European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 24, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Wednesday. July 24, 1991 the stars and stripes b Page 7couple say they have More Mia photos Dan and Betty Borah say they believe this photo shows their son Navy it. Daniel v. Borah jr., with a guard. Gluey 111. Up a the past 18 years have been an emotional roller coaster for Dan and Betty Borah who have at least 17 pictures they believe were recently taken of their son who was shot Down Over South Vietnam in 1972. When the prisoners of War came Home and Navy it. Daniel v. Borah or. Was not among them his parents asked the military to have him declared dead. Then last August judge Hamilton Smyden of Nashville tenn., notified the torahs that he had received a Roll of pictures purportedly taken of their son last year. A we think some of those fellas came Down from the Jungle and families found them Quot Dan Borah said. Quot the families took them in and later on told the government they had them. The government ordered them bonded to those the pictures were smuggled out of Laos and received by Gaydene a laotian Bailiff Khambang Sibounheuang. The boil Johs identified the Man in the pictures As their son who would now be 45 years old. They decided to go Public with their Story because of the interest in service members still missing in action from the Vietnam War. Interest in the Mia Issue was generated by the recent release of another picture which was said to be of three missing american servicemen. A your Story is twice As Good a Story As the other one Quot Dan Borah said referring to the photograph. A they have just one photo and no the torahs were told that the Man who took the pictures said their son has a wife and children works in the stereo headphones endanger youths hearing experts say Washington up a stereo headphones Are emerging As a major cause of hearing problems among Young people experts said monday. A the highly portable nature of the system often prolongs the abusive listening habits and subsequently the risk for hearing loss increases a Paul Kileny of the University of Michigan medical Center told a House committee. The maximum sound Levels from such stereos Are so High that they fall within the intensity Range regulated by the Federal occupational safety and health administration in Industrial settings Kileny said. The noise Levels from such devices however Are not regulated and manufacturers do not warn Consumers about potentially hazardous sound Levels. Eighty five decibels Are considered the maximum Safe level. But personal stereos typically Belt out music Between 105 and 1.14 decibels at maximum volume said William Clark a researcher with the Central Institute for the deaf in St. Louis. Some even go to 128 decibels the same noise level As a Jackhammer Clark said. Kileny and Clark made their comments to the House select committee on children youth and families. Rep. Richard j. Durbin d-ili., said that getting a teen Ager to turn Down the volume a is like getting the president to eat Broccoli or John Sununu to go Durbin said he is planning to introduce legislation addressing noise induced hearing loss. Rep. Patricia Schroeder who Heads the committee noted that about 21 million personal stereos were sold last year in the United states. A most kids done to realize that even listening at half of the full volume May Hurt their ears a the Colorado Democrat said. Fishing boats to pay $700,000 in fines Anchorage Alaska up a the owners of two Seattle based fishing boats seized after fishing in Walrus Breeding Waters have agreed to pay $700,000 in fines Federal authorities said monday. The vessels were seized july 17 and the out of court settlements were reached Over the weekend. . Assistant attorney Wevley Shea said the boat owners wanted to get their detained vessels Back to work. The owner of the 239-foot endurance Alaska trawl fisheries agreed to pay a $400,000 administrative Fine and Royal seafood owner of the 267-foot Royal sea agreed to pay $300,000, the . Attorneys office said. The coast guard cutters Nocona and Boutwell seized the two vessels after boardings inspections and examination of the ship logs revealed repeated incur Sions into a closed area of Bristol Bay. The vessels were accused of fishing off round Island inside a 12-mile closed zone surrounding the Island which is a protected Walrus rookery. The round Island no fishing Buffer zone has stemmed a Walrus decline and the tucked sea mammals Are returning to their rookeries said Roddy Mosocco with the National oceanic and atmospheric administration. In All 13 vessels seven american and six foreign have been seized by the coast guard for fishing violations so far this year a compared with three in 1990. So far this year vessel owners have paid $3.4 million to Settle fishing violation cases and six cases Are still pending in . District court Shea said. Rice Fields and is always watched by one or two guards. Borah said the photographer said he had bribed the guards to take the photos and had asked the torahs a son if he wanted to come Home. The flier reportedly answered Borah said it is believed that the family holding their son Learned about the photographs and notified the vietnamese government which ordered the lieutenant moved around. After the torahs saw the pictures copies were Given to rep. Robert c. Smith r-n.h., who turned them Over to the Fri. A the government is so interested in disproving they done to attempt to prove anything Quot Borah said. Quot but even if it turns out that the pictures Are not of their son he said a the poor Guy still needs Borah said the vietnamese May still be holding americans because they never received the billions of dollars in Aid promised by president Nixon. Borah said he does not know what the solution is but he urged voters to Call their lawmakers and get them to cosponsor Senate Resolution 82, which proposes the establishment of a bipartisan committee to investigate the Mia Issue. Borah said the Resolution is up for a hearing this week and will reach the Senate floor in september. Borah said he plans to continue to a try to get the whole thing going right now and keep it he said he a convinced that constant pressure on the . Government will Lead to runs out counterfeiters beware Cartier is watching you. To get that message out the watchmaker brought out 10,000 counterfeit timepieces monday in new York City and crushed them with a steamroller. The counterfeit watches were confiscated during the last year by car tier detectives and . rescued after floating for Days in ice chests Gainesville Fla. Apr two fishermen who survived five Days sitting in ice chests they had fashioned into a raft in the Gulf of Mexico said monday that they never gave up Hope even when a shark took a bite out of one of them. Larry Myers 42, and Dennis Hampton 46, were rescued sunday when a Boater discovered them. Both were in stable condition at a Gainesville Hospital despite having suffered exposure and dehydration from floating in 200-quart coolers since Early wednesday morning. A for people who had been Drifting on the coolers they looked better than we expected them to a said or. Howard Rodenberg the first doctor to see them when they were flown to a Gainesville Hospital. Myers was recovering from the shark bite on his lower right Abdomen and Groin area. He said he was attacked thursday when he left his cooler to retrieve a life Vest that had floated about 10 feet away. A i had just made my turn when the shark bit me a Myers said. A i yelled a shark a and i swam my ass off Back to the George Burgess a shark expert at the University of Florida said the bite wounds indicated that Myers had been attacked by a 6-foot-Long Black tip shark which is primarily a fish eater. A the was Lucky there was no serious tissue loss a said Burgess theorizing that the shark May have mistaken Myers shiny Belt buckle for a fish. Myers said he tried to push the shark away after the attack adding a i done to know How much i was bleeding because i was afraid to take my pants their ordeal began two Days after they went fishing on the wooden vessel Regina. It was already taking on water when they set sail but the men thought the pumps could handle the flow. On wednesday with 10 feet of water in the boat they radioed a distress signal. Then a hand held flare accidentally set the boat on fire. The two men abandoned the boat and climbed into the coolers. Although they said they never lost Hope of being rescued it was discouraging to see boats passing nearby. A that would get me All riled a said Hampton who would scream a a you be got to see us a
