European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 06, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes Friday september 6. 1985 lawsuit would Force Reagan to demand release of rows Fayetteville . Up two retired Green berets accusing the military of intentional or negligent inaction filed a class action suit to Force president Reagan to demand the release of american pos in Southeast Asia. Maj. Murk Smith and sgt. Mclvin Mcintire claimed in the suit filed wednes Day in us. District court that there is credible evidence proving american pos Are still being held in Vietnam Cambodia and Laos. Smith and Mcintire who worked with an army special forces intelligence unit in Seoul Korea from 1981 to 1984, said Friendly agents provided evidence that pos were still being held in Southeast Asia. The suit charges military officials intentionally or negligently failed to Tell Rea Gan about the pos and carried out a continuous course of intelligence gathering methods designed and intended to disprove discredit or ignore factual information substantiating the existence of the plaintiffs class pos presidential attorney Fred Fielding and a Pentagon spokesman both refused to com ment on the suit. A state department spokesman said the stateside government has no Good evidence of any mias alive in Southeast Asia but we oper ate on the Assumption there could be and that s Why we Don t dismiss these reports out of  the suit accuses Reagan defense Secre tary Casper Weinberger Secretary of state George Shultz and Gen. James a. Williams of the army intelligence Agency and anyone who held their jobs during and after american involvement in Southeast Asia of violating title 22 of the uniform code of military Justice that governs members of the . Armed forces. The suit accused the officials of failing to demand of the governments of Vietnam Cambodia and Laos the reasons Why Mem Bers of the plaintiffs class Are being unjustly deprived of their Liberty failing to deter mine whether such deprivation of Liberty is wrongful and in violation of the rights of american citizens and failing to demand the release of such members of the Plain tiffs  included in the suit was an affidavit from it. Col. Robert l. Howard who worked with a similar intelligence unit in Korea 1983-84, and said he believes the information Smith and Mcintire collected because he had the same proof. High Hopes for a Home exhibiting Good bit of feline sales Manship this Wenhu Kitten bats her big Reber eyes Holteg to attract a cat Fader who will take her away from tie work of show isl mss. She did her number at a cat show in new Orlett. I mild earthquake jolts cities in san Francisco Bay area san Leandro Calif. A a minor earthquake jolted several cities in the san Francisco Bay area. There were no reports of damage or injury. The temblor had a Reading of 3.6 on the Richter scale according to Charles o Neal of the office of emergency services in Sacramento. The earthquake was Felt in Oakland san Francisco Daly City and san Bruno and its epicentre was near san Leandro. Police dispatcher Wendy Miller Hooks said about 30 Calls were received from the Public. We Felt it Here at the police station but it was very mild no big Deal she said. Toll Booth attendants paid to sit read and drink Coffee Hood canal Bridge. Wash. Up toll Booth attendants on the Hood canal Bridge have Little to do but read books and drink Coffee by court order. A Federal judge halted the state s collection of the s2 Bridge fee but the toll takers Are still being paid to occupy the Booths on the Span while cars whizz by on their Way to the olympic  have plenty of books and hot Coffee and a Clicker to Dick when the cars go by said Tom Rice who has collected toll and tended the Bridge since it opened in 1961. The Only duties for the toll Booth attendants Are to keep traffic moving and make sure motorists see the no toll signs that have been erected. Us. District judge Jack Tanner ordered the state last week to Stop collecting the toll because the Bridge was rebuilt with of Cdr to funds and insurance Money after dam age from a storm. $40 million wind measuring system to be built in Midwest Washington a efforts to improve weather forecasts and learn More about How weather develops will be aided by a network of 30 wind measuring centers throughout the Midwest the National oceanic and atmospheric administration announced. It said the j40 million system to be built in a Grid pattern in Nebraska Kansas Oklahoma Iowa Missouri Eastern Colorado Northern Texas and the Western parts of Arkansas and Louisiana is expected to be completed in 1989. It will be designed to measure wind Speed and direction at altitudes of up to 10 Miles every half hour. Currently balloons take upper air wind readings Only twice a Day. Of Competition to give Northrop Chance to Market its f-20 fighter Washington not the Pentagon has ordered the air Force to arrange a one time Competition Between Northrop s f-20 Tiger shark and the general dynamics f 16 Falcon for a role in defending the United states against bomber attack. Pentagon officials said wednesday. The decision guarantees Northrop a Long awaited Chance to introduce its new fighter plane into the Ameri can military inventory with the Prospect of a substantial Export Market if it succeeds. But the Competition Falls far Short of what Northrop had been seeking which was a running Competition with general dynamics for a variety of air Force roles with both companies guaranteed part of the Market. After news of the decision circulated on Wall Street Northrop Stock declined $2.25 wednesday to $51.50. Under a directive signed by Deputy defense Secretary William 11. Taft in last month the air Force is to buy 318 fighter planes Over the net several years based on the outcome of the As yet unscheduled Competition. The planes Are part of the 720 fighters the air Force has planned to buy originally All from general dynamics Over the next four years. The winning planes would be used primarily to replace interceptors in 11 air National guard squadrons and five Active air Force squadrons de fending the Continental United states. Pentagon officials and Industry sources said the planned fighter plane contest would be a paper Competition rather than an actual Fly off because Northrop does not have enough f-20s to stage an Aerial Competition. Earlier this summer the air Force had tentatively decided to Purchase at least 30 f-20s outright and let North Rop compete to sell More planes in a running Competition for a variety of fighter plane jobs including close air de sense of ground troops and playing the aggressor in mock combat with american tactical squadrons. Northrop its supporters in Congress and some air Force officers argue that continual Competition Best As sures that both plane makers deliver the Best value. They envisioned a periodic contest similar to the widely praised running Competition Between the general electric co. And Pratt & Whitney for sales of Jet aircraft engines in which the winning company gets the bigger share of each year s Purchase. But other Pentagon officials argue that the saving from having recurring Competition would be eaten up by the Cost of stocking spare parts and teaching maintenance Crews for a new aircraft. They also argue that the North Rop plane with its Shorter Range and lighter payload. Is not Well suited to a variety of air Force jobs. One Pentagon official said wednesday that the air Force put up no fight at All when its running Competition proposal was challenged this summer indicating Ike service had always been ambivalent about the idea. The Competition for the air defense Job would pit the f 20 against a stripped Down f-16 Model which was pro posed by general dynamics in june to meet the agin tire in the Competition the results of hundreds of hours of past test flights will be plugged into computer models to determine which plane is Superior for the air defense Job. Along with performance the air Force will consider Price reliability ease of maintenance and delivery schedule. Rare form of cd worries health officials Boston up a far Eastern Strain of penicillin resistant gonorrhoea believed imported by service men has Federal health officials concerned that an epidemic May be imminent a report in the new eng land journal of Medicine said thursday. A Large outbreak of the venereal disease called Neis seria gonorrhoea was reported in North Carolina from february to november 1983. The Strain rarely seen in the United states is Resis Tant to penicillin and widely available tests for penicillin resistance do not identify it. Because few state health departments test for Thil rare form doctors at the National Center for disease control said the venereal disease May spread out of control before it is recognized by local experts. Simple gonorrhoea can usually be cured with penicillin. However some forms that first appeared in the far East and Africa do not respond to penicillin in which Case other antibiotics must be used. If health care workers waste time ineffectively treat ing the disease it May spread out of control the cd said