European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 13, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday june 13, 1990 the stars and stripes a Page 5viets stranded on . Ship in Subic Bay by the Washington Post Washington a unable to go ashore because of Tough new philippine demands for screening applicants 101 vietnamese boat people rescued from Small Craft in the South China sea have been living aboard a . Navy Supply ship in Subic Bay for the past two weeks. Philippine officials citing growing concern Over the influx of South asian refugees say they will not allow . Warships a or other vessels a to leave refugees on their shores unless the country to which the ship is registered can guarantee the individuals will be resettled elsewhere within six months. The problem according to . Officials is that the philippine processing system for resettlement requires about a year a a circumstance that Manila is using to bar boat people. The result the White Plains a Navy Supply ship has become temporary Home to 101 vietnamese men women and children. A second . Warship carrying 155 More refugees was scheduled to arrive in port on wednesday. A a it a a very difficult situation a said one Navy official. A these people want to get off the ship. They Are caught in a maritime  philippine officials noting that the country has had a Liberal policy of providing temporary Asylum for refugees say they face an overload. A what we Are trying to do is keep the situation in control a said Adolfo Pagli mayan spokesman for the philippine embassy Here. A we have about 25,000 refugees in the Philippines now. There Are at least 3,000 other boat people in line ahead of the refugees aboard the White Plains. The dispute is in the hands of the United nations High commission for refugees and the philippine government according to state department officials. Officials said filipinos Are in the midst of their Independence Day Celebration and the dispute was unlikely to be resolved before a wednesday Cabinet meeting. Meanwhile Navy officials say they Are increasingly frustrated by the stalemate As they try to accommodate the refugees with limited berthing dining and bathroom space aboard the warships. A what do you do with these people a sighed one naval official. A you can to bump them ashore and you be got a combatant ship that needs to deploy. You re tying up a Navy  the Navy has been particularly sensitive to refugee issues since a Navy Captain was convicted last year of dereliction of duty for failing to Rescue a Boatload of refugees that eventually turned to cannibalism to survive. Almost three weeks ago on May 25, the Beaufort a Rescue Salvage ship picked up 24 refugees packed into a Small wooden boat with Little food and no water. Two Days later the ship rescued 77 vietnamese on a 40-foot boat according to a Navy spokesman. The refugees nearly doubled the number of people aboard the Beaufort which has a Crew of 129. The refugees were moved to the White Plains in Subic Bay when the Beaufort received orders to continue previously planned missions. Over the past weekend the helicopter Landing ship Pel Eliu plucked another 155 refugees from a 50-foot vessel in the South China sea Navy officials said. The Pel Eliu was scheduled to arrive at Subic Bay wednesday. The White Plains is a major store ship for replenishing . Naval  air signs $4.8 billion order with Boeing Washington apr korean air signed a $4.8 billion order monday for 23 Boeing 747-400s, All to be delivered by the end of the 1990s. The contract includes spare parts and training and commits korean air to 31 of Boeing a most sophisticated and biggest jetliner More than any other Carrier except Japan air lines. Jal has signed up for 40 of the worlds largest passenger jets. Frank Shrontz Boeing chairman and chief executive officer said at a news conference that the Large order reflects the fact that traffic growth in the Pacific has been higher than in either the United states or Europe. The 747-400s can carry 392 passengers. Kal senior executive vice president . Cho said during the news conference with Boeing that the airline also has contracts for delivery of eight other 747400s by 1994 and already has three in service. Kal recently added Long Range routes Between Seoul and Moscow Sydney Australia Toronto and Vancouver . Boeing officials said 307 of the Seattle company a 747-400s have been ordered with 71 so far delivered to airlines around the world. The korean order was the third largest Ever received by Boeing and the third multimillion Dollar Purchase of Boeing aircraft in As Many weeks. The others also were from asian air carriers a $2 billion order from the chinese government and a $3.1 billion order from Japan air lines. Boeing has received single orders for More planes but Only two exceed the korean air order in Dollar value an april 1989 order by Irish aircraft leasing company spa Ltd. Worth $9.4 billion for 182 planes and a $7.11 billion Deal for 180 planes placed a week later by United airlines.6747-400 23 o b747-400 Purchase contract ceremony a a Aiu a the Boeing co. June to 1 a Jein to Kim korean Trade envoy Speaks at a Washington news conference. Seated from left Are Ron King of Boeing Kal official . Cho Boeing a Frank Shrontz and Tong Jin Park korean ambassador to the United states. 62 arrested As illegal aliens Noriega linked to smuggling Fairhope Ala. Apr Federal agents monday charged 62 chinese citizens with being illegal aliens smuggled into the country As part of a massive scheme linked to deposed panamanian dictator Manuel Antonio Noriega. Two alleged ringleaders also were arrested As a result of the probe into what Federal agents say appears to have been a multimillion Dollar alien smuggling operation run by officials linked to Noriega. While prosecutors have no firm evidence tying Noriega or his lieutenants to the ring a there s a real Strong possibility they were involved said . Customs agent Gary Small. Noriega is awaiting trial on drug charges in Florida. Immigration officials said last week that tens of thousands of immigrants had paid Noriega millions of dollars nation an illegal Gateway to the United states and Canada. . Immigration and naturalization officials said authorities had enough evidence to indict Noriega but did no to want to interfere with the drug Case. The alien smuggling operation hit monday charged tunese citizens $10,000 to $20,000 each to get into the United states said customs and ins officials. Authorities said the operation could have netted its organizers More than $200 million. An estimated 95,000 chinese live in Panama and about 35,000 want to come to the United states said ins agent Henry Berwald. The 62 were arrested in two groups after Landing at the Airport in this Southern Alabama town on monday and saturday. Small said Alfonso mock Castillo a panamanian of chinese descent approached undercover customs agents some time ago seeking help in smuggling people into the United states. He said mock Castillo claimed to have been in the alien smuggling business for seven years. While most of the chinese trying to get into the United states from Panama Are refugees who left their Homeland with few possessions and Little Money families pooled Cash to pay to get members in one at a time Small said. Berwald said a Grumman go Turboprop plane carrying 31 chinese from Panama landed in Fairhope around noon monday. Another 31 chinese had been intercepted after Landing saturday and were detained at a  of time in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. June 13, 1950 a state department officials announced that the meeting of the big three Western foreign ministers would probably be scheduled in August in new York. 30 years ago today. June 13, 1960 a president Eisenhower arrived in Anchorage Alaska and called americans 49th state a no longer an Arctic Frontier but a Bridge to Asia whose people had demonstrated a what free men and women can  the Stop was the first on his 15-Day far East Goodwill Mission. 20 years ago today. June 13, 1970 a president Emilio Garrastazu Medici and his top aides flew to Rio de Janeiro Brazil to coordinate efforts to Rescue kidnapped West German ambassador Ehrenfried von Wolleben. 10 years ago today. June 13, 1980 a the Senate approved president Carters plan to renew peacetime draft registration As soon As possible