European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 19, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 a a the stars and stripes monday March 19,1990 news briefs poisoning threat spurs German baby food recall Bremerhaven West Germany a amps a baby food sold in a West German department store near  a . Housing areas May contain Poison and should be immediately turned in to . Or German police. German police called military Community officials saturday night to warn them about a poisoning threat against baby food sold at the real Kauf discount store military Community spokesman Fred Milton said sunday.  police commissioner Manfred Mtzdorf said no Poison had been found in the food. Mtzdorf said a Man threatened to Poison Hipp Brand baby food in Glass screw top containers if he failed to receive 200,000 Marks about $ 119,000 from the store. The blackmailer has not been apprehended and no Money was paid Mtzdorf said. Fewer than a half dozen americans have contacted the military police since a warning notice was broadcast on an television saturday night Milton  carrying americans lands in Caribbean storm Tegucigalpa Honduras apr a honduran Airliner carrying americans Home from a diving trip landed on ratan Island in a rainstorm sunday and was pushed partly into the Caribbean by heavy winds . Embassy and airline spokesmen said. Four of the 29 people on Board the flight were Hurt but none of the injuries was life threatening . Embassy spokesman Terry Kneebone said. There were 21 americans on Board and two of them were among the injured. The flight was in route to Miami. The dc-3 landed at 7 . On ratan Island said Roberto Ziallas a communications employee of the airline Tan Salsa. He said the Jet was whipped around by High winds and the front of it went into the water. The rear half of the plane remained on land and passengers left through the rear exit he said. The Jet had travelled 45 Miles from Guanaga Island to ratan which is 165 Miles North of  50 years Estonia Latvia hold free elections Moscow apr latvians and estonians voted in their first free elections in 50 years sunday for parliaments that activists Hope will press for Independence from the soviet Union. Crucial Runoff elections also were held in Russia. Byelorussian and the Ukraine the soviet Union s slavic heartland that makes up some 80 percent of its territory and two thirds of the country a population. Polls opened at 7 . Sunday and closed at 8 p.m., but no results were expected until monday or  from Page 1 additional 60,000 soldiers. The number of recruits would also be significantly reduced. The numbers get worse As the fiscal year progresses since the Pentagon would have less time to make up the $850 million. The Senate armed services committee approved All but 15 percent of the proposed Transfer last week but Pentagon officials Are getting anxious Lor a final decision. Quot it is highly critical to get Aspin to entertain some option a the official said. A a it a like a moving train. As time goes on it will get harder and harder to Deal with whatever the decision turns out to be. In some ways it would be better to get a bad answer than to continue to go on without knowing Quot Aspin d-wis., contends that president Bush should have budgeted for military personnel salaries and other allowances in his original plans for 1990 defense spending which were forwarded to Congress last fall. Instead the administration chose to originally request Money for weapons and later try to shift those funds. An Aspin aide said thursday that the congressman has no intention of changing his stance. Fri arrests drug suspect for questioning in Dea blast fort Myers Fla. Apr the Fri said sunday it had arrested the younger of two Brothers wanted for questioning in the bombing of a . Drug enforcement administration office. The firebombing of the Dea office Early saturday which caused $4 million in damage but no injuries came two Days after the Brothers were indicted on drug charges. John Lewis Ciganek 22, was arrested sunday morning said special agent Brian Kensel spokesman for the Fri team investigating the Dea bombing. The search continued for Jeffery a. Matthews 23, formerly known As Jeff Ciganek. The fire caused by the bombing gutted the 6,000-Squarc-foot, one Story building at a shopping business mall Agency officials said. The drug Agency was the Only tenant in the building. Kensel said sunday that investigators determined that the blast was caused by a pipe bomb and a a liquid accelerant a probably gasoline a was used to spread the fire that caused most of the damage. Federal drug agents told local sheriffs deputies last month that Matthews had threatened Dea property during a drug investigation. A they Are being sought on the Federal indictment for drug trafficking a detective sgt. William Andrews said sunday before Ciganek was arrested. A we understand that they Are also suspected in the  Kensel said the Fri wanted to talk to the Brothers about the bombing but declined to Label them or anyone else As prime suspects. After the bombing saturday Lee county sheriff John Mcdougall issued orders for deputies to guard at least 13 prosecutors judges and Law enforcement officials who took part in a joint task Force investigating and prosecuting drug dealers in the southwestern fit Ida county. Nor he called the Dea bombing a a declaration of War Quot i Mcdougall said the Protection might be  others such As jurors and witnesses who a cloned in to trafficking�1 investigation of it a Cal drug the Florida department of Law enforcement i the Federal Bureau of alcohol tobacco and firearm Are also investigating the bombing. Dea agents told sheriffs deputies last month that Matthews had threatened to damage Dea Proden and cars sheriffs department records show the r port to the sheriff was filed after someone vandalized a Dea vehicle parked outside the office feb. 24. Federal officials said they had been investigate in Matthews and Ciganek for at least three months the Brothers were indicted on two counts of conspiracy to distribute cocaine. Two others indicted on the same charges were arrested Friday. Kelly Susskind 20 and Kenneth Bird sr., 41, were being held without Bond in the Lee county jail. The eight to 10 employees who worked at the destroyed building will find a new office officials said. A the drug enforcement administration is not leaving fort Myers. The drug enforcement administration is Here to stay a said Gregory Kehoe first assistant . Attorney from Tampa. Three hours before the Dea office bombing a pipe bomb exploded outside the fort Myers Home of Gary Wicall a fire inspector who had investigated other bombings Over several months. A a someone a sending me a message. Someone wants to scare me. But frankly they be just angered me a i Wicall told the fort Myers . German from Page 1 of crafts were considered the strongest contenders. But the Alliance for Germany received massive Campaign help from West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl. His Christian democratic Union is the sister party of de Maiziere a. Still there were 24 parties or organizations competing in the vote and Many observers did not expect any to win a majority. De Maiziere said a a grand coalition with the social democrats was possible. People lined up at polling stations in cities As Well As makeshift voting Booths in Rural pubs and eateries. Some people cast ballots from Hospital Beds. A this is the greatest Day of my life after being put Down All these years a whispered 66-year-old Annelisa Schon choking Back tears of Joy As she voted in East Berlin. Virtually All the parties competing favored reunification with West Germany but at different paces. Some voters seemed perplexed by the huge selection that included such contenders As the Beer drinkers i party. A we have nothing we can draw from no experience with the new parties that we can use As a measure there a no Way we can know if we Are voting for the right person a said Christel Wilke a poll supervisor in Schonwalder 18 Miles North of Berlin. About 12.2 million people were eligible to vote and some districts reported 80 percent turnout by midday. Modrow Premier of the caretaker government that i took office after the revolution was among the Early voters. He was greeted with applause As he entered his East Berlin polling site. Campaigning was bitter. The election originally was scheduled for May but it was moved up because of fears Modrow a interim leadership would collapse. Just when the new government will take office was unclear. Failure of any party to win a majority would Force talks to create a coalition. The elections were the result of a peaceful revolution that ousted communist Leader Erich Honecker on oct. 18, led to the opening of the Berlin Wall and other once sealed Borders and ended the communists guaranteed monopoly on  from Page 1 the West were out of order saturday and sunday but it was possible to Telephone to the Republic from Moscow. A shift supervisor for the Moscow Central Telephone office said the International Telephone channels to Lithuania were closed Down saturday for maintenance work and she had no idea when they would be restored. The soviet parliament on thursday directed Gorbachev to defend soviet interests and citizens in the Baltic Republic of 3.8 million. It declared the lithuanian move illegal and the soviet Constitution still in Force. Gorbachev on Friday sent Landsbergis a Telegram giving him until monday to respond to How the directive is being realized. He did not say what the Kremlin would do if the lithuanians refused to respond. He and his aides say they have ruled out the use of Force. On sunday Gorbachev said the Telegram was not an ultimatum. A i think we shall receive a reply from the authorities of present Day Lithuania and depending on what it is everything will become Clear. The character and Content of the answer will define our next Steps a he said. A we shall act responsibly with a View to realizing the aspirations of the lithuanian people from the viewpoint of strengthening their Independence and sovereignty but at the same time within the scope of cooperation with All republics a Gorbachev said. Landsbergis and aides met sunday to draft a response i stating that lithuanian Law will observe the Legal rights of the soviet Union and protect National minorities. On saturday Landsbergis appealed to democratic nations for official recognition of his new government. 1 on saturday a military helicopter dropped leaflets on Vilnius calling voters to an anti Independence rally on sunday. The crowd was variously estimated at 50,000 by a correspondent 100,000 by the lithuanian Interior ministry and 10,000 by the pro Independence group saudis. The leaflets dropped by the helicopter stated a who asked if we agreed a according to one read to the associated press Over the Telephone by Gintautas Alksne ses a member of saudis. The leaflet accused the Independence activists of representing a those who owned Bourgeois Lithuania and disposed of the fates of people sold Lithuania land and factories to foreign capital and Cost Hun Oreas of thousands of lithuanians their jobs forcing them t flee the country in search of  the leaflets also demanded a referendum on the que Tion of Independence which was declared a week ago Dot i first freely elected parliament in Lithuania in 50 years. Alksne ses said anyone is free to distribute poll Tlly leaflets but using a military helicopter a aggravates situation and disturbs people very