European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 7, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 20 the stars and stripes faces w places tuesday june 7,1994 7 2, sets off on trans from wire reports a 12-year-Ojd girl who piloted a. Small plane from Maine to san Diego last year has begun her next big Challenge a flight across the Atlantic. A if you put your mind to it you can accomplish anything said Vicki Van meter a sixth grader from Meadville pa., before taking off sunday from Maine a Augusta state Airport. Vicki zoomed into the air in her Cessna 210, circled the Well wishers below and dipped her wings before heading toward hot first Stop in Newfoundland Canada. She also planned stops in Greenland and Iceland before reaching Scotland tonight. Because Vicki is too Young to Fly Solo her flight instructor Curt Arnspiger is going along for the ride. After crossing the Atlantic they plan to visit London Paris Brussels Belgium and Frankfurt Germany. Vicki who wants to be an astronaut took off from the same Airport last september for her flight to san Diego and Many of her fans returned for the trans Atlantic Send off. Proclamations in her Honor from vice president at Gore and Maine Stop politicians were delivered and sunday was declared Vicki Van meter Day in Maine a capital. A High school band played while Vicki and Arnspiger inspected the red White and Blue plane named Harmony. Vicki is thought to be the youngest person to attempt a trans Atlantic flight but there arc few records kept on pilots under 16, who Are required to Fly with an instructor said local chamber of Commerce president Peter Thompson who has researched previous transatlantic flights. Vicki a parents Jim and Cor Annc Van meter planned to Fly to Iceland to meet their daughter on her Way to sues Houston Brown a couple claims in a lawsuit that they were threatened by a bodyguard for Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown after videotaping near the singers in puerto Rico. Barry and Alice Baum of Suffolk county n.y., seek More than $4.4 million from the entertainers Over the alleged confrontation at a resort april 26. The bodyguard identified in court papers in Morristown n.j., As a Vernon Doe a demanded Thal Baum Stop videotaping and erase the tape in his recorder the lawsuit said. The bodyguard allegedly had a wooden stick and threatened to beat Baum if he did not comply Baum erased the tape. Houston and Brown directed the bodyguard to accost Baum according to the Superior court lawsuit filed wednesday. Attorneys for Houston and Brown who live in Morris county denied the incident occurred. Vicki von meter a pioneering 12-year-old, is piloting a plane from Maine to pump up image what a the Price of honesty $97.50. When a gasoline station attendant quit in mid shift and left a self service pump on motorists bypassed the Chance to fill up and Speed off. When they found the station in Rockingham vt., locked and dosed they slipped Money under the front door. A a it a so cute a station manager Elaine Vilall said. A a it a a testimony to the honesty of the station was empty for almost two hours. Motorists pumped $97.50 Worth of Gas in that time. Hall counted 53 cents More than the amount of the Days sales. A this is such a Nice Little town a she said. A there arc a lot of unemployed people and hard working people who have very Little. In a really police in Rockingham a Southern Vermont town of Tim Lewis has been with the stars and stripes newspaper customer service department since february 1992, and is responsible for ensuring that military units throughout Europe receive stripes while on Maneu vers. He also oversees the air rail and truck distribution and delivery of the paper for Italy the u.k., Spain Turkey and saudi Arabia. Tim hails from Houston and came to stripes after a four year stint with the army As a unit Supply clerk. He enjoys playing football and basketball watching an to his favorite shows Are married. With children and Martin and spending time with his 17-month-old daughter Sheryl Ann. An avid traveler Tim especially enjoys visiting Spain where he spends time kicking Back on the beaches along Costa brava. If you d like to talk to Tim about receiving newspaper service while your unit is on Maneu vers you can reach him at Germany civilian 06155-601355 or Dan 348-8355. Nobody does it better. 5,500, discovered the station was unattended after responding to a burglar alarm possibly set off when the front door was rattled. Officers found $97.50 in Bills and change at the hails its coach a it was the Van dam dest thing you Ever saw a 60-ve-hide Parade through downtown Danville iii., to Honor Jerry Van Dyke. More than 2,000 people crowded the streets Over the weekend As Van Dyke who started his career in Danville in the late 1940s, waved and shouted from a 1953 Bronze Lincoln convertible. Downtown was decked out in the purple and Gold team colors of Luther Van dam the bumbling but affable assistant football coach that Van Dyke has portrayed for Svi years on the Abc series coach at one Point the 62-year-old Van Dyke jumped to his feet struck a Richard Nixon style pose and screamed a i will make a great president a Voder role just his style Given a Choice James Earl Jones prefers the forces of evil Over the forces of Good a at least when he s choosing movie roles. In real life though the Man who provided the voice for Darth Vader decries the Lack of modern Day heroes. He says there no one who can affect this generation the Way John f. Kennedy and the Rev. Martin Luther King or. Affected his. A i done to have any heroes. I avoid them because i know they ail have Clay feet and i done to want to Lay my expectations on one being a Jones said at a fund raising dinner saturday night for the Christa Mcauliffe planetarium in Concord . Jones nonetheless spoke hopefully of the future and said he looked Forward to a time when a the eyes of every child Burn with a thirst for knowledge that is quenched and rekindled every Day in every classroom every Library and every ignores birthdays Only a Dingbat would think that Jean Stapleton is Over the Hill. Stapleton who is described As seventy ish in the june 11 Issue of to guide insisted that she has Many Good years left. A i done to celebrate my birthday a she told to guide. A i never have. Its limiting in every Way and it leads to the Prospect of deterioration which is not Stapleton currently plays a cheerful eccentric who prescribes uncommon cures for childhood problems in Showtime a new series mrs. Fugge Vav egg a. She admits that she still has trouble dealing with people who know her Only As the Dingbat Edith Bunker from All in the Lewis newspaper customer service m
