European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 18, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday october 18, 1988 the stars and stripes pane 7 Rock celebs Roll n to party for Berry s 60th birthday St. Louis a it s been 44 years since he was Sweet Little  but Chuck Berry celebrated his 60th birthday with a Rock n Roll party of Duck walks guitar licks and kudos from a generation of Rock stars his music inspired. The two sold out concerts before  Hometown crowd thursday night in inc ornate Fox theater were filmed for a movie about Berry s life to be called Hail. Hail. Rock v  a line from his 1957 hit school  Berry was joined on  by roiling stones lend guitarist Keith Richards. Linda Ronstadt Erie Clapton 1 11.1 James and Julian Lennon. An announcer read congratulatory telegrams from Mick Jaeger president Reagan and astronomer Cirl Sagan. Sagan s Telegram noted that Berry s record ing of Johnny r. Good was among Iiams sent into outer space on Lite voyager spacecraft. Berry kicked Oft the Back to Back con certs attended by about 6,000 each with his first hit Maybol Tunc Duck walking across the stage during the guitar Solo. Berry was backed by Chuck a Cavil on Organ Joey Toms Analo on Bass Steve Jordan on Drums and Johnnie Johnson on piano. It was Johnson who gave Berry his first Job As u guitar player in an East St. Louis Iii nightclub in 195.1. The filming interrupted the concerts while cameras Cre repositioned and re loaded but the Veteran performer crowned and joked with the audience during the Breaks. There s a Guy holding a red card Here and i feel like a Bull Berry said at one Point referring to a stage director. When his red card goes Down then i m Gonna get Down Ronstadt joined him for Back in the  Berry teamed up with Lennon for Johnny b. Goode Berry and Richards traded guitar licks on Roll Over Beethoven and James brought the crowd to its feet with her vocal on Rock and Roll  All joined Berry on stage for the finale an a tended version of reeling and  Berry whose birthday is saturday looked tall and trim in a beige suit with Brown trim Over a Mustard coloured shirt nil a Turquoise Bolo tie. Thank you for coming out to our Little  he said before opening she shows. Richards has said he has idolized Berry since first seeing him in London More than two decades ago. A a ceremony in new York this year to induct Berry into the new Rock Hall of Fame Rich Ards said Herry was the original. I be lifted every lick he Ever played Richards said. Berry s inc gentleman that started it All As far As i m con  rows lady said she and the others agreed to participate because Berry waste first to popularize what has become known As classic Rock n Roll music. File Phola Chuck Berry Gonna gel Down Arrow air appeals for contract reinstatement Washington a Arrow air lines told a Federal court thursday that congressional pressure in the Wake of the crash ust year of one of its planes in Gander Newfoundland resulted in the loss of its air Force contract to carry passengers and cargo. The airline saying the air Force had debarred it from obtaining any military contracts this year asked the Federal court to reinstate it As an approved car Rier. David l. Vaughan. Arrow s attorney said the Day after a House armed serv ices subcommittee held a hearing last feb. 6. Arrow was notified it was sus Pended from All military air come con tracts. It stretches credibility to assert that these two events Are unrelated Vaug Han Lold . District judge Norma hot Ioway Johnson. An Arrow air dc-8 crashed shortly after Takeoff from Gander last dec. 12, killing 248 american soldiers and eight Crew members. The soldiers had served a six month Lour on the multinational Sinai peace keeping Force in Egypt an were headed Home to fort Campbell by when the crash occurred Vaughan said even though Arrow was later permitted to carry cargo Only the airline last month was denied a new $11 million contract for the current fiscal year to carry passengers and cargo be tween Manila and Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean or Between Norfolk va.,and Iceland and Norfolk and Diego Gar Cia. He also said the military air com declared Arrow not capable for any of its contracts for fiscal year 1987. He said Gen. Duane Cassidy com manding general of he military air omd contends he alone has the author Ity to disapprove of the awarding of con tracts but that did not happen on a Row s bid in september. Vaughan said it is Clear from Cassidy s statement that the decision with respect to Arrow was mine alone is incorrect or that Gen. Cassidy disobeyed specific directions from higher  Mac was not making this decision it was being made at a much higher level a level far removed from individuals familiar with the merits and facts of therase he said. This usurpation of the decision Mak ing process by Powers above Mac is yet another indication that the suspension ofarrow was the result of undue congressional pressure he said. Normally top Levels of the Pentagon do not get involved in do garments suspensions with out the kind of congressional pressure involved  actress Lillian Gish holds hands with director Lind say Anderson during a Surprise party for her web birthday. Actor hairy Carey left and Oiler Mem Bro of the cast of the whales of aagut the still in the limelight a photo 105th movie of Glah s career attended the party in Portland. Maine. The him which also stars Belle Davis Vincent Price and Ann Sotheran is being filmed on an Island near Portland Singer Newton admits seeking mobster s help Las vegas nov. Up entertainer Wayne Newton testifying thursday in his defamation suit against Abc acknowledged that he asked a mobster for help when an Anonymous caller threatened to Killand mutilate his daughter. Newton 44, sued Abc Over a series of network reports on him in 1980-81, including an oct. 6, 1980, broadcast tilled Wayne Newton and the Law new Ion alleged that the broadcast made it appear that his 50 percent ownership in the Aladdin hotel on the Las vegas strip was a front for mob Money. Newton testified that he turned to new York Gam Bino family mob member Guido Penosi for help after Anonymous threats against his daughter. The entertainer said he phoned Penosi an sex con vict and casual associate of 17 years Aller Las Vega police refused to place guards at the Newton ranch. Newton said he hoped Penosi could use his old prison contacts to find out who nude the threats did you know Guido was a member of organized crime asked Newton s attorney. Morion Galanic. I would have called the Devil himself to save my daughter s life Newton replied. Newton said he met Penosi years ago while perform ing at the copa Cabana in new York. Over the next 17 years they occasionally dined in new York or Miami Beach. No sir Newton replied in response to question ing by Galane about whether he had business dealings with or fronted Money for anyone rumoured to be associated with organized  and longtime Las vegas gaming executive de Torres were equal partners in the 183 million Pur Chase of the Aladdin hotel in 1980