Path: bloom-picayune.mit.edu!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!americast.com!americast.com!americast-post Newsgroups: americast.twt.news From: americast-post@AmeriCast.Com Organization: American Cybercasting Approved: americast-post@AmeriCast.com Subject: Headline Article Date: Tue, 17 Nov 92 15:07:56 EST Message-ID: \SE A;NATION;AMERICAN SCENE;EAST \BY FROM WIRE DISPATCHES AND STAFF REPORTS S=NEW STORY Death prescribed for jumbo toothache BUFFALO, N.Y. - The Buffalo Zoo euthanized an Asian elephant because a veterinarian said it wouldn't have survived the pulling of an infected tooth. Lulu was killed Sunday with a lethal injection. The 42-year-old elephant had lost weight because of an abscessed tooth. Last April, zoo veterinarian Allan Prowten tried drugs and an operation to clean the abscess, but the infection flared a week ago. Zoo officials said pulling the tooth would have caused the elephant excruciating pain and left her unable to eat, making her lose weight faster. It would have taken at least six months for Lulu to recover, zoo officials said. "The prolonged suffering would have reduced Lulu's quality of life - contrary to the mission of the zoo," a zoo statement said. Lulu had been one of the zoo's main attractions since 1953. S=NEW STORY Bermuda area searched for missing yachtsman NEW YORK - Coast Guard planes yesterday searched waters northeast of Bermuda for signs of veteran yachtsman Mike Plant, who was more than two weeks overdue in France on a solo Atlantic crossing. "There's been no sign of him," said Petty Officer David Silva. Searchers were first sent out Friday. Planes operating out of Bermuda concentrated on an area about 600 miles northeast of the island. Mr. Plant, 41, set out Oct. 16 from New York to Les Sables d'Olonne in France for the start of an around-the-world race. He was in a 60-foot sloop called Coyote and was due in Les Sables d'Olonne on Oct. 30. Three days out of New York, Mr. Plant signaled a freighter to relay a message that he had lost electrical power and couldn't use his long-distance radio or automatic pilot. The last contact with Mr. Plant was believed to have been a beacon signal picked up Oct. 27 by the Canadian coast guard. It was too weak to get a fix on the boat's position. Mr. Plant lives in Jamestown, R.I., and has sailed around the world three times. S=NEW STORY 18th-century artifacts found under parking lot BOSTON - Wine bottle seals and ceramic wig curlers from the 18th century are among artifacts found under a parking lot as part of a highway project. Archaeologist Beth Bower said the 100-by-50-foot area appeared already to have been excavated. "When we took off the parking lot surface, we came right down almost immediately on 18th-century surfaces," she said. The most significant finds are two wine bottle seals bearing the name of John Carnes, who lived on the site in the 18th century. The site also yielded pipe stems and bowls and tin-glazed tiles from the Colonial era, Miss Bower said. The parking lot is part of a construction project to put a third tunnel under Boston Harbor and move a now-elevated highway underground. This article is copyright 1992 The Washington Times. Redistribution to other sites is not permitted except by arrangement with American Cybercasting Corporation. For more information, send-email to usa@AmeriCast.COM