European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 26, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes tuesday january 26,19bb this number is never to be used by anyone again Oklahoma City a the aircraft registration number or inc plane Amelia Earhart flew on her last adventure has been taken a of circulation Al the request of the u Viator s sister a Federal official said. This number is never to be used by anyone again. Reserved far Amelia Earhart for Infinity says a note written on a Federal aviation administration file card. But the note s author Earl f. Mohoney manager of the airmen and aircraft registry at inc Faa m Ike Monroney aeronautical Center said he was tins tire whether the order would be permanent. I can t say what a successor would  he said. But if i ran across a notation like that i d sure do some checking before i d Ever put in Back in  the number n 1 6020 was on the twin engine Lockheed 10 Elc Clra that Earhart and Fred Noonan her navigator used As they tried to set a record flying around the world at the Equator. The plane went Down july 2. 1917. After taking off from new Guinea. Earhart the first woman Pilot to Fly the Milami Concan was never found. Muriel Earhart moral secy. Of West Mudford mass. A Rcd in a Jan. 10 letter to Faa adminis Trator t. Allan Manor that her sister s aircraft number be retired a 16020 is a precious  she wrote. Would seem most filling if this number were retired from the Faa s list of aircraft and in would be n great tribute to Amelia and her memory to have n 1 6020 retired and preserved for Infinity in her  after going unused for 20 years the number was restored to the Active list in 1957 and was used by two planes n Lockheed 12 that crashed and a Luscombe that was junked. Continental airlines reserved it for an Airliner but later relinquished it 1o Earhart s sister at her request. High court blocks death of Florida inmate Darden Tallahassee Fla. A the . Supreme court monday blocked the scheduled execution of Florida death Row inmate Willie Jasper Darden whose innocence has been proclaimed by death penal by opponents from new York to Moscow. The stay will remain in effect at least until the court can hear Darden s latest Appeal. There was no Indica Tion when that would happen. The action blocks any execution until further word from the court. Darden had been scheduled to die feb. 3 in Flor Ida s electric chair the sixth Lime his execution Dale had been set. The High court went into recess monday until feb. 22. Pardon s current death warrant expires feb. 9. It soviet dissident Andrei Sakharov rep. John Cony cars jr., d-mich., actress Margot Kidder and British Rock Star Peter Gabriel have joined amnesty International in asking gov. Bob Martinez to Grant clemency id Darden. They cite affidavits from a minister and a woman that Darden could not have been at the scene of the murder of a Lakeland furniture store owner during a september 1973 Holdup. Perhaps if the governor is made aware that people in Many countries around the world arc outraged at the Prospect of his execution then the sum total might begin to influence him and he might reconsider the Appeal Gabriel told reporters monday in a Telephone Call from England. Death penalty opponents say Darden is facing electrocution feb. 3 at the Florida stale prison in Slarks because he is Black and victim James Turman was while. This is not a unique  said Jaqui Hunt spokeswoman for amnesty International in new York. People think the death penalty is a Quick fix for the crime problem. You can sympathize with Peoples. Topic who Ore in mentally i possibly inno cent she said. Death penalty advocates however seize upon Dar Dan s Case As an example of what they Call an inefficient Justice system that allows dilatory defense attorneys to undermine any finality of judgment. I Don t think any Case is the right Case to advocate for abolishing the death penalty said Andrea Smith Hillyer the Republican governor s Legal counsel Lor capital punishment. The people of the stale of Flor Ida through the legislature Nave made capital punish Mcnol the Law. One ease is not going to overrule the win of the  she said the 11 in . Circuit court of Appeal found no cause to change Darden s sentence after see ing the la list affidavits proclaiming his innocence. Al age 54, Darden who has survived an unprecedented five death warrants is older than most of Flor Ida s 286 death Row inmates. Darden proclaims his innocence at every opportune a Nolif  Una kill,., we Lewt 11,0 1wu�1 fit ath Row. Taruc in innocent m to tier Uyun Niju to. A prolific writer he has been called the Poel of Deal "1 will never allow myself to be mentally or spin Lually Defeated by going to the chair he said in a recent newspaper interview. If i was going to accept the fact that i m going to the electric chair thai Means 1 accept racism and accept  he came within seven hours of execution in 1985 before a court interceded. Should he be exe ruled this time. Darden would be inc 18th person put death in Florida since the state resumed executions nine yearn ago. During previous appeals Darden contended Chr death Penally is applied in a racially biased manner he now would have to prove Bias in his individual Case because the High court ruled on april 22 that a Szalc death penalty Law can be valid despite statistic indicating a pattern of racial discrimination in that stale. In june the court upheld Darden s conviction and sentence despite a prosecutor s remarks at Llie anal thai the defendant was an  auction of Connolly goods tops $2 million Mark Houston Apt the auction of former Tenas Jov. John Conalty s belongings has brought More Ihan j2 million in three Days and was to end tuesday after taking a break monday officials said. About i to bidders attended sunday s auction which featured an Oscar Bern Ghaus painting tilled Indian chief and Pony that sold for i 0,Odo in u Telephone bid from Back ers of u ii to open Phoenix ariz., resort. Marc than .2 million was collected in the first in Days of the auction at Han galleries Liu Oyt d by staggering prices on Many items sunday s sales increased that figure to 12.46 million As  and his wife. Nellie battled Back against Dybis thai forced them into Bank Rupicz last year. Connally. 71. Filed personal and business bankrupt cd petitions in july. He listed liabilities of Fli million although he said his debt flow is about half that Cun Nutly Navy Secretary in the Kennedy administration and trim sury Secretary under president Nikon. Was governor from l�&3-6�. He started a real estate and development business with former la. Gov. Ben Barnes at the Peak of the Oil Boom. After the Boom went bust in took Connolly Barnes and others in Low. Under bankruptcy rules. Connally is Selling All properties except his House and 200 of his 3,400 acres at Piscosa ranch his Homestead South Ofsan Antonio. Some bidders sunday complained priors were Loo High but others said the figures drawn by the various household belongings artworks and other Connally possessions were an accurate measure of the esteem in which inc couple is held. I think in has a lot to do Wilh a Man who has the nerve to go through All of  said Clive Wal a n spokesman Tor Han galleries. Linda Mcdonald and her husband won an extended bidding War for a 5-m acc Sterling Tea and Coffee service. He s somebody my husband and i Admire a great Deal Mcdonald who paid 16,000 for the service said. She said she would have continued bidding As Long As it took to get the service. Former Texas gov. John Connally him i wife Nellie pure a Saddle Frier to the Start of an Hon of their per Wal pay Selwa. Vow to halt production in Pennsylvania in july Detroit up Volkswagen of America will formally end car product t on at its Westmoreland land in Penn Sylvania by jul 21 and provide its 2.400 permanently Laid off workers Wilh Sepa ration pay under a closeout agreement Wilh the United audio workers Union. Vow Xiu Indian Tarn Mcdonald said monday that each employee at the new Siamon i a., Plant will gel a is .000 Lump sum payment under the Daw agreement. Additional Lump sum separation payments will be made the amount depending on seniority and length of service. An Ai Sumbler Wilh 10 years experience for instance would get about s5.100 in separation pay in addition to the ,000payment," Mcdonald said. Mcdonald said the agreement with the Union also has a provision for Early retirement for workers 55 years of age Wilh Al least 10 years of arc diled service. But not very Many workers Are eligible under this offer he said. Vow also will provide outplacement and Job assistance programs. Law workers arc eligible for the Standard sup ple Mcneal unemployment benefits. The . Arm of the German ear maker which announced plans last no vember to close ils Only . Car Assem Bly plan after nearly 10 years of operations will end . Production of ils jct a Model by March 31, permanently idling about 100 workers. In will Supply . Buyers with German made jettas after thai. The Plant will then close for five weeks after March 31, after which Only vow s Golf models will be built until the third week in july. A Small number of workers will stay on after that to Moth Ball the Plant Mcdonald said no decision has been made As from where future Golf models for the . Market will come. The cars arc built in Germany Belgium and Mexico sales of vows .-Madc cars in 1987 fell 17.4 percent from the year before Wilh slightly More Ihan 61,000 cars sold. The sales Rales of inc cars in the past have been unable to support inc operations of this plan Mcdonald said not ing Hal in has been running full about.40 percent of capacity for inc past five Yean. Vow is seeking a buyer for the Plant regarded to be the country s first trans Plant or . Car Assembly operation set up by a foreign car maker