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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Sunday, August 20, 1989

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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 20, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes sunday. August 20, 1989 sanctions against s. Africa not effectively enforced Gao announces in report Washington a the United states is unable to enforce sanctions Banning imports of Gold and other products from state owned enterprises in South Africa because the state department has not identified the banned items con Gressional watchdogs said saturday. Without a list of specific products to work from the . Customs service has been largely ineffective in enforcing the import ban passed by con Gress in 1986, the general accounting office said. Sen. Edward m. Ken i Nady d-mass., who re Quested the Gao study i said it pointed to a Kennedy shocking lapse by top Reagan administration officials who failed to apply elementary enforcement procedures in carrying out the anti apartheid  the legislation which was approved Over former president Reagan s veto banned imports of a variety of goods from South Africa including products of so called Paras atals entities owned or controlled by the South african government. The state department issued a list of South Afri can government agencies and state owned corporations that it designated As Paras atals but did not identify the products produced marketed or exported by  the Gao said. Because products associated with Para stalls have not been identified the . Customs service cannot use Trade data which is kept on a product by product basis to obtain leads on illegal imports from Para Sta tals it added. While direct . Imports of South african Gold ceased in 1987, the Bullion could still be entering the United states illegally by transshipment through Brit Ain and Switzerland which Market much of South Africa s Gold according to the Gao. Between january 1987 and March 1989, British exports of Gold to the United states totalled $175 million and Swiss Gold exports to the United states came to $164 million the watchdogs said. Because it was not widely known in the . Cus Toms service that Gold was under the Paras Atal Sanc Tion it could not use data on Trade flows to obtain leads on illegal Trade and could not identify possible transshipment of South african Gold to the United states through third countries the report said. As the result of its inquiry Gao officials said the . Customs service is now investigating whether some Gold from Switzerland and the United kingdom is of South african origin and is entering the United states illegally. A Fine Kettle. Peter Ali Bbyrd always on the prowl for a product that does t quite measure up to his company s standards inspects a new shipment of shrimp. The Quality control manager works for the red lobster restaurant Chain at its seafood processing Center in St. Petersburg Fla. There s a Grain of truth in group s Kidnap claim the Dalles Ore. Up1 a terrorist group has claimed responsibility for the disappearance of 1,300 Yards of Sand at squally Point beaching the Columbia Gorge even though witnesses said a mysterious Whirlpool did it. The mystery of the disappearing Sand started two weeks ago when Oregon department of fish and wildlife officers watched a Large amount of Sand from squally Point Beach Wash away in a Whirlpool. Fluctuating water Levels in the co Lumbia River were blamed even though army corps of engineers hydrologists said they doubted a whirl Pool could move so much Sand. But then the county began receiving notes from an organization calling itself the squally Point liberation organization or Solo. The letters included fuzzy pictures of the hostage in this Case a plastic Beach bucket tilled with Sand and tied to the seat of a Lawn chair. The Solo said the Sand would be returned but Only after certain conditions Are met including release of All political prisoners in Wasco county repeal of a nude sunbathing Ordi Nance and a lowering of the water level below the Dalles dam to once again expose Celilo Falls. If the conditions Are not met the Solo said your Sand will be crushed Gram by Grain so its former identity can no longer be established county officials were amused. But county planner Rob Hallyburton said there would be no response. Youcan t negotiate with these terrorists he said. Spray show of Fiat if woman on Fop floor stumps Poce Delphia a a woman screen a window and a venetian win Philadelphia who was hit in the Arm by a stray Bullet while dining in a 31st-f Oor apartment says she s uneasy because police Haven t got a clue As to where the shot out of the Blue came  understand the police Are terribly Busy and there s a lot of crime going on Gail downward said last week. But someone out there has a gun. That they arc shooting  was eating in a Friend s top floor apartment on Chic Ritton House Square on aug. 3, when she was hit. I had just taken a bite of grilled tuna when i heard a crack she said. I had the Fork in my hand and when i tried to put it Back on the plate 1 realized my Arm was not working properly. "1 looked Down and saw a Hole in my forearm about the size of a dime she said. There was no blood just a Hole. I Felt like i was part of a Salvador Dali  police said the Bullet went through a screen Blind before it struck downward in the right forearm. It was travelling on a level trajectory which perplexes investigators be cause there Aren t any buildings nearby where a gunman could have fired a level shot into the window. We have no idea where this Bullet came  capt. Richard Kirchner said. If you look out the Only thing in that area that s really tall is the Arco Burn off Tower which is two Miles away. There weren t any shooting reports that coincided with the incident  downward said police initially thought the Bullet came from a High powered Rifle but later said that it May have been another kind of gun. Doctors Haven t removed the slug for fear of Caus ing More damage to her  the doctors Ever decide to re prove the Bullet we can run ballistics on it Kirchner said. Then one Day a gun could turn up and we could match it. 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