European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 27, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes . November 27.1993 . To woo some aliens for i by the new York times Washington the Clinton administration says it will encourage Lega immigrants to become . Citizens a new policy intended to counter hostility to immigrants. The Effort could enfranchise millions of people who have lived in the United states for years without seeking citizenship. When immigrants become Citi Zens they gain the right to vote to hold Public office and to serve on juries. Becoming citizens would also make it easier for them to get jobs As police offi cers or Public schoolteachers because such jobs Are reserved for citizens in some states. It also would make it easier for them to bring into the United states certain close relatives. The immigration and naturalization service estimates that 10 million Legal permanent residents who Are not citizens live in the United states. By the turn of the Century this group May make up one fourth of the population in some cities including new York los Angeles and  now the Federal government has not promoted naturalization and the complexity of the process has probably discouraged Many immigrants from applying for citizenship. In addition Many immigrants express ambivalent feelings wanting to become part of . Society while retaining roots in their homelands. Doris m. Meissner the new commissioner of the immigration and naturalization service said in an interview this week that the new Public a is intended to defuse tensions Over immigration. We have to do As much As we can to pro Mote naturalization said Meissner who took office oct. 18. I am very concerned about the anti immigrant feelings we see us various parts of the country and in con Gress. Naturalization helps counteract anti immigrant attitudes. When people become citizens they accept Wiir values and most americans Are  Meissner said the government would work with private groups to publicize the advantages of citizenship and to expedite the handling of applications. She also said she intends to simplify naturalization procedures without lowering standards and will seek additional Money and employees to  and asian american groups welcomed the new emphasis on naturalization. But some lawyers noting that the immigration service is already deluge with work said they doubt that it Cai Reffi a gently handle hundreds of thousands of new applications. Cloning helps bolster Tomato s disease defences by the new York times scientists at Cornell University have isolated an cloned a Gene responsible for disease resistance in a major crop  the Gene into susceptible Tomato plants through genetic engineering gave them the same Protection possessed by naturally resistant plants. The discovery reported Friday in the journal Sci ence Points the Way to the identification of genetic bases for Many desirable agricultural characteristics including yield nutritional value flavor and insect Resis Tance.  is the holy grail said Steven Tanksley who headed the research. He is a professor of Plant Breed ing and biometry at the Ithaca n.y., University s col lege of agriculture and life sciences. Right now we have no yield genes in hand. But inthe next five to 10 years we might have genes which would have a tremendous Impact on  � while a commercial payoff May be years away other scientists said the Cornell report was valuable for its validation of a technique for finding genes through maps of Dan the material that transmits hereditary patterns. The advantage of this approach is that on need not know anything about the molecular biology of the Gene or the protein it encodes. Most biotechnology works the other Way sequencing the genes responsible for expression of known  As map based cloning the mapping tech Nique for isolating and identifying genes lies at the heart of the human genome project the quest to identify every Gene on every human  Gene project is being financed by the depart ment of Energy the National institutes of health an the . Plant genome research program a project financed by the department of  s the first example that i know of of a significant discovery using map based cloning said Roge Beachy director of Plant biology at the so Apps re search Institute in san Diego. Apfell cloning the perfect Christmas tree is the goal of agriculture experts in Texas. The tree shown above was last year s tree at the . Capitol. Christmas tree clones aim for perfect Pines College station Texas a on Good Christmas tree deserves another and an other. The Texas agricultural Experiment station is cloning Pines which the Agency says will allow growers to save time by Breeding a couple of Good Trees then multiplying them. The cloned tree is the future for Christma Strees in the South tree grower Don Kachtik said. We Only have one Type of tree that grows Well Southeast Texas the Virginia Pine so we need a Good  Kachtik who was among the first to begin grow ing the Virginia Pines in Texas soil said he has several Hundred perfect Pines ready to be Cut for the holidays. Kachtik says a Good Christmas tree must have a straight trunk that slips easily into a stand and lots of limbs to hold  also said their Trees must grow rapidly and be immune to disease and  year s crop was potted in april 1990, then placed in a greenhouse for six to nine months. Winall about 450 cloned Trees Are growing commercially in Texas but not All Are ready for trimming this year Kachtik said. Researchers expect More cloned Christmas Trees to be available in coming years As growers decide to pay More for the cloned seedlings in order Roget a More marketable tree. The traditional Virginia Pine seedling costs Les than 7 cents compared with 75 cents to $1.50 for a cloned tree ready to Plant. Man suspected in dozen rapes Eaton. Ohio a a Man accused of being a serial rapist who preyed on older women in two states has been arrested. Steven e. Barker 31, of new Paris is charged with Only one rape so far in Ohio said John Lenhart superintendent of the Ohio Bureau of criminal identification and investigation. But Barker is suspected of raping 12 women and at tempting to rape four others in Ohio and Indiana since january 1991. Lenhart , a Carpenter was being held thursday in the Preble county jail in Eaton where he was. Arrested the previous Day. The victims lived within a 50-mile radius of Eaton Lenhart said. The youngest victim was 40, utmost of the victims were older than 60, he said. Barker agreed to in testing and the results led to his arrest. Firm s staff accused of bilking Navy Newark . A a shipping company s sinking fortunes led employees to defraud the Navy out of about $1million in connection with the operation of 10 oceanographic vessels officials say five employees at Mso based in Rockville md., were indicted on Feder Al charges accusing them of obtaining reimbursement for work that was Neverdone and Billing the government for $3 million in goods for which the company had t paid. The total loss is upwards of a million dollars said Scott t. Jacobs special agent in charge of the Perth Amboy of fice of the naval criminal investigative service. The indictment was handed up late tuesday. In March a former Mso ship manager Michael Zaremba pleaded guilty to charges that he and others had falsified records and is cooperating with investigators projectors said. If convicted on All counts the five employees face up to 155 years in Pris on $7.75 million in fines and restitution. They remained free pending their arraignment which is to be within two weeks. All five either had unlisted numbers or did not return messages wednesday. They five Are Barbara Archer 41, of Silver Spring,md., Mso s accounting manager and controller. Paul Caubo 30, of Bethesda md., an Mso ship Captain. Leslie Couchenour 29, of Bel air md., a ship manager. Moshe Levy 59, of Coral Springs fla., a former chief Engineer aboard a ship operated by Mso. And Herbert Payan 28, of Teaneck ., a ship Engineer. Governor who got new heart liver prepares for work Uii Ann phia a gov. Rob used Dav of the Vear for the state Leeis but i think once we get Nast this we Philadelphia a gov. Ert p. Casey plans to resume his duties nearly december nearly six months after he underwent a heart liver transplant the Philadelphia inquirer reported thursday. The newspaper quoted unidentified administration sources As saying he plans to return before dec. 15, the last sched ule y Yea legislature. One source said the administration was discussing the possibility of having Casey address a joint legislative session dec. 6 or 7. Casey spokesman Vince Carocci said thursday that he could not confirm when Casey would announce or make his return. But get past week end anytime could be the time he said Casey 61, handed his duties Over to . Mark Singel before the operation june 14. He underwent the transplant to treat familial amyloid Sis a rare disease that caused his liver to manufacture an Abnor Mal protein that weakened his heart