European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 03, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Inside stripes q states Eye increases in cigarette taxes Page 5 Navratilova crushes Cecchini in 37-Mlrtute match Page 21 q Reagan draws Bead on tax system Page 28 the stars and stripes vol. 44, no. 138 tuesday september 3, 1985 of a q 8693 a Elena pounds coastal Mississippi Biloxi. Miss. Up Hurricane Elena made a 125-Mph assault on missis Sippi s coast at Dawn monday spawning tornadoes that smashed buildings sparked fires and Gas explosions and left an Esti mated 100,000 people without Power. Gov. Bill Allain asked president Reagan to declare Mississippi s resort coast a disaster area and urged residents who had fled from Elena s fury to stay away for several Days and do a lot of praying.". National guard troops were mobilized to guard damaged Homes and businesses. Elena rolled across Dauphin Island at the Mouth of Mobil Bay where nearly 1,400 people have vacation Homes wiping out the West end of the Island. The season s fourth Hurricane claimed at least two lives and injured 31 people All in Florida while stalking the Gulf of Mexico for three Days. It then turned its Wrath on the Mississippi coast. We have several fires going around Gulfport said Harrison county s civil de sense director. Wade Guice. We re probably looking at several Days without Power he said. Guice said seven tornadoes hit Gulfport two ripping into emergency shelters but there was Only one minor injury. Mississippi Power co. Supervisor Randy Calello said some fires were started by Power lines which fell on or near broken Gas lines or meters. In Gulfport a twister hit a storm shelter injuring one person and another hit a school where 380 people were gathered. The roof of a Center for the  in Biloxi was smashed by a Tornado forcing paramedics to crawl through the rubble to Rescue about 200 elderly people. Elena weakened rapidly As it moved in land. By mid afternoon it lost its Hurricane status and its remnants were near Mccomb moving Northwest at 12 Mph. In Ocean Springs a City of 17,000, Elena s winds spawned tornadoes that dam aged about 20 Homes authorities said. Elena passed 30 mile off the Alabama coast before Dawn knocking out Power to at least 100,000 people in Mobile and the coastal resorts of Gulf shores Orange Beach and Dauphin Island. Damage to Mobile was minor but Dau Phin Island was devastated by 122 Mph winds and pounding surf that stripped away the entire West beachfront wiping out 50 Homes and several businesses. The storm sprang to life off the coast of Africa 12 Days ago. Pierre Kennedy emerges from us Houseboat in Tampa film after assessing damage done by Edna. At right. Police chief Sam Heath inspects wrecked cottage in Indian Rocka fat. Head of search team confirms titanic found St. Johns Newfoundland up the Leader of a joint  expedition confirmed monday that the wreckage of the unsinkable luxury liner titanic which struck an iceberg and Unk on its Maiden voyage in 1912, has been located. Or. Robert Ballard of the Woods Hole oceanographic Institute in Massachusetts said in a ship to Shore interview with the Canadian ctr television network that piece of the ship were located shortly after my night sunday about 370 Miles South of Newfoundland. To finally put those souls to rest was a very Nice feeling said Ballard. We came on it Early this morn ing. It was just bang there it was right on top of  the expedition is aboard the . Navy oceanographic Survey ship Knorr which used a new robot submarine equipped with video and still cameras in the search. Ballard said the search team s initial reaction was excitement then a coming Down off that to realize that we had found the ship where More than 1,500 people had died. For a lot of us who had researched it for so Many years the titanic has become More than a  s a True disaster he said. Ctr said the expedition funded by the . Navy and the National geographic society does not plan to raise the wreck. The network said inc team plans to ask the United nations to declare the site an International memorial. The London observer newspaper earlier reported that the robot submarine had been searching 100 Square Miles of Ocean floor in water 10,000 feet deep since the beginning of july. The titanic Sank in route from the English port of Southampton to new York after striking an iceberg april 14, 1912, and took 1,503 of its approximately 2,200 passengers and Crew to their deaths. Considered the fastest ship afloat at the time it was believed to be unsinkable because of its double Bottom and reinforced bulkheads. Yes alien life exists 47% of americans say new York a is there Intelli gent life on other planets nearly half of americans think so and they believe Money is Well pent searching for it according to a Media general associated press poll. And while the idea of civilian space travel is no longer far fetched americans Are not Overly eager to ride in the space shuttle. Forty seven percent of the 1,517 respondents i the nationwide Telephone poll said they believe alien life exists while 36 percent disagreed. Seventeen percent were unsure. Forty nine percent said the search for life on other planets such As that done with radio telescopes is a Good use of research Money while 45 percent disagreed. But fewer than half of those polled said they want to ride aboard the space shuttle despite the flight of sen. Jake Garn r Utah earlier this year and a scheduled flight for new Hampshire schoolteacher Christa Mcauliffe. Forty eight percent of the respondents said they would like a tip in the space shuttle while 50 percent said no. Not surprisingly younger people appeared More eager for the ride than older people two thirds of 18-to-34-year-Olds wanted to ride in the space shuttle com pared with nearly half of 35-to-54-Ycar Olds one third of 55-to-64-year-Olds and Only 19 percent of those 65 and older. Although a woman was selected to be the first teacher in space women were much less Likely than men to want to ride in the shuttle. Two thirds of the men and one third of the women would like a space ride. On other questions Twenty nine percent said the United slates spends too much on its space pro Gram while 17 percent fell More should be spent. Forty three percent said the United slates spends the right amount and 11 per cent were unsure. Landing an astronaut on another planet holds lithic importance to slightly More than half of the respondents while about Sec alien on Page 28