European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 30, 1967, Darmstadt, Hesse Fascination by James Gunter staff writer f american writing there Are few More fascinating characters than Captain Ahab the strange commander of a Nantucket whaling ship the Pequot who allowed a psychotic spirit of re Venge to drive him on a relentless search for a White whale that had maimed him. Herman Melville a new yorker fascinated by the sea told Ahab s Story More than a Century ago in his greatest Book moby Melville mixed the symbolism and Romance of the aha narrative with an exciting account of the Pursuit and capture of whales and his novel is something of a textbook on whaling. Earlier the author wrote Type about his own adventures in escaping from a whaler and being captured by cannibals in the Marquesas islands. Next came an adventure tale of the South seas called omoo and then White jacket a volume to which modern Navy men owe a debt. It de scribed the ill treatment of enlisted men aboard . Vessels with such Impact that it led to the abolition of flogging. Manfred Bluth s moby Dick but it is moby Dick which i generally considered to be his master piece and which has attracted me around the Globe with its imagery and poetic phantasm As Well As its , Melville was dead before the world recognized what he had he wrote his books he married and settled Down in new York living out his Days As a customs inspector. Manfred Bluth a Berlin artist has Long been fascinated by the sea and by Melville s moby Dick and has executed 52 lithographs to illustrate the Book. They Are on exhibit at the Munich America House through nov. 9. My respect for the creator of this great epic novel has grown More and More As 1 worked on these pictures said Bluth who captures much of the drama of moby Dick in Black and White the crazed attempts of Black Ahab to kill the White whale that be Longs to god the lord the Bird like ship the Monotony of the sea and the struggle that ends in sudden death. Ann Landers dear Ann Landers i have Friend who has a Beautiful Home a Fine husband and Lovely children. She is Bright and interesting and fun to be with but my Hus band says Sheds a nut please give me your Opin will go 15 Miles out of her Way to save two cents on a Stu a vow we �3i1 of dec Wilsor six cents on a sack of flour. She clips ads compares pric Sall Over town and knows the Stock better than the salespeople. Thelma will spend hours trying on clothes she has no intention of buying just so she will know what is Avail Able when the time once she heard of a millinery Sale and got Down to the store at 7 . To make certain shews the first one in the store when the doors opened. Yesterday Thelma met me for lunch wearing a dress that 1 would t put on the endow a mop stick. She said she was going bargain Hunting and wanted to look Down and out " 1 was shocked at her appearance. Is she crazy As my husband says bemused dear be let s just say Sheds Peculiar but then most peo ple Are a Little Kooky in one Way or another and Thelma s Koo Kiness is quite harmless. Dear Ann Landers i met this boy Brad at the Cape in july. He seemed very Nice though somewhat shy. We Are both 17 and enjoy the same kind of music and poetry and we Are in agreement on world i spent a lot of time with Brad he never tried to go beyond hand holding. When we said Good Bye Heddin t even kiss me. We Shook hands and that was that. I was deeply disappointed. I have been Home from the Cape for 14 Days now and have received 10 letters from letters scare me because they Are full of love talk an do not sound like him at All. He says he is in love with Means that one Day we will be married. I tear up his letter because if anyone found them they would think i had a red hot summer which is not True. I Don t want to Hurt Brad Seelin a but i d just As soon he did t write me love letter Sand t Don t want to hear from him so often. Please explain if you can Why he has changed so much is he a Little Balmy perplexed dear per Brad has taken up part time residency in a world of fantasy where he does much better than in the real world. He May be More than a Little Balmy. If you see him again and he behaves As he did at the Cape Cool the Friendship. A 17-year-old girl should t take it upon herself to be a psychiatric so Cial worker. In the meantime write Brad and Tell him his letters make you uncomfortable and to make them Les personal and less frequent. Dear Ann Landers please Settle a heated argument. When a lady is having a cup of Coffee in a restaurant and she runs into a gentleman housed to work in the same of fice and he asks her if he canst Down and have a cup of Coffee with her should she say yes or should she get up and leave my husband thinks she should get up and leave. . Dear . If there is Noth ing More to the Story than you have related such As some old gossip about you and the gentle Man i say there is nothing wrong with having a cup of Coffee with an old Friend. 1967, publisher Hall Syndicate the stars and stripes following Tours Are designed for americans by Frankfurt Agency i of jus main srae1. From dec. 16-30 for $444. The ?1T6881? from Frankfurt to Istanbul Tel Aviv Eilat Jeru Salem Tel Aviv Athens and Back to Frankfurt other transportation by motor coach lodging All meals sightseeing excursions transfers and guide services. Highlights will be Istanbul Tel Aviv. Jaffa Beersheba , Bethlehem Jericho Nablus Nazareth Tiberias. Capernaum Haifa and Athens. Spain Portugal and North Africa tour by plan and bus from dec. 17-Jan. 1, for $298. The Price includes flight from Frankfurt to Madrid and from Barcelona to Frankfurt other transportation by motor coach All breakfasts and dinners and four lunches and guide services. Highlights will include Madrid Toledo Al escorial Salaman Cal Uarda Lisbon Seville Algeciras Tangier Malaga Granada. Alicante Valencia and Barcelona. Grand sunny Italy Circle tour by bus from dec. 17-Jan. 1, for $179.50. Highlights will be Innsbruck san Martino i Ca Strozza Venice Florence Rome Sorrento Capri Naples Pisa Genoa Milan Lugano and Zurich. Departure Points Are Frankfurt , Karlsruhe Munich Stuttgart Lan Stuhl Kaiserslautern Ramstein Baum older we Bruecken and Pir Masens. Paris by bus from dec. 22-25 and dec. 29-Jan. 1 comes into versions a gala tour for $52 includes hotel accommodations All meals except one lunch an excursion to Versailles a sight seeing tour of historical and modern Paris a visit to the Cathe dral of Rheims and to Verdun. The Economy tour for $34 includes the same services As the gala tour hotel and breakfasts. Departure Points Are Wiesbaden Frankfurt Heidelberg Mannheim Kaiserslautern Vogel Weh Homburg and Metz. Ask for descriptive literature on the above Tours at the Amer ican Community Center Wiesbaden phone military 23651 american Holiday Tours for Spain based . Forces members and their families include the following thanksgiving in London by air from Madrid nov. 23-26,$115, including flight lodging breakfasts and sightseeing. Christmas in the holy land dec. 17-Jan. 1, $495, visit ing Istanbul Tel Aviv Jerusalem Bethlehem and Athens. The fee is All inclusive. East Africa photo safari dec. 17-Jan. 1, $920, All inclusive. Christmas in the . Flight for military members an their families $272 from Madrid. The group departs dec 17 and individuals May return anytime before Jan. 31. Information on the above Tours is available at Torrejon an Moron air base travel offices. Both vulnerable. East deals. North 4aq7
