European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 11, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday september 11, 1985 the stars and stripes Page 7 disaster Aid centers open for Elena victims Gulfport. Miss a More than 800 people applied for help As Federal state disaster Aid centers opened in four Mississippi Gulf coast cities hit by Hurri Cane Elena and a Utility reported it had restored service toll but a few customers. Most people monday applied for Small business administration Loans said Dusty Perkins of the Mississippi emergency management Agency. He said More than 2,000 other applicants made appointments for later inter views. The first death in the area directly related to the Hurri Cane was reported when a Utility lineman was killed. Mississippi Power co., the major Utility in the three county area hit hardest by the labor Day Hurricane said it had restored Power to nearly All the 82,425 customers who lost Power. We came in under schedule Utility spokesman John Hutchinson said adding that 98.8 percent of Power was Back on. We finished in 6% Days instead of 10  Federal emergency management Agency disaster Relief centers opened in Gulfport and in Pascagoula Biloxi an Ocean Springs and will stay open until sunday. The Public centers will be handling any needs that they have and needs said Linda Rouse Deputy director of Harrison county civil defense. Residents of Harrison Jackson and Hancock counties can apply for Federal Aid such As emergency unemployment payments funds for temporary housing cleanup Money and Low Cost Loans. Robert w. Ingram 29, of Ponotoc county was killed when the Boom from his Power line repair truck touched High voltage wire saturday. He was pronounced dead at singing River Hospital in Pascagoula according to capt. Michael Robichaux of the Jackson county sheriffs office. Ingram an employee of Pontotoc electric Power association was one of More than 600 linemen from outside the area called in to help restore Power. In another Accident involving Power company Crews authorities said two linemen with coast ele it Power association were injured sunday when their repair truck was struck by lightning North of Gulfport. They were listed in Good condition monday at a Gulfport Hospital. The salvation army provided More than 184,000 meals to Hurricane victims in the Gulfport area last week said Ernest Wells a spokesman for the group s Tri staff Region Al office in Jackson. Over the weekend hotels along the Gulf coast reported that bookings began to return to Normal As the dusk to Dawn curfews were lifted. Most motels and hotels along Scenic . 90 reopened although some have damaged sections that Are closed. Discoverers of titanic greeted with Celebration at Home port Woods Hole mass. Not the triumphant researchers who found the luxury liner titanic were greeted at their Home porn Here by cheering crowds bal loons and the blare of air horns. Two helicopters and a flotilla of Little boats followed the 245-foot Navy research Vesil Knorr to its Landing Mon Day As the exhausted discoverers waved to families friends and hundreds of reporters from around the world. I m glad it s Over or. Robert d. Ballard Leader of the research team and a senior scientist at the Woods Hole oceanographic institution shouted from the deck As the Knorr pulled up to the institution s wharf. The Navy financed the development of the underwater robot sled Argo. Last week the Argo took More than 12,000 photos of the liner which Sank 73 years ago wit the loss of More than a thousand lives. The Navy wants to use the Argo for secret military missions according to naval sources and scientists who work for the government. Catherine Scheer a researcher aboard the Knorr said the discovery had been a thrill after weeks of seeing mud on underwater cameras. The Knorr left the azores on aug. 15 and pinpointed the titanic orc two weeks later. The Argo about the size of an automobile was built by Ballard and his team at Woods Hole. This was its Maiden voyage with the majority of the Mission devoted to sea trials. From the Navy s Point of View the search for the titanic was Only incidental. Among those greeting the Knorr on monday was Marshall Drew 81 years old an artist and photographer with Long snowy hair who survived the titanic s sinking. As a child of 8, he was travelling with his aunt and Uncle when an iceberg ripped open the huge liner. He and his aunt got into a Lifeboat and his Uncle went Down with the ship. There Are said to be about 20 survivors of the tragedy still alive. Also greeting the Knorr were reporters from Canada France Ireland Australia and West Germany. The most critical test we could imagine was to find something that nobody else could find said John , director of the oceanographic institution when asked How the search had begun. The Navy is now looking at the technology As a Way to begin searches for lost submarines and weapons and Alsoto help develop anti submarine warfare. According to colleagues and his family Ballard in his Early 40s, had Long dreamed of finding the titanic. His interest was said to have been sparked by conversations with William Harris Tallum in a close Friend who was once head of the titanic historical society. Tantum died in 1980. The Knorr pulled in from Nantucket sound at 1 p.m., and a Small Cannon was fired from Shore in Salute. The Knorr operated by the oceanographic Institute is one of the most Maneu Merable ships afloat with Forward and aft propellers Able to move the ship in any direction or main Tain a fixed position in High winds and rough seas. A detailed news conference on the discovery is scheduled for wednesday at the Washington offices of the National geographic. The institution is a private non profit organization founded in 1930. About half of its $40 million yearly budget comes from the National science foundation a Quarter from the Navy and the rest from endowments private foundations corporations and private gifts. A Woholo Marshall Drew a titanic survivor greets the Knorr. Steel workers Boycott Beer Pittsburgh a Blue Collar drinkers of Iron City Beer have been retaliating at the taps since the chair Man of Pittsburgh brewing co. Mad comments favouring the management of strike bound Wheeling Pittsburgh steel corp. The Boycott of Pittsburgh brewing products is having a distinct Impact on sales but the decline is generally limited to the Monongahela River Valley a brewery spokesman said. The comments by brewery chair Man Robert e. Seymour a member of Wheeling Pittsburgh s Board of director offended steelworkers who sup port fellow members of the United steelworkers of America on strike against the nation s seventh largest steel producer. Seymour said last month that us members must accept More pay cuts i Wheeling Pittsburgh is to survive reorganization in bankruptcy court and endorsed the company i managers. After Seymour s statement Union members distributed leaflets saving that s what the think of steelworkers. What do you think of their Beer miss America pageant May change rules Beaufy Queens have divided loyalties Atlantic City no. A Only miss new Jersey had to go to court to de fend her Crown but several of the other women vying to become miss America 1986 have competed in More than one state and at least two have faced criticism for divided loyalties. Miss new Mexico once tried to win crowns in Virginia and Tennessee. Miss Illi Nois is from Michigan. Miss Nevada competed unsuccessfully to become miss Mississippi last year. And miss Arkansas who goes to College in Louisiana once compete for that state s Crown. Pageant rules permit women to compete in state Contesti if they Are residents or students in state colleges. In the Case of miss new Jersey Toni Georgiana from Pennsylvania enrolment in a two week summer course in health and physical Edu cation that she never attended made her eligible for the miss new Jersey pageant. First runner up Laura Ann Bridges sued pageant officials and Georgiana claiming that Georgiana was not entitled to her spoils because she misrepresented herself As a Bona fide student at Trenton state College. Two courts refused to override the pageant judges. Albert a. Marks jr., executive director of the miss America pageant said the rules will probably be changed after this year s contest to prevent such a controversy from arising again. That s up to them the 21-year-old Georgiana said sunday after arriving hereto begin a week of rehearsals interviews with judges and preliminary Competition in preparation for saturday night s finals. They re their Sulci. I followed their rules. That s Why i m Here said Georgia a who was the first runner up in last year s miss Pennsylvania pageant. Several contestants said they sum path a with Georgiana and with her challenger. I think there needs to be More defining of the rules said miss Arkansas Christi Lynn Taunton. In this Case both parties Are  Taunton 20, is a premedical student a Louisiana tech University where she won a local pageant and went on to compete unsuccessfully for the miss Louisiana Crown. Her next two state pageants were in Arkansas. "1 get a lot of flak about going to school at tech which is Only about 80 Miles from her Home in Camden ark., she said. Miss Illinois Karen Marie Moncrieff 21, won her title As a student at Northwestern University. But she was bom and reared in Rochester Mich. Reporters hated the fact i was from Michigan said the aspiring actress who considers Illinois sort 01 my adopted state my adopted  miss Nevada Sonja Nail won her Crown after she moved to the West to take a Job As a dancer. The 23-year-old previously competed in Mississippi her Home state. Miss new Mexico Valerie Joy Faber at 26 the oldest contestant in the pageant said shews first runner up in the state pageant in Virginia her native state. She went to school in Tennessee where she also competed and then after moving to new Mexico took five stabs at becoming the stale Queen. And miss new York Jill rence Priva Teer competing in her 14th pageant since her first at age 7, once vied for the title of miss Florida while living in that state briefly. She is a native of Fredonia n.y., and attends College in Boston. New York is Home she said. I could have competed in Massachusetts this year. But 1 am at heart a new yorker. Miss America 1983, Debra Maffett won her Crown competing As miss California a title she obtained after three unsuccessful tries to win the pageant in her Home state of Texas