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    European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 26, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 a the stars and stripes monday August 26, 1991 Hunt for 1945 lost patrol centers on recovered plane St. Augustine Fla. Up the search for five . Navy Avenger air planes known As the a lost pal Quot that disappeared in 1945 Over the Bermuda Triangle focused saturday on a recovered aircraft at a tourist attraction. The Grumman Avenger training air plane was raised from the Atlantic off of Cape canaveral last week by project 19, a group founded by Jon Myhre and Larry Schwartz it was taken to Marine land in St. Augustine. The two men Are intent on discovering the Fate of the five planes of flight 19 that vanished on a routine Navy training flight from a fort Lauderdale base in 1945. A i went Down there and looked at it and i could not determine whether or not it was from flight 19,�?� said capt. Bob Rasmussen director of the National museum of naval aviation who inspected the plane As it travelled up the intercostal waterway on a Barge. A a they re going to further study the aircraft to see if they can come up with some definitive  Bob Macon the museums Deputy director said the plane is battered and is missing Metal number tags that could prove its identity. Myhre has spent years trying to Chart the path of the a lost  he believes the planes went Down off Cape canaveral. In 1989, he found a Grumman Avenger. 400 feet under water. Schwartz a Boca Raton attorney helped Myhre come up with the funding to raise the plane from the Ocean after Myhre could not get close enough with a submarine to inspect the plane. To avoid publicity about their find Myhre and Schwartz did not announce the discovery of the plane or their successful efforts to raise it. Presidential Blessing a surprised Bride Susan Bisbee Jann has her picture taken with president Bush and first lady Barbara Bush an saturday. Her husband Doug is Between the Bushes. The vacationing chief executive made an unscheduled visit to the dockside restaurant where the couple were having their reception at Cape porpoise Maine. The nation s first couple invited the newlyweds aboard their boat the Fidelity. Leaders say women making slow Progress in rights struggle Seneca Falls . A gathering in the town where the women a rights movement began 143 years ago women a leaders said saturday that there is a Long Way to go on the Road to Equality. Quot we re going Forward but not As rapidly As we would like a said Pat Taylor president of the National federation of business and professional women a clubs. Quot if there were 98 women in the . Senate and 95 of 1 h Ceon a were women i Don t think the men in America would feel like they re sharing fully in the american  Taylor spoke at a rally marking women a Equality Day commemorating the ratification on aug. 26, 1920, of the 19th amendment which gave women the right to vote. In the summer of 1848, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and four friends convened the first women a rights convention in Seneca Falls. Out of that convention came the declaration of sentiments demanding that women be Given the right to vote. Geraldine Ferraro a former new York congresswoman and the 1984 vice presidential candidate said women have come a Long Way since the 19th Century but not far enough. A we re seated at the table but we re Only being served half a meal Quot she told a cheering audience of about 200 people including several dozen men Ferraro who is running for the . Senate said she has seen women who weren t politically Active before become galvanized by the issues of Day care and abortion rights. All male schools plan to admit girls Detroit apr a tentative Deal has been struck that would allow girls to attend three proposed All male academics this fall a newspaper has reported. The academies will open for boys Only this week but will accept applications from girls Over the next two weeks under a Deal Between the school Board and civil rights groups that challenged the plan. The Detroit news reported sunday. The american civil liberties Union and the now Legal defense and education fund challenged the proposed All male schools suing on behalf of two Detroit mothers with children in the Public system. . District judge George Woods ruled aug. 15 that the schools were unconstitutional and ordered the school Board and civil rights groups to reach a Compromise to admit  returns $500, but debt s not paid yet from wire reports Forest City . A a repentant robber returned $500 he said he stole from a movie theater in 1983, but authorities Aren t ready to forgive him. Mondays mail at Cinema in contained a letter with a $500 Money order attached. Postmarked Tacoma wash., the message was to the Point a dear sirs on a night in Early 1984 or late 1983, the Forest City Cinema was robbed of approximately $500. 1 was involved in this robbery and i am trying to put my life in order now. I Hope you will accept this Money order for $500 along with my sincere  police chief Tom Mcdavitt said the robbery occurred in this town in Western North Carolina on nov. 11, 1983. A a it a mighty Nice that they sent the Money Back a Mcdevitt said. A but if they really want to get even they owe them $ 11.54  furthermore prosecutors said the criminal risks conviction though nearly eight years have  found in drink Charles town . A woman was poisoned by a soft drink laced with rat Poison and town residents have been warned that More drinks could be contaminated. The Charles town woman whom authorities did t identify bought the canned soft drink from a vending machine took one swig and spit it out said or. George Kennedy who treated the woman at Jefferson memorial Hospital. She was hospitalized but has since recovered said Faye Peterson a spokeswoman for the . Food and drug administration. Peterson refused to disclose where the can was purchased or identity the soft  protests Gay Law Lancaster a. About 60 Kun flux klan members marched through downtown Lancaster on saturday to protest the Protection of homosexuals under the City s human rights commission. Police arrested at least five counter protesters for disorderly conduct but there Vas no reported violence. Many of the klan members wore White Robes and hoods. Others were Clad in army fatigues and wore Caps displaying Confederate flags. They were surrounded by More than 300 Hel meted police officers with nightsticks and Shields who separated them from hundreds of hecklers. The counter demonstration included a mix of Blacks Whites and hispanics As Well As members of homosexual rights  journalist Dies of cancer los Angeles a Steve Fentress a Veteran television journalist who worked at can in its infancy died of Throat cancer Friday he was 66. Fentress began his broadcasting career at win to in Chicago in 1950. He worked for can in Atlanta when it was still a fledgling news operation and also opened in no a los Angeles Bureau. The Cable network recently marked its 10th year Fentress became news manager at cop to in los Angeles 2vi years ago and remained on the Job until just Days before entering the Hospital aug. 12. 40 pounds of heroin seized Newark . A . Customs agent sound 40 pounds of heroin with a Street value of $18 million in the Luggage of two Sisters arriving on a flight from Sweden. Authorities said it was a record heroin seizure at Newark International Airport. Judy Merle Corbin 42, of Atlanta and Sandra sue Corbin 41, of Kansas City mo., were ordered held without bail on a charge of unlawful importation of heroin customs spokesman Neil Pitagno said. Authorities said they found the drugs hidden in a false sided suitcase and roller hag the women were carrying As they arrived on an Sas flight from Stockholm. The largest heroin seizure at the Airport had been 11 pounds in october 1990  
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