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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 25, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 12 races places the stars and stripes May the Shoeshine comes Back with a touch of class in Twenty two years after the Martin Luther King enunciated his dream of Equality for Black Joseph ego Brown left a secure Federal Job to work in a Field that was once virtually Black who was 12 years old when King made his speech during a civil rights March in is working by Choice and with enthusiasm As a but dont Call him a Shoeshine that was a belittling in a shoe recondition i can give an old shoe a new for Hes a Shoeshine i feel like in doing something that right in tune with the says whose stand is in a haircutting shop just off one of downtown Washington busiest american society has turned around enough that i can do this and hold my head says who Hopes to employ and train Young people to do the ego shoe Shine at other locations around shoe shining is a lost he most it is done by an elderly per what in trying to do is bring the Shoeshine Back with a touch of says whose work uniform includes a formal dress Black Bow Tuxedo pants and combat boots with the tops dyed White to look like the father of four sons and two Daugh he says he raised a lot of eyebrows among his Black friends both economically and socially when he quit the defense department after i could see the look on their he a lot of them  believe its kind of hard for my friends to accept but i have a great appreciation for what in i feel like in reviving the i tried working with the the he i came to the Point i didst see much i was really there was a lot of a lot of i had to get i wanted to go into business for Brown says that one Day while Riding a he noticed Peoples it was like i saw people getting on wearing Beautiful clothes and their shoes we rent i figured shoe Shin ing must be a Good so in on he says that another inspiration was the nature of the nations Washington is an image everybody presents who occasionally takes a portable stand to sidewalks in other parts of washing uses a sales pitch to attract youre not totally dressed without that he says to some All dressed up with dirty shoes aint going to make he says to space age jewelry up photo featured at the West coasts most prestigious Craft the acc Craft fair is this futuristic Star thrower creation by Goldsmith Frank Trozzo and Model Edby Donna the piece is a sculpture by Day and for the becomes the head becomes a ring the the legs a and the Torso forms a the item was on Public display at san Francisco showplace Square Kirkpatrick makes Book Deal Jeane the newest Star in the re publican political has made an agreement with Simon schuster to write a Book on her personal life and her views on Domestic and International politics for an Advance against Royalty payments of publishing Industry sources say Kirkpatrick expects to sign a contract that will make the Book available for publication in september there is no working title but the Book will cover her experiences As chief Delegate to the United nations in president reagans first although Kirkpatrick Advance is Large by cur rent it is by no Means a both Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger Are said to have received advances of million for and than pc Leonardo Over Rolls and Coffee at Georgetown University Center for strategic and International James Schlesinger was introduced As the Leonardo a Vinci of reflecting his arranging leadership in the past at defense the atomic Energy the department of Energy and the Central intelligence thank you very much for the reference to Leon Schlesinger twirling his half Spectra cles and gazing around the this May be my last y a peek at Justice once a year when the justices of the supreme court file financial disclosure the curtain lifts just a Little on one of the most secretive institutions in the reports disclose Only the rough outlines of personal financial but they As no other information source How Active some of the justices Are in travelling the country and making free they Are not required to report such speeches but must list expense reimbursements the judicial free speech award for 1984 clearly went to associate Justice Sandra Day who reported 18 speaking trips for which she and her husband were reimbursed for lodging and they ranged from to and As far abroad As England and you cant top our top 10 for savings fiction title nonfiction title save 25 or More on bestsellers from the new York times bestseller listing at most bookstores  
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