European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 23, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page6 the stars and stripes wednesday april 23,1986 excavators dig out Sand after the Walls were blasted away in the basement of Chicago s Lexington hotel. Hotel diggers find one Fhi no Al Capone loot never existed Chicago up months of preparation and speculation and two hours of digging through Brick and Concrete monday night ended in failure. They found no loot left by Chicago s most infamous gangster Al Capone. The suspense was kept alive until the last possible min Ute of a two hour live broadcast from the basement of the abandoned Lexington hotel. The broadcast was carried by a Chicago television station to viewers across the nation. As workmen used bulldozers to Knock Down the outer Wall and dynamite to tear Down another Wall made of Limestone win showed taped interviews of people who said they knew Capone As Well As clips from the movies Capone and the St. Valentine s Day  but when it was All Over Geraldo Rivera the one time Star of Abc news who narrated the event had nothing to show viewers. Rivera apologized saying that tests showing there was a vault had been wrong and the loot never existed. It s always a disappointment when you Don t find what you be been looking for said a spokesman for the organizers of the event. I had really thought we d find  the spokesman said a decision whether to continue dig Ging would be made tuesday. A tour of the hotel basement after the digging had concluded for the night revealed two holes dug into the Wall a couple of empty bottles broken Glass and a lot of dirt. It appeared the workmen actually could have dug Down through the 4-Inch sidewalk instead of spending two hour blasting through the Walls. But the producer of the show John Joslyn remarked afterwards what fun would that have been the show was a fund Raiser for an organization that bought the old hotel and is trying to restore it. Capone the legendary scar face who virtually ran Chicago during the prohibition Era moved with his Hench men into several of the Middle floors of the old Lexington when it was a luxury establishment in 1928. He stayed there until 1932, when he was imprisoned at Alcatraz for evading income tax. Workmen had uncovered several hidden staircases in the hotel that were believed constructed for Capone s use and a Tunnel was found that runs across the Street to the Metropole hotel where Capone had lived before moving to the Lexington. Many downtown Chicago sidewalks Are hollow Laid Over narrow subterranean caverns opening to the base ments of the stores that line the streets. These Are know Nas vaulted  tests had shown that a 125-foot-Long, 8-foot-wide vault was built sometime Between 1927 and 1932 under the sidewalk of the Lexington. But Rivera said the tests apparently had been wrong. The Chicago Tribune and the Chicago Sun times largely ignored the event although the Sun times ran a Long barbed interview with Rivera monday concentrating on his fall from network Grace. But local television stations pulled out most if not All the stops interviewing everyone from men who once worked As guards at Alcatraz to workmen who would Lea the assault on the Wall. Speculation about what might have been sealed in the vault ranged from a Hoard of Cash and jewels to a Stutz Bearcat luxury automobile or even the Bones of Capone s machine gunned and ice picked enemies. The internal Revenue service went As far As to take out a $800,000 Lien on anything of Capone s that might have been found. Capone came to Chicago from new York and Rose to Power during prohibition becoming the most famous and most powerful mobster of the Era. After serving eight years in Alcatraz he died in Florida in 1947 of syphilis texans end anniversary celebrations san Jacinto state Park Texas a fire works flared in cities across the state As texans closed two Days of festivities commemorating the 150th anniversary of Independence from Mexico. An estimated 100,000 people visited the san Jacinto Battleground during the Celebration including 21,000 people who attended a tribute to the Texas fighters. Monday s ceremony was led by vice president George Bush and gov. Mar White. Freedom that Vas what it was All about free Dom said former . Rep. Barbara Jordan. The Battle marked the ending of an Era of repression and the begin Ning of a new Friendship Between texans and  the Battle on april 21, 1836, lasted 18 minutes. When it was Over Gen. Sam Houston s troops had Defeated the forces led by Gen. Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna securing Texas s Independence from Mexico. A fireworks display monday evening above the Monu ment also took 18 minutes. Fireworks also were fired simultaneously in Austin Corpus Christi Waco Dallas Lubbock Elpaso Longview Beaumont and Brownsville it s a proud Day to be a texan Bush said. Comparing the Battle against Santa Anna to the struggle to Stop terrorism Bush said . Citizens must have the course and the will to  b today i m very pleased to announce that next october the . Navy will Christen a Brand new san Jacinto Bush said adding that the Aegis Cruiser will join the Nav Fleet in january 1988. Y a 21-gun Salute was fired As Texas air National guard jets flew in the missing Man formation Over the Monu ment. Afterwards Cannon blasts echoed through the Park and thousands of balloons were released into the sky. Texans Are in the midst of trying times White said referring to the state s economic problems. Tough times never last but Tough people always do. The people of Texas have never been stronger than they Are  about 46,000 people attended sunday s party which was highlighted with country Western Singer Willie Nelso joining the Houston symphony in a concert. Stateside assistant Secretary of Energy will be named by president Washington a president Reagan plans to nominate a. David Rossin an official of the electric Power research Institute in Palo Alto calif., As an assist ant Secretary of Energy the White House has said. The announcement said Rossin would be named assist ant Secretary for nuclear Energy. Since 1981 he has been director of the nuclear safety analysis Center of the nuclear Power division of the Institute. The White House also said Reagan plans to nominate r. Kenneth Towery president of the Sentinel corp., a business and political consulting firm in Austin Texas As a member of the corporation for Public broadcasting. Actors pull out of fund Raiser after learning of Dod contract Pittsburgh a five actors who returned to Carnegie Mellon University to take part in a Star studded show pulled out of the fund Raiser after learning of their Alma mater s defense department contract. We Are from the humanities our work is to affirm life through our words our Art our music. We cannot in Good conscience participate in any Way in technology that might destroy it said Charles Haid of television s Hill Street  it s very difficult because i love this College said Barbara Bosson a 1969 graduate who appeared on Hill Street  Haid who received a Bachelor of Fine arts degree in 1968, said the five were unaware of the Small private University s $103 million contract with the defens department. It was a decision after hours of soul searching that we had to make Renee Auberjonois of television s Ben son a 1962 graduate told reporters and students. Also pulling out of the program were Robert Foxworth of television s Falcon Crest a 1965 graduate and David l. Lander of Laverne and Shirley who attended Carne Gie Mellon in 1965 and 1966. Pilot lands out of Gas plane on Highway Bridge in Louisiana Shreveport la. A the Pilot of a private plane says he ran out of Gas while heading toward a Shreveport Airport so he came Down at the next place available the interstate 20 Bridge crossing the re Driver. The plane landed Between vehicles with no damage and no injuries police said. When the engine quit i looked for the biggest piece of pavement i could find said Pilot Bruce Bailey 39. M i was doing the same Speed the traffic was he  i needed was about 20 feet of space and Pray the Guy behind me  when i finally got it slowed Down and got a look behind me i had a lot of traffic backed up he said. Startled motorists helped Bailey and his son Bruce 10, push the single engine plane to an exit ramp. Urban league says schools doing poor Job educating Blacks Indianapolis a american Public schools Are earning an of when it comes to educating Black children says the president of the National Urban league. John Jacob told the Urban league s Central regional conference Here that education is the key to economic survival for Blacks and should be the focus of the civil rights movements of the 1980s. High school dropout rates for Blacks Are nearly double those of Whites in 40 percent of the nation s largest cities he said saturday night. Black College enrolment has dropped 11 percent in the past decade even though a higher percentage of Blacks 8raiuat, High sch001 today he said. The Urban league has made improved education for Black children a target of its energies for the next five years Jacob said. Anti khad Afy Caps will help unite americans seller Hopes  Heights . A a business 11 q b.esan.,Selling anti Libya regime baseball Caps if rust on the North of can nation has said c hats Heip unite americans. Man r i maps p lecture a Ammar khad Afy in front of map of Libya with the International no Symbol a red Circle with a slash through it Over the picture. Woy , said 10 percent of the proceeds from the hats would go to a fund he established for families of servicemen killed in clashes with Libya. Is Africa in Ojers were killed when their fighter Jet was downed in the april 14 bombing