European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 3, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday january 3, 1994 l . The stars and stripes Page 5 . Suspected Laos held pos paper says Washington a newly declassified documents show the United states had information that suggested some downed american pilots being held prisoner in Laos were not released at the end of the Vietnam War the Washington Post reported in sundays editions. The defence department officially lists 333 americans As missing in action in Laos. Most of them probably were killed when their aircraft crashed and others May have been killed by the pro communist Patchet lao forces. Officially Only two . Fliers Are known to have been held by Patchet lao. Rebels and the Pentagon believes both men a col. Charles Shelton and it. Col. David Hrdlicka a died in Captivity in the 1960s. But 500 reels of microfilmed documents a made available at the Library of Congress in recent months a provide sortie support for those who believe the number once held in Laos was perhaps As High As 41, the Post said. Although the evidence is inconclusive the documents from the state department Cia and defense intelligence Agency support earlier testimony by be More Mia Aid before Trade poll says new York apr a majority of americans would put off Normal Trade with Vietnam to Spur cooperation in resolving the cases of missing service Nen according to an associated press poll. The idea of establishing Normal diplomatic relations with Vietnam appeals to Many americans the poll found 58 percent in favor 32 percent opposed and 10 percent not sure. But an overwhelming 85 percent said they were not Satin isfried Vietnam has done enough to try to help account for the More than 2,000 american servicemen still listed As missing in action in Southeast Asia. A majority 55 percent said the United states should wait for More cooperation before establishing Normal Trade with Vietnam and 40 percent agreed with establishing Normal Trade now in Hopes of encouraging cooperation. . Companies have been forbidden to do business in Vietnam since the country fell to communist run North Vietnam on april 30, 1975. But in september president Clinton announced he was easing the Trade pm Bargo to allow american companies to bid on hundreds of millions of dollars Worth of proposed development projects in the country. Nior Nixon administration officials that they feared at the time that . Prisoners had been left behind but they decided there was Little they could do about it. Of the 591 americans released by North Vietnam in 1973, Only nine had been captured in Laos. They were held by the North vietnamese and not by the Patchet lao. According to the Post the declassified documents show a in january 1973 the Cia listed a confirmed enemy prisons in caves in northeastern Laos with locations. Several of the locations carry descriptions of the Likely inmates such As a american pilots v possibly 20 a and a approximately 15 american  a minutes from a Washington inter Agency meeting about the same time said a we have Only six known prisoners in Laos although we Hope there May be 40 or 41. We think they Are holding a lot More than six prisoners  a in a 1992 deposition Given to Senate investigators Bobby Ray Inman president Clinton a nominee to be new defense Secretary and a senior naval intelligence officer in 1973, said a in �?T73 a Large number of us thought there were prisoners in lao simply because we had known people had gotten to the ground that there were substantial prisoners in Laos that were unaccounted  he said he later changed his mind when none of them surfaced. Senate investigators concluded in Early 1993 that there was Hope but a no com polling evidence that any americans remained alive in Captivity in Southeast Asia. To the extent it was possible Quot the focus is principally on Laos a Sai Ltd sen. John f. Kerry a mass. Pentagon directed search efforts Are focusing on 90 a discrepancy cases involving Laos. New York mayor Rudolph w. Giuliani shakes hands with City police officer Pete Palmiotti As officer John Beattie looks on at the 44th precinct in the Bronx on saturday. New faces to take on woes nation s most by the associated press some of the nations biggest and most troubled cities began 1994 with new people in their mayors offices each one vowing to turn things around. In new York Rudolph w. Giuliani began work on a program to make the nations largest City safer. Detroit a Dennis w. Archer set about remaking a City needs a top new business Ana visitors. Atlanta a new mayor Bill Campbell will be sworn today. Giuliani a Republican who Defeated Democrat David n. Dinkins new York City a first Black mayor said he would add police foot patrols to ensure the safety of students walking to and from Taft High school in the Bronx. It was one of the most violent schools in the City with 72 criminal incidents reported last school year. A we Are living in an age when you Are afraid of your very Shadow a nurses aide Franklyn Riley told Giuliani when the mayor paid a new years Day visit to City Hospital Center in Queens. Giuliani a former . Attorney said the school safety zone and other efforts would make people feel safer. A a a a in Detroit Archer succeeds Coleman a. Young who is suffering from emphysema and did not see re election after five consecutive terms. Detroit faces a potential budget deficit of $88.5 million an eroding population and business base too much vacant housing and a crime rate that remains High despite recent drops. A a it a going to take a lot of Energy to give us the world class City we want. In a excited about the challenges i face said Archer a former Michigan supreme court Justice. Pittsburgh a new mayor is a steelworkers son whose plans Call for a break with the Industrial past and bold Steps into a new generation. Murphy has said he plans to develop vacant riverfront properties and expand High tech Industry. He wants riverboat casinos to lure gamblers and an expanded cultural Community to bring tourists to town. Campbell a former City councilman succeeds retiring Atlanta mayor Maynard Jackson to head the City that ill Host the 1996 olympics. On my use of fired words Sault Ste. Marie Mich. A if a by ouse think its acceptable to buy expensive a stocking stuffers when your family a gathers together after your economic fortunes a skyrocket a you Quot just done to get  at least that a what Lake Superior state University said Friday in releasing its latest list of misused Over used and useless words and cliches. The school which has been compiling the list since 1976, wants them banished from the English language. Hundreds of people in the United states and Canada including comedian George Carlin sent in nominations to the school spokesman Tom Pink said. Carlin nominated the phrase Quot Badda Boom bad dab ing a because of overuse. The phrase a stocking stuff cry made the list because it once described inexpensive trinkets but is now used in ads for cellular phones and Diamond rings. Jessica Stanaway of Brimley said every time she hears the term a three peat it makes me want to  other words on the list include a paradigm a a a party As a verb and  among the phrases were Quot giant sucking sound a a Mother of All,.�?� and a there for  in the category of redundancies a gathered together a a past experience a a a new recruit Quot Quot always consistent and Quot helicopters  Quot clearly ambiguous and Quot sketchy details were deemed oxymoron. Diseased Monkey housed in children s Section of zoo Pittsburgh apr a Monkey with a contagious disease fatal to humans was housed in the children a Section of the Pittsburgh zoo for nearly three years after being diagnosed. Alphie a japanese macaque whose six month zoo escape in 1987 made him a Folk hero is now quarantined with five other infected monkeys All his progeny. Zoo documents show that three weeks after the macaque was recaptured Jan. 27, 1988, he tested positive for Simian b virus the Pittsburgh Post Gazette reported saturday. Simian b can be transmitted to humans through bites or scratches. It is incurable in primates but not fatal. However it is deadly to humans in 70 percent of cases according to the Federal centers for disease control and prevention in Atlanta. Zoo director Barbara Baker had Alphie quarantined in january 1991, months after she was hired. A the was in the Middle of the children a zoo. It horrified me a Baker said