European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 14, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Pago 6 the stars and stripes Friday november 14.1986 Pilot James Lloyd celebrates Ota land lag in Long Bach Calls in spindly biplane robbing his re creation of the first transcontinental High in 1911. Pilot re creates first transcontinental flight Long Beach Calif. A a Pilo Laiming to re create the nation s first transcontinental Light touched Down his Flimsy biplane at his destination wednesday ending a journey that took 5 7 Days and 101 stops. Some 150 people Many holding multicoloured balloons were on hand to Wel come modern Day barnstormer James r. Lloyd Al Long Beach municipal Airport. Asked about the most memorable part of his 4,000-mile  Loyd said i just finished. Every time i close my eyes i come up with another Billle scene. In two months i can Ell you what the most memorable pan was. My brain is reeling with it right now. "1 saw the whole country from 1,500 feet in an open biplane. I m not ready to describe it and put it Down  Lloyd who took off from Hoboken . Had hoped to reach Long Beach by halloween. He was 90 minutes late arriving wednesday primarily because the propeller of the Vin Fiz split when he landed in Pomona earlier in the Day. The 38-year-old ism research Engi Neer from Fishkill. N.y., started the flight sept. 17, 75 years after Calbraith Perry dodgers took off from Sheepshead Bay . The trip look Rodgers 84 Days. He also crashed 15 times and had to spend three weeks in the Hospital be fore finishing in Long Beach. Loyd stopped in the same 76 places Rodgers did. Adding 25 of his own along the Way. Along the Way he flew with a lock of Canadian geese crash landed in a bean Field and got caught in a web. Flying spiders. I d never heard of them until i flew into them Over Illinois. At one Lime 1 landed and the plane was just draped in spider webs Lloyd said. He said he wanted an aeronautical adventure and wanted to give Rodgers some Long needed attention he dressed up like Rodgers Lew a plane similar to Rodgers and made the trip Courtesy of Armour food co. Of Chicago Rodgers sponsor. But there were some differences. Rodgers was killed when he crashed a plane near Long Beach his widow married the Mechanic. Lloyd s Crew including chief Jack Mccormack accompanied him in a Van and a rental car. His pregnant wife Susan made the trip but four month from now the Lloyds say they la be Back inner York not Riding Over Long Beach. Lloyd admitted it Felt really Good to he done with the flight  and thursday morning he s looking Forward to sleeping past Dawn which i Haven t done for two  the Lloyds plan to Lake a train Back to new York. That s the appropriate 1911rodgcrs was followed by a Railroad cart junk. 1.4. -rr.i-. Carrying his wife Mabel and a Mechan Way to return. Gelling in a 747 just in. Four months after finishing the Jour would t seem Nghil Loyd said. Confiscated boots from Mexico being issued to customs agents stateside Elpaso tews a boots bought in Mexico and confiscated at the Border because they re made from endangered animals like sea turtles and Croc Odiles Are ending upon he feet of . Cusi Omi agents authorities say. Some rank and file inspectors Are upset about a pol icy that allows the boots to be issued to internal affairs agents who investigate corruption but Don Sherman director of the customs service s Elpaso District said the items help undercover agents blend into a crowd during an investigation. An unsigned memo distributed to members of the National Treasury employees Union no. 143 in Al Paw describes an incident two months ago when an internal affairs headhunter came across the paso Del Norte Bridge carrying two pairs of the boots the Elpaso times reported thursday. Reportedly or. Headhunter explained that the boots were seized merchandise he had taken to Mexico for maintenance i.e., to have them stretched to size the memo said. Moraver or. Headhunter indicated that the nature of their Job demanded that they use these types of prohibited items so As to blend in. By wearing seized Crocodile and sea Turtle boots the headhunters have sunk to a new Low. This manage ment practice is As ridiculous and preposterous As it would be for inspectors to smoke the pot and snort the Coke we seize Jim Thornton of Austin a Field representative for the Union said the memo was produced in Elpaso but he would not say who wrote it. They re getting away with murder Thornton said of the agents. While they re investigating other employees they themselves arc taking License. It stretches the rules and  seized merchandise usually is auctioned except for illegal items such As narcotics and boots made from endangered animals. Importation of those items is prohibited. Illegal items Are required by Law to be destroyed. It is a common practice for Law enforcement agents not Only customs but other investigative types of authorities to be issued Many kinds of seized prop erty to be utilized in conducting their investigations,1 Sherman said. Calif official attacked by a wielding robber los Angeles up Secretary of Sute March Fong eur was attacked in her Home by a in Nair to beat her with the Blunt end of an Ai and dragged her around the House by her hair in a search for Money authorities said tuesday. Eur 64, California s highest ranking woman offi Cial and the finl asian american to hold so Alewife office was treated for cuts and bruises Al Westside Hospital where she was expected to remain for Sev eral Days. The state Secretary s aide said the burglar sneaked up on eur from behind at about 10 . Monday As she was doing paperwork in the Kitchen of her Home. He said the burglar attacked eur with the mum end of an a. Striking her repeatedly on the head. He beat and kicked her As he dragged her by the hair from room to room and demanded Money. Eur s attempts to reason with her attacker Wen ignored. Miller said and her husband who was in an upstairs bathroom did not hear her Erica Lor help. The burglar escaped with a few Hundred Dollar