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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 29, 1963, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday May 29, 1963 the stars and stripes Page 3 British pageantry to Mark Queen s birthday in Germany some of the Pogo entry of Queen ell7abeth � a Nutil trooping of the color a ceremony which Murks her of Drift 1 birthday will come to Germany next wrote. In Heidelberg the band of the lit in of the Cameron inns. Or scottish rifles will Bent rear edit on the in Rad ground at usar eur Hunt 4 30 . Thursday. June 6. To Mark the Quern s birth any. In Duest Tho 4th g u n r is brigade c a will troop the color it dih Silldorf s Rhine Center at 10 15 , in turny june 8. And in London Queen kill Nheth Wilt troop the color in the great Square of the historic horse guards Parade ground it 11 . June 8. The Date of the Queen s official j birthday is selected arbitrarily each Lynnr. Usually in my or june in order to provide Sonn Assur Ance of Good went her for the trooping the color ceremony. Her actual birth Tony is april 21. Col John d. St Phon on senior British Liaison officer to us Karkur and Cental he Imide the arrange meals for the be r e Mony in Heidelberg the Cam Ero Nunns is Scotland s Only Rifle regiment. The hand has travelled extensively with the regimen i since the end of world War ii. Since 3946 it in served in Gibraltar Trieste Hong Kong Malaya. England Germany. Scotland Bahrein and Kenya. The ceremony of beating Retreat dotes from the earliest Days of the British army. It is believed to armed forces to economize on tools stockpiling Washington up the military has come up with a my Way to wive to Only. It is called buying Only what we  assistant defense Secretary Thomas d. Morris pictured it an a pretty Radical program. He told Congress it should Cut costs by 51.1 billion a year. Take screwdrivers. Hereafter army. Navy and air Force mechanics will have to make do with 235 different kinds shapes and models. They formerly needed 520. It is the same Way with More than 1 million other common use items bought for the separate services by the new defense sup ply Agency. By the end of next Yvor u will be handling 1.468.000 items. Morris raid and a year after that it should be saving $802 million per year. Also the military is going to quit Goldpin Tang these items. This tends to run prices Way up Morris said. There was the Case of the clip Lan Engineer specified for holding 1 electronic tubes in place on a mis 1 stir. To was a Gand Engineer and designed n truly Fine clip. In fact. It was so Well designed it Cost 40 cents instead of 2 cents which was later found to he plenty. Morris Santti the government would Nve $100,000 a year on this item. Now that he has knocked off the Gold plate another big problem Hiis been that the  lends to be Stock Happy according to mor Ris account. Hereafter the serv ices will count their spare parts before ordering More Anil this Wilt save so he said $210 Maltlon a year. Of course buying Only what we need h Only one weapon in the Murru t conomy Arsenal. Reducing operating costs is n Mil her. And the one he is counting on most is the one that committee members seemed to like Best. He called it buying at the Low cat sound  Seminole ind Lon tackles Tough Job there were these alligators in Paris by Morton p. Gudebrod surfs Pori Bureau Paris Sas Jackie Willie a 37-year-old Indian from the Donla Seminole reservation near Miami has been dominating alligators for 15 years. But the Only advice he can give to would be Alligator wrestlers Don t rive pm an open ing. To underscore his counsel. Jackie Points to a barely healed 100 Titch wound on his right forearm that he acquired less than a month ago from a sinister looking saurian named Florida Gal. I gave her on opening he explains. I be had Little scratches and bites of course but this was the first time a Gator really got me. Sho was going for my stomach and i put my  up to Stop her. That was an  but bygones Are bygones and Florida Gal a now at the annual Paris fair with Jackie and a male Alligator named swamp boy and their primitive combats Are draw ing record crowds to trans world airline s stand promoting the won Ders of travel in the . Enter third too also with Jackie is his tribal chief Osceola. Who is the Reserva Tion director and a Baptist minis Ter. About four times a Day Jackie Barefoot and Clad Only in Blue jeans Steps into n 3-foot deep wrist ing Pool and proceeds to evict either Florida Gal or swamp boy. This involves a considerable struggle since both gators Ore violently opposed to almost anything that disturbs their natural torpor. Once out of the water Jackie its astride the Gator and pries open its Pale Pink jaws with his Here hands to display its chewing equipment 80 Sharp Teeth to the wonderment of the spectators. When he lets go the jaws close with a clop that 1� audible Yards away. Some statistics will give on idea of what Jackie has to Cope with Florida Gal is 7 feet Long and weighs its pounds while swamp boy is 6 inches Shorter and weighs in at 150. Both were captured wild in the Florida Everglades no their exact Alligator age is Uncertain. But Jackie put Gal to 40 years and boy at about 35. Thin is Short of the prime of life for alligators who usually live to be nearly 100 unless made into ladles handbag first. Jackie says his two charges or challengers were sluggish because of the cold weather when they first came to Paris. But now Infra red healers Hove been installed around their Pool restoring their natural ornery ass. The Cool climate has also of acted Thror appetite. Since Cav no Florida they have not eaten postman uncovers Ducky Surprise in a Corner Mailbox Philadelphia a Mak ing tils morning rounds postman Herbert Cosen was bowled Over by to pack Rig in a Corner Mailbox. He unlocked the Box and pulled out a full grown White Duck Friendly As could be. Bald Cosen i be found Kittens puppies Riend fish even Pleza pics. In these boxes hut never before a live  not knowing what else to do he released the Duck on the sidewalk. A woman Camo by to mall a letter and the Duck trailed along after her. She called the society for the prevention of cruelty to animals and the Duck wound up in the society s Pool for stray fowl. Electoral College called Urban biased Madison. Was. Upit the speaker of the Wisconsin Assembly criticised the electoral College method of electing the president of the United states for what he called its Urban  Robert Hanse a Republican appeared before an Assembly com Mittee to urge adoption of a Resolution calling for a constitutional convention to change the election process. And apparently Don t want to except for any morsel of Jackie they can manage to nip off. Back Home they eat once n week a whole five Pound Chicken. They Tion t really eat it says Jackie just crush it and Swal  during the fair Florida Gal and swamp boy Ore boarding in two coffin Uke boxes bilingual labelled danger live alligators and attention crocodiles me chant Kellk f Osceola and Jackie Are ii or a. T. Or More comfortably in a nearby attention Crocodile merchant hotel. Have originated when towns were huddled around castles for Protection. In those Days the ceremony Van the signal for soldiers to re urn to the Security of the Castle before the drawbridge was raised. In later years when soldiers were billeted in private Homes drummers passed through the it reefs to warn soldiers to return to billets by curfew time in addition to playing the re treat ceremony in Heidelberg the Cameron ans band will present a concert featuring  done Init at h to . June it at Tho Patrick Henry Village theater. The Public is invited and children mils in to coiled with their parents. The scottish Bondsmen will pre sent a final concert at Patton Barracks in Heidelberg at 11 45 . Friday june 7. Queen Elizabeth is colonel in chief of the seven regiments of her household brigade. Five regiments arc foot guards the Grenadier cot Streum scots Welsh and Irish guards and to Are cavalry the Sovereign s cavalry escort of the life guards and the Royal horse guards. The trooping the color Cere Mony on the Queen s official birth Day is exercised annually in turn by each battalion of the household brigade. This year the color of the 2nd in of the Grenadier guards will be trooped. Queen Elizabeth will head the Royal procession wearing the Crimson and Gold uniform of the Grenadier guards. In her trl covered hat he will Wear the badge and White plume of the grenadiers. The procession will leave from Buckingham Palace Riding Down the mail to the horse guards Parade ground. The Queen is due to arrive Riding Side Saddle As the horse guards clock strikes u Buti. Just instinct says heroic teacher editor nor the of of Calm work of an elementary school teacher averted Ponnie tra Jedy to St Pel font incl Diny so 7nitic Giff pa., children. I Margaret Trinkin brought a school Bun to a naft Holt on the bunt Penn Lincoln Parkway rant in Pitta Nirh after the Driver wan stricken Anit nigh d Over the wheel. Here in Mia Rankin n account of what happened. By Margaret Rankin Pittsburgh a my a Fath Grade class had Juk finished its Field trip a ride on the Gateway Clipper a . And we were on our Way Home. I was in the second seat from the Driver on tin same Side us he was. I had just bran talking with the children. They were discussing the trip on the Clipper something caused me to look at him i guess it was the Jolt of the bus. The front wheel of the bus jus barely hit the curb. That May have been what caught my Atten Tion. U was t going straight. It was at sort of an Angle taking up traffic toll at 11,030 Chicago a during the first four months of this year 11.630 persons were killed in . Traffic accidents a record toll the National safety Council reported. The Middle Lane and the right Lane. The Driver  
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