European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 21, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday August 21, 1991 the stars and stripes b Page 7u.s. Cantaloupe Market turns sour outbreak of poisoning cripples Harvest Washington a West coast and Texas Cantaloupe markets have been virtually shut Down since the Federal centers for disease control linked a nationwide outbreak of food poisoning to contaminated Cantaloupe. Angry growers say they re losing thousands of dollars a Day As Ripe melons sit in the Fields and migrant workers wait to go Back to work in packing Sheds or help with the Harvest. Properly handled cantaloupes Are Safe to eat said Emil Corwin a spokesman for the food and drug administration. The Melon Rind should be washed with tap water and the fruit should be Cut with a clean knife and either refrigerated or thrown away within four hours he said. Barbara Buck spokeswoman for the Western growers association said orders for California cantaloupes stopped completely Friday after the cd cd a findings were reported forcing Farmers to leave ripening melons in the Fields. One Farmer told the association whose members produce 60 percent of the nations fruits and vegetables that he had already lost $125,000. A in the Central Valley of California where towns and economies and people depend on Cantaloupe people a re standing around not working. Sies fell to Zero a Buck said. A a it shot out Here the melons Are ready to pick and ship to Consumers and Farmers shut Down and did no to pick Over the  Jerry Walzel vice president of government affairs for the Texas Citrus and vegetable association in Harlingen said $1.5 million Worth of cantaloupes is sitting in the Fields of the Pecos Region because there had been no orders. Some 1,200 seasonal workers who had migrated to the area from the Rio Grande Valley he said were unemployed monday. The growers troubles began after the cd said thursday that More than 400 people in 23 states and Canada had become ill from eating cantaloupes this summer most in june and july. Researchers assume there Are dozens of cases of Salmonella poisoning for every one that is reported and confirmed. John Shepherd spokesman for Safeway supermarkets said he could not say whether orders for Cantaloupe were up or Down. He said that demand for products fluctuates Day to Day or week to week for a variety of reasons and that if orders were Down on cantaloupes it would not be enough a so that we could  but a food Industry official said the Industry is reluctant to admit it is ordering less Cantaloupe As a result of the Salmonella report. A a few Are cancelling most Are cutting Way Back a said the official. A it applies not Only to supermarkets but to restaurant and food service  producer groups say the Industry has complied with new handling guidelines for Cantaloupe issued by the Fra since the Salmonella outbreak was detected. A was a result there has been a virtual end to new cases a said George Dunlop president of the United fresh fruit and vegetable association. David Moore president of the Western growers association complained the cd acted irresponsibly by reporting illnesses that occurred More than six weeks ago. But cd spokeswoman Gayle Lloyd said the Agency routinely publishes reports on food borne illnesses and said they often come out after an outbreak is Over. Cd investigators said contaminated cantaloupes in Illinois Michigan and Minnesota apparently came from the Rio Grande Valley of Texas. Melons implicated in a new Jersey outbreak were said to come from Texas Arizona and California. But Moore said melons from Arizona and California could not have been involved because cantaloupes from the primary producing areas weren to being shipped at the time of the outbreak. The cd said it does not know exactly where contamination of the Cantaloupe crop occurred but that sonic bad melons May have come from mexico.94 More abortion protesters arrested in Wichita police officers and marshals in Wichita Kan., haul away anti abortion protesters blocking the Gate of a clinic. Wichita Kan. Up1 a a new wave of anti abortion protesters swarmed around two clinics monday before authorities arrested 94 of them. Police it. Don Eckert said most of the 94 were arrested for trespassing and 12 were arrested for loitering in the Street and refusing to move out of the Way of vehicles. He said 52 were arrested at the women a health care services clinic and 42 were arrested at the Wichita family planning inc. He said All were arrested for violations of City ordinances. But he said some could be taken before a Federal judge if it was determined they had been arrested More than once acid had violated the judge s orders. At 7 35 a.m., two Church buses pulled up to the women a health care services clinic. Ten protesters got out of one bus and Lay Down in the clinic driveway. When they were ordered by police and Deputy . Marshals to move All but one got up. However a second group moved to Block the Street about a half Block away. As authorities dealt with the second group a third group of about 40 crawled onto the clinic driveway. Police and Deputy marshals carried the protesters to waiting City buses and took them to a processing Center. The incidents were the latest confrontations Between anti abortion protesters spearheaded by operation rest Cue and Deputy . Marshals ordered to guard the clinic grounds by . District judge Patrick Kelly. On saturday 125 people were arrested for blocking the clinic Entrance. Since the anti abortion protests began july 15, More than 2,000 people have been arrested. Operation Rescue officials have said they expect to step up their blockade attempts this week leading up to a rally sunday. Kelly has issued an injunction barring protesters from blocking the clinic entrances and ordering Federal marshals to enforce the  carrying tests for ski blows up Cape canaveral Fla. Up a a Small suborbital Aries rocket carrying secret a Star wars experiments veered off course and exploded harmlessly tuesday less than one minute after launch. The unmanned 29-foot rockets solid fuel motor ignited about 5 46 a.m., instantly pushing the slender missile skyward from launch Complex 20 at the Cape canaveral air Force station. Mounted in the rockets nose Cone were classified strategic defense initiative experiments which Are part of tests known by the code name red tigress. The project Cost $5 million. Hiker mauled by Bear in Alaska Anchorage Alaska up a hiker was severely mauled by a Brown Bear monday on a popular Trail in Chu Gach state Park. His wife escaped by scrambling up a tree state wildlife officials said. Larry Bond 55, of Logan Utah was in satisfactory condition after undergoing surgery in Providence Hospital. The operation required More than 200 stitches. It was the third Bear attack in Alaska in the past week. Last wednesday a woman was attacked on the streets of Juneau the state capital by a Black Bear. A Soldier was also attacked during Field exercises at fort Greely 105 Miles Southeast of Fairbanks when he inadvertently stumbled onto a Mother grizzly and her cub. Both required Hospital treatment but mondays attack was the most serious. Bond and his wife were hiking about a mile from the Trail head of the Well used Mchugh Creek picnic area inside anchorages Southern City limits. They rounded a Corner and saw a Mother Bear and her two yearling cubs approaching. The Mother Bear charged sending the Man diving into the Brush As his wife fled Down the Trail and climbed a tree officials said. As Bond covered his head and neck trying to lie still the Bear mauled him for about 30 seconds. When the attack was Over the bears walked away. Bond suffered Depp puncture wounds and lacerations to his neck head hands shoulders armpits Back and Side. A the Guy offered no resistance a said Bruce Bartley spokesman for the state wildlife division. A this actions May have saved his  hikers Are strongly cautioned against running from bears which can outrun any person. But Bond was first on the Trail and the Bear zeroed in on him while his wife fled Bartley said. The attack occurred in an area full of Ripe berries which bears love so much a that it will pull them away from streams full of Salmon a state wildlife biologist Mike Mcdonald said. And Mother Brown bears Are fierce defenders of their cubs. A was nearly As we can determine the sow reacted in a fairly predictable manner when confronted at close Range a Mcdonald said. A the Bear did no to attack because it was hungry a Bartley said. Quot it did no to stay around to eat the Guy. It attacked because of a perceived