European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 29, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes thursday. January 29,1987 . Re establishes Contact with soviet ally Mongolia Washington api the Reagan administration reaching out to close soviet allies announce tuesday the re establishment of diplomatic relations with Mongolia and dispatched a senior official to three East european countries. It is the first time the United states and Mongolia have had diplomatic tics since that country gained ils Independence in 1924. Meanwhile Deputy Secretary of stale John White head the slate department s second ranking official was sell ing out on a 10-Day visit to Poland Czechoslovakia no Bulgaria three Stalwart soviet allies that rarely receive High level . Visitors. His Agenda included human rights Trade and terrorism. Secretary of state George p. Shultz and Gand engine Nyampoo the mongolian representative at the United nations formalized the new relationship at a signing ceremony tuesday afternoon. Shultz called the normalization a historic occasion and said he Hopes it will Lead to expanded Trade an cultural exchanges Between the two countries. Nyampoo said the .-mongolian link ratings the principle of peaceful coexistence Between countries of differing social  the uni cd slates and Mongolia were close to establishing diplomatic relations in the 1970s, but the talks broke Down . Officials said possibly because of pressure on the mongolians from the soviet Union. The two countries reopened talks at the United nations last fall on exchanging ambassadors. A Brief joint communique released tuesday said the two countries agreed to the new relationship after committing themselves to the principles of Equality non  in each other s internal affairs and Mutual respect and Mutual  Mongolia was one of n handful of countries with which the United states did not have diplomatic  include Albania Iran Angola North Korea Vietnam and Cambodia. Mongolia with 1.9 million inhabitants in an area twice the size of Texas has modelled ils political and economic system along soviet lines. Among soviet Fea Tures incorporated into the mongolian system Are limitations on political debate and on individual liberties. About 38,000 soviet troops Are deployed there Al though the soviet Union earlier this month announced plans for a partial withdrawal. The state department disclosed Jan. 16 thai . Mongolian talks on normalizing relations were underway Hal it said that the discussions were unrelated to the pending soviet troop withdrawal. Historically Mongolia has shunned ties with the West. Of its . Trading partners Mongolia ranks 165th, wit sales dominated by mongolian Camel hair and Cashmere according to the Commerce department. Harry Harding Asia expert at the breaking institution said Mongolia s decision to seek tics with the United Stales it an indication that the country May be ready to ease its isolation somewhat. As for Whitehead s trip . Policy toward Eastern Europe generally has consisted of making overtures toward Romania and Yugoslavia Bot i of which have demonstrated came Independence front die Sovi ets and toward Hungary whose economic policies Are More Market oriented wan the soviet unions Mia families veterans deliver Aid packages to Laos embassy Washington a veterans and family Mem Bers of Serviceman missing from the War in Southeast Asia left packages on the Steps of the laotian embassy tuesday saying they wanted them delivered to heir loved ones. The packages contained canned food and Medicine toothbrushes deodorant playing cards notebooks and other items. Stuff a pow would cherish said Ted Lamptey a Veteran from Kinston . Two dozen members of the National Vietnam vet Erans coalition left about so of the packages bearing the names of americans that Chr group contends still Are being held prisoner in Laos is to 20 years after their capture there. Our message 10 die laotians is we Are delivering these packages and telling them we know they Are still holding prisoners of War said j. Thomas Burch jr., who was a Green Beret major during the Vietnam War and is now a Washington lawyer. Our information is they Are treating them very badly and we want this food logo to these people Burch said. No one from the embassy answered when Sarop Tey project coordinator for the coalition knocked at the door As other members dropped packages at the Steps. District of Columbia police and . Secret service uniformed police blocked off the sidewalk in front of the embassy and prevented the group from leaving the rest of the More than i Soo packages. Police dogs sniffed the packages for any bombs. The group then led More packages at a neighbouring building and across the Street in a playground. Sherrill Standerwick Long whose father col. Robert l. Standerwick was shot Down Over Laos in 1971, said if the laotian know that enough people care and Are interested we believe they will do  , police Deputy chief . Samarra said thai if unclaimed by the embassy the boxes would be destroyed or auctioned off. The police department will seize it As abandoned property he said. Members of the National Vietnam veterans coalition contend that Laos has held americans since themid-1960s. Burch said the group is aware of Intelli gence received from laotian and vietnamese Resis Tance sources saying that at least 79 americans still Are in Laos. They also cite statements by Laos in 1973 As confirming that american prisoners Are being held. A Man answering the Telephone at the embassy declined to state his name and said there would be no comment. More than a decade after the end of the Vietnam War 2,424 americans still arc listed As unaccounted for. A Pentagon task Force reported last fall thai Al though it round no hard evidence it believed there was a Strong possibility that americans still were being held n Southeast Ana. Stateside Emhart corp announces pullout from South Africa Farmington Cam. Up1 Emhart corp. Tuesday announced it will divest its assets in South Africa As part of its worldwide restructuring program. The decision by the widely diversified pro Ducer of Industrial and consumer product to pull out at the troubled nation was a Strate Gic one baud on economics mid Emhart chairman and chief executive officer Peter a Scott. Emhart s three operation in port Elizabeth South Africa were acquired in the 1976 acquisition of us corp., and they do an annual Busi Ness of $11 million. They produce lines that include such Ilem As adhesives and sealants for commercial and household use folded and extruded Auto Mobile components and shoe machinery. The company previously announced Plant to sell its shoe machinery operations to a British management group. New stamp will Honor founder of Chicago Washington a Jean Balisle Point do Sable the founder of Chicago will be honoured next month with the issuance of the i oth stamp in the Black heritage series. The 12-Cenl commemorative stamp will be issued feb. 20 in Chicago the . Postal serv ice reported tuesday. Do Sable a merchant fur trader and Farmer settled on the Chicago River in about 1773, establishing a trading Post which eventually grew to include iwo Darna Mill bake House poultry House and Large livestock hold Ings. Father of Man police shot sentenced on drug charges Miami a the father of a Man whose fatal shoo in by police sparked a 1982 riot Here has been sentenced to 3vi years in prison for Selling crack it was announced tuesday. Nevell Johnson sr., who received a $1.1 Mil lion settlement in the lawsuit he and his wife filed against he City Over the death of their son was sentenced after he pleaded guilty to Sale and Possession of cocaine. Johnson 52, accepted a plea bargain that will Cut one year from the sentence it he slays out of trouble until feb. 9, when he reports to jail. Johnson was arrested twice last summer on drug charges. He said he could t afford a lawyer and was represented by a Public de fender two Days of unrest in Miami s of Enow neighbourhood followed the shooting of John son s 20-year-old son Nevell or. Police officer Luis Alvarez was later acquitted of manslaughter. Firm Hedges on threat to fire workers who smoke Toledo Ohio a Uso corp. Employees won t necessarily be fired if they violate a widely publicized smoking ban and some won t be affected at All spokesman said tuesday company spokesman Paul Colitti said last week that workers at us s nine plants have five months 10 quit smoking or Well have no Choice but to let  the Chicago based company said the smoking ban affected All workers at us i acoustical products plants in Ohio Wisconsin Indiana Minnesota Washington Mississippi Alabama and Texas. However while employees who do not comply with the smoking ban May place their employment status in jeopardy Colitti said tuesday that we will not be taking Blanket automatic a  we went on to say such situations will be reviewed on a Case by Case basis he said. That Means what it says we will look at those situations on an individual basis and act accordingly. Those words were carefully chosen we re also trying to be careful in what we re say  some us workers say the plan Wili give them an incentive to quit an others say it is an invasion of privacy. The smoking ban was announced be cause Mineral fibres used in production of acoustical tiles May be hazardous especially to smokers Colitti said. Inconclusive medical studies indicate several Man made fibres including min eral fiber which is what we Deal with in the nine plants might have advers health affects in the Plant environment he said. These and other medical stud ies also indicate the potential Adverse health effects could be greater for smok ers than non smokers. Us acoustical is pulling this program into effect to help minimize pole Lial health  excluded from the ban arc employees of United slates Gypsum co. At Gyp sum. Ohio a subsidiary of us since they do not work with the fibres Colitti said. The smoking ban also excludes employees at company Headquarters since they also do not work with the fibres he said. He said pulmonary function tests use to determine lung capacity will not be administered to find out who is still smoking. Lung Lesis will be Given to Monitor the health of employees not to  or not they re smoking Colitti said. While the ban applies to smoking onor off the Job Colitti would not say Bow employees would be monitored while they Are not at work