European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 10, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes tuesday february 10.1987 Pacific Fleet s Leader eases fitness test for those Over 45 Norfolk a. Up the commander of he Pacific Fleet concerned about a colleague who suffered a fatal heart attack while running has eased a fitness test for sailors Over 45 under his command. The change after Cut Only the Pacific flee but officials Al the Norfolk based Atlantic Fleet said hey plan to reconsider the Navy fitness regulations. Pacific Fleet adm James a. Ace Lyons or. Told his command his week that service members Over 45 who were once required to Complete a i i mile ran to be considered physically fit must instead finish a three mile timed walk. The Navy can ill afford to lose More personnel to unnecessary heart attacks Lyons told his command. "1 expect you to be physically fit. I Don t expect you to die getting  Lyons action was prompted by the Jan. 19 death of rear adm. Jack Darby 52, commander of the Pacific reel submarine Force Darby collapsed after jogging and died of a heart attack. We Are aware of Lyons message and Are looking into it said capt. Brent Baker senior Public affairs officer with the Atlantic Fleet. A few other cases involving senior officers and enlisted members who died after routine jogging have been reported. In Norfolk vice adm. Carol Smith jr., 53, commander of the Atlantic Fleet naval air Force collapsed and died while jogging at the Norfolk Nas in october 1983. Heart attacks arc taking he lives of too Many members said Lyons recent deaths involving ship mates Wilh known family histories of heart disease and indications of excessive physical stress requite hat we review our methods " under Lyons new fitness regulations male sailors Between 45 and 49 should Complete the rec mile walk in 45 minutes 34 seconds while females have 48 minutes 55 seconds. Males so years and older have 48 minutes 19 seconds 10 Complete the walk and females have 52 min utes 2 seconds. The Navy is the strictest service Branch on physical fitness Testa for Iti Over-40 members. The Marine corps which requires semiannual tests including timed three mile runs pull  push  and sit  stops the test at age 46. The army requires All soldiers to pass a semiannual test including a two mile run plus Sil  and push . The air Force gives All grades a Choice of running i it Miles or walking 3v Miles. Pentagon reverses decision on identification of remains Chicago a the family of air Force Cape. George Macdonald found some vindication but Little Comfort when the defense department said it erred in positively identifying remains As those of the airman who was presumed killed in action in Laos. They made a mistake they admitted it and that s a step in the right direction said James Macdonald the airman brother. Ii increases our Hope he Reighl still be alive but then we be been through this before he said. Our Hopes have died and been rekindled so Many limes it s hard to know How to  the decision does t change the Legal status what Soever. The determination of capt. Macdonald s Fate stands. He is not unaccounted for said i col. Keith Schneider a Pentagon spokesman. The Pentagon s reversal last week on identification of the remains Marks the second time such action has been taken since the end of the Vietnam War Schnei Der said. The first such Case involved it. Col. Thomas Hart who was piloting the air Force gunship that carried Macdonald and 14 others when it was struck by anti aircraft tire on a combat Mission Over Laos on dec. 21, 1972. We feel somebody wanted to close the Book on this whole v Ilnam War and we just wanted to be certain the tiny pile of Bones and Leech they said were George were actually George James Macdonald said in u Telephone interview from Highland Beach Fla. He was vacationing in Florida when he was notified of the change in his brother s status. One part of me says we should keep this Issue going for the principle of the thing he added. Macdonald and Hart were among 13 Crew members first listed As missing and later presumed dead. Bui Macdonald s Mother Jean and other members of the family in suburban Evanston were dissatisfied Wilh the scant information provided by Ibe air Force about the circumstances of the crash. Hart s wife Anne and mrs. Macdonald became Active in the pow Mia movement made up of rela Tives friends and supporters of servicemen missing in action who Are believed to be prisoners of War in Southeast Asia. The two women joined relatives of several other missing crewmen from the gunship in demanding documents through the Freedom of i information act they confronted military officials with inconsistencies in reports of the crash. In 1982, under provisions of the Federal missing persons act the status of the 13 air Force crewmen was changed from missing in action to presumably killed in action effectively ending Active duty benefits to their survivors. On feb. 22, l9bi, the Day . Officials completed excavation of the crash site in Laos Jean Macdonald died. Five months later the White House announced that remains of the 13 missing crewmen had been positively identified. The Macdonald still not satisfied filed a lawsuit thai enabled them to arrange an Independent review of the entire identification process by a panel of forensic experts. Direct results of that review were the Pentagon Deci Sion to rescind positive identification of Hart and Macdonald and a revamping of the procedures used at the army Central identification Laboratory in Hawaii. It was my Mother s obsession. ,. She was the fighter in All this said James Macdonald. We Wen among the Lucky families. I made More than enough Money to Lake care of my Mother but some of these other Guys crewmen left wives and children. That s what upsets me More than anything about All this and that s Why there May yet be another Day in court Over this he said. Macdonald said he is considering further Legal action to make Ibe government More accountable for its identification procedures in similar cases. The remains Are being stored in a military mortuary Schneider said. Pilot Dies in tour helicopter crash Honolulu a a Lour helicopter exploded and crashed off Waikiki Beach fatally injuring its Pilot but four injured passengers were rescued by surfers canoeists and Beac goers authorities said. The surfers came in the outrigger Canoe peo ple went in everyone went in to Nelp them said Graham Taylor who was on the Beach sunday afternoon when the Royal helicopters inc. Chopper went Down about 150 Yards offshore shortly after Takeoff from a beachfront helipad. It wus scary. In was real scary said a rescuer Clyde Aikau. Everybody was screaming and peo ple were inside the helicopter trapped. And we had to go up there and open up the doors and pull them  the Pilot and his four passengers who arc from the Chicago area were conscious when pulled from the wreckage said Alan a Sparks who helped put the first victim onto a surfboard for a Quick ride to Shore. The Pilot Ronald thrash 44, president of the Heli copter company died of Chest injuries about two hours later Al Queen s medical Center said Hospital spokeswoman Sharlene Bliss. One passenger was treated and discharged but the three others remained hospitalized monday one in fair condition iwo in guarded condition officials said. Stateside cat Dies in Home Blaze after alerting owners Fredonia wis a a pet cat named puff woke its owners to the Middle of the night to warn them of a fast moving lire. The cat saved six people but it tailed to gel out alive. The i year old cat scratched on the bedroom door of Gurfield and Carol brie Mon whose Home was destroyed in the Earl morning fire sunday. If it was t for that cat. They had no time to get out of there said Robert Mueller the couple s son in Law. The body of the la year old Cal was found charred by the fire Winch was fuelled by winds up oomph. Kim Mueller the bricmont daughter said her Mother was awakened and irritated by the cat s scratching. She opened he door and could t believe it. The flames were right in front of her Mueller Slid. She said her Mother shouted to three of her children and a Niece sleeping upstairs and the four ran out through the Kitchen door. Publisher Forbes cruising Amazon on 151-foot ship new York a Malcolm Forbes the multimillionaire publisher and adventurer is taking on the Amazon River in style. The owner of Forbes Magazine has begun a 314-week, 2,500-mile trip up South America s Amazon. He is erasing in his scaled Down Ocean liner the 151-foot Highlander the new Vork daily news reported sunday. In not trying 10 prove i m impervious to malaria or piranhas f like to know where my bed is at night Forbes 67, told the news in an interview before his departure. My camping out Days were spent in the infantry and 1 in not eager or More. Forbes who invited some prominent friends to join him also brought his plane he capitalist tool a helicopter Ana Power launches the news reported. The author of around the world on hot air and two wheels will chronicle his Amazon adventure in a future Issue of his Magazine. I tech birth aids to alter sex habits scientist predicts Santa Monica. Calif. A High tech reproduction and aids will have the biggest Impact on sexual practices in the uni Leo states since the introduction of the birth control Pill says sex researcher William masters. They will be the two great influences on sex in the next 20 years the Way the Pill was the biggest Factor in the past 20 years said masters who with Hii Wile Virginia Johnson has pioneered sex research. Fear of sexually transmitted diseases such As aids will have a chilling effect on overnight affairs Anil in the future there will be More interest in Long term relationships he said in an interview while attending a conference Here. Masters predicted that advances in in Vieiro fertilization will make pregnancies outside be Mother s womb commonplace so there will be less procreation Al sen and More recreational sex Between mates. Timber sales blocked As Concession to owl Portland Ore. A the spotted owl has More living room after the Federal Bureau of land management postponed 24 Timber tales to temporarily expand the nocturnal Bird i protected habitat. The sales of 138 million Board feel of Douglas fir and other Trees will be delayed at least until blk stale director Charles a usurer decides whether Tim Ber management plans require supplemental envy  before april i. The area contains about 12 percent of the Timber volume planned for tale his year according to blk officials. Andy Stah of the Siena club said recent studies prompted the Forest service to propose telling aside 2.200 acres per pair of owls substantially More than the 300 to 1,000 acres of old growth firs slut were indicated in blk management plans