European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 4, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page. 2 a a a the stars and stripes Friday january 4,1991newsiupdatesperrier sales Down Paris a Perrier a slice of flip . Mineral water Market fell by half last year after benzene con lamination forced a global recall source Perrier a chairman Jacques Vincent said thursday in a newspaper interview. The Market share of the popular bubbly water has dropped from 44.8 percent to 20.7 percent since february 1990, when traces of the cancer causing chemical were found in some bottles Vincent admitted. The contamination resulted from a dirty filter on a Gas line us djo add extra carbonation to the water at Perrier a underground Spring at Vergez in Southern  Back in jail Plant City Fla. Up a Man who gained notoriety for raping a California teen Ager and hacking off her arms was sentenced wednesday to 364 Days in jail for stealing a $4 hat his second shoplifting term since moving to Florida. A a a a a a a. A during a Brief arraignment Lawrence Singleton 63, pleaded guilty to charges of Petty theft and resisting arrest without violence. Hillsborough county judge James Dominguez sentenced him to two consecutive terms totalling 364 Days. Lie was arrested nov. 23 at a Wal Mart store in Seffner and had been free pending wednesdays hearing. /. Singleton served eight years of a 14-year sentence in a California. Prison for raping a 15-year-old girl cutting off her arms and leaving her to die in the  girl survived 85 Delta crash Nav Orleans a a Federal appeals court agreed wednesday a Delta air lines flight Crew was to blame for a 1985 Dallas crash that killed 137 people during Landing in foul weather. A three judge panel of the 5th . Circuit court of appeals said the Crew chose to a Dice with death when it attempted a Landing of might 191 in a thunderstorm. Eight of 11 Crew members were killed and 128 of 152 passengers died in the August 1985 crash. The ruling came in a lawsuit in which Kathleen a Connors widow of Pilot Edwin n. Connors and Jean r. Nassick widow of second officer Nick Nassick sued the government for alleged negligence by Dallas air traffic controllers. The appeals panel upheld . District judge David of Belew saying it a a could not overrule a the courts apparent View that when blight 191 chose to Fly into a thunderstorm at a id Altitude and Speed it chose to Dice w Ith  israeli consulate in Moscow reopens after 23-year chill Moscow apr soviet jews Sang hebrew Folk songs and cancer thursday to celebrate israelis reopening of its consulate in Moscow after a 23-year rupture in diplomatic relations. Newly appointed Consul general Aryeh Levin said the reopening reflects a growing warmth in soviet israeli rela Lions. He said it was a major step toward restoring full diplomatic ties which the soviet Union Cut after the 1967 Arab israeli War. Levin said he was confident the two countries eventually will restore full relations and Exchange ambassadors although he declined to predict when. A the sooner the better a he said. More than 1 x soviet jews and diplomats gathered for the ceremonial raising of the israeli Flag in a snowy courtyard outside the consulate in Central Moscow. The building had housed the israeli embassy before it closed in 1967. Since relations were severed the Plain yellow masonry building has been maintained by an israeli interests Section of the dutch embassy Levin came to Moscow More than two years ago As head of an israeli delegation and stayed on As relations improved under soviet president Mikhail s. Gorbachev. After the Flag raising a dozen soviet jews joined hands for the Hora a traditional jewish Folk dance. Many said they Hope to move to Israel. A things have changed hereon the surface in the last few years but psychologically they Haven t changed. The attitude toward Quot jews is the same or maybe even worse than before a said Anya Yagudina 51, explaining Why she wants Tda emigrate. In a news conference Levin said he believed the soviet government had softened its position on diplomatic ties since last summer. Foreign minister Eduard a. Shevardnadze at that time indicated a willingness to restore full recognition if Israel would agreed to an International peace conference on the Middle East. Shevardnadze a proposal a has not been mentioned recently As a precondition and i think the soviet government has realized that the peace conference on the Middle East cannot be a step that Israel must absolutely take before relations arc established a the israeli Diplomat said. Levin also said the soviet Union has agreed to allow Al Al the israeli airline to begin direct flights Between the two countries at the end of january. Evacuation of foreigners in doubt As somali rebels reject cease fire Nairobi Kenya a rebels fighting in Somalia a capital to overthrow president Mohamed Siad Barre rejected his plea for a cease fire thursday throwing into doubt an International Effort to Rescue hundreds of foreigners. A a cease fire Only for evacuation of foreigners has no meaning a Abdul Kadir the foreign Secretary of the insurgent United somali Congress told the associated press in Rome. A it makes no sense just to Stop the fighting and to Start again later a Kadir  just makes  for Siad Barre to organize another  Quot a the somali president the european Community and president Hosni Mubarak of Egypt All appealed for a cease fire wednesday somalis prime  said talks could follow. But Kadir said that while the United somali Congress is willing to talk with other opposition factions about a provisional government it. Seeks one in which a Siad Barre has no influence at  the rebel spokesman said fighting was continuing in Mogadishu Somalia a capital of 1 million people on the Indian Ocean. Five Days of combat with loyalist forces have left hundreds dead. Kadir reiterated his opposition to the use of italian or other foreign military units for evacuations. He said they should be carried out by the International red Cross. A a a a. Quot a a / a. German sources said Germany France and Italy were trying to arrange a halt to the fighting in an attempt to get their nationals out of the country. All have said a Hall in the fighting must precede any evacuation. _. The rebels seek to topple what they Call the Quot cruel corrupt government of Siad Barre a former army commander who has ruled the Horn of Africa nation since seizing Power in a coup in 1969. Observers expressed fear the fighting could develop into clan based warfare. Siad Barre and most other senior government officials belong to the Small a Rehan clan. The United somali Congress garners much of its support from the Large Central Hatiye clan. State department spokesman Richard Boucher said in Washington on wednesday that 37 . Diplomats and fewer than 50 private . Citizens remain in Somalia and All have been . About 500 foreigners in All Are still in the Horn of Africa nation roughly 350 of them italians. A a a Boucher on wednesday described the situation in Somalia As confused. / a it is impossible to say which Side has the upper hand or which forces Are in control of what location a he said. Quot diplomats said the rebels appeared to have significant popular support among the 8 million people in a country with nearly the land area of California and Utah combined. A a a a a a a a a a a. A a. A. A a a a Kab still Active in Germany defector says Berlin a the soviet Union still has up to 700.kgb agents Active in Germany a former Kab agent who defected to Britain was quoted assaying thursday. Oleg Gordievsky w to created a spy sensation and a setback for soviet intelligence when he surfaced in Britain in 1985, was  telling the Berliner Zeitung that the soviet a intelligence Agency was less effective than its Western counterparts but still had its successes. A with them it s Quantity not effective. Ness a he was quoted As saying. A at the moment there Are up to 700 Kab agents in Germany. They concentrate on Munich ,-Hamburg,.west Berlin and in East Berlin. No one knows exactly but there Are Between 500 and 700. And the other Kab nest is in Bonn and Cologne with Over 100  a a / continued Large scale soviet spying in Germany would contradict the spirit of the Sov it Sci Man Friendship treaty sinned in november. After decades of cold War tensions the soviet Union and germ an v n o w a profess warm relations in the aftermath of7  of East and we St Germany. Gordievsky was quoted As saying there had been the a closest cooperation Between the Kab  now defunct East German intelligence Agency the ministry for state Security known in Germany As the  agents were better Able to penetrate nato Headquarters and other. Sensitive areas where the Kab had Little Success lie was quoted As saying. Gordievsky said he began working for British intelligence in 1974 after being deeply depressed by the 1968 soviet Ina. Sion of Czechoslovakia. Greece seeks Aid to handle albanian refugees at hens Greece up a Greece is seeking inter nor those  i. T Athens Greece up a Greece is seeking International assistance to Deal with an influx of some 5,000 albanian refugees who crossed the Border around new years Day and sought political tisyhim., an official of the hellenic red Cross said t thursday. In Albania the official news Agency Ata said the government of president Ramiz Alia issued passports to 22.000 people who wished to enter Greece officials in. Athens said they were braced for a further influx but no refugees came Over t thursday. Greek foreign minister Antonis Samaras late wednesday appealed to ethnic Becks jiving in the Southern Region of Albania not to leave their Homes because it a serves the interests id Quot neither those leaving nor those staying  has appealed to the International committee of the red Cross my the european Community to help Deal with acute problems of housing and feeding the estimated 5,000 albanians who crossed the Bur tier a red Cross official said. No assistance has Ari in  far but the hellenic red. Cross expected a positive response and has sent doctors and nurses to the Border areas to assist die army which has Tampoia Lily housed the refugees in Camps nearby he said. T he. Greek army provided teals food a d blankets for the refugees. The Quot army commander in chief and other ranking officers visited the Border area As tin emergency operations got under Way officials said. A it Liege influx began just after Christmas who 1/0 people came Over in a single 24-hour period. The figures Rose rapidly to some 500 the following Day an it More than 650 the next. Quot on a single night Between new years eve and Nev ear s 5,000 people came across the Border a one re it Cross Otlie Sal said. In a More conservative count greek government spokesman. Byron polydoras said 3,163 people cant Over Between dec. 29 and Jan. 2. There was no immedi ate explanation for the discrepancy