European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 15, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Pago 4 the stars and stripes . Friday january 15.1993 panel holds faint Hope some pos still alive Washington apr a Senate committee held out Hope a but to compelling evidence Quot on wednesday that a few dozen american soldiers May remain alive in Southeast Asia nearly two decades after the Vietnam War ended. The select committee on pow Mia affairs con eluding its yearlong investigation unanimously rejected allegations that americans were Quot knowingly abandoned by . Officials or that there was a conspiracy of silence within the Pentagon on the Fate of War prisoners. The 12-Membcr panel also dismissed any notion that hundreds of half starved prisoners arc languishing in Jungle Camps. Of 2,264 servicemen and civilians listed Asi unaccounted for at the end of the Vietnam War a Case by Case analysis conducted by the Pentagon and overseen by the committee narrowed the Field to fewer than 244. Of those the most promising May be the 90 still unaccounted from the Covert . War in Laos that went on in tandem with the conflict in Vietnam the committee reported. A there Are americans known of thought possibly to have been alive in Captivity who did not come Back a the committee reported. A we cannot dismiss the Chance that some of these known prisoners remained captive past operation Homecoming a the return of 591 civilian and military pos from Vietnam in 1973. By saying some May have survived the committee contradicted reports by both Congress and the White House concluding that the unaccounted for arc almost certainly dead. The committees differing View appeared geared toward encouraging continuing efforts to account for the missing. A the committee makes Clear that we have a lot More to do Quot said sen. John Mccain r-Ariz., a committee member and former pow. A we must continue on the Assumption that there Are some prisoners  the committee dissolves with the. Completion of its report. But members said they would continue to Monitor efforts in Southeast Asia Moscow and elsewhere to gain information. Space Center Houston a endeavours astronauts accomplished the main goal of their shuttle Mission six hours after liftoff wednesday releasing a $200 million satellite that will serve As a switchboard Between spacecraft and Earth. A there she goes a crewman Mario Runco or. Said As the satellite drifted front the cargo Bay. The six Day Mission is the first shuttle flight of the year and the third voyage for endeavour nasal a newest shuttle. Today the Crew Wilt demonstrate for. Schoolchildren How Windup Bathtub toys and other objects behave in weightlessness. And two astronauts will take a five hour spacewalk sunday to give a a a a Ildi a ears in space the tors tracking and data relay satellite system allows Earth orbiting spacecraft to communicate easily with each other and with ground stations. A band Omni Antenna a the Lull tors system consists of two operational satellites and two spares in orbit. To Antenna 2 Man to scale Nasa practice for the building of a  beginning in 1996. The five member Crews first and Pri Mary task was to eject the tracking and soul cd n8 a Wigan week technology Magazine scr Masr it my data relay satellite. Shortly after its release an attached rocket propelled the 21-ton satellite toward a 22,300-mile-High orbit. A network of such satellites allows astronauts to communicate with Mission control More than 85 percent of the time. Previously Contact was possible Only when spaceships were in sight of ground tracking stations just 15 percent of the time. Nasa plans to keep the Craft in Reserve until needed. Only two of the four such satellites previously put into orbit by astronauts Are fully usable. The satellites also link scientific Craft such As the Hubble space Telescope with Earth. A a it a important to America because its going to add a Karl Tate to our capability to have communications with our spacecraft shuttle included Quot Ltd Deputy shuttle director Brewster Shaw said. Endeavours astronauts Are also testing a new $23 million toilet. It can accommodate much More waste than the old Model a essential if shuttle flights Are to exceed two weeks a but has been criticized because of its Price. Late in the flight the four Man one woman Crew will shut Down one of endeavours three fuel cells for �?�10 hours a a space first. Nasa wants to make sure a fuel cell can be turned off and then restarted in orbit a necessity when shuttles begin Docking with the . Sailor says Petty officer made sexual Advance Jacksonville Fla. A a Sailor testified wednesday that a chief Petty officer made a homosexual Advance to him during a Long ear trip an incident that led to the ouster of the a ethics  vice adm. John h. Fetterman or. Had been responsible for rooting out sexual Bias in the Navy. He was appointed to the Post after the scandal Over sexual harassment at the 1991 Tail Hook convention of Navy aviators. His career ended after he allegedly covered up allegations against his aide chief Petty officer Eamond Bonnot. Wednesday s hearing could Lead to court martial proceedings. During it Navy prosecutors first witness Petty officer 3rd class Timothy c. Cole testified that Bonnot fondled his Chest As they drove to Pensacola in november 1991, Cole said he was driving the car and Bonnot was sitting in the Back seat when he Felt Bonnott a hand on his Chest Cole who testified he had been drinking when the alleged activity occurred said another Sailor told him that Bonnot offered to perform Oral sex. Bonnot faces five indecent assault charges two charges of assault with intent to commit sodomy and one charge each of communication of indecent language Ana solicitation to commit sodomy. The actions allegedly took place in san Diego on oct. 27,1987, and in Pensacola on nov 2,1991. At the end of the article 32 hearing a the Navy s equivalent of a grand jury proceeding a cmdr. Eldon d. Risher Iii the hearing officer will decide whether to recommend that Bonnot face a court martial whether the Case should be handled in another manner or whether the charges should be dismissed. This is the second article 32 hearing for Bonnot who has said he will deny the charges again. Allegations that Fetterman tried to protect his aide after the first article 32 hearing led him to resign As chief of the naval education amp training come at Nas Pensacola and seek retirement. The first hearing resulted in a recommendation last february that Bonnot face court partial. However Fetterman approved a recommendation by a lower ranking officer that Bonnot receive a reprimand and alcohol counselling. Fetterman developed the Navy ethics training program prompted by the scandal surrounding the Tail Hook convention at which naval aviators stripped clothing front and fondled at least 26 women. Tests show food additive fights sickle cell anaemia i a a a a a from wire reports Boston a injections of a common food additive can reawaken a dormant Gene and relieve the underlying cause of sickle cell anaemia perhaps providing the first simple and Safe treatment for the inherited illness researchers say. M6re testing will be necessary to prove that it reverses the symptoms of the deadly disease which afflicts 50,000 to 100,000 Black americans. But researchers said they already have evidence that it can Correct Thala Semia another lethal blood disease caused by a similar genetic defect. The treatment is butyrate a natural substance widely used As a flavor enhancer. When eaten it has no effect. But injected into the bloodstream it turns on a Gene that ordinarily shuts Down before birth. The Gene makes the fetal form of haemoglobin. When called into service later in life it replaces adult haemoglobin which is defective in both diseases. Biosphere 2 Given oxygen Tucson Ariz. A operators of biosphere 2, which had billed itself As a self sustaining ecosystem pumped oxygen into the sealed environment wednesday to make up for losses that have left its inhabitants fatigued. Managers said the intervention wont Hurt the scientific Validity of the project in which eight people set out to live for two years growing their own food and recycling air water and wastes inside a three acre Glass and steel dome. A the system was sealed we re bringing in oxygen and the system will be sealed again a said or. Roy Walford the resident physician in the four woman four Man Crew. Biosphere 2 was built privately at an estimated Cost of $150 million much of that supplied by Texas billionaire and ecologist de Bass. The Crew was seated inside sept. 26,1991. Washington a Twenty seven members of the House tried again on wednesday to persuade the courts to invalidate a 3.2 percent pay raise for Congress this year. They asked the . Court of appeals to declare the automatic adjustment unconstitutional. The challengers appealed a december ruling by . District judge Stanley Sporkin who said boosting congressional salaries to $133,600 did no to violate the 27th amendment to the Constitution. That amendment ratified in May says a no Law varying the compensation for the services of the senators and representatives shall take effect until an election of representatives shall have  the government convinced the lower court that the 1989 Law setting up annual Cost of living adjustments is in sync with the new amendment. No Flag for Hawaii Honolulu a gov. John Waihee has ordered that the . Flag not be flown Over state buildings during the Centennial commemoration of the overthrow of Hawaii a last Queen. Not flying the Flag again until monday is a an appropriate reminder of . Involvement in the overthrow of Queen Liliuokalani Waihee said during wednesday s opening ceremonies of the five Day Centennial Hawaii a state Flag will also be flown at half staff on Capitol Hill in Washington d.c., during the Centennial said democratic sen. Daniel k. Akaka Waihee the states first governor of hawaiian ancestry said it was important a to remember the events 100 years ago that stole a nation and to dedicate ourselves to right that  Clayton Hee chairman of the state s office of hawaiian affairs said Only that the Federal government can Settle land claims arising from the Queens overthrow or make any move toward providing self government to native hawaiians. The Queen s overthrow climaxed political strife Between the monarchy and Hawaii s White businessmen religious leaders and sugar planters who wanted the United states to Annex the islands