European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 29, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday. September 29, 1991 the stars and stripes a Page 5u.s. Gives 1st Aid to Vietnam since 75 by Don Oberdorfer the Washington Post Washington a the Bush administration in moves officials said signalled a shifting policy toward Southeast Asia has granted the first . Taxpayers Money to Vietnam since the fall of Saigon in 1975 and has also received unusual visits from High level officials of Vietnam and Cambodia. The Agency for International development in a Capitol Hill ceremony Friday awarded $1.3 million to two private voluntary organizations to provide prosthetics and rehabilitation services for Vietnam War victims. T he ceremony was hosted by sen. Patrick .1. Leahy Dot. Who has backed . Funding to help War victims in seven other countries in the last two years. An aide to Leahy said the administration had been reluctant to provide similar Aid to vietnamese War victims in the past despite pleas from . About $1 million will be used by world vision and $275,000 will be used by Hanoi s prosthetics research foundation. A step signalling a warmer . Policy toward Viet Nam. According to the state department also was the recent visit by vietnamese n ice minister of foreign Alfa irs fran Huang co. He met with an inter Agency team Tii discuss missing servicemen. And the state department authorized the first visit to Washington by a senior official of the vietnamese backed cambodian government. Foreign minister Hor Nam i Long lie met with the inter Agency team on missing Servie members. Saw several senators and congressional aides and held a briefing for members of the Council on foreign relations. Search begins for . Chief to replace Gates los Angeles a City officials on Friday launched the search for a new police chief to replace Daryl f. Gates who announced his retirement amid controversy surrounding the videotaped beating of a Black Motorist by police. The civil service commission approved procedures for selecting a chief Clearing the was to advertise the Job in police journals and other publications. The recruitment process will continue for about two months. A panel appointed by the civil service commission will evaluate applications in december or january and whittle the list of candidates to Between 10 and 15. Another panel selected by the commission will consider the top contenders and make final recommendations by March 1 to the police commission a citizens oversight panel appointed by the mayor. The police commission will then choose a new chief. Powell denies giving Woodward classified information for Book Washington up a Gen. Colin l. Powell chairman of the joint chiefs of staff said Friday he did not provide any classified information to author Bob Woodward for his Book about the Pentagon and the persian Gulf War. Powell was appearing before the Senate armed services committee for a confirmation hearing upon his appointment to a second two year term As chairman. His current term expires monday. Powell was asked a series of written questions about his conversations with the watergate reporter for the Washington Post about his Book the commanders. The Book details the inner Workings of the Pentagon during the operation in Panama and the Gulf War and officials have said it discloses classified information. Powell told the committee he had spoken with Woodward on occasion about Pentagon operations during operation just cause and the War but spoke with Woodward less frequently during the War than during the Panama operation. A since it was an ongoing operation and dealt with contingency matters our conversations were never of that nature. I be always protected contingency operations. Gen. Colin Powell testifies before the Senate armed services committee on Friday. I always protect the advice that i give to the president the Secretary of defense and the other members of the National Security Council a said Powell. 13 teachers strikes in 3 states sideline nearly 70,000 students a i have no second thoughts. I have no conscience problems. I said nothing to or. Woodward that would betray classified  in the stars and stripes by United press International a new Jersey schools superintendent got the jump on teachers Friday cancelling classes for students before teachers had a Chance to Call a strike. Elsewhere a strike was ending in Pennsylvania and teachers in a Michigan District were in court battling for their jobs. Altogether 13 strikes in three states involve 4,058 teachers and 69,267 students. The 60 teachers and staff of the rum son District in Monmouth county met before school Friday to authorize their leaders to Call a strike if necessary. When they reported for work they found Only empty classrooms. A the teachers had threatened to take a strike vote at 7 30 a.m., and when they could not guarantee me 24-hours�?T notice to take care of the safety of the students. I thought ii necessary to can cel school today a said superintendent Eileen Smith Stevens. Teachers Union spokesman John Molloy said no strike vote would be held before sunday night when the next round of negotiations is scheduled. The Union is asking for 8 percent annual salary increases for a two year contract while the Board has been offering 6 percent Molloy said. In neighbouring Pennsylvania one Long standing school strike neared an end. The 150 teachers in the East Pennsboro District of Cumberland county accepted a new five year agreement Friday. The 127 teachers in Allegheny county a Wilkinsburg District returned to class after two Days of striking saying they would decide on a daily basis whether to teach the following Day. They became the eighth Pennsylvania District to adopt that tactic. The 677 teachers in Bethlehem City schools also use the in out tactic and were out Friday idling 11,907 students. Striking Rogers City mich., teachers were in the courtroom Friday to argue for a restraining order to keep the school Board from carrying out its threat to fire any teacher who fails to report Lor work monday morning. T he strike by 47 teachers has idled 872 students in the Presque Isle county District since sept. 10. There also was no sign of a settlement in Michigan a Only other teacher strike. A state mediator thursday suspended talks in Woodhaven where 258 teachers went on strike monday. Woodhaven near Detroit has More than 4,800 students. Three strikes continue in Illinois idling 1,704 teachers and disrupting classes for More than 30,000 students. Row Over Popcorn turns into court cose Rexburg Idaho apr two women face up to a year in jail after a jury convicted them Friday of charges stemming from their attempt to bring Popcorn bought at one movie theater into another. A jury deliberated for More than four hours before returning guilty verdict against a Joan Bowman. 46, and Susan Anderson 42. The women were convicted of trespassing resisting and obstructing a police Olli cer and Battery on a police officer All Misdemeanour charges. They were arrested on memorial Day As they tried to enter the Holiday theatre with a bag of Popcorn purchased at the nearby Paramount twin theatres. Authorities said the women refused to leave the Popcorn outside so the theater manager called police. Officers claimed the women used vulgar language Anil bit hit and kicked them. The women claimed they hollered to leave the Popcorn with the manager who refused to accept it. T hey also denied confronting police and accused Ollices of Mun handling them. 10years ago sept. 29, 1981 a in a speech to the International association of chiefs of police president Reagan called crime a an american epidemic Quot and proposed a six Point Reform program to help Correct a the imbalance Between rights of the accused and rights of the innocent. A 20years ago sept. 29, 1971 a a new International monetary system downgrading the role of the . Dollar was proposed by finance ministers of the leading nations at the second session of the annual joint meeting of the International monetary fund and the world bank.30 years ago sept. 29,1961 a rebels in Damascus declared Syria Independent of Egypt and set up a provisional government after United Arab Republic president Gamal Abdel Nasser s military drive to reimpose his Rule on the country failed.40 years ago sept. 29, 1951 a revolt which broke out against the regime of president Juan d Peron of Argentina was crushed immediately. Peron proclaimed a state of internal War throughout the country. Radio reports said the rebellion was started by the