Nelson Reed Begins European Tour
By Over-Arctic Flight To London
Editors Note: Nelson Recd.lio talch up on some
cu-iwivx u iiniicu uuMiies&nian.
is currently on a trip to Eur
ope. Follow ing is his narrative on
the first part of his journey, the
flight to London.
March 30. 196.)
Our departure from Portland
was not exactly auspicious. Winds
up to 90 miles an hour the night
before made us wonder if we
were in for another Columbu:
Day typhoon. Out at the airport
in the morning it was raining like
squirting a fire hose with a lot o(
wind. But up we went right on
time in one of Pan Am's 707 Boe
ing jets, headed for London.
our night to heattle, just 30
minutes away, was surprisingly
smooth considering the weather
and soon we saw the snowcapped
Olympics through the rainclouds.
Circling over Puget Sound to
come in for a landing against the
wind, we landed at the Seattle
Tacoma Airport in a real slam
bang landing. It made us marvel
that tires and landing gear could
stand the shock of 250.000 lbs. hit
ting at 150 miles an hour.
We were on the ground for 50
minutes to take on feul for the
jets and some for the passengers.
Then up we went into more over
cast and rainclouds. We always
marvel at how the navigator finds
his way blindly across thousands
of miles, and then we read again
about all his electronic aids, the
Loran long range finder, the gyro
compass, the magnetic compass,
and in a pinch the good old sex
tant. Man thinks he is pretty
smart with all such tricks but our
geese and ducks have it all built
into their not so foolish little
heads, perhaps because those
heads have never been cluttered
up with a lot of often useless in
formation. Shortly after takeoff the hostess
demonstrated how to use a life
preserver. We hoped we would
not have to try it in the frigid
waters of the Arctic, even if we
were lucky enough to find any
open water. Then we were told
about our oxygen masks which
would automatically drop over
our faces if the plane decom
pressed. Those we savvied as we
had once sniffed oxygen flying
over the Andes.
The captain tells us that wc
shall be flying at 39,000 feet, and
that our flying time to London
will be 9 hours as we have a 50-mile-an-hour
tail wind: that we
shall have a smooth ride except
for occasional turbulence when
we encounter high altitude jet
streams. We shall fly over Hud
son Bay, Greenland, and come
down over Ireland and into Lon
don nonstop.
For a while we get glimpses of;
the Canadian Rockies covered
w ith snow that look like the coun
try around Glacier Park. Then
the overcast hides everything be
low and the sky above is a pale
blue. We miss seeing the great
plains of Alberta and Saskatche
wan, and just as sunset below us
are the endless snowfields or the
vast Arctic w ith the black lines of
bare ridges snaking through the
white expanse. At 5 o'clock Klam
ath time it is dusk with a faint
glow on the horizon for it is now
9 o'clock sun time. We marvel
at how steady the big .plane is at
high altitudes. There is only the
low drone of the jets to remind
you that you are moving.
At 9:30 Klamath time there is
a lovely orange Dana sircaKca
with black along the Eastern hor
izon. Above the sky is a marve
lous pale blue that shades off into
black. Soon it will be daylight
and we shall be approaching
northern Ireland.
Beneath us the tumbled cloud
fields are a lovely blue reflected
from the sky above. As the great
plane rolls gently the cloud field
seems to roll and surge like the
seas. Just at 10 p.m. Klamath
time the sun peeps over the cloud
bank in the east. Below us through
.the broken clouds we catch
glimpses of land with large lakes
or estuaries and occasional riv
ers. We are over northern Ireland.
Soon we come out over the open
sea and gradually descend to
break out of the overcast for a
smooth landing at the London air
port. It is raining almost as hard
as it was in Portland. You almost
begin to wonder if it is raining in
the Sahara. With very little delay
and the most casual examination
of our baggage and passports wc
are through customs and on our
wav to the hotel where we hope
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reduced rates for
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April 1. 1963
Heretofore I had always under
stood mat my ancestors had been
run out of England some 200
years ago for refusing to cut the
toenails off their hounds which
were running the king's deer. But
now 1 realize that the climte did
it. There has been nothine but
rain ana aamp cola and you can
leave off the P, since we arrived.
A few days here vou becin to
realize that the English language
two kinds. U.S. and British.
Here if you buy a tickets to the
Picadilly Circus you won't see any
wild animals pertormmg. ou will
just get a ride on the "under
ground" subway to you. A circus
is a big circle with streets run
ning off in every direction and
the only wild things you will sec
are American tourists trvina to
figure out where in the heck
they are.
Across Picadilly there is a sign
that reads: "City of Westminster,
Ladies." Make no mistake, it is
not a woman's club. It is where
you go when you have to go. If
you get a "lift" over here no
body picks you up. You just take
an elevator. Here there are no
barber shops, just men's hair
dressers. And are the men's hair
dressy. None of your crew cut
bristle tops. And the gals! Never
have we seen so many "mop top
molls." Their eyes peer out at
your like small animals out of
the bushes.
Having eaten and ridden hors
es through the Old Man's War
we have a deep hatred of all
horseflesh.. So we passed up the
Aintree Races for the theatre.
Took in two stage plays, both
American and both excellent:
"My Fair Lady" and "How to
Succeed in Business Without Real
ly Trying," the latter just opened
here yesterday. There are a
great many theatres here and all
of them packed apparently as we
found out in trying to buy tick
ets. Only you don't buy a ticket,
you buy a "stall" unless you want
to sit in any of the three galler
ies. On Saturday afternoon all the
stores button up tight at 1 o'clock,
while at home we argue about
Sunday closing. At least that
makes it easier on the , tourist
pocketbook. However, on Friday I
did do a little shopping, window
shopping you might call it. All
my life I had heard that Purdcy
of London made the finest shot
guns in the world. Guess they do,
though I shall never really know
for sure. I looked. Asked the clerk
to show me a plain, simple field
grade double. He said they are
all made to order. We just happen
to have one a gentleman is going
to come after. It was a beautiful
little 16 gauge double. I handled
it lovingingly and admired it no
end. Then I asked the price. "Sev
en hundred titty pounds here.
the man said, which would be
about $2100 time I paid the duty,
etc. I was so spooked that 1
pointed to a stuffed bird on the
wall and asked what kind of duck
that was. "That," said the clerk
with rather a hopeless expres
sion, "that, sir, is a goose." I
fled before he could tell me the
price of it. On the way out I did
Patrol Boat
Loses Hatch
PORTLAND (UPD - A 20-foot
Multnomah County Sheriff's patrol
boat limped into Washougal,
Wash., Friday alter running into
trouble on the Columbia River.
The outboard boat, carrying two
deputies, went out to check on
two skin divers swimming in the
river but lost a hatch in high
waves and heavy wind.
A Coast Guard boat was order
ed out for assistance but was not
needed.
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see a four barrel shotgun that 1
think would be just right for one
of my hunting partners who al
ways shoots everything he has
at anything.
Sunday morning I walked
through Green Park and Hyde
Park and it was cold and raining
The park was full of horseback
riders. They would sure scare our
cows right off the range. The very
dressy grownups were dressed in
derby hats, white riding pants
and boots mot cowboy. Some of
the ladies even rode sidesaddle
There were lots of little girls
riding Shetland ponies or small
horses, tight little caps on their
heads with pony tails sticking out,
light fitting jackets and jodphurs.
I saw no small bovs. Guess thev
were all at home tinkering with
their motor scooters. The park
was full of dogs having their day
off leash. Thev were the best
behaved dogs I have seen. No
fights, just friendly visits with
other pups. No chasing of ducks
or pigeons which the park was full
of. It seemed a pity that they
had been brought up without any
of their natural instincts getting
a workout.
Sunday afternoon we called on
Dr. and Mrs. Ralph Stearns and
family, Francis and Alan, her
husband, and their two children
who live in a London suburb
where he is working as a bio
chemist. They were interested in
the latest from Klamath and we
were fascinated and amused no
end hearing them tell of their ex
periences living in London. Life
here is very different for young
married people than in the U.S.
what with no central heat, and
little coal stoves to be "fed" con
tinually all through a very long
cold winter. It makes you appre
ciate what we have at home to
hear about it.
One thing that struck us here
was the fancy automobile sales
rooms. They are only showrooms
full of shiny cars and lots of sil
ver trophies. We think each Eng
lish car must have its own par
ticular road race which it wins
for none of them seems to have
ever come back empty handed.
Where they sell parts and where
they fix them we never did see.
In three days here we have not
seen one American car. Thev
would be a pain in the neck in
this traffic. If one got crossways
it would block four lanes of traf
fic. These little English cars skit
ler around like so many water
bugs and you better be looking to
your left when you cross the
street or you will have had one.
Man Released
On $5,000 Bail
PORTLAND (UPD - Jo Walton
Holmes, 44, charged with contrib
uting to the delinquency of two
minor girls, has been released on
$5,000 bail.
A hearing has been scheduled
on motions filed seeking dismissal
of the two indictments.
The Clackamas County laborer
was also questioned in connection
with the December, 1962, kidnap
and slaying of Mona Rae Min
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Wendell Hill, 24, and Mrs. Lenore Westphal were abducted early Saturday from the
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by a paroled convict brought to
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He left them bound, gagged and
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Police set up roadblocks
throughout the state seeking
Frederick Hannah, 24, who was
oil parole for an arson charge.
Authorities said he tried to burn
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