European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 18, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday. November 18.1993 the stars and stripes a  warfare Breaks Calm of bosnian Snow of. To T returned Back tuesday at suit in assurances of Freedom of movement. Sarajevo Bosnia and Herzegovina a Snow silenced guns across much of Bosnia but heavy fighting erupted m the divided City of Mostar a . Official said wednesday. It. Col. Bill Aikman reported intense Small arms and sniper fire in the South Western City As Well As about 20 rounds of artillery exchanges Between the croatian West Side of the Nereiva River an the besieged Muslim East Side. Spanish peacekeepers said not enough food was reaching the East Side to sustain an estimated 35,000 people through the Winter Aikman reported. So Many buildings were destroyed that Winter shelter was in question As Well Aikman said. He said 16 tons of Relief supplies were air dropped on Mostar during the night. In Central Bosnia and Herzegovina where Relief convoys have been suspended for three weeks because of fighting be tween croats and Muslim led government forces tuesday s snowfall sharply reduce military activity Aikman said. Bosnian radio said croatian forces continued to Shell government positions around Gorini a Kun site of a major croatian offensive monday. The radio also re ported serbian shelling of government positions around Brcko Dobaj and Kolovo. Kolovo appealed that it be granted the status of a .-protecte.d Safe area bosnian radio  Wilkinson spokesman for the . High commissioner for refugees in Sarajevo said his Agency would try again wednesday to get a seven truck Relief con Voy to two mental hospitals along the croatian Muslim front line near the town Orfo Nica 25 Miles West of the bosnian Capi Tal. A the Convoy was turned Back tuesday Ata croatian militia checkpoint according to Wilkinson who called the action a  peacekeepers have been providing food and Protection at the two hospitals since the local staff fled last week during heavy fighting. Most of the staff members have returned to one of the facilities a Hospital primarily for children Bosnia s Muslim led government announced that prime minister  Zic would Lead a delegation to Geneva today for emergency talks among the War ring parties on ending blockages and harassment of Relief operations. The Unher said More than 2.7 million bos Nivans will depend on Relief to get through the  said the Unher Hopes to re sume Convoy operations in Central Bosnia As soon As possible if the Geneva talks re sult in assurances of Freedo of movement. Even if these people do agree in Geneva there Are still people on the ground who Are not going to obey what they say Wilkinson said. But at least we can try to Stop the widespread attacks on con. To throughout Bosnia s War All sides have used Aid deliveries As a weapon preventing passage of . Convoys set Ting conditions for Aid deliveries or harassing Aid workers. The difficulty of delivering Aid in Winter is aggravated by Snow and ice which make bad mountainous roads impassable. Bosnia is entering the second Winter of the War that broke out in april 1992, when serbs rebelled against a Muslim croatian vote to secede from serbian dominated Yugoslavia. Up to 200,000 people Are dead or missing in the War and 2 million have been forced to flee their Homes. Dutch company recalls contaminated baby food Amsterdam Netherlands a dutch food maker Utricia is recalling about a million jars of baby food after High Levels of a disinfectant were discovered in some of the jars. Although reports of the contamination prompted thousands of concerned parents to Call the company no injuries from the tainted food have been re ported a company official said wednesday. The cleaning material is in itself harmless and can t Hurt anyone said Dick Van Hedel Genera manager for Utricia in the Netherlands but it should t be in the product and that is Why we Are recalling the  the company said 26 types of prepared food sold under the Olva Rit Label for babies toddlers and Young children were contaminated by the disinfectant which is used by butchers. Utricia one of Europe s leading baby food Mak ers said an examination of the products rated that the contaminants were present in the too products delivered to Utricia by its meat suppliers. The contamination was found in pork and beef products but not in Chicken fish and vegetarian baby foods according to the company. Most of the jars Are being recalled from the Netherlands but some also from Belgium Portugal and Greece. L formers Block German Roods in protest  a c Onnon Ukon of cml agriculture minister Jochen Bornhei Kloppenburg Germany a some 8,000 Farmers blocked two major highways in Northern Ger Many on tuesday and tossed eggs at the Federal Agri culture minister to protest an order to slay some 400,000 pigs in the Region. The demonstrators blocked the two autobahn with tractors and other vehicles near Kloppenburg 50 Miles Southwest of Bremen creating traffic jams that stretched for More than 35 Miles for several hours police  protest was against a recent european Community order to slay some 400,000 pigs in the Rural Region of Niedersachsen state to Stop a feared Swine fever Epi Demic. Pork products from animals infected with Swine fever can cause serious illness in humans and May not be sold for consumption. Farmers in the Region say the spread of the disease has been exaggerated by the dec. They say most of the Iri the recur a a or i it need Essav lost if the order the federa Borchert showed up to talk to the protesters several of them began shouting and throwing eggs in his direction. Police kept the crowd at a distance and none of the eggs appeared to reach the target. Borchert told the crowd that he had been in Contact with dec officials to convince them that the order should apply to Only limited areas where pigs infected with Swine fever had actually been found. It would be a shame if hundreds of thousands of healthy pigs were killed when the world is suffering from hunger and heed he said. Borchert said that dec officials might be budging and that he would continue to pressure them to reconsider the order. He did not elaborate. German Farmers claim the order was politically motivated to give other dec members an advantage in exporting  the Region say the spread 01 me ugh Cuba Wii usow. Lage rated by the dec. They say most of the similarly in France Farmers have frequently Demon Region Are healthy and would be needlessly started against cheap fruit and vegetable imports irom order is followed. Southern members of the dec. Olympics to serve up some tasty dishes _. Lio Ftp 2 detained after heroin haul Boulogne sur Mer France a customs officers questioned two britons on wednesday after seizing nearly 64 pounds of heroin aboard a Sailboat the English Channel port of Calais. The Crew members whose identities were not re leased were said to be about 40 and 60 years old. Ull Ehammer. Norway a even after Din ers at 1994 Winter olympic Arenas clean the last Crumb from their plates they la be Able to keep on  plates will be edible. I ate two of them today. They re Good said Osmund Ueland of the Lillehammer olympic organizing committee or look. The committee tuesday approved the Purchase of 900,000 plates made from potatoes for use at the feb. 12-27 games. The committee also gave the go ahead to 3-5 million knives Forks and spoons made of cornstarch. But they would be too hard to Chew. We Are very Happy to be Able to launch this new idea at the olympics. It is really new thinking about me environment Ueland said. He said there will be recycling stations at All olympic facilities in the Lillehammer Region so the potato plate Sand Corn cutlery can be separated from other waste Anu turned into organic fertilizer. That decision Means norwegian pigs will miss out on a Post olympic feast of plates and utensils As fodder. Ueland said organizers had wanted to turn the plates into pig food but tests of the process for converting int plates and cutlery had not been completed. This is to new he said