European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 18, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Defense Money Bill is vetoed ignores areas of crucial need Carter offers no specific Steps to Stop Dollar dip publication the u Ahmed fohce1 122 August 1978 if 21855 a from press dispatches Washington president Carter thursday announced he will veto a defense authorization Bill calling for a no Clear powered aircraft Carrier the administration at a lat afternoon press the president also announced no specific Steps to prop up the which has plunged to continued on Page ii cola for military is raised by Lucia Guajardo staff writer Heidelberg increased Cost of living allowances cola for military personnel will be in paychecks soon be cause of the record breaking plunges of the a Usa eur finance and account ing spokeswoman said Here the Dollar was at a new postwar Selling Low against the Mark when an american Greenback would buy Only As a result of that an increased daily cola began being computed into paychecks tuesday based on Marks to the according to the cola is readjusted when there is a 10 pfennig change from the Exchange rate used at the time of the last the last cola adjustment for the Mili on was based on Marks to the cola will increase an average of to a month for the depending upon a persons number of dependents and place of the spokes woman because cola computation includes local living costs it varies according to where a Soldier for under the previous adjust continued on Page 2 balloonist Affer Atlantic 3 yanks land in wheat Field North of Paris France a three Jubi Lant new Mexico balloonist landed their double Eagle ii in a Grainfield in Northern France thursday to Climax the worlds first transatlantic balloon i did i did wept Crew Man Larry Newman on his fathers Shoul Der As he stepped from the Craft to the cheers of hundreds of fifty one years after Charles Lind Berghs historic new Yor Paris Solo air plane the balloon carefully concluded its voyage at get 60 Miles West of in the fading Light of a Beautiful summer the reason we wanted to come to France was Charles said Maxie Hes an inspiration to Many generations of Frenchman and and Ben All from wre in Good health and great spirits after succeeding where 17 other balloon teams w failed six men and one woman died trying the transatlantic first at tempted in nothing left theres nothing left of the the Gondola or anything Abruzzo said of the ecstatic crowd that swarmed Over the Wuu Iii even As he crowds thronged the Rue do Faubourg Honore outside the embassy residence in Central Paris or a look at the three transatlantic he there were a couple of times when wigs looked a Little Anderson on thursday when we were out in the Middle of the where it always like we and the hc130 came an american air sea Rescue and orc led Anderson they said the Jends were 17 we had 34 or 35 hours and at that Point there was no Way at 17 we could make it bul the winds picked Ite balloon landed in a wheat 600 a Juds from the Village of nearly Miles from Paris and about six Miles end of epoch making flight leaving their cars unit Rush wildly toward the Gondola of the double Eagle ii just after three accomplishing the first transatlantic crossing in a touched Down neatly in a wheat Field near the Village of some 60 Miles from photo from to a riotous Champagne Wel the Trio said they decided not to push on to Paris because Nightfall was coming and they didst want to land in the after being reunited with their the balloonist went to a private reception Given in their Honor by the count de Saint Secretary general of the French balloon federation in an elegant Paris charge affaires Samuel Gammon offered the pilots and their wives bed rooms in the american residence in including one with the single bed where Lindbergh slept after his 30min Ute voyage in in the Senate in a unanimous voice vote passed a Resolution applauding the trios in the president of the chamber of Commerce said the three new mexicans will be welcomed Home later this month with a ticker tape second attempt it was the second transatlantic balloon attempt for Abruzzo and who stayed aloft last year in double Eagle i for 64 hours and crashed five Miles Northwest of Iceland after winds pulled them off Abruzzo is a Veteran Pilot and balloonist who deals in real estate and has four Chil Anderson also is married with four children and Heads a uranium and Copper mining Newman is a hang glider manufacturer and former airline Pilot who was married five months after the Gondola hit the ground and came to the Crew broke open a bottle of Champagne they had carried across the Ocean and laughed when foam spurted Over their faces and a helicopter took them to Lebourget Field where Lindbergh had landed and which is now an Airport for helicopters and medium Range then a motorcade drove the unshaven balloonist to the american embassy residence in Central at the residence they met the press briefly and then embraced their who were waiting for them on the