European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 10, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 10 the stars and stripes ,. World m offers fee feb tuesday August 10,1993 Hanoi Vietnam a the government on monday revived an offer to pay a reasonable fee to citizens who can help locate or recover remains of american servicemen missing from the Vietnam War. The Vietnam office for seeking miss ing. Personnel said it was offering the Money in an Effort to intensify the search after consultations with the United states. After scientific examination if these remains arc identified precisely As those of an american the supplier will receive a reasonable fee the announcement said. It did not specify the amount. Tran Van to Deputy director of Viet Nam s missing in action office said the Money was intended to cover costs rather than serve As a Reward the amount paid in each Case would vary. We will pay for labor for example when people go to dig a grave site and find remains to said. And also when some people know some information that we Don t know of for example a crash site in the Jungle we can pay for them to work with to said his office made similar offers in 1988 and 1992. The Issue of Mia remains has gained urgency since . Assistant Secretary of state Winston lord visited Hanoi with a High ranking delegation last month. Lord said accelerated recovery of remains was one of four areas of concern where Viet remains Nam must show Progress if Washington is to restore diplomatic relations with its one time enemy. President Clinton must decide by sept. 14 whether to lift the 18-year-old Ameri can economic embargo against Vietnam or extend it for another year. Clinton also has insisted that Hanoi help in efforts to resolve Mia cases in Laos Settle 92 so called discrepancy cases in which missing individuals were seen alive and provide Access to documents relevant to the Mia search no politician 3 women get japanese posts Tokyo a prime minister Morihiro Hosokawa who has promised to clean up rampant political corruption in Japan on monday named a Cabinet that included avowed reformers a no politician and a re Cord number of women. Hosokawa who came to office at the head of a wave of Public disgust Over corruption in the Long ruling lib eral democratic party created a new minister for Polit ical Reform in the 23-member Cabinet. For the top posts of finance Trade and foreign policy he also named former lip members who quit the party As part of a rebellion that helped Start the ruling party s downfall. All Are conservatives who weren t expected to change current policies. Major policy changes were also not expected in other areas other than political Reform because the Rul ing coalition is made up of seven parties with ideologies so differing that some analysts predict the government won t last Long. The parties which Range from the left leaning socialists to the conservative Japan renewal party United in july elections to end 38 years of conservative Liberal democratic Rule. But the ruling coalition which elected Hosokawa prime minister on Friday has Only a thin majority in the lower House of parliament 259 seats in the 511-seat body. The Cabinet was to be sworn in by emperor Aki Hito later monday. For the moment the new Cabinet must turn its at Tention mostly to urgent Domestic problems such As re Lief for survivors of weekend typhoons that killed scores und a new National budget to energize the stagnant made efforts to Shore up the stability of his government by naming the Leader of each of the seven parties to a Cabinet Post. Japan renewal party Leader Tsutomu Hata 57, who japanese prime minister Morihiro Hosokawa gestures As he stands with his new Cabinet on monday. With Hosokawa Are from left Keigo Ouchi health and welfare minister Sadao Yamaha a political Reform minister Tsutomu Hata foreign minister and Koshiro Ishida head of the management and coordination Agency. Formed his party in june after breaking away from the Liberal democrats with 43 other legislators was named foreign minister and Deputy prime minister. Since the renewal party is the Only party in the coalition with experience in government Hosokawa also gave it the key ministries of finance and Trade. The new finance minister Hirohisa Fujii and new Trade minister Hiroshi Kumagai Are also both former lip members. Hosokawa also broke with tradition by naming a no politician Tokyo University emeritus Law professor Akira Mikazu i 72, to the politically delicate position of Justice minister. Three women won Cabinet posts Wakako Hironaka to head the environment Agency manae Kubota the economic planning Agency and Ryoko Akamatsu the education ministry. Three is the most women Ever named to a japanese Cabinet. Former prime minister Toshiki Kaifu picked two women for his first Cabinet in 1989. Complaints mar opening of Buckingham Palace from wire reports London lower than expected turnout and tourist complaints of being rushed through Buckingham Palace on the first weekend of Public Tours have prompted Palace officials to review the number of tickets sold each Day a spokeswoman said Mon Day. Administrators handling the tour planned to allow up to 8,000 people into the 18 state apartment rooms each Day but the projection appears to be considerably upbeat. The Queen s London Home attracted Long lines for its debut open ing saturday and 4,314 people got since then the line of people pre pared to pay 8 pounds $12 to pee inside its doors has rapidly shortened. It Palace advisers think lines Are getting too Long they will Stop Selling tickets to make sure everyone is out of the 18th-Century Home by 5 30 . On sunday 4,500 people were Al Lowed to buy tickets with Many disgruntled people turned away. Sun Day s sales were boosted to 5,202 by pre booked tour groups und tickets for disabled tourists. The Palace took in a total of $106,500 at the souvenir shop Over the weekend. We re checking the number All the time to see what the congestion is like the spokeswoman said lot of people stayed away Over the first couple of Days because they were worried about the queues coming some of those who took part in the tour complained of being rushed through the rooms and not Given enough information about the history or background to various artwork and treasures. They Are obviously doing this for the Money because they Don t seem to want you there said Motoko Wada a 24-year-old japanese air stewardess. 3 palestinian negotiators quit Tunis Tunisia a three top palestinian negotiators have resigned in a fallout with Plo chairman Yasser Arafat Over peace talks with Israel. Faisal Husseini Hanan Ashrafi and Saab Ere Kat submitted their resignations sunday night delegation head Haidar Abdul Shafi said monday in Amman Jordan. Top officials asked the negotiators to reconsider but the three said their Deci Sion was final a palestinian source who spoke on condition of anonymity said in Jerusalem. The Row broke out Over a document drafted by the Plo and submitted to . Secretary of state Warren m. Christopher. The three delegates report edly criticized the document because it put crucial issues such As the status of Jerusalem on the Back Burner. Palestine liberation organization officials said the negotiators and Arafat had a furious quarrel before senior palestini an officials intervened. Ashrafi spokesperson of the Palestin Ian team to the Middle East peace talks said the three agreed not to comment on their meetings with Arafat and senior leaders of his mainstream Fatah faction. Ancient artefacts found in Oman Muscat Oman a an Ameri can archaeologist monday reported the discovery of fragments of 2,400-year-Oldgreek wine goblets in the Southern prov Ince of shofar. Juris Zarins of Southwest Missouri state University in Springfield said the discovery indicated the extent of greek influence in the arabian Peninsula Dur ing the hellenistic period around the 4th Century . The pieces of polished Black pottery were unearthed during a two month excavation at the site of the ancient Saffaras Metropolis at Ain Hamran. Zarins said the excavations further supported the theory that Saffaras was a coastal twin City of bar the fabled frankincense City
