European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 6, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday february 6, 1992  stars  stripes dig uncovers Atlantis of  Sands Page 3 i challenger pictures help find lost City in Oman desert by Lee Siegel a science writer los Angeles a  lost City of bar called a  Atlantis of  Sands by Lawrence of Arabia has been found in Remote Southern Oman using pictures taken from space shuttle challenger . Expedition leaders Nicholas Clapp  George r. Hedges speculated that  City May have been  earliest known shipping Center for frankincense a a fragrant gum resin harvested farther South a  possibly was  source of frankincense offered to Jesus by one of  biblical Wise men. Ruins of  Oasis City were discovered mostly buried under Sand at a Well site named Shier in Southern Oman a Barren a empty  Oman is on  Southeast Comer of  arabian Peninsula Between saudi Arabia   arabian sea. Since excavation started dec. 26, researchers have overcome sandstorms  deadly vipers to locate  City a Octagon shaped Stone Walls 6 to 8-foot-tall remnants of seven of its eight 30-foot-tall mud Brick towers various rooms frankincense burners  thousands of pieces of pottery Clapp  Hedges said. Researchers found  City by tracing ancient desert roads detected in pictures taken from several spacecraft including radar  optical cameras carried by challenger in october 1984, said Ronald Blom a geologist at nasal a Jet propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena. That same challenger exploded after liftoff on Jan. 28, 1986, killing All seven Crew members. A this is a significant  lasting legacy of  space shuttle challenger which supplied  first clues for our search a Clapp said. He said expedition archaeologist Juris Zarins of Southwest Missouri state University in Springfield estimated  City May have been inhabited from 2800 . Until about . 100, based on pottery found there. If that proves True  discovery pushes   Date of  spread of civilization in Southern Arabia by a thousand years Clapp said. The late . Lawrence  British world War i Soldier workers in a Barren Remote area of Southern Oman excavate what explorers say is  lost City of bar. Known As Lawrence of Arabia called bar a  Atlantis of  Sands a after  legendary sunken continent. According to legend bar a known As Iram  a City of towers in islam a sacred Koran a was destroyed during a natural disaster about . 100  was buried by Sand. Clapp  Hedges said evidence indicates  City fell into a sinkhole created when an underground Limestone Cavern collapsed. The City probably had fewer than 100 residents but was surrounded by numerous campsites marked by pottery fire pits  charcoal Clapp said. A a there a a Good Chance that with qualified archaeologists such As these we May have found bar a said Jon Mandaville a Middle East history professor at Portland state University in Oregon. A this Isnit some kind of hype out of  Mandaville said that if Zarins preliminary dating is Correct Urban development in  Region began about 1,000 years earlier than once thought. The oldest cities in nearby Yemen Date to about 1800 . To 2000 ., he said. A what is emerging is a Clear image of a flourishing Urban civilization in Omari  Yemen at  same time civilized life existed to  North in Mesopotamia  Cradle of civilization Mandaville said. Gus Van Beek curator of old world anthropology at  smithsonian institution in Washington said a a it a certainly possible Shier is bar. A it would mean we have settled occupation. Earlier  farther South in Arabia than previously known a he . Holds off on peace troops for Yugoslavia United nations a Secretary general Boutros Boutros Ghali on wednesday ruled out deploying a 10,000-member . Peacekeeping Force in Yugoslavia for now saying he still did not have assurances  combatants in  civil War would cooperate. But he proposed enlarging  50-member Liaison team to 75 officers who would promote  cease fire  possibly pave  Way for a major troop con Tingent. He said a  discouraging elements is that  croatian government  local serbian leaders a appear to have rejected key elements in  plan for future deployment of a peacekeeping Force of As Many As 10,000 troops. A cease fire has been holding in Croatia since Early january. However Milan Babic Leader of  self proclaimed serbian Region of Krajina in Western Croatia  some croatian leaders have opposed  . Peacekeeping plan. Boutros Ghali said he had received conflicting reports on whether a peacekeeping Force in Krajina would receive necessary assistance. The . Chief repeatedly has said he cannot deploy a peacekeeping Mission unless  cease fire holds  he is assured that All parties will cooperate. Thousands of people have been killed in Croatia since it  neighbouring Slovenia declared Independence june 25. Many Western countries have recognized  Independence of Croatia  Slovenia but about one third of Croatia remains in  hands of serbian militants   serbian dominated Federal army. Croatia a serbian minority fears persecution  wants its territory to be annexed by Serbia rather than to remain in an Independent  politician tells of affair with Secretary London a  Leader of  centrist Liberal Democrat party Paddy Ashdown announced wednesday that he had an affair with his Secretary five years ago. Ashdown a lawyer told a news conference that a confidential memo detailing  five month affair was stolen last month  offered for Sale to several newspapers. An injunction was served saturday to Stop publication of  stolen document  no newspaper ran  Story. In a front Page Story wednesday  editor of  daily Mirror reported that a there is a scandal brewing at Westminster but a i cannot Tell you Why i cannot Tell  it said  Story related to  private life of a senior politician. The 50-year-old party Leader made his Surprise announcement because he said a in this pre election atmosphere i my family my friends  party colleagues will not be left  prime minister John major said  affair is a not relevant to or. Ashdown a policies or his  Ashdown who has been married to his wife Jane for 30 years said it had been a an extremely painful experience but it is one which All involved  especially Jane my family  i have faced  Ashdown a lawyer Andrew Phillips said in a statement that  woman involved was Tricia Howard who no longer worked for Ashdown. The statement said she was a irrevocably separated from her husband before  affair began. Tokyo workers burdened by overtime study reveals Tokyo apr japanese White Collar workers in  Tokyo area work an average of 37.6 hours of overtime a month  one in three complains of not having enough private time a Survey says. Recruit research co., a private research firm said 31.4 percent of respondents replied that they work More than 50 hours of overtime a month. The firm reported that 26.1 percent said they work 30 to 50 hours a month while 27.6 percent said they work 10 to 30 hours. Recruit said it questioned 3,047 male White co of workers in novem Ber. The workers were Between age 20  49  lived within 30 Miles of Tokyo it said. As is customary in Japan it did not give a margin of error. Asked about worries or unhappiness at work 37.8 percent responded that they had too Little private time because of their Busy work schedule  29.5 percent said their salary was less than that at other companies recruit said. The average japanese worker worked 2,044 hours in  fiscal year that ended March 31, 1991, compared with 1,949 hours by americans in 1990  1,642 hours by germans  labor ministry says