European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 29, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday May 29, 1990 the stars and stripes Page 5 Pentagon search for Block War heroes goes on Washington a two years and another administration ago the Pentagon promised to study the records of Black servicemen to determine Why  Blacks received the medal of Honor for valor during world wars i and ii. Since then George Bush was elected president and the two congressmen who were Bird dogging the Pentagon on the subject Are gone rep. Mickey Leland a Texas died in a plane crash in Africa and Joseph Dioguardi r-y., was Defeated for re election. But the probe has not been scuttled a Pentagon spokesman said. Neither has it been finished. The study is still going on and the reason it s taking so Long is most of these Black soldiers in world War i were with French units maj. Doug Hart a defense department spokes Man said in an interview. The French records of one world War i unit became available Only in february Hart said. Military research ers Are also looking at world War ii records of three Black Navy seamen who received the Navy Cross he said. Hart said the investigations will Proba Bly be completed later this summer. That pleases Leroy Ramsey an Albany y., historian who six years ago began a lonely quest to Correct what he feels is a great injustice. I m kind of perturbed that it s taken so Long but i am pleased that the Penta gon agreed to give it a full review Ramsey said in an interview last week. A Black world War ii Veteran himself Ramsey was stunned to discover while researching a Book that not one of the 1.5 million Black americans who served in the two world wars received the nation s highest decoration for bravery. Ramsey then read the nation s More than 1,200 medal of Honor citations and concluded that at least one Black world War i Soldier and one Black world War ii Seaman had records Strong enough to warrant the highest Honor. The two he selected were  sol. Henry Johnson of Albany y., and Seaman Dorric Miller of Waco Texas. Both Are dead. By 1987, Ramsey had succeeded in interesting Dioguardi and Leland in his cause. The two sponsored legis lation to award posthumous medals of Honor to Johnson and Miller but the Pentagon opposed the Bill because it singled out two individuals. Hart said the Pentagon is now looking at the records of Johnson and All the men in his unit. Miller s record also is under review along with those of seamen William Cook Pinckney and Leonard Roy Harmon Hart said. Johnson who fought with the French  in world War i killed four German soldiers rescued a wounded Comrade and captured a stockpile of weapons All de spite severe wounds. He was awarded the Croix do Guerre France s highest Mili tary Honor but was never cited by the United states. He died in 1930.Miller was a mess Steward on the battleship West Virginia when it was attacked at Pearl Harbor. While the battleship was being shelled he helped move its wounded Captain from the ship s Bridge then returned to Man a machine run. Miller received a Navy Cross and a warship was named for him in 1971. He was killed in a torpedo attack in 1943.harmon, of Texas was a mess Atten Dant aboard the Cruiser san Francisco during a Battle with the japanese near the Solomon islands in 1942. He deliberately exposed himself to hostile gunfire in order to protect a wounded shipmate and was killed according to his citation. Pinckney. Of South Carolina was a Cook on the aircraft Carrier Enterprise in a Battle with the japanese near the Santa Cruz islands in 1942. During heavy bombing. Pinckney carried a Comrade to safety before pushing his Way out of a burning compartment. Congressmen urge Aid for mexican drug War _. N St _ _ a _ i 11/1 Washington a three members of the House armed services committee want the Bush administration to finance the mexican government s to bile strike forces that sweep in on drug traffickers at Landing strips. After inspecting drug War command centers the lawmakers said in a report released sunday that officials have largely succeeded in combating the flow of drugs across the mexican Border via aircraft. We have forced the drug Industry to look for new routes and new methods the lawmakers said. Radar is capable of tracking aircraft carrying drugs to Landing Sites in Northern Mexico but enforcement officials Are unable to get there before the drugs Are  now has a handful of Mobile strike forces located in Northern Mexico designed expressly to do what we Are suggesting move in swiftly for the kill at the Landing Sites the lawmakers said. They suggested that the United states provide the funds for the strike teams. No specific totals were pro  report in the form of a May 23 letter to House armed services chairman Les Aspin a wis. Was written by reps. Nicholas Mavroules a mass. Who chairs the panel s investigations subcommittee. Lane Evans d-ii1., and Jim Mccrory a la. The lawmakers said an alternative to . Financing of mexican strike teams would be increasing the . Border patrol which now has 3,900 officers. However even a doubling or tripling of the Man Power along the Border would be unlikely to make a huge Dent in the volume of drugs crossing the  they said. Office of the future steel Case inc., a top manufacturer of office furniture recently unveiled new designs by Art students. Terry West director of Industrial design shows one Mode that uses fans As a separa Tor and a fold up surface for easy mov ing. The design includes room for computers Vars fax machines and More. Company chief wife die in to. Plane crash Naylor to. A a single engine plane that came out of the Clouds without its wings crashed sunday into wooded area in Southeast Missouri kill ing a company president and his wife officials said. The victims were identified As Frank m. Adams president and chief operating offi cer of Morrison Knudsen corp., and nov Ella c. Adams both 64, from Boise Idaho. Adams had filed a flight plan calling for a route from Tennessee to Colorado on sunday and continuing to Boise Mon Day officials said. Witnesses reported the crash about four Miles Northwest of Naylor at about 11 45 a.m., said state Highway patrol sgt. . Burford. They heard a loud noise and saw a plane come out of the Clouds without its wings Burford said. The plane s occupants were declared dead at the scene. The wings of the Piper pa-46 were found about 300 Yards South of the plane s fuselage the trooper said. There were  storms in the area but skies were heavily overcast. Authorities said there was  immediate indication of Why the plane s wings came off. They speculated that the aircraft May have gone into a Steep dive for some Rea son and Adams efforts to pull out of it put too much Strain on the wings. The Federal aviation administration. Highway patrol and Ripley county sheriffs office Are investigating the crash Burford said. Adams was a naval Academy graduate and former submarine commander. Sands of timid spirit uhf healer fails of revive Man who died. _ _ n.,i4 it to St a Tot a a a with to minium inf a City of Industry Calif. A a Man died while visiting a spiritual medium who then spent a week trying without Success to revive him authorities said. Horn Kim Chhim 50, suffered from a stomach ailment but did not believe in doctors authorities said saturday. His body was to undergo an autopsy monday or tuesday. Authorities said it was unlikely the medium would be charged. There was strange activity but Noth ing criminal los Angeles county Sher Iff s sgt. Scott Coleman said. The medium was not identified and his beliefs and practices were not described. Coleman said relatives told investigators that Chhim was suffering from a stomach ailment when he was taken to the medium s Home on May 18 for religious  although authorities were Uncertain of the Date of Chhim s death it appeared that he was with the Media when he died officials said. The medium then asked the family to allow him to keep the Corpse in an attempt to restore the dead Man s spirit. Apparently the medium told the fam ily he could bring the body Back to life and after they gave it to him for a week and the body did t come Back to life he gave it Back Coleman said. On Friday family members called paramedics to the dead Man s Home in this City just East of los Angeles. In the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. May 29, 1950 German communists staged their greatest Post world War 11 show in the soviet sector of Ber Lin reminding observers of the Days when Hitler was rising to Power. 30 years ago today. May 29, i960 soviet Premier Nikita s. Khrushchev softened his tone to blame president Eisenhower and Amer ican Hothead for wrecking the Summit conference. He said in a Kremlin speech he would be ready to talk again in six to eight months. 20 years ago today. May 29, 1970 while meeting with top american business leaders in washing ton president Nixon assured them he would stick by his policies both on matters of the . Economy and on cambodian issues. ? 0 years ago today. May 29, 1980 the new Iran parliament convened with a Call from the militants holding the . Hostages to keep the captives until the Shah and his wealth were returned to Iran