European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 18, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday december 18, 1991 the stars and stripes a Page 7haitians in Cuba riot destroy tents by the los Angeles times Washington a hundreds of haitians held at the . Guantanamo naval base in Cuba rioted sunday charging across razor concertina wire barriers and destroying 100 tents before being brought under control a Navy spokesman said monday. Because of the disturbance Brig. Gen. George wails Camp commander cancelled a visit by . Journalists and camera Crews scheduled for tuesday. It. Cmdr. Stephen Pietropaoli speaking from . Atlantic Fleet Headquarters in Norfolk va., said there were no serious injuries. He said the concertina wire was employed More As fencing than As barricades so that the haitians were Able to throw boards across the razor Sharp wire and Cross it unharmed. A a it a Only barely Calm now a the spokesman said. He said 100 tents each Large enough to House 20 persons were destroyed in the Melee. Military officials attribute the disturbance to the haitians frustration at having to wait at the Encampment while others determine their Fate. A similar disturbance less serious occurred last week. Sunday s riot broke out on the eve of the first anniversary of the election of haitian president Jean Bertrand Aristide who was ousted in a coup sept. 30 despite his popularity with the masses. Since Aristide s exile thousands of haitians have fled in Leaky boats saying their lives were in danger if they remained. They say that the army now the real Power in the Island Republic is ferreting out Aristides sympathizers and executing them. The . Coast guard at first inter Cepter boats bound for the United states and repatriated passengers destroying the haitians often a seaworthy Craft. When a Florida Federal judge forbade further repatriation without an examination to determine the Bona fide refugee status of the fleeing haitians the Bush administration held the intercepted travellers aboard coast guard cutters until the numbers grew so Large that the Camp had to be erected at Guantanamo. State department spokesman Richard Boucher reported on monday that All inmates of the Camp had been interviewed by immigration and naturalization inspectors and 1,012 have been found to have a a plausible claim to asylums in the #. United states 20 have expressed a desire salvation army official Charley Juba prepares tuesday to empty the Days proceeds to return to Haiti. He said the potential from a Kettle that has been hanging on a san Francisco Street Corner for 100 years Legal refugees will Fly to Miami for fur the famous pot was brought to Union Square on dec. 16, 1891, to help collect Money ther examination. To feed the City a needy. Kettle Centennial North Schwarzkop Schwarzkopf upset Over North s tactics Washington a operation desert storm commander Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf is a upset and angry Over Oliver North a unauthorized use of the general a name in a fund raising letter a Schwarzkopf spokesman said monday. Freedom Alliance a non profit foundation operated by North has been mailing out the requests with a color photo of Schwarzkopf said the retired general a agent Marvin Josephson. Josephson said that a general Schwarzkopf was upset and angry Over being made part of the Effort by North the former National Security aide who played a Central Rote in the Iran Contra Case. The mailings ask for contributions to assist families of soldiers wounded in desert storm. They said the Money will be used to pay travel costs of families who visit veterans in hospitals. Josephson said Schwarzkopf has made it a policy not to lend his name to fund raising efforts. A colonel North said that they weren table to5pf. Do sement Josephson said of a conversation he by reach Schwarzkopf seeking the general sen had last week with North. North promised Josephson the mailings would Stop the agent said. North a lawyer Brendan Sullivan and a Public relations firm representing North did not immediately return Telephone Calls. North a retired Marine lieutenant colonel compared himself to Schwarzkopf in the letter. A we both served in Vietnam a North wrote. A we both were wounded. And we both came Home to vicious leftist protests and  the letter says the Cost to help the families could exceed $575,000. Alaskans count on native lore to help save declining species Anchorage Alaska apr sea lion numbers Are plummeting. Seal pelts Are thin to the Point of transparency. Sea Bird Chicks too weak to stand fall off their Cliffside nests. And Alaska natives whose subsistence lifestyles depend on the health of the species around them watch and Sony. Frustrated by scientists inability to explain dramatic changes in the Bering sea and other bodies of water some natives Are asking the scientific establishment to pay More attention to native ways of observing nature a what they Call a traditional  last week in Anchorage representatives of coastal villages agreed to create a statewide native coalition on Marine mammals. Its aim is to promote traditional knowledge As a complement to the scientific method used by researchers. A Western science cannot grasp the whole ecosystem that we re dealing with a they study one species Here one species there and then by the time they re done years have passed a said Bob Polasky director of Rural Alaska Community action program which will oversee efforts to form the coalition. A native people live right there a they know about the fish and the animals through traditional knowledge. We want to integrate that into the management  Larry Merculieff St. Paul City manager and a former state Commerce commissioner has led the drive to form a coalition saying native knowledge has been ignored too Long As anecdotal and unscientific. He is particularly worried about the Bering sea where natives say More than a dozen species Are in decline including fur seals Sec Llero a sea Lions cod Pollock and numerous sea Birds. He recently formed the Bering sea coalition composed of native Hunters who share observations about environmental changes. Scientists Welcome native participation but say traditional knowledge too has its limits. A a it a valuable to have this very Fine scale look that the native people have a and they Are looking at the animals with a different world View. They re very closely tied to the cycles and peculiarities the different sexes and age classes a they see things that we just done to see a said Lloyd Lowry Marine mammals coordinator for the Alaska department of fish and game. Still Lowry said native knowledge tends to be local going deep but not ranging far beyond a particular villages Hunting grounds while sea Lions May spend Only a Small part of their year in that area. A to marry science and traditional knowledge is what is needed Quot Lowry said. As for the Bering sea ecosystem Lowry believes it is so varied and Complex that even such a marriage is unlikely to explain the fluctuations. Massachusetts buries Mia after 30 years Plymouth mass. Apr the remains of the first Massachusetts resident declared missing in action during the Vietnam War More than 30 years ago were buried in his Hometown monday. Air Force staff sgt. Frederick t. Garside a remains and those of three other servicemen were found Side by Side in unmarked Graves in Laos during an american laotian search in july. Garside who was 25, was buried with full military honors beneath a Pine tree in the family plot. About 300 people among them Vietnam veterans in Jungle fatigues and relatives of other Las stood in below freezing temperatures at Garside a funeral outside Christ episcopal Church in Plymouth. Garside and the three other servicemen died when their military plane crashed March 23, 1%l More than 2,000 american servicemen Are still listed As missing in Southeast Asia. Red and Silver Mia bracelets with Garside a name and rank were collected from relatives and friends who had worn them for decades and were buried in an empty ammunition Box beside him. A this represents precisely the kind of final closing for this family and it represents Hope to other families that they too can experience the peace that comes with the return of their loved ones remains a said sen. John Kerry d-mass., a Vietnam Veteran and chairman of a Senate committee on mias in Southeast Asia