European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 16, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 6 a the stars and stripes monday March 16,1992 recovered items verified As Earhart a Houston apr an aircraft recovery group claims it has solved the mystery surrounding the disappearance of Amelia Earhart who vanished in the Pacific 55 years ago by finding part of her planets fuselage a newspaper reported on saturday. A team found the fuselage remnants in a search of the Jungle on the Remote South Pacific atoll of in Kumatoro the Houston Post said. The fuselage segment and a size 9 shoe a ear Harts size a were discovered during an october expedition said Richard Gillespie executive director of the International group for historic aircraft recovery. Gillespie said the items were sent to a National transportation safety Board expert for analysis and the expert had verified them As belonging to Earhart the newspaper said. Nobody was at the Agency a Washington office saturday who could confirm the report a Security guard who did no to provide further details of the Section of plane said he would present the findings today at a news conference in Washington. A we will present proof that the Earhart mystery has been solved a he said. A a it a been a Long difficult sex new York apr the Day after mob turncoat Sammy Gravano finished testifying against reputed mafia Boss John Gotti prosecutors on saturday showed a videotape in which the two walked together As pals. The tape shown in . District court in Brooklyn was a compilation of footage secretly recorded by Federal authorities from april 1988 through july 1990. Several times Gotti and Gravano Are shown walking in and out of the Ravenitz social club gottis hangout. The tape shows Gotti being greeted with handshakes and sometimes kisses on the Cheek from the men congregating outside. Fri agent George Gabriel used a red laser to Point group says pensive project.�?�. Earhart and her navigator Fred Noonan disappeared in their two engine Lockheed 10-e Electra on july 2,1937, during a bid to become the first aviators to Circle the Earth. The pair disappeared Between new Guinea and Howland Island in the Central Pacific. They planned to use Howland As a Way station in route to Honolulu and Oakland calif., thus completing the Mission. Earhart a disappearance triggered a massive search and has led to speculation Ever since. Among the theories was that she was spying on the japanese for the United states and was captured and died in Captivity. The aircraft recovery group theorized that through a navigational error the pair missed their target of Howland Island and crash landed on or near Nikuma Roro 350 Miles away. Tom Willi and Tom Gannon retired military navigators developed the theory after studying potential routes and plotting transmissions sent on Earhart a frequency. The Wilmington recovery group funded the $750,000 search project. In an earlier search the groups team discovered an aluminium Box that was used As a navigators map Case. Although an Fri expert verified the Box was manufactured in the 1930s, it be tied directly to the Earhart voyage. Gannon said the team was �?o90 percent sure that the remnant of fuselage was part of Earhart a plane when they first found it. The woman a shoe a a cats Paw Brand popular during the 1930s a sealed any doubts he said. Out other reputed crime family members on the silent Black and White film. Gravano in nine Days on the stand testified that Gotti was a murderer who ordered the deaths of those who crossed him. Authorities say Gravano was gottis unde Boss and heir apparent in the Gambino organized crime family when be was arrested in december 1990 with Gotti and co defendant Frank a Frankie Locso Locascio on murder and racketeering charges. Facing life in prison Gravano 47, signed the plea agreement under which he admitted to 19 murders. He faces probation to 20 years in organize buy american Parade from wire reports Atlanta a thousands of autoworkers and their families arrived at a a buy american rally saturday in a single file Horn honking motorcade of .-made cars that stretched for Miles. More than 4,000 vehicles decorated with american flags and signs Reading a say no to Tokyo buy american a rolled from the general motors corp. Assembly Plant in suburban Dora Ville to the downtown rally. State Al Cio president Herb Mabrey estimated the attendance at 10,000. The rally was sponsored by the United Auto s faces lawsuit Atlanta a nine Blacks filed a Federal lawsuit against the owner of 21 dominoes pizza franchises and the Parent company saying they were denied raises promotions and other opportunities because of their race. All Are current or former employees of Michael l. Orcutt who controls about 25 percent of the dominoes outlets in Atlanta. The lawsuit filed in . District court said the civil rights of the nine were violated by the Chain dominoes pizza inc., and by Orcutt and several of his Dies during birth san Antonio a a killer whale died saturday while giving birth at sea world of Texas. Zoologists suspect complications during labor contributed to the death said a statement from the Marine Park. A necropsy on the whale Samoa was ordered. The calf also women celebrate Salt Lake City a mormon women promised saturday to enhance the role of the Relief society As a sisterhood of service to the world As they celebrated the 150th anniversary of the faiths women a auxiliary. A let us make a Charity never failed he a motto of such personal significance that the whole world will be blessed by us the daughters of god who Are the Sisters of Relief society a said Elaine l. Jack the auxiliary a president. Her message was beamed by satellite to Many of the 3 million women in 135 countries who Are members of the society and the 8 million member Church of Jesus Christ of latter Day convicts escape Litchfield Conn. Two 18-year-old inmates one being held on a murder charge escaped from jail Early saturday after one attacked a guard stole his keys and freed the other an official said. John Moore jumped a guard at Litchfield correctional Center and beat and stabbed him before opening the cells of five other prisoners said Bill Flower a state correction department spokesman. Moore and Christopher Shapard Cut a screen protecting a window broke the window and fled shortly after Midnight Flower said. The other four prisoners stayed to help the guard. Shapard was awaiting trial on a murder charge in his grandfathers november slaying. Moore was held on a burglary charge Flower averts strike Philadelphia a transit negotiators reached an Lith hour settlement saturday night averting a strike that would have stranded up to 450,000 riders who depend on the City a buses subways and trolleys daily. Officials of the transport workers Union local 234 and the Southeastern Pennsylvania transportation authority announced the three year agreement at about 11 p.m., an hour before 5,200 Union members planned to begin picketing. Mayor cleans up City Hall Philadelphia mayor Edward g. Rendell brushes off teasing remarks As he scrubs Down the ladies room on the first floor of City Hall. Rendell Wasny to kidding when he promised during his Campaign last year to improve the appearance of the ornate building. On saturday the mayor led 400 volunteers who swept painted and spruced up the building. Corporations and labor unions donated materials. Secret tape shows Gotti Gravano
