European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 25, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday. Augustus 1987 the stars and stripes Page 9 3,859 in . Dance their Way to new record new York a More than 3.boo peo ple wearing Lap shoes loafers boots sneakers. Or even moccasins Lap danced their Way into the record Book in Midtown Manhattan to the Beal of Irving berlins Sleppin  the oldest among the 1,859 participants was an 85-year-old Man. The dancers who tread lightly sunday on 34th Street Between 7th Avenue and Broadway also included seven deaf students and 8-week old Daniel Sean Wallace Hii Mother Tina Wal lace 26, of mount Arlington. Nj., and his 74 year old Grandfather George Carlson. Nobody stepped on my feet said Carlson when the dance was done. "1 stepped on  tap of mania was sponsored by Mac s department store to break the record for the largest tap dancing production set last year with 3,183. Before the dancing started i so tap dance captains spent the morning teaching the Steps. Shuffle shuffle Ball change Slep coached Karen Hogg 35, of Maplewood . New York has held the guinness Book of world records Mark since 1984, when it Recap tured the title from Australia said Mary s spokeswoman Judy Cohn. Tap of mania first started off in 1979, sunday s event included hoofers from Britain Antigua France and Canada but nobody from Australia. It s really wonderful in the spirit of the olympics thai another country took us on said Jean Mcfaddin Macy a director of special productions. But she said we can t Lei thai record get away from  everyone got yellow to shirts and styrofoam boaters for me spectacle which stepped off at noon. Chance meeting helps get vietnamese daughter to . Leominster mass. A for eight years Mai Barlow kept the existence of a daughter in Vietnam a secret from her husband. When she told him. It began a six year quest that ended with a Chance encounter with the right vietnamese official at the right Lime. That encounter quickly Cut through red tape and got her daughter 19-year-old Nguyen Thi Ngoc Linh on a night to this country earlier this month. The officials in Vietnam and Bangkok Thailand Are just upside Down trying to figure out How we got it All done so Are we Bernard Barlow said in an interview last week. Mrs Barlow 33, had a daughter by a Man who like her husband was an american Serviceman. She believes the Man was killed when Linh was 4 years old. Mrs. Barlow had nol seen her daughter since 1973, the year she came to Massachusetts to marry Barlow. Linh was raised by her grandmother in a Village about 30 Miles Inland from Nha Trang Vietnam. Mrs. Barlow Kepi in touch and sent Money. Mrs. Barlow said she wailed eight years to Tell her husband that Linh was her daughter rather than her sister s us she had claimed because she feared his re action. When she finally told him Barlow was deter mined 10 add Linh to their family. Barlow 35, has a 2-Inch-thick Binder of letters and documents he compiled while seeking permission for Linh to leave Vietnam. The couple sold their House to raise Money for the quest. Their son Bobby s fourth Grade class wrote president Reagan asking him to help. Six years of paper Picas were fruitless. The Barlows decided to try a More direct approach last month they joined the first tour of vietnamese americans resuming to Vietnam. Mrs. Barlow was reunited with Linh who had been working in Rice Fields earning 30 cents a Day. The first thing i noticed when i held her hand was How rough and calloused it was said Barlow. Then the couple appealed to government officials trying to get permission for hero leave. He was persistent said Greg Kane an organizer of the tour. He went to the local offices. He pushed them to process the paperwork. He hand carried it from office to office to office. He was persistent and he was  with less than a week left in their trip they returned to an office in to Chi mind City Vietnam formerly Saigon where a government worker sympathised but said Only an official in Hanoi Vietnam s capital had authority to Grant Linh an exit visa. As they were leaving thai very official Tran Quoc Van strolled into the office for a Surprise inspection. The official was curious to know about us what our thoughts were on Vietnam and communism bar Low said. Van asked about the changes Barlow saw in Vietnam since being stationed there and if the family could support Linh. He granted Linh a passport telling her logo to school and to be a Good citizen Barlow said. Linh had not been interviewed by . Authorities a Normal requirement that can Lake nearly two years to arrange. Barlow called the . Embassy in Bangkok de manding that Linh be allowed to come to the United states. I guess they were amazed that this Guy called from Saigon. Insisting that his daughter be allowed out Kane said. On aug. 6, Linh left Vietnam with 130 other Refu gees under the orderly departure program a . Operation to help asians with american ties reach the United states. The Federal Bureau of refugee affairs estimates there Are 8,000 to 12,000 am asians in Vietnam. The Barlows were on the same flight with Linh after spending about three weeks in Vietnam. Something like this has never occurred said Kane a co founder of Vic Nam veterans of America. For someone on the first group o get their own daughter out of Vic Nam is unbelievable. Nation s top military leaders gather for meeting fort Leavenworth Kan. Up the nation s military brass gathered sunday amid increased Security for an annual conference of senior . Military leaders an army spokesman said. Nearly 800 officers from around the world were brought 10 fort leaven Worth about 20 Miles West of Kansas City mo., for four Days of private meet Ings said it. Col. John Garlinger. Leading the conference was adm. Wil Liam a Crowe jr., chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. He was joined by the service chiefs of the army Navy Marine corps and air Force and the Heads of the . Unified and specified commands Garlinge said. Other participants include present and former us civilian and military officials As Well As distinguished private citizens he said but he would nol Dis close their identities  reasons. Obviously with a gathering of this size we be got some world Security implications Garlinger said. From our viewpoint Security is  the location of the conference varies annually he said. New Zea cinder hurls himself to top of Frisbee s ranks fort Collins Colo. A a 23-year-old new calander who said he came to the United slates in june hoping to be the world s Best Frisbee flying disc player within h months fulfilled Kis goal on sunday. Peter Bowie surprised everybody including himself when he captured the open Overall Crown in the world disc championships tournament Ai Colorado site University. Bowie scored 447.5 Points in the iwo Day Competition edging Ron Vingerelli of California with 420.5. Third place finisher Doug Branigan of California scored 391 Points. Amanda Barrciro of new York won the women s Overall title edging Mary Jorgenson of Washington 150-148. The event was the first world championships under the Banner of the world flying disc federation. The Louma Mcnol  i so participants including representatives from eight foreign countries Bowie from cons Church new zealand said he is really ahead of target after winning the Overall world championship. I set my goal to become the Best in the world i thought it would take me 14 months he said earnestly it s taken me two. But i still think i have Loim prove my level a lot to be consistently the  Bowie who is the four time new zealand disc Champion said his aim is now on the . Open disc championships in june the largest annual tournament in the to rid. Vietnam veterans Yemen Collett standing and bub Dyette both from upstate new York look on a replica of Washington s Viet Mun or memorial no in cart remembering friends land . Tor the names of friends who were killed. The travelling inti mril bran the names of 58,1.12 vet Erans lulled or reported limiting during the conflict