European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 28, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Pago 4 a the stars and stripes. Tuesday May 28, 1991planes discovery fuels new questions by Richard Cole the associated press Miami a the apparent discovery of five Navy planes on the Ocean floor off. Florida May solve the mystery of the a lost Squadron that vanished 45 years ago in the Bermuda Triangle but it raises some new puzzles. Earlier this month a High tech Salvage ship searching for Spanish galleons 10 Miles Northeast of fort Lauderdale located what appears to be the five avengers in 750 feet of water. A Tail number and the letters it on some of the aircraft appear to match markings on the planes that left with 14 Crew members on a training flight dec. 5, 1945, from Nas fort Lauderdale confirmation of the discovery would end speculation that the planes were snatched from the sky by flying saucers or disappeared into another dimension in the myth shrouded Bermuda Triangle an area bounded by Bermuda Miami and puerto Rico where ships and planes Are said to mysteriously disappear. But those who have investigated the Case said the discovery could be just As puzzling As the original disappearance. A mow could they be so close to land and yet they never contacted the base a said John Evans who was the bases crash photographer in 1945. A everyone by that time was listening on the emergency bands on the Normal bands a if they got within 10 Miles of fort Lauderdale it just does no to make any sense at  flight 19 was supposed to Fly to the Northeast Over the Atlantic toward the Bahamas turn South on a practice bombing run then Northwest to Complete a triangular course that would return it to the base. But radio transmissions monitored at the base show that the flight Leader it. Charles c. Taylor became convinced that both of his compasses had malfunctioned when he spotted an Island he identified As part of the Florida keys. That would have put them far Southwest of their course. In reality most experts said Taylor probably mistook a similar looking bahamian Island Chain for the  directed the student pilots northward to what he thought would be the Florida Peninsula a but instead saw Only open water and believed he was Over the Gulf of Mexico. / the transmissions showed that the pilots argued among themselves with some saying land was directly West while Taylor insisted it was to the North and East. Base personnel vainly tried to Contact them but the pilots radios would not pick up the transmissions. The planes apparently continued northeastward in exactly the  direction. When the first plane ran out of fuel they made arrangements to ditch together to make a Rescue easier All radio transmissions during the planes final hours were faint indicating the aircraft were quite Distant Evans said. The last rough radio fix put them about 120 Miles Northeast of Cape canaveral at 6 ., with Only two hours of fuel left. A. A How did they get from where they were off the Cape at 6 to where they were found off fort Lauderdale before they ran out of fuel Quot Evans asked. More important if they finally realized they were on the wrong course they should have flown directly Westward to the closest land instead of attempting to return All the Way to fort Lauderdale he said. Amateur historian Allan Mcelhinny who for a decade has pieced together the history of the air base said the Crew members were equipped with life vests and rafts. A a Yeti Why did t they find even a life raft that a a big  Graham Ilaw Kes an Engineer who designed the Salvage ships submersible robot cameras said the placement of the sunken planes seems to indicate the ditching went As planned. Some planes Are Only a few Hundred Yards from one a another and All except the Lead plane Are intact he said. Planes found wreckage found off the coast of it. Lauderdale fla.,May be that of five Navy avengers lost on a training Mission in 1945. Us. It. Lauderdale Atlantic Ocean Bermuda Triangle Cuba soon fes 300 pm Caribbean sea Colombia. Puerto Rico Venezuela. Source Jane s fighting aircraft of world War ii aps amp Sone student school teaching its final lessons Cuttyhunk mass. A the graduating class at Cuttyhunk elementary school on this Island off Cape cod  be any smaller. John Paul Hunter is the Only student and when he gets his diploma the school will close. A it will be sad not to look Forward to a new teacher in the fall a said Ellen veeder,.the-town�?Ts postmaster and a resident of the Island since 1939. A and the school has always had a Christmas party. I done to know what Well do at Christmas  John Paul 15, who gets his eighth Grade diploma june 15, has had the one room Gray shingled school House All to himself since his brother Keith graduated three years ago. After graduation John Paul will move with his family to the Mainland. Besides his teacher Eloise Seifert there was a school superintendent and three school committee members. Cuttyhunk is the farther most of the 16 Elizabeth islands that stretch Southwest from Woods Hole. It has a year round population of 50. In the summer the population on the Island which is 2v Miles Long and three quarters of a mile wide swells to about 500. When the school doses there will be no More Active one room schoolhouses in Massachusetts said the state department of education. The Only other children on Cuttyhunk Are three infants. Although it Cost about $30,000 per student the school had to stay open because of a. Massachusetts Law requiring towns to provide Public education to children younger than 16. Cuttyhunk had no other education options for John Paul because the Island is inaccessible by boat or plane for Large stretches of the Winter. John Paul has had five different teachers in eight years. A a a a a Cuttyhunk drives teachers nuts Quot he  sister also was educated in the school. Their father died last year. He was a member of the coast guard who was stationed on the Island More than 25 years ago and stayed on As the islands Handyman and freight Carrier. Seifert 58, is paid $24,000 a year to be principal and teacher at the school plus $400 to be its janitor. She Calls John Paul a dear Quot and brings him hot Cocoa for recess lie Calls her a a Ellice and fixes her broken appliances. Most Days they keep to a fairly regular 8 . To 2  Schedule in the schoolhouse. Each Day Seifert writes a lesson  the Green blackboard and John Paul decides what he wants to study first. At recess during the Winter they often play darts. The teacher and student have taken Field trips including a visit to nearby Martha a Vineyard Disney world in Florida and the museum of science in  s Lack of permit May delay executions Phoenix a arizonans Gas chamber cannot he used  the department of corrections gets a permit for releasing cyanide Gas into the air after each execution a spokesman said sunday. T he state has not executed anyone in 28 years and the permit process could delay several executions scheduled Over the next two months. The first one involving a Man convicted of killing his Girlfriend and her two children in 1984, is planned for june 7. In a notification thursday the department of environmental Quality said that a since venting of gases from the Gas chamber under your jurisdiction represents an emission into the atmosphere it is necessary that the department of corrections obtain a permit to operations which will cause such  the corrections department has begun applying for a permit and that can take from 30 to 60 Days said spokesman Michael Arra. Officials discovered the Lack of a permit while they were updating procedures for carrying out an execution Arra said. Kentucky voters to Cut in costly dirty Frankfort by. A the most expensive gubernatorial Campaign in Kentucky history was heading into to us Days primaries with the lieutenant governor leading three other democrats and two mudslinging republicans damaging gop Hopes. It. Gov. Brereton Jones raised a record $3.8 million and focused on ethical questions about gov. Wallace Wilkinson a administration. The republicans a seven term rep. Larry Hopkins and Lexington lawyer Larry Forgya settled into mudslinging that has eroded their party s optimism. Democrats have had a   office since 1971. Wilkinson s wife Martha withdrew May 10 from the democratic primary As her chances for Victory turned Bleak. The governor is barred by the state Constitution from seeking re election. Junes has promised to run a scandal free administration. That is an apparent refer knee to grand juries investigating the award ing of state contracts under Wilkinson. The three other democrats arc Scotty Baesler or Floyd Poore and Gatewood Galbraith. Baesler said the Wilkinsons Are Jones Only Issue. A a Brereton a been trying to run against the Wilkinsons All the whole Campaign and when the Wilkinsons got out he lost his stalking horse Quot Baesler said. Or. Floyd Poore a former Wilkinson aide has promised to slash six different taxes. Quot a. Poore also has zeroed in on the background of Jones a millionaire thoroughbred horse breeder who was a gop state representative in his native West Virginia a before moving to Kentucky in 1973. Jones said he became a Democrat because president Nixon soured him on the Republican party. A Galbraith a Lexington lawyer has. Focused on the legalization of marijuana to solve Kentucky a economic problems. The four democrats raised $13.2 Mil lion Topping the previous record of $12.1 million spent by eight democrats four years ago. Forgy has raised about $429,000. Hopkins has raised nearly $1.6 million. The bitter campaigns waged by Hopkins and Forgy have split their party. Forgy has accused Hopkins of trying to mislead voters with false biographical claims about serving in the korean War and having attended two universities. Hopkins enlisted in the marines 11 months after the armistice to end the korean conflict was signed but before legislation established the cutoff for veterans benefits. 1 in took some courses at Southern methodist University and Purdue University that were not part of the universities programs. Hopkins has accused. Forgy of deserting republicans by dropping out of the 19s7 . Leaving the eventual gop nominee to lose by the largest margin in the state s history. Forgy has said he could t face telling voters that a Large tax increase w As inevitable. Quot