European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 20, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Pege the stars and stripes May 20 s now she s ml8& us a a to t3?%msfi to -a5&1 pm i r tit victim is of .wajws1 Miami Beach Fla. A miss Washington Dorothy Catherine Anstett. Of Kirkland one or nine children of an air Craft Plant worker saturday night was chosen mite in in v the 20-year-old English major from the University of washing ton will find her other Ian gauges French and latin help when she carries her nation s colors to the miss uni verse contest Here in july first runner up in the contest was miss Maryland Paulette Reck of Baltimore who celebrated her 20th birthday Satur Day night by winning tha Chanceton serve Jas miss Usa if the first place finisher cannot com plete her   other finalists in order of their find the efe miss Nevada to steer Able Chute army sgt. Robert Mcdermott from it. Bragg n.c., floats to Earth at Wright Patterson air Force base near Dayton Ohio in the first Public demonstration of a new design of Parachute called the Para foil Chute. Developers say the Chute glides Forward three feet for each foot of vertical descent and that the Chutis can guide it somewhat like an air plane. Associated press photo vegas miss a Louisiana Mitby Hebert 6f Ank in and miss sew mex co Bonnie Lynn Tafoya of Las Cruces. K 4" the Winner known to he friends As Didi was the busiest girl in the contest with measure ments of 40-25-36. The Walnut eyed Brunette Sother statistics were equally healthy 127 pounds and 5-feet-9.miss Anstett was crowned by the current miss jus a Cheryl attn of Miami. Miss Patton was last year second runner up and took the Crown when the Winner Sylvia Hitchcock became miss uni verse and the first runner up from California declined a Chance at the role. The Crown Means a $10,900first prize and a wardrobe filled with fringe benefits to Wear on year Long personal appearance tour. ". The 51 contestants voted miss Kentucky Julia Pinkley of Mur Ray miss Amity a coveted award among the beauties. When the new miss Usa was named five Vietnam veterans were on stage chosen by computers " to sit out four. Days of hardship duty As escorts to for Rajer winners. 11 Viets killed. 51 Hurt in Saigon Rochet attach Saigon a the casualty toll mounted sunday from 100 Pound Viet Cong rockets that Tor into the heart of Saigon on the 78th birthday of North Vietnam Ese president to Chi Minh. . Officials said 11 Vietnam Ese were killed and 51 wounded. All casualties were civilians except for three policemen killed and four wounded. The rockets also Cut a path of destruction setting 150 Homes  . Spokesman said More than 20 rounds slammed into Allbut two of the City s nine precincts. Despite the presence Ofa Large american military and civilian Community in the Capi Tal the Only . Casualty re ported was a Soldier who suffered a slight wound. The . Command mean while announced the loss of two More american planes in com Bat raising to seven the number of . Aircraft reported downed in the past three Days. In the latest two losses one. Pilot was killed and two other crewmen were reported missing. Three crewmen had been killed two missing and four others wounded in the previous losses the latest two planes reported owned included a $9 million a by Ra-5c vigilante reconnaissance plane that carries a $1 Mil lion camera to photograph North vietnamese installations. " . Headquarters said thei Lante flying off the Carrier Kitty Hawk was downed by unknown causes saturday Northwest of the North vietnamese City of Vinh. Vinh is 145 Miles North of the demilitarized zone and 25miles below the 19th parallel bombing limitation set by presi Dent Johnson in his de escalation order nearly two months ago the two crewmen aboard the vigilante were listed As missing it was the 838th . Plane announced lost in combat Over North Vietnam in More than three years of  Sabre downed Over South Vietnam an air Force fido super Sabre was downed saturday night while at tacking enemy positions 22 Miles West Northwest of Saigon. The Pilot was killed and the aircraft was destroyed when it exploded in the air. It was the 263rd . Plane lost in combat Over the South. As Midnight ushered in the birthday of to the world s old est communist Leader the Vietcong saluted the occasion with the shelling of Saigon. The heaviest attack came at 1 . Sun Day and lasted about 45  hours later Well after Day Light at least three other rounds of rockets slammed into Down town areas. But there did not appear to Bein the first stages any widespread shelling of South vietnamese cities and installations across the country As had been feared bythe Saigon regime s joint general military staff. The command had said it received information indicating another general As Sault would take place Between saturday night and sunday to Mark to s birthday. South vietnamese Militar Headquarters reported Only to other significant shellings outside Saigon. One was North of the capital against a Hamlet and theother was on a City in the Mekong Delta Southwest of Saigon.3 Battles . Headquarters also reported three heavy Battles Over the weekend All in the Northern zone South of Danang Headquarters of Marine forces in South Viet Nam. North vietnamese troops have been putting heavy pressure on Danang and other provincial capitals such As Tarn by and hoi an along the populous coastal lowlands. Of a v it of fyicmj�-"-jp1 _ i Catherine Anstett miss .a. 1968 Tarrytown . A mrs. Lyndon b. Johnson undaunted by threatening ski Sand Chilly weather toured two restored Manor houses watched sheep being sheared and laughed delightedly at the tale of rip Van Winkle saturday As she wound up a two Day tour of the lower Hudson Valley. " the first lady her Bright yellow dress and coat contrast ing sharply with the Gray Clouds overhead was particularly interested in the Kitchen of one of the houses Van Cortlandt Man or an 18th Century mansion i nearby Croton on Hudson. She warmed herself in front of the Kitchen s open Hearth and inspected freshly baked loaves of bread but admitted she had some reservations about the room s practicality. Picturesque As it is  said Don t we All Praise the lord for the advances in the  the first lady also watched Candle making demonstration and when told that Many hand made candles Are scented with Bayberry mrs. Johnson said know. Our Church Sells  highlight of mrs. Johnson visit to the Manor was a Demon stration of spinning and weaving by the hand weavers Guild of Westchester  first lady watched intrigued As Oscar Fink who Learned How to Shear a sheep in . H a 42 Albany 63 43 ancborag7 m Atlanta Sitt motion 47 Tern 4 cincinnatiit4t Cleveland 61 if otnvw6ft w Detroit 79 61 port wpith64 66 Howwton 64 60 lot Angele in erasures to l7ft 68 Momphia 1 71 miami47 m Minneapolis my nworlana6768 new York 76 11 Philadelphia m a Hoenle 64 44 Portland m74 41 Tali us 6 b3 ton prndc7� 60 Fiat Tiff 70 47 St. Loud 79 66 wait Langton his native Germany clipped thick coat of Wool. Mrs Johnson noting that the animal Lay quiet during the shearing asked Why is he Osgood natured about that Well said Fink i told him about the  Fink got a helping hand from George Hartzog jr., director of the National Park service who said he d always been a farm boy and proceeded to show the crowd his sheep shearing skills. After watching skilled  card spin Dye and weave the Wool mrs. Johnson was presented with a White Handwoven shawl. Later the first lady visited Sunnyside the Home of author Washington Irving a"10"?his tales of the Hudson vat Slafter luncheon on the Lawn under a Pink and White Stupe tent mrs Johnson hastened to a Reading by Meddeth Smith of part of the Story of rip Van . Johnson laughed frequently particularly Over Parton the Story dealing with rips the Sketchbook of Geoffrey Crayon  Crayon was of Many pen names used by a firs. Johnson s tour one series of discover am Council of Parks an recreation