European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 27, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday january 27, 1992 the stars and stripes b Page 5 Pensacola bids Lexington Pensacola Fla. A no fanfare accompanied the last departure of the historic aircraft Carrier Lexington from its port of 29 years at Nas Pensacola. A tug Friday took the powerless Carrier on a five Day voyage across the Gulf of Mexico to Corpus Christi Texas where it will be turned into a floating museum. A a it a kind of sad a said it. Cmdr. James Salamon one of thousands of naval aviators who made their first Carrier landings aboard the Lexington. Salamon made his first Landing in 1974. A she was old then a he said of the Lexington commissioned in february 1943. Its new role will ensure that the Carrier will get older. The alternative would have been a scrap Yard but the decision to Send the snip to Texas disappointed Many in this Navy town. Pensacola was the Navy a first air station established in 1914 at a former Navy Yard that dates to 1826. Pensacola officials refused to submit a bid for the Lexington because of financial worries and opposition from supporters of the National museum of naval aviation who viewed the Lexington As a potential competitor. The City instead threw its support to nearby Mobile ala., which was competing Farewell the aircraft Carrier Lexington begins its journey under Tow Friday As it Heads for Corpus Christi Texas from Pensacola Fla. For the Lexington with Corpus Christi and Quincy mass., where the Carrier was built in 1942. After another Carrier named Lexington was sunk Quincy shipyard workers petitioned to have a ship that was under construction be named the Lexington. The Lexington was the last of the Navy a world War ii carriers when it was decommissioned last year. Japanese propagandist Tokyo Rose nicknamed the ship the a Blue ghost because of its non camouflaged Blue Gray exterior and because of its return to Battle again and again after she repeatedly claimed it had been sunk. Thousands turned out for a formal decommissioning ceremony last november but Only about 60 were on hand to watch the Lexington a final  fire kills 5 children but 1 escapes Cincinnati up a a fire raged through a townhouse before Dawn sunday killing five children despite Rescue efforts by a 13-year-old boy who was awakened to the Blaze by a Telephone Call. The dead four girls and a boy whose identities were not immediately released included three Sisters Ages 8, 10 and 12 their 11-year-old Cousin and a neighbor boy also 11, who was spending the night. A Cincinnati fire department spokesman said the children a bodies were found upstairs in the two Story House All apparent victims of smoke inhalation. There were no adults Home at the time of the fire which broke out about 5 30 . The 13-year-old boy brother of the three Sisters escaped the Blaze by climbing out a window to a second Story roof where he jumped to safety. The cause of the Blaze which resulted in an estimated $30,000 damage was listed As a undetermined a but police Are investigating a report of someone seen running from the building before the fire broke out. The surviving boy told authorities he was awakened by the phone ringing. But when he started downstairs to answer it he discovered fire and the flames forced him Back. He said he unsuccessfully tried to get some of the others to follow him out the window. The spokesman said the ground floor portion of the apartment one of six in the building was engulfed in flames when firefighters arrived but was quickly brought under control. He said the apartment had a smoke Detector but the Battery had been removed. In the stars and stripes 10years ago Jan. 27,1982 a italian state radio reported that secret negotiations might be under Way for the release of kidnapped . Army Brig. Gen. James Dozier. The report said the red brigades terror gang was demanding $9.6 million but . And italian authorities denied the report. 20years ago Jan. 27,1972 a president Nixon disclosed a secretly offered Vietnam peace plan calling for the withdrawal of All american forces within six months however North Vietnam rejected proposals for a cease fire in Indochina said the National Security adviser Henry kissinger.30 years ago Jan. 27,1962 the United states launched an Atlas rocket that scientists hoped to guide to the Moon. The rocket was carrying television cameras designed to take close up pictures and instruments to measure moonquakes.40 years ago Jan. 27,1952 egyptian rioters surged through the streets of Cairo crying for War with Britain and burning British owned Banks Heaters restaurants and shops. The Cabinet met for the second successive Day and indicated it was considering a Complete diplomatic break with  buzzing along a minus fruit flies space Center Houston a discovery a astronauts on sunday praised development of a Ruby coloured Crystal that eventually could be used to Monitor radiation. They also saw experimental fruit flies drop like Well Flics. The Crew was conserving electricity so Well that Nasa was considering extending the seven Day flight to collect extra science data. Mission managers were to decide today whether to keep discovery up until thursday a Day longer than planned. Scientists said most of the 480 flies aboard the space shuttle for an Experiment in weightlessness were killed by sterilizing chemicals accidentally left on the insect containers. Astronaut David Hilmers reported that a few of the flies were still alive in their cages some were in their a death throes and most had met their unscheduled end. World War ii a it looks like they were having their last meal As they finally met their maker a Hilmers said. Nasa Mission scientist Robert Snyder had expected few of the Flics to survive the seven Day Mission. Before they died some Laid eggs that will be studied after the research Mission ends he said. A a it a a disappointment for everybody. We would have preferred to have flying flies a the european space Agency a Claude Bril Louet a project scientist said saturday. A similar number of flies in a control group on Earth also died. The flies have been the Only major casualties since discovery blasted off wednesday with 72 million roundworms 3,942 stick insects slime Mold fetal mouse Bones lentil roots yeast bacteria oat and wheat seedlings Hamster kidney cells and human blood cells. A a everything is just going very Well with some minor glitches. I done to think in be Ever seen so Many smiling scientists in one place a said Mission manager Robert my Brayer. The Progress of other experiments thrilled scientists on Earth. Those include cultivation of a Mercury iodide Crystal which if perfected could be used in sensitive a Ray and Gamma Ray detectors for telescopes medical equipment and monitoring devices at nuclear Power plants. The seven member Crew had some problems getting the Clear red Crystal to grow properly when the Experiment began thursday. But by sunday it was Quot a Good looking Crystal Quot said astronaut Ulf me bold a German physicist. Mercury iodide crystals Are difficult to grow on Earth because they Are so fragile they can be crushed by their own weight. 50 years ago today 27 Jan.1 a 9-4.2 soviet troops capture the important rail Junction of Lozovaya in the Ukraine but the red army offensive is slowing As German resistance stiffens. Axis forces press a two pronged attack in Libya aimed at Benghazi and Al Michili. In Borneo the japanese capture Penang Kat and its nearby Airfield. The japanese land at Angasan South of the final  defense line in Bataan source 2194 Days of War. W h Smith publishers inc. Roflo almanac Book of would War ii Bison books corp1381 Apa year ago Day 11 Jan.27 two . F-15s shoot Down four iraqi Mig-23s Southeast of Baghdad Iraq. A total of 39 iraqi aircraft have flown to safety in neighbouring Iran since the War began including 23 a mostly fighter aircraft a in the past 24 hours. Defense Secretary Dick Cheney concedes air attacks alone will not drive Iraq from Kuwait. He says the final go ahead for a ground War remains a presidential decision. A