European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 20, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse                              A stars and stripes daily Magazine Here comes that Nice old lady with the fish  the dying wins of Rome s 2,000-year-old monuments Are alive with cats. Tourists who Cluster beneath the mouldering classic structures such As the colosseum the forum the pizza Vittoria and the pan Theon Are out stared by countless arrogant tabbies descendants of the cloying critters brought to the eternal City by Cleopatra Queen of Egypt. Nam a brow Cheshire persian maltese Angora they re All there to be catalogued. To the romans they Are Good Luck. And tourists Ore told that if they get the Agate stare treat ment from a fickle win � Means recognition from a previous life at which revelation romans fondle their Good Luck charms and Pray it s a Good Omen. Benito Mussolini was a cat Lover. He once gave orders that the disdainful animals be left alone and said that the cats were entitled to government Protection. How Many Are there one not too recent census put the number in excess of 20,000. Don t they starve no a the Monument caretakers. Superstitious citizens and increasing numbers of with it tourists Supply enough fish Heads and Chicken scraps to deflect an indent curse should they encounter a reincarnated Pharoah with an evil  please pass the fish Heads mama Mia. James Gunter is photos smouldering ruins Are perfect backdrop for All cats to nuzzle Kittens. It s give the next botch of saturday july 30,1969 Hill Agate stare treatment the stars and stripes Don t sweep while i in eel Page 11