European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 8, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 12 races n place the stars and stripes monday december a 1988 town holds housecleaning Sale stuck on Christmas gift ideas for that special per son who has everything How about 24511parking meters a 1957-Vintagc front end loader or three floor sate perhaps a tire changer these a microfiche Reader and a 1954 cargo truck Are among the old equipment for Sale in want fled a i. Just before the Holiday. Of no it s not for Christmas said the City purchasing agent. John Cunniff. We re just cleaning House in City  bids were sought for the parking meters Las Spring but the Only bidder offered ii apiece for them which Conniff rejected. He said he decided tory the Sale again this time with All the surplus equipment the City could Muster. On display at City Hall Are a 19509 copy machine a Check writer a microfiche Reader and a food mixer the City bought for the vocational school years ago. Bidders also May vie for a 1975 Oldsmobile with blown head Gasket and a 1973 station Wagon and a pickup truck both of which need work. Amy Carter faces trial Amy Carter the daughter of former president car Ter says her parents Are neither entitled nor upset about her civil disobedience. Carter a 19-year-old Sophomore at Brown univer sity in Providence . Says she d like a jury trial on her latest arrest which occurred at a nov. 24 demonstration against Cia recruiting at the University of Massachusetts at am he rat. I really Haven t been think i ing about the jail part she told the new York times i be jus been thinking about the trial it self. Whatever happens i a sure 1 can handle it her firs arrest was in april 1985 at the South african pm Amy Carter Bassy in Washington . She also was arrested at the offices of International Busi Ness machines in Providence last March As she pro tested ism s business in Solh Africa. Carter who lives in a cooperative of vegetarians Nea Rbrown is studying printmaking archaeological Field methods and egyptian hieroglyphics this semester. 6c medicare checks the last four medicare reimbursement checks Boh Kirkpatrick of West Palm Beach Fla. Has received have been for 6 cents each arriving with 17 cents Worth of postage and instructions to Cash this Checkas soon As  i thought in was a Little silly said Kirkpatrick a76-year-old Retiree who has been seeing a doctor for an ear problem. It just struck me at an uneconomic procedure Kirkpatrick s last four doctor s Bills were s35 each and medicare was supposed to pay 80 percent or $23, while he paid the  the doctor s office charged Kiric Patrick $7.06 for each visit and got s 27.94 from medicare which made up the difference1 by sending the i cell checks to  a Ollita a spokesman for Blue Cross Blue shield of Florida inc., which issued the checks on medicare s behalf defended the payments As just complying with the government  did not know How much in Cost to process the checks but said it costs More than 6 cents jus from the postage Factor. We have a bulk mail rate of 17 cents for each of those mailings so it costs Ai Leas that but Here s no Way to put an average priming Bill on  a a s spinach secret officials of Alma Ark. And local Farmers have revealed a deeply guarded secret about this town of about 2,700, declaring it the spinach capital of the world. Alma s product is the greenest prettiest tastiest most marvelous product in the land mayor Man ton Durris said in issuing a proclamation of the town s domination of spinach growing. He said about 60 million pounds of spinach Are harvested annually in the Alma area. Unfortunately this was t such a Lucky year forthe spinach capital. Burns said. An Early cold snap wiped out much of the crop just before in was read for Harvest Mankiller Speaks to Harvard Wilma Mankiller chief of the Cherokee nation said during a two Day visit to Harvard University at Cambridge mm., that she was pleased with the Hel the University provides american indians she discussed the policies thursday with har Vard s president Derek Bok. I feel there is a very Strong commitment to recruiting american Indian students and to providing support systems for them she , of still Wal ofcla., was elected chief of the7l,000-Rnembertribein 1985.her visit included a talk on tribal government and a seminar on the changing role of women in tribal society. Holiday House a 1010 Sal Pat Dato paltry chef at a Boston hotel make Tome Kytt my att adjutant Fantt to on tight foot Gingerbread haute treated far Thech Timai Hollday. The 300-Pound House i decorated with $1,000 Worth Febo Olaf. A marriage made in Seattle Agnes round of Fer Tut fall minn., said she had been praying for months to meet a Man who knew something about  you wan your prayers answered you might u Well be specific she said Between bites of weddin cake. Rolfsen �8, and Arthar Riun. 85, were mimed nov. 21, after meeting a second time at Broen me Morial Home. Both had grandchildren at the  was at the Home recuperating from a stroke this fall. Raun was recuperating from injuries suffered in an Auto Accident. The two met briefly in Seattle during the 1930s,but went their separate ways. Rolfson who has been widowed twice had retired to Seattle after working More than 20 Yean a wheel Secretary in Sawyer Mich. She was in Fergus Fao test March for a Nephew s wedding when she suffered a stroke. Raun retired Abtil 20 years  construction worker and Carpenter in Seattle. Super savers 25% off or More