European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 25, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday May 25, 1937 the stars and stripes Page 5 soiling Canoe completes 2-year voyage Honolulu a a 60-foot replica of an ancient sailing Canoe saturday ended a two year 3,000 Milc journey that its navigator said proved ancient polynesians could have crossed the Pacific using Only celestial navigation. Amid traditional hawaiian religious ceremonies the Crew of the twin hulled Hokula a came ashore at Kua Loa regional Park in Windward Oahu an area consid ered sacred by he Early hawaiians. That s where he voyage began on july 14, 1985. A Light rain fell As the Canoe surrounded by hundreds of motorboats sailboats and outrigger canoes approached he Shore. The double hulled Craft s Crew of 14 had sailed to Tahiti the Cook islands new zealand Tonga Samoa and the Tuamotu islands without using Modem navigational instruments. The sailors relied on the Star for guidance the two year voyage was undertaken to show that ancient polynesians could have sailed with precision across vast expanses of the Pacific hundreds of years before Christopher Columbus ventured across the at lactic Ocean organizers said. Navigator Nainoa Thompson said the voyage also proved that the polynesians could have sailed eastward in the face of prevailing Trade winds. It s amazing what he ancient polynesians have done said Thompson 34, who is of part hawaiian ancestry. The More i sail the More i m  the crowd of some 12,000 was silent As chanters led the Crew from the Canoe to a nearby stage. The first chant Eia Hawaii was composed More than 900years ago to Welcome a returning Canoe. The Crews from the various legs of the voyage Saj in a semicircle around a Coral altar during the chanting and formal offerings of fish and other Island foods wrapped in to leaves. Among those welcoming the Crew were Hawaii gov. John Waihee and congressman Daniel Akaka the twin hulled Hoovle stands off the Island of Oahu after completing a two year 13,000-mile voyage. Appt Krio the two year voyage ended Early thursday morning when the Crew from seven Pacific Island nations sighted the Island of Hawaii. Because of Light winds the Canoe had been taken under Low for the final 200 Miles so it could reach the arrival ceremonies in time. The Low did not Compromise the voyage because the navigation Experiment was Complete said will Kyd a research assistant with the sponsoring polynesian voyaging society. Houle a made its first voyage from Hawaii to Tahiti and Back in 1976, Hokula a Means Star of gladness and is the hawaiian name for Arcturus the Zenith Star above Hawaii. Graduating classes hear Bush Dole first lady by the associated press graduating College seniors got advice saturday from vice president George Bush firs lady Nancy Reagan and transportation Secretary Elizabeth Dole who urged her audience to consider a career in Public service. Other speakers included Robert c. Stumpel president elect of general motors corp. Bush told University of new Hamp Shire graduates at Durham n.h., that the United slates and the soviet Union Are close to reaching an agreement on reducing or eliminating medium Range missiles in Europe just How much we can achieve remains to be seen Bush said declining to offer specifics on negotiations in Geneva. The United states will certainty meet Halfway on any treaty that Calls for equitable verifiable and stabilizing  we need inventive thinkers to guide our Economy protect our environment secure our rights and establish our place in the world Dole said at commencement exercises at Wheaton College in Norton mass. Her speech was interrupted by a pro test Over a vote scheduled for sunday that could open the doors of the All women s school to men. Trustees have voted in principle to adroit men a Small plane flew Over a crowd of about 1,000 people bearing a Banner Reading trustees Vole no Reagan called on Georgetown univer sity s graduating physicians to be Alert for signs of drug problems among patients As Well As colleagues. You have a higher obligation because you Are the Best and the brightest she said. You Are held More accountable because of the profession you be  put it plainly doctors should know better and their patients deserve  the first lady was awarded an Honor Ary doctor of humane idlers for her work in prompt Ting health and battling disease through her anti drug Campaign. Stumpel to a graduates at Worcester mass polytechnic Institute that the must be prepared to Deal Wilh the new Industrial  it s a revolution that is dramatically changing not Only . Industry but All of America and its business and economic relations Wilh the rest of the world said Plempel who was named Friday to succeed James Mcdonald As president of polish tourist requests . Asylum after taking swim at Niagara Falls Niagara Falls . A a31-year-old polish Man jumped off a tour boat at the base of Niagara fails in saturday and swam to american soil where he sought Asylum. The Man leaped without warning fro the maid of the Mist at 3 25 . And swam to the Cave of the winds a passageway under the american Falls said Benedict Ferro District director of the Buffalo office of the . Immigration and naturalization service. The Man was being questioned by immigration officials saturday evening. Furro would not identify the Man except to say he was polish nor would he comment on whether the Ryan was seek ing political Asylum. Ferro said it was the most dramatic attempt to enter the United slates at the Falls that he could remember. It is a very treacherous area Ferro said he should consider himself Lucky to be alive after coming through that particular  James Glynn president of the maid of the Mist corp., which operates the tour boat said the Man jumped off a Craft that had left the Canadian Side and was about Halfway through its tour. He removed his coat and put it on the railing Glynn said he fished All the change out of his pocket and threw it in the River and then Dove  the Niagara River was fairly Calm at the Point where the Man jumped and he had to swim about 30 or 40 Yards to american land Glynn said. Most wanted fugitive arrested in Florida Washington a Deputy . Marshals in Florida on saturday arrested a prison Escapee and convicted drug trafficker who was considered one of the marshals is most wanted fugitives authorities said. Boyer Bracy. 35, had escaped aug. 26, 1986, from a prison in Turre haute ind., where he was service four consecutive 15-year sentences for trafficking in co Caine and heroin and for other crimes according to marshals service spokes Man Steve Boyle in Washington. The marshals service tracked Bracy through an International investigation that indicated he had continued in the drug business and traced him to a residence inform Lauderdale where he was captured. The world s largest automaker on sept. 1. . Industry must develop new Stra Tebics overhaul of systems and disregard outdated concepts to remain competitive on a global scale he said. At Bowdoin College in Brunswick Maine five graduating seniors spoke Fol lowing a 181-year-old tradition that has produced addresses by Henry wads Worth Longfellow and Alfred c Kinsey who later directed a study of american sexual behaviour that made him famous. Parents and alumni enjoy hearing what son the minds of students today said Bow Doin president a. Leroy Greason. Sands of time in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. May 25, 1947 Admiral corp. Re ported that its Dealership in Fairbanks Alaska had sold a dozen refrigerators to eskimos. 30 years ago today. May 25,1957 the United states was trying to negotiate a disarmament treaty with the soviet Union thai would anatomic weapons for All except the three Powers that already have them the United slates the soviet Union and fire lain. 20 years ago today May 25, 1967 the egyptian Navy reportedly mined the Entrance to the Gulf of Aqaba to enforce ils announced blockade of the vital israeli port of  newspaper there said egyptian torpedo boats and soviet built Mig Jet fighters were on station to Block the Gulf to Al israeli bound vessels. J 0 years ago today. May 25, 1977 soviet president Nikolai Podgorny 74, since 1964 one of the most powerful men in the cd Unity was Tum red without explanation from the ruling Council of the communist party