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Page B12, June 17, 1979- Sunday News

Pve met very few cel-
ebreties. Once, on a
flight from Puerta
Vallarta to Los
Angeles, Ralph
Bellamy sat across the
aisle from us and Karen
Black a few rows back.
Mr. Bellamy was. un-
mistakable—although
he looked a great deal
older than I'd have

expected. Ms. Black
was totally incognito,

by Barbara

McCreadie

wearing sunglasses as
teacups.
(Another traveller
pointed her out-to us).
Not. being particularly
Star-struck, the exper-
ience was underwhelm-
ing.

BUT! I did meet John
Wayne—and that was
terrific! Perhaps because it .
was so unexpected, I did
something I ‘normally
wouldn’t do—but, wait a
minute, I’m getting ahead of
myself.

Brian and I were on our
way to Spain, via London.
Anyone who has landed in
Heathrow airport will tell
you that it’s quite a trek from
where they park the aircraft
to passport corfitrol, and
often crowded. This mor-
ning, it was jammed. A large
American airliner had

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‘landed at the same: time, ‘so

were milling around.

about eight hundred peop!

I nearly dropped my sack
of “duty free” when, right
beside me, I heard that
unique “Rooster Cogburn”
voice! In the flesh—John
Wayne. He glanced down at

me and grinned. Normally,

I'd have been speechless and
have stood there grinning
like an idiot but I blurted
out, “Hello Mr. Wayne. How
was your flight?”

And, he started to tell me

-all about it! I asked him if he

was on a vacation or making

a’ movie and he told me.
- about the movie. As we

walked along, he PUT HIS
ARM ‘AROUND ME! I
nearly collapsed.

Just think—my husband
was marching along beside—
carrying the camera and he
didn’t even take a picture
I'll never forgive him. -

Not many movie stars
would bother talking to a
starry-eyed tourist especially
after an exhausting flight.
John Wayne was a very nice
man.

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The first time I visited the
Netherlands, I made the

same mistake many tourists —

do—lI figured that Holland
equalled Amsterdam and
that was the only stop we
made. We did see some of
the countryside because we
crossed from Germany by
train but a lot of the time I
had my nose buried in a
book.

What a difference when
you see the country by car or
van. We did it last week—six
of us in a Volkswagon van
and did we have fun! Even
though it is now the peak of
the tourist season, the traffic
wasn’t bad at all and the
drivers were excellent.

Our route took us from
Amsterdam to the Hague via
Haarlem, then through Delft
to Breda. We spent a couple
of days in the city of
Maastricht—right down in
the southern tip of Holland.
From there, you can be in
either Belgium or Germany
in a matter of minutes so it

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Netherlands are not noted
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