European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 2, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                A Chang beats Bergstrom j at French  21 g Portland sets suns j to reach Aba  21 a Al Michaels seeking i Early out at  25 a celtics reported talking with  27 the a Sand a types authorized unofficial publication for the . Armed forces Good vol. 49, no. 49 saturday june 2, 1990 a a 25t daily and sunday d 8693 Abush Gorbachev Edge closer to Accord on arms reduction Washington apr president Bush and soviet Leader Mikhail s. Gorbachev directed top aides to resolve differences that arose just hours before fridays planned signing of a Summit framework to reduce Long Range nuclear arsenals. Bush embraced the one sure thing a Long awaited treaty to ban production of chemical weapons. The nuclear missile Issue surfaced As the soviets pressed for a new Trade agreement. Gorbachev appealed for improved Trade ties to help his program of economic restructuring Back Home. White House spokesman Marlin Fitz water said Secretary of state James Baker and soviet foreign minister Eduard Shevardnadze had been dispatched to resolve the problems. Fitzwater said it was possible the framework could be settled in time for a late afternoon ceremony for the Poison Gas treaty. The presidents met for More than 90 minutes at the White House on the second Day of their springtime Summit without resolving the missile Issue. Gorbachev said the two men had made a a lot of Progress toward a framework on the strategic arms reduction treaty to slash Long Range weapons a the second of two documents awaiting their signatures. A i think we can already say this meet see Summit on Back Page a president and mrs. Bush and soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev and his wife Raisa applaud opera Singer Fredericka von  Leader seeks help to end civil War Monrovia Liberia apr president Samuel Doe hemmed in by an advancing rebel army announced Friday he will not seek re election and he asked the United states and other nations to help end his nations civil War. . Military officials said 2,100 marines aboard four ships of the . Navy a 6th Fleet stood off the liberian coast to protect the property and lives of americans and other foreign nationals and if necessary to evacuate people. The rebels from the National patriotic front of Liberia Are seeking does ouster. They accuse his administration of corruption economic mismanagement and human rights abuses. More than 1,000 people have been killed in six months of fighting most of them civilians slain by government troops. Rebel Leader Charles Taylor said in an interview with the British broadcasting corp. On thursday that his fighters would not Stop until they had taken Monrovia the capital and formed their own government. Rebel troops already control the country a main port of Buchanan 95 Miles East of the capital and were advancing on two fronts within 35 Miles of Monrovia. Thousands of people have fled the City. At a news conference Friday Doe said a i wish to announce Here today my firm decision not to stand for the 1991 general  a accordingly 1 hereby Appeal to our traditional see War on Back Page cafes continued Selling meats after repeated contamination by Steve Taylor Munich Bureau Munich West Germany a the european Exchange service produced nearly 100,000 pounds of luncheon meat Over three months even though tests repeatedly showed contamination by a like threatening bacteria. The products were pulled from military shop Pette shelves three times but it Wasny to until a fourth incident that a Public recall was announced. Finally unable to eliminate the contamination cafes closed its luncheon meat processing Plant in March. The bacteria listeria  kill More than 400 people a year in the United states. It has a higher fatality rate than botulism a More common food contamination. However no cases of Lister Osis the illness caused by the bacteria were reported to military medical officials in Europe the army and air Force said. Exchange service records show that cafes and the 7th medical come discovered the problem on dec. 19, but it Wasny to until feb. 26 that the first Public warning was issued. Until then the potential risk was not deemed significant enough to warrant a consumer recall officials said. Three non Public recalls had been conducted on the advice of the 7th medical come which performs military food safety inspections in Europe. A non Public or class ii recall is limited to the retail level and involves removal of products from the stores. There is no Public an a a Normal healthy person would probably not have any problem and certainly did no to hear of  a Michael Killian we noun cent to warn those who purchased the product. In contrast the . Department of agriculture routinely issues a class i or Public recall whenever there is a positive test for listeria in the United states. See related Story Page 3. On March 19, three Days after a fifth incident of contamination cafes Europe closed its production facility near Wiesbaden West Germany. The Plant had produced More than 400,000 pounds of luncheon meat a year for the 127 cafes Shoppe ties. In All cafes Brand pork shoulder picnic had been found contaminated four times in weekly tests while cafes Brand Bologna was found contaminated once. Cafes also produced two types of Salami neither of which tested positive for the bacteria. A a cafes Europe is out of the sliced ready to eat meat business a said it. Col. Joe Cato an cafes spokesman. He said the organization concluded it would be too costly to buy new equipment needed to control the contamination. The recurring presence of listeria Mono Cucto continued on Page 3