European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 13, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday february 13, 1992 the stars and stripes a Page 9panel request May get grave response by Chuck v1nch Washington Bureau Washington a lawmakers and congressional staffers like to complain about How Long it takes defense department officials to respond to the Many requests for information that steadily flow from Capitol Hill to the Pentagon. But the House government operations committee May be waiting quite a while for a response to a feb. 4 letter signed by committee chairman rep. John Conyers jr., d-mich., that was logged in at the office of the Secretary of defense monday. The answer if one is forthcoming will have to come from beyond the grave. A copy of the letter obtained by the stars and stripes shows it was addressed to the honorable John some italian Heidelberg Germany a some italian wines marketed in Germany have been found to contain pesticides according to information passed by the american embassy in Bonn to the 7th medical come. Officials with the 7th medical come in Heidelberg said none of the wine is in the cafes retail outlets. Veterinary officials Are investigating the morale welfare and recreation club system to determine if any of the contaminated wines Are being sold there. People who bought any of the wines listed on the Economy should not consume them a press release reported tuesday. According to the German publication die Rhein Falz drinking the pesticide laced wine can cause vomiting and dizziness. One Man also complained of Eye Zirri g. Tower Secretary of defense. But Tower the former chairman of the Senate armed services committee died in a plane crash in Georgia almost a year ago. On top of that he was never Secretary of defense. Tower was chosen by president Bush to succeed Frank Carlucci in the Post More than three years ago but persistent tales of drinking and womanizing As Well As his close ties to defense contractors led the Senate to reject his nomination. An embarrassed Ron Stroman Deputy general counsel for the House government operations committee said copies of the letters which referred to a White House Effort to Cut regulatory red tape were sent to about two dozen Federal agencies. Tation the newspaper said. The following wines have been identified by the German Federal ministry of agriculture As being contaminated a poli Bianco Vino a Tavola 10.5% vol., lot number l910018, 5-Litcr bottle a poli merlot Del Ven to Vino a Tavola 10.5% vol., lot number l910017, 5-liter bottle a poli merlot Del Veneto Vino a Tavola lot number l910010,5-Litcr bottle a Lamb Uco Dell Emilia table wine red Erlwein Marke Vago lot number l2010, i.5-liter bottle a Val Policella red Marke Vago lot number l1318, 2-Litcr bottle a Soave Marke Vago lot number l1318 a Lamb Uco Dell Emilia Marke Vago lot number i 196 a Gardolino chiaretto Marke Vago lot number l1345 a Val Policella Marke Vago lot number li340 a Soave Marke Vago lot number i 184 a Gardolino chiaretto Marke Vago lot number i 184 a frizz Antino White Erlwein Marke Marva lot number li248 a lambrusco Dell Emilia red Erlwein Marke Vago lot number l1330, 1.5 Quot in the process of printing those letters we apparently accessed an old database from 1989 that had towers  in it Quot Stroman said. That might be logical had the texan Ever actually held the position of Secretary of defense. Stroman could not explain How towers  made it into the committees computer data base in the first place. The letter asks Tower to inform the committee who has been chosen As the defense department official in charge of a regulatory oversight Quot an initiative stemming from a Jan. 28 White House memo directing Federal agencies to look for ways to reduce or eliminate burdensome regulations. Liter bottle a Val Policella Marke Vago lot number i 278 a lambrusco Dell Emilia red Erlwein Marke Vago lot number l1248, 1.5-Litcr bottle a merlot Del Piave red Marke Marva lot number none 2-liter bottle a a Gardolino red Marke Vago lot number l20i5,2-liter bottle a Soave White Marke Vago lot number l1323,2-liter bottle a Gardolino chiaretto red Marke Vago lot number l1318, 2-liter bottle a frizz Antino table wine White Erlwein Marke Marva lot number li010, 2-liter bottle a Lamb Uco Dell Emilia table wine red Erlwein Marke Vago lot number none 1.5-liter bottle a 1989er la Coata Val Policella 11.5% vol. Lot number none .75-liter bottle a 1990er la Costa Val Policella 115% vol lot number none .75-liter bottle. Lot numbers and bottle sizes were not reported on the following wines however wines with these labels were also implicated a Gardolino Marke Vago a Gardolino chiaretto Marke Vago a frizz Antino White Erlwein Marke Marva a Val Policella Marke Vago. Wines found contaminated funds for germ War vaccines misspent by lab Gao finds Washington a the army program to develop vaccines against biological weapons spent millions of dollars on unrelated research congressional investigators said tuesday. The general accounting office found that the Laboratory designated to produce the vaccines used Only $3 million of the $17.7 million earmarked for creating defences against valid biological threats. The Laboratory the Salk Institute produced no vaccines for operations desert shield and storm. Officials had feared Iraq would use biological weapons but it never did. The Salk Institute also spent about $5.8 million on developing medical products for biological agents used in War and for diseases unrelated to combat according to the Gao. The rest of the funds included about $8.8 million spent on research unrelated to combat biological agents. A the army has directed Salk to use the bulk of available funds for work on non validated biological threat agents a the Gao said. Maj. Rick Thomas an army spokesman said tuesday that the service had not seen the report and would have no comment. Dale Busch an official at the institutes Headquarters in san Diego had the same response. The Amny a biological defense research program was established to develop vaccines and drugs to protect . Troops. The army agreed to a contract with the Salk Institute of Swiftwater pa., in 1978 to produce the vaccines. Sen. John Glenn a Ohio in releasing the Gao report criticized the waste in the military program and called on the defense department to revamp it. A we cannot allow our troops to be in a vulnerable position due to the global proliferation of these a poor Many a  i Call on Secretary Dick Cheney to make the changes necessary so our soldiers have the proper medical defences a said Glenn chairman of the Senate governmental affairs committee. In a letter to the defense Secretary Glenn requested a response to the report before the Senate considers this years defense Bill. Glenn called for a report on the Steps the army and the defense department Are taking a to ensure that this program reflects its Mission a the production of drugs and vaccines against validated Bio warfare  corpsman investigated in sex assault on haitian Norfolk a. Apr the Navy is investigating charges that a Hospital corpsman sexually assaulted a haitian woman at the . Naval base at Guantanamo Bay Cuba where thousands of haitian refugees Are being held. Bob Hall a Navy spokesman at the Pentagon said tuesday that the suspect had been questioned and removed from any duty dealing with the refugees. Officials declined to identify the suspect. They said he faced a criminal hearing Friday on rape and sodomy charges. The rape occurred Jan. 30 and was reported to . Authorities two Days later said it. Cmdr. Steve Pietropaoli a spokesman at the Navy sat lactic Fleet Headquarters in Norfolk. The virginian Pilot of Norfolk reported that the 22-year-old woman had come to a military Field Hospital with a fever and diarrhoea. She was Given counselling and medical assistance and remained at the refugee Camp. Navy officials said she would not be sent Back to Haiti until the Case was resolved. About 11,000 haitians who fled their Homeland after president Jean Bertrand Aristide was deposed in a coup Las year Are living at the base in Southeastern Cuba. The coast guard has been returning about 500 a Day to Haiti since the . Supreme court cleared the Way for repatriations Jan. 31.free fall Brian Van Leeuwen 28, a paraplegic Engineer takes the plunge from a platform saturday la Albuquerque n.m., As part of a bungee jumping Experiment. Van Leeuwen whose lower body was paralysed 10 years ago in a car crash said he jumped with his wheelchair because it a is part of  he was held in by straps and duct tape