European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 12, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 12 the stars and stripes saturday july 12,1986races n places live de whipping a dead horse of coarse from press dispatches live de May not have been a galloping Success exactly but organizer James Burnett says it May have cantered a nit. With Wilbur a mess of Edh cads and nurse Good body s first de station All on hand to pay tribute to television s Only talking horse Burnett was Happy with the results of thursday night s shamefully Shal Low event in Dallas. Of course he was comparing it with Odstock the concert disaster that saddled his mister de fan club with a s15,000 debt in the first place. Live de had live Aid. The fund raising Rock con Cert to thank for its name but its purpose was Sim ply to help got Burnett Back in the Black. We re All tired of giving Money to people who need knew radio personality Steven clean told the crowd of about 500 who hoofed it to lock s Anatole hotel. We re Here because Jim big Bucks Burnett screwed up last year. If you paid $10 to get in i m live de was a Celebration of the life and times of the Black and White television show that played Fornix seasons from -1961 to 1966. One of the main draws thursday was the Man who played Wilbur Post de s human sidekick. Actor Alan Young was astonished at All the Hub bub Over his appearance. The show was fading out we thought but then Here comes this said Young who now spends most of his time doing voices for Disney movies and the cartoon series we be even been asked to do a two hour television special and now i think i m going to do Young said he was t sure where he d get a re placement for mister de who died in 1972, although Burnett nude a play for the spot with Whinnie weighs and other de like noises. I smell better but the horse is smarter said the 27-year-old Burnett who founded his fan club 10years ago. Jazzed up fund Raiser the jazz Community left out of the spate of music fund raisers that have flourished into an Industry thursday announced its own Effort a Star studded jazz to end hunger project. Billed As the greatest jazz collaboration Ever the project brings together 50 of the Industry s top attractions including Sarah Vaughn heroic Hancock Tom Scott Stanley Clarke and Carmen Mcrae for a recording session this Spring in los Angeles. The result is a jazz tinged Anthem called keep the dream alive to be released As a video and album around Christmas organizers announced at news conference in Hollywood. A television thanksgiving special is also planned and officials Hope the Overall Effort will raise More f4e photo Wilbur Mottor de and Nurte Goodbody than $1 million to Aid America s hungry and Home less. Organizers plan to move the project to new York in september to assemble the Cream of the East coast jazz Community to record an instrumental of keep the dream alive which they said will be a More traditional version of the los Angeles Effort. It release Date has not been set. Hello Albany this is Albany eight cities named Albany got together by inter Continental conference Call to discuss themselves and congratulate the oldest of them on its 300th birthday. Hello Albany linked mayors from Albanys in new York Australia. Georgia Minnesota new Hampshire new zealand Oregon and Texas on thursday. During the 25-Minule, $180 phone Call the May ors briefly talked about their cities and made sure to give a Pat on the Back to Albany n.y., the oldest City in the United states still operating under its original charter. Sitting in front of a world map with 33 cities named Albany marked off mayor Thomas whale Iii and businessman Lewis Swyer chairman of the City s tricentennial commission welcomed the other municipal leaders and thanked them for being on the All the Albanys of the world last for another 300 years Whalen of the mayors discussed Basic facts about their towns population Industry major businesses and founding Date. Several of the mayors said their cities were named after new York s capital which itself was named after the British Duke of York and Albany who later became King James mayors taking part in the Call have been invited to the state capital during july tricentennial events which Are part of a yearlong Celebration to Mark the Milestone. Albany a. The Good life City and Albany Texas Are celebrating their 150th birthday this year while Albany wis., is a Village that will turn 100 in1990, organizers said. Other municipalities named Albany Are located i California Illinois Indiana Kansas Kentucky Loui Siana Milne Missouri Ohio Pennsy Raaul ver Mont the Galapagos islands Jamaica Nova Scotia Price Edward Bland and South Africa. Kickstart the surfboard organizers claiming they will hold the world biggest Beach party 1,200 Miles from the nearest Ocean say they have landed a mechanical surfboard for the Iowa surfing championship july 19-20 in contest will take place on the waterless no Wawa Beach in a pasture in Rural Eastern Iowa publicity director Linda Friesz said thursday. The Beach contains imported Sand from some of the world s favorite vacation spots Jamaica Flor Ida Virginia Texas California and Hawaii she said. The mechanical surfboard is the Only one of it kind in the world said ted Boomer a Canadian who created the device. Programmed by electronic controls the surfboard duplicates the dips and dives of Ocean Competition. It is very similar to those mechanical bulls that John to Moliai Rode in the movies Friesz surfboard will occupy a 400 Square foot Are and will be surrounded by air cushions for unfortunate surfers who wipe party also headlines 60s pop music perform ers Jan and Dean the ventures Tommy Roe Gary Lewis and the playboys and Johnny tit Tolson. Other activities include a 1930s and 1960s car show an ugly legs contest volleyball a Horseshoe pit a kiddies Beach the Itsy Bitsy Bikini contest for children 10 and under Best suntan prize and craziest sunglasses and wildest Beach outfit Competition. Children s video your children will find their favorite characters on video available at most stars and stripes shopping Center bookstores
