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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 01, 1963, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Fast 24 the stars and stripes wed nday May 1, 1963 Australia bound in epic flight Ari Lri off on Solo trip Oakland. In Elf. Up an attractive 101-Pound Brunette housewife set out tuesday to do what i other women has done Fly the Pacific none from oust lowest. Mrs Betty Miller a of Rekte faced 39 year old Pilot from in Lamonica. Calif. Ignored overcast skies and took off in a twin in conc aircraft on he first leg of a lonely7,100-Mtit flight to Brisbane Australia. She planned to land first in Honolulu. Her husband. Chuck and about25 others were on hand when she took off in her purple and White aircraft. A Friend. Miss Mart Cole sold.  seems  is room is Hough it were a routine  Earl fort the famed Avla Tryx who disappeared Over the South Pacific in 1937. In rec the Honolulu Oakland flight n 1 o n Efrom West to caul in 1933, mrs. Miller s itinerary called for stops at Hawaii Linton and Fiji islands on the Way to Brisbane. The Lon fest hop is the first one from Oakland to Honolulu. Her route was approximately the Timo in the opposite direction a that taken by miss earn re and her navigator Fred Noonun on their ii fated flight. They were  Var seen after Akong off Fromi Wie new Guinea in route to mow Oas peacemaking team arrives in Haiti capital from press port a Prince Haiti a five Man truce team from Tho organization of american states arrived tuesday for on the spot Effort to stave off threatened War Between Haiti and the dominican Republic the peacemakers headed by Colombia s Alberto Zug cat Angel were met by represent Ives of the haitian foreign office. They were scheduled to meet immediately with Haiti s foreign min ister Rene Chalmers at the  Angel said the truce team would meet president Francois Duvalier tuesday evening prior to Fanfani party Hurt in voting. Continued rom Page 11 Roen Doua c h r i a 11 a n Democrat losses. The party took 260 seats out of the 530 at stake. In the out eng chamber which had Only Mats the Christian democrats i 273. Just to break even to the enlarged chamber the Christian democrats needed 988  chamber Mats preceding chamber figures in parenthesis communist 168 140 Dennl socialists 87 84 democratic social Tofta 33 22 republicans e 6 liberals 30 17 1 monarchists 8 fascist italian social move ment 9t 34 1 other 4 b. Works Money Bill Battle shaping up Washington up demo cratic Leader sen. Mike Mansfield hat predicted the Senate would reject any major attempt to slash a $4bo million appropriation for president Kennedy item cd up Public works program. But Senate Republican Economy advocates we still Honing their razors in Hope of cutting up to $200 million from the $450 million voted by the Hoise and approved by the Senate appropriations com Matte the funds were included in afl.4i&ff7&84i catch All Money Bill which we 147 million More than voted earlier by the House . Team on schedule in Everest assault Katmandu Nepal api the Ajner can Everest expedition re ported Ita assault team is moving right on schedule toward an at tempt on thai 2&,q28foot pea wednesday. The tint assault group was upending the night at Camp five.1b.ooo Teet High in the South col. Or pass of the world s tallest Mountain according to a radio re port from the base Camp. Dispatches in official reception for them by the haitian  dominican Republic charged meanwhile that Duvalier had offered military bases to Cuba s Fidel  charge was made by Domin ican foreign minister Antes Felt cars to the peace keeping mis Sion. The trouble Between the two occupants of the Island of hts pan Iota erupted when the dominican government charge haitian troops invaded their embassy in port a Prince. As the expiration of a dominican ultimatum scared monday night. Halt announced its guards had been withdrawn from the embassy grounds and it would respect the Security of diplomatic missions inthe capital. And Island in the Central Pacific. Mrs. Miller who operates a Fly a school with her husband _  Monica was piloting n $50.000 Piper Apache. Her venture Vas suggested by Veteran Globe circling Pilot Max Conrad who flew with her to Oak and from Santa Monica earlier has week. I know she can do it Onti said. Conrad said he proposed the flight to the Petite mrs. Miller be ii us he thought she might in Otto make a trip that no other Wom in has Ever  mrs Miller postponed the flight on three occasions because of Rainy and overcast weather Between her and in will. She explained that with Only 21 hours fuel aboard Shedid not want any headwinds on the 17-hour flight to Hawaii. The Al allx. Who has never made a trans Ocran flight before said before Takeoff. I won t be bored. I la be Navy Gallaj and Mak ing position reports. And i want to take some pictures along  the flight also has a practical object in addition to its Pioneer aspect. Mrs. Miller is delivering the plane to a new owner in Australia. Mrs. Miller has aboard her plan fuzzy haired Good Luck doll named dammit she feels that it helps her in time of crisis to address the doll by its name. Kennedy to skip Rome won t Call on Pope John Washington a president Kennedy according to present plans will not visit Rome or have an audience with Pope John xxii during his late june visit to Italy it was Learned tuesday. Instead or. Kennedy plans to confine his stops in Italy to visits to Milan and to a secluded re treat near that City where he will con Fer with the italian prime minister or. Kennedy is expected to leave around june 20 for his trip to ital West Germany and Ireland. Originally the president was to make a state visit to Rome Withers. Kennedy and it was ass act that while there the first Roma Catholic president of the United states would hav an audience wit the Pope. Gas blamed in mine blast Clarksburg. . Api visible evidence indicates ignition of methane Gat near a loading machine Sot off the explosion which killed 23 men last thursday in the clench fled Coal co s Compass no 3 mine an investigating committee said in a preliminary report tues Day. Pillar of fire a massive mushroom shaped Cloud of flame and smoke towers Over Mechanicsburg fa., after a propane tank ear exploded when a Watern Maryland Railroad freight train derailed near the City. Sec photo Page 17. Associated Tress photo twisters kill 12 in Midwest South continued rom Page t g. P. Stark. The Frame House was  Man killed in Alabama was not identified. The Marlon county.ala., sheriff office said at least 17 other persons were injured inthe Hamilton twister most of them teen agers gathered in a  property damage was re ported in most of the stricken states one House Star Rich was carried Quarter mile by the twister but its 10 occupants survived. Heavy property damage wag reported from winds and Hall which pounded the area a 6-Monlh-old baby Cherry Cle ment was reported in critical condition at a Jackson tenn., Hospi Tal. A witness said the baby a blown out of the arms of its father Ernest Clement As he tried to make his Way to a car at their Home near  persons were injured at Talladega in Bast Alabama. Wide spread damage was  weather Bureau said it had an unofficial report of b inches of rain in seven hours at fort . Shannon miss., reported 14 injured and much damage. Another Small Tornado hit the North Edge Indonesia takes Over Colony Kota Buru. West irian Lupe Indonesia tuesday took Possession of this former dutch Colony of West new Guinea from a unite nation s corp Laker administration. The takeover in this former City of Holly Nola was a formal affair of speeches and ceremony. Of Oxford causing heavy property damage but no injuries. A Small Tornado Tore he roof off the Kalmuck hotel at rus Seuville ky., and damaged several business houses and residences. Bill for lottery signed in . Continued from Page 11 out of the conduct of the  the governor said or. Mall let has informed me that his conversations with Justice department officials have convinced him that no violation of Federal Law will be involved in the Sale of sweepstakes Lockete to either residents of new Hampshire or  clergymen in new England deplored the Law. But new Hampshire proponents said the state vitally needs the Revenue. The last lottery in America Wasin Louisiana which abandoned it in 1804 when Congress passed Alaw prohibiting the sending of lot Tery tickets through the malls. Sex Jordan Queen Dina now citizen of car Cairo sex Queen do roof Jordan has obtained Utah Cut exr Nihls in Interior  said Here. The former Queen 33. Educated at Cambridge England has Benin Egypt since her divorce from King fuss Len of Jordan in 1937after two years of marriage. A Tornado in Missouri s Boot Heel struck the Smalt communities of Advance and candies causing extensive property damage.  Mccallister 75. Was killed and four other persons in candies suffered minor injuries As the twister swept into the town from nearby Advance to the North whole Gale warn Ings were hoisted on Akes Lehi Gan Erie and St Cali. Coast guard vessels slowed through Waves 10 to 20 feet High on Lake Michigan in search of a25-foot Powerboat reported miss ing monday night with two Ludington mich., men aboard. A cold wind blew nov flurries through Chicago Streett and Loop workers Bent into blasts Worth of mid february. Before the snows came Chicago had is7 inches of rain in m hours. More snows fell across Northern Wisconsin and Michigan with total Depths of up to 3 inches forecast japanese preparing big Welcome for Glenn Tokyo a the japanese government is arranging a big Wel come for american astronaut John h. Glenn jr., who arrives Here sat urday. Glenn will help Man a ship Board tracking station off Japan during astronaut Gordon Coopers mid May orbit attempt. Foreign minister Masayoshi Ohlrau said Glenn will meet top political and scientific figures and tour Prin Cipal cities in Central and Western  am the greek Queen cried the fugitive stranger i continued from Paar it Sweet and charming and  out the window i saw men and women parading with placards. They appeared to be look in Tor the Queen but they did not know where she Nad  miss Stevens said the Queen stayed about an hour. They did not Call the police. Two Days later the actress got a signed photograph of Queen preder Lka inscribed wit Many thanks for your prompt help to two strangers in  the Queen invited miss Stevens to Claridge s monday night to join he and her daughter for drinks before they returned to  the Queen flew to Athens tuesday she left political storm behind her. By Luth government officials said the foreign office worked the Home office for its version of the Inci Dent and was told that the Queen had been molested but had not been physically touched or chased. That we Why the British a Polo by did not detail the incident the informants said. Upon her arrival in Athens the Queen conferred briefly a the air port with British ambassador sir Ralph Murray. The ambassador was it the Bot Tom of the ramp with King Paul Premier Constantino Caramanolis and foreign minister Evanghelos Saverot Tomtha when the Queen descended from the plane wit Princess Irene. The Queen said in a taped Tele vision interview tuesday night that newspaper accounts of til -4 april 20 incident were substantially Correct. Asked it she had been nervous during that period Ahe replied no. 1 was surprised. I was at school Here. I know the English. We have been Solles during the War. We Are still allies. 1 love the English because i know them very Welt Scotland Yard was described u making a major inquiry  
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