European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 26, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes Friday july 26, 1991 at a glance space shuttle command John Blaha Lell and Mission specialist Shannon Ludd hold their ears on the flight line As they wait to be flown out following yet another scrubbed shuttle liftoff at Cape canaveral. For the Story on the i Ture of the shuttle program itself see page7.the hostage delay matter a Republican Democrat task Force in the House is going to took into those charges that the Reagan administration and Iran conspired to delay release of Iran s 52 american hostages in 1980, Democrat sources say. A Page 5any Little Green men scientists think they May have found a new planet about 10 times the size of Earth the first Ever known to orbit any other Star than the Sun. A Page 7side effect to the draw Down the army Reserve in Europe has never had to advertise to get people to join up Here. But now that people Are leaving because of the draw Down the Reserve May have to Start putting out ads to find americans Here with military backgrounds. A Page 17 Index Abby Ann Landers 19 comics. 19-21 commentary. .13 letters. Money matters. .17 sports. 22-28 to listings. .27 weather. One third of Senate supports probe of possible Mia survivors Washington apr almost one third of the Senate wants to investigate the possibility that americans Are still being held prisoner in Southeast Asia More than 15 years after the . Ended its involvement in the War there. Such an investigation which was to be discussed thursday by the Senate rules and administration committee would come a decade and a half after one done by the House. The lower House study in 1976 came up empty. A no americans Are being held alive As prisoners in Indochina or elsewhere As a result of the War in Indochina a the House select committee on missing persons in Southeast Asia reported. Further that committee found there was Little Hope in resolving conclusively what happened to All of the americans who remained listed As missing in action from the War. Sen. Bob Smith r-n.h., Lead sponsor of the Bill to set up a special Senate Mia pow committee has complained that the defense department is too slow in examining evidence it receives on missing americans and often fails to make that material available to the servicemen s families. Smiths measure has 32 co sponsors in the 100-member Senate. A raw data comes in and nothing is done with it a Smith said in a recent interview. A i think its  the Call for the Senate investigation comes As a handful of photographs have surfaced which hopeful families claim show their missing relatives still alive and still in Southeast Asia. Of the recent photos none has yet been been established As authentic. In the most widely known of the recent cases three California families said they Are convinced their missing relatives Are being enslaved on a potato farm somewhere in Southeast Asia. But Albro Lundy Iii a California attorney and son of air Force maj. Albro Lundy jr., refused under questioning by reporters wednesday to reveal any More information about this claim including his source or which nation the potato farm was in. Lundy said his father and two other men in the photo were enslaved first for their technological skills. All three men a Robertson Lundy and Navy it cmdr. Larry Stevens a have been declared killed in action. Their bodies were not recovered. Intelligence analysts have examined the Grainy photograph purported to show Robertson Lundy and Stevens and have been unable to conclude if it is  from Page 1 supported by the Forrestal Carrier Battle group. The ground units will be based at the turkish Border town of silo i. Allied officers have said that about 2,300 troops Are already in place. Ataman said turkeys contribution As a mechanized company and support unit would total some 1,000 men. The forces Mission is to deter iraqi president Saddam Hussein from cracking Down on his people and spurring an exodus such As the one by hundreds of thousands of kurd after a failed rebellion in March. A we have the Means to rapidly. Move forces into Iraq if necessary a said Whitehead. He did not specify what would trigger that response but the allies have said that they Are concerned with peace throughout Iraq. Allied forces withdrew from a Security zone in Northern Iraq on july 15, after helping return about 450,000 iraqi kurd who fled to Turkey. The turkish spokesman said that countries contributing troops were told that any Cross Border operations would be subject to turkeys approval. On tuesday the foreign ministry announced that a the Force cannot use turkish territory Waters or airspace for offensive operations against Iraq without turkish governments explicit  meanwhile a . European come spokesman said on wednesday that . Air Force maj. Gen. James l. Jamerson assumed command of the .-led humanitarian Relief efforts in Southern Turkey. Jamerson succeeded army it. Gen. John m. Shalikashvil who was scheduled to return briefly to his Job of Deputy commander in chief . Army Europe before heading to a new assignment As special assistant to Gen. Colin l. Powell chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. Shalikashvil had led the combined task Force provide Comfort since april 17, said army col. Donald Kirchoffner the Neucom spokesman. Jamerson a regular Job is Deputy chief of staff for operations at he . Air forces in Europe but he has been on temporary assignment As the combined task forces Deputy commander. Kirchoffner also noted that elements of two . Units the 24th Marine expeditionary unit and the Vicenza Italy based 3rd in airborne325th inf regt Are leaving Southern Turkey for their Home bases. Currently there Are about 4300 . Kamms new. _. A my to include the . And coalition allies ground and air forces. But he said that will depend on the continuing negotiations Between the turkish government and the coalition governments. Ground forces currently Are based in Southern Turkey while air participants in the task forces also Basea in Turkey continue to Fly operations Over Northern Iraq Kirchoffner said. The continuation of provide Comfort will include elements of these Neucom units some of which already were in place a a reinforced Headquarters and Headquarters company along with a Rifle company from the 6th in 502nd inf regt from the Berlin brigade in Germany. A the 6th so 6th Cav 3rd inf div from i Nesheim army Airfield Germany. A the 51st Maint in from Kaiserslautern Germany. A an aviation lift helicopter unit composed of aircraft from g of h cd amp i go of the 4th brigade 3rd inf div from Gie Belstadt Germany. A o. Troop and s troop 4th so 11th army Cave get Fulda Germany. A e co 502nd aviation Aviano a Italy. A 86th fighter Wing Ramstein a Germany. A 81st tac fighter Wing Raf Bent water England a 39th special operations Wint Rhein main a Germany and Raf Woodbridge England a the precise nature of How the combined task Force works is still something any problems. Anyone anticipates corrections because of a reporting error in a Story published thursday information on Brig. Gen. David a Benton Illus last command was incorrect. Benton a assignment before assuming command of the Baum Holder military Community was executive officer to the . Army chief of staff in Washington. Because of a source error articles in wednesdays and thursdays newspapers incorrectly identified the daughter of slain tech sgt. Scott r. Kincaid. His daughter is 2-year-old  from Page 1 bar dment of Iraq and that he could not comment on the likelihood or the Wisdom of . Military action against iraqis nuclear facilities. But the three Star general said head begun thinking about the possibility of renewed combat. He said that about 10 percent of the . Air Force used in the persian Gulf War was still in the area and prepared to strike if ordered. A the president has indicated this May be a necessary line of action so to say that i Haven to been thinking about something like that is inappropriate a said Horner. A the military potential is there if Bush chooses to use it Horner said. Among the . Warplanes still in the Gulf area Are f-16 fighters f-15e strike Eagle attack aircraft f-117a stealth attack planes and a variety of Navy aircraft. The general declined to discuss specific iraqi nuclear facilities that might be targeted. He said the scope of a ils. Attack would depend on whether Bush wanted to destroy 100 percent of iraqis nuclear facilities or to simply a Send a message that Saddam must comply with the . Cease fire Resolution which requires Iraq to destroy All its weapons of mass destruction. The United nations has told Iraq to provide a full accounting of its nuclear chemical and biological weapons facilities and materials a Phis its ballistic missile supplies and facilities a by thursday. It is not Clear what action might be taken against Iraq if it is judged not to have complied with the , demand. . Economic sanctions against Iraq have already Cut off its main source of income a Oil exports. Horner said it was possible that Bush could order the air Force to destroy a single iraqi target As a Way of pressuring Saddam to cooperate with the United nations. To go beyond that would re quire a sustained bombing Effort he said. A to destroy everything nuclear would take a sustained air Campaign of several Days at least a Homer said. The general said that during the Gulf War Allied bombers destroyed about 80 percent of iraqi nuclear facilities known to . Intelligence agencies. Since then Iraq has acknowledged that it had secretly developed world War a Era uranium enrichment devices to produce material that could be used in a nuclear weapon. Iraq has insisted its work was entirely for peaceful research purposes. Homer suggested that an attempt to destroy 100 percent of iraqis nuclear facilities May not be Worth the trouble. _ a when you define the Job As destroying everything you be really put a Burden on the military he said. Quot you reach the Point of diminishing returns in seeking a military solution to the nuclear weapons development Issue he added