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Biacks Asbury Park Jan. 13, 1985 A5 Sharon libel suit heading for jury Jn i 1 lip. (J, despite indications the Phalangists were "seething" for vengeance. Sharon was forced to resign as defense minister in the political upheaval following the report. Time had claimed and Sharon denied that information about the alleged discussion of revenge was in Appendix a secret part of the inquiry commission's report.

However, Yitzhak Kahan, who headed the commission, told Sofaer that a review of secret commission documents, including Appendix did not corroborate Time's claim. Time immediately announced that it "strenuously" objected to limitations placed on its review of the documents, saying it had been "denied potentially crucial information." Time's reservations about the scope of Kahan's review were expressed in a letter by its Israeli lawyer, Chaim Zadok, a former minister of justice. The magazine asked the judge to release it from an agreement with the Israeli government that allowed lawyers for Time and Sharon to see the documents in return for not publicly disputing Kahan's report. Earlier in the trial, Time said that if Kahan's answers proved the alleged revenge discussion was not in Appendix the magazine would print a retraction or correction. Sofaer admitted the Kahan review as evidence Wednesday and then ordered the courtroom cleared of reporters and spectators so the jury could be read Zadok's letter, which he said must remain confidential to honor "a commitment to the state of Israel." Hnm wi nnnMifl IT Asbury Park Press Sylvester Mosley (left), veterans counselor at Newark Rutgers, listens as James Credle, assistant dean of student affairs, talks about the black Vietnam veterans' problems.

The Associated Press NEW YORK Ariel Sharon's $50 million libel suit against Time Inc. goes to a federal jury tomorrow. The jury must decide whether the magazine knowingly and recklessly defamed the Israeli cabinet minister in a report about the 1982 slaughter of hundreds of Palestinians in Beirut. Two days of bitter final arguments by lawyers for both sides ended Friday, capping a weeklong series of developments in the hotly contested trial that began Nov. 13.

The developments included the release of long-sought secret Israeli government information that Time had claimed would back up its case but did not and Sharon's rejection of a Time offer to settle the case with a statement of "regret." The jurors are to receive final instructions from U.S. District Judge Abraham D. Sofaer before beginning deliberations. The crux of the lawsuit is part of a magazine cover story that said Sharon had "discussed" revenge for the assassination of Lebanon's president-elect, Bashir Gemayel, with Lebanese Phalangists a day before the Christian militiamen massacred the Palestinians in Israeli-occupied West Beirut. Last Monday, long-sought information on whether secret Israeli documents contained "any evidence or suggestion" to back up Time's story was released by Sofaer.

The information came from a report by an Israeli commission that investigated the massacre and found that Sharon bore "indirect responsibility" for not anticipating the slaughter 4 ft. NOW BH3nBUBtffiBf fc NOT BE SOLD rom page A 1 such as the Veterans of Foreign Wars i and the Disabled American Veterans, I he said. "They don't want to get into that oia routine of drinking at the bar and celebrating old memories," Credle said. "They want to share war stories, but ihey also want to share the fact that they are different." Black veterans don't take adequate advantage of the benefits programs to which they are entitled, said William McCrary, head of the Veterans Outreach Center in Trenton. "They don't want to be bothered because they don't think they're going to get their just due," said McCrary, himself a black Vietnam vet.

"It boils down to distrust of the government." Because the Veterans Administra- tion does not break statistics down by race, it is difficult to determine exactly how the plight of black Vietnam vets compare with whites. But anecdotal evidence suggests that their experiences before, during and after the war diverge in some significant ways. John Brown, a Lakewood resident, was drafted in 1967. He was sent to boot camp at Fort Jackson, S.C. "I went into a town called Colum-' bia, and I went with three whites and one Hispanic," Brown said.

"We were just GIs on our first liberty, you know, just out to see what we could get into a little dancing, maybe meet some ladies or whatever. "And we went into a restaurant and sat down, and the waitress came over, and she served everyone at the table but me. So my partner, one of the white guys, called her over and said, 'We don't want to get served if our friend is not getting served'," Brown said. "She goes, 'Don't put me on the spot like this. My manager told me we don't serve blacks in So they looked at me, I looked at them, we turned the table over and walked out of the joint," Brown said.

"This was one week before getting on a plane to go to Vietnam, one week before getting on a plane to go lay my Upcoming DOVER TOWNSHIP A discussion about contamination of underground water resources and how to prevent or remedy it will be held 8 p.m. Wednesday at the Ocean County Agriculture Center, Sunset Avenue and Whitcsvillc Road. The Cooperative Extension Service and Ocean County Board of Agriculture have scheduled two speakers. The program is part of the board's annual meeting. TOMS RIVER Three news- Blacks received an estimated 45 percent of those dishonorable discharges, according to a Veterans Administration study.

Bad paper is seen as an obstacle to a good job. Bad paper also disqualifies a veteran from the benefits programs such as educational benefits that might lift him out of poverty or keep him from falling into it. Black Vietnam era vets are disproportionately represented in our nation's prisons, a 1983 U.S. Department of Justice study suggested. That study, using 1980 census statistics, found that a third of Vietnam-era veterans in prison were black.

Less than 10 percent of Vietnam-era veterans are black, according to the VA. "Vietnam era" refers to all soldiers who served during the time of the war, whether they served in Vietnam or not. to brief the committee on the progress of studies and clean-up of toxic wastes at the plant site and on progress of the company's application to renew its ocean discharge permit. WARETOWN The Ocean Township Planning Board is scheduled to consider Thursday an application by Bendan Bay Corp. to build 15 townhouses on individual lots on the east side of the north end of Vessel Road.

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1 1 to 2 2199 Rt. 9, Toms Rivr 1 mile South of Rts. 9 70 Ellis Island work bridge sought to our side, and we can have a brotherhood." Brown remembers North Vietnamese soldiers ambushing his platoon and shooting only white soldiers. They left the black survivors a note saying "you're next," Brown said." Ray Johnson, a black resident of Lakewood and a truck driver, fought in Vietnam for three years. He recalls his white officers being quicker to send blacks to the front lines, but slower to promote them.

Some black soldiers "would just quit fighting," he said. "They would refuse to kill anybody." Black veterans suffer disproportionately from the stigma of "bad paper." Bad paper is the slang term for a dishonorable discharge. Of the approximately nine million Americans who served in the armed forces during the Vietnam era, about 500,000 were dishonorably discharged. picnic area on the Garden State Parkway in September. The Asbury Park Press, Philadelphia Inquirer and Philadelphia Daily News have filed motions seeking release of the documents.

TOMS RIVER The Ocean County Ciba-Geigy Advisory and Oversight Committee will hold its second meeting 3:30 p.m. Thursday at the county administration building. Victor Baker, plant manager at Ciba-Geigy and a committee member, is expected are within the Garden State's, not New York's, borders. The construction bridge will probably be a one-lane, floating bridge, said Adlerstein, adding that it will not be used by visitors or park staff. He said federal officials hope to win approval and the necessary permits from state environmental protection officials and the Coast Guard soon and to build the temporary bridge within three months after that.

"There are several stumbling blocks," he said. State officials said they are concerned that the bridge may interfere with development of Liberty State Park, but they expect their concerns will be addressed. State plans call for construction of a protective seawall, a walkway, a golf course, a science and technology center, outdoor amphitheater and aquarium, McCabe said. "We have to make sure we don't get in each other's way," said Jerome J. McCabe, a consultant on the park development for the Department of Environmental Protection.

boyfriend or war buddy. In addition to People Finders, the Salvation Army, from its office at 120 W. 14th St. in New York City, assists families trying to reunite. For $5, they'll conduct a search of the missing person through public records.

The agency does not get involved with juvenile investigations or desertion cases. Those interested can write the New York office for an application form. Sutherland, of SEARCH, offers another tip for locating someone who is out of touch but not necessarily missing. "Get yourself an honest private investigator and check credit records credit is very computerized." The traditional methods long ago failed police investigators and Estelle Warren, John Warren's wife of 47 years. Though skeptical at first, she has at various times enlisted the aid of nine psychics and an astrologer in the search for her husband.

She is scheduled to visit another psychic later this month. Mrs. Warren still is hopeful about finding her husband alive, but describes the past 17 months as a "continuous nightmare." She hasn't altered her lifestyle much, and the Warrens' home is much the way it was the day John went for his walk. "His bathrobe is still hanging on the bathroom door," Mrs. Warren said.

Detective Hayes wants to end the nightmare but cannot "It nags at me," he said. "I wish I could tell her one way or the other." life on the line," he said. Brown, now a veterans employment counselor for the U.S. Department of Labor in Brick Township, won three Purple Hearts for his military service. He thinks whites and blacks generally fought together as brothers on the field, but said there were subtle attempts to drive them apart.

"You see, there was a psychological war in addition to a physical war," Brown said. "We had a radio announcer, whose name was Hanoi Hanna. At the end of each day, she could tell you exactly how many men were killed, and from what units they were killed. "She'd address her message to the black soldiers," Brown continued. "Her wording was, 'Black brothers, why do you continue to fight for your white oppressor.

Why not come over papers are expected to ask Superior Court Judge William H. Huber Thursday to rescind his previous order keeping confidential a statement by a suspect in the Maria P. Marshall murder case. The statement was given to a county prosecutor's detective lieutenant. Huber also sealed a state police laboratory report concerning the Marshall car.

Mrs. Marshall was fatally shot at a about eight minutes from the New Jersey park and about 20 minutes from New York. "You could swim across there if you've got the spirit," Adlcrstein said of the short distance from New Jersey. Federal and state officials have long agreed that Ellis Island should never be connected to the mainland by a permanent bridge. "For the immigrant, it was an insular experience" to arrive on a boat and be processed at Ellis Island before reaching the mainland by boat, said Adlerstein.

"For a visitor, that's an important part of it. We want to maintain that insular experience." The island had been the site of an arsenal and fort, but was used as the country's chief immigration station from 1892 to 1943. It is part of the Statue of Liberty National Monument. Ellis Island and neighboring Liberty Island are being restored with funds raised by the Statue of Liberty Foundation. The islands are at the center of a federal lawsuit filed by New Jersey residents and officials who claim they ee of the organization.

In addition to the photographs of missing persons, there are pictures of recovered bodies. The public has a "warped view" of the scope of the missing persons problem, especially with missing juveniles, he added. The media often report the number of cases entered in the NCIC system, but fail to mention the 96 percent deletion rate, he said. Still, there are enough cases like John Warren's "to make you wonder," said Sutherland. He believes many unsolved disappearances are tied to "a stress situation of one kind or another" that went unnoticed by the family and friends of the missing person.

Sutherland said it is easy for an adult who wants to disappear to do so, and it is not illegal unless the person deserts their dependents or leaves behind debts. "If you haven't evaded your responsibilities nobody will come looking for you. You haven't done anything wrong," he said. State Police investigator Mattis said that when his office determines a missing person left voluntarily, they drop the case. They will tell family and friends that the person is safe, but will not reveal their whereabouts, he said.

Many of those who disappear voluntarily should be described as "out of touch" rather than missing, said Blair Hallenstcin, publisher of Batavia, "People Finders," a new publication that aims to reunite separated families and assist adoptees searching for their parents. Some of the magazine's listings, especially with juveniles, imply that foul play played a part in the disappearance. Most, though, are seeking a long-lost sister, The Associated Press THE National Park Service is seeking the approval of New Jersey and Coast Guard officials to build a bridge between Liberty State Park in Jersey City and Ellis Island while construction work is under way at the historical site. Federal officials said restoration work at the island that was the gateway to America for about 16 million immigrants could be done more quickly and less expensively if construction materials could be transported from New Jersey over a bridge instead of by barge. Restoration work, including the development of the main building as a monument to immigration history and a museum, is expected to be completed by 1992.

"We haven't faced any strong opposition to the bridge," said Michael Adlerstcin, architectural manager of the National Park Service for Ellis Island. The trip by boat to the small island in Upper New York Bay takes Woman From page Al and unaccounted for, McDonnell said. Police handle most cases the same way, said Lt Vincent Mattis, supervisor of the six-month-old State Police Missing Persons Unit The missing person and the circumstances surrounding the disappearance are tagged with one of five labels: juvenile, disabled, endangered, involuntary and catastrophe. With juveniles and the disabled, there is little explanation needed to fill out a missing person report. Endangered means the facts indicate the missing person might be in some danger, and involuntary relates to kidnappings and abductions.

The last category is for those lost in mishaps such as storms and boating accidents. In Mrs. Stavitskie's case, police have searched and questioned. Alexander Stavitskie and his 18-year-old son, Alexander have been given lie detector tests by police, the elder Stavitskie said. They were telling the truth about his wife's disappearance, he said, although there wasn't much to tell.

If Mrs. Stavitskie goes unfound, her name and picture will likely appear in an upcoming issue of the SEARCH report, a monthly missing persons' listing distributed to poce, public agencies and hospitals by Search Reports a non-profit group based in Englewood Cliffs. "It is a very unpleasant publication," said Charles Sutherland, a trust-I I I 101 I THURSV(JAN. 17 1 ffpASfpfffM 1 "ilj-u" -ul.