European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 28, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday August 28, 1989 the stars and stripes Page 5 new attempt planned to solve Earhart mystery fort Walton Beach. Fla. A a new expedition spurred by the theory of two retired Mili tary Nicks is planned to try to solve the mystery of Amelia Earhart s disappearance. The pioneering aviator and her navigator. Fred Noonan. Vanished 52 years ago in the South Pacific on a 2,556-Milc leg of their attempted flight around the  Pensacola news journal reported saturday that two Pensacola men Tom Willi 62, a former Navy Pilot and Tom Gannon. 69. A former air Force navigator have persuaded the International group for historic aircraft recovery that they have the navigation clues to solve the mystery the organization plans to Send a 20-Mcmbcr expedition that will include Willi and Gannon to the Fiji islands on sept. 4, said Richard Gillespic executive director and search team Leader for the group based in Wilmington  have been numerous theories to explain Earhart s disappearance including speculation that she was captured by the japanese and executed As a spy. Willi and Gannon believe she May have comedown on Nikuma Roro Island then known As Gard Ner Island about 1.000 Miles South of Fiji. They base their theory on a study of her flight plan and other  contend winds May have blown the plane Southeast of its destination. How land Island toward Nikuma Roro. And with Only two hours of fuel left. Earhart and Noonan decided to Fly South toward Nikuma Roro because they knew there were no other islands to the North of their flight path within Range of their remaining  re just awed that nobody Ever figured this out  Gannon said. The whole thing was a navigation problem. I guess it took two navigators to solve  it had been widely thought that the Navy searched the Island Willi and Gannon said they found out that float planes from the battleship Colorado flew Over it but no search party Ever landed  say they have other clues including the re ported 1938 discovery on the Island of a female Skeleton wearing american  and Noonan disappeared on july 2, l 37. And in the four Days after they vanished radio operators at different locations picked up 24 transmissions made in a female voice and on their frequency. When plotted the transmissions Cross at Nik Umaro to. Willi and Gannon say. We have always stayed away from the Amelia Earhart  Gillespic said. We re a non profit aviation archaeological foundation and there Are so Man theories about Amelia Earhart that Aren t cred  said however that he changed his mind after spending a Day with Willi and Gannon As they unravelled clues based mainly on celestial navigation techniques that he described As a lost Art. Those techniques lie said Are what Earhart and Noonan relied on in the Days before electronic navigation  expedition is expected to last through the first week of october and Cost up to $250.01 0. Rep. Frank retains Strong support polls show Boston a polls published sat urday indicated . Rep. Barney Frank s constituents still strongly support him de spite revelations about the congressman s relationship with a male prostitute. The stale Republican party meanwhile called for the Massachusetts Democrat s resignation. But political observers predicted Frank who publicly acknowledged his homosexuality in 1987, would survive the scandal. On Friday. Frank 49, acknowledged he had once paid for sex with a Man he identified As Steve Gobie then hired him As a personal aide in an Effort to wean him froma life of drugs and prostitution. Frank said he fired Gobie when he became suspicious that the Man was Selling sex from Frank s Capitol Hill Apa Mcm. Frank said he had been victimized and predicted voters would not hold the incident against him. The polls and a tradition of tolerance in Massachusetts appear to Back him up. A poll of 400 registered voters in Frank s District conducted Friday night for the bos ton Globe and Wiz to showed 65.3 per cent did not think Frank should resign while 22.3 percent did. About 12 percent had no opinion or refused to answer. The Boston Herald and a cab to polled 300 of Frank s constituents and 56 percent said Frank has performed Well enough As a congressman to deserve re Clicc rep. Barney Frank d-muss., shakes hands with constituent at a fall Rhc lion while 29 percent called for his ouster. Five percent said their View depends on to opposes Frank in 1990. Both polls had a margin of error of plus or minus 5  publicly acknowledging his Homo sexuality Frank won election to his Lifis term in 1988 with 70 percent of the Vole in the state s 4th District encompassing some Oslon suburbs and parts of Southeastern  would be worse if it were some kind of a Money scandal. His sex life is Well known so it came As no  said Robert Frey signer a political science pro lessor at Bradford College in Lav chill. The Only other member of Congress to publicly acknowledge being a homosexual is rep. Gerry Studds. Also a Massachusetts Democrat. Studds easily won re election after being censured by the House in ws3 for an affair with a 17-year-old male House  slate gop urged Frank to resign charging he violated the  lied about the situation and showed a profound Lack of  Tennant the party s executive director said he believes voters will absolutely object to Barney Frank when they find out he has been using his Public position to help a prostitute drug dealer and convicted  the Washington times reported Friday that Gobie had been convicted of obscenity sex and drug charges. Redford Heads group urging ., .s.r. Battle greenhouse Impact Sundance Utah a soviet and . Scientists politicians and entertainers saturday urged their govern ments to forge an environmental Security Alliance to combat global warming. Actor filmmaker Robert Redford who co sponsored the four Day conference with the soviet Academy of science read a letter to president Bush and soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev the United states of America and the .s.r. Arc the two largest producers of greenhouse gases thought to cause global warming. Redford said. We should provide the leadership in the search for common solutions to the global wanning problem As Well As forthe environmental Security of the  the letter was signed by Redford and space researcher Roald Seg Cev head fan ii member soviet delegation who said the two nations must cooperate to undo the environmental damage they have incurred. For the crimes we be committed As humans on the planet we arc sentence to do this Job. And 1 think it is a life Long sentence Sci dec said. His comments ended the conference of soviet and american scientists Politi Cal leaders environmentalists filmmakers and authors. Among those attending were Sens. Bill Bradley  and Tim Wirth a Colo. Idaho gov. Cecil an drus astronomer Carl Sagan former Interior Secretary Stewart Udall and cartoonist Garry Trudeau. Andrus and Udall arc both democrats. The attempt at greenhouse glasnost was not As much a scientific conference As it was an attempt to pass the Baton from scientists to policy shapers in both countries who need to take action red Ford said during the conference scientists predicted that the greenhouse effect caused by rising Levels of atmospheric Carbon dioxide and other gases produced by Industrial societies could raise global temperatures by 2 to 10 degrees Over the next Century. That could alter worldwide weather patterns and cause the melting of the Polar ice Caps flooding coastal  combat the Rise of Carbon dioxide much of which comes from the burning of Fossil fuels the letter proposes the two superpowers form an environmental Security Alliance to promo a Energy efficient technology Hall production and use by the year 2000 of chlorofluorocarbons. Another group of greenhouse gases and substantially reduce Carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases. Reduce the rate of worldwide deforestation and Start the planting of Trees in   letter was accompanied by a con Ference report detailing specific Strate gics for reducing global warming. In the past Redford s Institute for resource management a private environmental mediation group based at his Sundance resort in Central Utah has tackled offshore drilling in the Bering sea. The construction of Power plants in the Southwest and air Quality issues. Sands of time in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. Aug. 28, 1949 a Hurricane with winds up to 155 Mph hit Central Florida killing three people and causing millions of dollars of damage to several resort towns including West Palm Beach. 30 years ago today. Aug. 28, 1959 a converted Mer chant ship successfully launched a Polar is missile near Cape canaveral Fla. In the first launching of the submarine Missi Leal sea. 20 years ago today aug. 28, 1969 District judge James a. Boyle announced that sen. Edward m. Kennedy a mass. Would have to appear at the sept. 3 inquest into the death of Mary to Kopechne. 10 years ago today. Aug. 28. 1979 lord mount Baltyn of Burma Cousin of Queen Elizabeth ii was killed when a bomb destroyed his boat off the coast of Ireland. The Irish Republican army claimed responsibility for the bomb