European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 19, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday june 19, 1992 the stars and stripes a Page children of Vietnam War dead to Mark father s Day at Wall by Marilyn Yaquinto los Angeles times Washington a Corky Condon was 10 when she last celebrated fathers Day in june 1967. That was the year it. Cmdr. Robert Condon was killed by an enemy missile. On sunday for the first time in 25 years she will Mark the occasion again this time by placing a card and a single red Rose at the Wall a the Vietnam veterans memorial where her fathers name and legacy Are etched into the Black Granite. She Hopes that she will have company. The organization for which she directs Volunteer efforts sons and daughters in touch plans speeches songs and a visit to the memorial Over the weekend. It will be an Opportunity to Bond with others who lost their fathers in a War that produced a unique kind of pain because of the controversy that surrounded it. A i had people Tell me that my daddy used to kill babies and that a Why he died a said Condon who also volunteers at the Wall on weekends. The weekend ceremony will include a speech by Jan Scruggs who was the main advocate of the War memorial which Marks its 10th anniversary on veterans Day. Although controversial when it was proposed in the late 1970s, it is now the most popular National Monument in Washington with 3.5 million visitors annually. In touch was begun in 1989 by Tony Cordero of Oregon. On the 20th anniversary of his fathers burial he phoned the friends of the Vietnam memorial hop Rescue workers in West Virginia s Mingo county perform the grim task of cutting away the cab of a pickup truck to remove the body of Ernest Stover 53, who died in a crash in red jacket . Stover was a passenger Washington a nine term rep. Henry j. Nowak d-., says he will not seek re election becoming the sixth congressman from new York to decide to retire at the end of the year. A i think it was a combination of personal and career decisions and looking foward to whoever my successor might be a the 57-year-old Democrat said wednesday. Overall 71 other House members Are leaving at the end of the year. Forty seven Are retiring 13 Are running for other office and 11 lost primaries. A i believe with the new congressional lines and a Large turnover in the Congress it is the right time to give the Opportunity to another to serve Western new York in Congress Nowak said in a statement tuesday. Ing to locate someone with whom he could share the experience of losing a father to the War. His longing was captured in an article in Parade Magazine. He received More than 1,000 responses half of them from other sons and daughters of Vietnam War dead. Despite the political turmoil Over the War a an underlying cause of much of the stress from which children of slain soldiers suffered a the groups current director Wanda Ruffin said that in touch has no political aim. A there Are people in our group that were very Antiwar and others who were supportive a she said. A but its one of the miracles that happens at the memorial As people from opposite sides politically end up hugging each  the organization has grown mostly through word of Mouth or by contacting a Friend of a Friend Ruffin said. The Dallas based electronic data systems has set up a data base that now contains the names of More than 500 sons and daughters of Vietnam soldiers. In addition five regional groups across the country have been trying to find sons and daughters relying on local sponsors to help defray expenses for the fathers Day trek Here. In California Mary Mcmaster raised funds through car washes and walk a thongs to pay her expenses and those of six other sons and daughters from the Riverside area. California chapters of Vietnam veterans groups also have Lent their support. In a vehicle driven by Russell Catlett 47, of mount Hope . Catlett a pickup and a water truck driven by Jimmy of Quine 25, of Grudy va., collided. The Impact of the crash knocked both vehicles into the House. He said the turnover will allow his successor to build up seniority More quickly to become eligible for subcommittee chairmanships. Nowak said he was neither unhappy with his Job nor frustrated by Congress inability to function effectively. He was unaffected by the House Check bouncing scandal and other recent congressional controversies. Nowak an attorney said he has no definite plans for the future but that he will live in Buffalo which he has represented since 1975. Other new York congressmen who have announced their retirements this year Are republicans Frank Horton David of a. Martin and Raymond j. Mcgrath and democrats Robert j. Mrazek and Matthew f. Mchugh.  project gets of thousands of jobs saved from wire reports Washington a Connecticut a submarine construction Yard has the Navy a go ahead to resume construction of the second sea Wolf submarine. The Navy lifted its Stop work order wednesday two weeks after president Bush signed legislation restoring funding for the fast attack submarine. The move lifts the final governmental obstacle to the construction project that could save or at least prolong jobs for thousands of workers in Connecticut and Rhode Island. The Navy put the second sea Wolf on hold on feb. 14 after Bush proposed cancelling the submarine program. The proposal touched off a protracted debate in Congress with some lawmakers agreeing with the president that the cold War weapon was no longer needed to Hunt Down the most sophisticated subs in the soviet Navy. Sea Wolf supporters argued that killing the program would imperil the nations Only two shipyards that build submarines a electric boat and Virginia a Newport news shipbuilding amp dry Dock co. Ever present in the sea Wolf debate was the Fate of some 21,000 workers in Connecticut and Rhode Island and 11,000 in Virginia whose jobs depend on submarine  douse Michigan fire Luzerne Mich. A a Forest fire destroyed 19 houses in Rural Northern Michigan on wednesday forcing about 200 people to flee their Homes a fire official said. No injuries were reported said Bob Hoffman chief of the fire departments in Luzerne and Mio in Northeast lower Michigan. Storms moved into the Region in the Early evening and helped control the flames which Hail burned across 600 drought parched acres. A a we re really not considering it fully under control a Hoffman said. A but we re having a real storm lots of  four year round houses and 15 summer Cabins were burned along with 13 structures such As tool Sheds and garages he said. Power lines were Down throughout the area leaving about 100 houses without electricity. The red Cross opened a shelter for evacuated residents at a school. They weren to expected to return Home until thursday at the earliest Hoffman said. The cause of the fire Hadnot been  Gas blast probed Houston a overfilling an underground storage Cavern with liquefied Gas probably caused the fiery explosion near Brenham that killed three people and injured is others last april a Federal investigator said. The National transportation safety Board is still trying to determine whether the overfill was caused by human error or because gauges monitoring the level of liquefied Gas in the underground Salt dome were inaccurate George Mocharko the Nosb investigator in charge of the Case said tuesday. A final report on the april 7 explosion is not due until late this year he  being dismantled Shoreham . A gov. Mario m. Cuomo threw a switch to activate a cutting device that began dismantling the never used $5.5 billion Shoreham nuclear Plant. The state took Over the Plant from the Long Island lighting co. In 1989 after Cuomo declared it unsafe to operate. The Plant never went into commercial operation. It is expected to take More than two years and $186 million to take it apart. The ceremony wednesday brought to an end a two decade Long Battle Over the Plant about 60 Miles East of new York City. Lilo first proposed building the Plant in 1968 for $269 million. It was finished in 1985 at a Cost of $5.5 billion. Trucking tragedy sixth . Congressman to retire