European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 31, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 6 the stars and stripes sunday March 3968 re ii is in loom inv with Fronch r \ Dick wish Washington up likes Many other magnificent mor j Sels with which the Earth is blessed okra blackened peas j Corn Pone. Etc. Grits Are widely misunderstood and Una Preci understand that very few of the Beautiful people Dine on grits even though this gastronomical delicacy has Long been known As the Caiar of the the extent to which grits Are ignored May be seen in the fact that 80 per cent of the annual consumption takes place on the Dixon Side of the Mason Pixon line. And it is estimated that at least 50 per cent of the remain ing 20 per cent is consumed by expatriate southerners. Hut the relegation of grits to the status of second or third class cuisine May soon end. Grits seem destined at last to take their rightful place among the great dishes of the Western world. For there has now appeared upon the scene grits with i Appeal gourmet grits if please. It is ironic in View of current relations Between the two coun tries that the Man who finally the True potential of this underrated american repast should in a Frenchman when he arrived in this Conn try six months ago to take a Job As chef de cuisine at Maxim s de Paris in Chicago Pierre Orsi had never seen or heard of grits once he made their acquaintance it was love at first sight. Voila where have you been All my life Orsi exclaimed. That was when he began whip Ping up grits in the classic tradition of French week Orsi came to Washington to test his culinary creations on two of America s Lead ing grit connoisseurs Sens. Her Man k. Talmadge of Georgia and Mark o. Hatfield of Oregon please Don t ask How in Ore gon senator came to be a Gri connoisseur. That is another Story for the occasion Orsi pre pared quenelle de grits crepes a la Maxim and Surprise feh of own Way was a Triumph Man if they learn How t a Cook pm like that Down Horn Well cat pm three times a Dav instead of just for breakfast 1 Talmadge remarked. J did t catch hat Fidd s comment but i am told he sent compliments to the chef. As for me. I enjoyed gourmet grits so much that the next time i Dine out i m going to order truffles and hush puppies. Fire destroys oldest Church in Boston Boston up a general alarm fire Friday destroyed a i historic l Maria it universalist i Church the oldest Church in bos j ton and heavily damaged six other buildings. Eighty seven person s were made homeless and fire com missioner William fit Gerald j estimated total damage in sex j Cess of s2 million but there were no serious injuries. J the Parish was founded in 1630, \ the year the City was i corpor i ated by John a Throp. The first alarm was sounded at 2 17 a.m., followed in Quick succession by four More. The roof of the Church collapsed within minutes. Flames spread flying Sparks touched off a in the 10-Story Haddon Hull a dentist doctor lawyer of fice Complex where the upper floors sustained severe damage. The flames also spread from the Hurch to three apartment houses Twenty one families were driven into the streets in their night clothes along with some 40 students of the nearby Academy moderne. Fire officials said the Interior of the apartment suffered heavy damage. Heat from the Blae melted the paint on sever Al cars p a r k e d nearby. Tin flames could be ecu for 10 Miles. Ilat Blihor Hays Tome paper lion Plimpton finally tamed k. Icon Ian mayor flees Cologne. Germany a 1 avarian f r o n tier police announced thur Day that a 2 is ear old mayor of an Mast German fled to Trie West. They is ii mayor of i Community of West i e r m a n after Cross i in \ Lilaa id. Aid Werner i Leiner Dor 1.2 i reached territory safely Nuzie f i e 1 i s and barbed wire fences. New York a Plimpton one of new most eligible bachelors Man who s tried everything from playing pro football to playing with the new York Phil harmonic was married thursday evening to Freddy Espy a Petite blonde who helps manage a photographic studio. Plimpton 40, the Rich Man s Walter Mitty is editor of tin Paris review. He is better known As the author of paper lion Ami other tales detailing his Amateur attempts to play quarterback with tie Detroit Lions pitch baseball against the major league ail-star., and Box with Archie Moore. Plimpton renowned As an urbane unshakeable Bachelor nervously disclosed the wedding plans at a luncheon thursday lie was supposed to make a speech but Rose somewhat in certainly to explain that he was so unsettled about taking this terrible marriage step that he could t write it. Met at party he and the former miss Espy. 26, met at a party about four years ago. Their decision to marry was made wednesday Plimp ton told his audience. He Pologi de for feeling a her awkward and for then he talked about fear which the audience found appropriate for an unsettled Bachelor about to give up his single state. He said his most frightening experience was the time he plumed the Gong the Triangle and the bae drum in the new York 1 philharmonic under the direction of Leonard Bernstein. Mure Fri Hirenim than football for example he said because someone ha.-, to make a mistake in football. Slut when you find yourself in tin percussion Section of the philharmonic As i was for one month and ii have to beat the Naiu be at the proper time you sit there and the Suea pours out of the Palms of your George the a o r s t time of All was York s i when he was called upon to hit and a the Gong As hard As you can at a precise moment in the fourth movement of Tschaikowsky s second symphony during a concert in Winnipeg Canada. He described the terror of waiting for his big moment. With the second movement. The Gong no longer Uliks like a simple piece of Metal. It seems to smoke a bit. In the third movement it s taken on almost dragon properties. Hut the moment e o in e s and you stand up with a great velvet Hammer. I hit the Gong in the town of Winnipeg much harder than it has Ever been hit before. It Washin so hard that Leonard Ber Stein had to hold up the Entrance of the violins for three extra measures. ,. And All the musicians in front of me brought this up to said Asun certainly As he began. At any rate i do want to say that the fear. Of what faces me is worse than hitting the Gong int Schumkow sky s second one in George audience thursday that. During the wedding that evening be apr Plimpton questioned bounced. slight v nervous Here. Plimpton the doomed h Bachelor paused. 1 Don t know Pule Why 1 ceremony Are a and included some of Plimpton s associates at the pan the gut so included Marianne Moore the poet authors Terry Southern and Phillip pianist Peter Duih wife. It i. And his h on Washington a House Kues Cit Era i the Way Friday i r next week on a t a conduct for Houe 11.i Ciais and Compin the ethics code by a committee i disclosure of the actions of funnel i. Clayton Powell 1� n its major pro i in quire members Aad i Loyes to file annual n ing the names of for. Which the mid Iduas Terc to of $ Ihm or n which do substantial with the go Annie. The reports Able for Public in there Areu action official trans pm s list Inin in Taki s ship George Plimpton and his Bride the former Freddy i spy smile after their wedding in new York in. A Imiolo the Mil. Notified Pirt beiii1 also Wal old be and occupation making the in i a Scot id rept a Ustim of the a Memler h doing business \ ment. It would for Pul he i n to War talk in at orders to Rise it trial ordered for woman Marine h cd to rid is. I Jin n.-, has been in the Mai mis Nice april 1 Fiti and i at the Marine Eleud in in Avallon Here. I Oteolia punishment would depend on the specific charges drawn up a inst her. No Date has been set for the court mar tial. In a Feipai e statement miss hum . "1 do not believe in. Lulelia e or kill Ali and therefore v. Ill no Lon i a support an or a that inn 1starvation Tot lure and death and in Iii ores of oppressed in r Auti War Brand became known two weeks ago when she was ordered to it Jarl to tile woman Mai Hie non Coli Nikiti signed officers leadership s at nearby quantum a on March 1 j she told her company commander she would t go to the Sulu Oil and she turned in ail her military records and asked for a discharge. A Marine spokes Man said the school was intend cd merely to improve cos and had no relation with possible set \ ice in Vietnam. After Counse in i by the Coin Mander a Catholic chaplain and u psychiatrist she Coultm tied to refuse to comply with any military rules nor would Bhe Wear in r uniform Marine office Multi Euid. Fahm Ingdal by. A Harry Goldwater the 106-1 Republican presidential candidate says he has told president Johnson the War in Vietnam could be ended by november if the United states to Max d the North Viet namese it of Haiphong. And i believe he knows in his heart i was right to sons at the Fai nun. Of the agricultural a. College o Fie mate new York. He i ii i that w e Are w Iii Viand at a a car 1 Alii Kiili Iii that ses Iii the n n 1u added. I i to pull Mil. I m l1 about it first la ii War of no it i i a Ril
