European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 6, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday july 6, 1986 the stars and stripes Page 3 blimps hovering above the statue of Liberty display advertising aimed at catching the messages for the Liberty weekend crowds attention of throngs Friday in the new York Harbor area assembled there for Liberty weekend festivities. Blimp viewers include those aboard the Many boats assembled to Honor the statue s Centennial and the nation s birthday. Parties parades held throughout . By United press International americans outside the statue of Liberty spotlight marked the nation s 21 oth birthday Friday with picnics concerts and fireworks but Many others celebrated the fourth of july by watching the new York festivities on television. Parks and beaches were packed across the country and the fun was enhanced by the unseasonably Cool temperatures that blessed much of the country. More than 45,000 people jammed a race track outside Austin Texas for an 18-hour concert thai was a combination of farm Aid ii and Willie Nelson s an Nual fourth of july  about 100 in attendance were treated for heat exhaustion As temperatures reached the upper 90s. Seven people were hospitalized. The grand marshal of Atlanta s Mas Sive Independence Day Parade was judge Joseph Wapner the authoritarian Jurist who has become a cult figure with Nis people s court television show. I think we have to cherish our Liberty Wapner said. We have to continue to work for it to fight for it. We have to recognize that there arc still people whore not Here with us the captives in Lebanon. We have to continue to tight for Freedom. It s very very  millions of americans gathered around their television sets to watch the Liberty weekend festival in new York As stately tall ships and other Craft swarmed new York Harbor around the statue. Some found the network coverage inspiring others said it was hype. I think it s real Nice said Mahlo Woodley a retired Farmer in Allison Iowa. One person said Down at the cof fee shop it was getting kind of repetitive kind of Over and Over on the same thing but i be really enjoyed it. I Haven t realty seen a lot of  there were dissidents such As Daryl kill 22, of Boston who said "1 have no desire to watch the television. I just feel that the whole thing is blown up in red. While and Blue a Little too much for  five women dressed As lady Liberty Rode topless in the Cedar Bluff. Iowa Parade saying they were making a statement against pornography and for nudity. Windham conn., also had an unusual Parade with marchers earning portable Boom Box stereos tuned into a radio station playing songs like the stars and stripes forever Yankee Doodle Dandy and god bless  there were occasional Odd stunts to Mark the Holiday. Houston residents tried to break the record for the longest human  organizers hoped to get at least 10,342 to line up and on Cue. Sit in the Lap of the person behind them. In the nation s capital an estimated 200.000 cell orators gathered on the National mall Between the Washington Monument and the Capitol for fireworks and traditional patriotic music. The crowd was much smaller and More tame than last year when 630,000 gathered to listen to the Beach boys and watch fireworks. The rowdies throng of 1985 was replaced with a More sedate gathering that included a choir fio Tennessee and a Hare Krishna tent. This fourth was especially meaningful for Dorothy Franks 62, of Boise. Idaho the great great granddaughter of Frederic Auguste ban Holdi the statue of Liberty sculptor. She planned to watch the new York festivities on television. Bartholdi used his Mother Franks great great great grandmother As a Model for the lady s face. A younger woman who later became Bartholdi s wife was the Model for the statue s body. Remarkably i can see family Mem Bers when i look at the face of the statue Franks said. Americans around world celebrate nation s birth by United press International americans abroad marked the fourth of july with celebrations ranging from the stately to the bizarre. Flags were raised in Paris despite the threat of a terrorist attack and americans in peking feasted on Apple pie and fast food Ham burgers flown in from Hong Kong. In Harare Zimbabwe former presi Dent Carter walked out of a . Embassy sponsored reception to protest a 20-minute speech by government minister David Karam Anzira critical of . And British policies in South Africa. A health clinic in Bangkok Thailand offered free hot dogs with its free Vasec Tomies in what was billed As an Independence Day Celebration of Freedom not to procreate. Victor Wright of the Community health development association said the response was phenomenal As 215 men turned up for the seven minute operation. American War veterans in France hoisted the stars and stripes despite warnings from . Officials that the vet Erans might be inviting an attack by terrorists out to avenge . Air strikes on Libya. American legion finance officer Lloyd Whitney in Paris scoffed at the idea of not showing the Flag Over the group s perching Hall. We re not afraid. We re used to being shot at he said. An armed guard was posted All Day to keep watch on the legion s Flag. Americans in peking ate Apple pie and fast food hamburgers flown in from Hong Kong amid tight Security. The party area was sealed off by plywood barricades and each entrant had to pass through a Metal Detector and Security checks performed by . Marine embassy guards. In Moscow . Ambassador Arthur Hartman went on soviet television vow ing that the United states remains com muted to improving relations Between the superpowers. Soviet leaders sent congratulations to president Reagan for the fourth of july but the Media dismissed festivities Cele Brating the 100th birthday of the statue of Liberty As a commercialized propaganda show the associated press re ported. The official news Agency Tass said a Telegram congratulating Reagan on the anniversary of . Independence was sent by the presidium of the supreme soviet the National parliament which is headed by president Andrei a. Gromyko. It quoted the Telegram As wishing Prosperity to the american people in conditions of peace and Security a said in the Hague Netherlands . Ambassador l. Paul Bremmer unveiled a plaque on the site where John Adams established the first american embassy in 1782. In Seoul South Korea . Ambassador Richard Walker invited dissident Kim Dae Jung and other prominent opposition Leaden to the embassy s fourth of july Celebration. Government officials also attended and Kim later said the gathering May result in improving relations Between  tropical storm Peggy forced the cancellation of a Parade in Guam but . Troops stationed in West Berlin held their military Parade on schedule