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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 29, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday november 29, 1985 the stars and stripes Page 3 no. 3 in colouring contest this is the third of 10 drawings in the stars and stripes Christmas colouring contest. The next picture appears tomorrow. Junior dependents of any one entitled to logistical support Are urged to enter the contest children of stars and stripes employees Are not eligible and try to win one of the three prizes to be awarded in two categories. Here Are the rules contestants Are divided into two groups Ages 3-7 and 8-12. Entries must be Post marked no later than dec. 13. Use any medium. Originality is encouraged. Deci Sions of the judges will be final. Entries become the property of the stars and stripes. No entries will be returned. Don t forget to include your name and address Sec below. Mail five of the 10 cartoons not one at a time in a single envelope to colouring contest the stars and stripes Apo 09211 the top prizes two bikes will be awarded to first place winners in each category. Second and third place winners will receive other special prizes. Fifteen gift wrapped children s books will also be awarded in each category. Read the rules carefully. They will be published with each drawing. Happy color ing name sponsor Andreu Apo age. Holiday highlights for someone who has it All especially Money Boston a for Sale heart shaped atoll North of Tahiti. Slightly used but Only by Marlon Brando and his friends. While beaches breadfruit Trees and Brilliant Sunshine year round. Merry Christmas. It s yours for $4 Mil lion. But maybe you already own an Island. Then How about an antique Carousel Tor your Yard Only is million. Not inter ested someone you love certainly must want Sable car seat covers for $30,000. A Vintage red Ferrari Tor $200.000 or a $7,000 Nutcracker. All these and More Are for Sale in the second annual Robb report Christmas cat Alog a collection or 31 presents for the unabashedly Rich. Managing editor Mary francs says the gifts in the Catalon arc for someone who wants to show off the Money that he has and wants to show it off in an extravagant Way in a Way that makes someone say of my god " the Catalon contained in december s Issue of the Robb report should be on stateside Newsstands soon. Frakes said the Magazine has a circulation of 47,000 world wide and a typical Reader earns $421,000 a year. "1 think someone would have to have a sense of humor to enjoy these gifts she added. We always had a bit of whimsy when we picked  the gifts in the Catalon include two strands of 350 full Cut diamonds that clip onto the Back of seamed stockings for that special evening look. $25,000. You just clip them on. It s not one of these cases where god forbid you could get a run in the stockings said Debbi Karpowicz an editorial assistant who help put together the Catalon. That would be a i  it a 7-foot-tall Nutcracker built of wooden gears Cranks and chains. At a Cost of $7,000. Said Frakes it could be viewed Ai sculpture. I Don t think this kind of nut Cracker is a necessity for most  a custom made indoor Bowling Alley which comes with two laminated lanes automatic pin setters and Ball returns comp Teri de scorers a video cassette recorder and a video camera. Cost $90,000. Karpowicz acknowledged that the filthy Rich Are not known for love of Bowling but added this might turn them into Bowling enthusiasts. After All this was t designed for Ralph  cram Den was a bus Driver played by Jackie Gleason on the old honeymooners television show. Ice Cream that costs $400 a gallon made by Fiorillo s of Italy. A flavor called Champagne ice is made with 1978 Dom Perignon and the chocolate Chip is made with Swiss chocolate and truffles. Brando s Island called Teti Aroa. The property includes a Small hotel Complex the foundations for a polynesian research Institute and a business conference Center. Cops operation Turkey made woman cry foul Kettering. Ohio a Lora Sellers was Happy about jetting a free thanksgiving Turkey but says being arrested in a police sting when she picked it up was for the Birds. Police in this Dayton suburb gave Sellers the Turkey to make up for her mistaken arrest tuesday night As part of operation Turkey a sting designed to lure people with outstanding warrants. Her name was on a criminal trespass warrant but she told police another woman had used her name and identification when she was arrested for being at a Park after closing hours. Police chief James m. O Dell said police checked her Story found it to be True and gave her one of several turkeys kept in re serve in Case of foul ups. We offered to come Over to her House and Cook it for her o Dell said. Sellers said she Felt better about the Inci Dent after receiving the Bird. I Jot a Turkey that s what i went for she said adding she was t really mollified. It Wai mean. It was wrong to do people like  Sellers was one of 11 people lured by a letter from Kemper s poultry Supply. To get her Turkey she had to come to a storefront and fill out a marketing Survey the letter said. But Kemper s was a police front and the Turkey was a ruse to lure 103 people with outstanding warrants o Dell said. We thought it would be a Way of saving some Money by instead of going to the customer letting the customer come to us he said. But Sellers complained to clevis on station Watn that it also Cost her $100 to get out of jail. She said her father had to Post the Bond she did t have even enough Money to buy a Turkey for her and her two children. O Dell Laid police Likely would try a Simi Lar sting again. Maybe thanksgiving in t a Good time but. We Are not just going out and arresting people. They have outstanding War rants he said. It costs police about $50 to serve a War rant while it Only Cost about $140 to run the sting he said. Six people facing Misdemeanour charges were arrested monday and tuesday and five others who sent friends or relatives Are Likely to be located including the woman who used Sellers name he said. Fire hydrants Are hot Sellers As Christmas present for fido Stuart Fla. A you say you re looking for that Christmas gift for the dog that has everything . Hoffner he the solution fire hydrants. That s right Hoffner a supervisor at Stuart s sanitation garage buy fire plugs from the City and Sells them for $25 each to pet owners. He started two years ago buying 25 used hydrants at Public auction. I could have sold 100 if 1 had them he said recently. Business has been so Good that he plans to buy More hydrants next month when the City auctions off another 10 fire plugs. Hoffner said his dog. M.d., is one of his satisfied customers. He said the 1-year-old Welsh Corgi who rounds up goats on Hoffner s aim City farm takes his Breaks alongside fail master s two hydrants. Danny Roberts who does t have a dog uses his repainted fir plug As a Yard Decora Tion but he admits some of the neighbor Hood dogs who come around use   
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