European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 01, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday october 1, 1985 the stars and stripes after the quakes Consolation and tears fhe rear old Alejadra Pac Becko Herne prize Possession her favorite Dou Tod Dei Driski some fill juice in Park in toy car thai she Haged from the Mexico City clutching for Consolation two rabble of her Home which was destroyed in the earthquakes that Shook Mexico More than a week ago. For Maria Lopez Sanchez who cries As she reads a list of quake victims there was Little Comfort her Niece is among those listed As missing and presumed dead. Stars telethon raises $5.3 million for Mexico los Angeles a american entertainers including Ricardo Montalban and Vikki Carr joined by satellite sunday with celebrities from latin America in a 12-hour telethon and raised almost ss.3 million for earthquake devastated Mexico. In a tragic moment like this it fills my heart to see All the latino artists United said Rene Enriquez a Star of the Abc television series Hill Street  in a moment of tragedy there Are  barriers Between  when the telethon ended at 10 . Sun Day $5.29 million had been pledged by Telephone in the United states alone. Totals from the other countries where the program was shown would not be immediately Avail Able spokesman Steve Moya said. The Tele Thon was scheduled to end an hour earlier. With the theme Mexico Stamos con Tigo Mexico we re with you the show featured songs and dances from per formers in studios in los Angeles san Francisco san Antonio new York Miami and Phoenix. Segments also were telecast from puerto Rico Chile Peru Argentina and the dominican Republic said Danny Villanueva the president of mex which helped to organize the telethon. It Cost More than $300,000 to produce. The telecast was carried by 345 Spanish International network affiliates and made available to . Stations Villanueva said. Stations in Spain Italy and Canada also planned to carry parts of the telethon he said. Powerful earthquakes on sept. 19 and 20 left at least 4,500 people dead and much of Central Mexico City in ruins. Money raised by sunday s show will be sent to the mexican red Cross to set up medical clinics and to buy Medicine and food american red Cross spokeswoman Mitzi Rodriguez said. In addition to Montalban and Carr who served As co hosts others stars who appeared included Julio Iglesias Hurt Rey nolds and Irene Cara of the film Fame Joan Van Ark of lbs knots Landing and Maria Conchita Alonso who starred in the film Moscow on the Hudson said Villanueva. This is the least one can do As an artist Carr said. Opera Star Placido Domingo had been scheduled to participate by satellite from Mexico City but was exhausted after he literally dug All night in an Effort to find relatives lost in the disaster Villanueva said. Co Grafu Afons Charlie Brown you re 35. San Francisco a Good grief Charlie Brown you re 35 years old it s been that Long since the peanuts gang first appeared in newspapers and the comic strip s Low keyed creator Charles m. Schulz does t understand All the fuss. Thirty five years really in t that Long in the comic strip business he said. Comic strips Are notorious for their longevity. They frequently last 40, 50, even 60 years. There s some thing wrong with a comic strip that does t last 10  there nothing wrong with peanuts though. Since it began oct. 2, 1950, in seven newspapers the strip has grown into a Majo Industry. The collection of round headed kids a Beagle and a handful of Birds now appears daily in 2,040 newspapers worldwide. The guinness Book of world records says that s the largest circulation for any strip. History. There Are also books to specials and a Panorama of peanuts products ranging from children s bedspreads to Coffee mugs to giant stuffed snoopy. The Peanut Industry has made a lot of Money for a lot of people. However Schulz said his seven figure salary has Lite effect on what he Calls his absurdly simple  i make a pretty Good living he said in a Telephone interview from his Santa Rosa studio about 60 Miles North of san Francisco. I can go Over to the Bookstore and buy All the books i want and not worry about How much they Cost or i can go to an ice Cream shop and not worry that it costs si.35 a  he can also go to the Redwood Empire ice Arena the s2 million skating facility he owns in Santa Rosa or to the Oakmont Golf club which sponsors a Woodstock open named after the Little Bird who hangs out with snoopy. He works 9 . To 4 ., five Days a week answering mail conferring with his staff on who should get licenses fish photo Charlie Brown with his creator Charles m. Schulz to sell peanuts products and changing Blank paper into laughter for his millions of readers. I can honestly say it s As much fun As it was 35 years ago he said. It s More fun because now i know what i m doing. I m More fussy about what i draw and create now than i was in earlier Days. I m anxious that the strip not level off and become the same All the  Schulz first sold the comic strip to United features Syndi Cate when he was 26 years old Ana living in St. Paul Minn. He called it i l folks but discovered another cartoonist had used that title. Schulz hated peanuts one of the 10 titles the Syndicate devised but went along with it. Each of the characters contains a Little slice of the cartoonist s personality Charlie Brown the sincere Wel come mat Lucy the inconsiderate fuss budget Linus the Junior philosopher with a Security Blanket Peppermint Patty the sleepy anti scholar snoopy the Beagle who lives in a fantasy world. In past years Schulz has added characters including Woodstock and snoopy s brother. Spike. He has Given the nation the notion of the great pumpkin and Haj re stored to common use such harmless invectives As rats " Blockhead and  his latest project is a Book to commemorate the Anni a " � called you do look 35. Charlie  his usual Zeal Schulz describes it As a pretty Good Halle  � however other than the Book the 35th year in t much different from any other year said Schulz it just makes Good round