European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 27, 1959, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday july the stars and stripes Page 5 where Zachary Taylor s daughter eloped with Jeff Davis town razes historic Romance site Prairie Duchien wis. A the v 19th-Century mansion from which the Daugh Ter of Zachary Taylor began her ill starred River boat elopement with Jefferson Davis 124 years ago is being levelled by wrecking Crews. The sprawling White Frame Structure has served As a Point of interest for generations of sight seers since Young Davis then a lieutenant fled the army Post with his colonel s daughter As his Bride. That was before Taylor carried on to be come old rough and ready the hero of Buena Vista and a t last in 1849, to be elected president of the . And before Davis him. Self dreamed of the confederacy which named him its first and Only  mansion was built in 1832 As a Resi Dence for Taylor who commanded it. Craw Ford during the Black Hawk War. Davis was a regular in the forces pursuing the War chiefs of the sacs and the foxes. At the for Davis met wooed and won Beautiful Sarah Knox Taylor. The 20-year-old Knoxie Home from a finish ing school heard her father s thought on her Romance. He would be damned said Taylor if he wanted another of his daughters mar ried to a military Man. Davis was forbidden in the  elopement followed. Local legend has it that Davis hired an Indian to paddle them across the Mississippi to Mcgregor Iowa where they boarded a River boat whose Cap Tain married them. Later Knoxie made peace with her parents and some of her relatives attended a More formal wedding at Louis Ville. However a few weeks later both Davis and his Bride contracted malaria while visiting in new Orleans and just three months after their marriage he was wakened by a girlish voice singing a plaintive Melody called fairy  Knoxie was singing. A few minutes later she died in his arms. The town says the space is needed for parking lot. New 40-Story office building going up in new York steel Skeleton of new office building at 80 Pine St. Overlooks 40 stories High. Part of new York s current building Boom the new East River in new York. When completed the building will be Structure will be one More change in the world famous Skyline. Up 40-26-39 Bikini puts Strain on 20-20 Seattle a from top Robottom 40-26-39. And All crowded into a teens Weensy Bikini. At first glance you would think there was anything controversial about  second glance maybe. At third glance definitely  at least that was the opinion of four policemen on a Seattle Beach. It did t matter. They were Over ruled later. Darlene Smith 21, who says she is an exotic dancer with the Stag name Star Bright poured herself into a Bikini and wandered toward the water to test a recent ruling by the Park Board. The Board said it would leave tothe police any decisions of what might Bel Reynie d indecent exposure on Public beaches. It was a Cool Day and there were not Many persons around. But somebody called the cops anyway. Four patrolmen pulled up the stopped. They looked. They looked again miss Smith waited. She stretched out on a Towel. There was a sudden dash for patrol car. A Hasty conversation with Headquarters followed. A sergeant an agreeable Youngman arrived on the scene. There was agreement. It was Anice Bikini. Whew said the sergeant. You know he added i think somebody is making a Mountain out of a  and with that the officers left. Miss Smith she s still wondei1 ing whether she was guilty of something or not. Groom balks at game of truth consequences Lexington by. A judge the Man on the Telephone asked How much do you charge for marriages county judge Bart Peak who bylaw can t charge for the ceremony jokingly replied it was free if the Bride is  Well said the Man As he Hung up that won t dome any  famed impostor injured in Auto mashup Framingham mass. Up Fred w. Demara 37, of Lawrence the famed impostor was injured when he lost control of his foreign automobile and smashed into guard rail on the Massachusetts Turnpike. Police said the crash was due to mechanical failure. Demara who denied he was the. Noted masquerade was driving Home from new York where he had made his first television appearance appealing to his audience for a Job because he was Low in funds. He suffered a Gash in his left knee in the crash which wrecked his car. The Gash was closed with 10 stitches at a Framingham hos Pital and he continued on his Way by taxi. The Driver said Demara started out for Lawrence but changed his mind in route and went to Boston North station where he vanished in the crowd. Two policemen a nurse a garage owner who towed his Renault car away and the cab Driver All recognized him. But he brusquely de Nied that he was the same Man who once posed As a surgeon in the Canadian Navy a Monk a col lege professor and a prison  6 foot 260 Pound Demara gave four different addresses inthe course of his adventure Here. He first told police that he live Dat 18 state St., Lawrence his Mother s Home and that he  there for two weeks. But his License was issued inner Hampshire and carried a Laconia n.h., Box number address. The car was registered to Demara at an Edgewood n.j., address. At the garage he told the owner he lived at 18 state St., Andover a suburb of Lawrence. Congressmen May be Busy till labor Day Washington a democratic leaders have put labor housing Highway and civil rights legislation Rayburn Johnson on the program for a stretch drive that could keep Congress running until labor Day. Also if a satisfactory Compromise can be worked out Senate demo cratic Leader Lyndon b. Johnson of Texas and House speaker Sam Rayburn a Tex probably will agree to passage of a Bill lifting the interest ceiling on Long Ter government Bonds but the two party leaders Are satisfied to let the Eisenhower administration Stew in the juice of the president s vetoes of wheat and tobacco Bills. Biff wheat surplus if there is any wheat legislation and Senate Republican Leader Everett m. Dirksen of Illinois said he thinks there May be the impetus for it will have to come from president Eisenhower or Secretary of agriculture Ezra Taft Benson. Dirksen said in an interview Helias real Hope that some agreement can be reached on a reasonable sound program to reverse the costly flow of wheat into govern ment storage. Otherwise he said the present crop carryover of 1.3 billion Bush Els May be increased by another100 million bushels by next july with mounting storage costs andean increase in the government s present 33.5 billion investment. Labor Racket Bill what the House does with a la Bor anti racketeering Bill which the Senate previously has passed May have a great Deal to do with the length of the congressional session. The democratic leaders Are agreed that some action must be taken on housing. Democrats Ona Senate banking subcommittee Are nov holding hearings in an Effort to discredit or. Eisenhower s be to of a housing measure he called extravagant and inflationary. If the response is judged sufficient an Effort May be made to override the veto. This require two thirds approval of those voting in both House and Senate. If sup port for the president s position seems solid a Compromise housing Bill May result. Highway Compromise a Compromise measure to continue the interstate Highway pro Gram perhaps at a slower Pace than anticipated appears to be in the making. Or. Eisenhower prob ably will get Only part of the 1%cents a gallon gasoline tax increase he requested to help pay for the Road program. Action on civil rights legislation still is up in the air in both houses. Johnson has been plugging for the Senate judiciary committee to Clear a Bill but Southern democrats apparently intend to stall there until they see what the House does. Dirksen has been Given Senate permission for a Day Long meeting of the judiciary group when he said there will be a motion to makeup a telescoped measure approved by a  motion is debatable mean ing Sou Fiern opponents May Talkas Long As they choose. But Dirk sen said he remains hopeful that modest measure eventually will be sent to the Senate floor