European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 27, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 4 the stars and stripes . Friday november 27, 1992vietnamese accused of blackmail sex chief says government exploiting . War dead Nguyen Van thick a Boston apr the exiled former president of South Vietnam says the vietnamese government is using the Bod ies of dead . Servicemen to blackmail the United states into lifting Trade restrictions. A i have never seen in the world even with the worst communists the use of the dead and their Bones the remains of dead soldiers sold Back one by one to blackmail a government a said Nguyen Van Thieu no is living outside Boston. A after 20 years they Are still exploiting Thieu the Leader of South Vietnam for 10 years fled in 1975 when the communists overran Saigon. A i can Tell you that if there were a free government and if i am the head of this government the Mia problem could be solved in one month a the Boston Globe on wednesday quoted him As saying. But thick chairman of the organization for the support to democratization can my you that if Sharawara Afraah swam Mant and if i am a head of this government the Mia problem could be solved i one Nguyen Van Thieu sex president of South Vietnam and reconstruction of Vietnam said he has no ambition of returning to Power. Thick 69, said . Politicians arc being fooled by vietnamese blackmail into considering an end to the 17-year-old Trade embargo against the country. Sen. John f. Kerry chairman of the Senate select committee on pow Mia affairs said the United states should re Ward Vietnam for cooperating in the search for missing . Servicemen. Thieu said the United states should use economic leverage to Force the vietnamese to open their system to opposition parties. Thieu became chief of state in South Vietnam in 1965 and was supported by the United states in his election to the presidency in 1967. But critics blasted his administration for corruption greed and incompetence. They also charged that he embezzled millions from the country a Treasury. Thieu denied that he stole Money and said he is being supported by his children who live in Boston and new York. He moved to Newton mass., two years ago but said his dream is to return to Vietnam. A when democracy is recovered in Vietnam i can say that my dream has come True. I can go Back to my life a he said. A i would like to go Back to my own province a native a evidence grows that fetal tissue can Rescue Parkinson s victims Boston apr three new studies provide the strongest evidence yet that transplants of brain tissue taken from aborted fetuses can help victims of Parkinson a disease regain control of their bodies. T he experimental technique which injects fetal tissue into the victims damaged brains could potentially Benefit Many of the estimated 1 million americans with the disease. Victims Are afflicted by stiffness trembling and a slow shuffling walk. As the disease worsens they often have trouble eating dressing or doing other Ordinary activities. The new studies Are the first major published reports to show that for some victims at least the transplants can dramatically change their lives. After the operations patients gradually found they could walk without falling drive cars and take care of themselves. T he approach is controversial however. Federal support has been banned for four years because of fear that it will encourage women to have abortions the Only major source of the tissue needed for the operation. Researchers cautioned that the operation docs not help everyone. But they were Able to a hic e some big successes a one woman fell so often that she could Only get around her House by crawling. Since the operation she walks Well and Falls fewer than one time a month. A one Many a hands jerked so badly that he could not eat in front of other people because he involuntarily threw food. After the operation he celebrated thanksgiving dinner last year with a dozen family members. He also got his Drivers License Back and drove across the country in a motor Home. A another Man required constant care by his wife. Now he drives and coaches his songs soccer team. The reports published in thursdays Issue of the new England journal of Medicine were written by teams that have pioneered the procedure during the past five years at Yale the University of Colorado and University Hospital in Lund Sweden. . Urged to reopen Florida tent City Home Stead Fla. Apr officials Are urging the Federal government to reopen a military style tent City Tor the a new homeless a created by Hurricane Andrewes aftermath. The officials said out of state labourers seeking w Ork in the storm s ruins Are swelling Roadside encampments already crowded with migrants and tenants evicted front damaged Homes. Volunteer workers reported up to 2,000 people living in the makeshift Camps. A it hese Are human beings and we have to take care of them a said Andy Menendez director of homeless programs Foi Dade county. T his week he asked the Federal emergency management Agency to Icopin a tent City. A a it a either have a tent City or have hundreds of people camping along the Road with nowhere to Wash or use the bathroom a that a inhumane a Menendez said. The Camps Dot Dusty lots along Busy . 1, the Back Yards of damaged Homes and the Edge of migrant labor Camps. A we done to want to live Here we have to Quot said Jim Teasley a 44-year-old Carpenter from Mobile ala., who pitched a tiny tent near a canal where he bathes. A the Tel a no affordable housing within 50 Miles of four Marine operated tent cities closed oct. 23 after Homes were found for thousands of people left homeless by the storm that struck aug. 24, leveling much of Dade county in South . Nunn says Gays Welcome on his payroll by Cox news service Washington a amid reports that a homosexual Veteran was asked to leave his staff in 1981, sen. Sam Nunn said wednesday that he has no policy against hiring homosexuals and has done so routinely. �?o1 have had homosexuals on my staff in the past and i will continue to have them a the Georgia Democrat said. But the chairman of the Senate armed services committee acknowledged that problems have Arisen when Security background checks have unearthed the homosexuality of a staff member who is assigned to work on classified Doc Nunn Zuments. According to Nunn the Cia and the Pentagon refuse to Deal with homosexuals when the work involves classified material. A we need to review that policy he added. Nunn said such situations Are rare but when they have occurred he has told the employee to find another Job. 1 he workers typically have staved on the staff until they found work. 1 he senator w Ould not comment on remarks by Greg Baldwin who was asked in 1981 to leave because of his sexual kids plead with mayor for help to end violence Chicago apr a Quot this life is certainly not the kind of life a kid deserves. Please help us or. Quot people Aie gelling Hurt. Shot killed and most of these people Are Quot i am sealed to gel out at night in my cig Huboi children alarmed by the shooting death of a 7 year old boy have taken their concerns to mayor Richard m. Daley. Then message Stop the killing Stop the gangs Hue More police officers. About w0 students at Jose de Diego Community Academy on Chicago a North Side decided to write the mayor after Dantrell Davis was killed last month while walking to school in the notorious Cabrini Green housing project. Student Council members tuesday delivered the letters from kindergarteners through eighth graders. Yanet an eighth Grade girl wrote that her family fears for the lives of relatives in a dangerous neighbourhood a livery Day we Call to see if they re of. When we done to get an answer we get really scared a she said. Some of the younger children Drew pictures. Banian a for example shows a shooting taking place Between two build Ings. �?o1 do not like this a he says. Quot there is a lot of bad people. My Cousin almost got shot. Why a Quot to you 1 might be a Little person but i want to take a stand from All the Little people 11-year-old Roberto wrote. �?o1 v do like to live in a place where 1 can ism peace where i can play in my ii Hack Yard without worrying about g a a is and a a 1 Onietta Boyd an assistant principal at the school said. 1 Here s my a classroom that you can walk into where someone in the class has not lost a relative Quot or loved one to violence. Quot i wish you could make it Stop Quot wrote 8-year-old Andreina. A it is not fair that children cannot go outside and play anymore. I would like to play outside without being scared of getting Hurt by someone with a one time i saw a baby get shot because he had a Chicago bulls hat on a Annette wrote. A please or. Daley Stop this showing please my Cusen got shot for Quot Blanca Rodriguez 13, was upbeat after meeting with Daley. 1 Felt really proud and in be decided i want to become the mayor to help reduce the violence a she said
