European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 8, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday january a 1988 the stars and stripes Page 7 legislator wants to revisit Vietnam War Sites Washington a the Only congressman to Nave seen combat in Vietnam As an enlisted Man is hoping to retrace his wartime a Prience by re Luming to where we marched and where we camped and where we were  officially the purpose of the planned visit by rep. Tom Ridge El-pa., is to Speed implementation a a 2-Wcck-Oid Law designed to male it easier for the children of american servicemen to emigrate to the United slates. The 42-year-old former staff sergeant was a co sponsor of the Bill which he said would help re alive America s tremendous moral responsibility to bring these children to this  the measure was signed into Law dec 22 As pan of a massive funding Bill. But Ridge a Harvard educated lawyer with work ing class roots has another Agenda stemming from his service As a 24-year-old go Wilh the army s Amyrical div in South Vietnam s Northern corridor during 1969-70. I be made a specific request to return to a Village and an area Ihal i opera cd in Wilh i corps the Northern provinces Ridge said. I knew the social Structure there. I knew where the churches and the schools and the villages were and i d like to see what changes have occurred in those areas he said. Since the United slates and Vietnam have no diplomatic tics Ridge made hit request through Viet Nam s . Mission in new York. He and rep. Rob Ert mrazick d-n.y., plan logo during this month s congressional recess. I d like 10 Sec where we marched and where we camped and where we were ambushed a Juc said. I Don t know if they la id me. I Don t know if things have come far enough for thai to happen. Bui t had to  Ridge is one of a dozen House members to serve in Southeast Asia during the War and the Only one who saw combat As an enlisted Man he is a member of the veterans1 affairs committee which has Al ready approved funding for the trip. Drafted after his first year of Law school he served in Vietnam about eight months and then returned Home to become a lawyer. In 1982, Ridge was elected to Congress from a District Wilh ethnic Blue col Lar neighbourhoods and heavy manufacturing in Pennsylvania Northwest Corner around Eric. He has voted against president Reagan s policy in Nicaragua in part because of his Vietnam experience. He said his military service gave him greater pause to reflect that when you commit troop or surrogates it belief be a last  Ridge does t want his desire to revisit his Viet Nam War Sites to jeopardize the Mission of month ing the Way for bringing to the United slates the estimated 8,000 to 15,000 children fathered by american soldiers during the War and still in vice Nanri Ridge and Mrazek Hope the Law will Speed emigration of the am asians by changing their Slatus from refugees to immigrants. The amerasian have been subject to annual limitations. Amerasian entering the United Stales in recent Yean have come under the orderly departure pro Gram overseen by the United nations. According to Ridge the vietnamese government has complained that Amer asians Are America s responsibility and should not be handled by an International body. Crew jailed after damaged ship towed to . Seattle a the Crew of a Mal  freighter that was towed to Seattle after being caught in a fierce Pacific storm has been jailed for arriving in this country without a visa. The ship s swedish Captain Gcorge Andreeff said he had never been humiliated the Way he has been since his ship arrived Here on new year s eve. They treat us like bandits he said in an interview broadcast by Seattle television station Kino. Andreoff and his Crew of seven men and one woman have been in jail in the King county town of Enumclaw since do Chi. Assistant jail commander Marion Hal Lott wednesday said the Crew members were confused Aslo Why they re in jail but their spirits were High. They pass the time watching to Reading. They re very polite not like our usual customers Halcott said. The Crew s troubles began last month when the freighter Belle carrying a cargo of Lead concentrate took on water and began listing in a storm. In response to a Call for help a tug from Seattle was Dis patched dec. 19. A week later the tug reached the Belle and brought it to Seattle after a Stop in port Angeles where an injured crewman was treated. The Crew members from Morocco Sweden. Syria Tanzania and Turkey swedish Cut Ken Georjet Andreoff Center wednesday h surrounded by five atm bin of his Crew in the jail in enu Eliw Wash. Lived on Rice and water for about a week after the ship s heat and electricity failed the red crass said. Andreoff said he Cupec cd to be congratulated when the crippled ship reached port without losing Crew or cargo. However the towing company placed a Lien on the ship because its Bill of upward of $100,000" had not been paid coast guard Petty officer Jonathan Schilk said. The Belle s swedish owner apparently could not be located he said. As a result the . Marshal s office seized the ship and cargo. And while Andreoff was ashore agents from the . Immigration and naturalisation service boarded the ship when i come Back the immigration service come and told the boys they will go to a hotel said Andreeff. They can warm up gel some  but the Crew members were taken to the jail. Andr cuff said his Crew members did not understand what was happening because they speak link English. Pamela Carrozza an ins ipod Swo Man maintained that the men were told they were being taken to a jail. They were told and they were told it would be several Days she said. Andr cuff and his Crew have committed no crimes she said but were being held because they have no visa and cannot leave the Way they came. It s not a punishment it s the Best we could do under the circumstances car Rozza said. The ins said it will Fly the men to their Home countries this week. . Marshal Cene Corr in Seattle said he was surprised to learn the men had been jailed. He said it was his understanding the Crew would be Al Lowed to remain on Board the ship until the problems had been worked out. American Southwest show beef on time records Washington a american airlines and Southwest airlines Are the leaders in on time performance after three months of government scrutiny while Northwest and Delta arc at the Bottom of the latest rankings. The transportation department s consumer scorecard for november which was released wednesday showed american and Southwest As the Only airlines Landing More iban 80 percent of hair flights within 15 minutes of schedule. The two carriers were first arid second in sep tember and october As Well. Overall the 14 airlines checked by the department re ported thai 76 percent of their flights arrived on time during november about the same As in september but somewhat lower than october s 80.6 percent. In the three months the ratings have been compiled Northwest has been among the bardic so carriers. The air line which also has ranked among the carriers with the most passenger complaints was next to last in september moved to 11th in october and dipped Back to second from it Bottom in november. Delta air lines consistently ranks among the carriers with the fewest complaints against it by passengers fifth by St among 19 airlines during 1987but its on time re Cord took a nose dive to the Bottom in november trailing the other 13 airlines. Oddia flights arrived on Lime 70.1 percent of the time during november. The airline has ranked among Lac half dozen it Diesl airlines in each of the three months and in november also had the highest Percy Olaje of chronically Lite flights thai arrived late at least 80 percent of the time. Us air and Pacific Southwest airlines which earlier this year were purchased by us air but operate independently also have fared poorly in the on time Competition us air was last in september spa was last in october and neither has moved higher than 10th. Piedmont airlines was among the top five earners in both september and october but dropped to 12th in no vember. Its on time performance fell from belter than 80 percent to 73.2 percent. Continental airlines dropped from third behind Amer ican and Southwest with a better than 81 percent on time record during the first two months to 9th in november with 74.5 percent of its flights arriving promptly. Meanwhile the number of chronically late nights declined from 150 flights in september to 7f in november. Nevertheless 13 nights during november were still late nine out of id times and one night Delta 94 from Cincinnati to Jackson miss. Arrived late each of Fth 28 times it Lew. One out of every four flights arrived late at the 27 airports for which Airport by Airport were reported. The Best on time performance was reported by the Charlotte n.c., Airport. Chicago s p Hor and Harts Frold Atlanta International Airport All Wilh arrival rates of just Over 80 percent. The Airport Wilh the want arrival record in november was new York s John of Kennedy International where flight arrived on Lime Only w.7 percent of the Lime. San Francisco International Airport which had die wont re Cord in october Wilh just Over half its flights arriving on time moved up a notch to 26lh. In had 67t5 percent of its flights on time in november. During november the airlines reported 7.88 mis handled baggage complaints per 1,000 passengers com pared Wilh &1 complaints the previous month. United airlines had the worst baggage record with 10.2 complaints per 1,000 passengers carried followed by trans world airlines with Loper 1,000. The department also reported thai consumer complaints against airlines to its consumer affairs office increased in december after declining for three months. During All Oglw the consumer affairs office received 44,845 complaints about airline service compared Wilh 13,753 in 1986, according 10 the department