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Mrs. Jeannette Piccard, who is training for a flight into the stratosphere with her husband, Professor Jean Piccard, is shown with her husband, at right, and Edward J. Hill, left, well known balloonist, just before they took off on a training flight at Detroit, May 16, 1934. Her balloon, which left at daylight, was forced down on a farm near Thomasville, Ont., later in the day by high winds. (AP Photo)

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