European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 17, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 b the stars and stripes thursday october 17,1991 team scours Cambodia for the remains of mias Bangkok Thailand apr . And cambodian experts Are conducting an unprecedented joint search for the remains of americans missing in action including the last . Casualties of the War in Indochina . Authorities said. The project begun Friday will take about two weeks according to a department of defense statement relayed through the . Embassy in Bangkok on wednesday. A these Are the first Field recovery operations conducted by . Personnel in Cambodia a said the statement dated Friday. The search was planned on Koh Tang an Island off the Southern coast and in South Central Cambodia. The Koh Tang Effort will be to find the remains of soldiers missing from the 1975 Mayaguez Rescue operation the statement said. Khmer Rouge authorities seized the merchant ship Mayaguez in May 1975, and a . Marine assault Force was sent to Rescue Crew members. The 38 service members who died in the attack were the last american casualties of the War in Indochina. The statement said that if the cambodian government approves and weather and soil conditions permit part of the current recovery Effort also will be devoted to finding the remains of missing civilian journalists. The project is being conducted by nine experts from the joint casualty Resolution Center and the . Army Central identification Laboratory Honolulu based agencies entrusted with accounting for americans wartime missing. The Pentagon lists 2,273 americans As missing in action in Indochina. Of those 83 Are unaccounted for in Cambodia and about 90 percent of them were lost in areas under the control of vietnamese forces during the War. The United states does not recognize the vietnamese installed government in Cambodia and there had been almost no activity on the Mia Issue until july 1990. At that time Cambodia handed Over six sets of remains it said could be those of missing americans. Last month the United states and Cambodia held a second round of technical talks on mias and . Experts conducted the second Field investigation on rumours of americans sighted in the country since the War. Pontiff gives jewish leaders mixed signals at Brazil meeting Brasilia Brazil apr Pope John Paul ii meeting with jewish leaders told an outspoken rabbi that he would Pray for israelis Long sought diplomatic recognition by the Vatican. But he indicated he has More important priorities. The Pope met tuesday night with 15 representatives of the local jewish Community in the Vatican embassy in Brasilia brazils capital. There Are Only 150,000 jews in this overwhelmingly Catholic county of 150 million. A next year in Jerusalem a exclaimed .-born rabbi Henry i. Sobel the head of brazils largest jewish congregation and coordinator of the National commission for Catholic jewish dialogue echoing a centuries old jewish prayer. Sobel made it Clear to the Pope that he meant the Vatican ought to have an embassy in Jerusalem israelis capital by next year. He noted that wednesday would be the 13th anniversary of John Paul selection As Pope and that in Judaism a boy who turns 13 celebrates his bar Mitzvah or religious adulthood. A it is our fervent wish that your bar Mitzvah bring with it the full ripening of Catholic jewish relations that will result from the normalization of diplomatic relations Between the Vatican and the state of Israel a the rabbi said. John Paul on the fourth Day of a nine Day evangelical Mission to the worlds most populous roman Catholic country was relaxed and smiled frequently during his meeting with the jews. He grasped sobels hands and said in brazils native portuguese a i Hope that your wishes will be  however a few minutes later in another Brief informal conversation when Sobel again asked a next year in Jerusalem your holiness a the Pope said he would Pray for that goal a among other  Sobel told the pontiff that some fellow jews in Brazil think the Pope is intransigent on the question of Vatican recognition of Israel. The Exchange comes at a sensitive time in relations Between the roman Catholic Church and jews in East the Popes visit to Brazil sat. Oct. 12 Rome Natal i Sun. Oct 13 Natal Sao Luis 1 Mon. Oct. 14 do Luis Brasilia it tuts. Oct. 15 Brasilia Goiania Brasilia wed. Oct. 16 Brahma Guiab amp Campo Grande s thur. Oct. 17 Campo Grande Florian Polis m Fri. Oct. 18 Florian Polis Vitoria m sat. Oct. 19 vit6ria-macei6 m Sun. Oct. 20 Macejk Salvador Mon. Oct 21 Salvador Rome aps amps Ern Europe. During the Popes visit to Hungary in August a rabbi accused that country a Catholic Church of silence and indifference toward the deportations of hundreds of thousands of jews to nazi death Camps during world War ii. And during a visit in june to his native Poland the Pope was criticized by jewish groups for comparing abortions to deaths in the holocaust. Earlier tuesday the Pope Drew an unexpectedly Small crowd of about 200,000 people at a mass in Brasilia attended by president Fernando Collor de Mello and his Cabinet. Brazilian officials had predicted a crowd of 800,000 because of a National school Holiday. The turnout appeared to be lower because of the High Cost of transportation and reduced interest in the Popes second trip to Brazil. World explosives discovered on track As train nears from wire reports Leipzig Germany a a passenger train carrying More than 100 people averted possible disaster when explosives were discovered on the tracks As the train approached police said tuesday. A package containing 30.8 pounds of explosives connected to a timing device was found by a railway official monday on tracks about 10 Miles East of Leipzig police said. A passenger train from Dresden was approaching the spot but rail officials were Able to Stop it in time. Train traffic was halted for hours As bomb experts disarmed the explosives. Police said they had discovered no Clear motive for the bombing attempt. But they speculated it May be connected to the bombing of a Bank in Dresden earlier this month. Following the Bank explosion which caused heavy damage the unknown assailants threatened to carry out More attacks unless they were Given $880,000.bomber losses reviewed London a three of the six British Tornado bombers lost in the persian Gulf War were hit by iraqi surface to air missiles defense minister Alan Clark said tuesday. One Jet was lost after a bomb it was carrying exploded prematurely Clark said in a statement issued to announce the results of Royal air Force investigations. Two others crashed after delivering bombs in areas of Iraq from which Raf investigators have been barred. A ministry of defense spokesman speaking on condition he be not identified said the investigations showed no consistent reason for the losses five of which occurred in one week in january when the Raf used Low level attacks to strike iraqi military airfields. Questions were raised regarding the risks of such attacks. But the ministry spokesman said the investigation showed that Low level flying in itself a was not a common thread in the losses. A four took place at medium level two at Low level a he said. A three of them were hit by missiles one was a premature bomb explosion and in the Case of two we will never  of the two unexplained crashes the investigators said a there were several potential causes including aircraft malfunction hostile action air Crew reaction and aircraft handling. The Lack of any firm evidence makes it impossible to reach a positive conclusion and in each Case the cause must remain  at Torrejon Dies of apparent heart attack Torrejon a Spain a amps a a Torrejon master sergeant died from an apparent heart attack sunday evening in the base Hospital emergency room an air Force spokesman said wednesday. Master sgt. Marshall b. Hickman 38, was brought to the Hospital in a private vehicle about 7 30 . And was pronounced dead on arrival said base spokesman tech. Sgt. Louis Arana Barradas. Hickman a resident of Elkins w.va., transferred to Torrejon on sept. 13, serving As the non commissioned officer in charged property management at the bases defense re utilization and management office. He is survived by his daughter Stephanie p. Hickman of Wilmington del., and his Stepbrother Rick d. Poe or. Of Tampa  rebels holding american seek talks Manila Philippines up a communist guerrillas who have held an american businessman hostage for a year said wednesday that he is a in Good physical conditions and urged his relatives to initiate negotiations. Arvey Duane drown 62, of California was driving a jeep on oct. 19, 1990, along a Highway in Aparri Bagayan 260 Miles North of Manila when he was taken hostage at a checkpoint set up by guerrillas. Rebels of the new Peoples army have claimed responsibility for the kidnapping. They said he had a a dubious reasons for being in the area while a vigorous Campaign was going on against the guerrillas. The rebels urged family and friends of drown a to initiate a linkup and direct negotiations with us through some individuals in the religious sector and in the press whom we  . Embassy spokesman Hugh Hara said drown whose Hometown has been withheld was an a innocent  a we Are aware that he has been kidnapped and were working closely with philippine authorities for his Safe release and keeping his family apprised of the developments a Hara said. The rebel statement said a emr. Drown is in Good physical condition and he is Well taken care