61.   All the gear was loaded into aircraft for the flight to Kuwait City.

62.   An Iraqi spokesman for the company, Mohammed Abdul-Salam, denied any military gear was in the shipment.

63.   But the gear would be of little use against airborne germs or biocontaminants placed in the food or water supply.

64.   Camping gear is high on the shopping list of German tourists.

65.   He says the only cold-weather gear issued him was a parka.

66.   Morris has said the combat gear was for warmth on cold picket lines, and stun guns might be needed to defend against antiunion violence.

67.   Morris said the combat gear was for warmth on cold picket lines, and stun guns might be needed to defend against antiunion violence.

68.   The company which imported the shipment denied military gear was involved.

69.   The gear is better suited than the somewhat delicate speedskates for taking on rough ice on lakes and in the Stockholm archipelago, where Swedes flock on winter weekends.

70.   The gear apparently was lost at the airport on arrival Tuesday, South African Press Association said.