European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 15, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 12 the stars and stripes wednesday october 15,1986 faces n places Greaf pumpkin Winner weighs in at 671 pounds ,. No ii 01 in Dun til from press dispatches an annual search for the world s plump est pumpkin was won by two Brothers from new Jersey on monday As Farmers from around the world lugged their Gargantuan gourds to the scale at Topsfield mass. Brothers Robert and Edward can can., vegetable growers in Wrightstown won with two heavyweights Robert s671-Poundcr and a dwarfs 618-Pound or. Just behind them was a 579-Pound Squash raised by Allen Nesbit of Cone sus . The former world Champion weighed 612 pounds and was grown in Chelan Wash. The world Champion earned $4,000 and the new England Champ brought Home $ 1,000. First place in new England went to a 534-Pound pumpkin owned by Don Fleming of Morrisville vt., who also captured fourth place in the International Competition. Second place in the regional weigh int the Topsfield fair was won by a 458 Pound pumpkin owned by any Schackney of new Milford Conn. Third place went to last year s Winner. Sent Cully of Sharon. Conn., and his 457 Pounder. Cully said he owed his sudden Suc Cess he started growing pumpkins Only two years ago to a remarkably Fertile plot of land in his Yard. It was just a Freak he said. So now i m the Topsfield fair was one of 11weigh-in stations for the world pump Kin confederation. The Gancarz Broth ers had their prize winners weighed atthe confederation s Headquarters in Collins. . The giant pumpkin variety is 160 years old but it first caught the world s attention in 1900 when William War Nock of Goodrich Ontario sent a 400 Pound specimen to the Paris world s fair. The pumpkins Are grown from seeds cultivated for the most part by Contes Tants and traded among grow on 50-foot vines and arc fed watered and inspected for bugs daily. They Start out looking like Flat inner Robert Flefil and Edward Gancarz display their prize winning pumpkin. Tubes and Start said Tom Cone of Andover mass., a schoolteacher and Veteran pumpkin grower. It s kind of a crazy frivolous summer Cone said his losing entry a Mere 446 pounds will make about 100 pies for the Pine Street inn a Boston shelter. He uses smaller giants for science classes at Phillips Academy. Michener moving author James a. Michener is mov ing to Florida for two years to write novel about the Caribbean Basin. The University of Texas in Austin where Michener is a professor emeritus said monday that he will begin using facilities at the University of Miami in Coral Gables in december. The pulitzer prize Winner will retain his Austin residence and office while continuing to participate in it activities the University said. Michener used Austin s Barker Texas history Center As Headquarters for re search on his recently completed novel Witch hats held with halloween just two weeks away nearly 85,000 new Witch hats have received the evil Eye from import authorities and Are languishing at the port of Baltimore the victims of a Cus Toms service crackdown. The hats imported from Taiwan for a retail discount store were impounded by customs officials at the Dundalk Marine terminal because they exceeded the weight of 6,700 pounds specified in shipping paperwork. The 84,744 Witch hats will remain in Baltimore until the manufacturer. Shin Fong Cap co., gets a new visa from the taiwanese officials Are looking for Tex tile importers who Are trying to get around import taxes and shipping quo tas. The crackdown called operation tripwire requires each textile ship ment arriving at american ports to be Given a thorough $127,000 shipment was being imported by Mccrory stores based in York a. David Pussy a spokesman for Mccrory said the company is trying to arrange for the release of the hats. Tennessee s of me out miss America pageant officials have put an to kill pc Cash s unwitting peripheral involvement in Tennessee politics. The recently crowned miss America was briefly seen i television commercials on behalf of Winfield Dunn s gubernatorial Campaign until pageant attorneys stepped America and the miss America pageant system Are totally non political. Be cause of this we do not align the pageant or current or former miss Ameri Cas with any political campaigns they said in lawyerly commercial has the potential with Kellye Cash As the current miss America to create some confusion in the mind of the Public As to the Poten tial beliefs of miss America and the miss America pageant Dunn said he was surprised to learn that Cash who also is miss Tennessee was included in the ads without her permission. The picture of Cash was used to underscore his Campaign s theme and Jingle it s Tennessee s moment. It s Tennessee s you can have it All that s right you can have it All with Home delivery of the stars and stripes newspaper. If you live in government f housing you can have the convenience of news sports travel tips consumer advice entertainment and much much More delivered to your Mailbox every morning for just $7.50 per month the stars and stripes the smart Way to Start your Day every Dayl Complete this form and drop it off at your nearest stars and stripes Bookstore or mall to Star and strip Apo 09211 attn Sato promotion naut ill fast print cirt so big no Al no will a in Morf Oft fut Creif to non i Couis to collect api no housing a a
