European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 3, 1962, Darmstadt, Hesse The stars and stripes sunday june As balloon twin Sion Tenn. Up a advertising balloon Tore Loose from its moorings and sent to youth s soaring to an Altitude 01 11,000 feet before they were a Leto turn Down the balloon s air during the descent the hot air balloon passed through a Cloud Bank cooled Loo fast and plunged Speed of a falling Parachute. T 1 the i Wholer Toorks occupants,1 bal Loon and Gondola landed in a tangle of Telephone wires in the backyard of an excited Nashville neighbourhood. Keither of the youths Tracy Barnes 23, and Lee Becker 21, both students at the University of Minnesota was injured. They were hired for the summer to operate the balloon for c n i Young radio station owner who rents out the balloon for promo Tion purposes. The students have flown the balloon this year at the masters Golf tournament at Augusta ga., and at the Indianapolis ?500" said he had the balloon anchored in the backyard of his Home and asked the balloonist to inflate it so his children could Nee it the youths Alto were to Check the air Heater which had Bee giving trouble Barnes said he and Becke climbed into the 01 in Gondola turned on the Heater and let the balloon Rise to the planned Alti tude held in Check by a then a gust of air hit the big bag and the rope pulled explained that the pro pane powered Heater heats the Airt the neck of the balloon causing it to Rise. The balloonist descend by turning Down the Heater and allowing the air to Cool we were having trouble with the valve of the Heater Barr Essaid. We could t Cut Back the flame and we just went both of the youths had on Para chutes but they had no oxygen with them. They planned to jump if the balloon reached 15,000 feet but Barnes said they finally got the valve working at 11,000 feet we shut the flame Back and started Down he said. Of o nil n Down we went through a big Cloud which cooled the balloon of rapidly by the time it hit the Groin we had it slowed Iowa but Mdian t have it slowed Down Enos so we could direct Barnes is a former paratroops and was t worried about tace Ftfe so Billy of a jump. Becker How Ever never has jumped. To i suppose i could have if t had he said. Tracy me exactly How to go about looks pretty far Down from there red paper Calls Goodman ,." magician with clarinet " c the Art was once universally condemned in Russia As a product of decadent american but this article said Goodman concerts were an unquestionable Success although not with the entire the article also suggested thata soviet jazz band visit the United states. Goodman jumps at bid to Jam with red cat Moscow
