European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 10, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes january thinks King George might have handled it better Townsend of bitter Over Way Romance ended London Lupi King George i might have handled in says Peter Townsend of his Romance with Princess Margaret 22 years As it he said in an exclusive interview Wilh the daily express it was margarets picking a piece of Luff off his borne dated uni form in full View of television cameras at Queen Kli Zabelas Coronation that triggered the ending the fairy what made me really Townsend was that nobody Lulu me and someone must have known she and i did not know a damned thing that the americans were running Banner to marry Peter and that All hell was about to break Loose in they should have warned not let us Drift further into it but Given me a Chance to fade away before in wits Loo Townsend said he did not share the View that King had he would have thrown his weight behind a marriage Between his younger Daugh Ter and his the but i War what he would have done would have been to Call me in before it All got out of hand and say in my this cant hed have handled it though i hate to say that because it sounds like criticism of the now 63 and married to his second a belgian Beauty half his age Wilh whom he has three said it look him two years to write the Book about his Romance Wilh the Prin lie said some publishers pressed him to to into intimate which he margarets spontaneous act of pick Vine fluff off his uniform in full View of millions of television viewer of Townsend the damning Ges Ture which forced the Queen into on Margaret made the announcement that she was not marry ing ii was the biggest sensation in Brit Ain since King Edward Viii announced his abdication from the throne in order to marry Walls the american Divorcee who the Duchess of Dollar prop doubted by Bankers by Robert Vikk Siik Switzerland to Natl As the worlds Central Bankers converged litre sunday for their monthly club Odnoor discussions at the Bank for International settlements scepticism appeared to be increasing about the ability of the to arrest the dollars Steep renewed Selling put the american cur Rency on the defensive again late last it was apparently related to a belief that the intervention measures announced in Washington on wednesday could not be effectively decision to support actively the United Stales Dollar docs not alter us fun the advisory service fore research declared in a special the currency is Likely to slip further before recovering somewhat in us second half of the in is the belief that the american govern ment now Hopes to be Able to talk the Dollar up As if earlier appeared to talk it Down seems to be gaining based on conversations with Central Bankers Hen according to this the by noun Long its intention to draw on a 20 by lion foreign currency Swap network supplemented by a new agreement of unspecified site with West Germany and its own reserves can improve Confidence enough so that the measures will need to be Little it is widely argued that the Dollar is now in Large part because the has led other countries in the recovery from say that american imports arc heavily concentrated and Are creating Little demand for the products of most one highly placed who had been outspoken in seeking the american Initia said sunday he was very much pleased Wilh it and thought theres a fair Chance it would prove dont forget the american decision has not been fully tested he if i wore a Market operator 1 would be waiting to Sec what happens and watching to see what action the fed agrees to take Over the next several he this very familiar Wilh the Workings of the said there would almost certainty not be by official statement after the today meeting which was to begin Arthur soon to be replaced As chairman of the Federal Reserve who was among those most worried about the said reached by Telephone at his hotel Here sunday evening thai he thought the plan would Anil we did something referring to Fri Days Hal Point increase in he Dis round rate to 6i percent 1  have taken the action otherwise Edward his and son to dirt a tar Hong but flip Ken Bury arrived in Japan Tor to 14doy China visit ends i tical talks and sightseeing he said be is convinced China will become a modern industrialized slate if 11 can upheavals that have threat ened it id recent the nine members of the family travel ing with will return to the United states on a photo information to the enemy israelis sentence american woman Tel Aviv up1i an israeli court monday sentenced a former University of Texas coed and stewardess for Kuwait air lines to five years in jail on charges of conveying information to the i do not see Terry As any sort of terror said her Mary after the verdict for 23yearold Terry Flexner was announced in a close door session of Tel Aviv District any secret trial is not she allow can in be if you have a then Trot out the evidence and expose it to the bul How can i say what is fair and what is not when its a secret trial israeli authorities ordered a near total news blackout on details of the but her lawyer said she confessed in court to conveying information to the conspiracy to convey such information and rendering service to unlawful organizations were disappointed to Ltd sentence was so said we had not dared to Hope we would get an expulsion from the hut we did Hope for a lighter the defense Felicia railed the five year Tirum exaggerated and but other sources said it indicated the seriousness of the charges and noted that five years is generally the mini mum in such Boetcher said As far As she knows her daughter had no Contact with terrorist groups despite frequent visits to her Leba Nese Fiance in Beirut and working in 1971 and 1976 for he Kuwait she said Flexner had a number of Arab fiends in san where she met the Fiance who finally persuaded her to mow to the lebanese wintry weather in Greece takes lives of four villagers Athens snowstorms and freezing temperatures in Greece have claimed four lives in the past 72 police reported with communications Cut off to scores of Mountain Vil the severe along with Hurri Canelake closed Athens International Airport on Friday for 21 hours  flights were bul weather conditions have nut permitted re sumption of most Domestic Many Aegean have been virtually Cut off because of High with the coast guard Banning the sailing of All ves Sels under ions the four deaths were attributed to the Low temperatures in various villages ill Central and Northern reports from Northern Greece said heavy snowstorms continued blocking roads to villages and also blocked traffic As far away As the Island of lesbos in tit northeastern in Snow fell blanketing the higher Altitude suburbs and making driving suburban schools were shut Down he cause of the storm and because of a Lack of electricity due to failure of a suburban posit