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The center plane above, with "Boeing" on itsfuselage, is the first 707.

Saul Odom and Santa Claus on Xmas1977, just before Saul's thirdbirthday.

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Faithful old '70 Ford LTD, with speedometershowing the passing of the first 100,000miles.

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The San Diego tuna fleet, in for the holidays.Some 100 vessels, most prosperous looking andspotlessly clean. They roam the Pacific fora month or two at a time, until they get theircatch limit. ^ H H . BMi

The Tournament of Roses parade at Pasadena,on January 2, 1978. Thousands of people hadcamped on the sidewalks all night in order toget a good spot. Paul and Martha rented ableacher seat. Every inch of every float mustbe covered with blossoms.


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British hovercraft at Portsmouth, that makesregular trips to the Isle of Wight. Marthaand Paul made the same trip on a car ferry.This vessel is equally at home on land, overswamps or water.

World War II German bomber seen at a Britishair field south of London. Similar to FordTrimotor, probably captured during the war.

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The "Helvetia," Rhine cruise boat that Pauland Martha spent five happy days aboard inApril 1978, on a five-day Rhine cruise, covering some 800 miles the length of the river, starting at Rotterdam and ending inBasle, Switzerland.

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Typical English residential street, with thehouses butted up against one another, and atiny flower bed in front of most houses. Alsonote the milk bottles on the stoop, left every morning by an electric milk truck.

Enormous Salisbury Cathedral, onthe banks of the Avon River, andsouth of London.

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Old street in Salisbury, andpicturesque gate left from med-eival times. Sunday morning scene in Salisbury. A SalvationArmy band parades up residential streets, thenmomentarily stops for a message.


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Some of the most spectacular scenery in the worldalong Route 1 along the California coast. As theday was rainy and hazy, the pictures do not dojustice.

Near Big Sur, in the midst ofthe giant Sequoias.


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}Outside of Hurst Castle, which hasover 100 rooms, and countless priceless works of art.

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The Refrectory, in the Hearst San Simeon castle, is the dining hall that seated famouspersonalities at 300-year-old monastery tables.

Typical of thousands of European artifactsbrought to the castle by Hearst are these tables, tapestries and paintings.

Gothic study in the Hearst Castle, with priceless books on the shelves.

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Indoor pool at the castle, with millionhand-set mosaic tiles, many of 18-carat gold.


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FAMILY REUNIONJune 4, 1976...Bob and Helen's 50th weddinganniversary, at Wichita, Kansas. Back row: Paul and MarthaTonsing, Bob Tonsing Jr., Charles and LaVerne Hornecker, Ernest Tonsing, Helen Louise Tonsing Chestek, Helen Tonsing,Fred Tonsing, Bob Tonsing, Pam Chestek, Ray McBratney, MaryAnn High (Bob Jr.'s step-daughter), Dorothy Tonsing, RuthMcBratney, and Mary Ellen Tonsing. Front row: Martin Tonsing,Clif High, Chris and Tony Tonsing, and Rick Chestek. RobertD. Tonsing was the photographer.

The wedding of James Sawyer and Nancy on August 12, 1977, in Fort Worth.


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Joelle, Cherry, Hap and Ryan, in January,1978, in Ottawa.

Ryan Charles Murray, born toHap and Cherry Murray in Ot-tawa, Canada, on December 14,1977.

Martha, Cynthia Ratsloff, and Paul at In-credible Charlies in Dallas.

Louise Rushing, Martha and Paul at Incre-dible Charles in Dallas, at the Print-ing Center Christmas party, 1977.

New Mercury Marquis in January of 1978. Avery finegreen). car, free of defects (it's really


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Going, going, gone...Old Westbrook Hotel,home of the cattle barons of many yearsago, at the corner of Fifth and Main inFort Worth, as it was "imploded" on a coldmorning in January 1978. Ariother brandnew parking lot for downtown Fort Worth.


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Wedding celebration of ceremony that tookplace earlier in the day at Wichita, Kansas,when Rick married Bobbye, on February 18,1978. Pictured above are Danny, Matthew(Bobbye's son), Rick, Laura and Bobbye, highatop the Wichita Holiday Inn.

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Helen and Bob Tonsing, members of the wed-ding party. Ernest and Dorothy Tonsing wereat the wedding, but had to return home.

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Part of the ancient Winchester Cathedral, of the Churchof England. Plaques and tombs on the interior were ofEngland's fighting men down thru the ages, rather thana shrine to religious figures and deities.

Dormer Hotel, near Pad-dington Station, London,where Paul and Marthastayed in April 1978.One of thousand "bed andbreakfast" hotels in theLondon area.

Small nnniin England, ir three-wheeled car seen oftenBeautiful interior of the enormous Winchester Cathedral, one of the largest inEngland, at Winchester, south of London.


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Dining room on the "Helvetia," serving twosittings. But as the boat was not full, couldhave gotten into one. Oood food, service.

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Looking backward at one of the wider locks onthe upper Rhine. Airport-like control towermakes movement swift.

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One of dozen or so narrow locks on upperRhine. With three typical "Jones Streetwinos" watching the activities.


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Looking down on the Rhine from hill at Kon-igswinter, Germany. The river, surprisingly,is not as wide as the Missouri or MississippiMore or less typical of the some 23,000 vessels on the Rhine, with housewife hanging outthe wash beside the family car.

Modern cog railway train, all-electric, goingup hill at Konigswinter. Fantastic view onreaching the top.Very old ruins atop the hill at Konigswinter.Most castles belonged to robber barons, whogot tolls from all who used river.

Old cog railway engine enshrined at Konigswinter. Similar to those at Pikes Peak, thoughthe grade is not as steep or long.

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Small river that feeds into the Rhine, atHeidelberg, as seen from the ramparts of theold castle.

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Old German hotel overlooking theRhine at Konigswinter. Flowersalong walk wouldn't last weekwith American vandals.

Guard tower at Heidelbergcastle. Only entryway re-duced to crawl space inthe gate at night.

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Old wine cask in cellars atHeidelberg castle. Made hugeto last out sieges. Emptynow, just decoration.

Another highly decorated winecask at Heidelberg. We countedfour similar to this.One of several carved fig-ures at Heidelberg castle,out of tree stumcs.

The former moat at Heidelbergcastle, now a rock and flowergarden.


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On the hill beyond the bridge is Heidelbergcastle. Very impressive during the day andfloodlighted at night.

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Poor photography, but tree trunk carvings hidfrom the public at Heidelberg castle. Lookedold, but may: not be.

Impressive wall in the castle with gapingwindows and ruins behind. Gardens and foun-tains in foreground were impressive.

Part of Heidelberg castle ruins, preserved ina park. Abandoned many years ago in favor ofa luxurious palace at Mannheim.Part of Heidelberg university. The river isnot the Rhine, but feeds into it. Parts ofthe town are as modern as American ones.


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Tour in Heidelberg took us to this uermantavern for a dinner and entertainment. Theduo played good German music.

Another castle, a youth hostel, with campersalready in place to beat the summer rush...castles were built to exact toll.

Another view of Heidelberg tavern, with ourgroup eating. Later had a conga line anddancing.One of dozens of little towns along the riv-er, with patchwork grape fields. A choicewine region, some fields were at 45 degrees.

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Beautifully preserved castle in the Rhinenow being used as a youth hostel. Most ofthose in good shape are hostels.Along a shoppers street in Heidelberg, rival-ing an American shopping mall. Stores werebeautiful, but very expensive.


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iAnother castle (we just couldn't resist) witha flag flying and somebody obviously enjoyingthe view of the river.

Typical Rhine river scene with little town,castle, tug boat and barge. Seemed to be verylittle sport boating along the river.

The enormous cathedral at Cologne, with ourboat parked below it. As all bridges weredestroyed during war, this is recent one.

One of few statues we saw, of an old Kaiser,Seemed to be no statues commemorating WorldWar, which they'd rather forget.

One of many plants along the Ruhr Valley sec-tion of the Rhine. Many factories and smoke-stacks rivaled Pittsburgh.Modern statue in Cologne. The cement block incenter of picture is a car, with cement pouredaround it...somebody*s idea of art.


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And France I Center of Strasbourg. Notenarrow stores, who used to be taxed on theirfront footage, so made 'em narrow and tall.

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Old French building, built in the Swissstyle, along a shoppers street in Stras-bourg.

Flowers were blooming in the spring, as inthese French gardens, with Strasbourg cath-edral looms in the background.Organ pipes in Strasbourg cathedral, datingback to 1389.


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Two pictures above are of the Noah's ArkMotor Inn, out of St. Louis, with largereplica of the ark, and life size figuresof animals. No doubt a hit with the kids.

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Joelle, Cherry, Ryan (new) and Hap Murrayin Ottawa, Canada in July 1978, after Hapgot his doctorate.

Ryan Murray, in one of the firstpictures.


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Matthew, Danny, Laura and Saulin V/ichita.

Bobbye and Rick at time of theirwedding in February of 1978.i

Laura, Danny and Matthew early in 1978

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Saul on his first slide on thegym set, erected in his honor. Veteran trainman Saul on his weekly pursuitof pleasure in Forest Park.

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New Ford Courier (made by Mazda, used forshort local runs at Printing Center.

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Herb Chapman during the harshwinter of '77, with his friendin front of Printing Center.

Our beloved trees, at the north end of theparking lot, being mowed down for progresssake, to make way for new Salvation Armywino haven. We put up a fight to keep 'em,but to no avail...the trees, not the winos,Paul busy (?)at his desk, shuff-ling around papers, pretending tokeep busy.


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Ho-hum...another building being imploded in downtownPort Worth...this time the Trans-America building atSeventh and Main.


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Port Worth Star-Telegram - July 16, 1978Trip benefited city and Washington

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By JACK TINSLEYStar-Telegram Executive EditorOfficial Washington is accustomed towooing all types of constituencies whovisit the nation's capital. But it is notaccustomed to beingwooed by a visiting!group which asks no|favors. j|lThat was evident a|year ago when a delega- f|tion of community lead-1ershere. undersponsor-ship of the Fort Worth 1Chamberof C ommerce, jmade the 1,400-mile trip jto express appreciation I

to the Pentagon andCongress for CarswellAir Force Base.Defense Department officials and bureaucrats were so taken aback by thisgesture that they viewed it initially withskepticism. It simply didn't fit the normal pattern of civic groups either protesting a closure or seeking m ajor newprojects for their communities. * *Against a backd rop of defense spending belt-tightening and consolidation ofmilitary installations, that trip established Fort Worth's purpose:

Community representatives, throughpersonal contact with Washington decision-makers, communicated their unsolicited support for the base here which isestimated to generate 6,000 non-militaryjobs in Tarrant County.It also laid th e foundation for a secondvisit last week even more successful by a similar group under sponsorship ofthe recently formed Greater Fo rt WorthArea Civic Leaders Association.This time official Washington laid outits best red carpet, and the connectionbetween Fort Worth and the federal government power center couldn't havebeen stronger.Without question, much of this was dueto the political clout and influence ofHouse Majority Leader Jim Wright, whois considered to hold the fourth most powerful public position in Washington.

During the three-day visit by the 52Fort Worth leaders, it was clear thatCongressman Wright not only wieldspower and influence in all areasof Washington, but he is viewed with immenserespect by allies and adversaries.A typical example was the commentsof Antonio Handler Chayes, assistantsecretary of the "Air Force and a Rad-cliffe honor graduate, who described alunch she had with Wright to discuss theTurkey arms embargo, a complicatedpolitical issue.Although Wright did not agree with he rposition or that of the Carter administration, she said itwas the most meaningfuldiscussion she had had with a congressman since being in Washington for several years.

During a 10-hour visit at the PentagonMonday, the Fort Worth group was addressed by top Pentago n officials, including:Secretary of Defense Harold Brown. Gen. David C. Jones, chairman,Joint-Chiefs of Staff.Gen. Lew Allen Jr., Air Force chiefof staff and a native of Gainesville, Texas. Maj. Gen. Hoyt S. Vandenberg Jr.,whose famed father often visited AmonCarter Sr. in Fort Worth. Lt. Gen. John P. Flynn, Air Forceinspector general, the ranking U.S. prisoner of war in Vietnam for 5M> years, whocalls himself a native of Texas. He ownsa lot in Austin andcarries a Texas driver's license.

Such an assemblage of brass is nottypically available for hometown groups.Likewise, an 11-hour visit on CapitolHill and at the White House Tuesday produced even by Washington standardsimpressive turnouts of important figures to mix with the Fort Worth group.Vice President Fritz Mondale addressed the group for about 20 minutes inthe family theater room at the WhiteHouse.There the group w as informed that thecity had received worldwide publicityfrom the picture of President Carter receiving the "Foat Wuth, Ah Luv Yew!"T-shirt during his visit here June 23.Clippings of the photo flowed into theWhite House clipping service from allover the nation.The Tuesday night reception on CapitolHill featured Fort W orth chili, FortWorth barbecu e and a Fort Worth brandof C&W music provided by County Commissioner B.D. Griffin and his band , theDemocats.

It wasattended by 316 members ofCongress, including Speaker Tip O'Neill:75 generals from the Pentagon and 11members of the White House staff, including a legislative liaison man, FrankMoore.Even Washington regulars were impressed by this turnout in a city wherecocktail reception s are as common as100-degree temperatures are in FortWorth right now.Members of the Fort Worth delegation, paid $475 each for the trip, or roughly$25,000 for the 52 individuals.The group was a cross section of leadership. It included a judge (HaroldValderas >, an attorney and school boardmember (Stan Harrelk several bankers, several doctors and dentists, 28 presidents or key executives of private firmsand 10 elected officials or administratorsrepresenting the public sector. ** * *The latter group included Fort WorthCity Council member Mrs. Walter Bar

bour, five persons representing the F ortWorth School DistrictBoardPresidentDr. Richard O'Neal, Vice President Mol-lie Lasater, Harrell, Supt. Gerald Wardand Associate Supt. Tdmmy Taylor Westworth Village Mayor Harry Ward,Benbrook Mayor Pro-Tern Stanley Cole,Dalworthington Gardens Mayor Raymond Grimes and Commissioner B.D.Griffin, who was there only one day. Griffin,, incidentally, paid for his band'sexpenses.The cost for the 10 individuals rep resenting the public sector was roughly$4,200, which waspaid from authorizedtravel budgets of the public bodies theyrepresented. One exception was MayorGrimes, who paid his own way. *Was the expense for all members ofthe delegation justified? Was the tripworthwhile for the interests of TarrantCounty?Any poll of the delegation would reflecta resounding yes to both questions. Muchwas accomplished and it benefited eachfrom an educational standpoint of understanding the complexities of government.Contacts w ere established, viewswereexchanged and Fort Worth was firmlyestablished in the minds of many high-ranking officials through the manyexchanges.A side purpose for school district officials was a meeting Wednesday arranged byCongressman Wright to get are-examination of a request for a $3.2million grant for a solar energy projectin the public schools. The meeting resulted in an encouraging feeling about theprospect. * * *Additionally, the school district hasmore than a passing interest in Carswell.The district receives in excess of $1 million annually in non-categorical- fundsfrom the federal government to compensate for the loss of tax funds because thebase is a federal installation. Non-categorical funds have no strings attachedand can be used any way the districtwishes.There are so many benefits involvedfor the community th at this kind of localrepresentation is expected to becontinued annually.Dr. Gene Wood, thecoordinator and aformer fighter pilot, did a commendablejob inorganizing and directing the trip,with assistance from Sam Keith Jr. andJoe Shosid. an aide to CongressmanWright.But future endeavors should includethe resumption of an official tie with theFort Worth Chamber of Commerce.Through a misunderstanding, the chambe r was not officially invo'.v id, thoughmany members of the delegation arechamber members and officers.It's a good trip for"FoetWuth." And ifyou asked some of those Pentagonbrass,I imagine they could truthfully reply,"Ah luv yew!"


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A room in the White House, Washington,viewed by Paul during his visit in Julyof 1978.

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The speaker's podium in the Cap-ital building, Washington, of theHouse of Representatives.CIVIC LEADERS ASSOCIA TION

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The Mall, Washington, looking towardthe Washington Monument.

Lt. Gen. John Plynn, Air Forceinspector general, and a gen-uine hero. Top U.S. prisoner ofwar in Vietnam for 5t years,and in spite of dozens of brok-en bones during his captivity,still has a rare sense of humor.


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Happy group in Tanzania: back row: Ann Stokes, TomSchreuders, Ammando Cardoso, Carl Winter, Nick Ger-old, and Paul. Front row: Lori Rossi, Sandra Wieser,Adele Hutner, Martha, and Pat Gerold.

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The New Arusha Hotel, in Arusha, Tanzania, ourfirst stop on the Lindblad tour. The two whiteVW buses were our transportation for a week.

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Back garden and lawn of the New Arusha Hotel,as seen from our window. Surprisingly luxurious and modern was the hotel.Paul, Ammando, Martha, Ali and other VWdriver (name unknown). Both were verycompetent and courteous drivers.

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Scenes at Ammando Cardoso's MountMeru Game Sanctuary and Lodge atArusha, Tanzania. All the animalsare pets, having been brought inorphaned or injured. After beingaround humans, they cannot sur-vive in the wild, so are kept forlife here.

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Comfortable lodge at Ngorongoro Crater. Thecabins were ablock or twoaway, andwithwild animals around, we were escorted byguards at night. There wasfresh elephantdung in front of ourcabin, and we accusedthe guide of keeping it in the refriger-ator andbreaking it out when anew groupof tourists arrived.

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Ndutu Camp, on the edge of the SerengetiPlains; very remote camp with just anotherparty of Italians to share it with us .Tame genet cats at Ndutu. They're wild in theregion, but these are relatively tame, livingon platform up by the lodge ridge pole.

Safari vehicles waiting for passengers earlyin the morning before a game drive on theSerengeti Plains.Outside of dining hall at Ndutu Camp. So re-mote that supplies came in by truck only oncea month.

Campfire at Ndutu Camp, the morning after weenjoyed it, and the company of seven lionslurking a hundred yards or so away.Inside of Ndutu dining hall. Tame birdskept wanting to share our breakfast cerealwith us .

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Spring trouble with a lorry. With the roads,or lack of them, it's a wonder any springssurvive over a day or two.Candleabra tree, related to cactus, common tomuch of Africa, and in places there were en-tire forests of them.

VW motor trouble by the side of the road. Westopped to help, but cure was beyond our out-back mechanics.Two cape buffalo eye us and contemplate wheth-er to charge. Considered very dangerous, but tous looked exactly like the tame 'uns in China.

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Our bus, with the viewing roof raised, infront of Serengeti Park headquarters, whilewe had a picnic lunch.

Rock outcropping in Serengettiwhere we stopped to have picniclunch.

View somewhere in East Africa of typicalplains and spectacular hills. The trees areumbrella trees.

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One of the better roads, into a rain forest,As most of our trip was near the Equator,but over 5,00C feet high, climate was cool.Masaii children along the road, doing a dancein hopes we would donate a few coins. Govern-ment frowns on it, as they don't want begging,


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Baobao trees, with very heavy trunks and thebranches looking like the root system...com-mon in East Africa.

Exotic plant, vivid flame colored, growingwild. The climate was queer mixture ofpalm trees and high altitude trees.

A more modern village on the prairie, withthe carcass of an old Chevie sort of a statussymbol.One of the better African filling stationsin remote area. All of them had cokes foraround 250, but not always cold.

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Kurry up and wait was one of our theme songs,as tourist vehicles ganged up for admissionto one of the parks.Prospective bus passengers waiting for theinterstate bus. Crowded and decrepit, thebus trip didn't look inviting.


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Gibbs Farm, a working coffee plantation inTanzania...a beautiful Eden. White ownerswere selling, as nationalization was coming.

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Inspiring view from the yard of CJibbs Farm.Rich farm land as far as one could see. Another view of crude coffee factory. As wedidn't understand process, won't explain.

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Martha and Lori Rossi in front of the fireplace at (Jibbs Farm, after boutiful supper Native mother with baby. She dickered quiteawhile on picture price, settled on 10 shillings,

Cauldron of floating coffee beans, whichsoak awhile, then flow into different baths. 2 h a * i n f ^ 5 t f c om f o r t a*>le c a b i n a t (JibbsFarm. They had about a dozen of them.


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Entrance to Lake Manyara National Park inTanzania, famous for flamingoes and hippos.Grants gazelle were seen by thousands, but ashy creature, rarely close to the camera.

Too distant to make out, but thousands offlamingoes wading, flying and eating. Baboons busy raising their young. A Britishguide said they were "cheeky" creatures.

Also too distant really, but millions ofbirds keep up a deafening uproar in trees. Herds of elephants ignored us. Pound out thebuses were inedible, and wouldn't hurt them.

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Lake Manyara Lodge, where we stopped for alunch only. Beautiful place! Home-made bridge at Lake Manyara. Sagged andrattled, but seemed to hold up.

Back terrace of hotel, overlooking swimmingpool and Lake Manyara in valley below. Enormous chess pieces at the hotel, over 3feet high. Guests were invited to play.

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Inter-Continental Hotel at Dar es Salaam,Tanzania. An up-and-coming port on theIndian Ocean...the hotel was equal tostateside Holiday inns.

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Terrace on top of the hotel, where we ateseveral meals while gazing out at the portM d modern city.

Tall carved figures in the lobbyof the hotel dwarfs Martha.

Common sight in Dar es Salaam...sidewalkmerchant just spreads blanket, and ittakes care of the overhead.

Native craftsmen working with ebony. The artwas wonderful and quite reasonable. One wasconsidered a fool if he paid the first priceasked by th

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The Nairobi Hilton, our home fortwo or three nights, and a verybeautiful place, with shopping mall

Old African Queen steam engine at Nairobi,with many like her still in operation inthe country.

African version of a mobile home. MercedesBush Buggy with 4-wheel drive and all thecomforts of home.

Main square in Nairobi, modern and similarto big cities the world over.

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National capital buildings of Kenya. At timeof Kenyetta's death the flags were at halfmast.

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The Inter-Continental Hotel at Lusaka, Zambiawhere we spent one night. Zambia was the mostmodern of three countries we visited, but washeavily guarded and torn with dissension.Boeing 707 with the president of Zambia descending on the staircase. He was returningfrom the Pope's funeral in Rome.

We were at the foot of Kilimanjaro twice,but it was fogged in and cloudy. Thisglimpse out a plane window was the solCsight we had of the peak.

Zambia Airways Boeing 737 that we flew in.Beautifully maintained, but the African airlines seemed to be constantly late.Three doormen at Lusaka requested Paul totake their picture, so he obliged. Probably thought it was a Polariod.


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The famous Outspan Hotel, catering to wealthyColonials for the last 50 to 75 years, andnow reduced to caring for tourists.

Two pictures above are of Kikuyu Traditionaldancers at the Outspan Hotel in Kenya. Theyput on a very interesting performance, butwe felt that after the dancing they woulddon suits and neckties, and slacks for thegirls.View from our back seats in the Datsun bus.It was recent vintage, and quite comfortablyheld seven of us, plus Frances, the driver.

Tour bus a'bristle with lens-fiends, using upall their film on a poor innocent lioness,who was interrupted in her hunting.Object of all the picture-taking at the left,is this lioness who we caught stalking somegame, which we probably scared off.

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Martha making friends with a couple of theTreetops resident baboons. Think they wereimpressed with her new safari suit purchasedin Nairobi.

Vehicles are left below the hill at Treetopsand nightly residents hoof it up the hill,with baggage pushed by porters. We were veryquiet...only noise snapping of camera lens.

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Dinner time at Treetops. Channel down themiddle of the table has a skateboard withgoodies started down at the end by thewaiter. Then every man for himself.

Martha with Treetops guard. Old Englishmanwho meets the buses at foot of the hill andescorts tourists thru no-man's land, withdouble-barreled 48-calibre rifle.


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Arrival at Buffalo Springs Lodge, perhaps themost primitive camp we stayed at, and alivewi th game.

Awnings over the tents at Buffalo Springs.No electricity, but coaloil lanterns furnish-for use during the night.

Dining area was under a tent, with waiterscoming a half block with dishes from the kitchen, behind a stockade fence.

Bar and reception area at Buffalo Springs...remote, but Sprites and Cokes were only 250,but warm...no ice.

Elephant edging toward Buffalo Springs. Theguards patrolled all night, and kept gameaway with long poles.

Inside the tent, on cement slab. Modern bathroom was at the rear, complete with shower.Wood fire heated water, which wasn't too hot.

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One of our mini-buses hung up in a gully, sothis 4-wheel drive lorry filled with studentsfrom Israel pulled us out.

IMasaii women, with shaved heads and ears extended by massive earrings. Posed only formoney.

Another elephant minding his own business.Kicks over a clump of grass with his foot,grabs with trunk, shakes, and into mouth.

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Roadside market of curios, for the benefit oftourists. One didn't dare look too close atvmerchandise, unless one wanted it.African golf course, one of several seen,but few players. Gathered it wasn't yetthe national sport.


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Large pride of lions, with 17 lionesses andcubs counted, and more in bushes behindthem...perhaps 30 in all.Graceful giraffes. They eat cicacia leavesalmost exclusively, but sometimes one wasfound akwardly grazing.

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Weaver bird nests. As there are more malesthan females, male birds build up to 20nests in one tree, to attract one mate.

Termite hill. A large colony of them live un-derground, and clean up after the buzzardsand hyeanas.

hHerd of elephants crossing river. As gamehunting is prohibited in Kenya now, theerds are said to be increasing.

Hard to see, but those are real genuinecrocodiles on the sand bar. Rare nowadays,but we saw several of them.


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African water tower. Saw manyof the same style. Made up ofsections of squares, and areexpandable.

The Keekorok Lodge, perhaps the finest andmost luxurious one we stayed at in Kenya.Seemed a thousand miles from nowhere.Fluorescent light fixturereal log hollowed up top,inserted to give indirect

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Masaii cattle herd in river bed. Hundredsof such herds were seen...the cattle arecash to them, and are not eaten.

Masaii women and children in front of ahut, living much as they have for centuries.Eat mostly blood and milk...live to old age.

Elephants deciding to quit the scene. Al-ways fascinating to see these big gentlecreatures in the wild.

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A tame rhino in one of the parks, coming upto be petted thru the fence. Men were doc-toring the other one seen in background.

Masaii young men doing theirdance, a queer stiff leggedjump up in the air, all atthe same time.

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Thousands of pelicans looking for fish. Hardto tell at a distance from flamingoes.Primitive little town with mud street, inback woods of Kenya.

O HTwo giraffes fighting. Would hit each otherwith their short horns and heads.

Monkeys playing in a tree. We were cautionednot to feed them, so they didn't expect it.

Market place in the back country of Kenya,with rain making them look miserable.Two female elephants and a little week-oldbaby, already eating grass.

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Roadside village in Kenya, more modern thanmost. Public market place in small town, withmuch bargaining going on.

Old thatched village, occupied by peoplclinging to traditional ways. Frequent scene in Kenya and Tanzania ofgame as far as one could see.

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Tti'frIn Mombasa, narrow toll bridge blocked bystalled bus. Hulk of old wreck seen off in the IndianOcean. Captain got drunk and banged reef.

Hindu temple in Mombasa, and worshippersdidn't mind us taking their pictures. View from our hotel room at Nyali Beach Hotelin Mombasa, of the Indian Ocean.

Metal elephant tusks in downtown Mombasa,the trademark of the city. Flower bushes in Mombasa protected by barbedwire, from people cutting thru there.


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Wonderful old fort in Mombasa, Fort Jesus, whichguarded the coast for centuries, and fell to one in-vader after another.

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