European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 30, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                June 1985 the stars and stripes Page 9 austrian army engineers stand on top of a world War ii Sherman tank after they pulled it up from the Muddy Bottom of Lake near a photo tank retrieved from austrian Lake after 40 years Austria a army engineers pulled an american tank up from the Muddy Bottom of Lake where it had been mired since plunging into the water 40 years working Early Friday at the re sort Village of also salvaged a crate of machine gun and inspectors who opened one of the shells said the powder was still according to the Austria press the 25ton Sherman belonging to the forces which occupied parts of Austria at the end of world War fell into the Lake in the autumn of the report the tank was taken from about 20 Miles East of to an Engi Neer battalion Post in Apa re investigators went through the mud caked machine to determine if it held other explosives or the bodies of and they planned to announce the results of the search the Agency army and sport divers have Long probed the lakes of Central Austria for War relics and signs of nazi treasure rumoured to be hidden in their dozens of old waterlogged papers and even counterfeit Money have been but no korean War hero of get dec 35 years after his death by Norman Black Washington a eight after the discovery of an administrative mistake and 35 years after his an army lieutenant colonel will be awarded the distinguished service Cross next week for valor in assisting his men while he was held As a prisoner Dur ing the korean army Secretary John Marsh said thursday he would present the army second highest award for valor posthumously on monday to Helen Jor Dan widow of William the ceremony will take place at Arlington National where Mcdaniel is the army attributed the delay in approving the award to confusion Over the circumstances surrounding an earlier posthumous award of the Silver Star for the army said that the mistake was uncovered in 1977 by one of the pos who served with but additional time was needed to reconstruct service records destroyed by a 1973 Mcdaniel was executed by the North koreans at the Sun Chon railway Tunnel on according to an army Mcdaniel volunteered to Lead a counterattack against North korean forces on july while serving As the operations officer of the 34th inf regt in he was subsequently captured by North korean forces while defending while a Mcdaniel was the senior officer in a column of 370 Ameri can prisoners who were marched from Seoul to North from 27 to As the american pos suffered from malnutrition and the constant brutality of enemy Mcdaniel continually interceded with his captors for medi cation and better treatment of his the army statement said the dec is being awarded to recognize Mcdaniels valor in trying to assist his fellow the statement he had previously been awarded the Silver Star for heroism and gallantry in action on the the army said thursday that one of Mcdaniels fellow retired army James who Man aged to escape from the death recommended Mcdaniel for the medal of Honor in administrative review mistakenly concluded that the medal of Honor recommendation was for heroism on the Battlefield for which Mcdaniel had Al ready been the army Smith discovered the mistake in 1977 and asked the army to look into the China charges american with causing fatal fire peking a a businessman detained for More than two months in connection with a hotel fire that killed 10 people in the Northeast chinese City of Harbin has been formally arrested and charged with causing the his lawyer said Richard was arrested wednesday morning and transferred to a police detention Center in lawyer Robert Goodwin a representative of the Hong Kong firm Energy Southeast Asia was staying at Harbins 15story Swan hotel when a fire gutted the Lith floor april his business Alan five North koreans and four hotel staff members police had detained Ondrik for investigation and had confined him to another har bin hotel without formally arresting a Washington attorney retained by said he has been attempt ing to find a chinese lawyer to represent his client because foreigners Are not permitted to practice Law in rumours of Andriks formal arrest surfaced but chinese officials in Harbin declined to confirm his Case has not been reported in the chinese Goodwin said it was his understanding that Ondrik was charged with causing the fire through for which the Maxi mum penalty under chinese Law is seven years in he declined to say How Ondrik planned to plead in the Case or to provide More de the businessman said earlier that he does not remember what happened before or during the