European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 24, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 12 the stars and stripes Friday october 24.1986 faces places leap from Golden Gate Bridge changed his life from press dispatches Kenneth Baldwin says he knew Sui cide was a horrible mistake the moment his hands slipped from the railing and he plunged of Floc Golden Gate Bridge. Out Luck gave him another Chance and the Man who beat too-Lo-1 Odds against survival now says he s thrilled to be alive and urges others contemplating suicide to give life a Chance. Things arc going very very Well jays Baldwin 29, who lives in Tracy Calif 60 Miles from san Francisco. I m Happy with my Job and my family life is fantastic stronger than  depressed about his Deaden craftsman s Job and failure to capitalize on a psychology degree Baldwin says he had been contemplating suicide for about a week before he made inc 249 foot jump on aug. 21, 1985. He told his wife he d be working late and would be unable to pick up their 3 j ear old daughter from the baby Sitter. Jumping was the most appealing method because it was t Messy Baldwin says. But he also wanted to make a statement to the world hey look you treated me Camy badly thai this is what you get for  Baldwin remembers walking to the Center of the Span grabbing the rail and vaulting Over. I panicked when i pushed off and saw my hands leave the Guardrail he says. "1 instantly knew i had made a big  the Impact of a Hody hitting water at 75 Mph has been likened to a speeding car crashing into a Brick Wall. More than 1.200 people arc believed o have jumped from the Bridge since it opened in 1937. Nineteen have sur Vived the fall. A matter of taste Bette Midler is scheduled to become a Mother for he first time due Dale monday and has been thinking about possible names. Her husband Martin Van Hase Leifi has had to talk her  sticking with something conventional. "1 like Bob Geldof baby s name fir term Lille Midler says. But my husband says when she s la a librarian and a spinster she s not going to be so Kenneth Baldwin admires the View from the Golden Gate Bridge. Happy with fifi  a matter of principle before his trial on Drunken driving charges began wednesday i i Redlands Calif Singer Andy Williams said he is innocent and wants to prove it. I think a lot of fans were disappointed when i was  he said tuesday. "1 just want o be vindicated. I feel that 1 was unjustly  the entertainer wearing glasses and a Black pinstriped suit appeared relaxed in court As he watched inc attorneys choose jurors. His attorney said he will Likely Call Williams to testify sometime during the trial which might last three Days. Williams s7. Was arrested Jan. 20 by a California Highway patrol officer As he was returning Home from playing in the Bob Hope desert classic Golf tournament in Pulm Spring. A matter of time a 77-year-old new Hampshire Farmer who refuses to go along with the crowd won t have to worry about turn ing his clock Back this sunday Lincoln Webster Bonham of Dun Barton says he has ignored Daylight Sav ing Lime since shortly after it was put Forth As an Experiment in world War i. I tried it but it makes liars out of clocks and fools out of people bum Ham said wednesday. When inc rest of the nation switches to Daylight saving time in the Spring Burnham keeps his clocks on Standard Lime and then adds and subtracts the hour Logut to Church on Lime. More people could do in my Way by they re Loo Lazy to do the arithmetic said bum Ham a self described individualist who runs a 238-acre farm adding "1 Don t go out jogging either i Don t go along with the crowd. It s a psychological thing he says. I say if you want to get up an hour earlier to get More Sun just do  Burnham said he believes Congress voted for the Lime change so golfers could Jet a Little More Lime  a matter of judgment Knudine Ferraro seemed like a Good idea at the time says Roger Enrico the chief executive officer of Pepsi. But in the end Enrico was roundly booed for using the 1984 vice presidential candidate in the com Pany s commercials even though she lost the elec Tion i thought of her As a living Ferrari Symbol of women s possibilities he told inc Boston Globe while on tour to promote his Book. The other Guy blinked How Pepsi won the cola  some of my staff disagreed said Enrico who thought politics would be irrelevant when it came to using Ferrari As a corporate spokeswoman. Obviously i know nothing about politics he said. The criticism was  then he pulled the commercial off the air. I fell sorry for Ferraro Enri co said. 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