European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 12, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday february 12, 1986 the stars and stripes Page 5 s.3 improvements coming to identify dead army of make "positive1 id More positive by Clint Swift Washington Bureau Washington the Laboratory that examines remains or troops killed in Vietnam will tighten up its definition of positive identification and hire a nation ally known anthropologist to improve its credibility the army announced monday. The Steps were outlined in the report of three scientists no inspected the Central identification Laboratory in Honolulu. As a result of the team s recommendations the lab will report positive identification Only after Matching fingerprints blood profiles or a rays taken before and after death. In addition next of Kin de sires for private opinions or identifications will be supported the army state Mcnol said. The team headed by anthropologist Ellis Kerley of the University of Mary land examined two cases that had resulted in controversy and 30 others chosen at random from More than 250 that had arrived in the last three years. Kerley concluded that the administration of the lab is excellent and that us anthropologists Are generally Well trained experienced and technically competent. The largest controversy involved the mixed remains of 13 air Force Crew Mem Bers recovered last february during excavation of an ac-130 that crashed in Laos in 1972. Doubting the accuracy of the identification the family of it. Col. Thomas Hart unsuccessfully sought a court order to Block return of any of the remains until another examination of All of them could be done. William Maples curator of physical anthropology at the University of Florida and a second member of the team said that although identification of most of the remains from Paksec in Laos probably was not possible the lab recommended making identifications. Questioning some of the identifications of race and sex and estimates of height and age. Maples said Laboratory staff sorted the remains using identification techniques a and criteria that ignored the limitations imposed by human variation and the Lack of discriminating ability of our present  an alternative the team recommended that unidentifiable commingled fragments of human remains should be accepted and presented As  dental records and id cards or tags authorities May specify that certain people died in a crash the report said. But hopelessly mixed fragments should be recommended for mass  team said it did not detect any errors in identifications of the pause re Mains. It said two of the bodies had been identified acceptably and there is no Rea son to doubt the other identifications. But the report noted that the team could not inspect the remains because they had been turned Over to the families it noted that use of the same narrative summary in the cases of each of the Crew members could have caused problems with the families. The report said that speaking of dental identification in All cases when Teeth were not found in some cases May have led to confusion. The report recommended that the pause families be and Vised of the problems and asked How they wished to proceed. The team recommended that the army arrange for a More detailed review of the cases. The army agreed to the team s 15 recommendations and said it would hire an expert at the gs-15 level part time to advise the armed services Graves registration identification review Board As Well As to supervise the lab. The team report said the expert should be a full professor full curator or Laboratory director and should be certified by the american Board of forensic anthropology. Other recommendations were hiring two forensic anthropologists two forensic dentists a forensic pathologist and a lawyer for the armed services Graves registration identification review Board. The Board which makes the identifications based on the lab s recommendations simply lacks the professional training and experience necessary for evaluating identification statements and Evi Dence the army statement said. Hiring a dentist with training in Legal Medicine to make dental comparisons. The team found that anthropologists were sign ing dental reports. Hiring one or two identification specialists to Speed processing when Large numbers of remains arc returned. Hiring an experienced investigator to help find military and civilian records photographs descriptions and a rays. Making an anthropologist part of any excavation team to take full advantage of the location of remains in making identifications. The team also recommended a new. Larger building a Library and specialized equipment for the lab. The team found that the lab s routine work fully lived up to the standards of professionals in the Field. It commended the lab for identifying by one count More than 91 percent of the remains recovered a rate about the same As that for the korean War. Defense department figures show that the lab has identified 142 of 158 sets of remains recovered since the end of the Vietnam War. The lab was established in Thailand in 1973 and moved to Hawaii in 1976. It supports the air Force and Navy As needed. Congressmen go to Southeast Asia to press Mia Issue Washington a a nine member . Con Gressional delegation left tuesday for Southeast Asia to encourage the fullest possible accounting of americans Stilt missing from the Vietnam  task Force on american prisoners of War and missing in Southeast Asia chaired by rep. Geld Solo Mon n.y., will visit Hanoi Bangkok and a cambodian refugee Camp on the thai Border said John koalas a Solomon spokesman. Our Mission is to underscore the fact that achieving the fullest possible accounting of american Mia is a bipartisan humanitarian concern of the highest National be raid the g to up will urge vietnamese officials to accelerate their pledge to resolve the Mia Issue within Robert r. Garwood a Marine convicted of collaborating with the enemy while a prisoner in Vietnam had Volunteer to .0 on of trip to serve As an interpreter and show where he1 .7. �_,.-,. In the tale 1970s. Solo claimed he test saw americans Auve i ure Mon rejected his offer however saying he did not want to be associated with a convicted Collaborator. Trucking on Down the tracks a Polo a Pennsylvania trucker driving in a predawn Snow storm got sidetracked when be tried to take a Short Cut and drove More than a mile before realizing he was on Railroad tracks. The trucker said he thought he could squeeze us leased flatbed truck loaded with pipe fittings for a shopping mall development around Detour signs along the Allegheny River on the City s norths de and wound up on the tracks. Tow truck operators spent five hours getting the Rig Back on the Road. Judges use tines jail Ferms in Effort to keep jury Box full Sands or time Santa Ana Calif. A two dug have thrown the Book at some unusual scofflaws the  9w  Ottry judges Mairet Anderson a Dlebert rooms  ing to show up for that another who Fine or five Days m jail. Clud Injurer $500 the judges said they will hold hearings each Friday to demand explanations from those who fail to answer the Call to jury duty. The crackdown was sparked monday when the judges were told there were not enough jurors for two Misdemeanour trials. I could t believe it Anderson said Friday. We were prepared to Start a Crimi Nal trial. We had a judge a clerk a Bailiff us duty is a civic responsibility Derin id a need to impress Tot some of these  an on both cases were resolved without trials. An estimated 20 percent of those chosen for jury duty in Orange county fail to re oort said Tammy Beard the jury commissioner for the Central North and West Muni Cipal courts. That does not include people excused be cause of financial hardship illness or other reasons she said. In the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. Feb 12, 1946 Only two nations in Europe Denmark and Sweden will have enough food in 1946, the . Agriculture department reported. World food production is �2 percent under prewar years and european production is about 25 percent less the department found. 30 years ago today. Feb 12 1956 British diplomats Guy Burgess and Donald Maclean who fled Britain in 1951 disclosed in Moscow that they have been living in Russia so their disappear Ance. The two men were branded As soviet spies by the British government. 20 years ago today. Feb 12. 1966 in Miami heavyweight Champion Cassius Clay said that his draft Board in Louisville ky., had told him that he May be acceptable for military service. 10 years ago today. Feb 12 1976 the prosecution in Patricia Hearst s Bank robbery trial in san Francisco won a critical Victory when the judge ruled that the jury should be allowed to hear the tape recorded communiques she made As the revolutionary