European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 22, 1963, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 6 the stars and stripes monday july 22, 196ij kidding makes wives sneer at vacations by Dick West Washington up where re the Pioneer women of yester year what has happened to the adventurous spirit that sent Furforo Mother trekking across the Plains in covered wagons nowadays you have trouble get Ting n woman to trek across the Street in in air conditioned Stollon Wigton. Especially if her children Are trekking with rely Connre of modern women to trek around in n car full of children is n cause for National con Cern. I encounter trekking resistance each summer when we arc plan Ning our vacation. My wife will argue vehemently against any tripod More than five blocks. At times she resorts to Petty obstructionist tactics like hiding my Road maps. X might Murk this Down As abase of individual eccentricity had i not heard so Many other wives voice aversion to the open Road. Apparently the problem is wide spread. If there Werp any run hardships involved 1 could understand it. But everyone who watches Tele vision commercials knows that a family can travel in these time with ease and Comfort i do everything possible to tighten the Load for my wife. We Divide our vacation preparations roughly As follows i Lay out the route and she does the packing takes the cat to the boarding Kennel stops the milk and paper arranges to have he mall forwarded finds someone Towater the Flower gets the car serviced notifies the relatives that we will be dropping in on them. And floats a loan at the Bank. It is no easy Job to Lay Cut route but i accept that chore " part of the fun of vacations. For some reason my wife does t seam to regard her assignments in the same the Road i continue to accept most of the responsibility. I do the driving and she coordinate the bathroom stops keeps the baby from grabbing the steering wheel arbitrates disputes Between the older children keeps the baby from climbing out the window watches for restaurants and motels. And keeps an Eye out for the High Way patrol. Travel Haa a strange effect pm her. For instance she dislikes Turha ing but after 400 or 500 Miles Ahe practically begs to take the wheat.,in a Short while or a soon i find out what she did with the car keys we will be trek la across the Plains on this years vacation trip. I reminded my wife that my. Great grandmother crossed fats plan inn with Ion head of cattle. ? some people have All the Luck she mid. Politics out Domestic problem ln9 Miami Beach up the go ref at the annual governors conference Are having a meeting of their own with a Promise there will be no tight provoking resolutions. The informal organisation of the governors wive. All on a first run basis grew out of the flight to the conference in Hawaii two years ago. Pooling transportation at that time seven governors and their wives travelled together by plane and found they had Lotof common problems and interests. 80 Marine she s mrs. Frank. Morrison wife of the Nebraska governor was named by g o d. Rosella no conference chairman this year to head the women s group. Lead panel la Axon will have Bernice and Idanell and Betty Lead a panel Dis Cussion on such things As High fashion versus conservative Presslor governors wives. Bernice is mrs. Pat Brown of California. Idanell is mrs. John Connay of Telaj and Betty is mrs. Tun Babcock of Montana. Others on the panel will include mrs. Virginia Welsh of Indiana mrs. Jerry Dillon of Missouri mrs. Yean Ouy of North Dakota and my Florence Ott Byrud of South Dakota. We Aren t going to invade the governors province of policy mat ters of Sticky issues but we Are going to meet in executive session and have a Good talk about Mutual problems mrs. Morrison said. There won t be any resolutions coming out of our no welfare ban on Black muslims Elizabeth no. Up the Union county welfare Board has wan old it cannot withhold Wel fare payment to Black Muslim who refuse to Salute the Flag. Freeholder Thomas Dun had reposed that welfare Aid be dented to families whose children refused to allot the Flag in school Chil Dren of the Black Muslim met bad to do so on religious Joseph a Fol galas attorney forthe Board said he would find no ital authority or refuse a. Such Isu to Eaton who refused to Salute a bag. Aut Jami Ean eur Maumee fight titty Lull after All i acc Wilson s car collided with mayor Georgr Christopher s oar Ion 7. Wilson cited for int Tang to fwd the a Lent of Way us of tier trial fee on a Simla trial Mgo Bernurd Obe Flem. In Jody. Took one look atthe polm report and said Cas Beautiful baby it s Evtus be a baby daughter be cause mom la none other than Marlene Schmidt mum universe of 1mi. She ant her husband actor to hardly were in Miami for the lodging of my universe font Wanuita. Up photo solid fuel Titan Mot am test fired for 1st time Coyote. Calif ale a Lul Sance to the peace an quiet of All and the Beer Man St. Louis Upo the animal remained Cool at the St. Louis zoo during the record heat Here but the soda was warm. When a Power failure Cut Olf the air conditioning in the Penguin and Wal rus cages blocks of ice were com. Mande ered by zoo director Martin Perkins from refreshment stands. Made at Edwards air Force Bass callf., United technology scientists said. First flight Testa a scheduled in 1965 from Cap can. Veral. Yarborough plugs for new i Bill san Antonio Tex. Up sen Ralph w. Yarborough a Tex j called for passage of a cold War j go Bill to keep veterans up Apple peddling on Street Yarborough speaking to a a vent on of veterans of world a i said today s veterans should get5 the same benefits granted to to of world War ii and the Koi veterans of the cold Isrl will end up Apple peddling of i Street Comers unless the present Congress has the judgment to profit from our experiences altar world War i world War ii and the korean he proposed legislation provide government paid a Dtta a ton for sex servicemen similar tit that granted world War h korean on the pension my have not been held by either tvs 1house or Senate this year. Tar. Borough s cold War i Bill has been cleared by the Senate labor committee and is pending in the. Senate. Man faces trial in 1-cent theft Seattle api Paul Monti of Seattle accused of taking Penny from the pocket of a Dyb Man. Has been charged with 1w"jceny s Monti and the dead Man oort Jutman 04, lived in the ume i Tel. Police sold Monti told the he was walking past Jutman l room when he noticed Jutman Ly-3 ing on the floor. Police said Mil Man apparently shot himself. I Monti admitted taking the pea-3 by authorities said. Post Magazine editor die. Philadelphia i up Mutt isomers. 63, foreign editor of tee 1 saturday evening Post and former night City editor of the new Tori Dally news died in Pennsylva Hospital. Leaping lizards cause run9 on Detroit Bank Detroit up it was another Day at the Bank for Laurie Caruso until she gazed out her third floor window and saw o Lizard jump by. I could t believe it she screamed and ran Over to the Laurie and Elsie s a n a b r i a another bookkeeper at the Down town Bank opened the window. Two lizards Cavor Ted nearby. I was Elsie said. Wanted to run. It looked like an Laurie said she screamed again and slammed the window. It came Down on Elsie s hand and she screamed too. Her hand was t badly Hurt. Humane society men arrived and caught the lizards. They said the reptiles were iguanas a very agile Green Lizard usually found in Mexico. Ami Lac Nln a photographer who works on the fifth floor of Tho Bank building volunteered that he had two pet iguanas to is office. They must have got an open during the Nigl he said. They probably Down the Wall. They re very Hendon said he bought iguanas at a local pet store. T Are about two feet Long and grow to be about four Hll said. Asked if he wants his pet i Hendon sold. No the human a society can give them to a Mas far As i m
