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Page 2 HISTORY’S MYSTERIES (continued): • In November of 1971, Dan Cooper, having paid $18.52 for a ticket, boarded a Boeing 727 on Northwest Airlines Flight 305 in Portland, Oregon, along with 36 others, bound for Seattle. (A press communication later mislabeled the man as “D.B. Cooper.”) Shortly into the flight, Cooper passed a note to the flight attendant, advising her that his briefcase contained a bomb. Thinking he was giving her his phone number, she stuck the unopened note into her pocket. Her indifference caused Cooper to speak to her, “Miss, you’d better look at that note. I have a bomb.” The note listed a demand for $200,000 in unmarked $20 bills and four parachutes. He received his cash and parachutes when the plane landed in Seattle, he set the passengers free, and commanded the pilot to fly him to Mexico, flying “low and slow” and leaving the back door unlocked. Five Air Force fighter planes tailed the jet, but not a soul witnessed Cooper’s jump into the rainy night somewhere between Seattle and Reno, Nevada. And D.B. Cooper has never been seen again. Nine years later, a family vacation led to the discovery of some of D.B. Cooper’s ransom money. An eight-year-old boy was looking for firewood near the border between Washington and Oregon discovered $5,800 in decaying $20 bills along the banks of the Columbia River. The serial numbers confirmed it was the hijacker’s money. No other money has ever been found, and considering the rugged wilderness, the FBI has always maintained that Cooper could not have survived his caper.

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A SPORTING VIEW By Mark Vasto

Cricket is a sport that Americans, in general, do not ever play. But here’s what we do know: We know that the game exists. We know that India, Britain and Australia play the game often. We know that it requires hitting a ball with a stick, and history has shown that we’re very good at hitting things. It’s not like it’s bobsledding, a sport we perennially suck at. This is something we can actually do. It is for just those reasons that I submit the challenge. I looked into the rules of how the game is played, and I stand here before you none the wiser. I haven’t a clue as to the subtle nuances of the game. I know that you can hit the baseball-sized ball with a flattened side of a willow wood bat out of the park and it’s worth 6 runs. A ground rule double is apparently worth 4 runs. There are 10 outs per inning, there are 11 players on defense and each game lasts about 5 days. And people complain that baseball is too slow? The game has other rules. There’s one rule that states if a red ball is used, no team can wear colorful uniforms. They have to wear white or off-white uniforms. I don’t see this as an obstacle. I’m sure that UnderArmour can come up with something that fits the bill. Naturally, there will be naysayers. Americans barely support outdoor or, for that matter, indoor lacrosse. How can we just pick up another sport when the WNBA still needs our support? The answer is easy, my friends: Gary Sheffield. Admittedly, I have not run this idea past Mr. Sheffield. This is partially because I fear him a great deal. That being said, who out there among us can deny the fact that Gary Sheffield will destroy the ball in cricket? Send Sheffield, Derek Jeter (because you have to send Derek Jeter, if only to make nice with the international press) and all manner of ex-baseball players to play the game. I think Curt Schilling would make an excellent bowler (pitcher, in baseball vernacular) along with John Smoltz. I bet Jorge Posada and Bernie Williams would sign on. Ichiro would be a no-brainer, and for laughs we can ask Lou Piniella to coach the team. Surely he will appreciate the pace of each 30-hour game. Look ... President John F. Kennedy issued the challenge that we put a man on the moon, not because it was easy but because it was hard, and that was in the 1960s. President George W. Bush challenged us to go to Mars, and as far as he’s concerned, Matt Damon fulfilled his mission. But I’m talking cricket, America. This is something we can actually do, that will never be considered a hoax or ever require the approval of Ben Affleck. Cricket, America. It’s time. (c) 2016 King Features Synd., Inc. Mark Vasto is a veteran sportswriter who lives in New Jersey. VETERANS POST by Freddy Groves

Allegations of wait-time manipulation at the Phoenix VA Health Care System surfaced two years ago, and more allegations followed. Since then, the Department of Veterans Affairs Office of the Inspector General has conducted more that 70 investigations. It’s now starting to roll out the results of those inquiries. Here are few highlights: Iowa -- It was alleged that “secret waiting lists” were destroyed before the inspection. One list had been created by a clinical psychologist to track how long it took for his patients to get appointments. He was told to delete it, even though it helped him help his patients. Louisiana -- A list similar to the one in Iowa had been created by staff to keep patients from “falling through the cracks” in the system, and had nothing to do with scheduling. New staff was to be hired, and veterans couldn’t be assigned appointments with a specific doctor yet ... hence the list to keep track of them. Minnesota -- Two former employees alleged that they’d been instructed to manipulate appointment dates or cancel patient appointments. Both had appeared on television shows making allegations, which were not substantiated in 26 subsequent interviews of employees. Illinois -- One employee admitted to changing desired appointment dates and next available dates to create a zero-wait appearance because she thought that’s what she was supposed to do in order to avoid repercussions by management. Florida -- A former employee alleged that clerks were manipulating scheduling data, but it appears they just didn’t understand the difference between a desired appointment date and an available one.Intentional manipulation isn’t what comes through in an initial reading of these reports. It seems more a matter of confusion. To read the full reports and keep track of new ones as they come in, check www.va.gov/oig. (c) 2016 King Features Synd., Inc.

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HISTORY’S MYSTERIES (continued): • In 1587, Englishman John White led 120 colonists to establish a settlement on Roanoke Island, North Carolina. Just a few weeks later, his daughter gave birth to the first English child born in the New World. Shortly afterward, a shortage of supplies sent White back to England. His return to North Carolina was drastically delayed for three years by a naval war with Spain. When White finally landed on Roanoke in 1590, the settlers had vanished without a trace. The buildings had collapsed and houses were dismantled. The only clue left to their whereabouts was the word “Croatoan” carved on a fence post and “CRO” on a tree. Some believe this referred to Croatoan Island (Hatteras Island today), 50 miles (80 km) south. It was also the name of a small group of Native Americans in the area. Searches turned up no survivors, but it may well be that the settlers sought help from the tribes and were gradually assimilated. A 1709 publication quoted Croatans who claimed to have white ancestors, and early colonists reported encounters with gray-eyed Native Americans. • Experts have long debated whether the Lost City of Atlantis was real or fictional. Described in Plato’s dialogues written about 330 B.C., Plato described it as a powerful and advanced kingdom that fell from the gods’ favor and sank into the ocean around 9600 B.C. “in a single day and night of misfortune.” Supposedly, the kingdom was on an island larger than “Libya and Asia Minor put together,” located in the Atlantic just beyond the Pillars of Hercules, which is believed to be the Strait of Gibraltar. The location has been linked with the Greek island of Santorini, which was destroyed by a volcano around 1600 B.C. The philosopher Aristotle joked about “Plato’s ability to conjure nations out of thin air and then destroy them,” but the legend of the long-lost utopia still fascinates today. No trace of the city has ever been found.

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* On April 1, 1700, English pranksters begin popularizing the annual tradition of April Fools’ Day by playing practical jokes on each other. It’s thought that when the start of the new year moved to Jan. 1 with the adoption of the Gregorian calendar, some people unwittingly continued to celebrate it in late March through April 1, and they became the butt of jokes and hoaxes.

* On April 3, 1948, President Harry Truman signs off on legislation establishing the Foreign Assistance Act of 1948, known as the Marshall Plan, to aid in the economic recovery of Europe after World War II. * On March 29, 1951, in one of the most sensational trials in American history, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg are convicted of espionage for their role in passing atomic secrets to the Soviets. They were executed in 1953.

* On March 28, 1979, the worst nuclear accident in U.S. history takes place at the Three Mile * On March 30, 1867, U.S. Secretary of State William H. Seward signs a treaty with Russia for Island plant in Pennsylvania. Due to technical the purchase of Alaska for $7 million. The deal malfunctions and human error, the reactor came within an hour of a complete meltdown. was ridiculed in Congress and in the press as “Seward’s folly,” “Seward’s icebox,” and Presi* On April 2, 1992, a jury in New York finds dent Andrew Johnson’s “polar bear garden.” mobster John Gotti, nicknamed “the Teflon Don” * On March 31, 1889, the Eiffel Tower is dedi- for his ability to avoid conviction, guilty on 13 cated in Paris. The Tower was almost demolished counts. FBI official James Fox was quoted as when the lease on the land expired in 1909, but saying, “The don is covered in Velcro, and every charge stuck.” its value as an antenna for radio transmission saved it. (c) 2016 King Features Synd., Inc.

Computer Use Pays Mental Dividends --Using a computer just once a week can help seniors avoid memory and thinking declines by a whopping 42 percent. So says a recent Mayo clinic study. This wasn’t a small study. Nearly 2,000 seniors participated, and all were age 70 and over. Four years earlier they had filled out a questionnaire that covered playing games, making crafts, socializing, reading magazines and computer use. Researchers then tracked them over time. The results: Playing games dropped the risk of memory decline by 14 percent, making crafts lowered it 16 percent, socializing saw a 23 percent drop and reading cut it by 30 percent. Computer use had the greatest effect at 42 percent. What researchers don’t know, however, is exactly how it works -- whether it’s because of the lifestyle that computers users have or because using a computer actually causes brain changes. Still to be determined: whether increased participation or computer use would yield an even bigger reduction in risk. What does this mean for us? It means we should stay engaged, learn new things, accept challenges, be active and go out and socialize. We could even combine activities: Take a computer class that meets at least once a week, and afterward go out for lunch and coffee with a group of students. Or use the Internet to look up craft and hobby instructions and get ideas for new projects, or meet with a group to create crafts together. Use the Internet to sign up for news feeds and stay up on current events, or join a current events meet-up and socialize at the same time. There are lots of possibilities, and all could have a positive outcome. (c) 2016 King Features Synd., Inc.

HISTORY’S MYSTERIES (continued): • UFO or government cover-up? In the summer of 1947, 75 miles (121 km) from Roswell, New Mexico, a sheep rancher discovered some unusual debris in his pasture – metal sticks, chunks of plastic, foil reflectors, and heavy paper-like material. It wasn’t long after the rancher contacted the authorities that soldiers invaded his property and quickly scooped the pieces into armored trucks. While the U.S. military assured the public that it was a crashed weather balloon, the pieces didn’t resemble that at all. Many insisted that the debris was a crashed extraterrestrial spacecraft, complete with alien passengers. The UFO supporters claimed that the craft and its occupants had been captured and covered up by the military. Fifty years later, the military issued a report declaring that the mysterious wreckage was part of a top-secret atomic espionage project called Project Mogul. The report stated that the fragments really were a weather balloon, but one whose real purpose was to carry classified information. Yet there are still those who subscribe to the UFO theory, as demonstrated by the hundreds of thousands of annual visitors to the Roswell site. • In November of 1872 the ship Mary Celeste

left New York harbor with Captain Briggs, his wife, daughter, and eight crew members, with a destination of Italy. A month later, the ship was discovered floating in the Atlantic with no one aboard. The captain’s log and the life boat were missing; otherwise, the undamaged ship was intact. None of the travelers were ever seen again. The ship had been renamed after numerous other mishaps had befallen the craft, including three captains dying aboard the ship and the breakout of supposedly accidental fires.

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• As nocturnal animals, bats sleep during the day, hanging upside down from trees or from the roofs of caves, gripping with their sharp claws. On the hunt at night, they might fly 30 miles (48 km) to locate food, which they can locate in total darkness. They find insects by emitting high-pitched sounds, 10 to 20 beeps per second and listening for echoes. The bat has a very long tongue for feeding, which it wraps around its rib cage when not in use. • While some mammals might glide, the bat is the only mammal capable of continued flight. The wing membranes make up about 95% of the bat’s body surface area.

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