European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 21, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday october 21, 1988 the stars and stripes Page 7 Here s a Greaf gift idea give Happy birthday9 new York a Happy birthday id you a song that series to belong to everyone does to it s for Sale. The san Slack family of Princeton n.j., which for half a Century has owned Birch rce ltd., the company that holds the copyright to the song has decided to sell inc new York times reported in thursday s  company May bring j12 Mill Ion or More. Happy birthday brings in about ii million a year. The song s 75-year copyright expires in 2010, when it becomes part of the Public Domain. Pally Smith Hill and her sister Mildred. Hill two kindergarten teachers from Louisville. Ky., who also taught sunday school wrote the song. 11 was included in song stories for the sunday school a Book they wrote to 1893. In ils original version the Happy birthday Mel Ody had lyrics that went Good morning to you Good morning to you Good morning dear children Good morning to  Only later did the Sisters add the birthday words. Happy birthday Auld Lang syne and for he s a Jolly Good fellow Are the three most popu Lar songs in the English language according to inc guinness Book of world records. Happy birthday is also Sung in Many other languages including Spanish dutch swedish and malaysian. The Sengstack family acquired the song when John f. San Slack a new York accountant bought the Clayton f. Summy co., a Chicago Sheet music retailer thai published the Hill Sisters work. The copyright was registered by Summy in 1935. Besides owning inc copyright to about 50,000 titles Bircher cd owns the Suzuki method an instrumental instruction method for violin cello and Viola and the Francis Clark Library for piano Stu dents. Photo of secret unmanned plane released Seattle a the Boeing co on wednesday released a photo of a secret unmanned air plane it said made its first flight sunday. It is believed that the plane could be used for drug surveillance weather tracking military reconnaissance or Bor Der patrolling. Boeing released few details about the experimental aircraft other than to say it successfully completed its firs flight and would undergo further flight tests to character rim the capabilities of this Type of  the air plane has a Long Skinny fuse Lage with narrow flexible wings. It is powered by two propeller driven engines described by the Trade publication aviation week and space technology As talc sync Continental liquid cooled Pis ton engines. In april 1986, a similar plane was photographed outside a Hanger at inc Grant county Airport in Moses Lake in Central Washington. Boeing declined to comment on thai aircraft Boeing said the defense advanced Boeing s unmanned aircraft slices through the air in its Phol graph taken during a test night and released by the company. Research projects Agency had expressed interest in the aircraft and has provided some Money to participate in flight evaluation. The Agency has classified certain aspects of the aircraft design and performance Boeing said. The plane resembles Boeing s com pass Cope remotely piloted vehicle an unmanned aircraft powered by a  jul engine. Boeing built two of the planes for the air Force. The Compass Cope was 40 feet Long with a 90-foot wingspan. It made its first flight at Edwards fab in California in july 1973. 4 guilty of drug scheme using military mail Columbus a. A a Federal court jury wednesday convicted four people of conspiracy to import cocaine in a scheme involving the use of military mail to ship the drug from Panama to the United states. The jury which deliberated about five hours wednes Day convicted Oscar and Retina Smith and Julia Thorn All of new York City and Gary King of Doc run ga., after about five hours of deliberations. All four face up to life in prison and $4 million in fines. . District j Uduc j. Robert Elliott set no sentencing Date. Prosecutors said the four were involved in a drug ring that shipped 352 pounds of cocaine to the United states Between Early 1987 and this May. Obviously we re pleased said Deborah Fowler an assistant . Attorney after the verdict was read. We believe the jury  the conspiracy was discovered when Jackie Lee big Clow of Mollric was arrested in Colquitt county for a traffic violation and police discovered 17 pounds of Job re gets Fame off to feed a cts squirrels Fargo