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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Monday, June 13, 1977

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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 13, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes monday june 13, 1977 soviets get Anthem they May sing Moscow a soviet authorities re leased on saturday the text of a revised National Anthem that eliminates a previous Anthem s glorification of dictator Josef Stalin. The new hymn of the soviet Union also replaces mention of world War ii Mil itary Battles with a general exhortation to achieve victories for communism. The decision to adopt a new National Anthem had been announced May 24 at the time of a plenum of the soviet communist party s Central committee. Since the death of Stalin in i9s3 and the subsequent denunciation of excesses during his role the soviet Anthem adopted in 1944 at Stalin s orders has not been Sung at Public , Only the music has been played while people in attendance either hum or remain  1944 hymn which had replaced the world communist internationale As the soviet National Anthem included a sen Karen Henley 24, whose business is ferrying air planes sits in the cockpit of it s my whole life a world War a Vintage b17 Hying for Tress parked at the Paris air show. Henley is totally committed to  s my whole life she says. A 110-lb. Woman flies 21 ton by 7 Paris api Karen Henley says you have to be quite Strong to keep the controls steady in a 21-ton b17 flying fortress. She ought to know. She helps Fly one. The 24-year-old British ferry Copilot also says she rarely encounters sex discrimination in her Field. I Don t let people take me like that she said in an interview under the Wing of a 1 17 at the Paris air show. If they Start i just shut them up. Some men Are a Little amused at first. Then when you talk to them you become sort of equals. Actually most o my friends Are men i find most women just Don t share my  Henley who is 5-1 and weighs 110 pounds is employed by eur world. A Brit ish aviation sales and ferry firm thai flew the b7 from England to Paris in memory of 7s.000 . Airmen killed in Europe in world War ii. Henley officially was designated navigator on the flight but actually took the controls for a Good portion of the trip. In addition to the b17. She has flown 35 other planes for a total flying time of 250 hours. In her spare time she said she likes to embroider aircraft scenes ride horseback and practice Ballet and gymnastics. I Fly  she said. If someone put me in the cockpit of an air plane and Lold me what to do i think i could do it. Actually i live out of a suitcase i just love to earthquake Rumor Catania Upil a Rumor thai an earthquake was about to hit this sicilian City drove half of Catania s 400.000 Popula Tion out into the streets and squares late Friday and Early saturday. Fly. That s really it. It s my whole  if she had flown Jet fighters Henley said no but i m desperate  she said the thing that first attracted her to flying five years ago was the feeling of Power. After that surge of acceleration i was hooked she , who Wai raised in Bexley. In Kent and now lives in London said she had helped ferry planes across the North allanic three times and once was forced to Hind on the Greenland icecap."1 was with capt. Don Bullock the head of eur world flying a Royal air Force Beagle Bassett from Biggin Hill and we lost an engine Over the Icecap and had to land there she said. We were picked up by a twin Otter on skis and taken to the . Do line base near Lunderstrom. The old Man and i have been Good friends  she also said an engine fire aboard a do she was helping ferry from Biggin Hill to Sicily forced the plane to land in Corsi Ca but other than that her trips have been Safe. Tence directly praising Stalin Stalin raised u3 to Trust in the people and inspired us to labor and and  the new Anthem All reference to Stalin is eliminated. The same spot in the song is taken by a sentence referring in Stead to . Lenin founder of the soviet state he Lenin raised Peoples to the just struggle he inspired us to labor and  the 1944 Anthem s last stanza had referred to the soviet Union s struggle against nazi German invaders " we raised an army in Battles and we will sweep away the base in voters. We decide the late of generations in these bodies we will Lead our fatherland to  the new Anthem however eliminates the old stanza and replaces it with in the Victory of the immortal Ideal of communism we see the future of our country and to the red Banner of our glorious fatherland we will always be selflessly Loyal much of the text of the new version is virtually identical to wording of the im4 Anthem. However the new Anthem up grades the soviet communist party s role by including these lines unbound in the old hymn the party of Lenin is the people s strength it leads us to the Triumph of comm  text of the new Anthem was presented saturday evening on soviet nation wide television. The music to accompany the new song was made Public on sunday. Paper says Caroline to wed Paris socialite London a a columnist in the London evening Standard has predicted that 21-year-old Princess Caroline of Monaco will marry Paris socialite Phil Lippi Junot 14 years older in the near future. It is no secret among their closest friends wrote columnist Sam White that the couple after a lengthy courtship intend to marry in the near future. Junot exceptionally handsome has now been accepted by the Rainier Prince Rainier and Princess Grace of Monaco As a suitable prospective son in Law. He is the son of a former Deputy and former prefect and although a commoner has some claim to a title. He is the last descendant of Andoche Junot whom Napoleon made the Duke of  Queen s annual birthday list Shoemaker Pool player honoured London api the Royal Shoemaker dress designer a comedian and a poo player were among a Host of persons awarded titles and decorations saturday in the annual birthday honors list. The list Marks the official birthday june 11 this year of Queen Elizabeth ii and the Silver Jubilee of her 25 years on the throne some of the honors Are her Choice but most Are conferred by the government for distinguished Public service. The honors ranged from Silver medals to life peerages giving recipients the non hereditary title of lord or Baroness and a seat for life in the House of  Rayne. Head of the Bond Street shoe firm of that name which cobbles for the Royal family was made a co. The letters stand for commander of the Royal victorian order Rayne now is entitled to have the co initials after his name. The Italyne family business started with a shoe shop in South London s Grimy Waterloo Road at the turn of the Century. Rayne has said that Queen Mary grand Mother of Queen Elizabeth bought her shoes from him five or six pairs at a time and would spend More than half an hour deciding each Shade. Another co is Hardy amies who de signs the Queen s clothes and made her Coronation dress now on show for the Jubi Lee in a London museum. Comedian Dickie Henderson received the Obe order of the British Empire for appearing at Charity fund raising shows the Obe also went to Fred Davis a Champion at snooker the British version of Pool. Several other sportsmen figured in the list headed by two new knights. Harry Llewellyn and Noel Murless both involved with horses. Heading honors for the arts was the great shakespearean actor sir John Giel Gud 73. Made a companion of Honor for services to the theater. Alfred Ernest Long Deputy Lead coach Man at Buckingham Palace who was Bead postillion on the Gold coach in tuesday s Royal procession was awarded the Royal i Conan medal in Gold. Among the 875 names in the honors list were two Commonwealth prime ministers Robert Muldoon of new zealand who be comes a companion of Honor and Eric Gairy of Grenada in the West indies who becomes a Knight. Australian entertainer Rolf Harris who landed m Britain As a poor Art student and now has his own to series got the Obe. Others honoured included William Arkin stall Blind since birth who plays the Organ at Shrewsbury jail. He got the be member of the order of the British Empire for helping prisoners  
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