European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 5, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes wednesday aprils 1969 carvings found by youths hint Columbus was t first Mats ii London a thirty youths returned monday from a global sailing Odyssey with pictures of Bahamas Cave carvings that might oust Christopher Columbus from the history books As America s discoverer. The 30 explorers found carvings of the Flag of port u a the Dale 1450 and several ships in a Cave on Abaco and in the Bahamas their Leader said. They also found evidence of a portuguese fort and artefacts which if they Are from the mid-15lh Century would predate by decades the year 1492, which every . Schoolchild learns As the  inc discovery of  proposed his expedition to King John ii of Portea and was rejected before he finally got sup. Port from King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain. " Norse explorer Leif Ericsson is believed to have reached Newfoundland from Greenland about a. D. 1000. And remains of n Viking settlement from about that time were found in Newfoundland in 1963. Hut that has not dampened the enthusiasm of the British group. This was interesting because no one s Ever thought of the portuguese being in that area in u50," said col. John Blashford Snell n noted adventurer and Leader of inc expedition operation Raleigh. Either you be got a very elaborate hoax which was perpetrated anywhere in the last 400 to 500 years or you be got a really interesting piece of history which could change the books,11 he said. He said the scientific exploration society which runs the expedition was talking with archaeologists about a possible second expedition to the Bahamas to probe the findings. Blashford Snell said the Young explorers heard about the Cave from local islanders. Although Abaco is Only 200 Miles West of Florida he said the Cave in which the carvings were found was in a Remote part of Abaco which people Don t normally go anywhere  he said mind you have to be pretty agile because it s no easy feat getting Down to this Cavern. And in the Days when it was full of guano sea Bird manure i should think it was pretty unpleasant getting Down. There in the Cave they found a number of carvings of ships and above an older carving a Flag of Portugal and what appeared to be a Date quite clearly 1450." they also found writing that appeared to be Portu Guese script and nearby a ruined fort surrounded by prickly  Snell said portuguese soldiers used to Plant prickly Pear around their forts for defensive Pur operation Raleigh a brainchild of Blashford Snell and the heir to the British throne. Prince Charles gives youths age 17-24 the Chance to voyage ground the world visiting various countries and working with scientists. It was started in 1984. 30q, to Hung Riah shoppers Jam highways stores in Austria Vienna Austria up1 More than 100,000 hungarian shoppers invaded Austria causing one traffic related death Mammoth traffic jams and Road blocks to be set up in protest police said. The hungarian blow into Austria on moriday one of the largest single Day totals Ever recorded came during consecutive hungarian holidays monday and tuesday a hungarian cuu Plu Heads Home leaded Down with items purchased in Austria. And before Hungary imposes stricter customs Laws on april s for homeward bound  forecasts for rain and fog authorities braced for continued super Jam according to police in lower Austria " hungarian authorities predicted As Many As half a million shoppers would Cross into Austria during the 48-hour period. One person was killed and Ali acc people were severely injured monday when a hungarian registered truck rammed into three hungarian cars near the town of Loc Konhaus 40 Miles South of Vienna. Residents of Eastern austrian towns were warned Over the radio not to use to haircare except in emergencies. In the Village of Turndorf several residents briefly erected makeshift roadblocks in protest of the Hungar. Inn shoppers saying the Ira tic made it hard to Cross the Street. A hungarian Law taking effect will raise customs duties to 45 percent across the Board and will raise tariffs on items including difficult to obtain electronics goods such As computers. " hordes of hungarians reportedly camped out in front of stores on one of Vienna s main streets Over night waiting for it to open at 8 30 a.m., according to the austrian news Agency Apa. At the largest austrian hungarian. Checkpoint at Nickels Dorf on the. Austrian Side traffic jams were. Reported to be. 45 Miles Long with Waits of up to five hours other Border stations reported jams of up to is Miles Long. Austrian chamber of Commerce official Stefan Wratschko told the Vienna daily Der Standard on monday the situation should ease with the opening of hungarian duty free shops with lower prices on electronics and items than in Austria. Brezhnev drinking problem reported. London a the late soviet president omd .1, uru nov had a drinking problem and was ill in formed on foreign affairs a weekly newspaper quotes former soviet foreign minister Andrei a. Gromyko As saying Brezhnev communist party general Secretary from 1964 to his death in 19s2, uttered no fresh ideas the observer quoted Gromyko As saying. The interview with the observer conducted at Oro m to s Dacha outside Moscow was published sunday in Advance of the newspaper s serialization of the 80 year old s memoirs asked what he and Brezhnev disagreed on Gromyko was quoted As saying "alcoholism., the doctors were reporting alarming facts on this Issue. It was perfectly obvious that the last person willing to look at this problem was the general Secretary himself. " raised the matter with Brezhnev in these words socialism and the boozing of Vodka by the people Don t go together. Why is the politburo silent on i hit p he heard me out patiently and then said the russians have always drunk Vodka. They can t get by without it he would t agree to any further Dis Cussion. He particularly emphasized the words they can t get by without it. When asked whether Brezhnev had a drinking prob Lem Gromyko was quoted As saying yes yes yes the newspaper said. A we hat  i Ila i ? -. -.-.5--1 in f a i i i ibs. "fl4ai&&.-i no springtime in Paris there May be n Spry Najj in heir Steps but these two tourists did t find any Spring in the air Dur ing their to lid the Eiffel Tower in Paris on tuesday. A return of Winter brought Snow to the French capful for the first list since the 1987-88 Winter and sent the temperature plummeting to 36 degrees fahrenheit tuesday morning. World today Pinochet asks Cabinet to hand in resignations Santiago Chile of military president a gusto Pinochet asked his entire Cabinet to step Down monday to make changes forced by the resignation of finance minister Heman Buchi who said he May run for president. Buchi announced his resignation tuesday morning telling reporters that he wanted to Analyse the appeals of conservative politicians and. Businessmen Una ing him to. Become a candidate. He said those pressing for his candidacy seem to be quite numerous and  less than an hour later the government announced that Pinochet asked All 1 6 members of his Cabinet to hand in i hair resignations. The action was taken to allow for the replacement or shuffling of some stale ministers. Search ended for Captain who was swept overboard Bordeaux France up High seas and Strong winds. Forced rescuers to abandon their search tuesday for the Captain of a Spanish trawler who was swept overboard during a storm in the Gulf of Gas Cogne authorities said. Maritime authorities said the Captain of the Barela out of Bilboa Spain fell overboard late monday after the ship began taking on water about 70 Miles offshore. Tavel pc remaining Crew members managed to Board two life rafts and were picked up by the French cargo ship la cast act authorities said. A French Navy helicopter and several Spanish fish ing vessels searched. In vain for the missing Captain until Early tuesday when rough Waters forced them to the Rescue attempt. The  Gascolgne is off the southwestern roast off Rahce and the Northern coast of Spain