of Goodyear tire & rubber co. Admitted a single count of violating the anti bribery provision of the foreign corrupt practices act of 1977. From the fall of 1979 to the fall of983, Goodyear International obtained $19 million in iraqi govern ment orders for truck tires in return for an agreement to pay nearly $1 million in bribes according to documents released in court. The activities were carried out by David j. Janasik then the company s regional Export manager for the Middle East. Also involved were senior Goodyear officials including the sex director of Export operations and the former executive vice president the documents said. Janasik and Mohammed Jassim an official of the iraqi slate owned trading organization discussed Goodyear s interest in getting a share of the tire Busi Ness during a meeting in the storage room of a Bagh dad company the papers said. Jassim told Janasik that Goodyear s competitors in France Korea and Japan had been willing to pay Cash commissions to ensure a Good relationship with the purchasing organization iraqi trading co. Jassim also said that without such payments Good year could Only Hope for limited business according to a government statement of facts released in court. Janasik told Jassim that such payments were against Goodyear corporate policy. Janasik related the meet ing in a Telephone Call to his Superior then gics assistant director for Export operations at his office in Akron Ohio the statement continued. Janasik s Superior discussed the conversation with his Superior Goodyear International s regional director for Europe and with a company vice president. Regarding Janasik s Contact in Iraq the vice presi Dent told the assistant Export director to get the Busi Ness i Don t want to know How the statement said. Goodyear generated the bribe Money by arranging for a greek marketing company to perform superficial marketing studies not Worth the $430,000 that Good year supposedly paid. Goodyear generated an additional $531,124 to pay the iraqi officials through fictitious invoices purporting to reflect Arab language advertisements of Goodyear products in Baghdad newspapers. Janasik pleaded guilty to filing a false tax return in which he failed to declare a $75,000 Kickback he received from the iraqi intermediary for his services. He was fired by Goodyear sentenced to two years Proba Tion and fined $10,000. Goodyear said in a statement that it uncovered the wrongdoing after initiating its own investigation into the Case and that it alerted the Justice department and turned company findings Over to the government in 1985. Fire deals blow to key Supply of lob mice bar Harbor Maine a a fire that gutted a Breeding Center housing 500,000 Laboratory mice will cause a worldwide disruption of laboratories research ing aids cancer and other diseases officials said thursday. Kenneth Paigen the incoming director of Jackson Laboratory pledged to get Back up As fast As we Possi Bly can As Salvage teams searched for living mice within the research Center s still soldering animal production facility. The Laboratory which distributes about 2 million mice annually to researchers is the world s leading non profit supplier and Developer of mutant mice bred in hundreds of genetically identical strains. About half a million mice would be in the facility on any Given Day. Officials said but there was no estimate of How Many or what types might have survived the flames and smoke. Paigen said the Center had saved its foundation stocks of specially bred mice but warned that Supply disruptions would hamper researchers who need the mice to investigate cancer aids and other human diseases. Thousands of labs literally All Over the world de Pend on us for supplies of mice genetically defined animals Paigen said. Maine state fire marshal Donald m. Bisect said the fire was accidental. He said it was apparently linked to a product that gave off flammable Vapours that was being used by workers renovating the building. One worker suffered extensive Burns in the fire and was listed in satisfactory condition thursday at Maine medical Center in Portland Hospital spokeswoman Sharon Sturgeon said. Two other construction workers injured in the fire remained in the mount desert Island Hospital in the resort Village of bar Harbor where they were listed in stable condition. Thousands of labs literally All Over the world depend on us for supplies of mice. Kenneth Paigen the Laboratory located two Miles outside bar har Bor housed about 1,000 strains of mice Many of them  think it s Safe to say we have some of everything but How much we have of anything is not Clear right now said Philip Stancl director of animal production. The Impact is going to be terrific really Detri mental said Salome wac sch a professor of molecular genetics at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in new . Richard Sidman a professor of Neur pathology at Harvard medical school and a senior research scientist at children s Hospital in Boston predicted the fire would modify the Pace of research for up to a year. Stateside woman s death blamed on rancid Grain fumes Fargo . A foul smelling gases from two rancid Grain piles near a Grain elevator caused the death of a 24-year-old pregnant woman who lived nearby according to a lawsuit filed by her family. Re acc Oland who was seven months preg Nant died in september 1987 from an accumulation of fluid in her lungs according to the Law suit filed in Federal court in Fargo. Oland lived in Lidger word less than 200 Yards from two huge Grain piles maintained by Harvest states cooperative of St. Paul minn., the lawsuit said. The piles were begun in 1986after the company s elevator ran out of space. David Karpinski a spokesman for Harvest states in St. Paul declined comment on the Law suit thursday. The Grain piles were drenched by rain before they were covered and began to spoil according to the lawsuit. Residents of Lidgerwood in North Dakota s Southeastern Corner 60 Miles South of Fargo began to complain of the odor in the summer of 1987. Harvest states removed most of the Grain later that year. Pepsi cola enters Market for sparkling Waters Somers . Up it s called h2ou,but Pepsi cola co. In t expecting watered Down sales. Responding to the growth in sparkling water drinks Pepsi said thursday it is launching h2oh, which win be test marketed in Denver starting May 30. H2oh, available in original Berry and Lemon Lime flavors Marks Pepsi s first Stab at the Bil lion Dollar bottled water Market of which spar Kling or carbonated Waters account for 20 per cent. "h20h is an exciting Opportunity for Pepsi said Andy Cross director of new products. We re a soft drink company first but As a Bever age company it makes sense for us to explore the fast growing sparkling water  according to Industry statistics bottled water sales Are growing faster than any other segment of the beverage Market. Driver Hurt when car hits Camp David Gate Thurmont my. A a car crashed into the main Gate of the Camp David presiden tial Retreat injuring the Driver a White House spokesman said thursday. There were no guests at the Retreat in the Ca Tocsin mountains and president Bush was in Washington at the time of the incident. The heavily reinforced Gate was not dam aged said White House spokesman . Cooper we Don t have any motive at this stage. Charges arc  the woman whose identity was not released was taken to Washington county Hospital with head and possible internal injuries Cooper said. Her condition was not immediately available. Thin Blue line9, Case shakes Public Trust in Justice Dallas a the widely publicized vindication of former death Row inmate Randall Dale Adams has created Public mistrust of Texas prosecutors and is forcing them to think about fair play local attorneys say. The Texas court of criminal appeals threw out Adams capital murder conviction on March i and he walked from prison on March 22. Adams Appeal was spurred by a documentary that said Adams had been unfairly convicted. Since then a prosecutor in the Case has been fired two others have resigned and the Texas bar association has begun a review of claims that a former prosecutor suppressed evidence in Adams 1977 trial. In april 17 potential jurors had to be stricken from a Dallas murder Case panel after saying they distrusted prosecutors. One said he could not believe any thing presented by assistant District at Torney Winfield Scott who led a last minute rally to keep Adams behind bars. Scott has since been fired. I think it s too Early to Tell whether anything positive will come out of this said Adams attorney Randy Schaffer of Houston. They terminated Winfield Scott that s a  this Case might have brought Home what happens when you Don t play fair in a real dramatic Way said Leslie Mcfarlane who represented the stale when Adams argued fora new trial. Mcfarlane resigned shortly after the Case was dropped. It might have Cost the District attorney a credibility Price in the Short term but i Don t think so in the Long  Adams 40, was convicted for the 1976shooting death of Dallas policeman Rob Ert Wood and came within three Days of execution before his sentence was com muted to life. Public awareness of the Case was re Vived last year by the Errol Morris documentary titled the thin Blue line which questioned the truthfulness of wit Nesses including Star prosecution wit Ness David Ray Harris. Harris has since virtually confessed to the slaying. He is on death Row for an unrelated  appeals court in overturning Adams conviction ruled that then prosecutor Doug Mulder had suppressed Evi Dence and that several witnesses had lied under oath during Adams trial. The bar association is reviewing Mulder s a  and colleague John c Creuzot who also worked on the Case submitted their resignations april 5, the same Day Dallas county District attorney John Vance fired Scott one of the original Adams prosecutors. Scott and Vance did not return Calls from the associated press Over a two week period. Mulder now a private de sense attorney also did not return Calls