European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 22, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Let s go compiled by Michele Ray High Over Pforzheim for Huim , Wesl Germany is the place to look to the skew for no As the first German cup for ballooning takes place sept. 30-ocl. 2. More than 45 hoi air balloons from Hilly Spain Switzerland Austria Hungary Sweden , Belgium and Germany will compete in 5 heals ii nil a final elimination rate for the cup aver the three lays Lilb Oniss from the United slate and Australia Are also expected or attend. This is a Premier even for camera hounds in l not Jet Fajr if Turing the Loq foal Gigli balloons Drifting Over the Scenic Countryside lit the Northern Black Forest Region. Millionaire Malcolm Forbes is expected to All end the event bringing along his world famous fantasy balloons. Parachutists will perform and there will be exhibitions about ballooning on the ground. A crowd of 30,00 1 is expected this year. The Eily has scheduled several buses to take visitors from the cily and bullying areas to the Hof gut Buckenberg where the Competition will Start ind finish. For More information on the Competition or overnight accommodations Contact the Vermehr Verein in Neuen Rathaus Merkt Talz 1, 7530 Pforzheim ice. 07231 -302314. Murder in Wurzburg 1 Oor sue. Ii just does l pay to be popular anymore. Especially if you re attending the 1950s class reunion at the romantic Steynburg Schloss in Wurzburg Weil Germany. Amateur sleuths will gather there nov. 12 and 13 to participate in solving he mystery Trie end of runaround detectives will stay overnight Al the Tastle to collect clue and question suspects to solve the murder. The event sponsored by the opening Day crowds fill the Midway and line up or a rides Al Munich s oktoberfest which started Sipl 17 and continues through oct. 2. Wurzburg Community activity Center coils $75 per person which covers lodging and breakfast. Dinner and drinks Are extra. There will be a limited menu the evening of the mystery and dinner prices Are about 20 Marks. A $100 itt gift certificate will be awarded for the most accurate mystery solution and other prizes will be awarded for the most creative solutions and the Best costumes. For reservations or information Call et5 350-6452/7364 or civilian 0931 204439. The reservation deadline is oct. 31. Can Statter Volk fest when King Wilhelm i of Wiir Stemburg came to the throne on ocl,30, Ibi inhabitants had been brought to the verge of ruin by crop failures inflation and famine. The first duty of the Young King was to do something about the miserable slate of the country As soon As possible. He founded an Institute to both Experiment and establish Model operations in agriculture an Institute which today is the University of Hoh Enholm. What s More in 1818, he founded an agricultural association and ordered its Central office to organize a big agricultural show to give swabian Farmers Back their Confidence. The first can Statler Volk fest was a huge Success. On sept. 2b, 1818, about 30,000 people streamed into the can Statter Wasen and assembled around the Fruchtl saute column of fruit and crop which ii still the Symbol of the fest today. The traditional opening ceremony will be held it 11 . Sept 24, when the lord mayor laps the first draught of Volk Fesl Beer As the cannons Roar throughout the Wasen. The historic Jubilee Parade begins on sunday Al 11 . The Parade will Start from the Center of Stull dirt and wind its Way to Cannstatt and the Volk fest the Volks cil runs to oct. 9, special events Are planned for each Day. For information about the fast overnight accommodations or More things Lodo in Stuttgart con incl the tourist Board Stuttgart 3. D 70oo Stuttgart 1. Ceramics course the Duncan ceramics Basic certification course will be conducted oct. 17-21 and 24-26 Al the Miinch Weiler arts Anil facility near Pirmin ens. West Germany. The purpose of i lie. Hands on course is to min professionals and hobbyists in such mailers As the Correct procedures for Mold casting cleaning Green Ware product application care of brushes Kiln firing Basic techniques and leaching skills. The eight Day course costs $275 and includes instruction sheets glossaries and an instructor s certification. Depending on the student s needs an additional $30 to $50 will be required for Green Ware products and accessories. Students May Supply i heir own utensils though All necessary supplies can be purchased. Reservations Wilt be accepted on a first come first served basis. Individuals May pre Resis or with a $150 Deposit through oct. 10. Checks should be made out to mar Parma sons. For information on the course registration procedures and overnight accommodations Contact Ursula Cauthron Pir Masens mull rails director at ets 495-6552. Rental car rebates Here s a Nice Little Bonus fur thine with plans to travel in Ireland ibis fall the Irish government will refund $50 to american visitors who rent a car for a week or longer on All rentals that begin now through nov. 15. The offer is Good on any rental whether prepaid part of a package or reserved after arrival from All companies that rent cars in Ireland. If you pay or the rental on completion the $50 will be deducted from your Bill. If the fee is prepaid you gel a Cash rebate on the spot. According to the Irish tourism Board the refund even applies to those rentals subsidized by the airlines. All you need to qualify is proof of . Citizenship. Egyptian relics a Bonus in stately English mansion by Gregory Jensen United press International a new English lately Home on Public View for the first time in its 146 years seems an unlikely place to find egyptian antiquities stored and forgotten by the men who discovered tutankhamen s Tomb. Yet Glass cases crowded into the museum room of Highclere Castle in Highclere England now display 300-Odd objects All thousands of years old. They came to Light almost by Chance Only recently. They Are a legacy of George Herbert fifth Earl of Carnarvon and his archaeologist Howard Carter who in 1922 found tutankhamen s Tomb. The following year the Seoul Char chamber was opened though there was some evidence that grave robbers had been there before it was largely a plundered. Highclere s american born countess is the former Jean Wallop of big Horn Wyo. Her brother Malcolm Wallop is Wyoming s Republican senator. She and her husband the seventh Earl of Carnarvon inherited their grandiose House Only a year ago. Highclere which looks nothing like a Castle looms abruptly from a seemingly limitless Lawn in the magnificent isolation of a 5,500-acre estate 55 Miles West of London. In the Walls of the dark toned smoking room Highclere s greatest Surprise was found. Two cupboards Are built inconspicuously into to Harte Walls which Are 3 feel thick. A Butler once poked briefly into one of Itice but hardly anyone else knew they existed much less that they hid egyptian antiquities. Don t miss the razor that killed him chirps a House guide. And there in the new egyptian display is the straight Edge razor mat Carnarvon used to slice through a swollen Mosquito bile. The result ing blood poisoning killed him a death which sparked the legend of tutankhamen s curse of course the things we have on display Are not from tutankhamen s Tomb said Highclere i future heir lord Porchester in an interview. Egypt kept almost everything from that momentous find. I instead the objects now attracting scores of visitors daily were found 10 years or More earlier claims Porchester 31. One tiny wooden head for instance is a portrait of tutankhamen s Grandfather amenophis Iii who diedin1353b.c, the 1,218 antiquities Carnarvon and Carter kept from earlier digs were sold to new York s metropolitan museum. It was retired Butler Robert Taylor called in to help Wilh an inventory of the House s contents who casualty said that everything had been Allied except for the egyptian the two concealed cupboards were packed with ancient objects in newspaper Cotton Wool or old Figarelle tins. Others turned up in unlikely spots. One cupboard now stands open to show the main hiding place. Just inside the double Library two Long rooms divided by classical columns and lined with elaborate bookcases is an egyptian Motif desk and chair once used by Napoleon. The House s co beaded Entrance leading to a vast flamboyant mock gothic Stone Hall was created by famed victorian architects sir George Gilbert Scoll and William Buller Field. Atop the grandiose staircase among Highclere s 31 bedrooms visitors file through the Corner bedroom used by Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip whenever they visit lord Carnarvon who has run the Queen s racing stables for 20 years. Displays in another bedroom show How the third Earl rebuilt Highclere mainly to show off. He required sir Charles Barry who also designed London s House of parliament to create three Complete High lore plans each More ostentatious than the last. Their final product the ultimate in High victorian exuberance is a Square Stone extravagance capped by tiny Spires and an Hali Nate lower. But inside Highclere Castle has the feel of an earlier period uncluttered Rich Wilh scrolled plaster work antique French furniture and old master paintings. I unsuspected relics of the Egypt of the pharaohs Are a Bonus Highclere Castle 4 k Miles South Oneist Ury is open wednesday through sum Jav until oct. 2. And in 1980 Between july 2 and oct. I. Act Mission is 3 pounds about $5. 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