European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 15, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 a the stars and stripes monday july 15, 1991cheney vows to Back Row search says improved ties to Vietnam Are secondary Washington up a defense see retail Dick Cheney said saturday that the Bush administration will push for the return of any missing prisoners of War in Southeast Asia even if it interferes with re establishing relations with Vietnam. Cheney said resolving the Fate of an estimated 2,300 missing in action service members from the Vietnam War remained a priority. He discounted allegations that the administration has slowed its drive in order to improve  relations. A it is absolutely incredible to me to think that any american official would spare any Effort that might Lead to the discovery of a single american pow a Cheney told the National league of families of american prisoners and missing in Southeast Asia. A the idea that someone would rather not know about the fates of our pos and mias because it might interfere with our relationship with Vietnam is not Only outlandish but it goes against the attitudes of everyone i know in this government about the country a Cheney said. In March army col. Millard Peck quit As director of the defense intelligence Agency office for pos and mias claiming the Effort to find prisoners was a being manipulated by unscrupulous people in  Cheney did not mention Peck Blit did describe the controversy As an a extra Burden on the families of service members who Are missing. The defense department has More than 150 experts working on information about the missing servicemen Bers the Secretary said. In 1989 the government listed 2,383 service members As missing without any word on their whereabouts. Cheney also announced that a temporary . Office in Hanoi to pursue leads on the men and women still missing has opened ahead of schedule. A until we see the Active willing cooperation that Only Vietnam can provide it will be impossible to set timetables or deadlines a Cheney said a ultimately however we must recognize that our Success continues to rest on the actions of the governments of Indochina. If they live up to their promises if they follow through on their commitments with integrity and Energy we can achieve the meaningful accounting that americans  plan got Thomas into Yale paper reports new York a . Supreme court nominee Clarence Thomas was admitted to Yale Law school under an affirmative action plan to boost minorities to about 10 percent of the freshman class the new York times reported sunday. Thomas a Black conservative who is president Bush a nominee to replace retiring Justice Thurgood Marshall sits on the . Court of appeals for the District of Columbia circuit. Thomas has been an outspoken opponent of affirmative action. The Yale affirmative action program was adopted in 1971, the year Thomas applied for Entrance the times reported. School officials told the newspaper that Blacks and some hispanic applicants were evaluated differently from Whites. They were not admitted however unless they met standards to predict they could succeed Quot at the highly competitive school the times reported. A we did adopt program and it an affirmative action was pretty clearly stated a said professor Abraham s. Goldstein Dean of the Law school from 1970 to 1975. Goldstein said the school used a set of minimum standards based on College grades and test scores. Thomas the grandson of a Georgia sharecropper has attributed his Success to hard work and education. He has said his Grandfather and a group of nuns in school taught him that Blacks should get ahead on their abilities. Thomas has frequently criticized affirmative action policies and advocated a Colo Blind society. However he has also acknowledged that affirmative action helped him. In a 1987 panel discussion at the Center for the study of democratic institutions in Santa Barbara calif., Thomas said a ultimately any race conscious remedy is no  Swaggart ministry sues Over Tennessee tax Bill Nashville Tenn. A the ministry of television evangelist Jimmy Swaggart has sued Tennessee Over a $187,000 Bill for sales taxes. A the Tennessee department of Revenue said the ministry failed to collect taxes on sales of religious materials in Tennessee from january 1985 through March 1991. Swaggart a lawsuit filed Friday in state court in Nashville contends that his ministry a sales of bibles and hymnals should be exempt from state sales tax. Requiring sales lax on the religious materials is contrary to Federal and state Laws the lawsuit alleges. The lawsuit filed by Louisiana based Jimmy Swaggart ministries said the ministry is a recognized by the internal Revenue service As Church exempt from Federal income  although churches Are exempt from sales taxes a profit making business owned by a Church is not said state rep. John Bragg chairman of the House finance committee. The ministry Sells bibles hymnals religious writings and music by mail and during crusades in Tennessee. Swaggart faces a $90 million lawsuit filed by a rival evangelist who said Swaggart conspired to ruin his ministry. The preacher Marvin Gorman released photographs of Swaggart with a prostitute which devastated Swaggart a  out below Zander Lane lets Gravity take Over As he rides a bungee Cord from a Lake Elsinore calif., jump which opened saturday. The elastic Cord allows him to drop from the platform to just Short of a a Confidence building Pool 12 stories below before getting a fast return trip  to democratic party Falls poll says new York apr democrats hold a narrow Edge Over republicans in party allegiance according to poll published sunday. The poll by the new York times and lbs news showed that 34 percent of the 14,695 persons interviewed identify themselves As democrats compared with 31 percent who Call themselves republicans. A decade ago in the first year of the Reagan administration democrats outnumbered republicans in a new York times poll by 41 to 23 percent the newspaper said. The poll was not All bad news for the democrats. About 53 percent said democrats were a More concerned a with the needs and problems of people like yourself Quot compared with 24 percent who attributed those traits to the republicans. The results indicated that not Only were the democrats and republicans close at 34 and 31, respectively but that those who considered themselves independents were not far behind at 29 percent. Among Whites and adults younger than 40, More people identify themselves As republicans than democrats. Among adults_l&jo-29 years old 35 percent said they were republicans compared with 28 percent calling themselves democrats. Among 18-to-39 year Olds republicans held a 33 to 31 percent Edge. Among Whites republicans outnumbered democrats 34 to 30 percent. In 1980, democrats outnumbered republicans 36 to 24 percent. Among Blacks democrats out polled republicans 65 to 10 percent