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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Thursday, February 19, 1959

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   Pacific Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 19, 1959, Tokyo, Japan                                Thursday february 19, 1959 the stars and stripes Page 3 Star spangled family the world at Large the i Irlin Sime family of Readstown wis., gathers among some of their 800 flags All made by mrs. Sime seated at sewing machine it right. She started making flags for a local Parade and just kept going. Seated in front with Mickey the Boxer dog twins Monte and Melanie 5, flank har Lan jr., 7. Behind them Are a married daughter mrs. Jerry Cooper and her 7-Inonth-old daughter Valerie Dawn and Ithan 15, and Merdes 12. Sime brings up the rear. Up photo British Royalty cedes a Palace London a the British Royal family is giving up one of it six huge palaces. Marlborough House the 200-room mansion on the mall where Edward Vii lived As a Young Man has been handed to the government Asa meeting place for Commonwealth. Conferences. Prime minister Harold Macmil Lan told the House of common that Queen Elizabeth had offered to make the House available. Its history the House was designed by Christopher Wren in 1709 and was first used by the eccentric Sarah Churchill the Duchess of Marlborough and an ancestor of sir Winston Churchill. In 1850 it was settled by the state on the Prince of Wales who was later Edward Vii. For 17 years it was the London Home of the late Queen Mary. No one has live there since her death in 1953. The Royal family now has Homes at Buckingham Palace Windsor. Castle Balmoral Castle Clarence House and Sandringham House. Public Domain a sellout Alexandria la. Up the Day of the squatter is ending in Louisiana. The . Bureau of land management has announce that a Sale Here feb. 24 will virtually wipe out the Public Domain in Louisiana. More than 1,500 acres will be involved in the Sale. 3 plan to Cross Ocean in sealed water tank Montreal up three europeans who emigrated to Canada recently plan to return to the continent this summer by crossing the Atlantic in a sealed water Lank. The Trio Richard Welisch 24 of Vienna Albert Barth 30 of Trier Germany and Robert Frantz 30 of Paris have christened their weird Craft Diogenes after a greek philosopher who lived in a barrel. They Hope to ship the tank Tost. Johns Newfoundland at the end of april. From there they Hope to get a Tow from a freighter into the Labrador current and the Gulf Stream where they will be on their own. The Trio All admitted landlubbers Hope the Gulf Stream will sweep them to Europe. They Don t know at what spot but they Aren particularly concerned after All says Welisch the skipper of the Trio Europe is big enough to  they esl Imale it will take two months to Cross the Allan tic. Their Craft is simply a 3,000-Gat Lon tank with an open Hatchway attachment on the top that gives tithe appearance of a railway tank car. Fresh air will circulate through tubes and Cement ballast in the Bottom will keep it from capsizing. The men say they Are undertaking the trip As a "challenge.". They Hope to raise Money in Europe by crewman washed overboard survives slug est with Sharks Panama a a Fisherman who slugged it out with Man eating Sharks said he hit one smack on the nose. That one swam away said Theodore c. Swienty 57, of san Diego Calif., Fisherman Cook of the tuna Boot Mary Barbara Swienty recovering in Gorgas Marine Hospital from deep bites in his right leg and left foot was washed overboard near the gala Pagos islands Jan. 27.the Sharks were after him right away in addition to fighting them off with his fists he kicked them. But what really saved him Hes said was his White plastic helmet. It was knocked off and the Sharks apparently thinking it was a morsel of something went after it. This gave the Mary Barbara a Chance to Circle Back in time to make the Rescue. How Many Sharks were there they were like swarming bees said Swienty. Displaying their Craft after the crossing. Barth a diesel Mechanic has been in Canada 4� years Frantz a Salesman has been Here 2. Years and Welisch 18 months. Barth is the Only married member of the Trio. Tranquili Zers valuable in lulling wild beasts Chicago up veterinarians attending the Illinois state Veter Inary medical Assn. Convention Here revealed that  Are just the thing to soothe the Savage beast. Or. William j. Gay of Wood Stock 111., said the pills Are particularly Handy in preparing animals for Slaughter. It gives them a feeling of false Confidence Gay said. House group backs broader spy Laws Washington a espionage Laws would be extended to nets committed by . Citizens any where in the world under a Bill just endorsed by the House Judici Ary committee. It would repeal a Section of the Law which now limits prosecution to acts committed within the ., on the High seas or within the nation s maritime jurisdiction. In recommending repeal of existing limitations attorney Gen eral William p. Rogers told con Gress espionage knows no Geo graphical boundaries and should be punishable without regard to locale. Airport Bill is labelled orderly withdrawal Washington up it Gen Elwood r. Quesada re chief of the Federal aviation Agency said the administration s $200-million Airport Bill would mean Only an orderly withdrawal of Federal Aid funds and not a Complete  told a National press club luncheon there would be a continuing need for Federal Aid to airports in the foreseeable  Quesada blamed himself for what he said was confusion Over the orderly withdrawal expression in the president s Airport budget re quest. He said it has wrongly been construed to mean orderly  $60,000 in gems stolen from financier s suite new York a the hotel suite of Alexander Guterma inter National financier charged with securities Law viol a t i o n a was robbed of $60,000 in jewels. Two robbers pushed their Way into the suite at the Lombardy hotel after knocking on the  took a jewelry Case contain ing most of the gems from the to of a Bureau. Got Erma 44, was arrested Over the weekend and released on $5,000bail. Authorities say they Are investigating allegations of Frau against him which involve millions of dollars. Glerma has denied the allegations. Ike will be guest at of Academy rites Washington up presi Dent Eisenhower told sen. Gordon Allott a Colo that he is planning to attend the air Force Academy first graduation exercises at Colo Rado Springs june 3. Allott made the disclosure after a Call on or. Eisenhower at the White House. The senator is a member of Tho Academy s Board of visitors. Or. Eisenhower reviewed the first freshman class of the new Academy which will be graduated this year in its first inspection Parade in .1955 at Denver. The Academy then was in temporary quarters at Lowry air Force basest Denver. Space too Little known for Laws expert says Washington aloft us Becker Legal adviser for the slate depart Mon says the . Has decided to wait for More facts about outer space before taking a stand on Laws applying to space. Writing in the current Issue of the Navy s Legal publication the jag journal Becker said the . Government s position basically i that there is much More to learn before we shall be in a position to say what shall be the general Legal principles governing the Law of space. The jag journal is published by the office of the Navy judge advocate general. The february Issue contains a symposium of six articles about space Law with an introductory statement by Secre tary of defense Neil h.  said the . Position is in Accord with the tendency of development of the common Law which has been on a Case by Cas basis. Celler opposes move to oust de Sapio Washington up rep. Emanuel Celler . Said Here he would oppose efforts to Ous Carmine g. De Sapio As new York tammany Hull chief. Asked about the ouster move led by mrs Eleanor Roosevelt and other new York liberals Celler said de Sapio made a mistake i picking new York District attorney Frank Hogan to oppose  b. Keating . In the last election. Celler said Thom As k. Fin letter would have Madea belter candidate. But he said you Don t oust Aman for one  demo ridicules Nixon coast Mission Sacramento Calif. A vice president Rich Ard m. Nixon s visit to California Over the weekend was described by the democratic state chairman As a dress rehearsal of the Carrot and whip technique he plans to employ in California in his drive for the  William a. Munnell of Montebello also a state assemblyman predicted abject failure for Nixon s declared Mission of trying to rebuild the Sale gop. Munnely in a statement had this to say about the vice president s meeting in san Francisco wit former sen. William f. Knowland and in los Angeles with former gov. Goodwin j. Knight at his meeting with Nowland the vice presi Dent used the Carrot lure to coax support from a vice president kill mid m. Nixon at International Airport in san Francisco on a trip to mend political fences in the state. Us i 1 Hoto Man who still believes the people were wrong i defeating right to work and rejecting his bid for the governorship. On the other hand or. Nixon will use the whip on a Man who has already Felt it Laid across his Back when he demand s or. Knight s backing inthe presidential  Munnell said Nixon now concedes disunity Defeated the republicans in California last year but the democratic chairman added he does t say that he helped create it by conspiring with Knowland to kick Knight out of the governor s race and into a disastrous race for the United states   
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