European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 25, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 4 the stars and stripes . Friday saturday december 25/26, 1992 police suspect cyanide put in Goody s powder Winston Salem . A a company issued a recall for a headache remedy wednesday night after investigators said apparent tampering May have led to the death of a Tennessee Man. Investigators told Goody a manufacturing corp. That the Man died after apparently ingesting sodium cyanide that had been put inside a Goody a headache powder package a company officer said. The powder had been purchased in Morristown Tenn., but the company did no to have More details about the victim or a possible motive. The company was notified of the death monday said Robert Halliday a Goody a vice president. Halliday said the plastic wrap covering the packet was Cut and glued Back together. Don Bartnik the Fri agent handling the investigation comment wednesday night when reached at Home in Johnson City Tenn. He said the Agency probably would release More information thursday. Halliday said the Fri asked company officials on monday evening not to take any immediate action. Company officials later met with the . Food and drug administration and decided to Issue the recall he said. The package was from lot number 3276, the company said. Chinese ret aces i Chuck Lin left and Chen Tong Han meet with journalists wednesday in san Francisco. The 16-year-old boys were among 180 refugees on a ship seized tuesday by the immigration and naturalization service. Illegal immigrants face deportation san Francisco up a immigration authorities said wednesday that the 180 chinese refugees removed from a filthy freighter May face criminal charges and be deported Back to China. David Lochert the immigration District director in san Francisco said none of the passengers aboard the freighter had proper papers for entry into the United states. T he men removed from the ship were taken to the Lerdo detention Center near Bakersfield. The women were held at Santa Rita jail near Pleasanton in Northern California. Four teen age boys were turned Over to local attorneys in san Francisco in Hopes that families would come Forward to House them. The 165-foot Man Yoshi Maru left Taiwan on nov 4 and was headed for an undisclosed Canadian port. The Captain claims the ship ran out of food and water and was forced to radio a mayday from just outside the Golden Gate Bridge on monday. Ins investigators said they think that the freighter was a Mother ship used to smuggle illegal aliens into the United states and that it had been waiting for smaller boats to arrive and take the passengers ashore. When those boats failed to arrive after 10 Days the ship issued its mayday. Navy says 2 recruiters made women strip Redding Calif. A two Navy recruiters ordered As Many As 10 women applicants to strip so the men could take their measurements the Navy says. One of the recruiters was disciplined the other May face charges authorities said. Investigators said the women were falsely told that stripping for measurements is a Standard part of the recruiting process. Some of the women complied. The misconduct took place at the recruiting station in Redding Over a years time the Navy said. Details of the Case were reported wednesday in the Redding record Searchlight newspaper. A this was two recruiters misbehaving. When we found out we took immediate action a said cmdr. Tom Atkins spokesman for the Navy a recruiting Headquarters in Oakland. Petty officer 2nd class Trevor Briggs 26, was punished for fraternization or improper actions with applicants the Navy said. Atkins would not say How Briggs was punished. A the was transferred from recruiting duties and its not Likely hell go Back a Atkins said. Navy lawyers Hope to decide by the end of january whether to charge Petty officer 1st class Scott Crews 30. The Navy said it Learned of the incidents in september when a woman complained. The Navy is trying to repair its image after the Tail Hook scandal in which More than 26 women said Drunken Navy and Marine aviators groped them and lore off their clothes in a hotel hallway during a 1991 kills 3, himself at office Holiday party from wire reports Miami a a Man opened fire at a Christmas office party killing three and critically wounding one then killed himself after a four hour standoff. Police said they knew of no motive for the rampage wednesday night at the a amp a aircraft maintenance company in a warehouse District near Miami International Airport. But Dora Luft an employee of a business nearby said she overheard a caller to 911 say the gunman was a newly hired a amp a inspector distraught Over his mothers death. The identities of the gunmen and his victims were not immediately considered Austin Texas a gov. Ann w. Richards said wednesday that she will not announce her appointee to the . Senate until a around the first of the new year a giving herself More time to study candidates records. Richards said she has met with about a dozen people and talked with Many others who Are interested in replacing sen. Lloyd Bentsen who has been chosen by president elect Clinton to be Secretary of the Treasury. Richards met tuesday with rep. John Bryant a Texas. Bryant is believed to be on a a Short list with several other democratic congressmen including Michael a. Andrews of Houston Martin Frost of Dallas and Jim Chapman of Sulphur Springs. Richards also has met with state Railroad commissioner Bob Krueger attorney general Dan Morales Travis county District attorney Ronald Earle and Paul Hobby the son of former it. Gov. Bill Hobby who has also been mentioned for the job.1.500 million years left Washington a life on Earth As we know it will end in 1,500 million years and the planet will look More like its Dusty volcanic sister Venus in 2.500 million years scientists said wednesday. Ken Caldeira and James Kasting of Pennsylvania state University in University Park calculated the doomsday estimates using computer models of temperature and atmosphere changes and projections of the suns increasing heat. As the Sun continues to brighten and warm Over time the amount of Carbon dioxide in the atmosphere drops a eventually to a Point too Low for plants to survive the scientists said in the British journal , Pilot error cited Elpaso Texas a an improperly installed Hose Clamp and Pilot error contributed to the crash of a $44 million f-117a stealth fighter in Southern new Mexico the air Force said. The Clamp evidently popped open just after Takeoff aug 4, allowing air heated to 800 degrees to spew into a compartment with electric Hydraulic and fuel lines said a report obtained this week by the Elpaso times under the Freedom of information act. Air Force investigators said the hot air probably melted wires that caused a Wing control unit to fail. In addition air Force capt John Mills the Pilot failed to switch off the flow of hot air after a warning Light signalled the problem investigators said in their oct. 29 report. No one was Hurt in the crash in did t like Book los Angeles a a White los Angeles county sheriffs Deputy has been relieved of Law enforcement duty after apparently carrying out a threat to defecate on a Black Deputy a copy of the autobiography of Malcolm x. Assistant sheriff Ramon Morris said wednesday that the Deputy was assigned to a desk Job pending the outcome of an internal investigation. The White Deputy who was not identified reportedly spotted his Black colleague with the Book at work and told him if he saw him with it again he would defecate on it. When the Black Deputy found the Book in a toilet bowl several Days later he confronted his colleague who admitted to carrying out his threat. Morris said the Deputy a punishment could Range from a written reprimand to discharge
