European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 8, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes monday september 6,1986 buddy Holly fans Rock at memorial Bud fest lusbock., Texas a fans of Rock mud buddy Holly celebrated the 50lh anniversary of his birth saturday winding up a s a hour Buff Cost that featured the crickets the late musician s original band. About 2,500 people heard performances Friday and Early saturday by the crickets and 10 other bands  in memory of Holly who died at age 22 in a plane a Tali an sch. 3, 1959 the Day the music  other Trio Man at the concert in he Lubbock civic Center exhibit Hall included Carl Perkins Del Shannon and so did Llcy. This is one night that can never be repeated  rockabilly Star buddy knit. You la never see All these people All these stars on the same stage. This is  i grew up at a time when buddy Holly was on top gov. Maiv White told the crowd. He s still on top. His music has t died Holly who was born sept. 7, 1936, in Lubbock discovered his last name was misspelled without the e on his first record and adopted the misspelling in his musical career. Holly s or Mucsi hits included the Rock v Rait anthems Peggy sue and that la be the Day As Well As Many other Rock standards that have been recorded since by other artists. The concert was the main event of the  music festival which began on labor Day. Lubbock has never seen the likes of this before said promoter Robert Gamble. The people who Caily appreciate Rock and Roll were All Here tonight and the will be telling their kids about it for years the festival was 10 have been named after Holly but the idea was scrapped after conflicts developed Between the musician s widow Maria Elena Holly an the West tews music association said Jeff Krotzman of the festival s organizing committee. Jerry Allison Joe a Mauldin and Nik Sullivan the original crickets were to be inducted into he Lub Bock musical Hall of Fame. Songwriter Sonny Curtis a member of the crickets who never toured with Holly was also honoured the Celebration featured Knox who earned a Gold record for party doll in the late 1950s, followed by buddy Holly the Rockin Ricochet is of Minneapolis and 1950s teen idol Bobby Vee. Vee s first major appearance was when he and husband were hired to fill in for Holly after the Clear Lake Iowa plane crash that also claimed the live of the big bopper and Richie Valens. The Ricochet ies backed up additional sets by Shan non diddly. Perkins and the crickets Trie crickets performed is songs and were joined by Curtis Knox and the Koch cites in singing that la be the  track Fona Gas stations fading out los Angeles Dpi nearly half the gasoline outlets in the nation no longer have service Bays with the traditional service station being replaced by growing polarization of self serve and super service an Oil Industry newsletter said , although the number of traditional gasoline service stations continues to drop motorists May Fin they Benefit by lower prices As other companies move into the repair Market being abandoned by Many Gaso line stations the Lundberg letter said soon the majority of Stalions May be entirely self serv ice the weekly Oil Industry newsletter said. But despite the fact Ibal the conventional two Bay station of the past is disappearing there Are signs that american motorists might find themselves the beneficiaries in an unprecedented comeback of Auto service  about 45 percent of All retail gasoline outlets in the National Lundberg Price surveys now have no Auto service Bays 2 percent More than a year ago and 14 percent More than in 1981. The newsletter said the services motorists used gel along with their gasoline Are now being provided by so called super set vice stations with three or More serv ice Bays or by Independent garages repair chains Auto dealers and parts  the first half of this decade the economics of gasoline marketing snuffed out so Many of the old fashioned service gasoline stations that there was real concern in Many communities the Lundberg letter said. The Sample now proves. The Market is becoming polarized Between no service and  i continued. The end of the service shakeout could be coming sooner fortunately than was  the newsletter went on to say that As Auto dealers Independent garages chains of repair shops and some gasoline Stnons compete for business motorists Wil Benefit by lower prices and better service. A new head to head Competition for service Excel Lence. May emerge in the next few years. To the Benefit of Consumers the letter said. Chicago to Lam graphic. Souter co mantra of ring How top v.5s?c, Pika stateside researchers concerned by recurrence of polio warm Springs a. Lupi medical re searchers Are concerned about a recurrence of Olio symptoms among the nations 200,000 polio survivors but say the problems Are not we threaten ing and in Many cases arc minimal. An estimated 75,000 former patients Are experiencing the recurrence of pain Para jts fatigue and uni Wale weakness the researchers reported Ata weekend garnering of scientists at the Roose velt warm Springs Institute for rehabilitation while the cause of the late effects of polio has not been pinpointed or. Lauro Hals Lead of the National rehabilitation Hospital m washing Ion d.c., reported at the three Day symposium thai their is no significant proof he polio virus has been reactivated. Mobile Home Park buried in tumbleweeds Spokane Wash. Up1 brisk winds buried a suburban Mobile Home Park in turn blow cads 12 feet deep in places and in loot Resi dents most of saturday to Tumble the Mesi into collectable  buried cars and a family dog. And they hid Homes after blowing in from a Fieldner the Lacny Mobile Home Park in the Grcen acres area East of  can t even see my garage said Donna Hallquist. Her jaw dropped in disbelief when she came Home and saw the piles of Tumbleweed Hallquist  Garratt said it look her two sons about 20 minutes to locate the family dog Mandy in theg Arrau s  fenced Yard which was full of tumbleweeds five feet deep. Lawmaker wants to see no More signs on Board new York Dpi a new York legislator saturday launched a one Man crusade 10 wipe out the Diamond shaped signs that once wanted baby on Board but have expanded to More humorous territory and now appear in  signs says assemblyman John Dearie do Lillic More than obstruct a Motorist s View of the Road and encourage other Drivers to come dangerously close to gel a peek at the funny message. And the assemblyman vowed be will not res until the signs Are gone. A baby on Board sign is a Good message he said it encourages driven to be just a bit  when you see a sign that says sex Girlfriend in trunk things hav gone a Little too far simulated blast for to topples Wall injures 4 Chicago a an explosion set off by 1 television Crew went awry and toppled a Wall onto customers in a crowded restaurant injuring two diners and two other people authorities said saturday. They were filming an episode of crime Story on the sixth floor of the apartment build ing that also houses he Medici on surf restau rant said a police officer who asked not to be identified. They had some mock explosion that was not so  fire battalion chief Jeremiah Dwyer said Small explosive charge had been set in the Eleva Tor Shaft of the building and was  Washington a Hospital closes heart surgery unit Washington a open heart surgery has been halted at the veterans administration Hospital in Washington because of concerns Over recent patient deaths a a spokesman said saturday. The a s District of Columbia Hospital closed its open heart surgery unit aug. 26. On the order of Hospital director Joseph travers said  Donna St. John. It will remain closed until it is reviewed by a group of outside consultants. St. John said the unit was dosed because of sudden increase in the mortality rate among patients undergoing open heart surgery during tie summer