European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 04, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Inside stripes d halt of fraud invest Galion is criticized by prox Mara Page 5 d Nystrom ends Becker s . Open Hopes Page 21 Reagan draws Bead on tax system Page 28 the stars authohi1id unofficial publication of the . Ahmed fool vol. 44, no. 139 wednesday september 4, 1985 in Don a suf d 8693 a Elena Wallops Mississippi coast Biloxi miss. A Hurricane Elena finally howled ashore along the Mississippi coast monday with winds up to122 Mph ripping off roofs uprooting Trees flooding highways slinging Tele phone poles and leaving almost 300,000 customers without  the damage no serious injuries were reported As the season s fourth Hurri Cane made landfall after zigzagging around the Gulf of Mexico for four Days. Earlier it contributed to three deaths in  than half a million people were evacuated in Florida Alabama Mississippi and Louisiana after Elena reversed course off the coast of Florida on sunday and headed Northwest with winds of 125  Hurricane s highest sustained winds quickly dropped after it hit land Here just before 8 . By late afternoon winds were Down to about 40 Mph just above tropical storm strength and All Hurricane warnings were discontinued. At 6 . Not the storm s Center was about similes North of Baton Rouge la., and it was moving West Northwest at around is Mph. Curfews set curfews were set in at least five communities and National guard troops were called out in Mississippi and Louisiana. Several dozen of the 2,000 guardsmen called out in Florida Over the weekend remained on duty monday helping maintain order As an estimated 1 million refugees see Elena on Page 28 a photo front Row Bench Homes at Indian Rock Beach fit., Are in shambles after winds and High water from Hurricane Elena hit the am. Head of search f earn confirms titanic found St. Johns Newfoundland up the Leader of a joint .-French expedition confirmed monday that the wreckage of the unsinkable luxury liner titanic which struck an iceberg and Sank 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 pieces of the ship were located shortly after mid night sunday about 370 Miles South of Newfoundland. To finally put those souls to rest was a very feeling said Ballard. We came on it Early this i ing. It was just bang there it was right on top c lotion is aboard the . Navy Oreano in Surv Tsi Cnorr which used a new robot sub equipped with Jamand still cameras in thes Ballard said the a Kocain s Injo Ifil action was excitement then a coming tatty that to realize that we had found the ship inf feb Han 1,500 people had died. For a to this who had researched it Tutto Nany More i disaster he said. Ctr said the expedition funded by the . Navy and the National geographic society docs not plan to raise the wreck. The network said the team plans to ask 3nitcd 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 feel deep since the beginning of july. The titanic Sank in route from the English part 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  spent searching for it according to Media general associated press poll. And while the idea dirt mime in travel is no longer far fetched Amer Are not Overly eager to ride in the space  percent of the 1,517 respondents in the nationwide Telephone poll said they believe alien life exists while 36 cent disagreed. Seventeen perccj1 unsure. Forty nine  the search for life on other Plaris such As that done with radio telescopes is a Good use of re search 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 schedule flight for new Hampshire schoolteacher Christa  percent of the respondents would like a trip in the a older not 3 it Anmis of to ,.inted to ride in the space shuttle com pared with nearly half of 35-to-54-Ycar-Olds, one third of 55-to-64-Ycar-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  other questions Twenty nine per a slates Ipen  of the pro or tent of t More should be r forty three percent said the unite states spends the right amount and 11 percent were unsure. Landing an astronaut on another planet holds Little importance to slightly an half of the respondents while it should be a High priority. Fifty one  pro Gram directly benefits their. Half of them said the space program produces technological Progress is percent cited biomedical advancements and 14 percent cited improved communications. Smaller percentages cited other Benc. Defense and a better under standing of food and diet. On the question of life on other planets younger Well educated people were More Likely to believe in intelligent alien life Thun older and less Well educated  half of the 18-to-54-Ycar-Olds said they think intelligent life exists on other planets compared with 43 percent of the 55-to-64-year-Olds and one Quarter of the 65 and older  percent of College graduates see alien on Page 28