European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 30, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday March 30, 1989 the stars and stripes Page 5 Balian quits fearing he d never get ship again by the ten Angeles times san Diego Ca Alexander Balian the. Navy skipper Sonvi cirt Las month of dereliction of duly for failing to Rescue a Boatload of vietnamese refugees said tuesday that he was resigning from the Navy after 2fi years because he believed Chat he would never again be allowed to command a ship. I Don t Sec the. Navy assigning me in a command ill sea again which is what i love 10 i intend to pursue endeavours thai will give me similar Satis fac  Isah in said in in interview. I m going to make it easy on inc  llah Aii was convicted last month in a court martial for failing � e Al adequate Aid to die refugees who were Drifting in a junk on Llie South China sea june 9 when they encountered the Dubuque an amphibious transport Dock commanded by Balian he or dered Ihal they ise Given food water and directions to Llic nearest land hut decided not 10 pick them up. The refugees drifted for another. 19 Days and have said thai they. Resorted to cannibalism when their supplies ran out. Shortly after his court martial ended at the Subic Bay naval base in the Philippines. Balian said thai lie would remain in the Navy and fight the conviction plus the Navy order relieving him of command of the Dubuque. Dalian said tuesday tha he would continue his Legal appeals but has now decided to leave then by because of its insistence the it he Lake a desk Juh in Washington where he was to have become assistant chief of staff for  telecommunications come. Dalian has been visiting relatives in los Angeles and was in san Diego tuesday to Consul with his attorneys Dan donate and to. T mar. Ronald i euro Nio who arc preparing his Appeal i drove Down this morning and looked ill tint of those big Gray ships and you know something .1 1 did t feel bad Balian said. I fed it coming feel the adjust Mcm already i fee i  Balian. 48, a highly decorated Veteran of the Viet Nam War had been on the Navy s fast track and was considered a Likely candidate for eventual promotion to Admiral before the refugee incident. Lie had requested Shal he be transferred 10 a base somewhere in California but was told there were no jobs available for him. He said. After he notified Navy officials thai he intended to resign they agreed to assign him loan unspecified jul at then Ivul shipyard in Long Beach uni his resignation takes effect on july 31, Balian said. He his wife and two daughters have been living in Sancho. Japan where the Dubuque is based. He said that he wanted his daughters who have reached col lege age to be Able attend California universities As residents of the stale so that their tuition would be  said that his real reason for resigning is that the stigma ill cached to  my mind terminates the  to Excel in this Navy career to Advance or gel a position of command at  aids protesters Block . Traffic pm recalling ii of j n i insist Koch give More help to victims new Vokk up hundreds of demonstrators marched on City Hall tuesday accusing officials of ignoring the aids crisis and demanding mayor Edward Koch do More to help sufferers. More than .16 were arrested As they Chol de Rush hour. Traffic. Some 2,500shouting demonstrators from the aids coalition to unleash Power known As act up swarmed the ii read Silling Down in a major Strucel and slopping vehicles As they crossed the Brooklyn Uridge inso Manhattan police dragged i demonstrators off the Road and Inlo wailing fool inc vans charging Heni Nith disorderly conduct. The protesters  just saying no is not enough " such Saie sex acl up i he Giitl. Fight aids we Are Here to make an Appeal to the mayor of new York to do som Ching Abo i the aids crisis one said. Demonstrators Milend hospitals Are jammed with mus Climi. My Iollar s.l1,. Don t get Ink. I Don i Liaty a bed till Iii said Charles harder in aids victim and i Proi Esicar 1 Hekrole Smint it cd with the release of a be csum.iu.1 in ii i Hie panne ship for the homeless an adv Tao group said some 11,000 Hohu less people in the Cuy Are believed to be is Rio Usalj ill with aids the Demanss Rainn came the Day after a flier fraudulently printed on City Hall in itch had  calling for the outlaw ing of homosexuality Isa Curc for aids on Monda Koch had denounced the document printed on office of inc mayor Sia Dionery new Vork police Arriest aids demonstrators who morehed in ally Hull i tuesday a i a Ifft St r n15-ounce Miracle baby bears the Odds goes Home Cam Den no a when Chrisly Andrews was Horn tipping the Scales Al i of Attis Jou ors gave her Little Chance of Surv Al but she Blue coed infant Riu shed the Miracle baby headed . I never stopped i linking she was going to make it " and f or pity s father Edward Andrens 31, of Tabernacle. I just nov a Al birth five months ago. Christy was so Small  m or lad of Lourdes medical Center rated her Chance of survival Ai less than 5 percent even though we said s percent to Lite Mother we re Elk did i thin she would make  said or. Margaret Fernandes d Sou a. Director of the Hospital s neonatal intensive care unit who has cared for the infant since she was born. In my mind n was  but the blonde girl who at 10 inches was about the sife of a Barbie doll at huh. Became one of inc tiniest infants Ever to Sun us a premature birth she s Here thai alone is a Mira Cle said Christy s Mother Leslie an Drew a 28, who gave birth to her three months premature on oct. 27 dressed in a Vittie playsuit Chris who now Sci jigs 5 pounds and measures 1s, inches was Given a Send off tuesday a Ernandis d Sou i said inc baby has about an 80 Pencil Chance of Kimnga nor Mal life although she will require cons an medical Aue lion in hercarlj1 years. Bui Clos of a mob is Washington a More than 500,000 l a a Oldsmobile a. And Uricks were recalled tuesday because of a pollution control switch thai has brought at least 3.5 million general motors corp cars and trucks Back for repairs the a Imron Mcneal Protection Agen by in requesting the recall said the ther Mal vacuum switch  to open and close at the proper times allowing Gaso line vapor to escape into the atmosphere. The vapor combined with other pollutants and healed by the Sun forms smog wheel Asaid Cim recalled the los a Olds Nophile Cutlass supreme Delia 8x. Nisiel eight Tornadu and custom Cruiser and the 1984 Huikku Zahrt Thule Vagon 1-Lecira and Riviera. The Tais Are equipped with the 5-Litcrengine. The company estimated the null or it cars involved at 672.117 vehicles hum  than the Eil a estimated. The recall brought to .1,5 million Lac number of. L9s2-Jy i5 Cim vehicles that inc fila As a  inc problem has ordered the automaker to fix for free. The replacement is going to he a switch of a Heller design Lor it is a design problem with finneral motors said Martha Casey Kpa spokeswoman. Cim said it had \clun1arily complied with the Al a s finding thai the recall was needed the folks in Detroit were aim Tous to stress we were doing it on our  said Tirey Terry a pm spokesman in Washington in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. ,. March 30, 194 Italy nol fial la United slates is was milling to join the North Atlantic treat organi anon Beni into 10 the number of Western countries agreeing to join the Organ action 30 years ago today. ,. March to. In speaking in is. Petersburg Fla. Sen John f. Kernn us d Muys charged thai the Eisenhower  was dragging i feet in Lotc Ign and Domestic policy Arenas. 20 years ago today ,. March to. I61j with the Dalh of former president Eisenhower Omar n. Bradley. 76. Former chairman of the joint chiefs o stall became the on surviving five mar general of the army 1 0 years ago today. March to 197 the i i Mason announced planned  closings and   affecting 157 Zarmair Force and Navy installations a move we Ian the Suil itary almost $264 million a year. Would