European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 4, 1959, Darmstadt, Hesse The stars and stripes tuesday August 4, czech flees in plane Austria Asylum Vienna up a czech refugee escaped into Austria in a stolen plane and landed near Vienna police reported Here. The police said the refugee Emil Schwetz 29, landed near Mistel Bash 20 Miles North of Vienna after stealing a plane from the czech Airfield at Senica. Schwetz asked austrian authorities for political Asylum shortly after climbing out of his air plane police said. The plane flew insecticide Spray ing missions from the Senica Field Schwetz said. Hid in plane Schwetz hid himself in thei plane during the night and took off shortly after Sunrise. He crossed into Austria Over the Bor Der Village of Holie Nau and landed As soon As he knew he was Over Austria. Schwetz was the sixth czech refugee to escape into Austria during the past week. Last wednesday two fully armed czech soldiers Josef Svoboda and Frantisek Manas marched Over the Border and asked for political Asylum because conditions in Czechoslovakia have become in workers flee they were followed Friday by Frautisek Haruna and on Satur Day by Josef Lang Mueller and Ernst Frient three czech workers who crossed into Austria near pm trend and asked for Asylum. The two soldiers were granted Asylum. The other requests Are still under study authorities said. A woman from Romania was the seventh Escapee from the East to ask for political Asylum. She is Susanne welder of Bucharest who came to Vienna to visit her relatives and decided to stay Here authorities said. Sex i throws jazz festival complain la tour Belgium Cap about 3,000 jazz fans have stoically endured repeated show ers to enjoy a nonstop open air picnic jazz festival lasting More than 12 hours. It was set up by Joe Napoli of Hollywood calif., As a Charity affair to repair the leaking Church oof of this Small municipality where he had such a Good time 15 years ago. He spent his convalescence Here after he was wounded in the Bat the of the bulge and he never for got the people of complain la tour. 200 jazz artists about 200 musicians from 11 countries played for the festival including the Mello tones a jazz Teand from the . 3d army div in Germany the French Compaq on do Jourdain Hollywood trumpeter Chet Baker and the jazz club of Poland. Five european radio stations broadcast the festival and the Box office brought in $3,000. The Royal touch at teatime traffic in Italy surrendering to new code Rome up you re just As f Likely to lose a fender but less Likely to lose your life driving under. Italy s sweeping new traffic code. The Highway Reform with regu-.1 lations for greater traffic Dis j Sipline higher fines for violators and More enthusiastic enforcement by City and National police went into effect a month ago. The new code was a blow to the traditional every Man for Hir self driving which has terrified Many a tourist on italian roads. Police have left no doubt they mean bus Ness. Statistical proof it is difficult for a foreigner to see any change As thousands of italians drive like crazy to get to the Beach or the mountains for their traditional August vacations. But statistics show that since the new Laws went into effect july 1, traffic deaths have dropped 25 per cent under those for july last year. There were Moi a accidents but less serious ones with fewer per sons injured in the larger cities and their environs. The score for july was fatalities273, compared 3g9 last year. Injured5,506, compared 5,692 last year. Accidents6,545, compared with 6,470. With with czech reportedly leaps to death on Eikel Tower Paris a firemen worked for an hour and a half to remove the body of a suicide wedged be tween girders of the Eiffel Tower. Police and witnesses said the Man jumped from the observation platform Midway up the Structure. His body struck the girders of the Tower at the first floor level after plunging 250 feet. He was killed instantly. The body was wedged Between the riders in full View of tourists. The Man was identified As Stefan Kovavic 51, of czechoslovakian origin. Pope receives 200 caste Gandolfo Italy up Pope John Xxiii received the 200 presidents of the dioceses of the italian Catholic action. They Are holding a three Day convention in Rome for a better King Ibn Saud of saudi Arabia pauses for ten and cakes at the of Ungstad Germany autobahn Motel. Saud was in route from bad nauheim to Freiburg during his visit to Germany. With seven of his children and an entourage of 70, Saud came to bad nauheim to take the Baths. Associated Tress photo Yemen ruler 20 / guards end visit to Italy Rome a bearded arthritic Imam Ahmed ruler of Yemen s 5 million arabs is in route Home with All 20 wives and concubines present and accounted for. It was the 65-y.ear-old Imam s second Start Back to Yemen in three weeks after a three month rest and arthritis cure in Italy. This time he was not risking either air sickness or possible Dis Appe Arance of any of the veiled women of his household. He was going by private train and then by ship with considerable forethought Given to privacy and seclusion. First departure the Imam and his entourage first took off for Home from Ciampino Airport the night of july 14. That flight did t get far. Fifteen minutes after Takeoff the plane came Back to a Landing. First reports said the Imam had suffered a heart attack. But an aide explained that it was just a. Sort of air sickness. Then came the Story that had the Imam s turbaned guards bran dishing their scimitar in anger and the Imam s spokesman shout ramrod stiff soldiers finally Bend Royal guardsmen flip Bearskin London up two ramrod stiff guardsmen from Buckingham Palace one from the Bank of England Are under arrest for acting much less than ramrod stiff Cne guardsman was charged with waving to of the other was allegedly involved in an accidents is outside Buckingham Palace when an american was bumped or tripped. These Are the guards whom. Tradition has it Are a movable on duty immune to All distractions com to or netted to staring fixedly ahead or marching in toy precision with never a glance to left or right. A member of the crack Coldstream guards Spain Madrid. 123 fue Carral bldg. 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