European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 22, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 2 the stars and stripes sunday May 22, 1977 Bottoms up after successful hop David Gray left and Joe Wolf mail Belr Solo Fulghu at u Bourget Airfield after retracing Charles a. Lindbergh s historic night so Yean ago from new York to Paris. Gray and Wolf both Cov ered the distance in about 23 hours less than Lindy s 33 hours. Philip Hardberger a third Pilot covered the route but made a few stops. A 3 Blaze Lindy Trail of 50 years ago Paris up three american pilots landed at Lebourget Airfield saturday in transatlantic flights commemorating Charles a. Lindbergh s feat of half a Cen Tury Gray. 28. Of Gloucester. Mass., and Joe Wolf. 34, of lock Haven pa., flew nonstop from new York just As Lindbergh did. Unlike the Lone Eagle they had Auto Matic pilots and Long Range radio navigation equipment. Phillip Hardberger 42. Of san Antonio. Tex., made several stops. But his radio conked out and so. As Lindbergh did in 1927, he crossed the open sea navigating Only by Compass. 2 captured 10 mental inmates escape . Facility Beacon . Api ten unarmed prison inmates five of them convicted kill ers Cut through bars on a window and escaped saturday from the Mattawan state Hospital for the mentally were recaptured a Short time later. Authorities said the escape from the seven killed As rain swells italian Rivers to Hin. Italy map seven persons have died in the collapse of two Bridges As Rivers swollen by heavy Rains flooded Val Leys Southwest of Turin police reported defense ministry alerted Thi local military command to be ready to Send in soldiers and equipment should the Situa Tion flooding begun at Dawn Friday when the to and Many smaller Rivers Sweklo Verd their Banks after nearly a week of steady rain and a thaw in the most heavily damaged area was the be iliac Valley near the French Border where two Bridges collapsed including one along the Turin Pinerola railway line. Authorities said seven persons in the area a Large Triangle shaped zone Between Turin and Cuneo in Italy s Piedmont Region was estimated at Between 8 billion and 10 billion lire or $9 million to til million maximum Security Section of the facility appeared Well planned. The Hospital houses convicted criminals who have become mentally ill while in would request people to be on the Lookout and be advised that they Are dangerous and that they Are around and about said state trooper John o Connell. One inmate who reportedly once shot a police officer was described As particularly inmates escaped about 3 . From the Hospital which is part of the Fishkill correctional facility. Roadblocks were set up throughout Duchess county in the Hudson Valley Section of the state about 70 Miles North of new York City. All available police units were combing the area it was not known whether the inmates were wearing civilian clothes or the Green fatigue prison Garba Short Lime after the escape troopers said Andrew Irvine was found hiding on the prison grounds another inmate. Robert o Connor was captured within a mile of the facility. Troopers said they did not believe any of the inmates were administration of Mattawan was recently transferred from the state department of correctional services to the state department of mental Hygiene. All the escapees slept in the same Sec Tion of the prison. Ward 4. According to William Schnitzer Public information offi cer at Mattawan. All three like Lindbergh flew Solo in single engine planes. said the comparison ended there. Lindbergh Gray said. I be got a limousine compared to what he when a reporter joked that on the other hand Gray would t be spending the night at the american embassy residence a Lindbergh did Gray laughed. I Don t think they re going to Send a battleship for me and Wolf Are professional Small plane ferry pilots. It was the 86th Atlantic crossing for Gray who was first of the three to land and the 225th for Wolf Al though neither had flown nonstop from new York to Paris before. Both flew Piper s Craft was a Bellanca Viking emblazoned with the name the spirit of san Hardberger an attorney was making his first Atlantic crossing. But he is a sea soned flier and a former b47 bomber Pilot in the strategic air come. None of the three reported serious Inci dents. Gray said his engine was rough enough for a few minutes to Moke him turn around briefly. Hardberger said he had some trouble with ice. Wolf said. It was pretty smooth Gray is a Bachelor and wolfs wife Misback Home in lock Haven. But Hardberger was met by his wife Linda. She yelled Welcome to Paris As he got out of his plane showered him with confetti an handed him a bottle of Champagne. Gray and Wolf make their living ferry ing planes around and their anniversary flights were no exception. But All three said they timed their Crossings for this Date in Lindbergh s memory Gray took of 50 years after Lindbergh did. Precisely to the same minute 7 52am. He said he could t take off As Lind Bergh did from Roosevelt Field which Isnow a parking lot. I thought 1 could at least make it be Italy starts summertime Rome a Italy begins four months of summer time starting at Midnight sat urday. With clocks being put Forward one hour italian time will be two hours ahead of Greenwich mean time. No regrets on Pardon. Ford says Washington up former pre Dent Gerald Ford said Friday he never operated on Richard Nixon s Assumption that presidents May legally engage in what Are crimes for he said he still has no regrets about pardoning Nixon. Before a White House visit with presi Dent Carter who greeted him with the quip. We re just Good friends Ford lunched with reporters and briefly Dis cussed Nixon s assertion in thursday s David Frost interview that illegal acts Are not illegal when a president orders them. The Ford administration never carried out that doctrine indicated by or. Nixon Ford said. We had no Huston plan. We had no plumbers asked however whether his predecessor s controversial television interviews with Frost had caused him second thoughts or regrets about the Pardon he granted Nixon Ford said. None what said the debate and controversy provoked by the interviews in fact strengthened his reasons for granting the Pardon in 1974 to avoid years of Public strife Over so called Huston plan approved by Nixon called for secret harassment of White House enemies by burglaries War ran less wiretaps mail surveillance and other dirty tricks. The plumbers were an undercover Nixon White House unit assigned to Trace the source of Vietnam Era news leaks. Ford also offered a cautious assessment of Carter s performance As president to Date calling it a Superb Public relations Hope that when we get Down to the nitty Gritty of substance his leadership will be just As he said. A lot of things Haven t been tackled or he added but also noted his Suc Cessor had Only had about 120 Days i office. Ford did seem to take Issue however with Carter s decision to withdraw . Ground forces from South Korea Over a four or five year period a headline Issue Friday because Carter had called on the carpet an army general who said the withdrawal would Lead to War. The maintenance of . Troops has kept the peace in the far East and could do so in the future. Ford said. Ford and Carter however were All smiles and Small talk when they posed for pictures in the Oval office at the outset of Friday s meeting. He feels at Home Here Carter said. 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