European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 24, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday july 24, 1990 a a. A. A project manager Bob Whaley stands beside a Navy Tow fish aboard the Ocean tug Narragansett which will pull the sophisticated Detector along the Ocean floor 100 Miles from Honolulu in search of a United Jet door. Navy probing Bottom of Pacific for door that blew off United Jet Page 6 a a a the stars and Stripe Gas prices unusually stable during summer travel time los Angeles apr gasoline prices which normally go up this time of the year As More people take to the Road on vacations remained unusually steady during the past two weeks an Industry analyst said sunday. The average National Price for a gallon of Gas including All taxes was 117.72 cents according to the biweekly Lund Cre Survey of nearly 13,000 service stations completed fonday. That a a 0.05cent increase Over the previous Survey of july 6, Trilby la Ndoci said. Prices have a Cion stable during the Early part of the summer thanks to lower crude Oil prices which kept Down the wholesale Cost of gasoline Lundburg said. The average Price at self service pumps during the latest Survey period was regular unleaded 105.50 cents per gallon Premium unleaded 122.96 and regular leaded 107.31. The full service pump prices were regular unleaded 132.27 Premium unleaded 145.93 and regular leaded 129.72.connecticut Programmer named miss Black America Indianapolis apr Rosie Jones a 26-year-old computer Programmer was named the new miss Black America Early monday. Jones was selected from among 39 contestants in the 22nd annual pageant. A native of St. Louis she lives and works in Bridgeport Conn. Jacklynne Ann Fletcher of Dayton Ohio was second Elaine Joyner of Columbia s.c., was third and Cynthia Richardson of Cincinnati was fourth. The pageant included swimsuit Public speaking and Talent competitions. The Winner succeeds Paula Gwynn 23, of Washington d.c., who said Jones must become a a voice for Blacks. A she has to reach from Black America to others to say a this is what Black America is about a a Gwynn said. Jones will receive a $2,000 minimum Cash prize a trip to Hawaii clothes and a Crown. She will make appearances across the United states during her  train derails on new line in s. California los Angeles apr a train on the new Southern California Light rail trolley line derailed when a Metal wire prevented it from switching smoothly. The 30 passengers aboard the japanese built overhead powered train were unhurt when the cars left the tracks Early sunday said Jim smart a Southern California rapid transit District spokesman. The train which has a top Speed of 55 Mph was travelling Only about 10 Mph at the time he said. A the Good news is no one was Hurt. No harm no foul a smart said. The Accident forced a three hour closure of downtown a Pico station. The station is at the end of the 22-mile line from Long Beach to los Angeles that began running july 14. Paul of Brien rail operations superintendent for the Southern California rapid transit District said the derailment apparently was caused by a 4-Inch Metal wire that became wedged Between switching  Rolls into Cabin killing Man woman inside Estes Park Colo. Apr a Large Boulder tumbled Down a Mountain at the Mouth of a Canyon Early sunday and crashed through a Cabin killing a Man and a woman inside an official said. Recent heavy Rains were blamed for dislodging the Boulder at the Mouth of big Thompson Canyon Larimer county unde Sheritt Marv Schlageter said. The Boulder estimated at 25 feet by 20 feel Tore through the Cabin knocking it off its foundation and came to rest in front of the Home about eight Miles East of this Rocky Mountain resort. Schlageter speculated that the couple were sleeping when the Boulder hit sometime before 6 30 . He said the names of the dead were being withheld pending notification of relatives. Honolulu apr the Navy on monday was undertaking a Needle in a Haystack search of the Pacific Ocean floor for a cargo door the i Tore off a United airlines jumbo Jet and caused nine people to be swept to their deaths 17 months ago. Investigators Hope the door will help them establish beyond doubt the cause of the Accident. During the a Eek Long search a deep sea probe equipped with sonar Ana a video camera will be dragged across a 24-Square-mile area about 100 Miles Southwest of Honolulu. If the door is spotted another device will be used at a later Dale to recover it. Flight 811 was bound for new zealand on feb. 24, 1989, with 355 people aboard when the door popped off at 22,000 feet carrying away a Section of fuselage and causing sudden decompression of the Boeing 747 Jet. Nine people were sucked out five others were seriously Hurt. The Crew managed to return the Jet to Honolulu. The National transportation safety Board concluded that a deficiency in the design of the doors Locking mechanism probably indicated to the Pilot that the door was locked when it was not. The Agency blamed United the Boeing co. And the Federal aviation administration for failure to Correct problems with the door. Washington apr Marilyn Quayle had surgery Over the weekend for Cerv ical cancer detected in a Pap smear according to sources close to the family. The wife of vice president Dan Quayle has been Active in a breast cancer awareness Campaign. She testified before a congressional health subcommittee in May and both she and the vice president ran in a celebrity 5-Kiiometer a race for the cure Quot to encourage women to undergo Early screening and mammograms. Despite Lur High profile involvement in that Campaign. The Quayle appeared reluctant to disclose full details of her operation even keeping secret the Hospital where it was performed. A statement released saturday by Quayle press Secretary David Beckwith also did not reveal what the actual diagnosis was. But the sources said sunday that the operation was Tor cervical cancer that had been detected earlier this year. It was not an emergency procedure according to the sources who spoke Only on condition they not be named. Saturdays statement said its. Quayle who turns 41 next week had undergone surgery on saturday morning and that she was Quot recovering  it said safety Board investigators said the door still could provide evidence for improving aircraft safety. The Agency asked the Navy to find it. The door is believed to be 15,000 feet Down. A a it a like a Needle in a Haystack but a big Factor is what the Bottom looks like a project manager Bob Whaley said. Whaley said the Ocean floor in the search area is generally Flat which is Good for searching. The Cost of the project will not be known until it is completed said it cmdr. Bob Anderson a spokesman for the . Pacific Fleet. A search for the door was to have begun last october but was delayed by technical problems during testing of the Orion deep submergence search system he said. A 226-foot Navy Ocean tug left Pearl Harbor on sunday and was to arrive monday morning. Tote underwater portion of the search system known As a Tow fish is attached to the tug by a 35,000-foot, triple armoured Cable. The Tow fish is operated from on Board the vessel. A. Computer enhances its sonar findings for later analysis Anderson said. The Orion system has been used once before to retrieve an air plane that crashed off the East coast earlier this year Anderson said. She will a resume her full schedule in four to six weeks. Full and total recovery is  the Quayle also urged All women to have yearly Pap tests. A Pap test can help detect two dozen or More medical problems but its primary purpose is to uncover malignancies in the reproductive tract said or Allan b. Weingold chairman of obstetrics and gynaecology at the George Washington University medical Center. Weingold is not involved in treating mrs. Quayle. Other doctors speculated that she had undergone a simple Hysterectomy or removal of the uterus Given the White House announcement on the length of her convalescence and the expectation of a full and total  the Pap test is named for or. George Papanicolaou who introduced the procedure nearly half a Century ago. It is credited with reducing deaths from cervical and uterine cancer in the United states by 70 percent. Mrs. Quayle a lawyer and Mother of three became Active in breast cancer education last year. Her Mother Mary Tucker an Indiana paediatrician died of breast cancer in 1975 at age 56. Marilyn Quayle underwent surgery for cervical cancer close sources say