European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 21, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Paga 6 the stars and stripes sunday december 21,19b6 no smiles for Santa to it ear old Andrea Mccay does t seem to be responding very warm to Santa clans during an encounter in Monterey Calif. Perhaps the Jolly old Elf was t his Jolly old self. Stateside alaskans keep up tradition of visiting governor s House Juneau Alaska a More than 2,000 people go a glimpse of life Al the lop As Stephen Cowper Alaska s governor of less than three weeks and his wife hosted the annual Christmas open House at inc executive  really is something of a fishbowl said Michael Cowper the stale s first lady 1,000 or so handshakes into the four hour party that s open to everyone who shows up at the door. And they do show up. Well make 2,500 people easy said mansion manager Connie Stewart adding that the tradition is enough to make a housekeeper  since 1012, the few hours of the annual open House have marked a time for the Public to Cross the line that for the rest of the year divides the governor s private and Public lives. Formalities arc limited to the handshake hug or merry Christmas delivered in the receiving line. Guests can Cai All they want and can stay As Long As they  in hand visitors Lake to sightseeing through the is main rooms of the three Story colonial style mansion. Only the basement the family s bedrooms and other personal spaces Freoff limits for Many youngsters the open House is As much tradition As seeing Santa Claus said Helen Worcester wailing to make her third annual visit to the mansion with her four children and a neighbor s son. Territorial gov. Walter Clark held the first open House when he mansion was completed in 1912. The tradition has continued since broken Only for two years during world War ii Stewart said. This year s party went without incident but past mishaps linger in Stewart s memory. During her 11years As manager Power outages have plunged the reception into darkness several limes. Once the electrician she had called arrived and proceeded to collapse the refreshment table spilling Gallons of punch and fragile glasses onto the parlor carpet. Since then she s kept a stale electrician on Call just in Case. Her biggest Bugaboo is weather. December is the Rainy season and the visitors can bring the downpours in with  years ago we had two inches of water in the foyer standing water. The rugs were a mess she said. Even when nothing goes wrong the open House looms As the biggest Challenge in the mansion stairs round of banquets receptions and other gubernatorial  Nancy de Charncy used 12 assistants for the feast Stewart called in six extras to help clean Twenty five volunteers kept the goodies coming from the  in the mansion and its furnishings reached a height during the tenure of former nov. Bill  ordered a $2.7 million overhaul of the building from rewiring and plumbing to re decoration with an Lique and colonial reproduction furn Ilure. The three year project started As a $71,000 sprinkler installation in 1980. Its scope prompted Federal an stale investigations of financial mismanagement but investigators concluded there was no basis for criminal  probe piqued inheres a in the mansion however and a record 4,000 of Juneau s 25,000 residents at tended the 1983 open House. Truck completes Miracle toy Iff car a Mill. A after a 3,500-Milc trip an 18 who Clur loaded with toys arrived Friday in the heart of the Mississippi Delta to brighten Christmas for i rec dozen needy families. We say it was the lord working out to do this just another one of his miracles said Jean Malchis who with her husband. Jack helped Sel up the to lift. A Jackson trucking company hurried an 18-wheelcr into Santa s Sleigh to carry the toys the final 300 Miles the toys writ from Washington state had been sitting on a loading Dock in suburban Atlanta for a week wailing for someone to Complete the delivery. An Atlanta radio station broadcast an Appeal for help in getting inc shipment to Cary and an Atlanta trucking com Pany agreed to haul the toys u Birmingham Ala. Shippers express picked up the toys there and dropped of nearly 50 bundles Al the Cary Christian Center Friday morning. The Loy Saga began with the Matheisen a Rel Rcd Belle Vuc. Wash., couple who work Al inc cell or. Malchis who taught Bible classes Al the Bill Educ Chris Tian school until last year told his former colleagues about a shortage of toys at the m Mississippi Center. The Washington students collected toys clothing and household goods for the Center and a Bellevue Parent offered the services of his trucking company to transport the toys As far As  shipment arrived in Forest Park ga., on dec. 9. When the truck route ended at a Fork lift company. Then the Atlanta and Jackson companies took Over. The Center operated by the Michigan based Christian reformed Church serves Rural and sparsely populated Sharkey and Issaquena counties. Over la nent few Days nearly three dozen families will pick up Christmas items that arrived Friday. Lone wilderness resident Dies in her log Cabin knife Lake Minn. A Dorothy Mailer the last permanent resident of a million acre wilderness in Northern Minnesota who was once called the loneliest woman in America has died at 79. Molter was found dead in inc log Cabin she d lived in for 56 years in the Boundary Waters Canoe  said she apparently died of natural cause her Remote Hardy existence attracted Many journalists and in 1952, the saturday evening Post called her the loneliest woman in , some years As Many As 6,500 visitor signed the guest Book in her Cabin and stir told a reporter in 19s4, i be never been lonely in my  judge throws out charges against nude sunbathers Atlantic City . A charges against a group of nude sunbathers have been dismissed by a judge who ruled a town ordinance does not apply to the state owned Beach they  court judge l Anthony Gibson Taid the state Eon Stillion does not give Tri stale metro naturists the right to sunbathe in the nude on Higbee beaching lower township. However he ruled the Community s ordinance against nude sunbathing cannot regu late the Beach. Heimlich Man Euver can be dangerous to rescuer Boston a the Heimlich Man Euver laves lives but a report warns that if administered Loo vigorously the Anil choking technique can be fatal to the rescuer As Well As to the  have been several instances of people dying after receiving Overly powerful Heimlich Maneu vers in which a victim is squeezed from behind to expel a Windpipe  letter in the new England journal of Medicine describes the unusual Case of a 61-year-old Man who fatally injured his heart in saving an acquaintance who was choking on  Man applied he Man Euver unsuccessfully twice. On his third iry he gave it everything he had it worked but the Man fell a Sharp pain in his Chest. Doctors discovered he Man had ripped his Aorta the main artery carrying blood from the heart. He die following surgery to repair the tear Diamond Shamrock nixes $2 billion takeover bid Dallas up the Board of directors of Diamond Shamrock corp has rejected a is billion Lake Over offer from t. Boone Pickens or s Mesa limited partnership calling it inadequate and not in the share holders interest. Diamond announced. The company also said it has tiled a lawsuit in Adallas Federal court against Mesa Pickens and pick ens partner in the bid Alabama businessman John m. Harbert Iii accusing them of securities violations in connection with the  letter mailed to Diamond Shamrock s shareholders said the Board unanimously agreed that the Long term interests of our shareholders would be belter served by an Independent Diamond Shamrock pursuing its current  on dec. 3 Mesa filed with the securities and Exchange commission its proposal for an Exchange offer for All of the common and preferred shares of Diamond Shamrock valued at about s2 billion. Bell ringer is accused of stealing Kettle Money Lawrence Kan. Up a salvation army Bell ringer has been charged with Misdemeanour theft for stealing Money from his Octile police said. Vincent j. Taylor 25, of Lawrence was arrested when police confronted him and found a marked $20 Bill in his Possession sgt. Don Dalquest said. Taylor was charged in Douglas county District court with theft and Misdemeanour marijuana posses Sion. Officers said he was carrying a Small bag of Mari Juana when he was  began watching Taylor after salvation army officials Lold police they were concerned about inc amount of Money being received from a celtic Taylor manned in downtown Lawrence Dalquest said. A marked $20 Bill was dropped Inlo the Kettle. Police Laler confronted Taylor and found he was carrying the marked Bill along with six Dollar Bills officer be Lieve he stole from the Kettle Dalquest said