European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 19, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes monday september 19, 1977 the Oyster s his world Dennis Jones empties oysters onto the culling Board off Tilghman md., on the first Day of Oyster longing in Chesa Peake Bay. Up photo lonely sailing adventure dutchman conquers Northwest passage Vancouver. Canada a a dutch adventurer says he has succeeded in be coming the first Man to navigate Canada s icy and treacherous Northwest passage alone. Willy de Roos. 54. Said he made the trip in a 40-foot Ketch by alternating sleep with navigation for three straight nights. De Roos spoke in a radio interview from Point Barrow. Alaska 3,000 Miles North of Here. He said he got a full night s sleep Only on the fourth night. De Roos who now lives in Belgium said he expects to arrive in Vancouver within a month and that he plans to sail around South America possibly making him the first person to circuit navigate the Ameri Cas. De Roos went around the world Between 1972 and 1975, earning a living with articles and films of his global voyage. He began his assault on the Northwest passage last May 21, when he left fal Mouth England. He sailed across the North Atlantic and entered Lancaster sound the starting Point of the passage on aug. 3. He emerged from Amundsen Gulf the ending Point on sept. 5, and passed Point Barrow last wednesday. He said he consid ers himself Safe from pack ice that might trap him for the Winter. The passage took him 2,150 Miles from Lancaster sound through Prince Regent Inlet Bel lot Strait Franklin Strait. James Ross Strait Rasmussen Basin Queen Maud Gulf Dease Strait Coronation Gulf Dolphin and Union Strait and Amundsen Gulf. De Roos main Contact through the Pas Sage was Harry Beardsell a retired air navigator and Amateur radio enthusiast. Beardsell 60, said he was tuning through the different frequencies one Day when he picked up de Roos daily radio broadcast to friends in Belgium. The Lone Sailor reported his daily Posi Tion and weather conditions and assured his wife and four daughters that he was Safe. De Roos also was in Contact with other radio operators and the Canadian ice breaker Pandora throughout his trip through the passage. Beardsell said. Last Friday. De Roos told Beardsell he was crossing a Large Bay on the North Shore of Alaska. High winds Snow Hail and sleet had made his morning Misera ble he said adding that the Leaden skies cleared by afternoon and the sailing was smooth. Beardsell said de Roos had initially planned to Winter the voyage trapped in ice and even had a portable Windmill on the Ketch to charge his batteries heat the boat s Cabin and run his stove. But prolonged periods of sailing Man aged to get him through the passage in one month. On Good Days said Beardsell de Roos made More than 130 nautical Miles. Beardsell quoted de Roos As saying that his Ketch was caught by a 60-knot Gale sept. 1 in Coronation Gulf South of Victoria Island pushing the boat Back for 21.3 Miles. The loss says Beardsell was made up the following Day when the storm dissipated and he made 80 Miles. To keep his sanity under such conditions Beardsell said the Sailor would try to live As normally As possible. For example Beardsell quoted de Roos As telling him that rather than eating meals out of a can the Lone Sailor would set a table with plate Napkin and cutlery and eat a Normal meal. Beardsell said de Roos wife will meet him in Vancouver before the Sailor Jour Neys along the North and South american coasts and Heads for the Antarctic and finally Back to Europe. Stateside top Spanish red invited to speak at Yale Washington up one of Western Europe s most prominent communist leaders Santiago Carillo of Spain has been invited to speak at Yale University but the state department has not said if it will give the Spanish official the necessary visa. I am not Able to confirm even that or. Carillo has applied for a visa state department spokesman Ken Brown said. The question As to whether or not we would be giving him a visa is hypothetical. If he applies for one the Case would be considered under the applicable  should a visa be issued Carillo would be the first such Leader to enter the United states since the cold War began shortly after world War ii. Washington taking jail to drunk Drivers Olympia Wash. A instead of taking Drunken Drivers to jail the Washington state traffic commission plans to take the jails to the  Mobile jails will be Large Orange vans equipped with a heavy Cage breathalyzer videotape system and other equip ment needed to take evidence and Book persons arrested for Drunken driving commission director Walt Friel said. We found that it took As much As three hours especially on weekends to process a Drunken driving arrest in the usual Way said Friel. This will keep trooper son the Road since the process in the vans will take about 45  wildlife will be protected during Maneu vers Tampa Fla. A some 20,000 troops from across the Southeastern United states Are scheduled to take part in ecologically minded military Maneu vers at Eglin air Force base next month. Operation bold Eagle 78 has been approved by Gen. John Hennessey who announced that environmental measures would be taken to protect endangered wildlife at the Reser vation. Joan Little May be paroled in november Raleigh . Up Joan Little who was acquitted two years ago of the stabbing death of a Jailer after testifying she was fending off a sexual attack has become eligible for parole. Luther Mitchell the Case analyst for the paroles commission handling her Case said she has been told to expect a decision by mid november. Little 23, was acquitted in August 1975 of a murder charge in the death of Beau fort county Jailer Clarence Alligood. She was awaiting the results of an Appeal of a 1974 breaking and entering conviction at the jail at the time of the stabbing. Little is serving time in the women s correctional Center in Raleigh for break ing and entering but has been on work re lease since last Spring. This makes her second attempt at parole. A bid for Freedom was rejected late last year reportedly for a violation of prison rules. She has served 26 months of her seven to 10-year sentence for a breaking and entering in Beaufort county. Most of the time has been spent at the women s facility i Raleigh. Evel Knievel faces suit Over contract dispute twin Falls Idaho a a suit has been filed against motorcycle stuntman Evel Knievel seeking payment for 200 chemical toilets provided at the site of Knievel s unsuccessful attempt three years ago to jump the Snake River Canyon Here on a rocket vehicle. . Swenson of twin Falls claims he was promised25,000 to provide the toilets from aug. 27 to sept. 8,1974 and was paid $19.000. He claims Knievel and his Snake River enterprises owes my 6,000 plus interest and $2,000 in attorney fees. Knievel parachuted to safety when his motorcycle failed to Bridge the Gap. 2 Fla. Inmates jog to Freedom but mom fes detail which was moving shelving from the old Capitol to the new 22-Story Structure. Authorities said they had worn jogging shorts under their prison uniforms and soon they fled Down an Alley throwing the prison uniforms into a trash can. Hampton s Mother notified police the two were staying at a neighbor s Home. Lopez was convicted of robbery in Bro Ward county and Hampton of burglary and grand larceny in Tallahassee. Tallahassee Fla. A two prison inmates on an outside work detail escaped by shedding their prison garb for jogging shorts and literally running away authorities said. The two joggers however were Recap tured when the Mother of one of the in mates told police where they were hiding officials said. Robert Lopez 19, and Samuel Hampton 21, were part of a five Man convict work oct. 11 proclaimed Pulaski memorial Day Washington up president Carter has proclaimed oct. 11 As general Pulaski s memorial Day for the polish Patriot who died in the 1779 siege of Savannah during the american revolution. The proclamation said Casimer Pulaski arrived 200 years ago to help secure the Liberty of the american colonies. In exile from his native land he fought courageously at Brandywine and in other Battles. He formed and commanded the Pulaski legion the famous cavalry unit which contributed valiantly to the achieve ment of our  298 inches of Apple peeling in 3 minutes wins Murphysboro 111. Up Sharon Maynor armed with a 95-cent paring knife carved 298 inches of Apple peelings in three minutes to win the National Apple peeling contest at the Murphysboro Apple festival. \ the 37-year-old housewife topped by 10inches the cuttings of Brenda Harrison. She also had the longest Peel of the 12 contestants a cutting 32 inches Long. The Winner s sister Irene Shewmaker took Home the trophy in 1975 and 1976 and her 1975 record of 476 inches still stands. She declined to compete this year saying she wanted to retire As a Champion. There s no Way i could have beaten Irene if she had entered this year the Winner said