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JJ Amarillo Daily News Wednesday Morning, Sept 26. 1962and Family7s(*ane in Plane(ACllVIENNA fUPI» — A former a stolen two-seater plane.OEechoslovak fighter pilot and his Janus Pavelka, 40. a wartime l‘r family were safely in Austria Royal Air Force flier, told Aus- c'lt; today after a dramatic escape trian police he had waited 10 no from behind the iron curtain in years lor his chance.-----Last Saturday Pavelka, his w ife, erE\a 35; his son. Janus. 4; his 16dk A O /t t daughter. Maria. 6: and his broth- theUTt/T ES er-in-law, Vaclav, 15. crept into beStolenthe plane at the Aero Club of in Deutsch Brod—only a few hundred yards from a military air pa base ruAfter 30 minutes ot frantic cl- 'forts, the overloaded plane took . off in the direction of Austria. An^ / / I 1*/^ Pavelka, who has not flown for toI'-' ^ at least 10 years, managed to land anin a wheat field near Arbesbach. * \ money sack containing $434.93 loer Austria, with a broken pro- Sai in bills and change was reported 0°'^er and damaged fuselage. wa stolen from Buddv’s Super Market The on^-v casualtv was Janus, arr No 5. at GOO \. Fillmore. The ho had a bruised leg. Vastore manager. Arnold Young, re- “Neither I nor my wiic was al-ported the loss to police at 10:58 lowed to study by the Communist a m, Tuesday. authorities. Pavelka told AustrianYoung told ofticers six money police.sacks were taken from the store's “Our children are going to have cash registers about 9 p.m. Mon- it better.”day and placed in a floor safe Pavelka. a truck driver who located in the front of the build- speaks fluent German and Eng-ing. Young and the assistant lish, said he hopes to emigrate to 1store manager, J. C. Farr, placed Britain where he has relatives cei the sacks in the safe. and many war-time friends ChWhen the store was opened for--business about 8 a m, Tuesdav.five sacks were in the safe in- III 1 cl \stead of six. Young said I f*S \ fill (ISPolice said the locket! safe had Jbo;netfroinot been damaged.i s. We N,'U SuniMU lJarilprothe
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Amarillo Daily News
Amarillo, Texas, US
Wed, Sep 26, 1962
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