European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 8, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 b the stars and stripes wednesday april 8,1992 Patriot s intercept claims exaggerated Gao says Washington apr army claims that the Patriot missile succeeded in intercepting 70 percent of iraqis scud missiles during the persian Gulf War cannot be supported by its data congressional investigators said tuesday. Quot our review of the two principal supporting documents showed the data had serious limitations and did not support the assessment a general accounting office officials told a House panel. The army has said the Patriot surface to air guided missile system successfully engaged More than 80 percent of the scud missiles fired at saudi Arabia and More than 50 percent targeted at Israel. The congressional research service also reviewed the Patriot  lawyer to study claim against Adams Seattle apr a lawyer for the Senate ethics committee will gather information on allegations of sexual misconduct against sen. Brock Adams said a state president with the National organization for women. Norleen Koponen president of the Washington state chapter of now said she met monday with the committees chief counsel to discuss a complaint the group has filed against Adams with the Senate panel. She said the counsel Wilson Abney told her the complaint had been turned Over to a committee lawyer who will conduct Adams research and deter mine whether there is evidence that Adams violated any of the Senate a standards rules or Laws. The committee s leadership will decide whether to pursue the Case. In 1988, former congressional aide and family Friend Kari Tupper charged that Adams d-wash., had drugged and sexually assaulted her the previous Spring. Asked by the House government operations chairman rep. John Conyers jr., d-mich., about the army a claims Steve Hildreth of the cars said Quot the army can claim one warhead kill a based on army methodology. But military officials defended the Patriot. A the army is Here today to Tell you the Patriot Story a a terrific Success Story tactically psychologically and politically a said maj. Gen. Jay m. Gamer Deputy chief of staff for operations and plans Force development. Quot Overall the actual system performance exceeded our expectations. War is a Bottom line business. The Bottom line on desert storm is that the United states and its allies won. Patriot had a Large part in that  ordered to repay $4,242 Washington a former White House chief of staff John h. Sununu ousted after criticism of his personal and political use of military jets was ordered to pay the government another $4,242.80 for air fare and use of government cars the White House said tuesday. The reimbursement was ordered by the White House Legal counsels office after a review by the Independent office of government ethics found the earlier report on Sununu a travel had been incomplete. White House spokeswoman Judy Smith said tuesday that there had been no impropriety on Sununu a part. However the office of government ethics said in a March 23 letter that it disagreed with some of the earlier findings by White House counsel Boyden Gray and told him that issues such As Sununu a use of government cars a need to be addressed by your  the director of the ethics office Stephen Potts said Gray a work had been a an admirable preliminary jobs conducted with a a disarray of documents Quot that shocked the Agency a staff. Potts also asked that Gray review three trips not included in his May 9 report. Hie $4,242.80 reimbursement includes $2,499 in air fare for ski trips to Aspen and Vail that Sununu had argued were official business because of his meetings with ski Industry officials. The total also includes $478 for air fare to Atti Tash n.h., for a celebrity cub ski invitational in january 1990 $280 in air fare to new York for the Jimmy Hue a Center dinner in november 1990 $788 for use of air Force cars and Drivers to attend personal or political activities and $197.80 for use of another government car for personal business. In addition Sununu was ordered to repay $614.97 to the Sia ski educational foundation for lodging and expenses at Aspen. Group urges War on hunger Washington apr educators and corporate and Church leaders called monday for an end to hunger in America saying it can be accomplished if the Federal government will spend an additional $10 billion. A hunger is an injustice. Adequate nutrition is a Basic human right. The United states cannot relegate hunger to Charilyn said the Rev. Thomas j. Harvey president of Catholic charities Usa. A hunger hurts. It saps the strength of our Economy and the productivity of our people. Hunger in America is morally wrong a said j. Larry Brown director of the Center on hunger poverty and nutrition policy at Tufts University in Medford mass. A hunger in America is an embarrassment. It is also economic  Harvey and Brown Are members of a group that issued the so called a Medford declaration a designed As a guide for setting goals raising Public awareness and promoting discussion. The declaration is named for the City in Massachusetts where advocates met to draft their Call to end hunger by the year 1995. Back to work order sought in transit strike Pittsburgh apr the mayor said monday that she would ask a judge to order striking transit employees Back to work. The supreme court on monday granted mayor Sophie Masloff permission to intervene in the 3-week-old transit strike. A judge scheduled a hearing for tuesday afternoon. To obtain an order the City must show the strike is a danger to the Community. William Millar executive director of port authority transit said court intervention might make matters worse. A i Felt All along that the City suit prolonged this thing and i think this is going to prolong it further a Millar said. A it just introduces another level of uncertainty into the whole  Calls to amalgamated transit Union attorney Joseph pass were not returned. A Legal memorandum filed by pass said negotiations were held Over the weekend but no Progress was made. The authority however said it and the Union had made Progress.  haitians entitled to Legal Aid judge rules from wire reports new York a . District judge Sterling Johnson granted an injunction monday saying that haitian refugees found to have valid claims for political Asylum cannot be repatriated to Haiti without first having Access to a lawyer. The ruling affects those haitians being held at the . Naval base at Guantanamo Bay Cuba who have been found to have credible fears of persecution if they Are returned Home. It does not affect haitians a screened out a or found to have invalid claims for political Asylum. The coast guard on monday repatriated 224 haitians recently rescued at sea whose claims for Asylum were rejected. Johnson a ruling came in a lawsuit filed March 17 by lawyers for the Lowenstein International human rights clinic at Yale University in new Haven conn., and other human rights groups. Johnson heard eight hours of testimony on the suit last wednesday. A the government has been denying people Access to counsel while they re on Guantanamo a said Michael Ratner a lawyer for the Center for constitutional rights in new York City. Ratner is one of the attorneys for the  charged in death Jacksonville Fla. The parents of a 2-year-old girl who was fatally shot by her 3-year-old brother were charged monday with violating a state Law designed to keep loaded guns away from children. Ernest and Mona Newton were charged with felony culpable negligence punishable by up to five years in prison. Their daughter Brittany Aaron Newton died from a single shot to her head March 29 when her brother picked up a .357-caliber pistol and it went off said state attorney Harry Norstein. Authorities said there were a dozen guns including rifles a Shotgun and handguns in the Home. Shorstein said the newtons would be arraigned next  to visit Japan Washington a vice president Dan Quayle will visit Japan from May 12 to 16 to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the return of Okinawa to Japan in the Post world War ii Era it was announced monday. Quayle also will meet with japanese political leaders while in Tokyo said his press Secretary David Beckwith. The vice presidents visit a will provide an Opportunity to further the global partnership envisioned in the Tokyo declaration by president Bush and prime minister Kiichi Miya Zawa during Bush a visit to Japan last january a Beckwith  Man recovering Minneapolis a a Man who vanished for five weeks and then turned up at his childhood Home saying his memory was Blank is out of the Hospital and slowly regaining his memory his Mother said monday. Stephen Curry 42, was released sunday from a Hospital where he underwent a Complete medical evaluation. He checked in March 26, two Days after walking up to his childhood Home near Litchfield about 70 Miles West of Minneapolis. His Van had been found feb. 17 near red Wing about 100 Miles from Litchfield. Curry is physically Fine said his Mother Kay Curry who lives in Litchfield. She said doctors found no physical explanation for his memory  plan of d Philadelphia a the state authority overseeing Philadelphia a finances unanimously approved the mayor s five year plan monday opening the Way for an infusion of Cash into the troubled City. Mayor Edward Rendelle a plan involves a fundamental reorganization of City government and major labor concessions including a four year wage freeze bitterly opposed by City unions. Rendell who did not propose any tax increases estimated the changes would save the City $1 billion Over five years