European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 25, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 2 the stars and stripes sunday september 25,1977 Jadeed Centera professional dancer from the u.s., gives lessons. Aletha Owens right photo shows style that won her top belly dancing honors workshop of Ramsden is big hit Schwabish Amund belly dancer wins title Story photos by Floyd Harringto Kaiserslautern Bureau chief Ramstein Germany is gliding gracefully through a series of body Rolls hip circles and other movements associated with belly dancing Aletha Owens Camel walked away with top honors in the first belly dancer of the year contest at the no club International under the professional name of ishtar Owens from Schwabish Amund Germany won the title by out shimmying eight other belly dancers in the profession Al instructor category of the contest. Upon learning that she had won ishtar said i Don t believe it. I did t really expect to win i m not competitive just an artist inthe deepest besides the title Owens won a Tiara and a 15-Yard Circle skirt with veil. Owens whose husband is army s. Sgt. Lanny Owens of the 757th med det at Schwabish a mind Calls herself a self taught mideastern style she has been dancing for four years and will begin teaching a belly dancing class at Robinson German police seize arms detain reactor demonstrators Kalmar Germany a an army of 10,000 heavily armed police saturday confiscated weapons and detained dozens of demonstrators converging Here by the thousands from beyond West Germany s Borders for a mass protest against nuclear Power. Heavy weekend traffic was disrupted by roadblocks manned by police with Summa Chine guns and armoured cars set up in a cordon for 30 Miles around Kalmar North West of Disseldorf. Organizers earlier expected up to 40,000 members of West German dutch French and belgian environmentalist and leftist Radical groups to join the protest against construction of West Germany s first experimental fast breeder the police roadblocks delayed the Start of the protest for Tough Security measures were or dered by the North Rhine Westphalia state government to prevent feared reactor site violence. A clash Between police and 30,000 demonstrators left one dead and More than 100 injured at a Faver Ges France reactor site on july 31. At Aachen on the dutch German Border Frontier police turned Back a group of 300 frenchmen equipped with Home made Gunpowder steel balls signal pistols and crash helmets. Some had taken part in the averages riots police said. Hamburg police controlling the Ham Burg Bremen autobahn freeway More than 150 Miles away stopped 4,500 demonstrators heading for Kalmar aboard scores of buses and cars. They detained 33 after confiscating thousands of masks helmets and protective Shields 500 Batons 41 Walkie talkie sets steel Ball projectiles Cata Pults knives and signal guns. Similar offensive gear was confiscated from buses and cars stopped along free Way routes from West Berlin and Bruns Wick. Some demonstrators Here even claimed that a police helicopter forced their train to Stop near Kalmar so that they could be taken off and searched. The reactor site itself outside Kalmar was inaccessible behind a ring of barbed wire a Concrete Wall and a Moat built for 10 million Marks $4.35 million by mid afternoon police estimated some 12,000 demonstrators had gathered in Kalmar itself and another 15,000 in the immediate Vicinity. Barracks in Stuttgart soon. Winner of the student category of the contest was Sandra Lynn Samira Vitez from Lindsey air station at Wiesbaden Germany. Vitez who has been dancing for Only four months said winning was fan she plans to keep studying the Art and Hopes eventually to turn professional. The contest was held in conjunction wit the first workshop for american belly dancers Ever held in Europe. The one Day event organized by air Force sgt. Patri Cia Conant attracted nearly 70 belly danc ers from throughout is a medical services specialist of the 86th tac fighter Wing s physical exam Section at Ramstein a. She dances and teaches the Art under the name of Fey Rouz. She called the workshop highly Amateur belly dancer Jillian noles from Pir Masens Germany also thought the workshop was successful. She said i think it s really terrific. You share so Many different ideas and learn different styles of dancing. I be Learned a couple of new Steps gotten costume ideas and some make up tips especially for my kind echoing Nole s comments was Kris Leon from Ansbach Germany. Leon has been studying belly dancing for 18 months but conceded you can always learn More. For instance she Feyrouz does things very slowly where my teacher does most of her things although Conant was pleased with the workshop she was t pleased with the con test. She said if we d had More cooperation from the dancers it would have been More she explained that Only six contestants had originally entered the professional instructor category of the contest. Each dancer was supposed to perform for about 15 minutes. However five More dancers decided to compete shortly before the con test began. Some of them danced too Long and used up the others time said Conant. Because of this two of the belly dancers were unable to compete before the time allotted for the contest ran said she Hopes to organize another workshop next year but has reservations about sponsoring another contest. It s highly debatable whether i go through this again she said after the con test. Unaware of the controversy going on behind the stage the standing room Only audience thoroughly enjoyed the gyrations of the dancers. The crowd showed appreciation by clapping whistling stomping feet and hollering More More contest judges were air Force m. Sgt. George Baldadian and t. Sgt. Edward Swingle from Ramstein s medical clinic. Temperatures l 51 58 64 35 58 62 64 77 60 45 62 51 39 50 74 50 51 40 68 55 59 43 53 58 58 55 60 73 56 50 59 58 so 6? 32 54 44 38 53 32 75 78 58 65 70 h 63 80 83 53 80 83 70 92 77 66 85 55 68 62 94 5? 60 59 83 80 80 54 69 80 78 86 80 94 80 65 75 68 54 91 48 58 72 63 64 64 89 90 82 88 86 Albany Albuquerque Amarillo Anchorage Asheville Atlanta Atlantic City Austin Baltimore Billings Birmingham Bismarck Boise Boston Brownsville Buffalo Burlington Casper Charleston . Curl san. . Charlotte Cheyenne Chicago Cincinnati Cleveland Columbia . 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