European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 6, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday february 6, 1992  stars  stripes a Page 3dig uncovers Atlantis of  Sands  stars  stripes 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 Octan using pictures taken from space shuttle challenger . Expedition leaders Nicholas Gapp  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 Gapp  Hedges said. Researchers found  City by tracing ancient desert Tak Ltd roads detected in pictures taken from several spacecraft workers in a Barren Remote area of Southern Oman excavate what explorers say is  lost City of bar  Orlov in Lanka ? a i a if j 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 Legarr 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 Mav 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 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 Gapp 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 Oman  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 said. Sex soviet nuclear Arsenal called catastrophe Moscow apr  former soviet nuclear Arsenal is unsafe  bungled attempts to destroy it May cause explosions or deadly radiation leaks a russian nuclear weapons maker has warned. A your nuclear Arsenal is in a simply catastrophic situation a Boris Gorbachev was quoted tuesday As telling Komsomol Skaya pravda. He is no relation to former soviet president Mikhail s. Gorbachev. A whereas before we were Able to keep our Arsenal at a relatively Safe level for  country   people today this is almost impossible a he added citing  presence of Short Range nuclear arms in troubled areas of  former soviet Union. Gorbachev said accidental nuclear weapons explosions Are possible. He also said radioactive leaks could cause a hundreds of Large  Small chernobyl so a a reference to  1986 explosion at a ukrainian nuclear Power Plant that experts say caused at least 500 deaths. Komsomol Skaya pravda said Boris Gorbachev Heads  construction department of a physics research Institute that produces nuclear arms but is not officially linked to  russian military. Russian president Boris n. Yeltsin has promised that Russia will take full responsibility for destroying much of  former superpowers stockpile. But Boris Gorbachev said recent closings of soviet nuclear weapons facilities   a brain Drain of Many scientists to better jobs in  West have left Russia without enough experts to dismantle nuclear arms. A soon we shall be unable to find specialists who have enough experience  knowledge to destroy tactical nuclear weapons a he said. He said Russia has no More than 500 such  politician tells of affair with Secretary London apr  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  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 Collar 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 re Cruit 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