European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 21, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 2 the stars and stripes saturday May 21, 1977 huge bids astonish the Sellers Mentmore England up More millions rolled into Mentmore Friday As transactions in the Sale of the Century climbed to nearly v the auctioneers were astonished. The seventh Earl of Rosebery. Forced to stage the richest garage Sale in the world to pay about $7 million in inheritance taxes made a private Deal which robbed the Mentmore collection of its richest prize a painting expected to top $1 million at auction next week. But his private Deal with Britain s National gallery of Art for a Droukis portrait of Madame de Pompadour dimmed none of the Luster of Friday s sales. The third full Sale of furniture from the seemingly endless assortment assembled in the 1850s by Baron Mayer de Rothschild sold Friday for 956,880 pounds tl.64s.434 even before an afternoon Sale of Art objects that boosted the Mentmore millions to nearly the cull conservative resale Esti mated total of v tax free lord Rosebery sold the huge portrait of Madame de Pompadour for an undisclosed sum probably about 516.000. It would have brought at least double that amount in next week s auction. But government rules made the private Sale virtually free of government earlier snapped up four items valued at another $1.72 million for National museum collections. But buyers flown Here from the . In private or chartered jets buyers fro Europe who have jammed every hotel room for Miles around arabs buying through local dealers and the occasional British dealer bought the remainder of Rothschild s collection As if Money were going out of style. Farrokh Nazerino an iranian dealer who was the biggest buyer wednesday spent another $83,640 Friday for 17 italian Gilt armchairs covered in brilliantly coloured silk embroidered in 1720 and protected Ever since by embossed leather covers. Still to come were Rothschild s old Mas ters and other pictures More Silver More Moges enamel and other Art objects and two enormous porcelain sales including the milking pails made for Marie Antoinette for her play farm at Versailles. It will Lake auctioneer rotheby Parke beet until May 27 to work through All the Mentmore House s 3.870 auction Sale lots. 2 More arrested in murder of millionairess Indianapolis a the remaining two persons sought in connection with the murder and multimillion Dollar robbery of a reclusive widow were arrested Friday in Tempe. Ariz., authorities said. A spokesman for the Marion county sheriffs department said Howard r. Wii lard 38, and his sex wife. Marjorie s. Pol Litt 48, both of Mooresville ind., were apprehended by Fri agents. Both were wanted on first degree murder charges in the death of Marjorie Jackson 66, who was found shot to death inner fire charred Home May 7. Police found More than $5 million in Cash hidden in Bage cans toolboxes drawers and a vacuum cleaner bag and believed up to $6 million More might have been taken. About $1.6 million a i recovered after three other persons were arrested in the Case. One has been charged with first degree murder arson and burglary one with theft and one with Possession of stolen property. Begin will cancel Israel s offers of West Bank Deal High level hug Menahem begin Leader of Brad s Bard line Uko party who to Likely to be us nation s next Premier Hogi Peggy Wodon at Abc producer. In Herttua Friday. Whedon has just finished making a program about begin. In tuesday s elections. Begin party Defeated the formerly dominant labor party led by Shimon Peres. A Tel Aviv a Menahem begin Sig naked a major change in israeli policy on the occupied West Bank Friday indicating that when he becomes prime minister he will cancel israeli offers to Trade it for peace with the arabs and would convince the world it is Israel s by Law by Justice interviewed on Israel television. Begin said the time had come to abandon this misleading term of territorial Compromise and begin to present the West Bank As an inseparable component of israeli Sov , whose rightist liked party won the election tuesday and who expects to form a government in the next two or three weeks was blunter than before in stating Israel s claim to sovereignty Over the West Bank with its 700,000 arabs. When the interviewer said your policy is not acceptable to Washington not to a single senator or administration begin said did any israeli representative Ever Tell a single senator that Judea and Samaria the hebrew name for the West Bank should by Law by Justice by right be an inseparable part of israeli sovereignty begin asked Why should the Ameri enlistment reenlistment Dod strongly backs Bonus amendment by John Hart Washington Bureau chief Washington . Is the de sense department strongly supports a Senate amendment to the Bill that extends authority for payments of enlistment and selective reenlistment . John g. Finneran Deputy assistant Secretary of defense for military personnel said that the department sup ports the amendment which requires individuals to maintain qualifications in the skill for which a Bonus is paid. The Pentagon uses Bonus payments of up to $15,000 to entice persons with critical skills to enlist and reenlist. Its authority to pay the Bonus payments expires june 30. Some Means of recouping unearned portions of bonuses should be available to the government when a service member through neglect or Lack of desire fails to maintain or retain the skills for which he is 18 phantoms arrive to train in Germany jever air base. Germany eight Een f4e phantom ii aircraft from Moody fab ga., landed Here after a nonstop flight across the Atlantic. The planes were flown by members of the 68th tactical fighter so and will remain at jever until june 7. More than 250 maintenance and support personnel arrived at Juver monday and will also remain until june. This air movement is part of a continuing . Air Force tactical training deploy ment program which began two years ago. Deployment to bases of Allied air forces provides the . And its nato partners opportunities to develop interoperability while training for rapid re enforcement. Paid the Bonus Finneran said. In testimony before the House armed services military personnel subcommittee. Finneran said a draft change to the department of defense Bonus administration regulation is being coordinated. The regulation would be implemented when the Bonus Bill As amended is enacted. The present provisions of the Bonus Law Only allow termination or recoupment when the service member voluntarily or because of his misconduct docs not com plete the term of service for which a Bonus is paid. The Senate amendment change that situation. Earlier this year both the Senate and House passed the Bill extending the Mili tary s authority to offer the bonuses up to sept. 30,1978. However the Bill was not enacted because of the Senate amendment which the House had not considered. The House armed services committee must agree to the Senate amendment before the Bill can be enacted. If the com Mittee refuses to agree the Senate the can Call for a conference. Stewardess on probation in Dolphin cocaine Case Miami up an airline stewardess who was charged with arranging a cocaine Deal involving two Miami Dolphin professional football players was sentenced to 18 months probation after she pleaded no con test and promised to continue to cooperate with authorities. In return for the Light sentence Camille Richardson said she would testify against Dolphin defensive linemen Randy Crowder and Don Reese also charged with conspiracy to sell one Pound of cocaine to police undercover agents. Cans be More israeli than the Brawl let they got their schooling from or. Alton or. foreign minister Yigal Alton and it sense minister Shimon Peres Are Leaden of the labor party which begin s liked woe Defeated. The labor party maintained a standing offer to Trade parts of the West Bank for a settlement with Jordan but begin said that policy will be dropped. We got it into our Heads that this is a right Pouch he said. Now i Hope we will begin to explain after 10 years that it in t so that Judea and Samaria held by Israel harbours the Promise of peace that if we give it up there will be no Chance of Piper retracing Lindy s hop 50 years to minute Farmingdale . A a Florida Pilot took off for Paris from farming Dale in a single engine Piper Lance air plane at 7 52 . Friday. That was so years to the minute after Charles Lind Bergh took off on the first Solo transatlantic flight from Roosevelt Field to Paris. The plane piloted by David Gray 36, had been scheduled to leave at 9 . Or later but a spokesman at the Airport said the night began at the historic 7 52 moment because the Early morning weather was so Good. Tie plane has enough fuel for 27 hours of flight. The 3.600-mile trip is expected to take about 24 hours. The Lindbergh trip took 33 hours. Gray will be greeted by Lindbergh s son at Lebourget Airfield in , As was Lindbergh is alone. He is trying to follow the exact route that Lindbergh took. Gray is a professional ferry Pilot an has recorded 5,200 flying hours. The plane being used in the flight weighs just under 4,000 pounds less than the 5,250 pounds of the monoplane Lindbergh flew. One of the reasons for the lower weight is that the Piper consumes less fuel than the 1927 plane. Temperatures h 73 Albuquerque m Amarillo s3 Anchorage i Asne Vitie u Atlanta 74 Atlantic Cut of u Austin 86 Baltimore 91 Birmingham 69 Bismarck v Bosun 90 Brownsville 71 Buffalo 79 burlingtons7 Casper 7 Charleston . 68 Charleston w. A. 91 Charlotte 94 Chicago 9 Cincinnati 79 Cleveland 9j Columbia . U Columbus 90 Dallas it. Worm 91 Dayton 68 Denver m desmoines86 Detroit n Diu to x Elpaso 69 Fairbanks 71 Harl lord 84 Houston � Indian,�ool.i Jacksonville Jenpao i. A n lev we h 76 losangelm65 69 Louisville 66 90 Malm Pisit 71 Miami be Acyl so u Milwaukee 64 n . 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