European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 15, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Pago 4 b the stars and stripes . H Friday january 15,1993 panel holds faint some pos still alive Washington a a Senate committee held out Hope Quot but no compelling evidence 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 concluding 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-member panel also dismissed any notion Iffet hundreds of half starved prisoners Are languishing in Jungle Camps. Of 2,264 servicemen and civilians listed As 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. Quot there arc americans known or 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 Are almost certainly dead. The committees differing View appeared geared toward encouraging continuing efforts to account for the missing. Quot the committee makes Clear that we have a lot More to do a 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 Mon it Tor efforts in Southeast Asia Moscow and elsewhere to gain information. Astronauts Start 28 tests scrap one space Center Houston f a endeavours astronauts thursday started up More than two dozen biological tests but another Experiment was halted when an instrument that measures a rays malfunctioned. The Crew accomplished the main goal of their shuttle Mission releasing a $200 million communications satellite six hours after liftoff wednesday. A there she goes a crewman Mario Runco or. Said As the satellite drifted from the cargo Bay. The satellite will serve As a switchboard Between spacecraft and Earth. The six Day Mission is the first shuttle flight of the year and the third voyage for endeavour nasal a newest shuttle. The $14 million a Ray spectrometer explores extremely hot mysterious cases Between stars in the Milky Way. T was activated wednesday. 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 Bandoni 4 9, meter Antenna Antenna 2 the full tors system consists of a i Jet arts int 1 a a. A i i i juju. Two operational satellites and two spares in orbit. / or a it # Man to p scale source Nasa aviation week and space technology Magazine a Karl Tate but the device shut off automatically Early thursday when it began getting wide fluctuations in the data measured by the spectrometers detectors mounted in endeavours payload Bay. Scientists on the ground decided to leave the instrument off for at least a few hours until they figured out the problem. A they arc turning it off for a Little bit of troubleshooting and thinking about what a going on a Mission controls Carl Meade said. The spectrometer had returned a a couple of orbits Worth of Good data before it stopped working properly Meade told the Crew. Also thursday morning astronaut Susan Helms powered up an apparatus containing 28 diverse biological experiments that will use brine shrimp Bone marrow and other materials to investigate human diseases including cancer osteoporosis and aids. Additional tests will study the development of miniature wasps fruit flies seedlings bacteria and crystals in weightlessness. The astronauts Are expected to have Little to do with the experiments other than turning them on and off. The Crew awoke to the air Force song off we go into the with Blue yonder three of endeavours astronauts Are air Force officers shuttle commander John Casper Pilot Donald Mcmonagle and Helms the first . Military woman in space 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 car trip an incident that led to the ouster of the a ethics  vice adm. John h. Lemerman 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 Edmond Bonnot. Wednesdays 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 Bonnot s hand on his  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 and 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 a 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 martial. 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 Nook convention at which naval aviators stripped clothing from and fondled at least 26 women. Tests show food additive fights sickle cell anaemia front wire reports Boston a injections of a common food additive can reawaken a dormant Gene and relieve the underlying cause of sickle Celt anaemia perhaps providing the first simple and Safe treatment for the inherited illness researchers say. More testing will be necessary to prove that it reverses the symptoms of the deadly disease which afflicts 50,000 to 100,0 x 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 on 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. Sealed inside sept. 26,1991. Lawmakers fight pay hike 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 t 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 wednesdays 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 states office of hawaiian affairs said Only that the Federal government can Settle land claims arising from the Queen s overthrow or make any move toward providing self government to native hawaiians. The Queens overthrow climaxed political strife Between the monarchy and Hawaii a White businessmen religious leaders and sugar planters who wanted the United states to Annex the islands