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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 18, 1963, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Town in april 18, 1963 the stars and stripes Peg 3 farm production in serious trouble e. Germany May tighten food Belt again i Berlin a East germans. Already deprived of Many loot items army be forced to lighten1 Luj per Bells even further in the com Lair  Survey of economic Annh inns j i a Randenburg alone is lo.t00 tons Short it the  of this month the Survey showed. The Supply of ecu reached onlyh4 per cent of the plan during the first Quarter of this year a Short a Nee of about 92 million pros. I Mont production in far below inst  s the rentral committee was toll. Although there was no Indica Tion Whitt the people were st raving ill it ions Ness of the situation who Mph isl7i d by shortages in Kant Berlin. Supplies always Hundl i n More abundant in the communist Sot Tor of the divided City Tymn in other cities of Enst Ger Many Bee Nune authorities wanted fad ii Attoh the of to ten from part my Llanera in the a rpt Cap. A Takeoff on grandpa Auto Mobile Dun try. It a built in nun flame. Keystone Pilot meeting to be nicer than in 1945 new Orleans a when Walter l. Button of Baton Rouge meets Odonne Colonna in new , it will be under much More cordial circumstances than the Las time they met. The last time was easter Sun Day 1945, Over Switzerland. Sut ton was flying a b24 bomber on drop run and Colonna was leading four me109 Messerschm dts out of the skies directly at Button s plane. When the shooting stopped but ton and his Crew were baiting out and Colonna  peeling off for Landing at his nearby base. Colonna an italian was flying the German Mode fighter plane for the italian air Force. The Sam afternoon he saw Sutton briefly while he and two others who were captured were being  italian Pilot wrote Sutton in March 1962, asking if he were the Emo Pilot that managed to swing around the big bomber almost  the vicious me 109 that was on his toll and blasted Oft the Melod s left Wing with nine , now office manager for the general electric sales depart tent in Baton Rouge was that ame Pilot. A correspondence started and the two agreed to meet in new Orleans for the  traced the Baton Rouge Pilot through service records i Washington. Coronna is now employed by Northrop electronics. Indiana tax increase tentatively approved Indianapolis up the Indiana Senate has Given tentative approval to a 2 per cent corporate net income tax and a one third in crease in the state s present Gros income tax. The package would Relsa 1185 to \ Bank courier logs 2 million Miles by air san Francisco up a slender. Sandy haired Gordon j Olson stepped off a Jet Airliner from lot Angeles and marked Ith a pleased smile his two Millionth mile As a Commer Clyl airline passenger. I virtually every mile was flown Long the 500-mile route Between san Francisco and lot Angeles. Olson is a courier for the Bank of America and his Job is to make five flying round trips a week be tween the two cities. Some other people Piloti mostly have flown 3 million Miles Olson sold but nobody in the commercial aviation Industry has put in that Ninny Miles at such ayoung  Olson is 39. Started in ibb1 he started his Job april 16. 1951.in april of 1957 he hit the one million mile Mark. It s a wonderful Job Olson said. I be never had a Dull flight. I always look for something Dif Ferent and i be never been Dis appointed. I be met world traveler that \ would never meet except in a Job like  in his 2 million Miles of flying Olson has never had a serious Accident. The Only thing Wax a Flat tieback in the dc3 Days he said. Nowadays he Flics exclusively onsets and he does t worry. I have Faith i have  he said Faith that it will stay up  he boards his Airliner in Sanfrancisco with several Hundred pounds of cancelled checks for Bank of America branches in Southern California. At the Losangeles internat Lonny Airport he is met by a Southern cot i f or n representative of the Bank who \ Tandet him cancelled checks for the Northern part of the state. J within 40 minutes. Olson u Back in the air and heading Home. The i flight takes just under an hour Olson works from 8 30 at nigh until 4 30 in the morning. I love the work Olson said my wife and two children have. Wedding plans Britain s princes Alexandra of Kent and he future husband Angus Ollry talk Over their marriage scheduled wednesday in London. Astor lated Presa photo governors Laud 3-state Lincoln Trail project $190 million in new Revenue needed got accustomed to the night  balance the budget for the next and i expect to continue As Long two years. 1 As the Bank and i see Eye to  Gilbertsville by. Up governors of Kentucky Indiana and Illinois halted the Lincoln heritage Trail at an investment in the nation s past that will increase tourism along the 900-mile route. Gov. Bert t. Combs of Kentucky who acted As Host for the meeting at Kentucky dam Village state Park Here welcomed Illinois  Kirner Indiana gov. Matthew Welsh and lows gov. Harold Hughes for the formal launching of the project. Markers will be placed along the Trail followed by the Lincoln family from Hod Gonville. Ky., to Spring Field iii., where the Young Lincoln began practising Law. The 900-mile Trail takes in 54 Points of historic interest in the three sin ten. $.100.000 Invof turd James g. Bennett travel develop ment coordinator for the american Petroleum inst Ltd a reported  has been invested in color brochures on the Lincoln heritage Trail and that the three states and the Institute will upend a total of$750.000 on promotion. Kerner said the new Salem Springfield. Iii., Complex of lincolns Tei already has drawn tourists from not Only America but throughout the world. Our objective in developing the Lincoln heritage Trail is to turn the tourist into a traveler to give him a Fuller understanding of the history of the three states he has visited and particularly of the life of Abraham Lincoln Kerne said. Combs told the meeting of go persons including chamber of Commerce and tourist department officials from the three mates. It makes sens1 to emphasize the at tract Fons � have. The Lincoln heritage Trail la a Rood  Hughe attended the meeting Toi Virn More about the Lincoln Trail with an Rye toward  ing similar tourist promotion projects in Iowa. He said that Likely Prosper 15 would Law the mormon  and the Lewi and  marking Pioneer exploration. Lascaux Cave closed by fungus Lascaux France a a creeping Green fungus like growth tar ring the world renowned Stone at paintings in the Lascaux Cave has frightened scientists into Clos ing the doors indefinitely. The paintings reproduced in schoolbooks the world Over were the freshest examples of Cave drawings when discovered in 1940. The Cavern became a top tourist attraction but now the 120,000 Al tors a year Are believed to be at at partly responsible for the blight that threatens to destroy them. The dark Green spots Are the worst on the strange Unicorn monster which probably was the figment of a prehistoric Hunter s imagination and on the upturned hone probably seen by the artist As falling off a Cliff. They and the other animals Are believed to have been painted 15.-000 to 30.000 years ago some by artists using hair and Feather brushes. Lamp Black Ochor and manganese oxide colourings have mingled with Calcite crystals which act As a  trying to identify the Green growth say some evidence indicates it 1s an algae of the Type which absorbs Carbon dioxide and emits pure oxygen now the basis o experiments to provide space travellers with a regenerating oxygen Supply. Some scientists suspect Light May be responsible for the growth. The paintings remained in close darkness until discovered by some boys whose dog fell into a Small Hole under a Bush. The boy wid ened Tho Hole and retrieved the dog Anu the next Day came Back with candles and a lantern to explore the spooky corridor. Falling Rock kills Maryland girl 9 Bethesda. My. A a Large Rock plummeting from the Stone Cliffs that line the Potomac River at great Falls a Short distance above Washington fatally injured a 9-Yenr-old girl. The girl Suitan land quest of Rockville. My. Was fishing with her father. Robert c. Lundqu isl she died in suburban Hospital Here. With Suie and her father were Robert l. Laurall. Of fulls Church vo., and his ton Bruce 9. Laurialt said Bruce saw the Rock fall about 40 feet onto Susan s head Knock ing her into the water. He said thei Rock Wai the size of a volleyball enl Berlin to he a showcase of communist accomplishments. The severe Winter was blame for the difficultly. Animal husbandry appeared Mohave the most trouble. Alrh animal tosses were reported due to therold and epidemics of Hoof and Mouth a License in nearly nil areas of knit Germany. To null opiate the situation the communist party leadership recommended that More won a be employed to take care of animals be Russp they irent them  Survey pointed up my Sunn gement of land and deplored turn ing valuable arable land into Graz ing land. Between 1953 and 19t.2,the Survey said arable land was reduced by More than 1.5 millionaires. Closer supervision of agriculture by party functionaries was urged to rectify the  Survey Alto revealed that were trouble was brewing another areas of the Economy. The most important was construction which was 35 per cent below plans because of the severer old weather according to the  experts on East German economics said this probably was he most serious problem since it will have a definite effect on Allf Uturo planning. Project linked when the major Industrial con a Rutlan projects fall behind Verj Lhing else Falls Down one economist  far Industrial production was not in significant difficulty the Central committee was told that production plans were fulfilled by95 per cent. The party did not a How i would overcome the effect on the population of the agricultural dilemma. However the Supply of the population was last on a list of priorities which included fulfilment of the 1963  of new t e c h Nuques in All branches of the Economy. Achievement of higher Quality in production. Completion of investment projects on time. Fulfilment of Export Obliga Tion. Solving problems in connection with he continuing Supply of in population. Frei Mure on Western experts pointed out that the communist regime can Iii afford mounting food shortages sine the population already was under extreme  work week has been in creased and wires were Cut in Theopi Taftt months. We re not predicting unrest an riots because the people now Are resigned that this is useless Oneill Llod official old but what May happen is that production will falloff severely because the people won t , the East German regime May increase food imports. Thistl will do reluctantly however be cause it would mean the depletion of foreign currency reserves badly needed for imports of Industrial raw materials. Calif. Matador in shaky Start locales mex. A Jeff Ramsey of Santa Monica. Calif., barely escaped a serious Goring in his formal debut As a bullfighter in the Nogales  his appearance Ramsey Wai tossed five times by one Bull an four by another. The judge finally ordered ram sey out of the ring but the Young californian rushed out and mad what reviewers have called the most emotional sword placement of the year killing 4 Large Bull with one thrust  
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