European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 17, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday november 17, 1985 the stars and stripes Page 7 Reagan not doing enough for mias says suit Washington a the jul slice department has moved to dismiss a suit thai alleges that president Reagan has failed to do enough to determine whether american prisoners of War remain in Southeast Asia and seeks to compel More action by the administration. In its response to a Federal suit brought against Reagan and several administration official the department maintained that discovering pos and freeing them is a matter of executive not judicial responsibility. The courts simply Are not the proper forum for review As to the adequacy of the government s efforts to resolve the difficult and painful question of the Fate of nearly 2,500 unaccounted for military and civilian american citizens said the department s Brief. The Legal paper filed in . District court in . N.c., thursday was made Public by the Justice depart ment Friday. A memorandum of Points accompanying the motion for dismissal argued that Reagan has worked hard on the Issue and it included As attachments a Crici of speeches the president has Given on the problem. The Legal documents came in response to a suit brought by Sec. Melvin c. Mclyn Tirc of b co., 7th special forces group 1st special operations come and his for Mer commander in South Korea retired Green Beret maj. Mark a. Smith. The suit said that it represents All living pos of the Vietnam War. Affidavits filed with the suit indicate that pos were sighted in Southeast Asia last july and that a Mission to Rescue the pos was aborted. Smith said he was approached in 1981 by a thai military official who had information corroborating pow reports by american col. Bob Gurciu who had made private forays in search of pos. Smith said in his affidavit that he pre pared a briefing Book compiling pow intelligence in Southeast Asia from 1981 to 1984, but was advised to put the briefing Book through a shredder when he presented it to an unnamed major general. He said he was Given a direct order not to Contact Washington with the information he had gathered. An affidavit from la. Col. Robert Louis Howard who served in Korea from sept. 1983 through 1984, says he was contacted by a thai military officer who said he could corroborate pow reports by Gritz. Howard said he was told in May 1984  three american pos were Avail Able to be taken out of Laos but when he reported the information through a Spe Cial Channel he had developed the operations were declared unauthorized and terminated. In its response the jul slice department said that under the hostage act of 1868, Only the president has the authority to act on the problem. The department also argued that the matter was a political rather than a Judi Cial Issue involving the chief executive s constitutional authority to make foreign policy. Monogamous sex limits spread of ads Koop says file Onorio surgeon general c. Evyrell Koop new York a the spread of aids can be limited it people maintain faithful monogamous sexual relationships surgeon Gencsi c Everett Koop told a nationwide evangelical publication. In what is described As his first Public comments on the deadly disease. Koop said in he nov. 22 Issue of christianity today that he was offering a Public health statement not a moral judgment. As a Public health officer i m not entitled to a moral opinion in a situation like this he told an interviewer. But the pub Lic health opinion lha i give happens to coincide with a moral position of a very Large segment of the  aids which cripples the body s immune system has occurred mainly among Homo sexually Active males but cases have been reported among other people. Koop a presbyterian was a Philadelphia paediatrician and vigorous opponent of Abor Tion before being named by president Rea Gan to his present Post. Koop was asked if aids presents a particular Challenge to churches since it is linked to homosexual behaviour. Many will have difficulty separating what they consider sinful behaviour from the consequences of that behaviour he replied. It is Akin to the Way the Church very slowly made an about face toward unmarried pregnant  although churches initially acted with out much love and compassion for such women they have reversed that position in the last decade he said. Unfortunately we Don t have a similar Opportunity with aids because it is a deadly disease with 100 percent mortality the surgeon general added. He said Public fears about aids arc warranted. The Public health threat is considerable he said. There is no known cure for acquired immune deficiency syndrome. Aids can be maintained at its approximate level today if people maintain mutually faithful monogamous sexual relation ships Koop said. The difficulty is that with the virus having leapt into the Hetero sexual Community you never know whether a heterosexual partner might be affected. There arc reports of a very High incidence of positive virus tests among prostitutes another source of contamination within  concerning a recent appropriation Bill passed by Congress giving the surgeon Gen eral permission to take Steps to prevent promiscuous homosexual activity mainly by closing bathhouses Koop said. We would prefer to Sec the states. Take whatever action is needed. But 1 can conceive of certain evidence coming to the fore that might indicate it makes Good sense to close bathhouses. It would be much More difficult for Many people to pursue promiscuous homosexual activity if such meeting places were  however he said aids is not highly contagious and is very hard to  the aids virus can be spread by sexual Contact infected Needles shared by drug abusers. Transfusions of contaminated blood or blood products or infection from Mother to child before birth. Boy 10, rescued after being swept 2 /2 Miles in Creek Tulsa okla. A a 10-year-old boy who slipped into a Rushing Creek while trying to recover a wind blown Page of Homework was swept 2 i Miles along the Stream before two passers by Man aged to pull him to safety. It was scary said Michael Swetman who escaped his ordeal with Only a few bumps and cuts. I hit Rapi is. Water blew in my face and i could t breathe for about 15  the fourth grader was bicycling Home from school when his papers blew onto a Rock near the Creek he scaled a Fence and climbed Down the Bank bul slipped into the Creek estimated at 20 to 30 feel deep after heavy  Wallis a real estate company employee waiting for a ride Learned of Michael s plight from a Man who ran into the  ran out and i could see him Bobbing us and Down " Wallis said. He was really going fast. I Don t think he even had time to yell. At one Point he went under and i did t see him for a time. Walli Aid he and another Man ran along the fenced Stream for about a mile to keep up with the youngster. We kept Yelling for him to keep his head and arms up that he was doing great Wallis said. A break in the Fence allowed Wallis to jump into the Creek after the boy while the other rescuer scaled the Fence on the other Side of the Creek. I stuck my Arm out and grabbed his Arm and the other Man grabbed one of his legs Wallis said. We tossed him up on the Bank like a Gunny sack. Police and firefighters completed the Rescue. Happy birthday Mickey largest Mickey mouse shop. The new store in the Disney _ world Village has 200,000 Ilarra ranging from Lucent celebrating his 57th birthday at Disney world in Lake postcards to a $2,000 figurine of the wicked Queen from Bucana Vista Fla. The party was held in the world s Snow while and the seen  Mickey mouse is joined by fellow cartoon characters Donald Duck and goofy and a Host of fans at a party