National Wildlife Federation lists back-to-nature vacations Going in style, first class on Lufthansa's 747 per roast poularde, stuffed tomatoes, boiled ham garnished, gallantine of chicken with Waldorf salad. Desserts ran from cheeses and fruits to candies. First class is not for the faint of appetite. Drinks are free in first class. Soft drinks and juices also are available.
But the co*cktail lounge upstairs is no longer with Lufthansa. A trip up the circular staircase now will be reserved for those who want the "Senator Sleeper" service. Twelve reclining seats offer a more comfortable way to nap for those who have already seen the movie. First class passengers may catch their 40 winks upstairs for a surcharge of about $110 from Los Angeles, San Francisco or Anchorage to Frankfurt or for an extra $50 from New York, Philadelphia, Boston or Chicago to Frankfurt. The price for all this? First class Chicago to Frankfurt is $1,149 one way.
Make that $565 to $681 for business class, depending on whether its the busy season. Tourist class prices vary from $515 to $973 depending on length of stay and whether tickets are purchased in advance. the long flight. In the compartment on the back of the seat in front where most of us are used to just finding the motion sickness bag and emergency instructions was a toilet set filled with nice surprises: perfume, a washcloth, toothpaste, a comb. Menus were distributed.
No heat-up-what-was-scheduled dinners. Passengers could choose from caviar, fresh lobster with American sauce and smoked mussels on artichoke bottoms for appetizers. Entrees offered included roast fillet of beef with Bearnaise sauce, Zurich chipped veal in cream or roast venison in red wine sauce. Then, with my dishes cleared away and my after-dinner drink in my hand, I settled back to watch Clint Eastwood entertain high above the clouds in "Escape from Alcatraz." The English soundtrack was on channel 2 on stereo headphones. He tunneled out of the island prison in German on another channel.
When I tired of the movie, I switched to one of the other 12 channels on the seat dial. With a flick, I could get country rock, children's tales, jazz, rock and roll Then, it was time to select the cold buffet sup BY MAUREEN BLANEY Poit-Cretcent itoH writer Traveling first class was a trip in itself for me. That's how I recently flew on a Lufthansa German Airlines 747. It was a treat not to be denied. Particularly for one who rarely travels by plane anywhere, and even then, back in tourist with the rest of humanity.
It seems almost sinful being treated like royalty with too much food, too much drink and all those extras. But it was great! In first class, I had my own servants for a few hours even if I had to share them with a few other travelers. Actually, 31 others. First class seating accommodates 32 travelers. With only one person next to me, I had plenty of room to stretch out.
The seats also recline a bit for napping. If you have time. On a nearly nine-hour flight recently from Frankfurt to Chicago, there was barely time to relax. Before the plane was even off the ground, the bar was open and drinks were served. Then each passenger got a package of booties so those first class feet wouldn't get swollen on boating, tennis and recreational sports.
Evenings at Wildlife Camp are occupied with campfire gatherings, clog dancing, mountain folk tales, songfests and other diversions. Costs for a family of four at a Conservation Summit range from At Wildlife Camp, cost per camper is $306. At Wildlife Camp and at most conservation summits, arrangements are made for charter busing to and from nearby airports. For more information and registration forms, write Conservation Summits or Wildlife Camps, National Wildlife Federation, Dept. CSW, 1412 16th Street, N.W., Washington, D.C.
20036. Appleton AAA installs Apollo computer system The American Automobile Association's World Wide Travel Agency, 127 E. Wisconsin Appleton, has in- stalled United Airlines' Apollo Elec-' tronic Reservation and Ticketing System. The new system can confirm airline, lodging and auto rental reservations iii minutes. Data from more than 500 airlines throughout the world, 3,000 hotels, motels and resorts and major car rental companies are programmed into the service connected to United's central computer in Denver.
AAA travel agents "talk" to Apollo via desk top cathode ray tube terminals. Information on airline availabilities may be requested, as well as type of plane, mail service, in-flight movies and other miscellaneous information. Carol Grossman, AAA travel agency manager in Appleton, said AAA is the first travel agency in Appleton to make Apollo technology available to travelers. The National Wildlife Federation, the nation's largest non-profit citizens conservation group, has announced its summer vacation plans: five back-to-nature vacations designed for young campers, singles, couples and entire families. The vacations recommended for whole families are the one-week conservation summits, specializing in conservation education for outdoors-people of all ages.
This year's summits will be held at conference centers June 21-27 in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina; July 6-12 in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado; July 20-26 in the Adirondack Mountains of New York; and Aug. 9-15 on Green Lake in Wisconsin. A summit is a week-long, intensive exposure to a wide variety of conservation-related subjects. "Classrooms" are the surrounding mountains, forests, lakes and streams. "Students" pre-register for up to three workshops a day, in such subjects as nature photography, bird ecology, outdoor cooking, backpacking basics and astronomy.
Summiteers can spend their free time playing tennis, fishing, swimming, horseback riding or aijoying available field trips. Evenings feature concerts by local talent, craft demonstrations, nature films, and other entertainment. Babysitting is provided. Teachers and students can receive college credit while attending summits. The federation also has an award-winning summer program exclusively for young campers, ages 9-13: Ranger Rick Wildlife Camps.
Held in four 12-day sessions, the co-educational wildlife campsite is located near Henderson, N.C., in the Blue Ridge Mountains. This year's sessions will be run June 29-July 10; July 12-23; July 25-Aug. and Aug. 7-18. At Wildlife Camp, youngsters select a "quest" an area in which to specialize.
Quests range in subject from reptiles and amphibians to ecology and the nature trail. Other activities include courses in folk history, gsclogy and backpacking as well as swimming, Pub ic gets the gore it seeks khaki trousers with a black stripe, tew Sundoy Post-Crescent, Appleton-Neenoh-Menasha May 4, 1980 C-11 LONDON (AP) The public wants more blood, says Madame Tussaud's. So London's famed wax museum opened a new Chamber of Horrors that is the most gory, ghoulish and gruesome in its 178-year history. For the first time, modern American murderers are displayed Utah killer Gary Gil-more before the firing squad, Charles Manson with his gang of girls and Bruno Richard Haupt-mann strapped into the electric chair. For the devotees of London crime, a Victorian alleyway is littered with the victims of Jack the Ripper and other madmen.
"We were very aware that visitors were disappointed with the old Chamber of Horrors, that it wasn't frightening," spokeswoman Juliet Simpkin said. "People were just not finding it bloody enough. "What we've done will probably fulfill what people want to see. It's pretty nasty and probably a bit gory, too." The 40 murderers, murders and murdering tools are appropriately located in the basem*nt of the museum whose wax look-a-likes of the famous and infamous attract 2.5 million visitors a year. When Marie Gresholtz Tussaud, a Swiss-French wax artist, brought her collection to England in 1802, she put the more horrible items including the blade from blue shirt and slippers, according to information in the prison's records.
Gilmore's death scene was based on Playboy magazine articles and Norman Mailer's book "The Executioner's Song." "We were lucky," said Rowley, "because it gave very precise details of what he was wearing. We were even able to make a sound recording of his last words, and of the firing squad's shots." Wearing a black T-shirt, white trousers and Stars and Stripes sneakers, Gilmore is shown alive and then dead. "It's pretty hairy," said Miss Rowley. "The blood drips from his chest onto his red-white-and-blue shoes. Then there's a puddle." Manson, the only living American in the chamber, is surrounded by three of his girls, Susan Atkins, Leslie Van Houten and Patricia Krenwinkel.
Their heads shaved, the girls wear 1960s dress, including a faded pair of jeans donated by a designer. The walls behind them are covered with "Pigs," "LSD" and other graffitti. "Manson was known to have particularly piercing eyes and our head captures that very well," said Rowley. "He is the last figure seen by the public, his eyes follow them as they leave with a very, very, very frightening look." joined in, "but by not-so-subtle suggestion, we can give people the chance to imagine what had happened. That should be enough." In the new Chamber of Horrors, previewed for The Associated Press recently, the execution bell from Newgate Prison rings every 20 seconds as visitors walk down the dimly lit stairs.
The air chills as a dark 19th-century London street comes into view. Laughter and the clink of glasses are heard from The Ten Bells pub to the right. A prostitute beckons from the left. A scream rings out, and a bloodied body is seen. The shadowy figure of Jack the Ripper flees from his latest victim.
Preparing the displays of the American murderers took months of research, including several trips to the Trenton, N.J., prison where Hauptmann was electrocuted in 1936 for the kidnap-mur-der of the Lindbergh baby. He is shown just as he died, in the French Revolution guillotine into a separate room. In 1846, Punch, the British humor magazine, dubbed it the Chamber of Horrors, and the name stuck. Into the chamber went likenesses of Britain's most notorious criminals almost as soon as they were hanged. More than 30,000 lined up for the debut of Eleanor Pearcey, who slew her lover's wife and baby and wheeled them through the streets in a pram.
But capital punishment was abolished in Britain in 1965, and the Chamber of Horrors grew stale. Attendance dropped off. Both adults and children complained to the guards that they wanted to see "more murders being done and people's heads severed." "We obviously have to draw the line because we are a family organization," said chief researcher Christina Rowley. "We haven't actually got anyone being murdered," Miss Simpkin GLACIER NATIONAL PARK VIA WW: Amtrak August 14th Thru August 20th WW' Round trip Amtrak coach fare to Glacier National Park From Columbus, Wisconsin. Four nights lodging in Glacier National Park.
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