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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 5, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday May 5, 1987 the stars and stripes Page 7 hate a wants . Of open Hanoi office Washington a twelve years after he Vietnam War ended. Sen. Mark o. Hayfield r-ore., one of the most outspoken opponents of the conflict wants the . Government to establish an office in Hanoi. Hatfield introduced a Resolution in the Senate urging president Reagan to take bold new Steps to resolve with the government of Vietnam the Issue of Ameri can missing in action and other humanitarian concerns. Among the co sponsors Are Sens. Clai bore Pell d-r.i., chairman of the Sta tic foreign relations committee Den Nis Deconcini. A Ariz. Alan Simpson. A Wyo Edward Kennedy. A Masi. And Pete Dominici . On this Issue there Are no liberals or conservatives no democrats or republicans no Hawks or doves Only Ameri can said Hatfield. The Resolution which would not have he Force of Law Calls on the president to tend to Vietnam As soon As possible a special representative to negotiate an agreement towards resolving humanitarian issues. Those Jutes include accounting for the pos and mias the release of Polit ical prisoners from vietnamese re Edu cation Campi the resettlement of ame Rulten still in Vietnam and the health and Lafey of indochinese refugees along the Border Between Thailand and Cam Bodia. Additionally the Resolution Calls forthe United slates and Vietnam to establish technical offices in their respective capitals to implement any agreements. Operator error forces closure of Tim reactor Middletown a. A unit iat three mile Island nuclear Plant shut Down automatically for 4w hours As a precaution after an operator threw an incorrect switch officials said. Saturday s incident was the second time in two Day that the Plant was closed. The Plant was restarted and had re Lumen to full capacity sunday a Utility spokesman said. The Friday shutdown was done for maintenance and no emergency existed in either shutdown said Gordon Tomb a spokesman for the Tim operator. Illegal aliens swamp groups with amnesty help requests san Antonio Texas api the wailing lists Are Long and p Bably will gel longer. Roman Catholic and protestant Church officials Are reporting a flood of Ille Gal aliens seeking documentation help As the amnesty period opens this week. More than 3 million aliens arc expected to apply for legalization beginning tuesday at . Immigration and naturalization enters across the country. But Many of those aliens will first go to private organizations primarily Church Relief agencies to receive counsel ing and help i obtaining document. The directors of some of those agencies called qualified designated entities say the ins has been slow in sending them alien application forms and they fear their backlog will increase. Authorities have also expressed concern and even filed suits Over unauthorized firms seeking to profit by dispensing amnesty Aid. The designated private agencies will be Able to charge up to si00 each for processing document retrieval and fingerprinting services and the ins will charge aliens an additional Lee up to $420 per family for the application. A lot of these people Are going to go to these ques out of fear of the inst because they simply can t speak English or because they dont know now to gather the Nec Essary documentation said John arms cad of outreach services in Dallas. Some of these applicants Are hesitant somewhat leery of the ins he said. The private organization have been Busy since last year s passage of the Immi Gration Bill which Grants amnesty to alien who entered the country before 982. At the Catholic services for Immi Grants in san Antonio four Telephone lines ring constantly As volunteers take  of aliens needing help with paper work. The waiting list already mint Lucio about 1,000. In Houston lutheran Church officials expect to help process applications for More than 20,000 undocumented aliens mostly Central americans. In Dallas the staff at the immigration counselling services for Catholic charities will be increased to handle the workload and the Agency already has talked to 1,000people, we be sort of become a Clearinghouse for information and we re not set up to be a Clearinghouse. It s really been overwhelm ing said Vanna Slaughter director olm migration counselling services for the immigration Reform key Cetemen a of rules propose fix immigration and  service implementation of the immigration Reform act of 1986 amnesty and  Aswan who negate 60tw6d to United states prior to Jan. 1, 1082, Al Kved in the . Continuously since town. Pm Sutlon applicants must prov life proof of identity residency and financial . App Alcanta have Tofile for Feytl status Between May 6, 1m7, and May 4. 1988. In swat charge from $150 Lossbom per application both Tan Jan 1, 1982, an the Date an App cation to fled an flags Alert must rot have Toft the . For More than 30 Days. At a time and for no More than total of 1 50 Days. For five years after being granted amnesty a Hegel Start is prohibited from  in any welfare. Jal term of up to six months and fines of from $250 to $10,000 for an employer  hires an be Alalen after nov. 6, 1986. I Jinp Toyra Are Rospo Stoto Complete a new form matted an i a and provide social Security card birth certificate passport or Driver s Cense with photograph or ins work authorization  24 Houm after a new employee begins work of employer must determine whether of w form and it documents Aro accurate. Chicago taunt graphic Souro  trinum Rawa it Orbi Catholic diocese of Dallas. This will help the applicants because they will have a place to come where they have an established level of Confidence Slaughter said. They have been Here they be come to Church  Slaughter s organization and the ins recently sponsored a one Day seminar on legalization procedures which was at tended by More than 75 directors of Texas Church Relief organizations. California Texas and Florida in Hal order Are expected to receive the most applications for legalization said in spokesman Duke Austin in Washington. The . Catholic conference work ing through local parishes will be the largest sponsor of Liaison agencies aus tin said. Two Hundred National organizations such As the Catholic Church have been authorized to open 440 offices nation wide to help with documentation and 200 other organizations such As attorneys and regional Legal Aid centers will be approved by ins District directors Austin said. To receive approval agencies had to demonstrate they had experience with immigrants and could do the Job he said. Arms cad said immigration officials also Are keeping an Eye out for groups or individuals charging aliens More than j100 each. In Texas two businesses Are being sued by the unauthorized practice of Law committee of the state bar a Wing of the Texas supreme court for allegedly exploiting aliens seeking help in meet ing requirements of the amnesty Law. The Law is being exploited by those whose it As an Opportunity to make a Quick Buck Houston attorney f. Witcher Mccurl Lough chairman of the committee said state District judge John Marshall has a cd Kra Porry a Tramaine orders against the companies both of Dallas. One lawsuit against National amnesty consultants inc., alleges the company advertises in can provide expert advice in the Field of amnesty Law and claims in is Consul Ting with immigration attorneys when in is not doing so said Jim Blume chairman of a bar subcommittee in Dallas. He said the company is giving bad advice that could jeopardize aliens applications but National amnesty s president John Turner said that for a fee of 195, his com Pany provides a total service including fingerprinting and the photos and All the counselling that goes with  flagpole creates neighbourhood Flop in Texas Colleyville Texas a Steve Symonds is Ina Texas size Flap Wilh two towns Over the Flag he wants to Fly in his Back Yard and we re not talking about a Ordinary Flag that a boy scout could Tarry in a Parade. In february neighbors complained about the Flap Ping noise made by Symond s 20-by-38-foot Flag atop a 110-foot pole and the spotlight he kept trained on in. Symonds responded by adjusting the spotlight and replacing the Flag with a 15-by-25-fool Model. Half of Bis backyard is in Bedford and the other half in Colleyville both suburbs of fort Worth and die flagpole was in Bedford. Bedford officials ordered him to remove or shorten the pole because in exceeded the City s 35-Footmaximum height Rule. Symonds then looked to the Colleyville Side of his Yard and asked that town for permission last month to move his flagpole 16 inches. Last tuesday the Colleyville City Council approved an emergency ordinance requiring a building permit for any flagpole taller than 35 feet. And now Symonds is seeking petition signatures for a referendum against the height restrictions. I m in the flagpole business but that s not Why it s up there Symonds told the fort Worth Star Telegram in an interview. If s something we  . Demonstrators Mark Solidarity sunday1 new York not More than 200,000 demonstrators sunday waved banners stars of David and pictures of dissidents to push for the release of jews barred from leaving the soviet Union. Among the marchers who gathered at Dag Hammarskjold Plaza near the United nations the annual Solidarity sunday for soviet jewry were parents children and friends of jews who relatives said had been tortured detained or imprisoned in the soviet Union. While about 1,400 jews have been Al Lowed to leave the soviet Union since Jan uary 717 last month Disi dents said that is not enough. More than 400,000 jews have applied for emigration they said add ing that they i petted Only about 10.000 a year to Ryoei be permission to leave Dow from 51,000 in 1979, there Are glimmers of Hope but there Are problems As Ever before said Alan d. Pesky chairman of the coalition id free soviet jews which organized the rally. Such concerns were echoed by Many speakers 2t the rally including new York mayor Edward i. Koch Cardinal John o Connor the roman Catholic archbishop of new York state attorney general Robert Abrams and Sens. Dan Iel Patrick Moythan d-., and Al Fonse m. D Amato r-. Marchers criticized a new soviet Law that allows Only jews whose nent of Kin is in another country to leave. That blocks 90 percent of the jews from leaving said rabbi Avi Weiss National chairman of the Center for rus Sian jewry. It s  Many marchers were there to show Soli Darity with Soviel jews even though they did not have any friends or relatives seek ing to emigrate. Thousands Sang linked arms and chanted ocl our people   
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